The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 149

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Episode 149

Cases where divine power can be manifested through one of the body parts, especially the eyes, are not common. That’s why Eve was summoned to the capital despite her young age.

The Pope, who knew well Eve’s abilities and the fact that this child was not one to lie, felt his vision spinning for a moment.

‘The Second Prince hasn’t ascended to the throne yet…!’

Nevertheless, the fact that the child Cecilia was carrying had received God’s blessing meant that the child was already connected to the divine oracle.

In other words, the ‘wise ruler who will be remembered in history’ from the oracle Cecilia received was precisely that child.

‘If the Imperial Family finds out about this…!’

It would be fortunate if they thought to take the child away. At least they wouldn’t harm Cecilia for the time being.

But what if they decided to harm the child?

Though God had already blessed it, the child in the womb had not yet formally received the oracle. Perhaps in the worst case scenario, problems might arise…!

“Immediately, immediately summon the Knights! No, summon all the priests too, except those who have difficulty moving! We’ll go to the Imperial Palace right now and prove that the current Emperor’s enthronement is unjust for the fulfillment of the Second Prince and Second Princess’s oracle!”

And at that moment, one priest came running urgently.

“Your Holiness! Sir Belrose is requesting an audience with you along with the Roheim Knights!”

“Sir Belrose? …Ah, from Roheim! Bring them here, no, I’ll go myself. Guide me.”

The Pope who went outside found Belrose standing with the Roheim knights.

Including her, all the knights were armed as if ready to enter battle at any moment, their expressions hardened.

Among them, Belrose was the first to pay respects to the Pope.

“I greet Your Holiness.”

“Sir Belrose. I am ashamed. After boasting so loudly that I would protect the Second Princess well…”

“Who could have predicted that the Imperial Family would so brazenly take my sister away like this?”

Belrose placed her hand on the sword sheath at her waist with a determined expression.

“Since they took my sister by force, we intend to use force as well.”

“Sir Belrose…!”

“However, if we act separately, we might be charged with treason, so could Your Holiness join us?”

“Of course. Please wait just a moment. If I go along with the Knights and clergy, no one will be able to pin the blame of rebellion on Roheim. Moreover…”

The Pope, who had stopped speaking midway, checked the faces of the knights standing behind Belrose.

“Who are you looking for?”

“Where is the Second Prince now?”

“Ah, didn’t he come here as well?”

Belrose recalled what had happened at the manor and scratched her head.

“He ran out alone. I suspect he probably headed to the Imperial Palace first.”

“The Second Prince went alone?”

The Pope let out a sigh through his teeth.

Since the future wise ruler was dwelling in Cecilia’s womb, Lionel must ascend to the throne.

He had the oracle, so no particular danger should befall him. But one never knew.

“Let’s hurry to the Imperial Palace. Before both of them get hurt.”

“Yes, Your Holiness.”

To assert the fulfillment of the oracle, the Pope personally carried two stone tablets that had been kept in the temple and headed to the Imperial Palace with the clergy, Knights, Belrose, and the Roheim knights.

Despite the Pope’s procession, if the Emperor or Former Empress did not step down obediently, they would have no choice but to use force.

Because they had steeled themselves with such resolve, everyone’s faces were filled with determination, but…

“Wait, why is the drawbridge raised?”

Those who arrived in front of the Imperial Palace couldn’t help but be flustered seeing the drawbridge over the deep, wide moat raised upward.

If the drawbridge was raised, there was no way to enter the Imperial Palace, nor any way to exit.

Even though the people working at the Imperial Palace hadn’t left work yet, there was only one reason for the drawbridge to be raised already.

“Don’t tell me they knew we were coming and prepared in advance?”

“Wait a moment. Then what happened to the Second Prince who entered alone?”

Could he have already been captured… Just as everyone’s faces were turning pale with such unpleasant thoughts.

“Ah! They’re allies! The Second Princess’s family and… I can see Your Holiness too!”

“Huh?”

“Please wait a moment! I’ll lower the drawbridge!”

Nix, who had poked her head out from atop the high castle wall, waved her hands vigorously toward those below, and shortly after, the drawbridge began to slowly descend.

Afterward, Nix, who had jumped down with agile movements, waved cheerfully at the familiar faces and said brightly.

“You can come inside. Everything’s roughly finished being sorted out.”

“Roughly finished being sorted out? How exactly?”

“Uh, I was only staying near the Second Princess the whole time, so I don’t know the details well. But from what I heard, it seems the Second Prince had already finished giving instructions on what to do if such a situation arose.”

“Instructions? What instructions? To whom?”

“Well, that’s, um…”

Even if the other party was the Pope and the Second Princess’s sister, it seemed she shouldn’t talk about the underworld.

So Nix roughly explained the situation inside the Imperial Palace, excluding the underworld story.

“Setting aside the Imperial Guards, most of the nobles and servants who entered the palace today were surprisingly cooperative.”

“Cooperative?”

“Yes. From what I heard, everyone thought it was only a matter of time before the Emperor changed anyway.”

Whether Cayen died and Lionel, the only remaining imperial family member, inherited the throne, or Lionel staged a rebellion and seized the throne. Either way, it was a clear fact that Lionel would become Emperor, so they didn’t want to resist and fall out of favor with the future Emperor… that was the main opinion of the people inside the Imperial Palace.

“Who was it? Count Keller? The absence of that person and those close to him also played a part.”

“Ah… Now that you mention it, I heard something similar from Father. For some reason, Count Keller’s entire faction had gone down to their estates.”

“Yes. So I heard there’s no one willing to risk their lives to protect the current Emperor now. Still, the Imperial Guards can’t surrender without any resistance to unidentified rebels, so they’re drawing their swords and confronting them for now.”

“Unidentified rebels? The Roheim family knights are here too, so who exactly occupied the Imperial Palace?”

“Um, well…”

She couldn’t say it was the underworld’s elite. How could she explain this?

Nix, rolling her eyes around, signaled to the top of the castle wall to raise the drawbridge again after everyone had crossed, then answered like this.

“I don’t know the details either. You can hear all the circumstances from the Second Prince.”

It was what’s called passing the buck.

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