The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 166

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Episode 166
“My mother received help from them, and for twenty years they hid my Oracle so well that I was able to live comfortably…….”
If Seige had announced my Oracle right away, wouldn’t I have been caught up in the Imperial Family’s power struggles from the moment I was born?
Of course, my parents aren’t easy people either, but the Former Empress would have done whatever it took to make me Cayen’s fiancée.
Once I became Cayen’s fiancée, it would have been extremely difficult to be bound to Lionel afterward.
“I’m truly happy right now. So I’d like both of you to set down the burden in your hearts and live comfortably too.”
“…….”
Seige’s emotions seemed to swell in her chest; she pressed her lips together firmly, then took my hand and bowed her head.
“Thank you……. Your Majesty. I will spend my life atoning for this.”
“You don’t have to. We said we’d call it even.”
“Then I will remember this grace and mercy you’ve shown today for the rest of my life.”
Even though she didn’t need to, Seige and Nicole both emphasized several times that they wouldn’t forget today before they left.
‘When we part like this, when will we see each other again?’
I watched their retreating figures quietly, but then I heard sobbing from beside me and knelt down.
“Eve, are you alright?”
“Yes? Yes, yes. I’m fine, Your Majesty. Since you’ve made things convenient for us, the two of them won’t have it difficult either…….”
“No, I don’t mean that.”
I leaned close to Eve’s ear and whispered like I was sharing a secret.
“The Frost Border Baekryeong is terribly cold. There aren’t even rumors yet that it’s a place where people can actually live.”
“So?”
“They’re tripling the number of priests, they say. This is just my guess, but if you volunteer to go, I think you’ll definitely be selected…….”
Did Eve finally understand what I was getting at? Her cheeks were still wet, but her face brightened immediately.
“Yes……! Yes! Since I’m a priest! I can volunteer too!”
“Right?”
“Yes! I’ll go see His Holiness right away!”
Eve briskly wiped her wet cheeks with the back of her hand and bowed deeply to me.
“Thank you, Your Majesty! I’ll definitely write to you sometime!”
“Of course. I’ll write back.”
I waved my hand as the child ran off with both fists clenched, heading somewhere with all her might.
After sending everyone off, finally only the two of us remained.
“Is that all now?”
“Yes. I feel a bit more at ease. Thank you for coming with me.”
“No need for thanks. More importantly, is it really alright to leave the Slate at the Temple? Strictly speaking, since Liri’s birth isn’t of the Imperial Family, there’s no necessity to send the Slate to the Temple.”
“It’s just a Slate that will break when the child is born anyway. It looks like I have about eight months left, so it would be nice if we could use that little thing to do the Temple a favor.”
Approximately two months into my pregnancy. I rubbed my still-flat belly with my hand and linked my arm through Lionel’s.
“Since we’ve come this far, why don’t we do some sightseeing as a date before we head back?”
“That sounds good.”
“Then where should we……. Oh my.”
I slapped the shoulder of Lionel, who was gently stroking the back of my hand with his thumb.
“Not here. What if someone passes by?”
“Then let’s go to the Opera House.”
The Opera House? At this moment?
“Why? Do you want to see an opera?”
I feigned ignorance, and Lionel answered with a face completely devoid of humor.
“No. I want to kiss you for two hours straight.”
“My goodness! What if someone hears you!”
In any case, this man was far too honest. I shot him a look before nodding as if granting him a favor.
“Fine. But we can’t stay too late, so we might have to leave in the middle. Understood?”
“Yes. I understand.”
What can I say.
In the end, Lionel and I stayed locked in the box seat from the moment one performance started until it ended, never stepping outside.
Of course, this time too……I had no idea whatsoever what the performance was about.
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A banquet was held in the Empress’s Palace Banquet Hall.
The guests invited to this private banquet were the Emperor, members of the Roheim Family, and Melania, the Empress’s magical mentor.
“So that tiny creature is your Spirit Familiar?”
“Yes.”
“Chirp! ……Squeak.”
Ruda, who had been buried in Snowy’s fur, was startled at the sound of Master’s voice calling her out and raised her tail feathers, then hid herself behind Snowy.
Seeing how clearly afraid she was, Master frowned and looked at me.
“Am I really that frightening?”
“No, it’s not that Master is scary……. It’s just that, well, you scolded me terribly once before. You said I must never take an interest in Spirit Familiars! And so on.”
That memory had been so vivid that Ruda probably thought Master disliked her because she was a Spirit Familiar.
When I conveyed my assumption, Master let out a small sigh.
“You said your memories came back, didn’t you? Then you should understand why I told you not to take an interest in Spirit Familiar Magic.”
“Of course. I understand now.”
“Well, come to think of it, you were bedridden then so I couldn’t scold you properly. I should do it now. You reckless little thunderbolt, what in the world gave you the confidence to challenge a Spirit Familiar?”
“I’m so, so sorry. I made a terrible mistake…….”
“Squeak, squeak…….”
My spirit crushed, I bowed apologetically to Master, and Ruda followed suit, lowering her head as well.
Fortunately, there were many people around who sympathized with my plight.
“Ahem. Your Majesty. I understand you were already aware of Ruda’s existence.”
To redirect Master’s attention, Father asked Lionel a question.
Lionel, who had brought the thoroughly dejected Ruda to his side and set her down on a plate of cookies, nodded in response.
“Yes. I was aware.”
“But why didn’t you tell us separately?”
Everyone’s gaze turned toward Lionel, curious about his reason.
Lionel answered without the slightest hesitation, surrounded by my family’s and Master’s gazes directed at him.
“Liri asked me to keep it a secret.”
“You kept it secret for that reason alone……?”
“Was there need for any other reason?”
“There isn’t……really, no.”
“After all, Your Majesty didn’t know what we went through to protect Cecil’s Soul Fragment……. Haha.”
My sister, who had struggled most of all to protect my Soul Fragment, shook her head ruefully.
Master, who had similarly spent years trying to create a device to recover the Soul Fragment, also let out a long sigh.
Then she reached out her hand toward Ruda.
“Come here.”
“Squeak…….”
“I won’t scold you, so hurry.”
Was she reassured by those words?
Ruda carefully flew up and landed on Master’s palm.
Even then, worried she might be scolded after all, she raised her tail feathers and did a cute little dance, wiggling her rear.
“Indeed, Cecil’s Spirit Familiar through and through.”
“She really is Cecil’s Spirit Familiar.”
“Yes? What does that mean? Mother? Brother?”
“Hahaha!”
Master burst into hearty laughter as if she had her own understanding, then plucked a fruit from the top of the cake and fed it to Ruda’s beak.
“Here, eat.”
“Squeak, chirp!”
Now that her worries had lifted, Ruda made happy chirping sounds and accepted the fruit.
Meanwhile, Master tapped Ruda’s head, body, and tail, examining something.
“Hmm……. I can truly feel your Mana Vessel inside here. A Spirit Familiar possessing a Mana Vessel……I’ve never seen such a thing in my life.”
“That’s probably why I survived.”
Because of the Mana Vessel, the scattered fragments of my destroyed Soul Fragment didn’t disperse, and with Lionel continuously channeling his power into me, my Soul Fragment was restored and I was able to be reborn as a Spirit Familiar.
After hearing that explanation, Father looked at Lionel with teary eyes and gripped his hand tightly.
“We have truly received a great debt of gratitude, Your Majesty.”
“It was for Liri, so it was also for me.”
“If it weren’t for Your Majesty……. Sob, sob!”
Father started crying, and Mother began comforting him; Master, seeing Father weep like this wasn’t the first time, naturally shifted the conversation.
“Can you freely exchange the Mana Vessel with Ruda?”
“Yes. But I’m planning to keep it with Ruda for now.”
“Why? If you kept the Mana Vessel, you would finally become a complete mage, wouldn’t you?”
Master looked at me with an odd expression.

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