The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 65

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Episode 65

 

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After the emergency meeting ended, another detailed meeting began.

 

After a two-hour meeting, it was decided that the Third Knight Order and Fifth Knight Order would be dispatched to the Northern Region.

 

After including the Finance Minister and finishing discussions about how much money and food could be sent to the Northern Region immediately, the sun was already setting in the west.

 

But there was still much work to be done.

 

The Emperor shut himself in his office, pondering how to appease the lords of each region to make them open their purses.

 

But before long, it became noisy outside.

 

-Bang!

 

“Your Majesty, what on earth is this about!”

 

“…Empress.”

 

“Is what I heard really true? Crown Prince appointment? How could you make such an important decision so impulsively!”

 

“Em, Empress…”

 

The Empress, whose eyes had rolled back in fury, seemed unable to see the people trying to stop her.

 

The Emperor clicked his tongue lightly and gestured to the servants and knights in the office.

 

“Everyone get out.”

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

“What are you all doing? Didn’t His Majesty tell you to leave!”

 

At the Empress’s outburst, the servants and knights finally bowed their heads and went outside.

 

Click, after the door closed, only the Emperor and Empress remained in the office.

 

The Emperor sank into his chair and removed the glasses he was wearing, pressing firmly on the bridge of his nose. Even while watching this, the Empress strode forward and raised her voice.

 

“Explain yourself. Are you really going to put Lionel on the Crown Prince’s throne? You’re not, right?”

 

“I said it with my own mouth. That if he brings back successful results, I would appoint him as Crown Prince.”

 

“How could you do such a thing!”

 

The Empress glared at the Emperor with blazing eyes.

 

“Didn’t I tell you? That Cayen has started treatment. That unlike before, there are visible effects. So please give that child a chance too!”

 

“…”

 

“If no one else, at least you should pity that child!”

 

“Empress!”

 

“I could go out to the middle of that town square right now and scream like a madwoman. That the rebellion 18 years ago was actually the Emperor personally feeding poison to his own wife!”

 

“Then what? Do you think I have nothing to say?”

 

The Emperor looked at the Empress and snorted lightly.

 

“You personally led giant wolves to the hunting grounds to harm the son you bore from your own womb, and what are you going on about?”

 

“…!”

 

At the Emperor’s statement, the Empress’s eyes widened in surprise.

 

She quickly tried to compose her expression, but the Emperor had already caught that look.

 

The Emperor, who had only been half-certain, saw that face and realized that what happened at the hunting competition was indeed something the Empress had orchestrated.

 

He looked at the Empress with contemptuous eyes and clicked his tongue.

 

“You’re truly vicious too. Even though you bore both from your own womb, you try to kill one to save the other.”

 

“I…! I never tried to kill him. Lionel has an oracle…”

 

“Yes, that oracle. I have one too. That damn oracle about dying miserably!”

 

Only after seeing the Emperor vent his anger at her did the Empress gain understanding.

 

Why the Emperor had sent Lionel to the Northern Region and offered the Crown Prince appointment as compensation.

 

“Don’t tell me, you…”

 

“This incident went too far. If you’re going to cause trouble, you should at least consider who might be at that location.”

 

That was right. The Emperor had not only lost great face from this hunting competition incident, but he could have died if things had gone wrong.

 

So he harbored resentment against the Empress and enacted the most decisive revenge against her.

 

“You must know that this matter could be escalated to an assassination attempt on the Emperor.”

 

“…”

 

It wasn’t wrong. So there were no words to refute it.

 

If she were to be deposed by mistake, she could no longer stay in the Imperial Palace and couldn’t support Cayen either.

 

The Empress bit her lips tightly and asked the Emperor in a trembling voice.

 

“No matter what, no matter what… Cayen is also your son, isn’t he.”

 

“Lionel is also a son. One you bore yourself.”

 

The Emperor twisted one corner of his mouth as he refuted the Empress’s words. He couldn’t understand why the Empress discriminated so terribly between Cayen and Lionel.

 

Just because the second pregnancy was unwanted, so what? Was the first pregnancy something she wanted?

 

It was a loveless political marriage from the start. They had joined hands because each could provide the greatest benefit to the other.

 

But why was she now acting like a victim of political marriage?

 

“Besides, didn’t your plan half succeed? I don’t understand why you’d chase after me so frantically and raise your voice.”

 

“What do you mean my plan?”

 

“Lionel went to the Northern Region and now we don’t know when he’ll return.”

 

The Empress, who missed the timing to say no, simply closed her mouth.

 

At this moment, the Emperor, while having no interest in either son, thought that Lionel was truly pitiful.

 

“In a way, this incident could be an opportunity for Cayen too. Since Lionel will be away for several years, if he just proves his capabilities during that time, won’t there be people asking to reconsider the Crown Prince appointment when Lionel returns?”

 

That was true. In fact, the Empress had contacted Count Riam with the intention of sending Lionel away to the Northern Region when she heard news of the monster wave, aiming for exactly that.

 

The one and only fatal variable was the Emperor promising Lionel the Crown Prince position at that meeting.

 

‘Wait, if the condition is successfully stopping the monster wave…’

 

If he fails to successfully stop the monster wave, wouldn’t Lionel automatically be unable to ascend to the Crown Prince position?

 

The Emperor easily noticed the Empress’s eyes flashing with that thought.

 

“I’m warning you in advance, don’t think about interfering with the Northern Region.”

 

“… Your words are excessive. Where exactly would I interfere?”

 

“I knew everything when you played games with Lionel’s tutors and when you sent him to the temple. I knew but just watched, thinking that much wouldn’t be a problem.”

 

But the Northern Region was truly different. Even at this moment, he didn’t know how many people might be dying.

 

Yet to put her first son on the imperial throne, she would bring greater chaos to an already chaotic place?

 

“I trust you understood my meaning well. If you ignore my warning, I will immediately change the supreme commander.”

 

The meaning of these words was clear.

 

“Where would you send a child whose body isn’t even healthy!”

 

“Didn’t you say he’s receiving treatment and showing visible effects?”

 

“This…!”

 

“And what are you worried about?”

 

The Emperor twisted one corner of his mouth viciously as if mocking the Empress.

 

“The oracle will protect that boy.”

 

The Empress glared at her husband until her eyes became bloodshot. There was nothing more she could do in this situation.

 

“You… will definitely regret this.”

 

Gritting her teeth audibly, the Empress turned around and walked outside.

 

Watching her retreating figure barely suppressing her anger, the Emperor let out a bitter laugh. It was a laugh tinged with slight regret.

 

“I’m already dying from it.”

 

However, even if time were turned back, he would ultimately choose the latter between love and practical benefit.

 

The Emperor closed his eyes and thought of a woman whose face he had now completely forgotten.

 

Who had once loved him, whom he had loved.

 

An alchemist who had possessed such beautiful features.

 

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After entry to the Imperial Palace was prohibited, news came that people in key positions were being called several times a day for strategy meetings.

 

Even Sister, who wasn’t part of the Third or Fifth Knight Orders decided for the Northern expedition, couldn’t leave work.

 

So how busy must Lionel, who was decided as supreme commander, be?

 

Worried that he might be in meetings even in the middle of the night, I couldn’t even think of contacting him through Blue Bird and was anxious alone.

 

‘Am I going to send him to the Northern Region without even exchanging a single word?’

 

That absolutely couldn’t happen. Thinking I had to somehow find an opportunity to talk with Lionel, I constantly tried to use my mother and brother connections to find out information from inside the Imperial Palace.

 

But that attempt failed.

 

It wasn’t that the Imperial Palace’s security level had risen so much that Mother and Brother couldn’t find out information from inside the Imperial Palace.

 

More precisely, it was closer to ‘didn’t do it.’ The reason was.

 

“Your father is coming to the capital right now.”

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