The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 93

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Episode 93

“The owner of this oracle is… my adopted daughter, Bishop Nicole.”

“What, what did you say?”

“The Bishop is the owner of the oracle?”

People murmured, unable to hide their surprise. I was shocked too.

‘Such an oracle was given to Bishop Nicole?’

It was literally a twist of fate.

I was clicking my tongue thinking that God was being too much when suddenly I had this thought.

‘But didn’t they say that fate is absolutely unavoidable?’

Surely Nicole must have received this oracle in the novel too.

That means, in the novel, Lionel married Nicole? I became a mistress hidden in the back room?

…What kind of crazy melodrama novel was this!

“What on earth is going on? Father. Do you know anything?”

“I don’t know what’s happening either. But still…”

Father’s confused gaze reached me, and Mother’s hand holding mine weakened slightly.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Seige stepped back and the Empress came forward again.

“I’ll explain from here. Actually, Bishop Nicole started treating the First Prince’s body three years ago. During that process, the two of them connected…”

To summarize, it was a story about how Bishop Nicole and the First Prince fell for each other while treating and receiving treatment, and promised each other a future.

‘Does this make sense? Right now, the First Prince should be the child of Bishop Nicole’s parents’ enemy, right? But she fell in love?’

I couldn’t understand anything. While I was in such confusion, the Empress’s words continued.

“The First Prince’s love for Bishop Nicole was so touching that I had no choice but to give my permission. And when I went to the temple to discuss Bishop Nicole’s return to secular life, I heard about the oracle.”

“I… dared to hide the fate arranged by God in order to keep my adopted daughter by my side… but I finally realized it was unavoidable…”

Perhaps due to guilt, Archbishop Seige couldn’t finish her words and eventually turned her head away.

The Pope patted Archbishop Seige’s shoulder as if understanding her feelings.

And the Empress’s mouth opened once more.

“As everyone has seen, Bishop Nicole, who is connected to the First Prince, has received an oracle about bearing the next emperor. That means her future husband will sit on the throne.”

“Certainly…”

The Empress continued only after the nobles were sufficiently convinced and had quieted down.

“Surely His Majesty the Emperor promised to crown the Second Prince as heir if he achieved results. But shouldn’t God’s arranged fate take priority over the Emperor’s promise?”

“…”

Perhaps because of the existence of that oracle, no one dared to refute those words.

What was surprising was that even our father was just staring intently at the oracle carved on the stone tablet without saying anything.

“Father…”

I was about to ask if he was really going to let the First Prince become emperor like this.

“Cecil, stay still.”

“Yes?”

“For now… I’ll explain when we get home later.”

Mother shook her head as if now wasn’t the time to step forward, and my brother also nodded as if he agreed.

“No, but…”

“Please, dear. Okay?”

“…Yes. I understand.”

In the end, I had no choice but to sit quietly with my mouth shut.

Since our father and mother were keeping quiet, the other nobles didn’t step forward either.

Satisfied with this sight, the Empress declared with a dignified voice.

“Therefore, as God has arranged, the next emperor will be First Prince Cayen von Altehaide!”

Then the Empress announced.

That the next emperor’s coronation ceremony would be held this evening.

No one objected.

Some people murmured that it was too hasty since the funeral had just ended, but there wasn’t a single person who could shout that this seemed wrong in front of the Empress who invoked God’s will.

Thus, the First Prince’s imperial coronation was confirmed.

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So, to summarize in one word.

‘In the end, things proceeded according to the original story.’

Is this that thing? The compulsive force of the original work or whatever?

If things continue to flow according to the original work, Lionel will be expelled from the imperial palace and take refuge in the temple.

‘Could it be that Lionel’s inability to attend the funeral was also…?’

Everything was flowing too rapidly as if caught in a torrent, so I couldn’t even grasp where things started going wrong.

“I don’t understand what’s happening at all. Well, Cecil. We have something to ask the Archbishop, so go home first and prepare to attend the coronation ceremony.”

“Yes, Father, Mother. Let’s go, Cecil.”

“Uh…”

I wanted to ask my parents what would happen to my engagement with Lionel, but their expressions were too serious for me to interfere.

“Yes, I’ll go home first.”

“We’ll return soon too, so don’t wander off anywhere in between. Understood?”

After earnestly instructing me, my parents went back into the temple, and my brother immediately took me to the carriage and headed home.

“Brother, I have something I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

My brother’s face looked very serious, so I wondered if I should bring up such a question, but thinking it was just family, I opened my mouth.

“What happens to my engagement with the Second Prince?”

“Huh?”

“It won’t be canceled, right? Right?”

Nicole would become empress in the future, and since I had burned the notebook she had, there shouldn’t be any chance of Lionel being brainwashed… but you never know.

‘She could still go to the Central Temple even as empress, and she might have separately written down copies of the brainwashing drug recipe.’

That Lionel lost his claim to the throne… This was also very unfair and infuriating, but it wasn’t something I could do anything about.

However, I could prevent our engagement from being broken, and I had to prevent it.

Whether he knew I was making such a resolution or not, my brother patted my head with a smiling face.

“You don’t need to worry about that.”

“Right? I don’t need to worry, right? The First Prince becoming emperor and my engagement with the Second Prince are separate matters.”

“Right, they’re separate…”

My brother let out a long sigh and rubbed his face with his hand. He looked so serious that I couldn’t bring up anything else and kept my mouth shut until we arrived home.

“Have you returned, young master, young lady?”

“Yes. Mother and Father will come later. More importantly, the emperor’s coronation ceremony will be held at the imperial palace this evening, so we need to prepare to attend.”

“What? You mean this evening?”

“Yes, this evening. At least it’s not just us but everyone will be preparing hastily, so no one will criticize us for inadequate preparation.”

“No. Even so, we must prepare perfectly.”

The butler and maids who came to greet us lit fires in their eyes and steeled their resolve.

“A sudden event is no excuse. This is a matter of our servants’ honor.”

“Come on, everyone! Hurry!”

The butler and maids moved busily, and my brother’s close attendant and Uni grabbed my brother and me respectively.

“First, let’s undress and start with a bath.”

“You can’t be complacent just because you’ll wear a veil. Lady, let’s go to the bathroom right now. I’ll make your face glow!”

“Uh, no, but we just came back from a funeral, so having too much glow on the skin…”

“No! We don’t have time to physically prepare a new dress and jewelry, do we? Every family will put effort into their faces!”

Uni’s eyes blazed as she said she’d make people say that the Roheim family’s lady already had natural elegance.

Scared of such Uni, I silently followed her to my room, then sent Uni to the bathroom asking her to prepare bath water first.

“You mustn’t run away, Lady!”

“Why would I run away? I just have something to check briefly.”

I ran to my room, opened the window, and said.

“Nix, are you there by any chance?”

Fortunately, my guess wasn’t wrong.

“Yes, Lady. I’m here.”

“Perfect! I have something I want to ask you.”

“I thought you would, so I’ve been waiting here the whole time.”

“Thank you. Listen…”

But just then, the corridor outside began to grow noisy. It seemed other maids were coming to my room to help prepare for the coronation ceremony.

“I don’t have much time, so I can only ask one thing. Where is Lionel right now?”

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