This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 97

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Chapter 97

“First, you go down.”

I sent the child down through the window first.

Then I opened the wardrobe door. Old, worn clothes were packed inside, enough for all the children who used this room.

“Sorry, Toto. I don’t have time to wait.”

I apologized to Toto as I pulled out all the clothes and pushed the empty wardrobe over with all my strength.

Crash!

The wardrobe fell with a tremendous noise.

Perhaps because of the loud sound, Toto’s fur puffed up from head to tail. He seemed frozen in shock.

I didn’t miss that opportunity and reached for Toto.

“Meow!”

Fortunately, I caught him without missing, but as soon as I held Toto in my arms, he seemed to come to his senses and struggled to escape.

Whoosh!

But the moment he saw the surging flames, Toto extended his claws as far as they would go and gripped my arm tightly.

“Ah!”

The sharp pain digging into my flesh hurt terribly, but I knew Toto didn’t do it on purpose. He was just very frightened.

“Ugh, so you’re afraid of fire too.”

This was much better than him scratching and running away.

“Don’t worry, let’s go out together.”

I comforted Toto and ran to the ladder. The children gathered below the ladder were anxiously looking back and forth between the direction of the gate and the second floor.

When they spotted me, the children brightened up and shouted.

“Nuna!”

“Nuna!”

“Hurry down!”

I leaned out the window and stepped onto the ladder.

Meanwhile, the scenery near the gate had changed somewhat.

The orphanage building was already half-destroyed, so the gate’s situation was visible from here. The mysterious black shadow that had saved me and the much larger salamander were tangled in battle with monsters.

I could see the Imperial Knights running over there with their banner raised.

‘Will things finally get sorted out now?’

Just as I was about to feel a little relieved.

“Kueeeeek!”

A large monster that burst out of the gate broke through the melee and began charging this way.

“Ahhhhh!”

“Kyaaaah!”

Every time the monster jumped, the ground shook, and the frightened children began screaming.

“Kids! Run! Quickly!”

At my shout, the children came to their senses and began running away in competition.

One small girl fell along the way, but fortunately Paul, who was next to her, quickly scooped up the child and ran again.

“Phew.”

I breathed a sigh of relief watching the children get away from the monster.

Though I soon realized that I myself was the immediate problem, before the children.

There was no one to hold the ladder, and the ground was shaking because of the monster.

The ladder couldn’t hold up.

I climbed down as far as I could, then when I felt I couldn’t go any further, I threw myself toward where the blankets were laid out. I held the cat tightly so it wouldn’t get crushed, with my back toward the ground.

‘As long as I don’t break my spine or neck bones, I probably won’t die from falling from this height, but…’

It seemed I’d have to give up on living.

‘The monster is too close!’

Even if I got up quickly and ran, there seemed to be no answer. No matter how I thought about it, the monster was faster than me.

‘Ah, am I going to die like this?’

The moment I thought of death, only one person’s face came to mind.

“Ah, Baron. I’m sorry.”

In the heart-stopping fear, I squeezed my eyes shut.

‘I don’t want to die!’

Thud.

Then I lightly bumped into something.

My falling body felt like it was floating upward. I also heard the sound of large fabric fluttering.

When I opened my eyes at the unexpected situation, someone was holding me while their cloak billowed behind them.

Thump thump thump thump.

A strong heartbeat could be heard rapidly. A strange man’s clothes touched my face softly, and I could feel large hands supporting my back and behind my knees.

My startled heart began to calm quickly at the subtle woody scent.

I lifted my head slightly and held my breath.

Flawless white skin, a face shape with a smooth jawline, a straight nose bridge and well-formed nostrils.

The man’s tightly pressed lips looked captivating even in this chaos.

That’s right. The person holding me was an incredible handsome man.

The moment I raised my gaze a little more, our eyes met with brilliant ruby-colored pupils. Glossy black hair fluttered in the wind.

‘Gasp!’

Only then did I realize who the man was.

‘B-Bloden Ilpein?’

My goodness! I’m saved!

The appearance of the original male lead, the Emperor! I’m completely saved!

Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

I cheered three times in my heart.

I don’t have to die! I can continue being with Baron!

“Sob!”

Relief crashed over me like a storm and tears blurred my vision.

I absolutely couldn’t hold back the tears.

That’s when it happened. Just as we landed stably on the ground, something touched my eyes.

“It’s okay now. Don’t cry.”

A low, attractive voice whispered gently in my ear.

“!?”

I opened my eyes wide in surprise. It seemed like Bloden had just kissed near my eyes?

But because tears had blurred my vision, I couldn’t be sure. There was no reason for Bloden to kiss me either.

Most importantly, Bloden’s expression as he looked at the monster now was utterly cold.

‘I must have been mistaken.’

“Kueeeeek!”

The monster that had approached right in front of us roared once more and tried to devour Bloden and me.

But the monster never got to attack us.

The moment Bloden drew his sword from his waist, tremendous energy burst forth and cut down the monster in one strike.

Then a familiar name flowed from his lips.

“Raven.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

I reflexively thought of Raven from next door.

But instead of the voice of the Raven I knew, I heard a sound mixed with mechanical tones.

I don’t know when he appeared, but next to Bloden stood a knight fully armed in black armor.

I couldn’t see his face because of his helmet, but even the light emanating from within was extraordinary.

Thanks to the black aura rippling from his body, I felt an eerie sensation but could tell who he was.

He was Death Knight Raven Arnor, Emperor Bloden’s closest aide.

“Annihilate the monsters and collapse the passage.”

“I receive your command.”

At the same time, dark energy surged violently from Raven’s body and spread in all directions.

“Purururuk!”

The dark energy soon transformed into skeletal warhorses with red flames burning in their eye sockets and skeletal cavalry. Raven instantly mounted one of the skeletal warhorses and gripped a spear he had summoned from somewhere.

Though it was a spear that radiated a terrifying aura, seeing it look exactly as described in the original work, I found myself nodding unconsciously.

‘Ah, I know that one, I know it.’

Raven’s weapon was the Soul Lance. And that dark energy wrapping around the Soul Lance was said to rapidly absorb the life force of monsters, leading them to death.

In other words, most of the monsters in that gate were finished.

Raven and the skeletal cavalry charged toward the gate, and soon tremendous noise erupted from within the gate.

Meanwhile, the imperial knights who had rushed over seemed to have started focusing on rescue operations after confirming that Bloden had personally stepped forward.

Even amidst the chaos, they were pulling out the director and the lord from where the principal’s office had been.

They carried the unconscious director and lord, who hung limply and couldn’t move, to a location far from the scene and began administering emergency treatment.

Watching this, Bloden spoke quietly.

“Camen.”

The ground shook greatly.

When I saw the massive stone statue rising like a wall, I opened my eyes wide in surprise.

‘Huh?’

It was truly a gigantic stone statue. But I could see sky-blue button-like eyes up there.

‘Rock Mole?’

It was too early to be certain. The Rock Mole I had seen wasn’t this large.

‘I think I could tell if I could see whether there’s a sprout on its head or not.’

Then Bloden’s command came down.

“Suppress the fire. If there are people inside, pull them out.”

Camen bowed his head to Bloden respectfully. At that moment, I saw a small sprout swaying on one side of the statue’s head. I also felt warmth in Camen’s eyes as he looked at me while raising his head.

‘It really is the Rock Mole I know!’

Without giving me time to greet him, Camen enlarged his body tremendously and then threw himself at the orphanage building.

Camen instantly decomposed into sand and covered the orphanage building like a waterfall.

Swoooosh!

Instead of a loud crash, only the sound of pouring sand echoed.

Though known as a Rock Mole, he was originally Bloden’s spirit, it seemed. His name was Camen.

No wonder he only did things that were so grateful to humans.

I could understand why there were almost no casualties even when the gate opened.

Though unnoticed by people’s eyes, Bloden had undoubtedly infiltrated Snoril and been active since around the time the Rock Mole became visible.

“Nu…”

At that moment, hearing Bloden’s voice as if he was about to say something, I raised my head.

And our eyes met.

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