The visibly frightened Prince Lusenia cast unbelieving glances at Karayan several times.
I looked at his face coldly and, with an artificial smile, said, “The king invited us to the banquet. The imperial couple from the Leonhardt Empire came, and they invited us without even seeing me. Isn’t that truly remarkable?”
Even when I asked about the king’s mistake, Prince Lusenia showed no reaction.
“Lusenia oppa.”
“Uh, what?”
“Since you’re also going to the banquet hall, wouldn’t you like some guidance on the way?”
“Guidance?”
“Yeah. I’ve never been to the banquet hall when I was in the Lupon Kingdom, so I don’t know where it is.”
Prince Lusenia mumbled, ‘Karayan is over there,’ but couldn’t shout it out loud and shook his head.
Seeing his pale face, it seemed like he was afraid of Karayan. Looking at Prince Lusenia’s withered complexion, I coldly rebuked him.
“I’m asking for guidance not as your sister from the Lupon Kingdom but as Empress Leonharta. Lead us, please.”
“This way.”
Prince Lusenia, wiping cold sweat with the back of his hand, guided us.
The path leading to the main palace was both familiar and unfamiliar. When I used to go this way, it was always the path to get scolded.
While looking around the corridor filled with only bad memories, I turned my gaze to Prince Lusenia’s back.
“I heard that when Karayan oppa was lying down in pain, someone stabbed him.”
Prince Lusenia’s back stiffened. He didn’t turn around. Instead, with an awkward laugh, he replied.
“T-That, that’s true? Wh-Who?”
“Who did such a thing. Doesn’t it bother Prince Lusenia’s heart?”
Gulp.
The sound of him swallowing dry saliva resonated distinctly. A prince who had lived comfortably without the need to deceive or pretend.
The prince, who had only been used here and there without having to deal with people, wasn’t skillful at hiding his emotions.
“I, I don’t really know.”
“Is that so?”
With my vague answer, the corridor fell silent. We all moved towards the banquet hall in silence.
The banquet hall was filled with the sounds of tableware and the eyes of everyone rolling around.
The king and my brothers, too.
Everyone seemed anxious, glancing at Karayan and the Emperor of the Leonhardt Empire, Revenfell. Since neither of them spoke first, it seemed difficult to bring up any conversation.
Karayan didn’t touch anything on the table throughout the entire time. He just stared fixedly at the food placed in front of him.
“Ka-Karayan hyungnim. Aren’t you eating?”
One of the awkward brothers asked Karayan. Then Karayan lightly pushed the tableware away with his hand and responded.
“The one who tried to kill me might have poisoned this. How would I know, and how could I eat it?”
Karayan scanned his siblings with a disdainful look. In response to his icy gaze, his siblings couldn’t utter a word or make any gestures.
As if understanding the meaning behind Karayan’s words, everyone simultaneously turned their attention to me.
In other words, it meant that everyone was an accomplice.
“Hehe.”
Prince Lusenia coughed awkwardly, changing the topic of conversation.
“Uh, more importantly… I heard some nonsense on the way here.”
Prince Lusenia seemed to have forgotten his manners, and with a knife covered in sauce, he pointed it sharply at me.
Perhaps he hadn’t corrected his attitude of ignoring me even after the last incident.
“Teriela, you said you’re a saint, right?”
All eyes, including the king who was sipping wine, focused simultaneously. Beside him, Jareem, who was sitting with us, raised his eyebrows and quickly raised his hand, covering my face pointed at by the knife.
At the same time, Elihu also stood up abruptly.
“Is it appropriate to point a knife at the Empress right now?”
Jareem fiercely confronted Prince Lusenia, shooting a sharp remark. Startled by Jareem’s sudden attack and the sharp gaze of the Minister Elihu, Prince Lusenia clutched his throat.
“Ah… This is just a habit…”
“A habit? Is it a habit to point a knife at the Empress of Leonharta?”
“Cough.”
Prince Lusenia cleared his throat and lowered the knife he had been holding up. Only then did Jareem slowly lower the hand that had covered my face.
However, Elihu still hadn’t calmed down and didn’t sit back down. Elihu directly asked Prince Lusenia with a stern expression.
“Did you just casually call the Empress by her name?”
“Ah… She’s my younger sister, so…”
“You call her a younger sister. This person is the Empress of Leonharta, and she is not someone you can treat lightly. Treating her as a younger sister is essentially the same as disrespecting the Leonharta Empire.”
Unable to counter Elihu’s logical words, Prince Lusenia remained silent.
“You don’t seem to have any learning ability.”
Jareem, who clenched his fist, mocked Prince Lusenia while looking at him with contempt. Although everyone must have heard the mocking laughter echoing on the quiet dining table, no one dared to refute.
The one responsible for the tense atmosphere since entering this banquet was undoubtedly the Emperor Revenfell.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
