The Emperor’s anger that had raged in Shalea fortunately subsided in less than a day. Some people briefly thought it was just a momentary gloomy weather that cleared up.

Why did he get so angry?

To the hurriedly arrived question from Duke Negeret, Godioer denied it and replied.

Judging from the story that the Glera Palace was closed, it is presumed to be related to the engagement. I will report further as more information comes in.

That’s right. Countess Yeong-ae, the Emperor’s fiancée and the Southern Sage who stayed at Glera Palace, was closed. There was no longer anyone staying there.

Originally, Countess Yeong-ae, who was in that place, was currently lying in the Emperor’s bedroom. Her cheeks were pale, and she moaned softly, shedding real tears.

She had severe injuries, but there was no one in the palace to come and treat her, and the only person who cared for her was Lady Freya, the imperial doctor. The entrance to the Emperor’s bedroom, strictly prohibited, was directly guarded by the Imperial Guards.

The Emperor’s cool hand touched her forehead. Lou, who had lost consciousness, had fractures all over her body, and the burns were severe, not to mention the fever.

In a state where she forcefully cast magic to erase traces with a completely unrecovered body while saving the child, she was lying on the bed. The injuries were serious as expected.

“Lou.”

Lou, who had fallen asleep in a daze, just lay there without a pulse. Hayden looked down at her body, which he had fixed with white light so that she couldn’t move.

He warned her not to defy it and used magic recklessly, and the body ended up like this, making it difficult to treat. He just had to watch over her to endure well.

Usually, mages would give up at this point. And with all the remaining power and soul dedicated to Carlos, they would become a cold corpse. Hayden knew this sequence very well.

“Why did you leave me?”

An empty voice asked. At the same time, the man who knew the answer bowed his head. He must have thought so too.

But Lou couldn’t have left so quickly, decisively, and cut off. She must have clung to him, desperately trying to be together, eventually embracing Lou and facing destruction. Regretting deeply.

Lou was excessively rational and frighteningly cold. It drove him crazy. To make sure he could never abandon her, to grasp her again after she left in any way, he obtained everything and approached her. But in the end, it turned out like this.

“You said you loved me. How much?”

Maybe Lou’s heart was just there. He tried to deny it even when he saw the curse clinging tightly to Lou’s head.

“How much did you love me?”

No, okay. If the curse became stronger because he loved her, he must have loved her. But maybe his loyalty as a knight surpassed love.

“How long do I have to remain only as your emperor?”
If I knew it would turn out like this, I shouldn’t have become an emperor. I shouldn’t have become a great ruler that all citizens must protect. It would have been better to make Lou the emperor, and if she became a knight, it would be even better.

Then, by making some excuse, I could stay by her side, claiming to protect her. Even if she couldn’t be held by force, there was only one way.

He looked around the bedroom where Lou would stay for a lifetime. The temperature and humidity were just right. Since Lou didn’t need to walk with her own feet, there was no need to fix her legs. Wasn’t that right?

“……He……”

His sensitive ears caught Lou’s voice, making a sound as if the wind was escaping. The gray eyes quickly turned to Lou’s face, which was suffering severely. The thick and broad back tilted. The man, who calmly lost his sanity, wandered above the dry lips exhaling hot breath.

‘What was it?’

Just passing words? Meaningless groans?

‘Or…’

Or not? His face painfully cracked and distorted.

Hayden.

Bright light seeped into the injuries that would have been judged by most sages as something to just leave alone. The emerald curse also eagerly began to gulp down that light, but the infiltrating white light was infinite.

Lou, who had been moaning and sweating profusely, gradually eased her expression. The rough and wheezing breaths also subsided a bit. Hayden tapped Lou’s back of the hand on the back of her hand.

Leaving her alone is good for Lou and the most proper way to heal. It should progress naturally, adapt a bit to the body bound by curses, and even if she continues to use magic, it will be less difficult. So he just made her a little less painful. He couldn’t let her go.

Since he might have called him, he couldn’t just leave her alone.

His mind was confused. He couldn’t tell whether he was awake or asleep. Darkness and light alternately approached his blurry eyes. He lost something. What did he lose?

“General Genus, more reinforcements have joined those bastards!”

“General Genus, ‘that guy’ is sticking to the Kataart walls again!”

“General Genus!”

“Rustika!”

“What the hell is that bastard doing! We’re getting breached here, damn it!”