Don't Be Kind Rashly (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 184

The war Hayden had predicted would last three days ended absurdly in just one day, with a single battle.

“You said three days.”

When Lu pressed him, he gave her a gentle eye-smile.

“It’s all thanks to the Southern Sage fighting so brilliantly.”

To any impartial third party, it was impossible to tell who the emperor was.

Lu, already annoyed at still being in her nightclothes past morning, sulked pointlessly at Hayden for insisting on keeping her in the bedroom.

Of course, the very culprit responsible was currently perched with her on his lap, flashing soft eye-smiles and leaning close to her face.

It wasn’t that Hayden was particularly childish—only that his large frame made his current behavior all the more endearing as he coaxed her to take just one more bite of their late breakfast-cum-lunch.

Lady Freya silently pulled back the emperor’s bedroom curtains, expressionless, as she observed a scene where one truly couldn’t distinguish who was the emperor.

“I’m fine like this…”

Lu fell briefly silent as her eyes met Hayden’s, who was staring back at her with a clear “Really?” in his gaze.

No, honestly—her hands were trembling, her legs too, and her physical condition was far from good.

She’d fought with barely-set bones after sustaining injuries, enduring pain so excruciating from Carlos it felt as if her whole body were being torn apart—and still emerged victorious.

So of course she wasn’t in perfect shape. The fact that she’d passed out cold at Hayden’s mere words, even before the battle ended, proved that much.

Thus, she wisely refrained from acting stubborn or foolish.

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