Shouldn’t the queen be working diligently every day? At this point, it was believable to say that I was more like a student facing an imminent exam than a queen.
I thought kings and queens spent their days eating desserts and playing. Try whipping a bit harder. Yes, yes. It feels refreshing. Is there no snack when I’m hungry?
As I indulged in a happy imagination, I let out a deep sigh.
Of course, things might improve when the country’s situation stabilizes further, and we become more accustomed to our roles, or when loyal subjects emerge whom we can trust with tasks. But for now, such a future felt very distant.
“Haah.”
Nevertheless, my gaze, out of habit, returned to the crumpled pile of papers. At this rate, the fingerprints on the rugged paper might wear off before the year ends.
I mechanically read through the text. I don’t know whether I am the one reading the words or the words are forming me.
It was at that moment. Someone knocked on the door of my study.
“Your Majesty, the guest has arrived.”
“Oh? Already?”
I glanced at the courtier.
“Ah, it seems they arrived a bit earlier than scheduled.”
Was this a pleasant sound I heard so often?
I rose from my seat as the hefty chair made a loud noise, pushing me forward.
“I need to go see them right away! We can’t keep an important guest waiting, can we?”
“Wait a moment, there are still documents for you to review…!”
“After meeting the guest, you can finish the paperwork. Right?”
“Then the royal physician will come…!”
“So after that, if it’s not possible, you can do it tomorrow. For now, I have to go meet my friends. My bottom can’t take it anymore.”
No matter what, as the queen, no one could stop me.
The papers were cleared from the desk, and a mirror quickly came in.
“Do I need to get dressed up?”
The maids, perhaps fearing I would dash out at any moment, hurriedly adjusted my clothes and appearance. I exercised patience and counted to 20 in my mind.
“19… 20! Okay! It looks beautiful, so let’s just go.”
Several pairs of eyes wavered, but I pretended not to see and turned away. The courtier opened the door with an anxious expression.
Arriving at the reception room, as I waited for a moment, I heard a knock. When the door opened, familiar faces appeared. It was Terminus and Angela. The two approached and bowed their knees.
“I greet Your Majesty, the great blessing and honor of Deroth.”
“We are pleased to have the permission to meet the Queen under the Moon of Deroth.”
“Oh, why do you give such awkward greetings between us? Terneya, and Angela. My friends I always miss, no matter when I see them.”
At my words, Terminus smiled broadly. Suddenly, it felt as if we had moved to the train station where we first met him, and the place where the wildflowers bloomed was full. The moment when I looked out the window of the train and met various supernatural beings quickly passed through my mind.
“I also always miss you, my soulmate.”
“Oh my, can you say such things to me? With such a lovely fiance by your side.”
I looked at Angela beside Terminus and laughed. She, who had once been my fellow captive, crossing life and death together, was now standing by Terminus’s side.
Today, they had come to deliver the news of their wedding.
Yes, now that I think about it, when we escaped from Artigra with Angela, Terminus’s expression as he looked at her was somewhat strange.
Of course, Terminus had a tendency to look at every woman with a sensual and affectionate gaze…
But still, it felt a bit different from that.
When I make eye contact with others, it’s an automatic reflex to say, “Beautiful, goddess!” or “I think I’m blinded, fairy!” But when dealing with Angela, I feel sincerity. So, they might even get married?
The two of them seemed happy just sitting together, and during our conversations, they shyly smiled at each other, making eye contact.
How about teasing them a bit?
“Terminos, you used to say I was the most beautiful in the world. Was that all a lie?”
Terminos wore a splendid smile, but his eyes couldn’t help but flicker. The great Terminos was flustered?
“Oh, Queen Cecilia. Yes, Your Majesty is incredibly beautiful. Even if you had controlled the war with mazes instead of arrows, everyone would believe it, Your Highness. But what can I do? I’m already blind to anyone but Angela. Now, I can’t feel any beauty except for her.”
“Ternya, those words…”
Angela blushed. Even to me, it looked adorable. They were a good-looking couple, but I playfully narrowed my eyes.
“You two seem like such lovebirds. I even got goosebumps on my arms just now.”
“But it seems that’s not what His Majesty Idric wants to say.”
“Idric? Your Majesty seems rather blunt.”
As I tilted my head in confusion, wrinkles appeared on Terminos’s forehead.
“Blunt? Really… I wonder if the parties involved are unaware. Does the entire country not know what’s going on?”
I blinked, completely unable to guess.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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