He clicked his tongue, genuinely concerned for his own well-being. Nearly moved by it. Not that the Emperor would ever worry about me.
“I shall take my leave then. Rest.”
“Ah, about the rumors concerning Matopju…”
“I’ve heard a rough overview. Even involved orphans, did it? I will investigate further, so you should rest first. I’ll hear the report later.”
He just nodded at the authoritative demeanor.
“Very well.”
Lying down while bidding farewell to the Emperor felt somewhat wrong, so he tried to sit up. However, the Emperor gestured at something beside me, as if to show me something.
“Normally, one would stand to greet, but your sister is sleeping there, so stay lying down.”
“Ah… Shasha…”
“She has been crying by your side for hours. Let her sleep.”
He seemed tender only towards children, concerned for Shasha. I laid back down.
“Thank you.”
“No need for thanks. I will be extremely busy from now on.”
“I see.”
“Yes.”
That was all. What should I do if you’re going to be busy? Should I cheer you on? I stared at the Emperor intently. He seemed to have something to say and shook his head back and forth.
“No. I should go.”
And then the Emperor left. I turned and comforted Shasha without a moment’s hesitation.
From the looks of it, Shasha had cried; her eyes were wet with tear stains.
I calmly stroked her head.
“Shasha…”
Noah, a forgotten nightmare, kept coming back to mind since he had that dream.
It was fine before; I just felt guilty and sorry, but now his image kept coming back to mind.
Overlapping with Shasha’s image.
“Shasha…”
Tears started to flow. I tried to stay positive, but when with Shasha, Noah came to mind. Even though I knew this child wasn’t Noah, her presence next to me was comforting.
Damn it, I shouldn’t be taking care of Shasha with these feelings, but I was, even now.
“Mama…?”
Not long after the Emperor left, someone else seemed to have entered. They peeked at me, still lying down, and then left promptly. Thanks to that, I could cry freely.
“Noah.”
As soon as he came out, the Emperor looked at the knight following him with an utterly dissatisfied expression.
The knight who had hurriedly caught up just tilted his head.
“Find him.”
“What are you talking about…”
Tettel, the Emperor’s adjutant and the Deputy Commander of the First Knight Order, blinked his eyes while looking at the Emperor, who was, as always, enigmatic.
Seeing this, the Emperor quickly turned his head.
“…Find a man named Noah.”
“Ah. Yes, understood. Is that all the information you have, Your Majesty?”
“Yes. Seems incredibly attached, to the point of death.”
“Excuse me?”
The Emperor clicked his tongue, clearly displeased.
“There’s no information. Just find a man named Noah. And…”
“Kill him?”
“…Do you see me as a lunatic?”
Tettel was about to nod, then abruptly stopped.
“No, no.”
“Good. I’m not a lunatic, so I won’t just kill someone because we’re looking for him.”
He tried to defend himself, but Tettel just quivered his lips.
‘You said before that being called a lunatic suited you. So what’s bothering you today?’
He rolled the words around in his mouth, unspoken.
“So just find out who he is, where he lives.”
For some reason, the Emperor seemed angry, and Tettel was genuinely curious.
The Emperor was generally temperamental but rarely showed it openly. Usually, he would go hunting or drink wine, lost in his own thoughts.
“Who is this person?”
“An annoying X.”
“Excuse me…?”
“So find him. And cancel all my appointments for the afternoon.”
“Yes. You didn’t have any appointments, to begin with.”
“Why is that?”
“You cancelled all your plans because the Empress Dowager is coming, didn’t you?”
Tettel looked at the Emperor intently, wondering if he was genuinely asking. Had he really forgotten what he had decided just a few hours ago?
Maybe the Emperor simply forgot that he’d cancelled all his plans. Could today be one of the Emperor’s mad days? It seemed like there was still some time until that day.
Awkwardly, Tettel looked at the Emperor as various thoughts raced through his mind.
“Indeed. I must really be insane.”
“Excuse me?”
“Such a trivial thing, and yet it occupies my thoughts.”
“It is the Empress Dowager, your first encounter with her, so…”
“Ah. Yes. That’s why it bothers me.”
The Emperor’s face relaxed slightly, as if he had found a solution.
“Simply for that reason. That’s all.”
“Your Majesty, may I ask a question?”
“What is it?”
“Considering you always hated being alone with any woman, are you okay with the Empress Dowager?”
There were many women who wanted to become the Empress, but the Emperor never gave them a second look.
His disdain for women was so deep-rooted. Nobody knew the reason for this disdain, and many women tried various means to catch the Emperor’s eye.
They would accidentally fall in front of him, or become a new maid in the imperial palace. Many women used a myriad of ways to approach him.
Yet, the more they did so, the deeper the Emperor’s disdain for women became.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
