Although the children seemed to use the portal covertly, who is he to make them go through such hardship? Especially considering what the elephant keeper has done to the children, he deserves proper punishment.
“What is that?”
“Never mind. Anyway, I hope he’s properly punished. While he didn’t seem to do much to Shasha, I felt he was subtly emotionally pressuring her. If he does that to Shasha, what about the other children?”
My hands are trembling. I never imagined that even in a place like Matop, where I thought I was favored, I would be treated the same as in the Count’s house.
Anger surges. As if sensing my emotion, the emperor straightens his posture.
“I believe that children should grow up as children. It’s a ridiculous thing to say. In a place where human rights don’t exist, promising children’s rights is absurd. Still, I consider it important. Only that way can a child grow up to be a normal adult.”
“Um…”
“Even if I can’t provide for all the children, at least I want to give them the bare minimum environment where they can grow up normally. That’s what I desire.”
That would already make him distinctly different from people in this world.
“Why…”
“Hm?”
I wanted to ask, why do you care so much about children’s rights? I’m curious what the emperor thinks.
Everyone finds his actions incomprehensible.
When Isabella was Isabella, she thought the emperor’s actions were strange. She even considered him insane.
This is a world where people think a sword-wielding emperor is sane.
The people here generally thought the same. The emperor’s current actions felt like the compulsions of a traumatized person.
“Is it strange?”
“What?”
“Never mind.”
Yes, it’s strange. I wonder if this is your feeble expression of guilt toward your youngest sibling.
Otherwise, I can’t think of any other reason why someone like the emperor would care so much about the rights of parentless children. Especially the orphans; I can only think of one reason why he would be so sensitive about them.
A story known to all citizens of the Empire.
The missing princess. A princess who could not be found anywhere. And news heard just once. Talk of a child resembling the lost princess seen in an orphanage.
Of course, the former emperor and everyone else headed to the orphanage, but it had already vanished, as if someone had maliciously burned it down.
This is a tale explicitly in the novel, and perhaps the emperor is sensitive about orphanages because of this event.
In a few years, the age to become an adult would arrive; regardless of improvements in orphanage welfare, it wouldn’t matter to the princess.
Still, if he’s doing this, he must think it’s his only way to wash away the guilt of losing his sister at that time.
Just as I try to wash away my guilt toward Noah through Shasha. He probably feels the same way.
“Anyway, while you were doing that, evidence keeps appearing from the tower. We already had a lot of information, yet more evidence keeps showing up.”
“Is that so?”
“Well, there are probably people who want to accuse others in hopes of gaining favor from higher-ups.”
“People hoping to gain favor from the new tower master?”
The term “new tower master” instantly brought someone to mind.
“Yes.”
“Is it Roywick, the elder council chief? Did he become the new tower master?”
“No. Someone else did.”
“Someone else?”
That was unexpected. If the elder council chief didn’t become the tower master, then who did? In the novel… he might have been the one?
Even if it wasn’t explicitly mentioned in the novel, there was no one else prominent in the tower. Plus, he was the elder council chief. As I tilted my head in puzzlement, the emperor opened his mouth as if to reassure me.
“Yes. So don’t worry about Shasha. Such past incidents will never happen again, and continuous support will be provided for the orphans brought in the name of the tower. They say nothing like before will happen.”
“Ah.”
“If there is any child who wishes to stay in the tower, they will actively support it, so you don’t have to worry.”
Despite the emperor’s words, a part of me felt uneasy.
“Is it reliable…?”
“So?”
“People can change, especially with the influence of power, and the tower master could change at any time, couldn’t he?”
The emperor chuckled. Ah, that was totally the wrong thing to say to the person in front of me.
I awkwardly smiled at my trailing words. Saying that power changes people in front of the emperor is no different from saying he could change too.
‘I’ve really put my foot in my mouth.’
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
