I Decided to Let You Go (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 81

Kail Retiers, who had seized the territory of Charlier, was hailed as a magnificent emperor—for a young emperor barely past thirty had accomplished what his ancestors had failed to achieve for hundreds of years.

From that day onward, the thorn in Retiers’ side was elevated to the greatest Retiers of all.

Returning to the imperial palace, Zieghart sought out Kail Retiers first. Though it had been some time since the emperor claimed his triumph, the foolish ruler remained trapped in that very day—holding feasts nonstop for ten days straight, or so it was said.

Kail Retiers spotted the large figure approaching from the end of the corridor and visibly brightened. He gulped down the wine lingering on his lips and shouted with a mouth reeking heavily of alcohol.

“My dog has come!”

The women clinging devotedly to the emperor’s side followed the soft motion of his fingers with their eyes. At last, their gazes landed squarely on the rugged man standing before them.

That Duke Aschardt—renowned for his cold-bloodedness and arrogance—being called the emperor’s “dog”! Yet despite what should have been a grave affront to his pride, the man responded with a familiar silence, bowing quietly as if long accustomed to it.

At the emperor’s brief command to leave, the women pouted with feigned reluctance. Their expressions clearly pleaded for him to rescind the order—they insisted there was nothing they shouldn’t hear and had no desire to depart.

But the emperor, guarding some secret so fiercely, sent away even the women he had lavished with affection day and night for ten straight days.

Kail still had not acknowledged the man’s greeting.

“I’ve come to claim my freedom.”

After a long silence, Zieghart finally spoke, somehow managing to keep his stiff neck raised the entire time.

He had turned Retiers’ disgrace into the legendary greatness of Retiers—now the dog that aided him deserved his freedom too. He wished to sever the leash that bound him and begin his belated atonement.

But Kail Retiers’ response was strange.

“That’s troublesome.”

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