In response to the unexpected words, Sessenia blinked her eyes.

“That is…”

“What should I do? Please tell me.”

While saying so, what more should be added.

Sessenia bit her lips, only murmuring to dissuade him.

“It’s okay now. You don’t have to do anything.”

“No. I want to. I want to do anything. Now, I don’t have to be afraid. That you’ll abandon me, leave me. You don’t have to think like that. I’m… a royal.”

“…”

“Tell me. What are you going to do? What should I do? Whatever is fine. I’ll do anything. So please, use me.”

After knowing everything, she thought that it wouldn’t be too late to make a choice then. But he was too firm.

If he didn’t tell the truth, he seemed like he would continue.

She felt too well how he thought of himself, what emotions he harbored.

So, after keeping silent for a long time, Sessenia, who was thinking she couldn’t use Teddy, spoke up.

“Teddy. How do you want to live?”

The past Teddy wanted to become an emperor. Perhaps that was the wish of the person who was his sponsor and savior.

Even now, nothing seemed different. The sponsor and savior, herself, wished that he would become an emperor.

But in front of that wish, there was another one.

A desire to give him freedom, even if she had to modify her plans.

If he didn’t want to become an emperor, she would let him go.

‘Wealthy person’s hypocrisy. Arrogant hypocrisy. That’s what I’ll do from now on.’

“I… want to live by your side.”

“Huh…?”

“I love you. Master.”

Sessenia blinked her eyes.

“Teddy…”

Sessenia didn’t know love. No, she had never loved.

Love was the most useless of human emotions, and she thought it was the cause of her death.

So Sessenia couldn’t fully accept that love.

“Don’t love me.”

“No. I already love you too much. You know. Because I’m a royal… Even so, I’m not just an ugly slave… I can confess to my master. It’s both sad and joyful.”

“Teddy…”

“I thought my existence shouldn’t exist. I thought I shouldn’t be by my master’s side. In fact, I’m not competent like Lord Rohan, and I don’t have strong power like him… I thought I shouldn’t even confess. So, I just… tried to watch from behind, wherever and whenever. I wanted to always be behind, seeing my master meeting someone he loves, building a family…”

What should she say to stop this? Should she have stopped before these words came out? What should she have done?

Was her behavior wrong?

Sessenia’s hand trembled. But more than that hand, Teddy’s hand confessing his feelings trembled even more.

“But now I want to move forward. I… deserve to do that now.”

“…No.”

“After all, I’m not suitable, am I? I’m… a royal, but… I am…”

“It’s not because of that. It’s because my feelings for you aren’t like that.”

Love is an awfully dreadful thing.
All because of such a half-hearted feeling, she had to go through hell.

And Sessenia saved him not for that feeling but to use him.

“What kind of feelings do you have for me?”

“A remorseful feeling for deceiving and a feeling that I must use you.”

“If you just harbor both, then… look. Look at me… as a man.”

“I saved you to use you.”

“It’s okay. If you saved me to use me like that… I’m happy. It was me from the beginning, right?”

“Teddy…”

Because he was so pure, because he loved himself so much.

“What should I do? How will I be used?”

“…”

Her chest ached as if it were being gnawed. What was she trying to do to someone who loved her so much?

“I… I don’t believe in love.”

“I’ll make you believe. I hope you feel this heart of mine. Through me, and for me. So, please don’t just push me away.”

“…”

“If you don’t believe in love, this time, I’ll save you. So…”

Teddy’s large hand covered Sessenia’s cheek.

“I love you. Master.”

He said that, but Teddy’s hand trembled endlessly.

“Teddy…”

“I’m not asking for an answer right now.”

Teddy, who brightly smiled, quickly noticed Sessenia’s expression.

“Then let’s do this. Tell me what you were going to use me for. I’ll listen to that. After hearing it, I’ll make my own judgment. If, even after hearing that, I still want to stay by your side, please don’t push me away.”

“But that’s using your feelings.”

“No. It’s using you. It’s using the master who needs me. So tell me. Why did you save me? What is the feeling of guilt for you?”

“Ha.”

“It’s okay. I want to hear it. The hidden truth. So, please tell me.”

Now there was no way to stop it. Teddy’s feelings for her were too big. And even if he said he wouldn’t use her, he was definitely trying to be used.

“I… will become an empress. No, I must not become one.”

“Empress?”

“Yeah. And I’m going to make you the emperor.”

For a moment, a smile spread across Teddy’s face.

“Okay.”

“Listen. It’s not just about being okay.”

“If you can marry the person you love, is there a problem?”

“Uh…”

“Then I’ll use you too. Please love me. Marry me. Then I’ll become the emperor. I’ll place a high and lofty crown on your head. Although I’m nothing, just an insignificant existence, right now, at this moment, I… will become a noble emperor more than anyone else.”