I Will Live for Your Death (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 142

“Waking up to someone pounding on the window would still be better than this…”

Lailo was dumbfounded by the scene unfolding before his eyes. Not only him, but every member of the mercenary company had to rush out in their nightclothes.

In the dead of night, the Imperial Guard had suddenly stormed in, claiming they needed to search the premises, and began rummaging through the entire barracks.

Apparently, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress had gone missing. Why were they tearing apart the wrong place when it was his own wife who had vanished? The mercenaries could only mutter quietly, too afraid to voice their complaints aloud.

“Search thoroughly.”

Claudius stood at the front. His menacing aura made it impossible to crack even a joke.

Despite the late hour, his appearance was flawless. Even after being abruptly awakened, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor arrived dressed to perfection—just their rotten luck. Eddie barely curled his lips into a faint, barely visible sneer.

Their opponent was the Emperor himself. One wrong move, and they could be shot or beheaded on the spot—such was the reality they had to accept without question. Given the vast gulf in status between the Emperor and the mercenaries, they had no choice but to keep their eyes firmly fixed on the ground and shut their ears.

“Where is your captain?”

Now that he thought about it, the captain was nowhere to be seen despite all this commotion. Eddie cast an anxious glance toward the interior of the barracks. Under normal circumstances, he would have rushed out at the first sign of disturbance to defuse the situation.

‘Could he be in the Empress’s quarters?’

But if Rivel had truly gone to the Empress’s quarters, the Emperor wouldn’t have bothered coming all the way to their encampment. Unless… he already knew and was deliberately stirring up trouble to find fault.

“We… we’re not quite sure where he is…”

“Your Imperial Majesty.”

“…So you were here after all.”

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