“Sion Delpast. You’re still weak in politics. Speaking only the truth doesn’t mean others will listen to you. They listen when you have power. Don’t you know that yet?”
“Your Majesty, if I had power and could do proper politics, would you help me?”
“!”
“Your brother, Count Antoine, and his household are residing in Delpast’s ducal castle.”
“I’ve never heard such a thing!”
The Empress was surprised.
‘It’s the first time I’ve mentioned it.’
Sion recalled his previous life.
In his past life too, he had sheltered all the relatives of the Antoine family. But he couldn’t reveal it, fearing the Emperor’s wrath.
“The truth is, when I was fifteen and returned to the North, the first thing I did was that.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
The Empress stood up.
“Foolishly, I thought His Majesty might get angry. Count Antoine is now frail, but his son, the young count, has grown into a fine young man. The count always longs for you but chose not to send news for your sake.”
“…”
“You think you have no more power. Count Antoine wasn’t confident he could protect you.”
“Duke.”
“But I am different. I still believe the only one who can remove the serpent’s tongue from the Empire’s sun is Your Majesty. That’s why I’m here.”
Sion looked directly at the Empress.
“As the Empress of the Empire, please protect it. Today, a woman deceived by LaHart’s hypnosis into believing she’s the real princess and the baron who brought her to His Majesty in good faith might be sentenced to death. Please protect them, Your Majesty.”
“To protect them, you say. It seems too meager a task for you to ask of an Empress.”
“It’s not insignificant. If we can’t protect the small, how can we protect the North?”
“Protect the North.”
The Empress showed a hollow smile.
“Yes. To protect the North, I intend to protect the Empire. Those who obscure the sun eventually target the North.”
“Why now, Duke? So suddenly.”
“It’s not sudden, Your Majesty. It’s already late.”
At those words, the Empress felt a shock as if hit on the head.
Already late?
“Yes, it’s true. I’ve neglected my position for too long.”
“I know you left first out of fear of being abandoned, Your Majesty.”
“!”
What is it?
His penetrating words.
The Empress was startled.
She remembered what her father had said.
[The Duke of the North has eyes that can see through people. The founder of the Empire, Delpast, was said to have the same.]The fear that the Emperor, who once seemed to love her forever, would abandon her. That fear became reality after her son’s death. When the Emperor destroyed her birthplace, the Empress decided to abandon first.
To suffer less.
Sion Delpast speaks.
“Find what belongs to you, Your Majesty. The North, and I, Delpast, will be on your side. Only then can I… find Your Majesty’s granddaughter, the princess.”
“You speak as if you’ve been searching all this time.”
“Because I really have. Secretly, all this time. Though I haven’t found her yet.”
“Really?”
The Empress’s voice trembled.
It’s true.
When not roaming battlefields, he was always searching for the princess in his memories. The missing real princess, the only being who could clear his family’s framed name and restore the Empire.
“The shield of the North does not lie. I swear upon the Northern holy sword, Lapis, Your Majesty.”
Delpast placed his hand on his chest.
His deep blue eyes met the Empress’s.
The Northern holy sword, Lapis.
The treasure of the North that reveals the true nature of those it touches, the holy sword of the founder of the Empire, alongside Delpast.
“Lend me your strength, Your Majesty. Before Lucrella is used, please look at that woman and tell us. Whether she is real or not. With Your Majesty’s eyes of the North, you can see the truth. And please help that woman and the baron. I will take on the fight that follows.”
“…”
“The eyes that see through the truth have always been the legacy of the Delpast ducal family, Duke Delpast.”
“…”
“If I were to lend you my strength, would you find my granddaughter for me? Can you do that?”
“Of course, Your Majesty. I will find the true star of the Empire, even at the cost of my life. For the Empire and its sun, and for the pitiful moon.”
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
