In This Life, I'll Assist You (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 166
The Empress quietly rose from her seat and turned toward the Emperor. Then, she bowed her head respectfully before him.
“Your Majesty, what shall you do with Grand Duke Medea Lahert? Please render your decision.”
Emperor Demitus Delphast of the Delphast Empire met the Empress’s eyes as she lifted her head.
At the sight of the Empress’s unwavering gaze, the Emperor’s pupils trembled uneasily.
The Emperor who had bestowed the current might upon this empire—a realm with a thousand-year history—hesitated now, despite facing a decision that should have been obvious.
‘A decision… What decision can I make so I won’t be hated?’
Demitus Delphast looked toward the nobles filling the jury benches and the spectator galleries.
Then, his eyes fell upon Medea, weeping desperately on the witness stand.
Everyone was staring at him—faces as expressionless as if masked.
Just moments ago, Medea had pretended not to recognize the flower he himself had given her. The Emperor had been slightly startled by that.
But still…
‘Right. She’s only human—she might not have recognized it properly. Yes, that must be it.’
Then why did his chest feel so tight? Was this suffocation yet another side effect of that flower, unknowingly offered by Medea?
His thoughts tangled into chaos, and the Emperor’s mind went numb.
The Empress, with a hardened expression, refused to avert her gaze from him—the Emperor himself.
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I believe that Estelle’s storyline of “murdering” Zion redeems several female protagonists who were killed by their respective male leads. A different point of view.
Does this guy never die? It’s getting annoying already.
Here, in this sentence, I imagined a very specific expression. In my mind, the empress would be laughing nervously with tears in her eyes. Truly moving…