“So, you wanted to get disgusted not because of Douglas?”

“Why does Douglas suddenly come up?”

“I thought you were trying to confirm love by getting back the marriage gift.”

“I told you, it has nothing to do with Douglas!”

Nikolai’s tone was one of disbelief.

Because I’m a spirit medium, why do you keep talking about love?

“That’s not proof that you don’t love the guy.”

“Why do we need evidence?”

“You two could be conspiring against me to take revenge.”

‘What a delusion? Revenge? Even a tyrant can be scary?’

Nikolai was frighteningly serious.

So, I was even more flustered.

“In this situation, isn’t it normal to doubt the spiritual power I have?”

“Whether you are a medium or not doesn’t matter.”

“Why?”

“Because nothing changes.”

“……!”

“You will still be by my side, and I won’t let you go.”

Nikolai said each word with force.

A strong light of confidence or belief shone in his eyes.

My whole body went weak, and my heart shuddered.

It was hard to control my emotions.

It was even harder to turn away from the fiercely colliding Nikolai.

What was that?

Like a blazing flame, hot, and like the mouth of a wolf with open jaws, sinister.

‘Possessiveness.’

A word flashed through my mind.

I struggled to shake my head, but even that was hard.

‘Don’t be swayed, Elizabeth. You’re just talking about a contract. Don’t forget he’s the empire’s number one playboy!’

I bit the inside of my lip.

I needed time for my breath to return.

Nikolai knew how to draw a woman’s attention.

He must have fully understood how to captivate a woman’s heart.

Sometimes he pretended to be naive, but I didn’t know if that was an advanced technique to stimulate curiosity.

I sent down cold tea in my churning stomach.

It didn’t calm me down at all.

“I saved His Majesty’s son. Remember that.”

“You really didn’t conspire with Douglas?”

“I was kidnapped without time for that?”

“You’re saying you didn’t fall for that innocent face?”

Nikolai asked fiercely.

He seemed to be tormented by some kind of trauma.

‘Was Douglas’s rebellion that shocking? Suffering from the delusion of possibly taking revenge…….’

Living as an emperor did not seem to be as easy as one thought.

I heaved a sigh and decided to show sympathy.

“Douglas and I are friends. It’s not the relationship Your Majesty imagines.”

Whenever he wanted to rush an answer, Nikolai didn’t respond.

Instead, his lips twisted slightly upward.

The angle of his jaw subtly lifted.

The arrogant ruler was tightly packed with defenseless beauty.

‘I don’t know what pleases him, but he makes this face when he’s satisfied or happy.’

In fact, I had many questions I wanted to ask him.

I had spent nights awake, not because of the nightmare of the guillotine, but because of the unanswered questions.

What kind of man are you?

What do you want from me?

Is the game everything to you?

Lately, I have been thinking about him more and more without realizing it.

But I had to erase it.

That was the only way to survive.

Putting the complicated thoughts behind, I jokingly said,

“You’ve seen what an outstanding talent I am, haven’t you? Stop hesitating, and approve!”

“Haven’t you not been recognized as an educator by Franz yet?”

“Acceptance is a matter of time.”

It was not bragging.

Now, Franz was practically in the palm of my hand.
“You, a rich woman like yourself, wouldn’t want wealth. What do you want for tuition?”

Nikolai accepted my arrogant words as a joke, but didn’t miss the opportunity to reply.

“Give me this first.”

He pulled the eyes of Morashincia on the tea table towards me.

A glint passed through Nikolai’s eyes.

“Is it giving and taking back?”

“I’ll take care of Your Majesty’s health later.”

“I’m not interested.”

“Do you have constipation perhaps?”

“Hey!”

Nikolai raised his voice abruptly.

I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

It seemed very rare to see the tyrant’s cheeks turn red.

“The swordsmanship teacher and professors are enough. The education supervisor is useless.”

Franz’s stubbornness persisted.

Elizabeth stuck close to Franz’s side.

“Your Majesty, please lend me your ear for a moment.”

Nikolai crossed his arms and watched Elizabeth’s whispering.

Franz’s attitude changed at that moment.

“I was mistaken. I’ll count on you, Teacher Elizabeth.”

He even saluted respectfully.

It was a sight hard to believe, even though he saw it with his own eyes.

“Let’s do well from now on. Ho ho.”

Elizabeth stroked Franz’s head.

Franz, who even avoided Nikolai’s touch, did not seem uncomfortable.

‘Is it true that she has mysterious power? Can we go back to how it was with Pinch if we do as Elizabeth says?’

The faint hope pounded his chest fiercely.

It was also a strange sensation.

But he could not let his guard down.

Everything was going according to Elizabeth’s will.

‘My heart is also moving according to Elizabeth’s will. I need to pull myself together. She may be a witch who enchants people. Perhaps a witch.’

He thought the sky was falling when he heard that something had happened to Franz.