‘…What on earth is in front of me to make him react like this?’
Lucia quickly headed towards the diplomatic mission’s temporary residence.
However, her unstoppable steps came to a halt soon.
The reason was…
“Heuk, heuk. Comma, Commander Lucia!”
Panting as if being chased, Emperor Kaius, due to some reason, ran up hastily.
‘The emperor, who usually avoids moving too much, is making these panting sounds. It looks like I’ll witness something unusual.’
Lucia politely greeted the emperor who happened to meet her.
“Commander Lucia, the Dark Knight Commander. I’m here to gree…”
“No, no need! Greetings are unnecessary. I’m panting, you see. Panting! Ugh!”
“Your Majesty…!?”
Eventually, Lucia ended up receiving him as he collapsed in front of her.
Two men, Leon and Irene, watched from a distance, thumbing up as the emperor, who seemed about to collapse, was supported by her.
Kaius Emperor’s bedchamber.
Two men looked down at the emperor, who closed his eyes painfully on the splendid bed.
“Open your eyes, Your Majesty.”
Then, like before, the emperor opened his eyes, fluttering his eyelashes.
“Is she gone?”
“Yes, Father.”
Then the emperor, as if it hurt, quickly pulled up the blanket and grumbled.
“Ha! Of all people, why is my son Kyle! What on earth is this!”
Both men raised one eyebrow in discomfort at the mention of the word ‘husband.’
One of them, after a momentary sigh of frustration, vented his thoughts.
“Your Majesty, if that is really true, then… you should let them meet…”
Upon hearing his words, the emperor blinked as if bewildered.
“Commander Leon! Can’t you be a bit faster!? What if the kid says to come out?!”
“Are you insane? To give you up so easily?!”
Prince Irene, Emperor Kaius, both had faces of frustration and madness at Leon’s difficulty.
Even so, from Leon’s perspective, he had no intention of hiding the truth.
He thought it was a different matter to allow the child who had never seen his father’s face to meet his complete parents.
Moreover, if the affection for Leon, whom she had secretly admired for a long time, was entirely built on obsession and jealousy, she might have indeed gone crazy, just like they claimed.
Of course, if that feeling didn’t exist, it would be a lie, but Lucia was a person worthy of gratitude before all that.
“Father. However, it may not be true.”
“Yeah, that’s possible. But if they went as far as proposing five years ago during the expedition, their relationship is unusual. And the child is exactly five years old. Moreover, the hair is black. So, isn’t the probability quite high? Did I make a mistake?”
They couldn’t say anything in response to the emperor’s words.
“This is a big problem. To have a child now, when the father is a respectable king…”
“Sigh…”
“Sigh…”
Their shared disappointment today became even deeper.
[Star Icon]On the third day since the lady arrived.
Today, the two children fell asleep in the same bed again.
However, one of them woke up, listened to the smaller child’s breathing carefully, and tiptoed to the living room.
The living room, warmed by many logs, was cozy, but when the child slightly opened a window, a cold breeze swept in quickly.
And a black bird flew in as if waiting.
The child discovered a small scroll tied to the strange bird’s leg, which had eyes that weren’t normal.
With trembling hands, the child picked it up, quickly read it, and soon tossed it into the logs.
However,
[Dash] Thunk.The wind blew from the still-open window, and the letter, now on fire, fell to the living room floor.
And it fluttered and fluttered, stopping under the small child’s feet that appeared in the living room.
“…Huh? What’s this? Fake… lady? Hup!”
Even though the voice wasn’t loud, Isobel rushed and covered the child’s mouth.
“Can’t you be quiet? Come here quickly!”
“…?”
Isobel looked around, threw the letter back into the fireplace, then quickly grabbed Nia’s small hand and entered the room.
“Nia, don’t tell Mom about today’s events. Got it?!”
Chasing something, the anxious child’s face.
Even though Nia was a sweet and innocent girl, this was questionable.
“…Unnie, does the lady know?”
…!
Isobel took a deep breath at Nia’s words.
And when she didn’t say anything, the child asked again.
“Unnie, does she… know? Should I tell…?”
Without any sign of hardship, a clear sound of gold that didn’t feel any suffering.
Isobel, being the darkness left in that light, began to explode with profound anger.
“Right! I had a chance and told a lie. So what? Do you know? In this nice house, with pretty clothes, noble friends. A kid who lives comfortably every day, what would she know!?”
The girl’s harsh rant made Nia’s small shoulders shrink.
For some reason, the calm sister was now expressing anger.
“…Nia Myan. …If you dare tell Mom about this…”
Avoiding the angry sister’s gaze, the child mumbled, biting her fingers, and whispered as if mumbling.
However, the sound of the wind by the head.
“Hey, why can’t I lie when you lie too?”
“……!”
Isobel’s face, raised in surprise, met with Nia’s gaze.
The icy gaze that looked down at herself was so chilling that it was an expression she had never seen in her entire life.
“Why are you so surprised? Hiding the fact that you’re from an orphanage is nothing. You’re lucky if that’s all. I’ve been covering up your lies well, haven’t I? Show a little gratitude.”
A strange face combined with a threatening expression.
However, in the child’s mind right now, the image of diligently searching with Mia to find the lady resurfaced.
Perhaps this matter was more important than being brought up by Isobel.
So,
“Nia, be quiet. Don’t say a word. Mom is upset because of this……”
Of course, the prospect of parting with her mom, returning to the orphanage, was truly dreadful, but above all, she couldn’t let any trouble come to her precious mom.
The child forced back tears that seemed about to spill at any moment, enduring against Isobel’s cold pupils in this forced confrontation.
However,
“Shut your mouth. Who told your mom about the fact that you’re trying to hide? Talking to others about that fact. Fool. If that happens, who do you think will trouble your mom more?”
Hearing those words, Nia couldn’t answer as if someone had forcibly sealed her mouth.
What came to her mind at that moment was,
“…Mia unnie…!”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
