The Emperor continued.
“In the royal court, they speculate that it’s the work of the Irkala sect. Those who had been quiet, Kulruk, have recently been gathering, and not long ago, they have been going around saying that the time of downfall is coming.”
The Willentian Empire designated Ishtar as the only god to worship and set it as the state religion. Therefore, those who followed Irkala, the god of the underworld, were branded as heretics.
The founding myth of Willentia itself began with the story that Ishtar granted powers to seven heroes to confront the seven sins that Irkala spread on earth.
For this reason, the people’s faith was quite devout.
Amidst all this, the Irkala sect was appearing, going around saying that the world would fall into ruin, and even monsters appeared, so the people’s sentiments were understandably ominous.
So why was he telling me this?
To sum it up, it meant this:
‘The savior is a goodsounding pretense, but in the end, we need a scapegoat.’
A sacrifice to calm the boiling public sentiment instead of the helpless royal family and the temple.
“Your existence will… be the people’s hope.”
‘Hope? That’s not even funny.’
Just by using bright words like savior and hope, he thought I would nod my head like a stupid little girl.
I had no intention of being used so easily.
“Your Majesty, do you know my nickname?”
Without answering my unexpected question, the Emperor stared at me intently.
I smiled and said,
“I’m Ferdia’s lunatic.”
My proud nickname.
“If I, who is like that, suddenly appear as God’s savior, will people believe me? Especially when I am but a mere bastard without any divine power.”
“……You are truly…… harsh on yourself.”
“I tend to understand the situation well.”
There was nothing wrong with what I said. It was the moment when the worst reputation I had built up over the years shone.
I took another spoonful and offered the Emperor another way.
“If you need an external savior, I think it would be much more effective to discuss with the temple from the beginning and put forward someone suitable as the savior. If such a person becomes the savior, everyone will accept it.”
So, don’t put me in that damn talk of being a savior.
I have no intention of being sacrificed for your political games.
The Emperor’s eyes, serene even in the darkness, stared directly at me. For some reason, I felt some sort of energy from the Emperor, who looked much more relaxed than before.
The Emperor asked in a solemn tone,
“But, how will you explain the divine trust that came down the moment you broke through the temple’s barrier?”
“That’s the temple’s job to explain, isn’t it?”
‘It’s none of my business!’
As I dodged the question by saying it had nothing to do with me, the Emperor seemed to realize that I was no ordinary pushover.
“I seem to have misunderstood you.”
‘No, you saw me correctly.’
If I had been the previous me, without the memory of my previous life, I would have happily jumped at the sound of being God’s savior.
That was the image of me the Emperor knew.
“……Very well. I called you today just to see your face.”
Having looked at me to his heart’s content, he called to see my face. To think that one must be quite brazen to become an emperor.
“Leiyan, I hired him as an escort… I heard.”
At a careless moment, the emperor brought up Leiyan.
“I particularly cherish him… I wanted to keep him by my side and offered him a title, but he refused something.”
“Is that so?”
I was puzzled that the emperor’s favor had no reward, but in fact, he had refused the title.
The emperor, whose throat seemed to be choked, looked into the air as if reminiscing.
“I had my eye on him, thinking he’d be something great… But you stole him from me. It’s not just about face.”
“It’s just temporary employment.”
“Even temporarily, he’s not a person to be deceived.”
The emperor seemed to consider Leiyan a rather troublesome person. He actually joked with me about giving me a mercenary group, and acting as if he’d give me the government itself.
The relationship between the emperor and Leiyan didn’t feel like a simple military relationship. I was curious about what their relationship was, but I wasn’t in a position to ask.
“Yesterday… there was an incident with the second boy?”
The second boy meant the second prince, Beltran.
It seemed to refer to the incident that happened when they met at the auction house.
To know even such a trivial matter, I thought the emperor was the emperor even when lying in bed sick.
“His Highness, the second prince, seems to have misunderstood something. He thinks I harbor feelings of conspiracy…”
“That goodfornothing… is doing goodfornothing things.”
The emperor’s assessment of Beltran was quite harsh. Tsk, he even clicked his tongue as if displeased with his second son.
“If he acts like a wild horse in the future, ignore him.”
“Yes.”
I was excited. The emperor himself granted me the authority to ignore the second prince.
Now that the emperor has spoken, I can deal with the second prince more easily.
“Today, after talking to you… you seem different.”
“I hope you see me favorably.”
Anyway, it’s not good to be cheeky with the emperor, so I smiled a business smile mixed with flattery.
The emperor stared intently at me and opened his mouth.
“I did not like you.”
‘Suddenly?’
“So a while ago, I told Adenmir to divorce you…”
I was puzzled when Prince Adenmir, who had said he wouldn’t divorce, suddenly started talking about divorce, but the secret was revealed.
My father had told me to divorce.
‘Prince Adenmir, were you daddy’s boy?’
He acted all mature, but he was daddy’s boy.
“But now I acknowledge you [dash].”
Cough, cough! Before the emperor could finish speaking, he coughed violently. I poured the water on the table and handed it to the emperor, shouting.
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. I’ve already finished talking with His Highness the first prince.”
“…What?”
“Divorce. I’m glad Your Majesty also wants a divorce. It’s an honor that Your Majesty and I share the same intentions.”
“…….”
For some reason, the emperor just stared at me. I suddenly felt awkward under his inexplicable gaze.
“Then, I will leave now, Your Majesty.”
Fortunately, the emperor seemed to have nothing more to say to me.
“Yes. It’s been a long time since I talked to a young person. I was quite pleased today… Strangely today… my body feels light and my breathing is comfortable.”
Sleepiness seemed to be creeping in, as the emperor’s eyes began to close slowly.
“I think I can sleep comfortably for the first time in a while….”
Soon the emperor closed his eyes completely. He seemed to be unwell, being sick enough to fall asleep with a visitor like me present.
During my conversation with the emperor, Greed, who had been quiet, said one word.
[He must finally be dead.]‘He’s not dead.’
I snapped at Greed and was about to rise from my seat when the door suddenly opened, and a familiar person entered.
“Princess.”
It was Prince Adenmir.
As his son, he must have permission to freely enter and leave the emperor’s bedroom.
I looked at him, about to say something, and pressed my index finger to my mouth.
“His Majesty has fallen asleep.”
“Get out.”
“Yes.”
As I followed Prince Adenmir toward the door, rising from my chair, it was then.
“…Huh?”
Staggering[dash].
Suddenly, strength drained from my body, and I wobbled, and Prince Adenmir, who had turned around, quickly grabbed my shoulder and supported me.
“Are you okay?”
Instead of answering the question of the 1st Prince, I slowly looked around the Emperor’s bedroom.
‘Hold on…….’
This smell.
The smoke of incense filling the room.
The longcontinued conversation with the Emperor.
And this familiar dizziness and pain.
“……!”
I hastily covered the 1st Prince’s nose and mouth with both hands.
“It’s poison!”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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