It was an absurd statement.

A marriage without my consent, I couldn’t comprehend what he was talking about.

“Absolutely, you can’t just…!”

It won’t happen.

My tongue stiffened, making it increasingly difficult to speak.

Helsion seemed to have anticipated my condition, gently closing his eyes. Without waiting for me to finish, he responded as if he already knew.

“Unfortunately, the young one will marry me. Even if the young one resists, it’s futile. We don’t necessarily have to have a grand wedding to become a couple.”

Could it be…!

I stared at Helsion with a surprised expression.

He nodded leisurely, as if he could see through the thoughts that crossed my mind.

“Perhaps the young one’s thoughts are correct. Rather than a wedding, we plan to spend our first night together. Until a lovely child resembling us is born, I will shower plenty of love.”

“Are you… insane!”

I wanted to curse, but due to the paralysis toxin, I couldn’t, and I was on the verge of going crazy.

I couldn’t understand why he would go this far.

I understood that my magically engineered weapons were coveted. However, resorting to such methods to obtain my weapons…

Suddenly, a thought struck me, and I stared at Helsion in shock.

I had a sense of what he was aiming for.

‘My child…?’

It was an obvious statement. If I died, everything would be inherited by the child.

If I gave birth to Helsion’s child while paralyzed by the snake’s venom and died, that child would inherit all the magically engineered weapons I had created.

If, on behalf of the child, Helsion claimed ownership of the magically engineered weapons, no one could stop him.

‘It’s absurd!’

It was a dreadful situation.

Helsion undoubtedly planned to take my life after forcibly marrying me.

Looking at my eyes widened in shock, Helsion chuckled. Judging by his expression, he realized that I had figured out all his plans.

“It’s too late. Young one. It would have been better if you had accepted my proposal willingly.”

“This…!”

Damn it!

Regardless of whether I escape from here, as the emperor of the Kalua Empire, I won’t leave Helsion alone.

However, despite the anger boiling up in me, my body gradually stiffened, and I couldn’t move. It was a situation where even uttering a single word became difficult.

Helsion still embraced me with a smiling face.

Unable to move, I could only blink my eyes like a doll. Helsion, with a triumphant smile, sat me in a chair with a backrest, unable to make any movements. He then shouted loudly towards the outside.

“Look here!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

People who were standing far away approached, responding to his voice.

“Since Breloph Young One has accepted my proposal, spread this news immediately.”

“Understood.”

“We will have our first night tonight, so prepare for it.”

“I will make the arrangements.”

No one questioned the decision to hold the first night before the wedding.
This place was the Kalua Empire. No one dared to defy the words of Emperor Helsion.

People, including courtiers and various palace residents, were seen moving to carry out orders.

Helpless, I could only watch, and the situation looked bleak. I couldn’t think of a way to escape.

Hiss! Hiss!

Soon, a small snake crawled over Helsion’s hand, extending its tongue towards me.

Feeling the snake moving inside my dress was so horrifying that I tightly closed my eyes.

“From now on, the snake will be with you until you give birth. Due to the paralysis toxin, you won’t be able to move, but your head can still roll. Think carefully. Your only way to survive is to follow me.”

With my tongue completely paralyzed, I glared at Helsion with all my strength.

Even if I died, there was no way I would move according to his will.

Helsion ran his fingers gently over my eyes, then tilted his head with an amused expression and whispered softly.

“Ah, did I mention it? I like that stubborn part of you, young one.”

Numerous curses I couldn’t utter circled inside my mouth.

“I mentioned it a while ago, but I’m greedy, so I must obtain what I desire. I’ll take care of everything, so you just stay quiet like now.”

I was anxious. I tried my best not to reveal such emotions, but my insides were burning.

The only fortunate thing amidst this misfortune was that Helsion didn’t immediately touch on the fact that I had accepted his proposal to the people.

Still, time was running out.

Having announced that we would spend our first night together tonight, I needed to devise a plan.

I tried to think calmly, but it wasn’t easy. It was maddeningly frustrating and frightening.

The face of Ascan, whom I had seen before coming to the palace, kept flashing before my eyes.

‘Ascan…!’

Tanashia, who had entered the palace as if she would come out soon, made Zen feel something was amiss when she didn’t return for a long time.

But he couldn’t move just based on conjecture.

The encounter with Helsion could be prolonged due to some unexpected situation.