There's a Snake in the Empress' Bedroom (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 9
Whenever his eyes met Renisha’s, Cassius couldn’t understand why he obediently followed her every command.
Was it because Renisha resembled Duke Rotera? Was that really all there was to it?
Because of it, he ended up going along with Rexus’s nonsense.
“Wash away Rotera’s sins?”
Everyone in the Hientry Empire knew that Rotera was innocent of any crime.
It was none other than Rexus who had branded Rotera a sinner and destroyed their house.
“That’s right! You agree, don’t you? As expected, you know what justice is! Come on, everyone, look! The birth of the new Duke Rotera! What are you all doing? Clap and celebrate!”
The people’s gazes were fixed on Renisha.
She was quietly sipping tea at her place, her face serene.
Those gazes were filled with pity, sympathy, envy, and tension.
Though each person looked at Renisha differently, it was clear they were all wary of her.
Rexus, too, looked at Renisha.
The corners of Rexus’s mouth twisted.
“Oh, right. The Empress is here, isn’t she?”
Rexus pushed Cassius aside and grabbed Renisha’s shoulder.
Her shoulder, gripped with force, turned pale. Renisha clenched her teeth, stifling a cry.
“Foolish idiot.”
Renisha wasn’t unaware of why Rexus was acting this way.
Wasn’t he consumed by malice toward the Rotera family and a wretched sense of inferiority?
Out of basic human decency, people were merely being cautious around Renisha.
Rexus had a heart too narrow to tolerate even that.
Rexus leaned down toward Renisha.
His lips brushed her cheek, then moved to her ear.
It felt like centipedes crawling over her body.
Renisha endured all the humiliation with a pale smile.
“Now, Renisha. My Empress. Speak. What does the Empress think? Doesn’t the Empress also think it’s fortunate that Cassius can wash away Rotera’s sins? Hm?”
Cassius barely restrained himself from tearing Rexus off and throwing him to the ground.
It was because Renisha was enduring it.
And everyone gathered at this banquet was enduring it.
In the midst of this, Canaria spoke up.
“Your Majesty the Empress, what are you doing? His Majesty the Emperor is waiting. Hurry and answer him.”
Her tone was dripping with amusement.
Canaria seemed thoroughly pleased with the situation.
This place was full of incomprehensible things.
At that moment.
Renisha raised her slender hand.
Clap.
Clap.
Clap.
The sound of her palms meeting echoed through the silent banquet hall.
With a picture-perfect smile, Renisha spoke.
“Your Majesty is right. Thanks to this, Rotera has been cleansed of disgrace. Sir Cassius, thank you. What are you all doing? We should celebrate this.”
“Ha, hahaha… That’s right. We should celebrate!”
“Thank you, Sir Cassius! For returning a cleansed Rotera to us!”
The nobles began clapping frantically.
Rexus watched with satisfaction.
Releasing Renisha, Rexus patted Cassius’s shoulder.
“You will inherit Rotera’s rights. And you’ll receive Hilloshine and some of the assets Rotera once owned. That should be enough, right?”
He meant to give only the scraps, having devoured the best parts himself.
Cassius instinctively glanced at Renisha.
Renisha wasn’t looking at Cassius.
Renisha was the Empress, revered by the people. Moreover, she had lived her entire life as a noble.
Yet why did she seem so fragile?
Cassius bowed his head and answered.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
All he wanted was to rescue Renisha from this place.
Cassius clenched his fist.
His heart pounded as if it would burst.
The rage he had to suppress tore at his chest and coursed through his veins.
He knew he had to endure. Cassius had too many people to protect.
But Renisha.
Renisha, the daughter of Rotera, was not someone who should be treated like this.
The daughter Rotera had protected…!
Shrrk.
Dark red scales briefly appeared on his fist before quickly fading.
Fortunately, Rexus didn’t notice and returned to his seat.
The suffocating banquet began.
“Now that the business is done, let’s all start the meal. Oh, but doesn’t it look good to see these two sitting side by side?”
Cassius was certain.
The food here would be worse than the sand-mixed bread he chewed on the battlefield.
Cassius tore off the bowtie strangling his neck.
As expected, everything he ate sat heavily in his stomach.
All he could do was barely suppress the urge to vomit.
“To think that guy is an Emperor!”
Cassius strode forward roughly.
The other nobles took a different path from Cassius.
Feeling suffocated among them, Cassius had veered off course.
As he walked aimlessly, those who met his eyes hurriedly avoided him.
Cassius, unsure of where he was going, stopped and placed his hands on his hips.
The clothes he wore were already thoroughly disheveled.
“Phew!”
Finally, he felt like he could breathe.
Curses swirled chaotically in his mind.
He thought the battlefield was far better than this.
He felt like a puppet, forced to cater to the Emperor’s whims.
“You must endure. That man is mad. But what can we do when a madman is the Emperor? They say if you dislike the priest, leave the temple. You must become a noble of this empire. Don’t forget those who follow you… and those you must protect. Please, Hasham.”
The hypocritical Terrion.
Hasham. Terrion had aptly used that forgotten title.
Cassius was born an heir to a foreign land.
Hasham was the title used for the kings of that land.
Cassius was destined to be called Hasham.
Until his homeland was destroyed and absorbed by Histaine.
Cassius, once royalty, was dragged here as a slave, and his people were scattered.
As Hasham, Cassius had a duty to protect them.
So, he endured.
His foreign origin was no secret, but the fact that he was to be Hasham was strictly hidden.
Because Cassius was the only surviving royal.
Cassius licked the inside of his mouth, which had burst from holding back.
The metallic scent stung his nose.
As Cassius sighed deeply and moved to walk again.
A hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.
It was a slender, small hand.
The grip wasn’t strong, but Cassius couldn’t pull away.
Because of the familiar scent.
The illusion of wild roses blooming vibrantly with her every movement.
Empress Renisha.
It was Renisha.
Renisha, who seemed to know this maze-like place well, led Cassius deep into the garden.
No one followed.
When they reached a place with no signs of life, Renisha pushed Cassius against a wall.
Despite her small frame compared to the towering Cassius, where did such force come from?
Renisha reached out and placed her hand on Cassius’s chest.
Then, she slowly raised her head.
Cassius held his breath until their eyes met.
“Sir Cassius.”
Renisha called him in a gentle voice.
His heart thudded heavily again.
She was the only person in this palace he remembered vividly, yet this was their first direct conversation.
Despite dominating his thoughts since the day they met.
Renisha’s lips curved upward.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she endured today to create this moment.
She endured Rexus’s vile actions and Canaria’s rudeness.
She swallowed the pity the nobles sent her way.
Renisha was a beast.
A beast that knew to wait silently for its prey to let its guard down.
Renisha brushed her neck and cheek, then asked Cassius.
“Do you have a spare handkerchief?”
Without waiting for a reply, Renisha rummaged through Cassius’s pocket.
With an indifferent expression, she pulled out a handkerchief and rubbed her neck, cheek, and earlobe.
Her white skin turned red from the friction, but Renisha was unfazed.
“It’s dirty. Phew.”
Renisha folded the handkerchief and returned it to Cassius’s pocket.
Cassius clenched his teeth at the sensation of her small hand entering and leaving his pocket.
For some reason, his body tensed. Heat seemed to pool downward.
“There’s something you want to talk about, isn’t there…?”
Renisha trailed off, tapping Cassius’s chin.
Her hand still rested on his chest, and Cassius remained unable to move.
Did he think this small hand, these gestures, were threatening?
A woman half his size!
…Completely threatening.
It wouldn’t be surprising if his heart stopped.
Cassius turned his flushed face away.
“Nothing you’re curious about?”
“…There is.”
Cassius spat out, as if chewing the words.
He could finally breathe.
Renisha watched his heaving chest with curious eyes.
Rexus was fairly large, but he paled compared to Cassius.
She liked how he entrusted himself to her hand like a docile animal.
Unlike Rexus, who only wielded his strength violently.
“He’s behaving so well.”
Renisha let out a soft laugh.
“What is it? Hurry and tell me. I came all this way to hear it.”
“…Why did you send me these clothes? Do you know me? Why do you act like you do?”
“The reason for the clothes? I sent them because I, too, have something to gain.”
“Is there something you wish to ask of me?”
Renisha nodded.
“Do I know you? I know a bit more than others. I know what swordsmanship you use, how exceptional your skills are. And that you have a sweet tooth.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I think it’s you. The boy knight my father used to praise.”
It was by chance that Renisha recalled the letters exchanged with Duke Rotera.
While mulling over the name Cassius, she remembered he was a knight under Duke Rotera.
Then, she recalled the story of a boy knight who wielded a sword exceptionally well.
Duke Rotera often mentioned the boy knight with flaming red hair.
“He said you were like a vibrant life burning fiercely even on the battlefield. That you had a captivating presence. I remembered because he seemed so delighted.”
Cassius’s face showed surprise.
“Me… The Duke mentioned me?”
His heart swelled with a different kind of emotion.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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People see you as hero. Renisha see you as a puppy in front of her
Both of them has a high faith in duke rotera it a shame that he died
Why suddenly you want to hold her. Doesn’t it you the one who want to give her to Cassius