Liz clearly saw in the original work that she had been colluding with Duke Montaner and had obtained military secrets from him just before going on stage as a condition for investigating the source of those secrets from the duke’s agent.

‘Duke Montaner paid me ten million gold in exchange for revealing those secrets.’

Ten million gold. It might seem like a cheap price when considering the tens of thousands of sacrificed lives.

‘I will never let you carry those secrets across the border.’

Grinning maliciously, Liz stared at the woman on stage. If it were up to him, he wanted to kill her right now, but he held back.
Just before the end of Act 3, Liz had an appointment with Rene, and he also wanted to see for himself how Amelda Lafer displayed her genius acting fitting her reputation.

Liz returned to his seat, then nudged Hersis and pointed to the stage.

“That woman is Amelda Lafer. Isn’t she really charming?”

“…….”

“Not only her appearance but her acting skills are excellent. There’s no one who suits the role of the tragic heroine as well as she does. A woman so pure and delicate appears only once in a hundred years…”

Liz prattled on, hoping that Hersis would pay some attention to the spy, but absentmindedly, he looked to the side and then closed his mouth.

Hersis’s gaze was inexplicably cold to the point of being indescribable.

‘What’s going on? Did something happen between them? Or did I mention another woman again?’

Speculation was the only thing Liz could do. The fact that Hersis ignored the kiss didn’t even exist in Liz’s mind.

“…Are you mad?”

As if not hearing the question, Hersis coldly stared at the stage.

Although his gaze was chilling enough to freeze the surroundings, Liz felt like laughing for some reason. It was a laugh that matched the context when he looked cute.

But now, laughing wouldn’t help improve his mood at all.

Liz calmed down his fluttering lips and said, “I’m sorry. I was wrong.”

The idea was to apologize first and see how things went.

“I mentioned her because she’s an actress praised by people. I just wanted you to take a closer look. I didn’t mean anything else.”

But Hersis couldn’t ease his anger. It wasn’t because Liz urged him to watch the actress.

However, Liz, who didn’t know this, continued to stay silent, finding it frustrating that Hersis didn’t respond.

‘It’s about to be resolved with this.’

Just when Liz wondered what else he should do… a thought suddenly came to his mind, making his eyes twinkle.

‘Wait, didn’t this man react like this a while ago? What did I do back then?’

The memory quickly came to mind.

‘Ah, right… he said something like this. Maybe it will work if I try it again.’

“Are you really angry, Hers?”

Liz stuck to his arm and smiled broadly. It was this smile. She was convinced that this smile alone would calm his anger…

“Liz.”

‘Oh, he said it. He said it.’

With one sentence uttered through clenched teeth, Liz’s face turned red.

It was impressive to have drawn words from such a stubbornly upset man. However…

“If you keep doing this, it stimulates me.”

“……?”

Not understanding what he was saying, Liz tilted his head. Following his gaze, Liz also looked down.

What caught her eye was the part of her chest pressing tightly against his arm!
Sensing the situation, Liz subtly tried to distance herself. However, he swiftly wrapped her in his strong arms.

“After teasing me so much, where do you think you can escape to?”

His gaze had already deepened, showing determination to do what he desired. Liz swallowed nervously.

“He… Hersis.”

She rolled her eyes, scanning the surroundings before speaking.

“There are too many watching eyes here.”

“So what?”

“It violates public order. Even if others don’t know, you know that you shouldn’t do that, right?”

Hersis slowly closed his eyes and responded with a smirk.

“I didn’t come here as an emperor. You didn’t come as an empress either. So, there’s no problem, right?”

“But… still… Hng!”

Before she could finish her sentence, Liz’s lips were taken away. She tried to push him away with all her might, but the more she resisted, the more strength went into the hand pulling her.

Resigned, Liz relaxed her body. Fortunately, she didn’t attempt a passionate kiss, possibly not completely forgetting her role as the empress.

As Act 2 ended and the audience began to stir, this place, where only the two of them existed, was strangely quiet and surreal. The serenade played by musicians during the intermission further heightened the atmosphere.

The feeling of lips brushing against each other was incredibly gentle.

Liz was about to close her eyes.

However, just before her vision completely closed, something kept catching her eye at the corner. Liz slowly moved her eyes to the side.

“……!”

Rene was desperately waving his arms.