episode_0089

I thought I would send off Representative Alexander like that and spend the day peacefully.

An unexpected hardship came at night.

“Why are you lying there?”

I say this as if it were obvious as I look at Theodora, who is looking at me with incomprehensible eyes as I lie down on the sofa covered in pillows and blankets.

“That’s right, I used to sleep here, right?”

Her pretty face distorts at my obvious words.

“You are a patient now! Can’t you go to bed quickly?”

“Uh…? Huh?!”

I am startled by Theodora’s words and my head goes numb.

No… let’s go to bed now?

“Ah… no! Men and women are different, so how can they share the same bed?!”

Theodora speaks with a sad look in her eyes, as if she is dumbfounded by my words.

“We are a married couple. How about a couple sharing a bed?”

After listening to her, it makes sense.

“Huh?”

“What would everyone think of me if I made you sleep on the sofa when you were sick? Are you planning to make me a bad wife? Now, wake up.”

Theodora pulls my wrist like that.

Oh, no! I can’t be pregnant and assassinated like this.

What should I do?

“It’s really not going to happen?”

Even if a slender woman pulled my arm, there was no way she could defeat me with her strength.

“Hmph, I like it. If you want to sleep here like that. I also have a way.”

Saying that, he lets go of my hand and heads to bed.

Have you given up?

When feelings of a little bit of happiness and a little bit of disappointment intersect.

Theodora brings a pillow and sits down next to me.

“What are you doing? Let’s go further in”

I cautiously ask those unsettling words.

“What… are you doing?”

He puts a pillow next to me and says, as if what I said was no big deal.

“Because you said you don’t sleep in bed. I’m going to sleep here too. Let’s go inside”

The sofa is narrow enough for two adults to lie down on.

She sighs as she puts the pillow next to me, as if she’s going to sleep here if I don’t go to bed.

“Phew… No, I’ll go to bed.”

As I look at Theodora nodding her head with a bright smile on my face… I look at the bed thinking that today won’t be easy.

Today, the bed feels uncomfortable, as if a spider named Theodora had carefully made a web, stitch by stitch.

And you have to dive into that spider’s web.

How scary is this?

Right now at this moment. Theodora’s actions feel too blatant.

Did I set the day today?

Even if you get bitten by a tiger, you just have to stay alert.

We must somehow avoid the blatant pregnancy assassination she prepared.

Because I won’t lose to her in strength.

When I think like that. When I saw Theodora lying down on the bed, I lay down as close to the corner of the bed as possible.

The fragrant scent of rosemary warms my heart.

Phew… calm down. If you cross the line here, you could die in 10 months.

My influence within the imperial palace is less than that of Theodora.

To put it bluntly, it is safe to say that all the servants with some experience in the imperial palace are on her side.

If you make up your mind and prepare an assassination plan, it is almost impossible to survive.

And maybe…

Theodora might be determined.

Theodora I saw in my dream.

For her goal, she carried out a cruel and bloody purge of those who followed her or not.

Whether noble or imperial citizen. Whether old or young.

I remember they were all hung on the gallows.

“You… you’ll catch a cold if you stay in the corner like that.”

As I say that, something tugs on my clothes.

“It’s a little chilly… but not enough to catch a cold.”

“Oh my… what are you talking about? Won’t you come here?”

“Uh…? uh? no! It’s warm here too!”

As I shook my head vigorously and spoke, Theodora sighed.

“Why are you so embarrassed? Don’t talk nonsense and come here. Don’t make me upset by catching a cold for no reason.”

“Uh… Yes…”

-Sreuk…

I move slightly to the center of the bed.

“No more coming?”

“G… Is it still close?”

So close that I could feel her strong scent.

I don’t think I’ve been this close since I married her.

“Can’t you come any faster?”

-Sureuk.

“Good job.”

Theodora smoothing my hair like that.

When I find myself in a situation where she is next to me, my heart starts pounding.

Why are you doing this today?

Before, I felt like we were reasonably close and like friends…

Obviously, even before I fell, it wasn’t as bad as it was before I got married.

It wasn’t this warm.

What on earth happened when I fell?!

It’s hard for me to follow her sudden changes.

“Hehe, are you embarrassed by sleeping with me?”

I get angry and say that.

“You weren’t shy?”

-Sreuk…

Theodora’s hand wraps around my arm.

“Today… It’s been a while since you woke up… It’s not possible today, so you have to endure it well?”

what…? What on earth are you putting up with?

I heard that the female praying mantis eats the male mantis after mating.

I’m not feeling well, so I won’t eat it?

When your body is healthy. Does this mean you are going to eat it?

“So. If you focus on recovering your body… next time… ha… I’ll let you do it. Got it?”

What does it allow you to do?

Hearing the confirmation that they will not eat it today but will eat it next time makes my heart pound in many ways.

The thought of doing something like that with such a beautiful woman made my heart flutter instinctively, and my heart pounded at the thought that I might die after doing it.

Instinctive desire and the desire to live intersect.

Isn’t this… hell?

With that thought in mind, I turn my head to look at her face.

It’s dark so I can’t see her expression clearly… but I think she’s smiling.

“Answer?”

She says, caressing my lips with her thumb.

“Huh?… Yes…”

I guess I’ll have to sleep in the office somehow starting tomorrow.

“Good night, Debian.”

How long has it been like that?

The only sound is Theodora’s regular breathing.

-Saegeun… Saegeun…

But… I can’t sleep.

Something about her breath stimulates my consciousness.

No… isn’t this too much?

Next to me is a beautiful woman that I can legally pounce on.

And I am a healthy, energetic man in his 20s.

However, if you attack that woman, the probability of seeing a death ending is very high.

What kind of heinous balance game is this?

And although I try my best to sleep…

The breath of a legitimate and very beautiful woman feels so stimulating that my lower body aches.

A situation where you can’t do this or that.

But… Theodora could fall asleep defenseless in this situation.

I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep at all…

It’s a big deal.

Starting tomorrow, I will sleep in the office for a while.

***

I tried to sleep somehow, but…

-Saegeun… Saegeun…

I couldn’t sleep at all.

Her scent and warmth keep stimulating my head and down.

I even thought about going to the bathroom and taking a nap, but I just decided to hold on.

Anyway, it will be dawn in a little while.

What happens next?

The incident in which an assassination attempt occurred in the imperial palace cannot be easily covered up.

It’s too big to just cover up, and my prestige and the prestige of the imperial family are at stake.

“Hmm…”

A situation where someone must take responsibility.

But it’s unfair for me to take responsibility.

It makes no sense for me to sacrifice myself in a situation where I clearly know who the culprit is and who needs to be sacrificed.

In this negotiation with Ioanes, I plan to demand that the criminal be identified, arrested, and sent to him.

Now that I think about it, I heard that Ioanes relies a lot on a count called Savinelli these days, right?

It sounds like he’s on the outskirts, but he’s young and smart, so I heard he kicked out the previous count and handed over the count to Savinelli.

“Because he seems to be a person who believes that much…”

I’ll have to ask for that guy first.

And if you really think it’s okay, I guess I can use you as my slave.

If you don’t have the ability, you should be in prison.

Of course, I think the resistance will be formidable.

To put it bluntly, even Theodore would be against it, and everyone who was loyal to Ioannes and the emperor would be against it.

But right now, there is nothing we can do because talent is important for our force.

But I also think it’s hard to believe while Ioanes is alive.

“Well, think about it slowly…”

First of all, I have to call Savinelli as Roman because I think he can cut off Ioanes’ right hand.

My thoughts are complicated because I don’t think I will give it up easily.

Even if it’s like me, no matter how weak you are, if you make a deal to give up Agrippa or Lucius…

I don’t think it will be easy.

Of course, Agrippa would never do it, but Lucius… might give it up.

Although it is heartless and cynical…

If you can give Lucius and avoid the worst, you should do it.

Agrippa is… the sword of our power.

I can never give it away.

Because it is one of the two hopes of humanity.

The sun is slowly rising.

The area used to be shrouded in pitch black, but now it is shrouded in dark blue.

Shall we go to the study hall soon?

I heard that Theodora did some work.

There might not be as much work as you think.

Although he is a tyrant, he is not a bad person.

Even in the original’s future, she did something quite right.

It’s just that the method was wrong.

The moment I got out of bed thinking that.

The beautiful face of my wife is faintly visible in the blue darkness.

She is so beautiful that it is understandable that she is said to be the most beautiful woman in the empire.

If you don’t try to kill me… it’ll be fine.

There’s nothing I can do about it.

To her, I am the son of her enemy and the husband she wants to kill who forced her into marriage.

With that in mind, I prepare to leave.