episode_0076

The emperor, who had laughed and told himself not to worry, continued talking to himself for a while and at some point left the room when a maid knocked on the door.

The emperor patted my shoulder as I stared blankly and once again told me not to worry, and then left.

After he left, I looked at the clock and saw that only 5 minutes had passed, which I thought had been a long time.

“.. Are you okay, Vera?”

Bea, with her mouth open, looked at me and asked with an expression that reminded me of a soul going out through her mouth.

Maybe the facial expression I’m making right now is similar to that.

“.. No..”

I was already exhausted after the difficult battle with the empress, but after dealing with the emperor, who was the complete opposite of him, I was even more exhausted mentally and spiritually than when I was training.

Moreover, since the conversation with the empress was not completely over, the fatigue only increased.

As I lie down on the bed with Bea and look at the ceiling, my head slowly turns.

First of all, it is about his engagement to Agnes.

If I knew the Empress’s past, I could persuade her more easily, but there is no way to know right now.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m giving up.

‘A man with multiple women…’

In other words, polygamy. That is why the Empress cannot give permission for an engagement.

But now I can’t change it.

Since polygamy is legal, most people don’t think anything of it, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t people who have bad perceptions about it.

I can tell just by looking at my surroundings right now.

Not only the Empress, but also my mother and even Bea were like that at first.

I couldn’t understand it because I thought it wouldn’t matter as long as we loved each other equally.

‘If you think she’s my daughter…’

Therefore, I decided to think about it from the empress’s perspective.

I thought we had a daughter, whether it was me and Bea or Agnes, so I raised that daughter with love and sent her to the academy.

And when my daughter returned from her first vacation, the man she told me she liked was a man who had many women…

“Oh, no!”

“Bera..? What’s going on?”

I was lying down, closing my eyes, and immersing myself, but I had no choice but to wake up and scream at the terrible development.

Bea, who was trying to fall asleep at the sudden loud noise, woke up startled and called me, and only then was she able to come out of her thoughts.

“No.. it’s nothing.”

“Chi.. It’s nothing again.”

Bea made by crucian carp lips as the wind blows into the cheeks.

I thought to myself as I laid her down again, stroked her back with one hand, and pressed her cheek with the other to take out the air.

‘There’s no answer to this?’

When the thought gets there.

“Dor~!”

A girl’s bright voice rang outside the door.

*

Peace can only come when one of the two gives in, but I cannot give in; I have to hope for the other person’s concession.

Moreover, now I can confidently say that the other person does not have any good feelings towards me.

No matter how much I thought about what I should do to get the ‘concession’, nothing came out.

So, the method I chose.

“Did you say, “What do you want?””

“.. Yes.”

Asking the Empress directly.

Since I only know one thing about what she wants from me, I decided that I wouldn’t be able to figure it out even if I thought about it, and because of that, I am now kneeling in front of the Empress.

The Empress spoke with an arrogant posture, with one leg crossed and her arms crossed.

“Didn’t I tell you that last time? He wants to break off the engagement with the Veritas family.”

“.. Isn’t there anything else besides that?”

I opened my mouth, suppressing my body trembling at the sight of the Empress looking at me, and her eyebrows rose at that.

My first encounter with the worst Empress was yesterday.

Moreover, the meeting was forcibly cut off by my father.

As a result, the Empress’s face as she looked at me was filled with hostility, and the hostility grew more and more due to my remarks just now.

I don’t know if it’s fortunate or strange, but compared to the growing hostility, I don’t feel the slightest sense of murderous intent.

That was the same yesterday as well.

Apart from the fearful flying spear and the anger I felt from the empress, I did not feel any murderous intent.

If I had sensed murderous intent from the Empress yesterday, I wouldn’t have used this method.

“Do you think you can move my heart even if you listen to something other than what I truly want?”

“.. Do you really have to break off the engagement with the Veritas family? Is that all?”

“That’s not true. To be precise, I hope to love Agnes ‘man’ for the rest of my life.”

“Even if I get permission from Agnes.”

“That won’t happen, but.. ”

“.. I see.”

After saying her last words, the Empress tightly closed her mouth and eyes as if she would not say anything more.

It doesn’t seem easy to get a ‘concession’ from the Empress.

‘Then there’s nothing we can do..’

I tightly held the piece of paper in my arms that Agnes gave me yesterday.

“Her Majesty the Empress.”

“.. Have you decided? ”

The Empress looked at me with a satisfied expression, as if her eyes no longer trembled and her serious voice seemed to have made a decision.

However, my next words broke the empress’s face.

“Do you know that I came to the imperial family 10 years ago?”

“.. 10 years ago..? This is my first time hearing this.”

I took it out and showed it to the Empress, who had received permission from Agnes yesterday.

“This is…”

The Empress, who was reading the contents of the contract, lost strength in her hands and dropped the contract, picking it up again.

It was a verbal contract that I signed with Hwangsil-ro with my mother 10 years ago, but Agnes, who was uneasy about that alone, proposed a one-page contract.

Even I, the party to the contract, had forgotten about the contract that only three people in the world knew about.

‘According to the request of Third Princess Agnes von Evsoruta and the acceptance of Sorut von Amorae, the head of the Amorae family, we conclude an engagement with Berador von Amorae, the youngest son of the Amorae family.’

Now it has become a contract that only four people in the world know about.

*

“What? Momma said that an engagement is impossible unless you break off the engagement with Bea?”

A girl’s shout rang out in the quiet room.

Agnes apologizes when she squints her eyes at a sound so loud that she hears tinnitus.

“Okay..”

“Oh my mom.. why..”

Agnes’s hands were shaking a little, perhaps because she was so shocked that the Empress had rejected the engagement.

“So… is there any way?”

“.. What is the method..?”

Agnes, who was taking deep breaths and gradually stopping her trembling, tilted her head and tried to understand the intention of my question.

“How can we get permission to get engaged? I think it will be difficult to get permission if things continue like this…”

“I guess I forgot.. Just wait.”

“Huh..? Uh..”

Agnes rushed out of the room and returned less than 10 minutes later, putting a piece of paper in my hand.

“This is…”

*

A contract with the imperial seal that leaves no room for doubt no matter who comes from the empire.

The Empress received the contract and read it again, but its contents remained unchanged.

I checked the start time of the contract again, but it was clear that the two types of mana in the contract were 10 years ago.

“.. Agnes..”

No matter how empress she was, it was impossible for her to overturn a contract that had been concluded in the name of the imperial family, even ten years ago, simply because she did not like it.

Moreover, the opponent is one of the only two ducal families in the empire.

The Empress’s hand, which had been gripping the contract so tightly that it was crumpled, stretched out weakly a moment later and fell on the table.

This no longer requires the empress’s permission.

In fact, I wanted to avoid using this contract as much as possible.

I wanted to receive formal permission and blessing from none other than the empress, who would become my mother-in-law.

“.. Why did you take such action when there was such a contract? Is it to mock me? ”

“Not really.”

Little by little, a life force that had not been felt before was leaking out of the empress.

The ordinary people stared into the Empress’s eyes, trying to ignore the tingling sensation in her back that made her faint.

The empress’s eyes, burning like a burning fire, were a mixture of anger, death, and concern.

“It was a last resort. I wanted to receive formal permission and blessing.”

Crackling…

The sound of teeth grinding echoed throughout the room, and I decided that no matter what I said here, it wouldn’t look good in the Empress’s eyes, so I didn’t open my mouth any further.

I feel cold sweat running down my spine and I just pray that this fleeting moment that feels like eternity will pass quickly.

For ten minutes, the only sound that could be heard in the room was the ticking of the clock.

The Empress’s mouth, which had been tightly closed, opened.

“I will ask you again.. Answer sincerely.”

“Yes.”

Tap.. tap..

A stream of fresh blood flowed from the Empress’s mouth, down her chin, and dripped drop by drop onto her trousers.

However, the Empress did not care about that and said what she wanted to say.

“I truly love Agnes.. no..”

“…”

“No matter what happens…even if you become enemies with God, are you confident that you will not abandon Agnes?”

‘That damn god…’

Asmo Deus… So why do both Lis and the Empress keep citing God as a condition of respect?

One side will give you permission if you kill the god, and the other will give you permission if you don’t abandon the god and his enemies even if you defeat them.

Actually, no matter what you say, I have only one answer.

“Yes. I am confident.”

It was an answer that came without a moment’s hesitation, but the Empress, who read the sincerity contained in it, nodded with approval.

“.. If you make Agnes cry, you have to be prepared.”

“.. Okay..”

In any case, his engagement to Agnes was approved.

I was wondering what would happen if it turned out to be the second batch, but I’m glad I did.

“Phew.. Anyway..”

“..?”

“I heard that the northern part of Joseon is having a hard time because of the demons…”

“…”

But I guess I can’t help but feel hateful..

It looks like the next schedule will be set for the north.