episode_0159

‘What is that.’

no way.

My suspicions grew bigger and bigger.

“Isn’t it, Empress?”

“Ah. Prince, I’m worried.”

Esteban bowed his head politely, but the empress could not even make eye contact with him.

“Was the Empress like that?”

“What, what.”

As Esteban’s voice became threatening, the empress even stuttered, and eventually Esteban pushed the empress.

“Oh, brother. Why are you doing that?”

Cecilia cried, but Esteban did not stop.

“Turn it on!”

Cecilia grabbed Esteban’s arm, and Esteban pulled it away. Cecilia, who was 3 years old, had a hard time with just that.

Esteban climbed on top of the empress and grabbed her wrist.

“Sigh, don’t hit me… . please… . I don’t want to anymore. Do not… . Please send… .”

The empress was in confusion. I caught a glimpse of someone in Esteban.

“Dae, what the hell… .”

Even Esteban was embarrassed. I knew that the Empress never took a single step out of her palace, but what on earth could this mean?

“Mother, mother… .”

“Ah. Cecilia. My baby Cecilia… .”

The Empress seemed to come to her senses only after hugging Cecilia tightly.

Still, just looking at Esteban’s face sparked the game.

“What on earth… .”

No matter how much Esteban thought, he couldn’t understand.

All he knew was that the Second Empress hated him.

“It’s a dream…”

Esteban opened his eyes and his expression became distorted.

I was about to get up and get ready for bed, but then, knock. Someone knocked on his door.

‘At a time like this?’

Esteban narrowed his eyes. The clock showed 2 am.

-Right after that, ‘This is James.’ I felt an even bigger doubt in the voice. What’s going on with the chief chamberlain of the main palace?

“What’s going on?”

“His Majesty asks you to come to the main palace right away.”

James’ eyes were empty. Like a corpse whose soul has disappeared.

* * *

Cecilia’s face was extremely indifferent. Starting with Ataraxia, three ducal houses were acquired.

The only place left is Arjane.

“It took two years.”

Even the majesty of the emperor, who had begun to fall completely to the ground, mattered nothing to her.

Everyone had no choice but to acknowledge Cecilia’s ability to single-handedly wipe out the barbarians who were targeting the north. Even the lord, who had secretly ignored her because she was a woman, trembled and bowed his head just by meeting her eyes.

“Charge. Everything will be as you wish.”

“Okay.”

Only after hearing Cecilia’s words did the lords raise their heads.

Some of them were trembling. Some lords who did not meet her standards were summarily executed on the spot. There were countless collaterals who wanted the position of lord. Some who were upset followed her even more enthusiastically.

“Why do you look at it that way? I don’t mistreat my people, you are my people now.”

“Yes… .”

Cecilia tilted her head. The lords broke into a cold sweat at her words, which felt unfair.

I understood it in my head. That she wouldn’t hurt them.

For him, even though they had already proven their abilities, they could not bear to open their mouths.

For the lords who were always within the realm of absolute stability, the sight of the lord next to them suddenly hitting the floor was still etched in their minds and could not be forgotten.

“I really don’t understand? They say there’s nothing to be afraid of?”

It was a beautiful smile.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The new Duke of Ataraxia raised his head. He was the one who swore loyalty to the princess.

The remaining lords also raised their heads one by one.

‘okay.’

Among the lords who swore loyalty to His Majesty, no one has had their head cut off. It gave them a sense of stability, and all of this was what Cecilia was aiming for.

Lamia, who was watching this, chuckled.

‘It’s transparent. It’s transparent. How can you see everything inside?’

Following Cecilia’s instructions, the territory developed day by day. Replace useless lords and establish competent lords.

Where is the problem?

‘Shouldn’t we rather be thankful?’

No matter how stupid it may be, if you follow His Majesty’s orders faithfully, you will have reached the halfway point.

Lamia’s smile grew even deeper.

Her face was like that of an older sister watching her younger sibling grow with pride.

*

Cecilia quickly finished her work and moved to the Duke’s residence. She had once again crossed the border and was able to ignore even the duke’s mansion’s barrier.

‘It seems like Maria and Ceria are gritting their teeth and reorganizing the barrier again.’

As I moved to Marian’s room, I heard a whisper.

‘My lady’s skin seems to be getting smoother.’

‘I think my breasts have gotten a little bigger too!’

‘really?!’

A very small sound that would normally not be heard.

“This is not it.”

Cecilia shook her head.

*

After a leisurely bath, Marian returned to her room after choosing pretty pajamas with her maids.

“Marian, I’m here.”

Cecilia waved her hand.

“Cecilia?”

Marian’s eyes widened as she saw Cecilia sitting on the sofa reading a book.

“Cecilia, this is rude!”

“That’s right, the young lady is taking a bath and you dare come into the room!”

“No matter how much of a friend you are, this is not the case!”

In response to the maids’ extreme reaction, Marian inadvertently ended up protecting Cecilia.

“Trigram, it’s okay.”

“Ah, lady…!”

The maids’ eyes were shaking wildly as they saw Cecilia being blocked out of their hands as if to protect her.

‘My lady.’

“Stop and rest.”

At those words, some of the maids swayed and even tried to support each other, but since Cecilia was hugging Marian’s neck from behind, she was in no mood to care about that.

“Good.”

“If you had come, you shouldn’t have told me… .”

Marian slowly got out of Cecilia’s arms and spoke calmly.

‘Then you wouldn’t have come out dressed like this.’ Although she hid her words, Marian’s red face was enough to make Cecilia smile pleasantly and take her by the hand and make her sit on the sofa.

“I know you’re taking a bath, but what are you doing, ah! Can we wash together?”

“No, I don’t knowㅡ.”

Marian’s face seemed to heat up at the mischievous smile.

Of course, we once took a bath together when we were young.

Marianne gathered her collar without realizing it.

“Is it cold?”

When Marian trembled, Cecilia picked her up and sat her on her lap. Then he buried his face in the crook of her neck and took a deep breath.

“It’s warm.”

“Uh, ok. Because I was in warm water… .”

“Good.”

Marian clenched her fists, then relaxed them. When she leaned in, Cecilia smiled happily and hugged her a little more.

“ㅡYou’ll be staying at the Duke’s residence for a while, right?”

“Yes.”

After becoming lovers, Cecilia became much more foolish.

Marianne also liked it, so she smiled and held her hand.

Cecilia stroked Marian’s soft, dry hair.

Although it had been a long time since they had been talking for quite some time, Marian accepted everything, and a smile appeared on Cecilia’s face.

But his expression hardened when he heard the words that followed.

*

“Shall we sleep together?”

I tilted my head back and looked at Cecilia.

“ㅡHuh?”

Just then, the hand wrapped around my waist loosened and I jumped up.

I held her hand and started walking.

I walked over the canopy and looked at Cecilia, who was sitting on the bed and standing blankly.

“What’s wrong?”

“Really, can I sleep with you?”

“ㅡHmm? Another room shop? I did what was comfortable, but since it was our first time seeing each other for a long time, we decided to sleep together.”

I tilted my head.

“Haum.”

I’m already feeling sleepy. I was in the warm water for quite a while. I looked at the clock and it was past 11 o’clock.

‘-You mean just sleeping.’

I lay down, pulling Cecilia’s hand as she mumbled something. As I snuggled into the blanket, I felt Cecilia’s hand gently stroking my hair, which felt good.

‘But I’m so sleepy… .’

ah.

Did I fall asleep?

I looked at the time and saw that about 30 minutes had passed.

however.

‘Why is he sitting still instead of lying down?’

I gently squeezed Cecilia’s hand, which I had been holding while sleeping.

“Did you wake up because of me?”

At the same time, Cecilia looked at me. A hand gently brushing the side of my hair makes me smile pleasantly.

“No? hmm. Isn’t it true?”

Are you having trouble sleeping?

So he couldn’t sleep and I kept holding his hand like this?

“Did you not want to sleep?”

“No! I really want to sleep, no, that’s not it.”

Cecilia spoke quickly, gibbering as anyone could see that she was embarrassed.

“Yap!”

I chuckled and pulled her.

“Uh, huh?”

She fell on top of me. He placed his arms on the bed and trapped me in his arms. Suddenly, I ended up being crushed under her.

‘Oh, I committed it.’

What did you do?

Even if you just woke up and are half-asleep, a grown woman…

‘hmm. No, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened.’

As I am older at heart, I decided to take my time.

Cecilia’s earlobes were turning red.