episode_0179

He didn’t come back last night.

“What’s going on?”

I sent a maid to check if the Grand Duchy was working late into the night…

“Your Majesty the Emperor, I apologize. It is said that His Royal Highness left the imperial palace in a carriage alone with a woman named Sena.”

-thud!

The maid’s words hit me as if I had been hit on the head with a hammer.

“What… what?!”

Um… do you like big breasts that much?! Is it that good?

“Do… That’s ridiculous.”

I can’t even speak due to shock.

“Just come in! Just leave these bitches of mine alone!”

I will never leave you two bitches alone.

It became clear that the woman named Sena was his mistress.

They picked a girl who was somehow pretty but no different from an ordinary country girl.

Taking a stupid big-breasted bitch as your mistress…

-Clud…

Are you cheating on me when I’m here?

Without even touching my body?

Have you seen this piece of trash?

Disappointment, astonishment.

I firmly believed that Devian would not be that kind of man…

If a man and a woman left the imperial palace alone at night, wouldn’t that be the only thing that would happen?

“Just come back! I really won’t leave you alone!”

***

After clearing up the tragic scene of last night, I finally returned to the imperial palace at dawn.

As soon as I arrived, I changed my blood-stained clothes at the Grand Duchess and washed briefly.

After that, I finished some of the morning work in my office.

-Squeak!

“Your Majesty… Your Highness?”

He glances at Lucius and says as he comes in without knocking with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Lucius, who is usually very polite, was so embarrassed that he forgot his manners.

I ask nervously, thinking that this is probably an important matter.

“Did a demon worshiper appear?”

Are demon worshipers possibly attacking the city?

Or the critically injured agents from the intelligence department yesterday are dead.

I try to stay calm, anticipating something terrible that I don’t want to imagine.

calm down. I can handle anything. You’ve done well so far, right?

My left eye starts throbbing.

“A big problem occurred. Your Majesty… Your Majesty!”

“Theodora? Why her?”

Could it be that she was kidnapped?

No… there are more than 100 soldiers deployed when she arrives.

That’s impossible.

So when I think about it.

“Your Majesty… Your Majesty is looking for Sister Senna, swearing that she is the archduke’s mistress!”

what?

Who is whose government?

I stand up as if I was fascinated by Lucius’ unexpected words.

-Can’t you tell me where the sleazy bitch is right now?!

As I was about to open my office and leave, I heard a quiet sound outside the door.

The voice is obviously soft, but the words are extremely vulgar.

What… what?

-Well… I took sick leave today…

-joy! It must be painful to spend all night doing that with him! Tell the bitch to come out here right now because I’m going to charge her with adultery!

what? Who is a bitch and who is committing adultery?

Having an affair with someone who is married here is treated as a crime.

No… Aside from that, you could say that about Sena, a candidate for sainthood and a high-ranking member of the Vatican.

My head is spinning in this dizzying situation.

I said I would take the day off today to report to the Pope, but the timing is good.

Müller looks at Theodora and tries to calm her down with a perplexed expression, but…

Numerous officials passing by are already watching the two talk with interest.

Oh really. It’s not easy.

What kind of embarrassment is this?

I grabbed my burning face and tried to calm it down.

Right now, at this moment, I really want to go into the rat hole.

“Ha…”

I sigh heavily and approach Theodora and shout.

“Theodora! What are you doing now?!”

“Ha?! you! Where were you last night?”

Theodora appears more confident in what I say.

“Last night?”

Last night, I went to spy on a meeting of demon worshipers.

However, as I want to hide the fact that demon worshipers are still running around, it is difficult to tell the truth.

In particular… it’s not something the public officials here would know.

“Ha… let’s talk in my office.”

So I lead her and head to my office.

-thud!

I say as I close the door roughly.

“Why on earth are you doing this?!”

I don’t know about Theodora, but Senna holds a fairly important position in the Vatican for a nun.

If rumors of an affair between her and I were to spread, the trust we had built with the Vatican might be destroyed, so I got angry and shouted…

She exhales loudly and says, as if she’s actually mad at me.

“Whoo! What did you do last night when you went out with that bitch?”

“What are you doing?!”

At my words, she crosses her arms and glares at me.

“I heard that you went out of the palace with that bitch last night and only came back this morning. Did you think I wouldn’t get angry after hearing those words?”

This is a misunderstanding.

Even when I look up to the sky, I feel proud.

“Theodora, wait a minute. I can guess what you’re thinking, but nothing happened like you think.”

From last night until dawn today, I was busy rescuing survivors from a building overrun by demon worshipers.

So, nothing like what she imagined happened.

I was about to say that I was just busy catching demon worshippers, but I paused to think for a moment.

As of now, the only Named Demon worshiper I know of is Amon.

The remaining four people are hiding in Roman.

Among them, judging from the way they speak, it is presumed that they are of quite high status.

Currently, there are some people who find it difficult to believe in the power she is causing.

Representative examples include former Minister of Justice Johanna and Academy President Cosimo.

These two people are not only not close to me, but their identities have not been confirmed.

Would it be right to inform her that such people follow her that I am preparing to capture the demon worshiper?

First of all… it would be best to keep it a secret.

They might think that intelligence or government agencies were simply suspicious and mobilized troops.

It’s not good for demon worshipers to know that I’m involved.

“Lie! Then tell me where and what you did!”

I have no choice but to hesitate in response to her harsh questioning.

Since I can’t tell the truth… I guess I’ll have to make excuses…

“Just…”

At that moment, a good idea occurred to me.

“Sena is a woman, right? What if you go out to the imperial palace late at night and get into trouble? So I just took him there in a carriage.”

“Ha?!”

Theodora’s eyes turned cold at my words.

Staring at me with those eyes.

“Truly! Are you telling me to believe such nonsense? Then why didn’t you come back at night?”

She says she wants to see how far you lie.

“That’s it… The wheel of the carriage came off midway, so I stayed at Sena’s house for the night. Oh, of course, Sena’s parents were there too. It never happened like you thought.”

Theodora’s eyes grow colder at my words.

“From what I heard, the girl named Sena is from the countryside. But there’s no way your family is here, right?!”

That statement stings me.

Senna is from Goa.

I know her parents aren’t there, but I never thought Theodora would know.

In times like this, it is right to go out shamelessly first.

If I avoid the current situation, I can somehow kiss Senna or forge an official document.

“Ah?!, for some reason, the two of you said that life in the monastery was very frustrating. I guess it was because you came up not long ago?”

I nod shamelessly and speak as if I have realized something.

“Sena’s parents said that Roman City is so complicated and congested that they don’t know where they are.”

It’s like, you’re right, but it’s fleshed out on purpose.

I have to mix it with the truth to say that I am originally a lie, but it is not noticeable.

But contrary to what I thought, she spoke with a puzzled expression.

“Ha? Are you kidding me now?”

I shrug my shoulders and say that.

“What kind of joke can there be?”

He looks at my face at my words.

It feels like there’s an unspoken pressure to ‘tell it off’, but I can speak confidently.

“If that doesn’t work, borrow the Orb of Purity from the Vatican.”

Orb of Purity.

An orb to prove that you are truly pure before becoming a priest or nun.

It is a treasure that is said to turn blue when a pure person places their hand on the orb.

Theodora says with a meaningful smile.

“Can you take responsibility for those words?”

“Yes. Of course.”

I don’t know if it was my past life, but my body is pure now.

And the Orb of Purity is a treasure of the Holy See.

There’s no way I can lend that to you easily.

When I think like that. Maybe she thought differently. Nod your head.

“Okay, let me ask the Vatican to lend me the Orb of Purity.”

“Huh?”

“Are there people outside? Tell the Vatican to lend me the Orb of Purity.”

-yes!

Theodora gives orders.

“Huh?”

what? Are you sure you want to borrow it?

“Do you really want to borrow it?”

Theodora nods like a person with doubts and speaks with shining red eyes.

“Why? Are you anxious now?”

I shrug my shoulders at that.

“It’s not really like that…”

But the Vatican won’t lend it easily.

I think so, but I sigh and say.

“Do whatever you want. I’ll just mind my own business.”

Let’s continue with the paperwork in silence.

-smart.

-your majesty. The Orb of Purity and a letter addressed to His Royal Highness have arrived from the Holy See.

what? Why did you obediently lend it to me? And a letter to me?

I say this, feeling puzzled by the unexpected response and letter.

“Bring it in.”

A trainee nun whom I have never seen speaks after me, carrying a large box.

“Meeting high-ranking people.”

“Meeting high-ranking people.”

I nod my head and say to them.

“I’m very sorry for making you have to travel so far, Sister.”

The nun answers my words.

“This is a request from the imperial palace, and we are glad that we can provide some help. And I brought a letter from the Pope.”

“Ah… please give that to me.”

After receiving the Pope’s letter, I nod to Theodora and say:

“What are you doing? Let’s hurry and check.”

Since I’m already busy, I want to finish this useless task quickly.