Chapter 407. Separate Again (2)
Translator: Aura / Editor: HB168
When Sovieshu opened his eyes, he was back in his bedroom.
But the sheets which usually kept him warm were so cold that he was shivering.
“My daughter. Dad is sorry. Dad is sorry you left first. Dad is sorry for not believing you were my daughter.”
Sovieshu staggered over to the paintings. He took both of them down, placing his precious paintings side by side on the floor. He opened his arms, embracing Navier’s painting with one arm and Glorym’s with the other.
He could feel warmth through the paintings. In his mind, the subjects of the paintings also opened their arms to return Sovieshu’s embrace.
A childhood mory ca to his mind.
— We’ll be a couple when we grow up, Navier.
— Aren’t we already a couple?
— It’ll be different. We’ll be a married couple. I want us to have a baby that looks like us. We’ll have a family portrait taken of us with our child and I’ll hang it up in my room.
Sovieshu smiled slightly.
“My family…”
As his voice trailed off he saw a little girl in the distance, standing on the white snow.
The girl, who was crying, ran up to him as soon as she saw him and asked why he hadn’t co earlier.
“Glorym.”
Sovieshu took a step toward the girl.
But before he could get closer to her, soone grabbed him.
It was Navier. She shook her head.
“Don’t leave. Stay, Sovieshu.”
He looked alternately at Navier and Glorym.
After a mont’s hesitation, he understood. He would die if he went that way. But then he could be by his daughter’s side again.
When his eyes t Navier’s, he couldn’t stop crying. He rembered waiting for her outside Troby Mansion in the dead of night. He rembered the mont their gazes t as she drove away in the carriage. He rembered her wedding, her wedding to Heinley.
“Don’t go away, Sovieshu.”
The girl urged him to co quickly while Navier pulled him from behind.
They both ant a lot to him, but they stood opposite from each other.
Sovieshu looked at each of them several tis, smiled helplessly and pushed Navier’s hand away.
“You stay. Live, Navier. Be happy.”
‘The baby died, but not Navier.’
He wanted to be with Navier. He wanted to go with her, he didn’t want to lose her twice, but he knew that this ti he had to let her go.
“Don’t follow . Even if you co here we may not et again, so live happily for many years.”
Sovieshu turned around, comforted the frightened girl, and walked down a path with no end in sight.
***
Marquis Karl moved anxiously down the corridor, unable to tear himself away from Sovieshu’s bedroom.
Suddenly, he heard a loud noise not far away, which was followed by several shouts.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”
‘Did that noise co from outside…’
When Marquis Karl entered the bedroom, he discovered that Sovieshu had fallen out of his window. Terrified, he shouted orders.
“The palace doctor! Get the palace doctor! Evely! Get Miss Evely!”
However, he imdiately rembered that Evely, the precious healing mage, had gone to the Western Empire to heal Navier.
“Navier…”
A faint whisper ca from Sovieshu.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The palace doctor! Get the palace doctor!”
Marquis Karl shouted in despair.
***
“You woke up!”
I heard a cry of joy. When I opened my eyes, I saw Heinley’s tearful face in front of .
“… Heinley?”
My throat hurt badly, but I managed to open my mouth and say his na.
“My Queen!”
Heinley whimpered, grabbed my hand, and rested his forehead against it.
Was my hand cold or did Heinley have a fever? His forehead seed especially warm.
I was still a little dazed as Heinley sobbed.
“Queen, I thought I would lose you… I was so afraid I would lose you…”
Behind Heinley, I could see Sovieshu’s shadow.
The shadow, which looked troubled, flashed for an instant as soon as I saw it, and disappeared through the wall.
This made rember the dream I had. Sovieshu was about to go the wrong way, so I stopped him, but he pushed my hand away and told not to follow him. He wanted to live. He wanted to live happily for many years. Then he took the hand of a girl who was covered in blood from head to toe and walked away.
My heart ached strangely.
I felt an indescribable sense of loss, as if sothing had been torn from .
***
I was only able to learn the full story of what had happened the day after I woke up.
On the day I woke up, the palace doctor had done everything possible to get to rest. I was also able to speak to Evely.
“I am happy to be able to return Your Majesty’s kindness.”
“You saved my life…”
Grand Duke Kapn and Evely had saved .
Heinley also told that I survived because I used my ice magic on Duke Zensia just before he fell on , but I couldn’t quite rember…
However, many people witnessed the attack, so my ice magic may beco a small problem once I fully recover.
In any case, thanks to using my ice magic and Grand Duke Kapn wrapping his arms around , I was able to survive Zensia’s attempt to crush . My baby also survived.
But I fell into a coma, so Evely ca all the way from the Eastern Empire to heal .
Evely lowered her head, her face turned completely red, and she smiled brightly. She swayed from side to side and looked at briefly. She seed very proud of herself.
“You have beco an amazing person, Evely.”
“Yes! I saved Your Majesty! And a… umm… I don’t rember what country he’s from… well, never mind… I also saved the Grand Duke!”
“I don’t say this because you saved . You truly have beco an amazing person.”
Mages with healing abilities were highly valued. Of course, each mage had a unique ability, and they were each valuable in so way. However, healing abilities were especially remarkable because they could save lives.
“It’s also thanks to Your Majesty.”
“I didn’t do anything.”
Evely quickly shook her head to indicate that she disagreed.
I laughed because she looked so cute.
But I was also worried. Unlike , Grand Duke Kapn hadn’t woken up yet. Will he recover soon?
According to the palace doctor, he should wake up at any mont. Evely also told that she had used more of her magic on Grand Duke Kapn.
“Excuse , Your Majesty.”
“Yes? What is it?”
“Your Majesty, the Emperor… uh… I an Emperor Sovieshu…”
What did Evely want to say? She looked at with a strange hesitation.
When I indicated that she could talk with a soft smile, she continued as if she didn’t know how to say it.
“Does Your Majesty have a bad relationship with Emperor Sovieshu?”
I smiled awkwardly. It was a difficult question to answer.
My relationship with Sovieshu is… complicated. We were once friends and a couple destined to spend our lives together, but suddenly he beca soone I hated to see, and I even wished that he wouldn’t be happy. But it felt a little uncomfortable to see him so low.
However, as we both represent our respective Empires, I couldn’t express these personal feelings.
“It’s a normal relationship.”
In the end, I ended my answer with, “Why do you ask?” to get to the point.
Evely hesitated, smiled shyly and scratched her cheek.
“It seems that Emperor Sovieshu still loves and cares for Your Majesty.”
“…”
“Forgive . I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable. But when he sent here, he was very pale and seed desperate…”
“Did Sovieshu send you?”
“Yes. As soon as he heard the news, he imdiately called and ordered to save Your Majesty.”
I rembered that on the night of Rashta’s trial, Sovieshu stood crying outside of my parents’ mansion until I left in the carriage. Should I write a letter to thank him for sending Evely?
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