“I asked my maid, and she told that neither the noble daughter nor the noble lady I regularly et with ca to see . It is said that the last ti I saw the Duke, my father, was several months ago. I didn’t know, so I thought to ask what I cherished and loved… … There was no such thing.”
In fact, I asked for it for the secret funeral of the forr dea I wanted to host, who had actually died. Because only I knew that the real dea had died, I thought about having a quiet funeral by burning and burying even the things the previous soul really liked.
However, the forr dea didn’t even have anything to cherish. I thought there might be sothing to rember her nanny by that I could find, but there was really nothing…
… Previously, it was said when dea was angry, she threw objects and smashed them so that maybe that was the reason nothing was left.
“I don’t know what life is without family, friends, or things I care about… I don’t think I have any good mories……. I don’t think it doesn’t matter if I don’t rember it.”
dea spoke words with an expressionless face that left Lyle stupefied.
She may have done evil around her, but she was his only wife and Empress. The fact that there was no one in her life made Lyle’s heart cold; he was her family and husband, but Lyle couldn’t say that.
Lyle himself treated dea so coldly after their wedding, and in retrospect, it seed that dea was always desperate. That… … He faintly thought that it might have been because he was the only family left to dea.
The image of dea, who had always scread asking him to look at her—Lyle recalled as he looked at the current dea, who seed like a completely different person.
“… Mill–”
“Would you like to sit down?”
dea’s words suddenly stopped Lyle from speechless.
“What?”
“This dress is heavier than it looks. Although jewelry is pretty, a stone is a stone. There’s a bunch of stone pieces hanging off on right now, so it’s heavy.”
dea went back to the sofa. Then tapping the seat next to her, he beckoned Lyle to sit down.
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Pour…….
Hot tea was put in a teacup. The attendant filled the Emperor’s teacup first and then poured the sa tea into the Empress’s cup. Lyle glanced lightly at the appearance of the attendant quietly retreating.
The attendant quickly gave a bow and exited the office.
“Dig in,” Lyle said, and dea picked up a fork instead of a teacup.
A colorfully decorated cake was laid out for Miledia, who had beco fond of sweets after losing her mory.
After noting the difference, Lyle soon decided to push the thought to the back of his mind and forget it.
No matter what he did, dea was dea— not soone else, but just changed bit… …
Lyle decided to think that way. It was irresponsible and selfish to tell her not to change to herself from before and stay the sa after her mory loss.
“Don’t you resent and bla ?”
“Why do I have to, your Majesty?”
“Because you are the Empress. I… … I’m your husband.”
I hated dea, so I didn’t look for her until union day. And after getting back together, I went back to her bedroom again and again because I wanted to.
After reviewing his action, it was astonishing how it would have looked like in dea’s eyes.
“I just thought, ‘Your Majesty had a bad relationship with .’”
She was frighteningly calm… Lyle’s chest was tightening.
Her unblaming attitude weighed on his heart, but an apology couldn’t co to his mouth to the point of extre frustration.
“In the future, I’ll go to the Empress more often. I promise.”
dea suddenly lowered her fork and looked at Lyle.
Her gaze was beautiful, but they were guarded, unlike when her emotions were clearly revealed, making Lyle anxious.
“Don’t promise.”
“Why… .”
“My mories may co back. My personality may go back to before… … It would be uncomfortable. I think it would be better not to make a promise.”
Lyle realized that he couldn’t refute her and lost his words.
The wounds he suffered from dea were too great to even accept this forr dea.
It was a promise that should not be made as one could not promise eternity with true compassion.
“… Is there anything I can do for you?”
I want to help you.
I wanted to help dea in any way.
dea married the Emperor and was estranged from her family. She even ended up losing her husband.
dea’s actions caused her to be utterly alone but … It was also true that he, the Emperor, had a profound influence.
So Lyle wanted to be a source of power to dea.
dea stopped and looked at Lyle.
Now Lyle was here trying to be nice to dea because he had pretty good feelings for her but… … If dea invited Seira, she did not know how he would change again.
Lyle’s set morals would not allow him to abandon his wife, but it was unclear how far the original script’s influence would extend.
“Then…”
Lyle’s mind fluttered at the mont, hanging on to her words. However, the following utterances he couldn’t have imagined in his wildest dreams.
“If you have a woman you love… could you set free?”
“What?”
This is what it must feel like to have your insides burned to an ash patch.
Are you trying to punish for not being able to say that I love you?
Lyle looked at dea, hiding his disastrous distortion. Lyle’s heart turned black, knowing that this anger and betrayal he felt was not justified.
“You don’t need politically anymore. So your Majesty will now turn to another woman when you have a woman you love…… The concubine will enter your harem. You may want to make her Empress. So when that ti cos……”
Like a girl sweetly dreaming, dea smiled shyly.
“Please divorce . Please allow to remarry.”
“No.”
The words left his mouth before he could even think. dea’s eyes widened in astonishnt.
“No, there’s no possibility of liking a girl and having an affair!”
Lyle looked furiously at dea with cold eyes.
‘Who are you going to go to–who is not ?’
There was a wave of terrifying anger at soone who hadn’t evem yet appeared.
“Did you forget the last two nights? You may be carrying my child. Do you think you’ll let the Prince’s mother marry again?”
“That’s……. Oh, I may not have it!”
Since this body hasn’t had any children yet, isn’t there a greater chance of not having conceived a child?
But Lyle was resolute.
“Never—I’ll make it happen. So stay by my side. Don’t think about running away!”
dea didn’t know where this hellish wrath ca from.
Don’t you hate ? Then why are you doing this? What’s wrong with you?
“No, this arrangent is good for you too! When you have a girl you like, won’t you think of as a hindrance?”
You’re the girl I like… … !
Lyle, who was about to burst out of anger for a mont, grinded his teeth together; knowing he was selfish, but he couldn’t let dea go. It was only a few days, but it seed that he couldn’t live without her anymore.
“To , you’ll be the only woman in my life. So don’t say that again.”
Pretending to be unaware of dea, staring at him with disapproval, Lyle added:
“I will be visiting your bed tonight. Get ready and wait.”
Then, as if there was nothing more to say, he got up first and left the office.
dea, who was left alone, was stunned:
‘I’m fed up! Do you think I’ll just keep doing it with you if you say you want to do it?’
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