“No, I must have told him I was going to et Duke Card…….”
“If his Majesty is looking for you, you should go.”
Although he applied for an audience to see if rumors of the Emperor’s favoritism were true, he did not expect to see it with his own eyes.
No, isn’t this also a play staged by dea?
Then the Duke studied dea’s expression, and soone strode into the room.
“Sire!”
“I greet the Emperor.”
The Duke quickly bowed and greeted Lyle, looking at him. Lyle, who pushed into their eting, glanced over the Duke with a blank face and turned to dea.
Duke Card clearly saw Lyle’s expression change at that mont. His stiff manner was released, and affection filled his red eyes, making him look young. It was an expression of the Emperor that had never been seen in the Duke’s life.
“Why did you co all the way here……?”
dea asked, clearly embarrassed.
Lyle stood by dea’s side and studied the Duke. He was worried that dea might have brought up divorce without his knowledge.
Initially, he tried to refuse the Duke’s appeal to et with dea by ignoring it, but he had no choice but to allow him to et with her after he sent a petition to ask what dea’s fault was and why she received probation.
dea’s probation was, in fact, only Lyle’s reluctance and had no basis. As the Duke threatened to pry into it, he had no choice but to allow him an audience with dea.
“Duke, I saw you in the morning…… I’m seeing you again.”
“I was worried because I heard that the Empress was still on her probation, so I applied for an audience. I don’t know what her Majesty has done wrong, but it’s my fault as her father, so please be generous and forgive her.”
Lyle’s eyes narrowed as the Duke spoke, poking his nose in his estranged daughter’s business as if he were a good father and he cared. Lyle knew that dea and the Duke did not have a loving relationship even though they were on the sa team.
‘But now dea has no mory. She’ll end up relying on .’
“…the Empress is already a part of the Imperial family, so I can’t bla the Duke. I will take care of the Empress, and you don’t have to beg for forgiveness on her behalf.”
While saying so, Lyle circled his arm around dea’s waist and embraced it.
dea glanced at the Duke in surprise. The Duke was stunned and froze in shock.
“I thought I asked you to finish your eting before my work was finished.”
“Y-you set the ti late.”
dea grumbled, watching the Duke’s eyes.
Lyle pulled dea into his arms, saying he would not listen to anything else.
“The Duke, now that you have confird that the Empress is safe, can I take her?”
“Of…..Of course, Your Majesty.”
“Ohh!”
dea tried to get out of Lyle’s arms, so he picked her up. The Duke’s eyes grew bigger while watching the two, but not an eyebrow was lifted as if it was familiar decorum to the servants and knights.
“Let’s go.”
“Y-Your Majesty…….Please put down.….”
Lyle took dea without being able to say a proper goodbye to the Duke.
The Duke felt as if a ghost must have possessed him.
‘Did the Emperor really fall in love with dea? Seriously?’
***
“You’re saying that the relationship between my sister and his Majesty has improved?”
Luke asked in disbelief at Duke Card’s words.
The Duke seed delighted. It’s sufficient enough to use dea politically, but the best thing was to mix Card’s blood with the imperial family.
“Indeed, I had resigned myself to thinking nothing would improve with dea’s temperant. But it seems like sothing happened to spur this sudden harmony. His Majesty’s eyes when looking at dea have changed. I don’t think we have to worry anymore. There’s no harm in strengthening the relationship between the imperial family and our Card family.”
Satisfied, the Duke of Card confessed that he thought he would reapproach dea again.
Luke was not convinced.
“Then why won’t his Majesty let sister off probation? I heard he won’t let her take a step outside his residence.”
“The insides of His Majesty are unknown. All that matters is that the Emperor has beco fond of your sister.”
Luke pondered and agonized with a grimace.
His older sister strived to be loved by the Emperor constantly. It was a pleasure to hear that the Emperor finally fell in love with his sister, but he was doubtful.
What do they an he “favored” her but then “locked her up”? Is it true that his sister is really loved? Perhaps …… his Majesty was abusing his sister?
“Luke, don’t overthink. dea is now the Emperor’s woman. Regardless of what he does with her, it’s his Majesty’s business; it’s not sothing we, as servants, can interfere with.”
Duke Card warned Luke sternly, seeing his troubled expression.
While looking at the Duke with a nonchalant face, Luke’s fist tightened out of his father’s view.
“I know, Father…….”
But contrary to his words, Luke thought that if it was clear that dea was being abused, he would save her by any ans necessary.
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