
Emperor Tenstheon went to the Valley of Chaos to seal the Door of Darkness and returned after a month.
"…Is he okay?"
"He's fine. They managed to block the door unscathed.”
“I'm sure they do it because they are strong.”
Blake worries about his father, and he is relieved to hear that he is safe. But that's all.
"Your Majesty, someone came from the blacksmith."
"Good."
I went out of the room with Hans. When we got down to the first floor, Hans said quietly, “Actually, no one came from the blacksmith..”.
"Is the Emperor looking for me?"
"Yes.Do you know?"
"Yes." Yeah."
I had expected that the Emperor would call me when he returned. Hans used the blacksmith as an excuse, hoping Blake didn't notice it.
Instead, if Blake finds out, he'll definitely replace me and I'll blame Hans.
“It looks like he's angry at losing the waiters.”
“If Your Majesty asks, say you didn't do it. If I tell Your Majesty a little secret that the servants insult the prince so you must expel them, Your Majesty will not blame you too much.”
Hans spoke calmly, but in the end, it seemed like he was the one responsible for this, not me.
Hans is a commoner without a degree. He had no family or money to protect her, so he could die if he made a mistake.
In the original novel, he sacrificed his life for Blake.
“Hans.”
"Yes. Your honor."
“Don't sacrifice your life so easily. Without you, who would support the Crown Prince?”
“….”
"There's nothing you need to worry about."
***
After telling Blake that I had to go to the blacksmith's place, I headed for the Emperor's palace.
A cold-hearted father who was gone for a month and had no thoughts of seeing his son after he returned. However, I know that this is just what it looks like, and in fact, he misses Blake a lot.
It was all because of his son that he came back running without a break a day as soon as he sealed the Door of Darkness.
Tenstheon was the most powerful Emperor in the history of the Empire.
Richard was extremely narcissistic, but even he acknowledged Tenstheon's ability and felt inferior to him.
Emperor Philip, who founded the Empire, betrayed the goddess of light, leading to the curse of his descendants.
However, the honor of the Imperial family would fall and be destroyed if this truth was known. Who would honor and follow the Imperial family under the curse of the Goddess of Light?
Hence, the Imperial family hid this fact thoroughly.
[The goddess of light loved the Empire, and cursed the fallen soul to reveal the seed of tyrant.]
The Imperial Family made a false announcement to defend their honor.
The suffering of one person could protect the Imperial family and the Empire. It is a sacrifice for generations to come.
They all believed so, and the secret was never revealed.
'The 'Heir of the Curse' was criticized by the entire Empire because they thought that they were sinners cursed by the goddess because of their broken souls.
In addition, there were rumors that the curse could be contagious.
For this reason, if one were to become the heir to the curse, they would be left on the southern island until they died. Even if it was the Emperor was no exception.
So when Blake's curse appears, he soon loses his Imperial title and must be exiled on the southern island.
However, Emperor Tenstheon sent Blake to a remote palace and did not do much.They were also smitten with this fact Of course, the people who believed him many protested.
However, they were forced to give up due to Tenstheon's achievements.
But Tenstheon only showed indifference to Blake. He left her alone as if he had no affection left to protect her.
Duke Cassil accidentally put a lot of spies in the Crown Prince's palace because he doubted the Emperor's true intentions.
The Emperor never reacted unless someone hurt Blake directly.
He left Blake in the palace, and even though he knew Blake was being treated unfairly by the servants, he turned around and swallowed the lump in his heart. However, he desperately searched for a way to lift the curse in secret. And then, finally, he found a way.
He found a black magic spell to transfer the goddess curse to someone else.
He wants to take Blake's curse for himself.
But the black magic spell was fake, it was a magic spell made by Richard, so the Emperor would lose his life this year.
After Tenstheon died, Blake would be deposed from the throne and taken away to a distant island.
Blake did not know until the end that his father was risking his life for him ...
I must stop this tragedy by all means.
The Emperor loves Blake, and Blake is also hungry for his father's affection.
If there was only one person who could convey the sincerity of the two in the midst, the misunderstanding would be easily resolved.
My heart thumped as I arrived at the Emperor's study.
'First of all, I need to get the Emperor's help and then act as a bridge between the two. I can do that.'
I entered the Emperor's study with a strong determination.
“…….”
And as soon as I saw Emperor Tenstheon, I became stiff in place.
She has silver hair and red eyes like Blake. Their faces are similar too. But the atmosphere around him was completely different.
He's like an animal.
Almost like Richard, the main character of the original novel. If Richard was a ravenous beast, Tenstheon was the king of beasts that lay beneath his feet the entire world.
The Emperor's dignity radiated from his red eyes.
He was not depicted like this in the original story. He was only mentioned as a powerful middle-aged Emperor.
But the person in front of me now seems like he is in his late twenties.
Moreover, the combination of his strong charisma, destructive atmosphere, and lethargic strange gaze made him filled with dangerous sexiness.
Why isn't he the main character?
I felt as if his whole self was chanting 'I was the male lead of an R-19 romance novel' since he was born.
"Old not meet."
Tenstheon said in a low voice. As soon as I heard his voice, I realized it wasn't a friendly welcome, so I was a little scared.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
I look around. Two men stood beside the Emperor, but they were both fascinated by Tenstheon's charisma.
Dark brown hair, plain appearance, and glasses. This must be Colin, the Emperor's aide.
“I heard you put the butler of the Crown Prince's palace in prison. What the hell is going on?"
Tenstheon asked in a rude voice.
It was like the sound of a ferocious wild beast.
"I only punished him for embezzling the budget of funds set for the Crown Prince's palace."
Hearing my reply, the man next to her shouted out loudly.
“What do you mean by embezzlement of funds? My son has always devoted himself to the Empire! He had taken on a mission that everyone was reluctant to do just because of his devotion. But you charged him with this ridiculous crime on him!Not fair!"
This must be Marquis Hamel, the father of the expelled butler.
“Not fair?”
I handed the evidence books to the Emperor.
"So clear is the evidence, and you're still saying that's not fair?"
Tenstheon picked up one of the books.
“You have done many things.”
Marquis Hamel shuddered at the faint voice. However, he still raised his voice as if he had suffered injustice.
“It must have been manipulated! My son is more loyal to the Empire than anyone!”
"Did the loyalty of a servant only serve cold soup to the Crown Prince and give the kitchen so few ingredients?"
The Marquis awoke to this truth. Her eyes were filled with contempt and anger as she looked at me, and her gaze seemed to say, 'How dare you insult me when you marry that Monstrous Crown Prince?'
I can see where Brown Hamel inherited his behavior from.
“Or is it loyalty when a servant uses the Crown Prince's budget to spend money on gambling?”
"Be careful what you say."
Marquis Hamel looked at me threateningly. His right hand snapped as if it was about to slap me.
Then Tenstheon, who was listening to us quietly, opened his mouth.
"Marquis, do you want to die?"
"What's? Your Majesty, why all of a sudden?!”
Tenstheon looked at Hamel with red eyes as if his eyes were filled with sadness and he did not just say that.
"Take your word when you talk to my daughter-in-law."