Translated by Wook
Edited by Wook
As soon as the smell of the poison stung her nose, Elisha instinctively grabbed the hem of her dress and wrapped it around the wet space with the fluttering ends.
Psssss!
The hem of the dress that was in contact with the content of the bottle melted, and a strong smoke rose.
Bbakak!
Rohan, who came closer, kicked the head of the man who had attacked Elisha.
Then, just before the fluttering ends covered her leg again, he grabbed it and pulled it tight.
He was not sure that the poison in the melted part had completely disappeared, so he was worried that it might come in contact with the skin and injure the 2nd Empress.
Besides, since they didn’t know what other events would happen after this, they had to return to Barossa as soon as possible.
Rohan was feeling a really rare, troubled feeling in his life.
Holding the 3rd Prince in one hand and holding the hem of the 2nd Empress’s dress in the other hand, he could not let go of any of it, so he could not take any other action.
Noticing Rohan’s dilemma, Elisha reached out to Rohan’s waist.
His knight’s instinct tried to strike her down, but Rohan silently suppressed it.
With Rohan’s permission, Elisha drew his sword.
Jiiiiikk! Jiiik!
Elisha cut the melted part of the hem with Rohan’s blood-stained sword.
When finished, the skirt of the dress is hollowed out, revealing Elisha’s legs, as if it had been bitten by a large beast.
When the danger was gone, Elisha immediately returned his sword and hugged Leon.
Rohan, who no longer had to hold the skirt, pondered for a moment, then lowered his body with one knee on the ground.
He began to make a knot by grabbing both ends of the fluttering, triangular hem of the skirt.
If he covered the open area, the length of the skirt would shorten and the ankle would be exposed, but he thought that the situation in which the legs were exposed could at least be stopped.
However, things didn’t go well.
If he tied it too tight, the gap would be closed, but the delicate lines of the body would be fully exposed…
At first glance, the pure white legs could be seen from the part that was not covered by the knot.
It was a hot day and he was only wearing thin clothes, so there was no way Rohan could take his clothes off. In the end, he made a ribbon knot to fix the first mess he made in his life.
Rohan had no other intentions.
He calmly finished his work, and immediately released his hand.
“Hfft.”
As Rohan stood up, dusting off the dust on his knees, he heard laughter above his head.
When he lifted her head, the corners of Elisha’s eyes, which were like ice cubes, softened a little.
Elisha looked down at Rohan for a moment, then leaned her cheek against Leon in her arms.
“Are you having fun too? There are things that even Rohan can’t do.”
“Yes, Mother.”
Leon, whose face had paled in shock, was now flushed. Rohan’s actions seemed to have reassured the two people.
“Thank you. You saved Leon.”
It was a little late, but Rohan shook his head as Elisha thanked him.
As a knight, it was the right thing to do.
However, the enemy that had been hiding suddenly popped up and it took more time than expected to deal with them. If the 2nd Empress did not endure well…
“However, this thing. It’s venomous, but with this amount, even if it’s poured overhead, it’s not going to cause fatal wounds.”
Rohan pointed to the bottle lying on the floor and the skirt of the dress that had melted and had been cut off.
There are many more effective ones, so why did they choose this one and use it as a last resort?
There might be a real “purpose” behind the stealth and kidnapping.
“Hmm.”
Elisha groaned softly.
They didn’t want to increase their job by killing Elisha right away, but it was really obvious that the culprit hated her enough to want to ruin her face or body to make her look ugly.
The fact that the 1st Empress was a woman who would be able to commit such a thing casually, and whether she could really put her heart into practice was a completely different story.
After observing the safety of Elisha and Leon, Rohan confirmed the fallen enemies.
Everyone seemed to have stopped breathing as if they had committed suicide at the time the poison was sprayed.
“We better hurry. We don’t know what else will happen.”
Rohan checked his surroundings once.
There seemed to be something touching his senses, but he wasn’t sure.
“If we leave now, what if people come across this path?”
“I could drive the carriage to the guard station and let them send some people over, but it will take time.”
In the meantime, there is a high possibility that the clues to be found through the corpses of the enemies or the traces they leave behind will disappear.
Elisha looked around, feeling regretful, but then shook her head.
Those who had a purpose and even committed suicide would not have acted laxly.
“It seems to be of no use unless they’re alive.”
Rohan agreed with the words of the 2nd Empress, but it was a big incident where the Imperial family was attacked.
Naturally, he had to follow the procedure and check the mistakes of the enemies.
After returning to the carriage and putting the two people on the carriage, Rohan sent the coachman to the guard not far away, and then he drove the carriage himself to the Imperial Palace.
Sitting on the carriage and leaning on the backrest, the touch of Leon’s hand was gentle.
However, Elisha’s eyes facing out the window were blooming like thorns sticking out of flesh, eating the sky blue.
***
Barossa was buzzing with the story of the white lily carriage which returned late last night.
“Your Majesty the 1st Empress, did you hear? She came back in a very funny way.”
“That’s right. I don’t know what she was thinking, suddenly making such an uproar.”
None of those who attended the tea time hosted by the 1st Empress did not know the subject even without a word of mention.
Then, Baroness Lottery, who did not want to miss the opportunity to stand out in front of the 1st Empress, came forward.
“Isn’t this all because Her Majesty the 1st Empress treats her so well that she keeps climbing?”
She meant to start the feast with a laugh by ridiculing the 2nd Empress.
Baroness Lottery, who set the atmosphere well and considered herself good at dealing with people, gently brushed the fan she was holding from the tip of her nose to hide her smile when everyone’s eyes turned to her.
However, it didn’t take long for that smile to fade.
“Did I treat the 2nd Empress so well? Baroness Lottery seems to know me better than I do. I don’t remember doing anything like that.”
“That, that…”
Baroness Lottery lowered her fan down her face, swallowing with a dry throat in the sudden chilly air.
As silence descended, Marchioness Bahrain, a close aide to the 1st Empress, raised a teapot and filled the 1st Empress’s teacup.
“Baroness Lottery seems to have made a mistake because she had just arrived in the capital and didn’t know when to do something and when not to.”
“Hmph.”
1st Empress Isabelle snorted.
She didn’t hate a flatterer because she wanted to be loved.
But that’s only when Isabelle felt like that herself.
She didn’t think it’s cute for someone to shake their tail and make a fuss just to attract attention.
Isabelle murmured, completely ignoring Baroness Lottery, who bowed her head in contemplation.
“Why did His Majesty give her Sir Rohan? What a busy man Sir Rohan is. He’s not the kind of person who’s going to clean up after the 2nd Empress, is he?”
Thanks to Baroness Lottery, the women who were invited to tea time realized once again.
At a time like this, there was only one person who was allowed to open their mouth.
“But, at the time, His Majesty went to the Crown Prince Palace, so it was difficult to pretend to be completely ignorant. If he had attached the 1st Knights Order, everyone would have thought that it was His Majesty’s official order, but wouldn’t it be less unreasonable if Sir Rohan alone moved?”
Rumors that His Majesty suddenly started paying attention to the 2nd Empress, this very thing.
Isabelle frowned at the words of Marchioness Bahrain, but did not show a sharp reaction.
It means that she agreed to some extent.
Isabelle picked up the freshly filled teacup with her slender fingers, took a sip of the hot tea, and put it down quietly.
At that time, the entrance of where tea time was in progress, became a little noisy.
After a while, a familiar boy from the backyard revealed his face.
“What are you doing here, Your Highness the Crown Prince?”
These two people hated each other so much that they even avoided face-to-face contact as much as possible.
It means that today was the first time Ascencio walked into the 1st Empress Palace.
“Was it the 1st Empress’s doing?”
Ascencio choked his voice to calm his shaky breath.
“What do you mean?”
1st Empress Isabelle stood up from her seat.
She was not asking because she didn’t know.
It was to make Ascencio reveal his purpose with his mouth.
If he overturns the 1st Empress Palace without evidence, it would be the perfect reason to shake the Crown Prince Palace.
Of course, Ascencio was not an easy opponent, who’d do things as he pleased.
Nevertheless, the reason he came here even after considering the crowd was because he couldn’t stand it otherwise.
“I won’t let it break this time, but I’ll never forgive anyone who touches it.”
Although the referenced object is missing, Isabelle and Ascencio knew who it was referring to.
1st Empress Isabelle looked down at the boy with black hair and blue eyes, like the man she loved the most in the world.
“Your Highness, when did you grow up like this?”
She felt fresh.
Unbeknownst to Isabelle, the boy had leapt through time and had the eyes of a man like his father.
The green eyes wrinkled.
Isabelle clasped her fingers.
Should she have used her hand sooner?
“Not yet. You will find out more and more. About how I grew up.”
After Ascencio spoke to Isabelle, he glanced at the women of the aristocracy who sat around the edge of the long tea table.
Most of them were women from Eastern aristocratic families, but there were also a couple of small and medium-sized aristocrats.
He also remembered how ridiculously they looked at, ridiculed, and ignored the 2nd Empress.
At that time, he didn’t have the qualifications, so he couldn’t step up. But now, he believes he has.
Therefore, as the eldest son who wants to protect his mother and younger brother, he gave himself permission to do everything he can.
“I will remember your faces. Later, if you hold up your face like this in front of the 2nd Empress, I don’t know what I will do then. Do you know?”
At Ascencio’s words, the women stood up and greeted him frantically, even under the eyes of the 1st Empress.
Ascencio stood expressionless, as if having a sudden thought, he turned to Isabelle.
“Isn’t it Stoneham’s birthday soon? I heard you’re trying to open the Platinum Hall. Are you trying to announce that Stoneham is aiming for the crown prince seat?”
“What do you mean by that, Your Highness? Is that possible? It’s just a mother’s desire to give her child something better.”
“Isn’t it also the duty of the caregiver to let the child’s face the limits he has been given? Draw a line, so that Little Brother will not keep snooping over it.”
Ascencio was more annoyed that Isabelle had ruined the banquet Elisha had planned to decorate for Leon’s birthday the other day, than Isabelle was trying to borrow the Platinum Hall for Stoneham, so he wanted to return it.
He had never been interested in it before, but when the position of the 1st Empress was vacant, it had to be replaced in the order given by the Emperor.
In any case, the gloomy banquet was over, and the time he had spent at the 2nd Empress Palace was so much fun, he even thought it was the best birthday ever.
Isabelle slender shoulders trembled at Ascencio’s provocation, expressing her anger. She muttered to his back as if to herself.
“You would be happy if I truly did it. But what if it was someone else, Your Highness?”
Ascencio’s pace slowed for a moment at the voice that was only loud enough for him to hear, but he soon found his pace and moved away.
Translated by Wook
Edited by Wook
As soon as the smell of the poison stung her nose, Elisha instinctively grabbed the hem of her dress and wrapped it around the wet space with the fluttering ends.
Psssss!
The hem of the dress that was in contact with the content of the bottle melted, and a strong smoke rose.
Bbakak!
Rohan, who came closer, kicked the head of the man who had attacked Elisha.
Then, just before the fluttering ends covered her leg again, he grabbed it and pulled it tight.
He was not sure that the poison in the melted part had completely disappeared, so he was worried that it might come in contact with the skin and injure the 2nd Empress.
Besides, since they didn’t know what other events would happen after this, they had to return to Barossa as soon as possible.
Rohan was feeling a really rare, troubled feeling in his life.
Holding the 3rd Prince in one hand and holding the hem of the 2nd Empress’s dress in the other hand, he could not let go of any of it, so he could not take any other action.
Noticing Rohan’s dilemma, Elisha reached out to Rohan’s waist.
His knight’s instinct tried to strike her down, but Rohan silently suppressed it.
With Rohan’s permission, Elisha drew his sword.
Jiiiiikk! Jiiik!
Elisha cut the melted part of the hem with Rohan’s blood-stained sword.
When finished, the skirt of the dress is hollowed out, revealing Elisha’s legs, as if it had been bitten by a large beast.
When the danger was gone, Elisha immediately returned his sword and hugged Leon.
Rohan, who no longer had to hold the skirt, pondered for a moment, then lowered his body with one knee on the ground.
He began to make a knot by grabbing both ends of the fluttering, triangular hem of the skirt.
If he covered the open area, the length of the skirt would shorten and the ankle would be exposed, but he thought that the situation in which the legs were exposed could at least be stopped.
However, things didn’t go well.
If he tied it too tight, the gap would be closed, but the delicate lines of the body would be fully exposed…
At first glance, the pure white legs could be seen from the part that was not covered by the knot.
It was a hot day and he was only wearing thin clothes, so there was no way Rohan could take his clothes off. In the end, he made a ribbon knot to fix the first mess he made in his life.
Rohan had no other intentions.
He calmly finished his work, and immediately released his hand.
“Hfft.”
As Rohan stood up, dusting off the dust on his knees, he heard laughter above his head.
When he lifted her head, the corners of Elisha’s eyes, which were like ice cubes, softened a little.
Elisha looked down at Rohan for a moment, then leaned her cheek against Leon in her arms.
“Are you having fun too? There are things that even Rohan can’t do.”
“Yes, Mother.”
Leon, whose face had paled in shock, was now flushed. Rohan’s actions seemed to have reassured the two people.
“Thank you. You saved Leon.”
It was a little late, but Rohan shook his head as Elisha thanked him.
As a knight, it was the right thing to do.
However, the enemy that had been hiding suddenly popped up and it took more time than expected to deal with them. If the 2nd Empress did not endure well…
“However, this thing. It’s venomous, but with this amount, even if it’s poured overhead, it’s not going to cause fatal wounds.”
Rohan pointed to the bottle lying on the floor and the skirt of the dress that had melted and had been cut off.
There are many more effective ones, so why did they choose this one and use it as a last resort?
There might be a real “purpose” behind the stealth and kidnapping.
“Hmm.”
Elisha groaned softly.
They didn’t want to increase their job by killing Elisha right away, but it was really obvious that the culprit hated her enough to want to ruin her face or body to make her look ugly.
The fact that the 1st Empress was a woman who would be able to commit such a thing casually, and whether she could really put her heart into practice was a completely different story.
After observing the safety of Elisha and Leon, Rohan confirmed the fallen enemies.
Everyone seemed to have stopped breathing as if they had committed suicide at the time the poison was sprayed.
“We better hurry. We don’t know what else will happen.”
Rohan checked his surroundings once.
There seemed to be something touching his senses, but he wasn’t sure.
“If we leave now, what if people come across this path?”
“I could drive the carriage to the guard station and let them send some people over, but it will take time.”
In the meantime, there is a high possibility that the clues to be found through the corpses of the enemies or the traces they leave behind will disappear.
Elisha looked around, feeling regretful, but then shook her head.
Those who had a purpose and even committed suicide would not have acted laxly.
“It seems to be of no use unless they’re alive.”
Rohan agreed with the words of the 2nd Empress, but it was a big incident where the Imperial family was attacked.
Naturally, he had to follow the procedure and check the mistakes of the enemies.
After returning to the carriage and putting the two people on the carriage, Rohan sent the coachman to the guard not far away, and then he drove the carriage himself to the Imperial Palace.
Sitting on the carriage and leaning on the backrest, the touch of Leon’s hand was gentle.
However, Elisha’s eyes facing out the window were blooming like thorns sticking out of flesh, eating the sky blue.
***
Barossa was buzzing with the story of the white lily carriage which returned late last night.
“Your Majesty the 1st Empress, did you hear? She came back in a very funny way.”
“That’s right. I don’t know what she was thinking, suddenly making such an uproar.”
None of those who attended the tea time hosted by the 1st Empress did not know the subject even without a word of mention.
Then, Baroness Lottery, who did not want to miss the opportunity to stand out in front of the 1st Empress, came forward.
“Isn’t this all because Her Majesty the 1st Empress treats her so well that she keeps climbing?”
She meant to start the feast with a laugh by ridiculing the 2nd Empress.
Baroness Lottery, who set the atmosphere well and considered herself good at dealing with people, gently brushed the fan she was holding from the tip of her nose to hide her smile when everyone’s eyes turned to her.
However, it didn’t take long for that smile to fade.
“Did I treat the 2nd Empress so well? Baroness Lottery seems to know me better than I do. I don’t remember doing anything like that.”
“That, that…”
Baroness Lottery lowered her fan down her face, swallowing with a dry throat in the sudden chilly air.
As silence descended, Marchioness Bahrain, a close aide to the 1st Empress, raised a teapot and filled the 1st Empress’s teacup.
“Baroness Lottery seems to have made a mistake because she had just arrived in the capital and didn’t know when to do something and when not to.”
“Hmph.”
1st Empress Isabelle snorted.
She didn’t hate a flatterer because she wanted to be loved.
But that’s only when Isabelle felt like that herself.
She didn’t think it’s cute for someone to shake their tail and make a fuss just to attract attention.
Isabelle murmured, completely ignoring Baroness Lottery, who bowed her head in contemplation.
“Why did His Majesty give her Sir Rohan? What a busy man Sir Rohan is. He’s not the kind of person who’s going to clean up after the 2nd Empress, is he?”
Thanks to Baroness Lottery, the women who were invited to tea time realized once again.
At a time like this, there was only one person who was allowed to open their mouth.
“But, at the time, His Majesty went to the Crown Prince Palace, so it was difficult to pretend to be completely ignorant. If he had attached the 1st Knights Order, everyone would have thought that it was His Majesty’s official order, but wouldn’t it be less unreasonable if Sir Rohan alone moved?”
Rumors that His Majesty suddenly started paying attention to the 2nd Empress, this very thing.
Isabelle frowned at the words of Marchioness Bahrain, but did not show a sharp reaction.
It means that she agreed to some extent.
Isabelle picked up the freshly filled teacup with her slender fingers, took a sip of the hot tea, and put it down quietly.
At that time, the entrance of where tea time was in progress, became a little noisy.
After a while, a familiar boy from the backyard revealed his face.
“What are you doing here, Your Highness the Crown Prince?”
These two people hated each other so much that they even avoided face-to-face contact as much as possible.
It means that today was the first time Ascencio walked into the 1st Empress Palace.
“Was it the 1st Empress’s doing?”
Ascencio choked his voice to calm his shaky breath.
“What do you mean?”
1st Empress Isabelle stood up from her seat.
She was not asking because she didn’t know.
It was to make Ascencio reveal his purpose with his mouth.
If he overturns the 1st Empress Palace without evidence, it would be the perfect reason to shake the Crown Prince Palace.
Of course, Ascencio was not an easy opponent, who’d do things as he pleased.
Nevertheless, the reason he came here even after considering the crowd was because he couldn’t stand it otherwise.
“I won’t let it break this time, but I’ll never forgive anyone who touches it.”
Although the referenced object is missing, Isabelle and Ascencio knew who it was referring to.
1st Empress Isabelle looked down at the boy with black hair and blue eyes, like the man she loved the most in the world.
“Your Highness, when did you grow up like this?”
She felt fresh.
Unbeknownst to Isabelle, the boy had leapt through time and had the eyes of a man like his father.
The green eyes wrinkled.
Isabelle clasped her fingers.
Should she have used her hand sooner?
“Not yet. You will find out more and more. About how I grew up.”
After Ascencio spoke to Isabelle, he glanced at the women of the aristocracy who sat around the edge of the long tea table.
Most of them were women from Eastern aristocratic families, but there were also a couple of small and medium-sized aristocrats.
He also remembered how ridiculously they looked at, ridiculed, and ignored the 2nd Empress.
At that time, he didn’t have the qualifications, so he couldn’t step up. But now, he believes he has.
Therefore, as the eldest son who wants to protect his mother and younger brother, he gave himself permission to do everything he can.
“I will remember your faces. Later, if you hold up your face like this in front of the 2nd Empress, I don’t know what I will do then. Do you know?”
At Ascencio’s words, the women stood up and greeted him frantically, even under the eyes of the 1st Empress.
Ascencio stood expressionless, as if having a sudden thought, he turned to Isabelle.
“Isn’t it Stoneham’s birthday soon? I heard you’re trying to open the Platinum Hall. Are you trying to announce that Stoneham is aiming for the crown prince seat?”
“What do you mean by that, Your Highness? Is that possible? It’s just a mother’s desire to give her child something better.”
“Isn’t it also the duty of the caregiver to let the child’s face the limits he has been given? Draw a line, so that Little Brother will not keep snooping over it.”
Ascencio was more annoyed that Isabelle had ruined the banquet Elisha had planned to decorate for Leon’s birthday the other day, than Isabelle was trying to borrow the Platinum Hall for Stoneham, so he wanted to return it.
He had never been interested in it before, but when the position of the 1st Empress was vacant, it had to be replaced in the order given by the Emperor.
In any case, the gloomy banquet was over, and the time he had spent at the 2nd Empress Palace was so much fun, he even thought it was the best birthday ever.
Isabelle slender shoulders trembled at Ascencio’s provocation, expressing her anger. She muttered to his back as if to herself.
“You would be happy if I truly did it. But what if it was someone else, Your Highness?”
Ascencio’s pace slowed for a moment at the voice that was only loud enough for him to hear, but he soon found his pace and moved away.
