TAPGB - Chapter 138
The Abandoned Prince's Ghost Bride
“...You can’t hesitate.”
"Dio!"
At that time, Dio's voice was heard along with a groan. Dio stood up with a pale face. Lucian and Harry rushed to help him.
“Lucian, if we hesitate even a little, Leah will be in danger. You haven’t forgotten that the other person is a monster who has been obsessed with Leah for over 300 years, right?”
“...”
“He tried to brainwash Leah in the past and make her his own. Is there any way to prevent that from happening now?”
No one could open their mouths at Dio's words. Because his words were the most realistic of the suggestions so far.
“Whether the number of people increased by 10 or 100, it would make no difference to the first Emperor. So go save Leah right now.”
Lucian felt moved by the unwavering gaze. Soon he raised his head and made a decision.
“I was already thinking of doing that.”
“That’s how you are my friend.”
Dio laughed heartily and patted Lucian on the back.
Since it was an urgent situation, Lucian got up from his seat.
“Age, please help me.”
“...I never thought the day would come when I could help people directly with my own hands.”
But the corners of Age's mouth turned up when he said that.
“Dio is taking a short break, and I’ll ask Harry and James to clean up the area so that no one else gets involved. You can do it, right?”
"Of course. Just leave it to me.”
“We will solve this problem.”
Lucian left the room with Age first. It was only after the presence of the two disappeared that Dio wiped his smile and clenched his molars.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“... No, I thought I was going to die. If it weren’t for Age, he would have passed away.”
The wound was completely healed, but Lucian lost so much blood that his body lost strength. Dio, lying down on the floor, looked at Harry.
“Are you okay like this?”
“...What."
“The body occupied by the first Emperor is Leopold.”
Harry clenched his fists.
Honestly, right before Lucian left, he wanted to tell him to save Leopold. But...
“If Lucian hesitates to do my request and ends up in trouble, I won’t be able to forgive myself. And... I’m not sure anymore if Leopold is alive.”
Everyone already felt it, even if they didn't say it. The real Leopold may have been killed by Leon.
Harry rubbed his eyes with a sniffle.
“We also move. Shouldn’t we be of some help to Lucian?”
At James' words, Dio and Harry looked at each other and nodded with firm expressions.
***
"Shit! Where is here! I definitely followed the directions!”
Caesar huffed and breathed fire. It's already been 30 minutes since he entered the underground tunnel. Javier said he would arrive soon, but Caesar still couldn't find a way to the imperial palace.
Even though he spread his wings and flew quickly.
Caesar once again moved around the tunnel at high speed. But this time he returned to his original place.
"Ah-oh! What kind of tunnel did you make like that?”
Caesar forgot that he was a guide and blamed the tunnel. As he was flying again and wandering around the underground tunnel, he felt a sign of presence.
It was not far away. And that pretense of popularity was very unpleasant and familiar.
“Why did Your Holiness put up a barrier in such a hurry?”
“That’s why we couldn’t go in either.”
“Is that what Your Holiness did? The Emperor must have commanded it. The only person who would do something like this is the Emperor.”
“Last time, His Holiness acted so well that I was fooled, right?”
“It was to hunt down spies. Isn’t there a saying that if you want to deceive your enemy, you must first deceive your allies?”
Dozens of humans wearing black robes were walking through the tunnel.
Bingo.
"Huh?"
The warlock behind him paused and tilted his head. The colleague in front of him stopped when he did not follow.
"What's the matter?"
“No, I thought I heard something.”
“Isn’t it because our voices resonate?”
“I don’t think so...”
“I’ll be there in a little while, so come quickly.”
He hurriedly followed behind the people, and the warlock scratched his head in discomfort. Just as he was belatedly trying to catch up with his colleague...
“...!"
His mouth was blocked and at the same time, a bloody sound was heard.
Without even thinking about what had happened, the warlock's new form collapsed.
Before long, a series of terrible screams erupted from the underground tunnel, and bright lights erupted from time to time.
Was it like that for about 5 minutes? The screams that sounded like the tunnel was about to collapse died down.
The passage the warlocks were walking through was so full of corpses that it was impossible to step on them. In the midst of it all, Caesar grabbed the neck of the man who appeared to be his leader.
The man in the air screeched and scratched the arm of Caesar, who was holding his neck.
However, he could not make even a scratch on his towering arms with dragon scales.
“Who are you...?!”
“That’s none of your business. Do you know the way to the imperial palace?”
The warlock's eyes trembled slightly. Caesar, who clearly caught this, smiled in remorse.
To the warlock's eyes, it looked like the smile of a grim reaper.
“Please show me the way to the imperial palace. Then I will kill you painlessly.”
“Better kill me now... !”
Caes tilted his head at the sight of him showing off his courage. Soon, yellow-white salt bloomed from his body.
“Kwaaaaaak!”
The warlock let out a terrible scream, feeling as if he had been thrown into hellfire.
“I ask again. Do you want to show me the way and die gracefully? Or do you want to die and experience all the pain? For your information, people don’t die just because of this?”
“I’ll let you know! I’ll tell you everything, so please turn off the light!”
Caesar chuckled at the sight of the warlock raising a white flag after not getting far. Soon he headed to the imperial palace with the warlock at his side.
***
“Uhm..”
Leah moaned and opened her eyes. When she opened her eyes, what she immediately saw was the hem of a pure white skirt.
‘Pure white?’
Leah frowned at the strange feeling. She definitely didn't have any white clothes on today. She was confused and tried to move her hand for a moment.
Rattling-
“...?"
She found herself with her hands tied to a chair. Not only that, but her upper body was also tied to the back of the chair, so she couldn't do anything.
“Are you awake?”
Leah turned her head at the sound of Lucian's friendly voice. But the master of the voice was Leon. He imitated Lucian's voice.
For a moment, she felt irritated at the thought of being deceived by him.
Leon looked hurt when he saw Leah's eyes staring at him with a gaze that was worse than a bug.
“No matter how much I am, that expression is heartbreaking.”
“Stop talking bullshit and solve this with nice words.”
“If you promise to stay still.”
"You really...!”
“Aren’t you thirsty? I prepared a dinner for you.”
Leon completely ignored Leah’s opinion. The action was so natural that it was mind-boggling.
Leon brought the cart. The cart was filled with things she loved when she was Leah and Arya.
Leon dragged one of the chairs over and took a seat next to Leah. And he thrust the cup towards Leah.
“Now, drink slowly.”
“Get it away!”
“And then you spill it on your wedding dress?”
“...What?"
Leah was shocked and looked at her clothes again. It looks like it's not just a pure white dress, but a wedding dress.
“I asked the maid to change, so don’t worry too much.”
Leon added his words, but her ears had already heard nothing.
‘How long have I been down?’
All of the windows were curtained so she couldn't tell the time outside, and the place she was in was a fairly large cavity.
Judging from the small door visible in the distance, it seems to be one of the halls of the imperial palace...
She subtly felt like she was on a podium.
Leah tried to look around her, but Leon grabbed her cheek violently first.
When she glared at him with sparkling eyes, Leon was smiling, folding the corners of his eyes.
“I told you to drink it.”
She felt strong pressure. Leah frowned, but then she put her mouth to the cup he handed her. What was inside was ordinary juice.
Leone looked satisfied as she drained all of her juices.
“Are you hungry? I prepared something you like. What would you like to eat first? Do you really want cake?”
While Leon rummaged in the cart for something to eat, Leah hurriedly re-explored her surroundings.
Although her movements were limited, the shape of the chair and the empty hall gave Leah a general idea of where this place was.
“... Isn’t this the throne?”
A chair that only the Emperor can sit on. It was a chair decorated with all kinds of gorgeous jewels from around the world.
“That’s right, I wanted to give it to you, Leah, because it’s a position I’ve been working on my whole life. Of course, just sitting there doesn’t make you an Emperor.”
Leone placed something on Leah's head.
“As expected, the crown suits you well.”
Not only a throne but a crown as well. Leah was shocked, wondering if he was playing with a doll against her.
‘Well, if I saw you smiling brightly even after receiving all kinds of insults from me, you must be out of your mind.’
“What do you want from me?”
At that moment, a shiver ran down Leon's spine, and an indescribable feeling of pleasure rose up to his ankles.
What she looks like now is truly the same Arya she was when she was in love.
Before that, Leon felt a little awkward because he felt like she had become a different person, but he had an arrogant attitude and looked down on people. She was the same as she was back then.
Feeling like she had returned to the past, Leon's heart, which had been dead for a long time, began to beat.
“I don’t want anything.”
“That’s terrible.”
"Really. I just need you to stay by my side.”
Odell's and Lucian's faces overlapped at the sight of Leon smiling brightly with his eyes filled with love.
When she saw the two people she loved the most the man who had ruined her peace and happiness, she started to vomit.
Without knowing Leah's feelings, Leon caressed Leah's cheek with his careful hand.
Naturally, Leah frowned at his arrogance and he avoided his touch.
“You just need me by your side? Make sense. If you were going to do that, you shouldn't have sealed me in the first place... !”
“You said all your memories didn’t come back, but I guess they have come back now?”
“Don’t talk back and just answer.”
“I was so foolish back then. I thought I had to make you mine, even by force. It was a mistake to kill Odell out of anger. I was so angry when I heard that he proposed to you.”
Leah opened her mouth in shock.
“Your resistance must have been so harsh. Actually, that sealing spell was just for intimidation.”
“...How can you talk so calmly about killing Odell!”
Coo coo coo coo coo...
Leah was sitting in her chair and her palace began to shake.
Purple mana waved viciously in her body. It was as if she was ready to kill Leon with that mana.
“Ugh... !”
But before long, the purple mana slowly faded away.
Her body felt weak as if her strength had been taken away. Leah was embarrassed and looked at her body.
Come to think of it, she seemed to be the same even before she collapsed.
“...Leah.”
A gloomy voice came from above the bowed head. A shiver ran down her spine without her knowing, and Leah slowly raised her head.
Leon looked down at her Lia with his strangely widened eyes.
“If you don’t want to make me angry, you better not bring up that name.”
It was a threat, not advice. She felt like her life would be threatened if she mentioned Odell's name again.
The atmosphere was tense.
Bang-! Bang bang!
Leon and Leah's heads turned at the sound of the door being broken down. Leah's heart began to beat little by little.
“...Lucian.”
“A saboteur has arrived.”
The expressions of the two people ran in different parallel lines.
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