“Do you have any orders...?”
“I envy His Majesty.”
Noah’s face turned bewildered at the unexpected words.
“There’s someone like Sir Noah by your side.”
“Yes?”
Ines blushed slightly as if making an embarrassing confession. She tilted her head slightly and saw the Emperor nodding his head subtly up and down. Noah’s breathing began to quicken a little.
“If it weren’t for Sir Noah, would I have been able to dream this? Sir Noah is truly a perfect and ideal talent fit for the new world.”
“I envy His Majesty.”
Noah’s face turned bewildered at the unexpected words.
“There’s someone like Sir Noah by your side.”
“Yes?”
Ines blushed slightly as if making an embarrassing confession. She tilted her head slightly and saw the Emperor nodding his head subtly up and down. Noah’s breathing began to quicken a little.
“If it weren’t for Sir Noah, would I have been able to dream this? Sir Noah is truly a perfect and ideal talent fit for the new world.”
A perfect and ideal talent...
Ah, Noah’s heart pounded.
He had been working for three days and nights on the order to reorganize the Empress’s Palace within three days. As soon as he returned to his room, he had planned to sleep without waking up once until the next morning.
Noah closed the door to the Empress’s office and changed his next destination to the Imperial Library.
It was for the newly established formal school for commoners. Not only the Emperor, but the Empress also seemed unaware of it. No, perhaps she knew and was still acting that way.
With that one word, the future Empress had also accumulated three years’ worth of loyalty, no, at least five years’ worth.
Noah laughed at his own shallowness and headed to the library.
He had to collect the legal evidence needed to establish a new school. As a perfect and ideal talent fit for the new world.
Before Noah had even left and the door had even closed, Carson had leaped up to Ines’s seat. At the same time, his arm dug into her waist.
“I think I should change my clothes first.”
“Clothes?”
Ines looked around her body to see if there was anything wrong with her clothes.
“Something easy to take off.”
Ines’ face blushed at his joke. It was to the point where he doubted whether this woman was really the woman who had been mocking Manisuit in the hall.
“Saying something like that is a bit...”
“Don’t say that?”
Ines thought for a moment. If someone asked if he didn’t like it when she said something like that, he would have shook his head without a second thought.
“No.”
Carson laughed, throwing his head back at her answer. His hands had already begun to rip off Ines’ clothes.
“What are you doing? This is the office.”
“You don’t know. This is where the former Empress spent most of her time with her beautiful maid.”
“Yes?”
“With a glass of red wine that she always drank. Oh, of course, the maid changed every time.”
Ines chuckled and flinched because the Emperor was burying his lips in the nape of her neck.
“What does that matter now...”
But her words were swallowed by Carson’s mischievous handplay. Carson had been busier than ever in the past three days.
When he found Ines, she was always in a deep sleep. So Ines knew that today, it would be useless to stop him. When the uncomfortable clothes were taken off, her body naturally stretched out and her mind relaxed a little. So Ines decided to let him do whatever he wanted. Was there anything that her God didn’t want?
Her neck naturally leaned back on the sofa at the feeling of his warm hands caressing her slightly cold body.
Carson was still Ines’s God. The only difference was that he was leading her to a world of passion.
Ines put her fingers through Carson’s hair, which was covering her with his large body.
When the fine hair tickled her fingers, the possessiveness inside Ines stirred. It was a very simple and delicate feeling that wanted her God to be hers alone.
“Sometimes, you seem like someone who has lived in the world once.”
The hand that was messily messing with his hair stopped for a moment. Carson, who was sensitive to her reaction, raised his head slightly to examine her complexion.
‘Why?’ The man’s golden eyes asked with his eyes overlapped with the gaze she had seen in the forest a while ago. Ines shook her head slightly and barely smiled.
“Why... do you say that?”
Carson mumbled as he buried himself in Ines’s arms again.
“It just feels that way. How else could I explain to you, who are like a miracle?”
“...”
“You may have been a maid for a while, but you have lived your whole life as a nobleman, how could you think such a thing? A school for commoners...”
It wasn’t strange at all once she said it, but it was something that was bound to be bewildering at first hearing. A formal school for commoners. The things she did always surprised him like that.
“When I think about it, that’s true. You surprise me. You always bring something out of me. I think it’s a miracle.”
Carson felt Ines’s heart pounding and raised his head.
“Are you crying? Already?”
Ines raised her arm to cover her eyes. Of course, covering her eyes wouldn’t hide the tears flowing down her cheeks.
She didn’t understand why she felt so sad. The feeling of wearing someone else’s clothes and the uncomfortable feeling of sitting in someone else’s seat were all because of this.
She's experiencing a miracle right now.
This wasn’t an uncomfortable feeling or the awkwardness of wearing someone else’s clothes. This moment was all a miracle to Ines. It was a kind of anxiety that someone who has experienced a miracle experiences.
If she were too happy to bear it, would he understand?
Ines dug into the arms of the man who was looking at her closely.
“Yes, that’s right. I came back in time.”
Carson snickered at her words.
“How else would this be possible?”
Up until now, Ines had never thought that coming back in time was a stroke of luck for her. She was just a given responsibility, a heavy duty.
Carson, whom she had met on that heavy and arduous road, was the only light in her dark life. However, to Ines, Carson was no longer a God.
He was a miracle itself to her.
Carson gently stroked the hair of the woman in his arms. As he gently pressed his lips to her white exposed shoulder, her shallow breathing tickled his chest.
“That’s right. It was really strange. I couldn’t breathe from the moment I first saw you. It was an instinctive desperation that made me think that I had to protect you.”
Carson hugged Ines tightly and repeated to himself. He had to protect her. He felt like he would suffocate if he didn’t.
Ines cried until her forehead was soaked. That’s what happened.
Ah, Noah’s heart pounded.
He had been working for three days and nights on the order to reorganize the Empress’s Palace within three days. As soon as he returned to his room, he had planned to sleep without waking up once until the next morning.
Noah closed the door to the Empress’s office and changed his next destination to the Imperial Library.
It was for the newly established formal school for commoners. Not only the Emperor, but the Empress also seemed unaware of it. No, perhaps she knew and was still acting that way.
With that one word, the future Empress had also accumulated three years’ worth of loyalty, no, at least five years’ worth.
Noah laughed at his own shallowness and headed to the library.
He had to collect the legal evidence needed to establish a new school. As a perfect and ideal talent fit for the new world.
***
Before Noah had even left and the door had even closed, Carson had leaped up to Ines’s seat. At the same time, his arm dug into her waist.
“I think I should change my clothes first.”
“Clothes?”
Ines looked around her body to see if there was anything wrong with her clothes.
“Something easy to take off.”
Ines’ face blushed at his joke. It was to the point where he doubted whether this woman was really the woman who had been mocking Manisuit in the hall.
“Saying something like that is a bit...”
“Don’t say that?”
Ines thought for a moment. If someone asked if he didn’t like it when she said something like that, he would have shook his head without a second thought.
“No.”
Carson laughed, throwing his head back at her answer. His hands had already begun to rip off Ines’ clothes.
“What are you doing? This is the office.”
“You don’t know. This is where the former Empress spent most of her time with her beautiful maid.”
“Yes?”
“With a glass of red wine that she always drank. Oh, of course, the maid changed every time.”
Ines chuckled and flinched because the Emperor was burying his lips in the nape of her neck.
“What does that matter now...”
But her words were swallowed by Carson’s mischievous handplay. Carson had been busier than ever in the past three days.
When he found Ines, she was always in a deep sleep. So Ines knew that today, it would be useless to stop him. When the uncomfortable clothes were taken off, her body naturally stretched out and her mind relaxed a little. So Ines decided to let him do whatever he wanted. Was there anything that her God didn’t want?
Her neck naturally leaned back on the sofa at the feeling of his warm hands caressing her slightly cold body.
Carson was still Ines’s God. The only difference was that he was leading her to a world of passion.
Ines put her fingers through Carson’s hair, which was covering her with his large body.
When the fine hair tickled her fingers, the possessiveness inside Ines stirred. It was a very simple and delicate feeling that wanted her God to be hers alone.
“Sometimes, you seem like someone who has lived in the world once.”
The hand that was messily messing with his hair stopped for a moment. Carson, who was sensitive to her reaction, raised his head slightly to examine her complexion.
‘Why?’ The man’s golden eyes asked with his eyes overlapped with the gaze she had seen in the forest a while ago. Ines shook her head slightly and barely smiled.
“Why... do you say that?”
Carson mumbled as he buried himself in Ines’s arms again.
“It just feels that way. How else could I explain to you, who are like a miracle?”
“...”
“You may have been a maid for a while, but you have lived your whole life as a nobleman, how could you think such a thing? A school for commoners...”
It wasn’t strange at all once she said it, but it was something that was bound to be bewildering at first hearing. A formal school for commoners. The things she did always surprised him like that.
“When I think about it, that’s true. You surprise me. You always bring something out of me. I think it’s a miracle.”
Carson felt Ines’s heart pounding and raised his head.
“Are you crying? Already?”
Ines raised her arm to cover her eyes. Of course, covering her eyes wouldn’t hide the tears flowing down her cheeks.
She didn’t understand why she felt so sad. The feeling of wearing someone else’s clothes and the uncomfortable feeling of sitting in someone else’s seat were all because of this.
She's experiencing a miracle right now.
This wasn’t an uncomfortable feeling or the awkwardness of wearing someone else’s clothes. This moment was all a miracle to Ines. It was a kind of anxiety that someone who has experienced a miracle experiences.
If she were too happy to bear it, would he understand?
Ines dug into the arms of the man who was looking at her closely.
“Yes, that’s right. I came back in time.”
Carson snickered at her words.
“How else would this be possible?”
Up until now, Ines had never thought that coming back in time was a stroke of luck for her. She was just a given responsibility, a heavy duty.
Carson, whom she had met on that heavy and arduous road, was the only light in her dark life. However, to Ines, Carson was no longer a God.
He was a miracle itself to her.
Carson gently stroked the hair of the woman in his arms. As he gently pressed his lips to her white exposed shoulder, her shallow breathing tickled his chest.
“That’s right. It was really strange. I couldn’t breathe from the moment I first saw you. It was an instinctive desperation that made me think that I had to protect you.”
Carson hugged Ines tightly and repeated to himself. He had to protect her. He felt like he would suffocate if he didn’t.
Ines cried until her forehead was soaked. That’s what happened.
While I considered you a god, you thought you had to protect me.
After a long time, Ines might be able to tell him about the past.
That I really came back in time. Now I think I know why.
“Maybe it was because I had that dream.”
"...A dream?”
Ines looked up at him with tearful cheeks. Carson groaned at the sight and hugged her tightly again.
“A dream about you falling into a lake.”
It seemed like this man was determined to make Ines cry today. She was resentful that he was saying all these things on such a miraculous day, even though he had never said them before.
“It’s definitely the same place every time, but it’s always different. Some days you’re very close, and other days you’re too far away to reach.”
“...”
“But the good thing is.”
Carson let out a gasp as if he was really relieved.
“I always save you. I’ve never failed.”
“Never?”
“Oh, oh. There was one time. When Noah woke me up.”
He smiled when he saw Ines’ face.
“But don’t worry. I would have saved you back then too. So what I mean is... I will always do my best.”
“...”
“That means there is nothing to worry about as long as you hold my hand.”
If he thinks about it, that is true. He believed everything Ines said from the beginning.
Was it because she had saved his sister? Even so, such unconditional trust was difficult to understand with ordinary words and thoughts.
“I will support everything you do from now on. You don’t have to watch my face at all, no matter what you do as Empress. Of course, you don’t have to do anything. I don’t want you to have a hard time.”
“Nothing?”
“Yes.”
Ines looked away from their eyes that had been lingering for a moment and buried her forehead in the nape of his neck. She kept thinking that he was making Ines a spoiled brat.
“Was that lake full of spruce and zelkova trees?”
Ines whispered, leaning closer to him. Carson’s shoulders seemed to stiffen at her question, but soon his gentle voice returned.
“Yes.”
“Was it a lake big enough to contain the entire forest?”
“Yes, it was.”
“Oh... It must have been a beautiful place”
Carson replied, lifting Ines up. The view he sees is beautiful everywhere.
“In my dreams, you always wear a green dress.”
Ines listened to him, barely able to catch her breath.
It may have been that some unknown force that had brought her back to the past had planted that one point in the countless times intertwined in his dream.
It may have been because of that that Carson remembered Ines from a time he had not experienced.
“Maybe that’s why I gave you the green dress in the first place.”
Perhaps the God who pitied poor Ines had persistently intervened to keep the sad fate from passing them by?
After a long time, Ines might be able to tell him about the past.
That I really came back in time. Now I think I know why.
“Maybe it was because I had that dream.”
"...A dream?”
Ines looked up at him with tearful cheeks. Carson groaned at the sight and hugged her tightly again.
“A dream about you falling into a lake.”
It seemed like this man was determined to make Ines cry today. She was resentful that he was saying all these things on such a miraculous day, even though he had never said them before.
“It’s definitely the same place every time, but it’s always different. Some days you’re very close, and other days you’re too far away to reach.”
“...”
“But the good thing is.”
Carson let out a gasp as if he was really relieved.
“I always save you. I’ve never failed.”
“Never?”
“Oh, oh. There was one time. When Noah woke me up.”
He smiled when he saw Ines’ face.
“But don’t worry. I would have saved you back then too. So what I mean is... I will always do my best.”
“...”
“That means there is nothing to worry about as long as you hold my hand.”
If he thinks about it, that is true. He believed everything Ines said from the beginning.
Was it because she had saved his sister? Even so, such unconditional trust was difficult to understand with ordinary words and thoughts.
“I will support everything you do from now on. You don’t have to watch my face at all, no matter what you do as Empress. Of course, you don’t have to do anything. I don’t want you to have a hard time.”
“Nothing?”
“Yes.”
Ines looked away from their eyes that had been lingering for a moment and buried her forehead in the nape of his neck. She kept thinking that he was making Ines a spoiled brat.
“Was that lake full of spruce and zelkova trees?”
Ines whispered, leaning closer to him. Carson’s shoulders seemed to stiffen at her question, but soon his gentle voice returned.
“Yes.”
“Was it a lake big enough to contain the entire forest?”
“Yes, it was.”
“Oh... It must have been a beautiful place”
Carson replied, lifting Ines up. The view he sees is beautiful everywhere.
“In my dreams, you always wear a green dress.”
Ines listened to him, barely able to catch her breath.
It may have been that some unknown force that had brought her back to the past had planted that one point in the countless times intertwined in his dream.
It may have been because of that that Carson remembered Ines from a time he had not experienced.
“Maybe that’s why I gave you the green dress in the first place.”
Perhaps the God who pitied poor Ines had persistently intervened to keep the sad fate from passing them by?
If the imperial palace faced the rising sun, the Empress’s palace was deeply colored by the sunset. The red light spread all the way to their feet.
When he was Ines’s God, his unconditional faith had been taken for granted. But looking back, it was a miracle.
Every moment she had met him, believed in him and loved him. Every moment that happened naturally, like the sun rising and setting, like waves coming and going, was a miracle. It was difficult to explain in any other words.
Now Ines could no longer blame the God who had driven her to such terrible suffering.
Carson gently touched Ines’s tears with his lips. His lips, which were moist and dripping, moved slowly, taking Ines’ breath away. Even time melted away gently.
When he was Ines’s God, his unconditional faith had been taken for granted. But looking back, it was a miracle.
Every moment she had met him, believed in him and loved him. Every moment that happened naturally, like the sun rising and setting, like waves coming and going, was a miracle. It was difficult to explain in any other words.
Now Ines could no longer blame the God who had driven her to such terrible suffering.
Carson gently touched Ines’s tears with his lips. His lips, which were moist and dripping, moved slowly, taking Ines’ breath away. Even time melted away gently.
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