Amazingly, Cecilia returned from the brink of death. The palace said it was because of Raditus, who had been in conflict with Cecilia and Eden.
'Raditus is a contraceptive that cools the body and prevents pregnancy. Since the Empress has been taking Raditus for a long time, it seems to have neutralized the medicine given to her by the criminal.'
No one could have known that the contraceptive pill that had been the cause of the conflict would turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Even Cecilia, who had asked for the pill and taken it.
“Your Majesty, I will do it.”
Eden wiped the blood off Cecilia's face with a wet towel and changed her clothes himself. It was the same even though Madame Monte was struggling and clinging to her side.
'What should be done about Her Majesty the Empress Dowager?'
As he was staring blankly down at the face of Cecilia, who was sleeping as if dead, the question of what to do about the Empress Dowager who had been thrown into prison came to mind.
If things were as he thought, he would have killed her like this. He wanted to feed her the same thing she'd fed Cecilia. After that, he wanted to watch her vomit blood and die in pain.
“...”
But isn't that too peaceful a death? According to Jason, she was the woman who had dragged Cecilia to get revenge on him. That was the point where Eden could not forgive the Empress Dowager.
Eden descended the dark dungeon's stairs one by one. The unpleasant smell of the wet dirt floor pierced his nostrils.
“Who is this?”
But what was even more unpleasant was the presence of people. Eden stared at the Empress Dowager with a cold expression.
“The person you wanted to kill.”
The Empress Dowager laughed at Eden's answer. Her face was so grotesquely grinning that it was hard to recall that she was usually such a neat and tidy beauty.
“Yeah. I tried to kill you too.”
After being caught trying to kill Cecilia, the Empress Dowager kept nothing hidden. Her hostility towards Eden was no less fierce.
“But now I’m not really interested in taking your life.”
The Empress Dowager rose from her seat and approached him step by step. Then, she held onto the bars that imprisoned her and met Eden’s gaze directly. Her hand reached out through the bars.
“Yeah, no.”
The guard was surprised and was about to hurriedly stop her. Eden quietly stopped their actions. Thanks to that, the Empress Dowager was able to touch Eden’s reddened eyes with her fingertips without anyone stopping her.
“It seems like you’re still barely hanging on, but now you’ll know the sadness I felt.”
There was a lot contained in that one word. The certainty that he would be so lonely that he would rather die. The belief that he would live with the pain of not being able to protect the person he loved.
“Even if I don’t kill you, you’ll go crazy and die on your own. Why would you go out of your way to want to kill me?”
That's what this fucking woman wanted.
"...Yes."
Eden opened his mouth in a low, hushed voice. His voice vibrated in the air as if he were speaking in a cave. The Empress Dowager’s eyes lit up with vivid joy at Eden’s answer. The blade she had drawn was shining brightly with the joy of finally piercing Eden’s heart.
“So I’m wondering what I should do to make you suffer so much that you want to die. Should I use the family? Or Curtis Lane?”
The Empress Dowager's eyes widened. She looked as if she didn't know that Eden had found out about this.
“So you found out about that too. How did you know?”
“Jason Nova.”
“Oh, that burn.”
After a while, the Empress Dowager burst out laughing.
“It looks like Cecilia Lane is up to something. Yeah. Something. She was talking nonsense about how you wouldn’t be easily defeated...”
And then she took back her hand that he had extended to Eden and stepped back.
“But what can I do? I won’t feel that way anymore no matter what you do.”
And she said proudly that there would be nothing that could hurt her heart in any way.
“Even if I kill Curtis Lane?”
“Even if he gets stabbed to death in front of my eyes or has his limbs torn off, it doesn’t matter to me.”
The Empress Dowager replied calmly and sat down on the raised stone.
“It was a long time ago that we were lovers who could not live without each other.”
And then they just casually let their memories flow away.
“A worthless human being who can’t even protect his own child. What affection would be left?”
It was completely sincere. Eden read the contempt and anger toward Curtis faintly on the Empress Dowager's face.
“What should I do?”
“...”
“There is no way to get revenge on me.”
The Empress Dowager raised one corner of her mouth as if mocking Eden for having such vain hopes. Eden allowed the Empress Dowager to enjoy herself to her heart’s content. Then, he quietly left the place with the sound of laughter in the background.
“Enon, spread a rumor in the palace that the Empress has died.”
"Yes?"
Enon, who was following Eden, opened his eyes wide in surprise. Suddenly, he was spreading a rumor that the Empress, who was breathing perfectly fine, was dead.
“It seems like she doesn’t even feel the shock of the government’s death.”
“...”
“I have to shatter what she wishes for the most.”
Eden scoffed coldly. The Empress Dowager's unpleasant face, which was cracking open with intense satisfaction, came to mind, but it was bearable.
The greater the gap between hope and despair, the faster the fall into despair.
Her eyelashes fluttered, revealing emerald-green eyes. Cecilia had woken up after a full two days of sleep.
But the surroundings were quiet. Was it because it was a deep night? Cecilia blinked slowly and stared up at the ceiling. Her head began to roll and creaked.
The Empress Dowager put something in the tea. She drank it and vomited blood. She spied on the secrets of her previous life and lived with Eden's life after her death. She thought she was dead, but she opened her eyes alive, and Eden...
“...”
Eden?
Cecilia opened her eyes wide as she remembered her man's name. Her small hands, which had been tightly holding the blanket as if trying to find him, stopped. She was already in a firm and comfortable embrace. This was not a blanket, but body heat.
Cecilia, who was relieved, was about to turn over and lie down on her side when Eden opened his eyes.
“...”
Their eyes met. At the same time, the arm wrapped around Cecilia's waist tightened. Cecilia watched the emotions that were flooding into Eden's eyes moment by moment. Surprise, guilt, sadness, resentment, regret, joy, affection. It was all there.
“...Did you sleep well?”
But that was all Eden could barely manage to say. As if he didn't want to ruin their first meeting.
“I, uh, woke you up...”
Even though she was just trying to ask a single question, her voice got choked up and came out interrupted. Unable to stand seeing that, Eden raised his hand and covered Cecilia's mouth.
“I was told that it would be better not to use your neck for a while.”
And after giving Cecilia a quick kiss on the forehead, he pulled her into his arms. Their chests were touching without a gap. Eden's thumping heartbeat was transmitted clearly. It was anxiety.
“I thought if you slept a little more, you might have gone crazy.”
Cecilia was definitely alive, but she hadn't opened her eyes for two whole days. He thought she would open her eyes, but he couldn't stand the anxiety.
“...”
Cecilia, who felt it, quietly raised her head in his arms. He didn’t say anything, but Eden met her gaze as if he knew what Cecilia wanted. All the confused emotions had passed, and all that remained in his eyes was affection.
Cecilia quietly bit her lower lip. The man, who had not slept properly, looked somewhat haggard, and then tears fell down her face.
“Why do you cry as soon as I wake up?”
Eden comforted Cecilia with a faint smile. He gently rubbed her eyes and wiped away the moisture. But it was no use. Tears continued to flow out.
How did you love me so much?
The back of the man who was suffering because of love was vivid. The face of the man who was lonely because of love was clear. The heart of the man who couldn't abandon her because he loved her was so vivid that it seemed as if it could be grasped.
I'm sorry, whether it was in the past or in the present. That's what she wanted to say. But at that moment, Eden hugged Cecilia with his whole body.
“Don’t cry. It’s okay.”
And he whispered that it was okay. As if he knew what Cecilia wanted to say. She burst into tears without any help. Cecilia burst into tears in his arms, crying like a child.
Meanwhile, Eden gently stroked Cecilia's back and comforted her. He also kissed her forehead and wet eyes several times.
It's okay. I'm just happy that you're alive. As if whispering.
'Raditus is a contraceptive that cools the body and prevents pregnancy. Since the Empress has been taking Raditus for a long time, it seems to have neutralized the medicine given to her by the criminal.'
No one could have known that the contraceptive pill that had been the cause of the conflict would turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Even Cecilia, who had asked for the pill and taken it.
“Your Majesty, I will do it.”
Eden wiped the blood off Cecilia's face with a wet towel and changed her clothes himself. It was the same even though Madame Monte was struggling and clinging to her side.
'What should be done about Her Majesty the Empress Dowager?'
As he was staring blankly down at the face of Cecilia, who was sleeping as if dead, the question of what to do about the Empress Dowager who had been thrown into prison came to mind.
If things were as he thought, he would have killed her like this. He wanted to feed her the same thing she'd fed Cecilia. After that, he wanted to watch her vomit blood and die in pain.
“...”
But isn't that too peaceful a death? According to Jason, she was the woman who had dragged Cecilia to get revenge on him. That was the point where Eden could not forgive the Empress Dowager.
***
Eden descended the dark dungeon's stairs one by one. The unpleasant smell of the wet dirt floor pierced his nostrils.
“Who is this?”
But what was even more unpleasant was the presence of people. Eden stared at the Empress Dowager with a cold expression.
“The person you wanted to kill.”
The Empress Dowager laughed at Eden's answer. Her face was so grotesquely grinning that it was hard to recall that she was usually such a neat and tidy beauty.
“Yeah. I tried to kill you too.”
After being caught trying to kill Cecilia, the Empress Dowager kept nothing hidden. Her hostility towards Eden was no less fierce.
“But now I’m not really interested in taking your life.”
The Empress Dowager rose from her seat and approached him step by step. Then, she held onto the bars that imprisoned her and met Eden’s gaze directly. Her hand reached out through the bars.
“Yeah, no.”
The guard was surprised and was about to hurriedly stop her. Eden quietly stopped their actions. Thanks to that, the Empress Dowager was able to touch Eden’s reddened eyes with her fingertips without anyone stopping her.
“It seems like you’re still barely hanging on, but now you’ll know the sadness I felt.”
There was a lot contained in that one word. The certainty that he would be so lonely that he would rather die. The belief that he would live with the pain of not being able to protect the person he loved.
“Even if I don’t kill you, you’ll go crazy and die on your own. Why would you go out of your way to want to kill me?”
That's what this fucking woman wanted.
"...Yes."
Eden opened his mouth in a low, hushed voice. His voice vibrated in the air as if he were speaking in a cave. The Empress Dowager’s eyes lit up with vivid joy at Eden’s answer. The blade she had drawn was shining brightly with the joy of finally piercing Eden’s heart.
“So I’m wondering what I should do to make you suffer so much that you want to die. Should I use the family? Or Curtis Lane?”
The Empress Dowager's eyes widened. She looked as if she didn't know that Eden had found out about this.
“So you found out about that too. How did you know?”
“Jason Nova.”
“Oh, that burn.”
After a while, the Empress Dowager burst out laughing.
“It looks like Cecilia Lane is up to something. Yeah. Something. She was talking nonsense about how you wouldn’t be easily defeated...”
And then she took back her hand that he had extended to Eden and stepped back.
“But what can I do? I won’t feel that way anymore no matter what you do.”
And she said proudly that there would be nothing that could hurt her heart in any way.
“Even if I kill Curtis Lane?”
“Even if he gets stabbed to death in front of my eyes or has his limbs torn off, it doesn’t matter to me.”
The Empress Dowager replied calmly and sat down on the raised stone.
“It was a long time ago that we were lovers who could not live without each other.”
And then they just casually let their memories flow away.
“A worthless human being who can’t even protect his own child. What affection would be left?”
It was completely sincere. Eden read the contempt and anger toward Curtis faintly on the Empress Dowager's face.
“What should I do?”
“...”
“There is no way to get revenge on me.”
The Empress Dowager raised one corner of her mouth as if mocking Eden for having such vain hopes. Eden allowed the Empress Dowager to enjoy herself to her heart’s content. Then, he quietly left the place with the sound of laughter in the background.
“Enon, spread a rumor in the palace that the Empress has died.”
"Yes?"
Enon, who was following Eden, opened his eyes wide in surprise. Suddenly, he was spreading a rumor that the Empress, who was breathing perfectly fine, was dead.
“It seems like she doesn’t even feel the shock of the government’s death.”
“...”
“I have to shatter what she wishes for the most.”
Eden scoffed coldly. The Empress Dowager's unpleasant face, which was cracking open with intense satisfaction, came to mind, but it was bearable.
The greater the gap between hope and despair, the faster the fall into despair.
***
Her eyelashes fluttered, revealing emerald-green eyes. Cecilia had woken up after a full two days of sleep.
But the surroundings were quiet. Was it because it was a deep night? Cecilia blinked slowly and stared up at the ceiling. Her head began to roll and creaked.
The Empress Dowager put something in the tea. She drank it and vomited blood. She spied on the secrets of her previous life and lived with Eden's life after her death. She thought she was dead, but she opened her eyes alive, and Eden...
“...”
Eden?
Cecilia opened her eyes wide as she remembered her man's name. Her small hands, which had been tightly holding the blanket as if trying to find him, stopped. She was already in a firm and comfortable embrace. This was not a blanket, but body heat.
Cecilia, who was relieved, was about to turn over and lie down on her side when Eden opened his eyes.
“...”
Their eyes met. At the same time, the arm wrapped around Cecilia's waist tightened. Cecilia watched the emotions that were flooding into Eden's eyes moment by moment. Surprise, guilt, sadness, resentment, regret, joy, affection. It was all there.
“...Did you sleep well?”
But that was all Eden could barely manage to say. As if he didn't want to ruin their first meeting.
“I, uh, woke you up...”
Even though she was just trying to ask a single question, her voice got choked up and came out interrupted. Unable to stand seeing that, Eden raised his hand and covered Cecilia's mouth.
“I was told that it would be better not to use your neck for a while.”
And after giving Cecilia a quick kiss on the forehead, he pulled her into his arms. Their chests were touching without a gap. Eden's thumping heartbeat was transmitted clearly. It was anxiety.
“I thought if you slept a little more, you might have gone crazy.”
Cecilia was definitely alive, but she hadn't opened her eyes for two whole days. He thought she would open her eyes, but he couldn't stand the anxiety.
“...”
Cecilia, who felt it, quietly raised her head in his arms. He didn’t say anything, but Eden met her gaze as if he knew what Cecilia wanted. All the confused emotions had passed, and all that remained in his eyes was affection.
Cecilia quietly bit her lower lip. The man, who had not slept properly, looked somewhat haggard, and then tears fell down her face.
“Why do you cry as soon as I wake up?”
Eden comforted Cecilia with a faint smile. He gently rubbed her eyes and wiped away the moisture. But it was no use. Tears continued to flow out.
How did you love me so much?
The back of the man who was suffering because of love was vivid. The face of the man who was lonely because of love was clear. The heart of the man who couldn't abandon her because he loved her was so vivid that it seemed as if it could be grasped.
I'm sorry, whether it was in the past or in the present. That's what she wanted to say. But at that moment, Eden hugged Cecilia with his whole body.
“Don’t cry. It’s okay.”
And he whispered that it was okay. As if he knew what Cecilia wanted to say. She burst into tears without any help. Cecilia burst into tears in his arms, crying like a child.
Meanwhile, Eden gently stroked Cecilia's back and comforted her. He also kissed her forehead and wet eyes several times.
It's okay. I'm just happy that you're alive. As if whispering.
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