The audience chamber of the nature.
A throne existed on the platform above the white stairs.
Demios was looking down with his chin resting on his hand.
On the red-carpeted path, the fallen successor, the lion beast, Bitean Gitik, was kneeling and appealing to the Emperor.
“Please reveal the truth about my sister, Vivian’s death.”
Dark blond hair and sunken cheeks.
However, his brown eyes, which were trying to dig into his sister’s injustice, were clear.
Bitean wanted to find out the truth about the person who suddenly passed away, along with suing the new Empress.
The Emperor, who was said to be mad, was looking down at Bitean with an indifferent gaze.
The red light in his eyes gave off an eerie feeling.
Thanks to mentioning the Empress, he had succeeded in meeting him, but it was unknown when the Emperor would have a seizure.
Silence continued.
Eventually, the fingers that had been tapping the armrests of the throne stopped moving and asked.
“...The Empress’s name is fake.”
Demios’s interest was not in the maid’s death.
However, Bitean didn’t care much.
He would do anything if it helped reveal the truth about his sister’s death.
He was convinced that the Emperor’s government, no, the Empress, had something to do with Vivian’s death.
“They say a merchant named Blair visited the Repetto Palace where the Empress stayed before she passed away. Every month, and regularly at that.”
The Emperor frowned at the name he had never heard before.
“It’s not strange for a merchant to visit the palace. What kind of merchant was it?”
“They said they didn’t know.”
It was said that Titie behaved strangely whenever a merchant named Blair visited. It was said that she would overdress when the merchant visited, or that she would chase away all the maids and just want to be alone with him.
Above all, if a merchant had visited, there should have been traces of a purchase or sale.
“He was probably not a merchant. The ledgers of the Repetto Palace are proof of that.”
That meant that the government and the merchant had met for another purpose.
The Emperor began to take a serious interest in Bitean’s testimony.
Demios ordered his attendant.
“Bring me the ledger of the Repetto Palace. And the entry and exit register.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
After a while, the attendant brought documents related to the Repetto Palace.
Just as Bitean had testified, the merchant’s name was on the entry and exit register, but there was no record of anything being bought or sold under his name.
This evidence supported Bitean’s words.
“One day, Vivian told me. They were talking about names. The Empress said that they would definitely become ‘real’.”
There was no reason to talk about names with a mere merchant.
After all, the merchant met with Titie every month.
Bitean’s suspicions were confirmed by his sister’s death.
“I have heard about what my sister went through while working at the Repetto Palace. She was always verbally and physically abused, but she had to endure it at the Repetto Palace. Even if what she heard was true, she also said that she would never reveal it. It was for our family.”
He clenched his fists, suppressing his anger and sadness.
The Lord Louvre, who was currently sentenced to death and exile, had no reason to kill Vivian.
What if Titie found out that Vivian knew the truth?
And if Titie used the Lord Louvre to prevent the murder, then everything would fit.
“Can you take responsibility for what you say?”
“I can testify with my life.”
The fallen family and the death of her sister.
Bitean had nothing left to lose.
The Emperor was absorbed in his appeal. It was when Demios looked down at the red carpet.
Suddenly, the door to the audience room opened.
“Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty, you cannot enter now!”
Titie rushed to the center, pushing through the knights who were trying to dissuade her. She stopped in front of Bitean and shouted.
“How impudent! How dare you spread nonsense to try to appease His Majesty!”
“I have not told a single lie.”
Bitean glared at her with bloodshot eyes.
When he did not back down, it was Titie who flinched instead.
She appealed to Demios as if asking for help.
“Your Majesty, this guy is lying. My name is fake! Your Majesty, you know the power of my name!”
“No. Investigate the relationship between that merchant and the Empress!”
“...What are you talking about!”
Titie, whose eyes were rolled back, slapped Bitean on the cheek.
The sound of flesh being cut echoed.
After a while, Titie regained consciousness and looked at her swollen palm in confusion.
“Ah, so this is... This guy keeps talking nonsense. Ah, I feel dizzy. Your Majesty.”
Titie grabbed her stomach and sank to her seat.
The attendants were confused, but Demios was just watching her from the throne.
The feeling of being drawn to the name engraved on Titie was real.
There is an attraction to the name engraving that is difficult to express in words.
Also, Demios, who had suffered from long-term insomnia, was able to get a short sleep in Titie’s arms.
It was the same now.
He wanted to protect the female who had his name engraved on him right away.
Furthermore, Bitean’s claim that the Empress’s name was fake was actually close to suspicion.
However, it seemed true that there was something between Titie and the merchant named Blair.
Bitean shouted while Titie had fallen.
“Your Majesty, please reveal the truth!”
Titie lowered his head and glared at Bitean.
Demios stood up from his seat at the confrontation between the two beasts.
“Really, it’s noisy.”
The moment hope appeared in Bitean’s eyes, the Emperor came down the white stairs and pulled out the sword that had been decorated.
"...Your Majesty? What.”
The blade was pointed at Bitean.
Bitean, who barely avoided the sword swinging toward his neck, hesitated and stepped back.
It was when the Emperor’s sword aimed for his head again.
Krrrr-!
Bitean, who had crouched on all fours, let out a beastly cry, and the transformation began.
His clothes tore, his golden mane grew out, and his body instantly became a muscular lion.
His reflexive embodiment was an instinct to respond to the threat.
Demios laughed in front of the large lion.
His smile was that of a madman.
“Come here.”
Demios swung his sword at the lion.
The investigator threatened him with his mouth wide open, but instead, he backed away.
In the end, the lion, whose hind legs touched the wall, could do nothing but attack.
The lion roared and leaped toward the Emperor.
Bang!
The decorative sword pierced the lion’s body.
The large beast fell to the floor. The red carpet was soaking wet. When he pulled out the sword, red sprayed everywhere. Titie, who was sitting nearby, had to turn it all over herself.
The sword stabbed the lion again.
Over and over again.
The repeated actions created a strangeness.
The Emperor covered in blood looked like a murderer.
The attendants who were watching this scene were speechless.
Titie was the same.
Goosebumps appeared all over her body. She couldn’t move because of the blood she was covered in.
She was scared and terrified.
However, she felt more relieved than the lion’s corpse in front of her.
She thought, “You trusted me after all.”
'It's okay now.'
She didn't know how that bastard knew the secret, but the death of the lion would bring eternal silence to Titie.
Moreover, the name would soon become real.
As long as life in the womb is born, there will be no problem.
Just like Demios' madness, Titie also smiled.
The attendants held their breath.
Before long, the throne room was filled with a bizarre sight of the Emperor and Empress covered in blood laughing together.
However, the Emperor's smile did not last long.
Demios muttered, his expression disappearing as if nothing had happened.
"A month."
"...Yes?"
Titie asked back at the Emperor's sudden question.
However, Demios continued to mutter to himself as if he could not hear her.
"There must be a reason why you met regularly, even setting a date. Yes. We will know in a month."
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Suddenly, anxiety came over her.
While Titie forced a smile, Demios announced,
“I hereby issue a decree of confinement to the Empress for the next month. From this time on, the Empress may not meet anyone except her maids.”
Titie’s expression cracked.
“...Your Majesty? Your Majesty!!”
Despite the earnest calls, the Emperor turned his back and sat down on the throne.
The servants pushed the Empress away as she tried to approach Demios.
It was a complete mess.
Demios finally looked down at Titie as she was dragged away and opened his mouth.
“...Find the deposed Empress. Bring her to me in whatever form you want. If not... I will make it so that you have no choice but to reveal yourself.”
The Emperor, who had already repeated the order he had given dozens, hundreds of times, suddenly hummed an unknown note.
The languid humming sounded like a lullaby from some foreign land.
The slow, calm, and creepy note spread along with the red marks on the carpet.
There were rumors that the Emperor had recently stopped killing and that his madness had disappeared.
However, the Emperor was not fine.
In fact, he was becoming even crazier.
The palace was in disarray.
The empire was paralyzed because the Emperor had stepped away from his duties.
Although no one said it out loud, everyone was missing the deposed Empress.
‘The Emperor was the one the empire’s ominous omen pointed to.’
And, wasn’t it the Star of Ishtar that was preventing that misfortune?
The empire from which the starlight had disappeared was covered in black shadows.
A throne existed on the platform above the white stairs.
Demios was looking down with his chin resting on his hand.
On the red-carpeted path, the fallen successor, the lion beast, Bitean Gitik, was kneeling and appealing to the Emperor.
“Please reveal the truth about my sister, Vivian’s death.”
Dark blond hair and sunken cheeks.
However, his brown eyes, which were trying to dig into his sister’s injustice, were clear.
Bitean wanted to find out the truth about the person who suddenly passed away, along with suing the new Empress.
The Emperor, who was said to be mad, was looking down at Bitean with an indifferent gaze.
The red light in his eyes gave off an eerie feeling.
Thanks to mentioning the Empress, he had succeeded in meeting him, but it was unknown when the Emperor would have a seizure.
Silence continued.
Eventually, the fingers that had been tapping the armrests of the throne stopped moving and asked.
“...The Empress’s name is fake.”
Demios’s interest was not in the maid’s death.
However, Bitean didn’t care much.
He would do anything if it helped reveal the truth about his sister’s death.
He was convinced that the Emperor’s government, no, the Empress, had something to do with Vivian’s death.
“They say a merchant named Blair visited the Repetto Palace where the Empress stayed before she passed away. Every month, and regularly at that.”
The Emperor frowned at the name he had never heard before.
“It’s not strange for a merchant to visit the palace. What kind of merchant was it?”
“They said they didn’t know.”
It was said that Titie behaved strangely whenever a merchant named Blair visited. It was said that she would overdress when the merchant visited, or that she would chase away all the maids and just want to be alone with him.
Above all, if a merchant had visited, there should have been traces of a purchase or sale.
“He was probably not a merchant. The ledgers of the Repetto Palace are proof of that.”
That meant that the government and the merchant had met for another purpose.
The Emperor began to take a serious interest in Bitean’s testimony.
Demios ordered his attendant.
“Bring me the ledger of the Repetto Palace. And the entry and exit register.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
After a while, the attendant brought documents related to the Repetto Palace.
Just as Bitean had testified, the merchant’s name was on the entry and exit register, but there was no record of anything being bought or sold under his name.
This evidence supported Bitean’s words.
“One day, Vivian told me. They were talking about names. The Empress said that they would definitely become ‘real’.”
There was no reason to talk about names with a mere merchant.
After all, the merchant met with Titie every month.
Bitean’s suspicions were confirmed by his sister’s death.
“I have heard about what my sister went through while working at the Repetto Palace. She was always verbally and physically abused, but she had to endure it at the Repetto Palace. Even if what she heard was true, she also said that she would never reveal it. It was for our family.”
He clenched his fists, suppressing his anger and sadness.
The Lord Louvre, who was currently sentenced to death and exile, had no reason to kill Vivian.
What if Titie found out that Vivian knew the truth?
And if Titie used the Lord Louvre to prevent the murder, then everything would fit.
“Can you take responsibility for what you say?”
“I can testify with my life.”
The fallen family and the death of her sister.
Bitean had nothing left to lose.
The Emperor was absorbed in his appeal. It was when Demios looked down at the red carpet.
Suddenly, the door to the audience room opened.
“Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty, you cannot enter now!”
Titie rushed to the center, pushing through the knights who were trying to dissuade her. She stopped in front of Bitean and shouted.
“How impudent! How dare you spread nonsense to try to appease His Majesty!”
“I have not told a single lie.”
Bitean glared at her with bloodshot eyes.
When he did not back down, it was Titie who flinched instead.
She appealed to Demios as if asking for help.
“Your Majesty, this guy is lying. My name is fake! Your Majesty, you know the power of my name!”
“No. Investigate the relationship between that merchant and the Empress!”
“...What are you talking about!”
Titie, whose eyes were rolled back, slapped Bitean on the cheek.
The sound of flesh being cut echoed.
After a while, Titie regained consciousness and looked at her swollen palm in confusion.
“Ah, so this is... This guy keeps talking nonsense. Ah, I feel dizzy. Your Majesty.”
Titie grabbed her stomach and sank to her seat.
The attendants were confused, but Demios was just watching her from the throne.
The feeling of being drawn to the name engraved on Titie was real.
There is an attraction to the name engraving that is difficult to express in words.
Also, Demios, who had suffered from long-term insomnia, was able to get a short sleep in Titie’s arms.
It was the same now.
He wanted to protect the female who had his name engraved on him right away.
Furthermore, Bitean’s claim that the Empress’s name was fake was actually close to suspicion.
However, it seemed true that there was something between Titie and the merchant named Blair.
Bitean shouted while Titie had fallen.
“Your Majesty, please reveal the truth!”
Titie lowered his head and glared at Bitean.
Demios stood up from his seat at the confrontation between the two beasts.
“Really, it’s noisy.”
The moment hope appeared in Bitean’s eyes, the Emperor came down the white stairs and pulled out the sword that had been decorated.
"...Your Majesty? What.”
The blade was pointed at Bitean.
Bitean, who barely avoided the sword swinging toward his neck, hesitated and stepped back.
It was when the Emperor’s sword aimed for his head again.
Krrrr-!
Bitean, who had crouched on all fours, let out a beastly cry, and the transformation began.
His clothes tore, his golden mane grew out, and his body instantly became a muscular lion.
His reflexive embodiment was an instinct to respond to the threat.
Demios laughed in front of the large lion.
His smile was that of a madman.
“Come here.”
Demios swung his sword at the lion.
The investigator threatened him with his mouth wide open, but instead, he backed away.
In the end, the lion, whose hind legs touched the wall, could do nothing but attack.
The lion roared and leaped toward the Emperor.
Bang!
The decorative sword pierced the lion’s body.
The large beast fell to the floor. The red carpet was soaking wet. When he pulled out the sword, red sprayed everywhere. Titie, who was sitting nearby, had to turn it all over herself.
The sword stabbed the lion again.
Over and over again.
The repeated actions created a strangeness.
The Emperor covered in blood looked like a murderer.
The attendants who were watching this scene were speechless.
Titie was the same.
Goosebumps appeared all over her body. She couldn’t move because of the blood she was covered in.
She was scared and terrified.
However, she felt more relieved than the lion’s corpse in front of her.
She thought, “You trusted me after all.”
'It's okay now.'
She didn't know how that bastard knew the secret, but the death of the lion would bring eternal silence to Titie.
Moreover, the name would soon become real.
As long as life in the womb is born, there will be no problem.
Just like Demios' madness, Titie also smiled.
The attendants held their breath.
Before long, the throne room was filled with a bizarre sight of the Emperor and Empress covered in blood laughing together.
However, the Emperor's smile did not last long.
Demios muttered, his expression disappearing as if nothing had happened.
"A month."
"...Yes?"
Titie asked back at the Emperor's sudden question.
However, Demios continued to mutter to himself as if he could not hear her.
"There must be a reason why you met regularly, even setting a date. Yes. We will know in a month."
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Suddenly, anxiety came over her.
While Titie forced a smile, Demios announced,
“I hereby issue a decree of confinement to the Empress for the next month. From this time on, the Empress may not meet anyone except her maids.”
Titie’s expression cracked.
“...Your Majesty? Your Majesty!!”
Despite the earnest calls, the Emperor turned his back and sat down on the throne.
The servants pushed the Empress away as she tried to approach Demios.
It was a complete mess.
Demios finally looked down at Titie as she was dragged away and opened his mouth.
“...Find the deposed Empress. Bring her to me in whatever form you want. If not... I will make it so that you have no choice but to reveal yourself.”
The Emperor, who had already repeated the order he had given dozens, hundreds of times, suddenly hummed an unknown note.
The languid humming sounded like a lullaby from some foreign land.
The slow, calm, and creepy note spread along with the red marks on the carpet.
There were rumors that the Emperor had recently stopped killing and that his madness had disappeared.
However, the Emperor was not fine.
In fact, he was becoming even crazier.
The palace was in disarray.
The empire was paralyzed because the Emperor had stepped away from his duties.
Although no one said it out loud, everyone was missing the deposed Empress.
‘The Emperor was the one the empire’s ominous omen pointed to.’
And, wasn’t it the Star of Ishtar that was preventing that misfortune?
The empire from which the starlight had disappeared was covered in black shadows.
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