“You said you were going to send me candy canes today.”
“Do you think I’m asking you to sleep over for something else?”
Linel cleared his throat and grumbled. When our eyes met, he looked back at the imperial carriage of the Tebello Empire that was beginning to appear in the distance.
“Then why is it?”
“A body was found in the back garden of the Empress’s Palace. You must have been very shocked, so stay at the main palace for the time being.”
“Not just today, but for a while?”
“Why does that sound more frightening than the murder that occurred in the Empress’s Palace garden?”
He looked slightly disappointed, perhaps because my voice had gone up too high.
As I entered the living room and walked towards the table, two chairs automatically moved backwards.
“Please sit down, Your Majesty the Empress.”
Emperor Adrian had used a small spell again. He either didn't have the strength to pull out three chairs at the same time, or he did it on purpose, but he only pulled out the chairs that he and I were going to sit in. When Linel looked at him with a blank stare, Emperor Adrian finally said, "Oops," and raised his hand to pull out the chair that he was going to sit in as well. Linel then raised his hand at the same time and said, shaking it.
“Yes.”
He pulled the chair out, deliberately dragging it on the marble floor so that it made a creaking sound.
“Your Majesty the Empress, do you have a thermal magic stone?”
Emperor Adrian, sitting across from me at the table with a cup of black tea in front of him, asked me an unexpected question.
“A warming magic stone? No, why is that?”
“I asked because I felt a hotter aura than usual.”
Didn't you say that you only use minor magic? I was surprised, thinking that Emperor Adrian was saying this because he sensed the incarnation within me.
“That must be because the Empress is passionately in love.”
Linel interjected in a playful voice.
“Indeed, Your Majesty, it seems that the intensity of the curse has been greatly reduced compared to before.”
Emperor Adrian lifted his palm as if he was trying to sense something and tried to read Linel’s aura. I grabbed Linel’s hand from under the table. At that moment, Emperor Adrian’s eyebrows flinched slightly, and he lowered his palm.
'What's strange? There's a change in Emperor Linel's aura.'
Emperor Adrian's voice was filled with doubt as he thought to himself. After a while, the attendant put down three cups of cocoa on the table and left. Just a moment ago, when another attendant had brought out black tea, Emperor Adrian said that he had brought cocoa, a specialty of the Tebello Empire, as a gift, and put the black tea aside and called his attendant to bring three cups of warm cocoa. Was I finally going to drink the famous cocoa of the Tebello Empire? The rich and sweet cocoa of the Tebello Empire is traded at high prices to the royal families of each country. Since it was brought by Emperor Adrian himself, it must taste the best. Strangely enough, there is a place called the Cocoa Forest near the Tebello Imperial Palace, and in a valley in that forest, there is a place where cocoa pours down like a waterfall. By the way, just the scent of cocoa rising from the teacup made me feel like my fatigue was gone.
“Drink it while it’s warm, O Emperor of the Cold Lapion Empire.”
Emperor Adrian offered him cocoa first.
“Thank you. Your Majesty the Empress also listens.”
Linel chuckled and picked up his cup of cocoa.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
I looked at him with admiration because the angle of his profile as he brought the cup of cocoa to his lips looked particularly cool. Then, Emperor Adrian’s voice resonated with me.
'You must have mixed the poison well in the Emperor's cup, right?'
“!”
What is that silver hairtail saying now?
'You won't die immediately after drinking it, but the poison will slowly spread through your blood vessels, lowering your body temperature and causing chills all over your body. Eventually, you'll start shivering and collapse. If it's mixed with someone else's saliva, the poison won't spread as quickly, but...'
I was shocked by Emperor Adrian's terrible intentions, but I tried not to look at him. I have to stop him! The cup of cocoa was almost touching Linel's lips.
“Your Majesty, take it as is!”
I quickly picked up my cup of cocoa and hit it hard against his cup, making a loud noise. Linel, who was about to drink his cocoa, looked at me with his lips slightly parted. He looked quite surprised by my sudden action.
“Mine is richer and tastier!”
“...It seems like the Empress hasn’t even tasted cocoa yet?”
“You can tell just by smelling it, right? Give it to me, I’ll drink it.”
I snatched the cup of cocoa from Linel's hand and gave her my own.
“Is that so, then?”
He followed my words obediently, even though he had a puzzled expression on his face.
“Do you think I’m asking you to sleep over for something else?”
Linel cleared his throat and grumbled. When our eyes met, he looked back at the imperial carriage of the Tebello Empire that was beginning to appear in the distance.
“Then why is it?”
“A body was found in the back garden of the Empress’s Palace. You must have been very shocked, so stay at the main palace for the time being.”
“Not just today, but for a while?”
“Why does that sound more frightening than the murder that occurred in the Empress’s Palace garden?”
He looked slightly disappointed, perhaps because my voice had gone up too high.
“That’s not it.”
“If not, do as I say. Otherwise, you will become a human lollipop tonight.”
“Phew.”
Actually, I burst out laughing when I imagined myself becoming a human lollipop.
“Are you kidding me? Do you know how many huge honey pots the size of a person are in the imperial palace?”
“Wow, are you saying you’re going to drop me in a honey pot?”
“Is that all? I just treat you like candy...”
Linel squinted his eyes and looked me up and down, licking his lips.
“Another threat.”
“This is not a threat, this is a request.”
“If not, do as I say. Otherwise, you will become a human lollipop tonight.”
“Phew.”
Actually, I burst out laughing when I imagined myself becoming a human lollipop.
“Are you kidding me? Do you know how many huge honey pots the size of a person are in the imperial palace?”
“Wow, are you saying you’re going to drop me in a honey pot?”
“Is that all? I just treat you like candy...”
Linel squinted his eyes and looked me up and down, licking his lips.
“Another threat.”
“This is not a threat, this is a request.”
“Your Majesty, I beg you to please...”
“Yeah, like honey?”
With his sweet joke, the imperial carriage of the Tebello Empire stopped in front of the main palace. Strangely enough, the carriage door opened automatically. A few seconds later, a man with silver hair fluttering around, who seemed to be Emperor Adrian, walked on air without even touching the ground and placed both feet on the stairs. Rather than being surprised that he was using magic, I wondered why he would show magic in such a trivial action. I glanced at Linel. He, too, was looking at Emperor Adrian walking on air and climbing the stairs with an unfavorable gaze.
“Emperor of Lapion, it has been a long time since I last saw you. The curse remains the same.”
Emperor Adrian said with a look of recognition on his face as he glanced over Linel's body.
“Thank you for your concern. Emperor Adrian is still the same. Your hair is still as long as ever.”
Linel noticed that Emperor Adrian's long hair, blowing in the wind, was quite annoying.
“My hair is soft, just like my personality, so I can’t help but wear it. Wait, Your Majesty the Empress of Lapion. It’s nice to meet you...”
Emperor Adrian kissed the back of my hand and bent one knee. It was a bit too polite for an emperor.
'What if I put her in clothes that Empresses wear? I think she'd be quite attractive because her waist would be slim...'
“!”
What's wrong with my head? Or am I hearing something in my ears? I clearly heard Emperor Adrian's voice just now. But he immediately straightened up after kissing the back of my hand, and his lips were tightly shut. So... he didn't speak directly. Then what was the voice I just heard? Could it be that I was hearing Emperor Adrian's inner thoughts? Why?!
I was so surprised by what was going on that I couldn't immediately respond to Emperor Adrian's greeting. I stared into Emperor Adrian's red eyes with astonishment.
'What, why are you looking at me like that? Are you in love with me? Well, that wouldn't be surprising. If you weren't the Empress of the Lapion Empire, I'd want to take you to the 'Worni' palace.'
Once again, I could hear Emperor Adrian's inner thoughts. I stared at his mouth, wondering if he was practicing ventriloquism, but he was not. Furthermore, he couldn't say such things to me directly in front of Linel without being crazy.
'If the Emperor of another empire greets you, you should respond immediately. Isn't she a bit of an Empress despite her appearance?'
Emperor Adrian was smiling at me, but inside, he was cursing me.
“Empress? Are you uncomfortable?”
As I was blankly staring at Emperor Adrian, Linel also felt something strange and gently wrapped his arm around my shoulder and asked.
“Ah, yes... I feel a little sick, perhaps because I ate too much cake earlier. I’m late in greeting you, Your Majesty Emperor Adrian. It’s an honor to meet you.”
I came to my senses again and greeted him properly.
“I have heard that Emperor Adrian is a peace-loving, generous Emperor who treats women fairly.”
“Hahaha, who told you such a truth? You must be someone who knows me exactly.”
“Our Majesty said so.”
I looked up at Linel with a smiling face and answered.
“Unexpected? That Emperor Linel thinks that way about me.”
Emperor Adrian looked at him in disbelief.
“I don’t remember saying that, Empress?”
It was something that could have just been laughed off, but he insisted on revealing the truth.
“You must be embarrassed.”
Emperor Adrian spoke to him, tucking his long silver hair behind his ears. Linel stood there with an extremely displeased expression and said that since he had been very tired from coming, he should go to the villa where the distinguished guests were staying and wanted to send Emperor Adrian to the villa quickly.
“Your Majesty, you would have treated other guests to tea, but why didn’t you make time for me?”
When Emperor Adrian spoke with a very sad tone, Linel responded indifferently.
“Yeah, like honey?”
With his sweet joke, the imperial carriage of the Tebello Empire stopped in front of the main palace. Strangely enough, the carriage door opened automatically. A few seconds later, a man with silver hair fluttering around, who seemed to be Emperor Adrian, walked on air without even touching the ground and placed both feet on the stairs. Rather than being surprised that he was using magic, I wondered why he would show magic in such a trivial action. I glanced at Linel. He, too, was looking at Emperor Adrian walking on air and climbing the stairs with an unfavorable gaze.
“Emperor of Lapion, it has been a long time since I last saw you. The curse remains the same.”
Emperor Adrian said with a look of recognition on his face as he glanced over Linel's body.
“Thank you for your concern. Emperor Adrian is still the same. Your hair is still as long as ever.”
Linel noticed that Emperor Adrian's long hair, blowing in the wind, was quite annoying.
“My hair is soft, just like my personality, so I can’t help but wear it. Wait, Your Majesty the Empress of Lapion. It’s nice to meet you...”
Emperor Adrian kissed the back of my hand and bent one knee. It was a bit too polite for an emperor.
'What if I put her in clothes that Empresses wear? I think she'd be quite attractive because her waist would be slim...'
“!”
What's wrong with my head? Or am I hearing something in my ears? I clearly heard Emperor Adrian's voice just now. But he immediately straightened up after kissing the back of my hand, and his lips were tightly shut. So... he didn't speak directly. Then what was the voice I just heard? Could it be that I was hearing Emperor Adrian's inner thoughts? Why?!
I was so surprised by what was going on that I couldn't immediately respond to Emperor Adrian's greeting. I stared into Emperor Adrian's red eyes with astonishment.
'What, why are you looking at me like that? Are you in love with me? Well, that wouldn't be surprising. If you weren't the Empress of the Lapion Empire, I'd want to take you to the 'Worni' palace.'
Once again, I could hear Emperor Adrian's inner thoughts. I stared at his mouth, wondering if he was practicing ventriloquism, but he was not. Furthermore, he couldn't say such things to me directly in front of Linel without being crazy.
'If the Emperor of another empire greets you, you should respond immediately. Isn't she a bit of an Empress despite her appearance?'
Emperor Adrian was smiling at me, but inside, he was cursing me.
“Empress? Are you uncomfortable?”
As I was blankly staring at Emperor Adrian, Linel also felt something strange and gently wrapped his arm around my shoulder and asked.
“Ah, yes... I feel a little sick, perhaps because I ate too much cake earlier. I’m late in greeting you, Your Majesty Emperor Adrian. It’s an honor to meet you.”
I came to my senses again and greeted him properly.
“I have heard that Emperor Adrian is a peace-loving, generous Emperor who treats women fairly.”
“Hahaha, who told you such a truth? You must be someone who knows me exactly.”
“Our Majesty said so.”
I looked up at Linel with a smiling face and answered.
“Unexpected? That Emperor Linel thinks that way about me.”
Emperor Adrian looked at him in disbelief.
“I don’t remember saying that, Empress?”
It was something that could have just been laughed off, but he insisted on revealing the truth.
“You must be embarrassed.”
Emperor Adrian spoke to him, tucking his long silver hair behind his ears. Linel stood there with an extremely displeased expression and said that since he had been very tired from coming, he should go to the villa where the distinguished guests were staying and wanted to send Emperor Adrian to the villa quickly.
“Your Majesty, you would have treated other guests to tea, but why didn’t you make time for me?”
When Emperor Adrian spoke with a very sad tone, Linel responded indifferently.
“You seem very tired from your long journey...”
“Not at all? The weather of the Northern Continent seems to suit me well. Even though the mountains are rugged, the air is fresher than the Southern Continent. And there are other things too... It’s refreshing in many ways, so I really like it.”
Emperor Adrian looked at me with a suspicious look, saying the word 'fresh'. Could it be that I am one of those who are fresh in many ways?
'There's a lot hidden in that dress. How much has Emperor Linel undressed? It seems like he hasn't been able to reveal the Empress' true appearance yet...'
Emperor Adrian's blatant thoughts continued to be heard. My true appearance? What are you talking about? Wait. If I can hear Emperor Adrian's thoughts, can he hear mine, too? Suddenly, a chill ran down my spine as the thought crossed my mind. I need to check. I decided to speak to Emperor Adrian. What should I say? As I looked at Emperor Adrian's silver hair fluttering in the wind, something came to mind.
'Emperor Silver Hairtail, can you hear my voice?'
I smiled gently and continued to speak to Emperor Adrian inwardly.
'Hey, how many Empresses do you have in total? Is it because your pupils are red? You look tired, like your eyes are bloodshot. Please fly to the villa. I saw you earlier, and you were really good at walking on air.'
My eyes met with Emperor Adrian's. He looked at me and opened his mouth.
“Emperor Linel is such a cold person, but I’m sure Her Majesty the Empress would have the tolerance to offer some warm tea to a guest who has come a long way.”
Fortunately, it seemed like he couldn't hear my true feelings.
“Your Majesty, I would like to offer Emperor Adrian a cup of tea as well.”
I tried to persuade Linel to learn more about Emperor Adrian. He turned back to the drawing room with a displeased expression.
“I don’t know how many times I drank tea today.”
Linel grumbled softly enough for only me to hear.
“Not at all? The weather of the Northern Continent seems to suit me well. Even though the mountains are rugged, the air is fresher than the Southern Continent. And there are other things too... It’s refreshing in many ways, so I really like it.”
Emperor Adrian looked at me with a suspicious look, saying the word 'fresh'. Could it be that I am one of those who are fresh in many ways?
'There's a lot hidden in that dress. How much has Emperor Linel undressed? It seems like he hasn't been able to reveal the Empress' true appearance yet...'
Emperor Adrian's blatant thoughts continued to be heard. My true appearance? What are you talking about? Wait. If I can hear Emperor Adrian's thoughts, can he hear mine, too? Suddenly, a chill ran down my spine as the thought crossed my mind. I need to check. I decided to speak to Emperor Adrian. What should I say? As I looked at Emperor Adrian's silver hair fluttering in the wind, something came to mind.
'Emperor Silver Hairtail, can you hear my voice?'
I smiled gently and continued to speak to Emperor Adrian inwardly.
'Hey, how many Empresses do you have in total? Is it because your pupils are red? You look tired, like your eyes are bloodshot. Please fly to the villa. I saw you earlier, and you were really good at walking on air.'
My eyes met with Emperor Adrian's. He looked at me and opened his mouth.
“Emperor Linel is such a cold person, but I’m sure Her Majesty the Empress would have the tolerance to offer some warm tea to a guest who has come a long way.”
Fortunately, it seemed like he couldn't hear my true feelings.
“Your Majesty, I would like to offer Emperor Adrian a cup of tea as well.”
I tried to persuade Linel to learn more about Emperor Adrian. He turned back to the drawing room with a displeased expression.
“I don’t know how many times I drank tea today.”
Linel grumbled softly enough for only me to hear.
***
As I entered the living room and walked towards the table, two chairs automatically moved backwards.
“Please sit down, Your Majesty the Empress.”
Emperor Adrian had used a small spell again. He either didn't have the strength to pull out three chairs at the same time, or he did it on purpose, but he only pulled out the chairs that he and I were going to sit in. When Linel looked at him with a blank stare, Emperor Adrian finally said, "Oops," and raised his hand to pull out the chair that he was going to sit in as well. Linel then raised his hand at the same time and said, shaking it.
“Yes.”
He pulled the chair out, deliberately dragging it on the marble floor so that it made a creaking sound.
“Your Majesty the Empress, do you have a thermal magic stone?”
Emperor Adrian, sitting across from me at the table with a cup of black tea in front of him, asked me an unexpected question.
“A warming magic stone? No, why is that?”
“I asked because I felt a hotter aura than usual.”
Didn't you say that you only use minor magic? I was surprised, thinking that Emperor Adrian was saying this because he sensed the incarnation within me.
“That must be because the Empress is passionately in love.”
Linel interjected in a playful voice.
“Indeed, Your Majesty, it seems that the intensity of the curse has been greatly reduced compared to before.”
Emperor Adrian lifted his palm as if he was trying to sense something and tried to read Linel’s aura. I grabbed Linel’s hand from under the table. At that moment, Emperor Adrian’s eyebrows flinched slightly, and he lowered his palm.
'What's strange? There's a change in Emperor Linel's aura.'
Emperor Adrian's voice was filled with doubt as he thought to himself. After a while, the attendant put down three cups of cocoa on the table and left. Just a moment ago, when another attendant had brought out black tea, Emperor Adrian said that he had brought cocoa, a specialty of the Tebello Empire, as a gift, and put the black tea aside and called his attendant to bring three cups of warm cocoa. Was I finally going to drink the famous cocoa of the Tebello Empire? The rich and sweet cocoa of the Tebello Empire is traded at high prices to the royal families of each country. Since it was brought by Emperor Adrian himself, it must taste the best. Strangely enough, there is a place called the Cocoa Forest near the Tebello Imperial Palace, and in a valley in that forest, there is a place where cocoa pours down like a waterfall. By the way, just the scent of cocoa rising from the teacup made me feel like my fatigue was gone.
“Drink it while it’s warm, O Emperor of the Cold Lapion Empire.”
Emperor Adrian offered him cocoa first.
“Thank you. Your Majesty the Empress also listens.”
Linel chuckled and picked up his cup of cocoa.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
I looked at him with admiration because the angle of his profile as he brought the cup of cocoa to his lips looked particularly cool. Then, Emperor Adrian’s voice resonated with me.
'You must have mixed the poison well in the Emperor's cup, right?'
“!”
What is that silver hairtail saying now?
'You won't die immediately after drinking it, but the poison will slowly spread through your blood vessels, lowering your body temperature and causing chills all over your body. Eventually, you'll start shivering and collapse. If it's mixed with someone else's saliva, the poison won't spread as quickly, but...'
I was shocked by Emperor Adrian's terrible intentions, but I tried not to look at him. I have to stop him! The cup of cocoa was almost touching Linel's lips.
“Your Majesty, take it as is!”
I quickly picked up my cup of cocoa and hit it hard against his cup, making a loud noise. Linel, who was about to drink his cocoa, looked at me with his lips slightly parted. He looked quite surprised by my sudden action.
“Mine is richer and tastier!”
“...It seems like the Empress hasn’t even tasted cocoa yet?”
“You can tell just by smelling it, right? Give it to me, I’ll drink it.”
I snatched the cup of cocoa from Linel's hand and gave her my own.
“Is that so, then?”
He followed my words obediently, even though he had a puzzled expression on his face.
Phew. I let out a sigh of relief, opened my eyes wide, and turned my head toward Emperor Adrian.
'Oh, dear. The poison was in the Empress's teacup, but I gave the wrong instructions. What should I do about it...?'
Emperor Adrian, who was drinking cocoa with a relaxed expression, sighed inwardly. Is that bastard the same species as Prince Tesla?
'Oh, dear. The poison was in the Empress's teacup, but I gave the wrong instructions. What should I do about it...?'
Emperor Adrian, who was drinking cocoa with a relaxed expression, sighed inwardly. Is that bastard the same species as Prince Tesla?
I quickly turned my gaze to Linel without even looking at the silver hairtail. He was already drinking cocoa from my teacup to his lips. Oh, no! My eyes went dark. What should I do?
Support Novellate!
Comments
Post a Comment