Episode 117. Beyond Their Boundaries Me
There were 3 platinum gold coins on the child’s small palm.
Aaron had whispered to her in front of the bakery, telling her to wait. Then he sneaked out to Mia and Tanya and tried to return the gold coins.
But since the old man didn’t take it, he chased after him for a long time on his short legs.
The little boy’s tenacity was understandable.
“I would have clearly said it was for bread.”
“I told you that Mommy had to return it because she had received too much! And Tanya said that the man who gave it to me was crazy.”
Christine furrowed his brows in disbelief.
“Go tell Mommy. Said that I wasn’t a crazy person, so she can take it without worry.”
“No. My mommy said I had to return it!”
The child put both hands on his waist and shouted firmly. He was trying his best to express his opinion.
However, his chubby cheeks were so cute that he wanted to grab them and shake them. Christine, who had been smiling without realizing it, soon turned cold again at the thought that came to his mind.
“The owner of this bakery is Countess Grills. Her husband, Count Castler, runs a large clinic across the street.”
“They’re married and have three sons.”
It’s been six years since she broke up with Adele.
Judging by the age of this child, it means she got pregnant not long after breaking up with him.
She didn’t think she’d wait for six years.
But did she meet another man and have a child so quickly?
A woman named Adele is...
“Are you mad, sir?”
When Christine looked up, Aaron imitated his expression, making a wrinkle between his eyebrows with his hand.
“You're making this kind of expression.”
His expression was so funny and adorable that Christine quickly shook off his thoughts about Adele.
“Yes, I don’t have change right now, so I’ll pay for the bread later. I’ll get the gold back then. Is that okay?”
“Yes!”
The boy answered with a bright face as if the big problem had been solved.
Christine, who was leaving the boy behind, stopped. Aaron was tugging at the end of his jacket.
“Do you have any more business?”
“By the way, sir, can you find your way home?”
He wondered what the boy was talking about out of nowhere. Could he be worried that he might lose his house?
“Of course.”
“Then can you find my store? I was just wondering if you knew or not. Really.”
Now that he looked at him, he seemed to have lost his way. Of course, he had been going around in circles because he wondered how long the boy would chase him. And before he knew it, the palace was right in front of him.
“Of course, I can find your store too. Then you should go.”
Christine took off his tiny hands that were holding onto his jacket and turned around coldly.
The child...
In the meantime, Aaron, who was left alone, looked around. The boy who had been smarter and more cheerful than his peers looked like he was about to cry at any moment.
“Haa...”
Christine had no choice but to turn around and face Aaron.
At that moment,
“Get out of the way! Get out of the way!”
With a roar, the carriage came rushing toward the child as if it was going to hit him.
Aaron, who was looking around in panic, didn’t know what to do and then collapsed.
Fortunately, the carriage stopped right in front of the child.
However, the coachman jumped out of the carriage and grabbed Aaron by the collar and shouted terribly.
“Hey, kid! You want to die! Hey! Who dares to... ugh!”
The coachman, who had been shouting, soon groaned, and his face distorted.
Christine grabbed the wrist that had been holding Aaron’s collar. Crunch. A sound like bones breaking was heard.
“Shouldn’t you slow down when you see someone and apologize if you startle them?”
Then the carriage window opened fiercely.
“What are you making a fuss about...!”
The old lady recognized Christine and got out of the carriage in shock.
“I’m sorry I didn’t see you, Your Majesty! Please forgive me!”
“If you’re so sorry, I’d like to borrow your carriage.”
Christine made his request politely, but in the end, she was ordered to give up the carriage.
“Oh, of course! The child seems to have been frightened, so feel free to use it as you see fit.”
The lady and her maid hurriedly dragged the luggage out of the carriage.
“Thank you.”
Aaron winked at him as if to tell him to get into the carriage.
“Thank you!”
The child jumped into the carriage with excitement. Not only was he lost, but his legs hurt so much that he couldn’t walk anymore.
In the meantime, Zimmer came running in a hurry, leading the knights.
“Your Majesty! Where have you been since this morning? By the way, could that child be...?”
“He’s the son of Adele and Mark Casler.”
“Ahh...!”
Zimmer groaned softly with a dark face.
“You already knew, didn’t you?”
“I’m sorry. But Your Majesty doesn’t want to know about Miss Adele.”
“Yes, I’m not blaming you. It’s just... I was a little flustered because it was something I hadn’t expected.”
Yes, he was flustered. Every time he saw Aaron, he felt uncomfortable.
“The child’s mother came to look for him a little while ago. I’ll take him there and come back.”
“No problem. I’ll go and pay the bill.”
It took about ten minutes by carriage from the palace to Adele’s shop.
However, the child sitting next to him was quiet, so he looked and saw that Aaron was nodding off. He must have been quite tired from chasing after his short legs for half a day.
Rumble!
The carriage shook slightly as if it had hit a rock.
Then Aaron’s head, who had been dozing off, fell on his lap. And yet the child slept without a care in the world.
The child, whose chubby cheeks were flushed, gave off a warm and pleasant smell. The fluff that stood out neatly on the nape of his neck sparkled transparently in the light coming in from the window.
Christine made a shadow with his hand to block the sunlight from falling on the child’s face.
Looking at this child, his heart seemed to calm down. Then suddenly, he felt a twisted feeling.
Adele and Mark Castler’s child...
If he hadn’t erased her, if he had given up everything and returned to her, would they have such a pretty child now?
Would he have been giving him a lap pillow like this?
He smiled bitterly.
What if... It was all useless now.
“Aaron!”
As Aaron got out of the carriage, two boys ran toward him.
“Brother!”
The boy ran toward the boys with his arms outstretched.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt?”
“Yeah! The old man punished the bad guy.”
And Aaron looked back at Christine, but he stayed in the carriage. There was no need to greet the sons of the Castler.
But the children playing through the carriage window kept catching his eye.
The older one was Pauline, the younger one was Jade.
Yes, he remembers them. Those little guys who used to be so good to Adele.
But now Pauline had a dark nose and was as big as an adult, and Jade, with his sword, looked like a young knight.
They were trustworthy brothers that Aaron could be proud of.
Then the boy’s face brightened, and he ran somewhere.
“Daddy!”
The boy shouted in a high-pitched voice and jumped up at a man and hugged him. The man lifted the boy up and smiled brightly.
“Where have you been, you little brat? Mom and brothers were worried.”
Christine felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he had seen this scene before.
Had I been jealous then? Just like now.
Christine felt something twisted.
A bad feeling slowly crept up on him, and she felt the urge to ruin those people who were smiling brightly.
“Let’s go.”
He tried to suppress the bad urge and closed his eyes.
“Hey, hot!”
It was when the coachman swung his whip.
“...!”
His heart suddenly felt like it was going to drop.
Wondering what it was, he looked out of the carriage without realizing it, and their eyes met. Deep green eyes that seemed to contain a forest...
At that moment, goosebumps appeared all over his body, and an inexplicable pain was felt in his heart.
A woman with a slender neck was elegantly revealed under her black hair. She was also staring intently at him.
At that moment, he could instinctively feel that she was Adele.
A woman who had gone to another man without waiting for him at all. She was the one who had abandoned him, but she felt like she had been abandoned, ironically.
Was that why? The twisted and distorted mind kept trying to raise its head.
“Stop.”
The carriage passing in front of Adele stopped, and the door opened.
Crunch.
The man getting out of the carriage was handsome enough to attract people’s attention.
A man with a sharp jawline and a cool aura, with silver hair that flowed beautifully.
The man who had visited her dreams countless times over the past six years.
The man whom she had tried so hard to forget, but could not forget.
But why now...
“Your Majesty.”
With a face that had completely erased such feelings, Adele bowed her head politely.
Thump.
Christine’s heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it was going to burst. This was the first time he had felt this horrible.
“You...”
“Thank you for bringing Aaron back safely.”
Mark and his sons had also approached the two and greeted them.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Then Aaron, who had been watching without knowing anything, quickly bowed his head.
“Thank you!”
However, their politeness actually made Christine angry. It seemed to draw a clear line between them. He felt excluded and ostracized by them.
He was now the Emperor of an empire with tens of millions of people.
But he didn’t know why he felt so pitiful when those five people were on her side.
“It’s nice to see you all after such a long time. I’ll invite you to the palace soon.”
Was that why? In the end, he ended up saying something he hadn’t planned.
“An invitation?”
When Adele asked in surprise, Christine smiled cruelly.
“Yes, an invitation. Why, did you want me to kidnap you?”
Thump.
Adele’s green eyes darkened.
Her expression clearly showed her contempt for him. The more he looked, the more he couldn’t bear the pain in his heart, and he wanted to be even meaner.
“Then I’ll be looking forward to our next meeting, madam.”
He kissed the back of Adele’s hand and smiled. His eyes glowed coldly.
“Ugh...!”
Christine, who had gotten on the carriage, couldn’t hold it in any longer and crouched, clutching his left chest.
His heart was throbbing as if it was going to burst.
“...The palace! Hurry up, the Emperor... Haa!”
He barely managed to catch his breath and shouted at the coachman.
There were times like this. When he suddenly felt a suffocating pain and his heart was being ripped apart, he would lose consciousness at times.
According to Leana, it was probably an aftereffect of losing consciousness. That was why it was useless to call in a skilled doctor. At times like this, there was no other way than Leana's healing magic. Even that only temporarily reduced the pain.
However, since this rarely happened recently, he thought he was okay.
There were 3 platinum gold coins on the child’s small palm.
Aaron had whispered to her in front of the bakery, telling her to wait. Then he sneaked out to Mia and Tanya and tried to return the gold coins.
But since the old man didn’t take it, he chased after him for a long time on his short legs.
The little boy’s tenacity was understandable.
“I would have clearly said it was for bread.”
“I told you that Mommy had to return it because she had received too much! And Tanya said that the man who gave it to me was crazy.”
Christine furrowed his brows in disbelief.
“Go tell Mommy. Said that I wasn’t a crazy person, so she can take it without worry.”
“No. My mommy said I had to return it!”
The child put both hands on his waist and shouted firmly. He was trying his best to express his opinion.
However, his chubby cheeks were so cute that he wanted to grab them and shake them. Christine, who had been smiling without realizing it, soon turned cold again at the thought that came to his mind.
“The owner of this bakery is Countess Grills. Her husband, Count Castler, runs a large clinic across the street.”
“They’re married and have three sons.”
It’s been six years since she broke up with Adele.
Judging by the age of this child, it means she got pregnant not long after breaking up with him.
She didn’t think she’d wait for six years.
But did she meet another man and have a child so quickly?
A woman named Adele is...
“Are you mad, sir?”
When Christine looked up, Aaron imitated his expression, making a wrinkle between his eyebrows with his hand.
“You're making this kind of expression.”
His expression was so funny and adorable that Christine quickly shook off his thoughts about Adele.
“Yes, I don’t have change right now, so I’ll pay for the bread later. I’ll get the gold back then. Is that okay?”
“Yes!”
The boy answered with a bright face as if the big problem had been solved.
Christine, who was leaving the boy behind, stopped. Aaron was tugging at the end of his jacket.
“Do you have any more business?”
“By the way, sir, can you find your way home?”
He wondered what the boy was talking about out of nowhere. Could he be worried that he might lose his house?
“Of course.”
“Then can you find my store? I was just wondering if you knew or not. Really.”
Now that he looked at him, he seemed to have lost his way. Of course, he had been going around in circles because he wondered how long the boy would chase him. And before he knew it, the palace was right in front of him.
“Of course, I can find your store too. Then you should go.”
Christine took off his tiny hands that were holding onto his jacket and turned around coldly.
The child...
In the meantime, Aaron, who was left alone, looked around. The boy who had been smarter and more cheerful than his peers looked like he was about to cry at any moment.
“Haa...”
Christine had no choice but to turn around and face Aaron.
At that moment,
“Get out of the way! Get out of the way!”
With a roar, the carriage came rushing toward the child as if it was going to hit him.
Aaron, who was looking around in panic, didn’t know what to do and then collapsed.
Fortunately, the carriage stopped right in front of the child.
However, the coachman jumped out of the carriage and grabbed Aaron by the collar and shouted terribly.
“Hey, kid! You want to die! Hey! Who dares to... ugh!”
The coachman, who had been shouting, soon groaned, and his face distorted.
Christine grabbed the wrist that had been holding Aaron’s collar. Crunch. A sound like bones breaking was heard.
“Shouldn’t you slow down when you see someone and apologize if you startle them?”
Then the carriage window opened fiercely.
“What are you making a fuss about...!”
The old lady recognized Christine and got out of the carriage in shock.
“I’m sorry I didn’t see you, Your Majesty! Please forgive me!”
“If you’re so sorry, I’d like to borrow your carriage.”
Christine made his request politely, but in the end, she was ordered to give up the carriage.
“Oh, of course! The child seems to have been frightened, so feel free to use it as you see fit.”
The lady and her maid hurriedly dragged the luggage out of the carriage.
“Thank you.”
Aaron winked at him as if to tell him to get into the carriage.
“Thank you!”
The child jumped into the carriage with excitement. Not only was he lost, but his legs hurt so much that he couldn’t walk anymore.
In the meantime, Zimmer came running in a hurry, leading the knights.
“Your Majesty! Where have you been since this morning? By the way, could that child be...?”
“He’s the son of Adele and Mark Casler.”
“Ahh...!”
Zimmer groaned softly with a dark face.
“You already knew, didn’t you?”
“I’m sorry. But Your Majesty doesn’t want to know about Miss Adele.”
“Yes, I’m not blaming you. It’s just... I was a little flustered because it was something I hadn’t expected.”
Yes, he was flustered. Every time he saw Aaron, he felt uncomfortable.
“The child’s mother came to look for him a little while ago. I’ll take him there and come back.”
“No problem. I’ll go and pay the bill.”
It took about ten minutes by carriage from the palace to Adele’s shop.
However, the child sitting next to him was quiet, so he looked and saw that Aaron was nodding off. He must have been quite tired from chasing after his short legs for half a day.
Rumble!
The carriage shook slightly as if it had hit a rock.
Then Aaron’s head, who had been dozing off, fell on his lap. And yet the child slept without a care in the world.
The child, whose chubby cheeks were flushed, gave off a warm and pleasant smell. The fluff that stood out neatly on the nape of his neck sparkled transparently in the light coming in from the window.
Christine made a shadow with his hand to block the sunlight from falling on the child’s face.
Looking at this child, his heart seemed to calm down. Then suddenly, he felt a twisted feeling.
Adele and Mark Castler’s child...
If he hadn’t erased her, if he had given up everything and returned to her, would they have such a pretty child now?
Would he have been giving him a lap pillow like this?
He smiled bitterly.
What if... It was all useless now.
***
“Aaron!”
As Aaron got out of the carriage, two boys ran toward him.
“Brother!”
The boy ran toward the boys with his arms outstretched.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt?”
“Yeah! The old man punished the bad guy.”
And Aaron looked back at Christine, but he stayed in the carriage. There was no need to greet the sons of the Castler.
But the children playing through the carriage window kept catching his eye.
The older one was Pauline, the younger one was Jade.
Yes, he remembers them. Those little guys who used to be so good to Adele.
But now Pauline had a dark nose and was as big as an adult, and Jade, with his sword, looked like a young knight.
They were trustworthy brothers that Aaron could be proud of.
Then the boy’s face brightened, and he ran somewhere.
“Daddy!”
The boy shouted in a high-pitched voice and jumped up at a man and hugged him. The man lifted the boy up and smiled brightly.
“Where have you been, you little brat? Mom and brothers were worried.”
Christine felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he had seen this scene before.
Had I been jealous then? Just like now.
Christine felt something twisted.
A bad feeling slowly crept up on him, and she felt the urge to ruin those people who were smiling brightly.
“Let’s go.”
He tried to suppress the bad urge and closed his eyes.
“Hey, hot!”
It was when the coachman swung his whip.
“...!”
His heart suddenly felt like it was going to drop.
Wondering what it was, he looked out of the carriage without realizing it, and their eyes met. Deep green eyes that seemed to contain a forest...
At that moment, goosebumps appeared all over his body, and an inexplicable pain was felt in his heart.
A woman with a slender neck was elegantly revealed under her black hair. She was also staring intently at him.
At that moment, he could instinctively feel that she was Adele.
A woman who had gone to another man without waiting for him at all. She was the one who had abandoned him, but she felt like she had been abandoned, ironically.
Was that why? The twisted and distorted mind kept trying to raise its head.
“Stop.”
The carriage passing in front of Adele stopped, and the door opened.
Crunch.
The man getting out of the carriage was handsome enough to attract people’s attention.
A man with a sharp jawline and a cool aura, with silver hair that flowed beautifully.
The man who had visited her dreams countless times over the past six years.
The man whom she had tried so hard to forget, but could not forget.
But why now...
“Your Majesty.”
With a face that had completely erased such feelings, Adele bowed her head politely.
Thump.
Christine’s heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it was going to burst. This was the first time he had felt this horrible.
“You...”
“Thank you for bringing Aaron back safely.”
Mark and his sons had also approached the two and greeted them.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Then Aaron, who had been watching without knowing anything, quickly bowed his head.
“Thank you!”
However, their politeness actually made Christine angry. It seemed to draw a clear line between them. He felt excluded and ostracized by them.
He was now the Emperor of an empire with tens of millions of people.
But he didn’t know why he felt so pitiful when those five people were on her side.
“It’s nice to see you all after such a long time. I’ll invite you to the palace soon.”
Was that why? In the end, he ended up saying something he hadn’t planned.
“An invitation?”
When Adele asked in surprise, Christine smiled cruelly.
“Yes, an invitation. Why, did you want me to kidnap you?”
Thump.
Adele’s green eyes darkened.
Her expression clearly showed her contempt for him. The more he looked, the more he couldn’t bear the pain in his heart, and he wanted to be even meaner.
“Then I’ll be looking forward to our next meeting, madam.”
He kissed the back of Adele’s hand and smiled. His eyes glowed coldly.
***
“Ugh...!”
Christine, who had gotten on the carriage, couldn’t hold it in any longer and crouched, clutching his left chest.
His heart was throbbing as if it was going to burst.
“...The palace! Hurry up, the Emperor... Haa!”
He barely managed to catch his breath and shouted at the coachman.
There were times like this. When he suddenly felt a suffocating pain and his heart was being ripped apart, he would lose consciousness at times.
According to Leana, it was probably an aftereffect of losing consciousness. That was why it was useless to call in a skilled doctor. At times like this, there was no other way than Leana's healing magic. Even that only temporarily reduced the pain.
However, since this rarely happened recently, he thought he was okay.
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