Episode 123. What should I do?
Adele, who had left the main palace, was heading to the Marvel Palace without realizing it. It was spring, and even the wind felt warm. The trees along the lakeside of the Marvel Palace were all hanging green young leaves.
“The cherry blossoms will bloom soon.”
Adele muttered bitterly.
“Stop!”
Three or four knights approached and blocked her path. Startled, Adele flinched and stepped back.
Judging from their white attire, they were the White Gosh Knights. If they had been the First Knights led by Jennifer, they would have recognized Adele, but it seemed they were not among them.
“Entry is restricted here, so please go back.”
Adele stared at the Marvel Palace across the lakeside. The atmosphere was definitely different from the last time she had been here. There were many more people standing guard around, and there were no servants or servants to be seen.
It was clear that something was unusual.
“Is there something wrong with His Majesty...?”
Adele, who had been asking worriedly, laughed self-deprecatingly.
Well, she was now nothing to him. They couldn’t possibly answer.
“No. Well then.”
She was about to turn around.
“Open the way.”
At the dignified voice, the knights quickly retreated to the sides, and Zimmer appeared.
“Are you here, madam?”
He bowed his head politely to Adele. The knights who had been watching his attitude also quickly greeted him politely.
“I came here on business at the palace, and I heard some bad rumors about His Majesty. Well, they’re just rumors.”
Adele bit her lip as she said that. It must have sounded like she was still concerned about him.
“Would you mind giving me a moment?”
“No, I think it would be better to just go back. I was foolish.”
Adele was about to turn around quickly, but Zimmer came closer.
“His Majesty needs you right now.”
Adele’s eyes wavered. Her heart wavered at the words that he needed her.
Then she remembered what had happened in the bedroom a few days ago, and felt pitiful.
“His Majesty must have better people by his side.”
“But there’s only one name he calls you when he’s in a coma: Adele.”
“...!”
When Adele entered the bedroom of the Marvel Palace, Christine was lying in the middle of a large, luxurious bed. His pale, thin face and bloodless, chapped lips looked like someone dying.
How could someone who had looked so strong just three days ago be so...
Leana sat guarding him.
It was understandable that people would gossip about Christine and her. She wasn’t the young girl Adele remembered. Wearing an elegant dress and with her hair down, she was as beautiful as a goddess. Even if you were the same woman, you would lose your mind...
“It’s been a long time, Adele.”
“It’s been a long time, Leana. You’ve gotten prettier than I thought.”
“Thanks to you.”
Zimmer came between them.
“Would you please step out for a moment, Miss Leana?”
Leana furrowed her brows, not liking the order. Then he glanced at Christine and nodded helplessly.
“I’ll be outside, so call me if anything happens to him.”
With this brief meeting, Adele realized that he was more than a lord to Leana. Her eyes, which had met after six years, were filled with wariness toward Adele.
And Adele felt strangely concerned about her acting as if she were someone special to Christine.
Foolish Adele.
She had said that she would erase all feelings for him.
“But what happened? Why is this person like this...?”
When Leana left, Adele quickly shook off her distracting thoughts and asked.
Zimmer hesitated for a moment and then answered.
“His Majesty has already passed away once.”
“Passed away?”
Adele could not understand it at all.
“To open the seal of the wolf clan, His Majesty had to sacrifice his life. Miss Leana saved him with magic.”
“That’s ridiculous...”
Adele’s whole body trembled. Christine died. The fact that he was no longer in this world was too horrible to imagine.
“Could it be that the reason he is sick right now is related to that?”
Adele’s voice choked up involuntarily.
“Yes.”
“Could it be that he couldn’t come to me either...?”
Adele, who had left the main palace, was heading to the Marvel Palace without realizing it. It was spring, and even the wind felt warm. The trees along the lakeside of the Marvel Palace were all hanging green young leaves.
“The cherry blossoms will bloom soon.”
Adele muttered bitterly.
“Stop!”
Three or four knights approached and blocked her path. Startled, Adele flinched and stepped back.
Judging from their white attire, they were the White Gosh Knights. If they had been the First Knights led by Jennifer, they would have recognized Adele, but it seemed they were not among them.
“Entry is restricted here, so please go back.”
Adele stared at the Marvel Palace across the lakeside. The atmosphere was definitely different from the last time she had been here. There were many more people standing guard around, and there were no servants or servants to be seen.
It was clear that something was unusual.
“Is there something wrong with His Majesty...?”
Adele, who had been asking worriedly, laughed self-deprecatingly.
Well, she was now nothing to him. They couldn’t possibly answer.
“No. Well then.”
She was about to turn around.
“Open the way.”
At the dignified voice, the knights quickly retreated to the sides, and Zimmer appeared.
“Are you here, madam?”
He bowed his head politely to Adele. The knights who had been watching his attitude also quickly greeted him politely.
“I came here on business at the palace, and I heard some bad rumors about His Majesty. Well, they’re just rumors.”
Adele bit her lip as she said that. It must have sounded like she was still concerned about him.
“Would you mind giving me a moment?”
“No, I think it would be better to just go back. I was foolish.”
Adele was about to turn around quickly, but Zimmer came closer.
“His Majesty needs you right now.”
Adele’s eyes wavered. Her heart wavered at the words that he needed her.
Then she remembered what had happened in the bedroom a few days ago, and felt pitiful.
“His Majesty must have better people by his side.”
“But there’s only one name he calls you when he’s in a coma: Adele.”
“...!”
***
When Adele entered the bedroom of the Marvel Palace, Christine was lying in the middle of a large, luxurious bed. His pale, thin face and bloodless, chapped lips looked like someone dying.
How could someone who had looked so strong just three days ago be so...
Leana sat guarding him.
It was understandable that people would gossip about Christine and her. She wasn’t the young girl Adele remembered. Wearing an elegant dress and with her hair down, she was as beautiful as a goddess. Even if you were the same woman, you would lose your mind...
“It’s been a long time, Adele.”
“It’s been a long time, Leana. You’ve gotten prettier than I thought.”
“Thanks to you.”
Zimmer came between them.
“Would you please step out for a moment, Miss Leana?”
Leana furrowed her brows, not liking the order. Then he glanced at Christine and nodded helplessly.
“I’ll be outside, so call me if anything happens to him.”
With this brief meeting, Adele realized that he was more than a lord to Leana. Her eyes, which had met after six years, were filled with wariness toward Adele.
And Adele felt strangely concerned about her acting as if she were someone special to Christine.
Foolish Adele.
She had said that she would erase all feelings for him.
“But what happened? Why is this person like this...?”
When Leana left, Adele quickly shook off her distracting thoughts and asked.
Zimmer hesitated for a moment and then answered.
“His Majesty has already passed away once.”
“Passed away?”
Adele could not understand it at all.
“To open the seal of the wolf clan, His Majesty had to sacrifice his life. Miss Leana saved him with magic.”
“That’s ridiculous...”
Adele’s whole body trembled. Christine died. The fact that he was no longer in this world was too horrible to imagine.
“Could it be that the reason he is sick right now is related to that?”
Adele’s voice choked up involuntarily.
“Yes.”
“Could it be that he couldn’t come to me either...?”
“That’s right. Because he had to erase his wife in exchange for living.”
“What do you mean?”
“In exchange for saving his clan, he had to trade something as precious as life to him. They say magic always comes with a price. He probably hasn’t even remembered your face until now.”
“So then...?”
She remembered the day she first met Christine a few days ago. His eyes showed no emotion even after six years. That had been a huge wound to him...
“But it seems that the memories he had forgotten after meeting you have come back to him. That’s why he’s having such a hard time. He's been through so many dangerous situations in the past three days.”
Adele felt like crying.
She felt sorry for Christine, who was dying like this.
She felt resentful and resentful of him for completely erasing her.
It would have been better if she hadn’t known. Then she could have just hated him.
“So what do you want me to do?”
Zimmer opened his mouth heavily.
“As you know, this place is like the middle of enemy territory. If he doesn’t wake up like this, Liana might have to erase you again. So I think it would be better for both of us to stay away. But I still think I should let you know.”
“What happens to His Majesty is none of my concern.”
Adele was angry. She couldn’t approach him anymore, nor could she hate him.
When he showed up like this, almost dying, all she could hear was that she had to stay away to save him...
Zimmer bowed his head deeply to Adele.
“I’m sorry, Madam. The letter you sent must have gotten lost somewhere along the way. You must have made up the rumor that Aaron was Mark Castler’s child to protect him. Without knowing that, I briefly misunderstood that you betrayed His Majesty. I understand how worried you must have been.”
It would have been nice if Christine had said that.
But now, to him, it was just a forgotten relationship.
Adele barely managed to calmly answer.
“I only protected my child, and I will continue to do so. There is no reason for Sir Zimmer to hear such things. Well, that’s it.”
It was when Adele turned toward the door.
“Adele...”
A mournful voice came through her dry lips.
Just that alone made Adele feel as if her tightly held heart would crumble.
“There’s only one name he calls while in a coma. Adele.”
Don’t call me that...
Adele clenched her teeth and roughly pushed the door open.
You bastard! You son of a bitch!
What do you want me to do now?
You forgot everything!
You saved your family in exchange for erasing me, and you became the Emperor!
You have the whole world!
And now you shamelessly want me to do something about it!
As she barely held back her tears and left the bedroom, Adele ran into Leana, who was leaning against the wall.
“You heard everything, right?”
She was a member of the wolf clan, so she would have good ears.
Leana nodded.
“You weren’t it? You intercepted my letter....”
It was a useless question. But she was still curious.
Leana stared at Adele with eyes that resembled Christine’s.
“Yes.”
She seemed to have no guilt as she admitted with a calm expression. She didn’t seem to be jealous of Adele either.
That was why Adele was able to stay calm.
“Why...?”
“He forgot you, and the war couldn’t be stopped. If he had received that letter, he would have only been miserable and would have made the same choice in the end. He was responsible for countless lives.”
Adele, who had been glaring at Leana, let out a twisted laugh.
“No matter how plausible you try to make it, you can’t fool yourself. You were afraid that he would be taken away from you.”
At that moment, Leana’s calm expression rippled.
“I’m sorry, Adele. But you have a happy family now. He’s all I have.”
“Foolish Leana. He’s not yours.”
Adele stabbed Leana in the chest and turned around.
Her throat burned.
The pain in his heart was still terrible. It felt like thorny rose vines were tightly wrapping around him, squeezing him.
“Adele...”
Even in the midst of all that, Christine tried not to forget. That one woman.
Adele.
My lover, whom I had abandoned.
Her endlessly deep green eyes.
“Your Majesty, are you awake?”
Leana quickly approached him.
But Christine’s vision was blurry, so he couldn’t see who she was. However, his heart fluttered at the scent of longing lingering in his nostrils.
He remembered the moments he had shared with this scent.
Yes, when the cherry blossoms bloomed by Lake Garden, you asked me to marry you.
No, was it when the roses bloomed?
“Adele...”
“Please stay a moment. At least I get you a drink...”
Christine found her small hand and held it tightly.
Every time a vague memory of her came to mind, hia heart felt as if it was being torn apart.
Even in the midst, he felt he couldn’t let her go.
It felt as if he let her go, he would become empty.
“Don’t go, Adele.”
“Your Majesty... I...”
“Adele. You can hate me for the rest of your life. Don’t erase me like that... please.”
He begged. He had nothing to be ashamed of or proud of in front of her.
She was another self.
“I will... How could I erase you? You are the only one I have...”
Leana held Christine’s hand tightly with both hands.
Unlike his sharp appearance, the hands of the man who had lived on the battlefield were rough and strong.
Leana really liked these hands. No, she really liked everything about him.
At first, it was because he resembled her father.
Like her father, brave, mature, and trustworthy.
However, as she became an adult, her feelings for him gradually changed.
It wasn’t enough for him to just pat her head and cheek.
“Christine...”
She looked at his face, wandering in her memories.
The man who had been so arrogant and merciless.
The monarch who was worshipped by everyone and ruled over everyone.
That man was now lying defenseless like this. That’s why she felt like she owned him completely at this moment.
She didn’t want anyone to take this perfect man away from her.
Leana carefully lowered her lips toward his lips.
But soon, she sighed in regret and stepped back.
“Foolish Leana. He's not yours.”
“What do you mean?”
“In exchange for saving his clan, he had to trade something as precious as life to him. They say magic always comes with a price. He probably hasn’t even remembered your face until now.”
“So then...?”
She remembered the day she first met Christine a few days ago. His eyes showed no emotion even after six years. That had been a huge wound to him...
“But it seems that the memories he had forgotten after meeting you have come back to him. That’s why he’s having such a hard time. He's been through so many dangerous situations in the past three days.”
Adele felt like crying.
She felt sorry for Christine, who was dying like this.
She felt resentful and resentful of him for completely erasing her.
It would have been better if she hadn’t known. Then she could have just hated him.
“So what do you want me to do?”
Zimmer opened his mouth heavily.
“As you know, this place is like the middle of enemy territory. If he doesn’t wake up like this, Liana might have to erase you again. So I think it would be better for both of us to stay away. But I still think I should let you know.”
“What happens to His Majesty is none of my concern.”
Adele was angry. She couldn’t approach him anymore, nor could she hate him.
When he showed up like this, almost dying, all she could hear was that she had to stay away to save him...
Zimmer bowed his head deeply to Adele.
“I’m sorry, Madam. The letter you sent must have gotten lost somewhere along the way. You must have made up the rumor that Aaron was Mark Castler’s child to protect him. Without knowing that, I briefly misunderstood that you betrayed His Majesty. I understand how worried you must have been.”
It would have been nice if Christine had said that.
But now, to him, it was just a forgotten relationship.
Adele barely managed to calmly answer.
“I only protected my child, and I will continue to do so. There is no reason for Sir Zimmer to hear such things. Well, that’s it.”
It was when Adele turned toward the door.
“Adele...”
A mournful voice came through her dry lips.
Just that alone made Adele feel as if her tightly held heart would crumble.
“There’s only one name he calls while in a coma. Adele.”
Don’t call me that...
Adele clenched her teeth and roughly pushed the door open.
You bastard! You son of a bitch!
What do you want me to do now?
You forgot everything!
You saved your family in exchange for erasing me, and you became the Emperor!
You have the whole world!
And now you shamelessly want me to do something about it!
***
As she barely held back her tears and left the bedroom, Adele ran into Leana, who was leaning against the wall.
“You heard everything, right?”
She was a member of the wolf clan, so she would have good ears.
Leana nodded.
“You weren’t it? You intercepted my letter....”
It was a useless question. But she was still curious.
Leana stared at Adele with eyes that resembled Christine’s.
“Yes.”
She seemed to have no guilt as she admitted with a calm expression. She didn’t seem to be jealous of Adele either.
That was why Adele was able to stay calm.
“Why...?”
“He forgot you, and the war couldn’t be stopped. If he had received that letter, he would have only been miserable and would have made the same choice in the end. He was responsible for countless lives.”
Adele, who had been glaring at Leana, let out a twisted laugh.
“No matter how plausible you try to make it, you can’t fool yourself. You were afraid that he would be taken away from you.”
At that moment, Leana’s calm expression rippled.
“I’m sorry, Adele. But you have a happy family now. He’s all I have.”
“Foolish Leana. He’s not yours.”
Adele stabbed Leana in the chest and turned around.
***
Her throat burned.
The pain in his heart was still terrible. It felt like thorny rose vines were tightly wrapping around him, squeezing him.
“Adele...”
Even in the midst of all that, Christine tried not to forget. That one woman.
Adele.
My lover, whom I had abandoned.
Her endlessly deep green eyes.
“Your Majesty, are you awake?”
Leana quickly approached him.
But Christine’s vision was blurry, so he couldn’t see who she was. However, his heart fluttered at the scent of longing lingering in his nostrils.
He remembered the moments he had shared with this scent.
Yes, when the cherry blossoms bloomed by Lake Garden, you asked me to marry you.
No, was it when the roses bloomed?
“Adele...”
“Please stay a moment. At least I get you a drink...”
Christine found her small hand and held it tightly.
Every time a vague memory of her came to mind, hia heart felt as if it was being torn apart.
Even in the midst, he felt he couldn’t let her go.
It felt as if he let her go, he would become empty.
“Don’t go, Adele.”
“Your Majesty... I...”
“Adele. You can hate me for the rest of your life. Don’t erase me like that... please.”
He begged. He had nothing to be ashamed of or proud of in front of her.
She was another self.
“I will... How could I erase you? You are the only one I have...”
Leana held Christine’s hand tightly with both hands.
Unlike his sharp appearance, the hands of the man who had lived on the battlefield were rough and strong.
Leana really liked these hands. No, she really liked everything about him.
At first, it was because he resembled her father.
Like her father, brave, mature, and trustworthy.
However, as she became an adult, her feelings for him gradually changed.
It wasn’t enough for him to just pat her head and cheek.
“Christine...”
She looked at his face, wandering in her memories.
The man who had been so arrogant and merciless.
The monarch who was worshipped by everyone and ruled over everyone.
That man was now lying defenseless like this. That’s why she felt like she owned him completely at this moment.
She didn’t want anyone to take this perfect man away from her.
Leana carefully lowered her lips toward his lips.
But soon, she sighed in regret and stepped back.
“Foolish Leana. He's not yours.”
She already knew. The only name he called while he was in a coma was Adele.
She was the one who had been by his side the most for six years.
No matter how beautiful she had become, she would always be young Leana to him.
At that moment, Christine’s large hand patted her head. As if praising Leana for giving up.
Could it be?
As the surprised Leana looked at him in confusion, he said with unfocused eyes and a hoarse voice,
“Good job, kid.”
Yes, to him, she would always be a kid.
She was the one who had been by his side the most for six years.
No matter how beautiful she had become, she would always be young Leana to him.
At that moment, Christine’s large hand patted her head. As if praising Leana for giving up.
Could it be?
As the surprised Leana looked at him in confusion, he said with unfocused eyes and a hoarse voice,
“Good job, kid.”
Yes, to him, she would always be a kid.
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