“It’s been a while.”
Bellos said to Logan as he entered the Magic Tower’s laboratory using teleportation.
“I’ve been waiting for news. How long do you plan on staying in the Lapion Empire?”
Although they only occasionally exchanged news via crows, it had been a long time since Bellos visited the Magic Tower himself.
Bellos couldn’t just smile at Logan, who welcomed him so warmly.
His daughter, Bonis, had died.
It was time to tell him how she died and why.
However, he couldn’t easily open his mouth when he thought of the wounds Logan would suffer.
He could have easily felt guilty, not to mention the loss of his daughter.
Bellos first made an ointment to treat Zelda’s wounds from the imprint, and then carefully approached Logan.
“Come and sit down. I have something to tell you.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
“Actually, Bonis was among the group that accompanied Her Majesty the Empress to Tebello.”
“Oh, I see. Since they were young, Her Majesty the Empress and Bonis were very close.”
Logan smiled faintly.
That smile would soon disappear.
Bellos spoke with difficulty, his face dark.
“While moving... Bonis... died.”
“...What are you talking about?”
Logan continued to smile, unable to understand his master’s words.
However, as Bellos’s gloomy expression continued, Logan’s face hardened.
“Who died? Bonis, my daughter? What on earth are you talking about! Why her?!”
The voice was as if it could not be true.
“Yes. I am truly sorry that I could not protect her.”
Bellos bowed his head to Logan and apologized.
“Ah... No, that doesn’t make sense! It’s not like there was a war on the way to the Tebello Empire, and the rest of the party returned to the Lapion Empire alive and well!”
Logan raised his voice, his lips trembling.
"Why did only my daughter die?! What on earth happened!”
Logan, who had been excited about meeting Bonis soon, could not accept the reality.
Gradually, Logan burst into tears as the sadness of losing his daughter became real.
After crying for an hour, he sat blankly staring out the window for another hour.
Bellos just sat there silently waiting for Logan to calm down.
After two hours, Logan met Bellos’ eyes again.
“How did it happen...?”
Logan’s eyes were empty as he asked about his daughter’s death.
“You know that the pirates of the Principality of Aklatto and Tanya Island joined forces to isolate the guests from each country who were participating in the Continental Hunting Competition.”
“Yes, I know.”
That was why he had received threats from Roxana regarding Bonis’ safety.
“Her Majesty the Empress and her party left the monastery just before the Allied Forces arrived at the monastery. Some of the Allied Forces found us and chased us.”
“They couldn’t have been Bonis!”
“Yes. A man named Commander Macrom, Her Majesty’s bodyguard, fell from his horse, and Bonis was helping him when he was hit by an arrow fired by the Allied Forces...”
Logan’s gaze fell weakly on Bellos’s explanation.
“I was just waiting to see my daughter. She must have resented me so much...”
Logan began to sob again.
“Bonis was also waiting to meet you.”
“Yes? What is that...? She must not have known whether I was alive or dead?”
“Roxana.”
“?!”
“It seems Roxana met your daughter and talked to her.”
“Damn it!”
It seemed like he had a rough idea of the situation.
Both father and daughter were surprised by Roxana’s threat at the same time.
The vial Logan had been fiddling with broke in his hand.
“But Bonis wouldn’t give Her Majesty the drink containing the magical amnesia potion.”
It was a potion that Logan had made under Roxana’s threat.
Logan just listened blankly to what Bellos added.
The father and daughter had become Roxana’s puppets for each other’s safety.
But at the time, there was no way to refuse.
It was a matter of life and death for both of the daughters and their fathers.
It was an inevitable choice for both of them.
In the end, one of the father's and the daughter’s lives ended up dying.
“Roxana... I will definitely destroy her with my own hands!”
Logan said with determination.
First, he had to find a way to approach Roxana again.
“Where are you going?”
“Sleep longer. It’s still a long way to go before the sun rises.”
Zelda also woke up when Linel got up from her bed in the early morning.
“Are you leaving this early?”
She said, still half asleep, as she grabbed his hand.
“I don’t want to see Prince Tesla’s face so early in the morning either.”
He bent down again and placed Zelda’s head on his arm.
“What will happen to Prince Tesla?”
“I want to decapitate him right away, but international law says that a direct royal family member cannot be executed by another country.”
“You’ve already beaten him to death, so is that okay?”
“The Kingdom of Shattonil will protest. There’s no way in history that someone else’s Prince would have dug up corn. It’ll be recorded in history.”
“If it’s an achievement, then it’s an achievement.”
“The evaluation will be made by future generations. Don’t worry too much.”
“The person who dug up the corn should worry about it. I didn’t.”
He snickered at my words, then changed his expression and asked seriously.
“If it was going to be like that, why didn’t you just tell me everything without me even being able to testify?”
“Hehe, Magic Tower Lord said I shouldn’t laugh. You shouldn’t make me laugh.”
I shrugged my shoulders and laughed, then forced the corners of my mouth down.
“Yes, you listen to Magic Tower Lord well, ma’am.”
He said sarcastically and lightly pinched my cheek.
“When your memories briefly returned yesterday.”
I was about to ask, but he spoke first.
“Oh, that’s right. What memories came to you yesterday?”
“You kept pestering me to have a child.”
My throat heated up at Linel’s words.
“I... did that happen?”
“That’s right. You were so desperate for me that it seemed like there wasn’t a single night when I wasn’t exhausted from your passion.”
Bellos said to Logan as he entered the Magic Tower’s laboratory using teleportation.
“I’ve been waiting for news. How long do you plan on staying in the Lapion Empire?”
Although they only occasionally exchanged news via crows, it had been a long time since Bellos visited the Magic Tower himself.
Bellos couldn’t just smile at Logan, who welcomed him so warmly.
His daughter, Bonis, had died.
It was time to tell him how she died and why.
However, he couldn’t easily open his mouth when he thought of the wounds Logan would suffer.
He could have easily felt guilty, not to mention the loss of his daughter.
Bellos first made an ointment to treat Zelda’s wounds from the imprint, and then carefully approached Logan.
“Come and sit down. I have something to tell you.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
“Actually, Bonis was among the group that accompanied Her Majesty the Empress to Tebello.”
“Oh, I see. Since they were young, Her Majesty the Empress and Bonis were very close.”
Logan smiled faintly.
That smile would soon disappear.
Bellos spoke with difficulty, his face dark.
“While moving... Bonis... died.”
“...What are you talking about?”
Logan continued to smile, unable to understand his master’s words.
However, as Bellos’s gloomy expression continued, Logan’s face hardened.
“Who died? Bonis, my daughter? What on earth are you talking about! Why her?!”
The voice was as if it could not be true.
“Yes. I am truly sorry that I could not protect her.”
Bellos bowed his head to Logan and apologized.
“Ah... No, that doesn’t make sense! It’s not like there was a war on the way to the Tebello Empire, and the rest of the party returned to the Lapion Empire alive and well!”
Logan raised his voice, his lips trembling.
"Why did only my daughter die?! What on earth happened!”
Logan, who had been excited about meeting Bonis soon, could not accept the reality.
Gradually, Logan burst into tears as the sadness of losing his daughter became real.
After crying for an hour, he sat blankly staring out the window for another hour.
Bellos just sat there silently waiting for Logan to calm down.
After two hours, Logan met Bellos’ eyes again.
“How did it happen...?”
Logan’s eyes were empty as he asked about his daughter’s death.
“You know that the pirates of the Principality of Aklatto and Tanya Island joined forces to isolate the guests from each country who were participating in the Continental Hunting Competition.”
“Yes, I know.”
That was why he had received threats from Roxana regarding Bonis’ safety.
“Her Majesty the Empress and her party left the monastery just before the Allied Forces arrived at the monastery. Some of the Allied Forces found us and chased us.”
“They couldn’t have been Bonis!”
“Yes. A man named Commander Macrom, Her Majesty’s bodyguard, fell from his horse, and Bonis was helping him when he was hit by an arrow fired by the Allied Forces...”
Logan’s gaze fell weakly on Bellos’s explanation.
“I was just waiting to see my daughter. She must have resented me so much...”
Logan began to sob again.
“Bonis was also waiting to meet you.”
“Yes? What is that...? She must not have known whether I was alive or dead?”
“Roxana.”
“?!”
“It seems Roxana met your daughter and talked to her.”
“Damn it!”
It seemed like he had a rough idea of the situation.
Both father and daughter were surprised by Roxana’s threat at the same time.
The vial Logan had been fiddling with broke in his hand.
“But Bonis wouldn’t give Her Majesty the drink containing the magical amnesia potion.”
It was a potion that Logan had made under Roxana’s threat.
Logan just listened blankly to what Bellos added.
The father and daughter had become Roxana’s puppets for each other’s safety.
But at the time, there was no way to refuse.
It was a matter of life and death for both of the daughters and their fathers.
It was an inevitable choice for both of them.
In the end, one of the father's and the daughter’s lives ended up dying.
“Roxana... I will definitely destroy her with my own hands!”
Logan said with determination.
First, he had to find a way to approach Roxana again.
***
“Where are you going?”
“Sleep longer. It’s still a long way to go before the sun rises.”
Zelda also woke up when Linel got up from her bed in the early morning.
“Are you leaving this early?”
She said, still half asleep, as she grabbed his hand.
“I don’t want to see Prince Tesla’s face so early in the morning either.”
He bent down again and placed Zelda’s head on his arm.
“What will happen to Prince Tesla?”
“I want to decapitate him right away, but international law says that a direct royal family member cannot be executed by another country.”
“You’ve already beaten him to death, so is that okay?”
“The Kingdom of Shattonil will protest. There’s no way in history that someone else’s Prince would have dug up corn. It’ll be recorded in history.”
“If it’s an achievement, then it’s an achievement.”
“The evaluation will be made by future generations. Don’t worry too much.”
“The person who dug up the corn should worry about it. I didn’t.”
He snickered at my words, then changed his expression and asked seriously.
“If it was going to be like that, why didn’t you just tell me everything without me even being able to testify?”
“Hehe, Magic Tower Lord said I shouldn’t laugh. You shouldn’t make me laugh.”
I shrugged my shoulders and laughed, then forced the corners of my mouth down.
“Yes, you listen to Magic Tower Lord well, ma’am.”
He said sarcastically and lightly pinched my cheek.
“When your memories briefly returned yesterday.”
I was about to ask, but he spoke first.
“Oh, that’s right. What memories came to you yesterday?”
“You kept pestering me to have a child.”
My throat heated up at Linel’s words.
“I... did that happen?”
“That’s right. You were so desperate for me that it seemed like there wasn’t a single night when I wasn’t exhausted from your passion.”
I couldn’t bring myself to retort, “Are you lying? There’s no way I would do that!”
I indeed like children, and I couldn’t just leave such a wonderful husband alone, and my actions were naturally portrayed in the words that I rushed at him.
It was a pretty believable story.
However, he smiled brightly as he watched me nod without any doubt.
“Your Majesty, your memories of me came back to you twice, but why haven’t I had any?”
The smile disappeared from his face at my question.
Was it because he felt bad that he was the only one who had memories?
“...Well, there’s nothing special about it... I don’t know.”
“You don’t know that you know and aren’t telling me, do you?”
His eyes moved here and there at the thoughtless joke.
That’s a bit strange.
Do you really know how to recall memories and aren’t telling me?
When I looked closely at his face, he laughed again and changed the subject.
“When will this wound heal, Magic Tower Lord, who has a deep friendship with my wife?”
Linel asked, looking down at my heart area.
“Well? He said that my heart became normal as soon as the imprinting was done. Shouldn’t the wound on the surface of my skin heal?”
“He told you not to laugh for a while.”
“I’ll ask him again today.”
I whispered meaningfully.
“When can I make love to my husband again...?”
“Make love...? I can’t ask, right? Yeah, that won’t work. Right?”
He asked and answered himself in a low voice that scratched his vocal cords.
Sparks flew as our eyes met, filled with regret.
“Wasn’t there another memory?”
I asked, sitting on his thighs.
“Lady Zelda, this is difficult...”
Even though I said that, his two hands were already supporting my waist, helping me maintain a stable posture.
“You said you wanted to have a child, but you’re showing passion today, ma’am?”
“If you know, don’t pull away, and I ask for your active cooperation in the future.”
Zelda put her arms around his neck and whispered.
“I’ll cooperate 24 hours a day, so recover quickly. In fact, you won’t have to use any force.”
His hand slowly approached my left chest.
“Hey, where are you hurt? Is your heart?”
I squinted my eyes as I slapped away his approaching hand.
“You can’t touch the wound directly. So you just wander around the area. Like the magician you befriended.”
“...”
He really is a man with a long aftertaste.
I buried my face in his neck and giggled softly.
His jealousy was as sweet as a fruit.
I liked him being jealous, so I wanted to provoke his jealousy on purpose, but if I did that, Magic Tower Lord would end up like Prince Tesla.
Oh, that shouldn’t be the case.
I shook my head, imagining Magic Tower Lord's face without his front teeth.
Then my eyes met with his, who would still look handsome even without his front teeth.
As I looked at his face, I thought about what it would be like if children who resembled him hovered around me all day long.
Just imagining it would be so lovely.
“I think it would be great to have a child who resembles Your Majesty.”
“No, I want them to resemble you.”
He was taken aback for a moment by my unexpected remark, and then answered seriously.
“Really?”
“Yeah, if your looks are too outstanding, that’s a headache.”
“Well, I guess that’s true...”
Wait, there was something in his words that got on my nerves.
“What you meant was, ‘If they resemble my face, you won’t have any headaches.’ Is that what you meant? No, that’s what you meant. Right?”
“Is that so? Hahaha. I want my son to resemble you and my daughter to resemble me.”
Those words felt strangely unpleasant.
Does saying that you want your daughter to resemble you mean that you are prettier than I?
I glared at him.
“Why do you want your son to resemble me?”
“A man just has to be strong. Even if he has a pretty face, he just causes trouble. Like me.”
“...Do you mind if your daughter has a bad personality?”
“You mean... If she resembles me, she has a bad personality, or something like that? No, that’s what you meant, right?”
I just smiled positively at his questioning voice.
“You said it yourself, do you think that just because you have a pretty face, you have a good personality?”
“...”
“If you have a good face and a good personality, people will criticize you.”
He raised his voice.
“Anyway, here’s the conclusion. I want my children to resemble their father in appearance and their mother in personality.”
“But what if it’s the other way around?”
I tilted my head and asked worriedly.
“Then we must continue to bear children. If only your stamina allows it.”
His hands on my waist began to gain strength.
“Don’t worry about my stamina. As long as my husband’s passion doesn’t cool down, there’s no problem.”
“Don’t you know? I’ve always been this kind of person.”
Linel grabbed my hand and headed off somewhere.
My face flushed at his health.
My face was probably redder than the rising sun.
His face was just as red.
“You have to always light me up like a fire that never goes out. Got it?”
“Heh, you did the imprinting, so why are you telling me to light the fire?”
My lips were in his blue eyes.
I slowly brought my lips to his and kissed him like a ship drifting through the blue sea.
I could hear the sound of waves crashing between our lips.
Linel left Zelda’s quarters and headed toward the spire where Prince Tesla was imprisoned.
It was completely bright when he arrived at the spire. When he entered the spire, it was completely dark inside.
“Prince Tesla has been sent to the dungeon.”
said Commander Macrom, who had spent the night in the spire.
“Well done. The sunlight coming in through the small window is a waste.”
“And the palace doctor is currently checking on Prince Tesla.”
“A palace doctor?”
Linel had never ordered the palace doctor to check on Prince Tesla.
“The secretary should at least make him look like a person before he is tried...”
Yes, he thought that was Raphael’s idea.
“I agree with you, sir. The kingdom of Shattonil might try to get away with it by using the Prince’s condition as an excuse.”
It made sense.
“So, how is the garbage?”
“Ten teeth are knocked out, all the cut limbs are stitched up, and the face is badly swollen from the collapse of the clown.”
“Good.”
“But that’s not the problem, Your Majesty.”
“Why, what else is wrong?”
“Check it yourself.”
Commander Macrom led him to the dungeon.
“This is the room. Would you like to come in?”
Commander Macrom asked in front of the iron door in the far corner of the dungeon. Linel gave a short reply.
“Open.”
The guard standing guard right next to the iron gate quickly opened it.
The sound of the gate opening echoed darkly in the basement.
The court doctor, who had just examined Prince Tesla’s physical condition, bowed at the appearance of the Emperor.
Linel pulled up a chair and sat down.
“Report.”
Commander Macrom told the court doctor.
Prince Tesla, who had been curled up on the bed with swollen eyes, jumped up after checking Linel’s face.
“Your Majesty! What if you cut off the lineage of the Kingdom of Shattonil?”
Prince Tesla wailed with his front teeth missing.
“What are you talking about when I haven’t even cut off your head yet?”
He asked Prince Tesla with a contemptuous look.
Then the court doctor spoke to him in a panic.
“It seems that Prince Tesla will not be able to have children in the future.”
“...What do you mean?”
“H-His testicles have burst!”
The court doctor said, lowering his head.
I indeed like children, and I couldn’t just leave such a wonderful husband alone, and my actions were naturally portrayed in the words that I rushed at him.
It was a pretty believable story.
However, he smiled brightly as he watched me nod without any doubt.
“Your Majesty, your memories of me came back to you twice, but why haven’t I had any?”
The smile disappeared from his face at my question.
Was it because he felt bad that he was the only one who had memories?
“...Well, there’s nothing special about it... I don’t know.”
“You don’t know that you know and aren’t telling me, do you?”
His eyes moved here and there at the thoughtless joke.
That’s a bit strange.
Do you really know how to recall memories and aren’t telling me?
When I looked closely at his face, he laughed again and changed the subject.
“When will this wound heal, Magic Tower Lord, who has a deep friendship with my wife?”
Linel asked, looking down at my heart area.
“Well? He said that my heart became normal as soon as the imprinting was done. Shouldn’t the wound on the surface of my skin heal?”
“He told you not to laugh for a while.”
“I’ll ask him again today.”
I whispered meaningfully.
“When can I make love to my husband again...?”
“Make love...? I can’t ask, right? Yeah, that won’t work. Right?”
He asked and answered himself in a low voice that scratched his vocal cords.
Sparks flew as our eyes met, filled with regret.
“Wasn’t there another memory?”
I asked, sitting on his thighs.
“Lady Zelda, this is difficult...”
Even though I said that, his two hands were already supporting my waist, helping me maintain a stable posture.
“You said you wanted to have a child, but you’re showing passion today, ma’am?”
“If you know, don’t pull away, and I ask for your active cooperation in the future.”
Zelda put her arms around his neck and whispered.
“I’ll cooperate 24 hours a day, so recover quickly. In fact, you won’t have to use any force.”
His hand slowly approached my left chest.
“Hey, where are you hurt? Is your heart?”
I squinted my eyes as I slapped away his approaching hand.
“You can’t touch the wound directly. So you just wander around the area. Like the magician you befriended.”
“...”
He really is a man with a long aftertaste.
I buried my face in his neck and giggled softly.
His jealousy was as sweet as a fruit.
I liked him being jealous, so I wanted to provoke his jealousy on purpose, but if I did that, Magic Tower Lord would end up like Prince Tesla.
Oh, that shouldn’t be the case.
I shook my head, imagining Magic Tower Lord's face without his front teeth.
Then my eyes met with his, who would still look handsome even without his front teeth.
As I looked at his face, I thought about what it would be like if children who resembled him hovered around me all day long.
Just imagining it would be so lovely.
“I think it would be great to have a child who resembles Your Majesty.”
“No, I want them to resemble you.”
He was taken aback for a moment by my unexpected remark, and then answered seriously.
“Really?”
“Yeah, if your looks are too outstanding, that’s a headache.”
“Well, I guess that’s true...”
Wait, there was something in his words that got on my nerves.
“What you meant was, ‘If they resemble my face, you won’t have any headaches.’ Is that what you meant? No, that’s what you meant. Right?”
“Is that so? Hahaha. I want my son to resemble you and my daughter to resemble me.”
Those words felt strangely unpleasant.
Does saying that you want your daughter to resemble you mean that you are prettier than I?
I glared at him.
“Why do you want your son to resemble me?”
“A man just has to be strong. Even if he has a pretty face, he just causes trouble. Like me.”
“...Do you mind if your daughter has a bad personality?”
“You mean... If she resembles me, she has a bad personality, or something like that? No, that’s what you meant, right?”
I just smiled positively at his questioning voice.
“You said it yourself, do you think that just because you have a pretty face, you have a good personality?”
“...”
“If you have a good face and a good personality, people will criticize you.”
He raised his voice.
“Anyway, here’s the conclusion. I want my children to resemble their father in appearance and their mother in personality.”
“But what if it’s the other way around?”
I tilted my head and asked worriedly.
“Then we must continue to bear children. If only your stamina allows it.”
His hands on my waist began to gain strength.
“Don’t worry about my stamina. As long as my husband’s passion doesn’t cool down, there’s no problem.”
“Don’t you know? I’ve always been this kind of person.”
Linel grabbed my hand and headed off somewhere.
My face flushed at his health.
My face was probably redder than the rising sun.
His face was just as red.
“You have to always light me up like a fire that never goes out. Got it?”
“Heh, you did the imprinting, so why are you telling me to light the fire?”
My lips were in his blue eyes.
I slowly brought my lips to his and kissed him like a ship drifting through the blue sea.
I could hear the sound of waves crashing between our lips.
***
Linel left Zelda’s quarters and headed toward the spire where Prince Tesla was imprisoned.
It was completely bright when he arrived at the spire. When he entered the spire, it was completely dark inside.
“Prince Tesla has been sent to the dungeon.”
said Commander Macrom, who had spent the night in the spire.
“Well done. The sunlight coming in through the small window is a waste.”
“And the palace doctor is currently checking on Prince Tesla.”
“A palace doctor?”
Linel had never ordered the palace doctor to check on Prince Tesla.
“The secretary should at least make him look like a person before he is tried...”
Yes, he thought that was Raphael’s idea.
“I agree with you, sir. The kingdom of Shattonil might try to get away with it by using the Prince’s condition as an excuse.”
It made sense.
“So, how is the garbage?”
“Ten teeth are knocked out, all the cut limbs are stitched up, and the face is badly swollen from the collapse of the clown.”
“Good.”
“But that’s not the problem, Your Majesty.”
“Why, what else is wrong?”
“Check it yourself.”
Commander Macrom led him to the dungeon.
“This is the room. Would you like to come in?”
Commander Macrom asked in front of the iron door in the far corner of the dungeon. Linel gave a short reply.
“Open.”
The guard standing guard right next to the iron gate quickly opened it.
The sound of the gate opening echoed darkly in the basement.
The court doctor, who had just examined Prince Tesla’s physical condition, bowed at the appearance of the Emperor.
Linel pulled up a chair and sat down.
“Report.”
Commander Macrom told the court doctor.
Prince Tesla, who had been curled up on the bed with swollen eyes, jumped up after checking Linel’s face.
“Your Majesty! What if you cut off the lineage of the Kingdom of Shattonil?”
Prince Tesla wailed with his front teeth missing.
“What are you talking about when I haven’t even cut off your head yet?”
He asked Prince Tesla with a contemptuous look.
Then the court doctor spoke to him in a panic.
“It seems that Prince Tesla will not be able to have children in the future.”
“...What do you mean?”
“H-His testicles have burst!”
The court doctor said, lowering his head.
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