TCIWTFY - Part 2 Chapter 160

"Are Katzen's knights blind? A knight from another country is trying to attack the imperial family, but they just watch idly!"

A calm yet never weak voice resonated in everyone's ears.

At the same time, Western Empress's eyes trembled violently as she raised her head to confirm the owner of the shadow.

"It's rude! Where do you dare to touch it!"

Soon, Western Empress violently slammed the man who surrounded her like a fire.

Slap!

Then she slammed his cheek hard.

"I am the Empress of this empire. Why do you dare to stand in my way!"

It was a furious reaction that was not typical of the always noble and restrained Western Empress. And to a well-intentioned partner who tried to protect him.

"Your Majesty, please believe me."

Immediately after slapping the man, she looked at the reaction of Perdiccas II, not the man who protected her.

"For me, there is only Your Majesty. Only Your Majesty-"

The Western Empress hurriedly approached and complained, but Perdiccas II's expression did not waver anymore.

"There are so many who want to save you."

The Emperor's low tone was filled with mockery.

"Even if it's not a burden. It's very rewarding to see people who care about the Empress so much that they can block it even with the sword blade."

At the voice that made her jealous, Western Empress barely swallowed the rising despair and the sighs that were about to burst.

"Everyone... Isn't it thanks to His Majesty's grace? Because of the grace and love that His Majesty has bestowed upon my daughter, they are worried about Your Majesty, not me."

However, her smooth father could not quench the Emperor's anger at all.

If she had been a rational Western Empress, when this last attempt had failed, she would have put an end to the situation and promised a future.

However, she was shaken by the appearance of the man.

The moment you face someone you once loved with all your youth, whom you thought you had erased, but in fact you have never forgotten them.

"For me, there is only Your Majesty for the rest of my life."

She realized that what she was saying was a lie.

Therefore, the impatience to get rid of doubts and not to find out about her lies drove the Emperor even more.

"Your Majesty, no. I don't know..."

Western Empress pointed to Menil and the man and hurriedly approached the throne.

"Your Majesty severely punishes those reckless people who tried to sprinkle filth on my Innocence."

Western Empress went beyond denying her relationship with the man and tried to get rid of him.

However. Perdiccas II had already heard the man's name a little earlier.

"Catherine!"

And soon, he noticed.

"You...!"

The man was once a promising little Duke of Katzen.

The fact that he was the fiancé of the Countess of Montfort.

"These are."

In an instant, they heard the sound of the rope of reason breaking in the Emperor's head. Flames flew in his red eyes.

"Are you still trying to deceive me in front of him!"

The Emperor roughly shook the Western Empress's hand.

In his hand was a golden staff.

"Aa-!"

The Western Empress was hit by the staff and thrown down the platform.

The hem of her gorgeous dress seemed to swing precariously into the air, and the Western Empress, who had fallen to the ground, let out a painful moan.

Her beautifully styled hair was disheveled, and red marks appeared on her delicate skin.

The dress was even stained with blood stains from Menil a while ago.

It was a miserable shape that could not be imagined as the noble Empress, who always looked down on people.

"...Your Majesty."

Rather than the pain of being hit by the cane, people's surprised eyes left a breath of life on Western Empress's high pride.

No matter how fickle the Emperor's mood was in heaven and earth, everyone was at a loss for words and froze in an unexpected situation that even abandoned the owner of the inner palace.

They went out to help the Western Empress, but everyone shrank back for fear that the current sparks would fly at them as well.

Neither Juan, the son of Western Empress, nor his father, Count Montfort, could open their mouths.

"Dare... Hey, hey..."

Perdiccas II did not intend to react so violently, so he was embarrassed by his reaction.

It was then.

Tubuk, tubuk 

The sound of shoe heels, without hesitation, pounded Western Empress's heart.

Soon, a dark shadow fell on her as she collapsed.

"How ruthless the Emperor of Katzen is, even the weak woman who has been with him all his life!"

In this place, where everyone except the Emperor seemed to have frozen, the man had no hesitation.

A hard hand grabbed her arm and lifted her up.

'No.'

At the same time, a silent moan leaked out of the corner of Western Empress's mouth.

This damn man hasn't changed over the years.

It's so upright that you can't even see the numbers piled up in between.

'If you were like this now...'

It's not about protecting me. It's about pushing me into a deeper quagmire!

"...I beg you. Your Majesty. Please forgive me. Alfred, how can you be so rude... Hurry up and apologize to Your Majesty and Her Majesty the Western Empress, and what are you doing without stepping down?"

The nobleman of Katzen, who hurriedly approached, grabbed the man as if he were drying him and bowed his head to the Emperor.

However, the man stood upright and made eye contact with Perdicas II as if he were challenging him head-on.

"Now, the Supreme Lord of the Empire will even send envoys from other countries? If the sun does not set in a lifetime, you are confident that your arrogance will last forever!"

"Alfred, are you crazy?!"

As if he could not hear the voice of his astonished friend, as if he was not afraid of the explosive mania of Perdiccas II, the man's voice echoed clearly in the banquet hall.

Before they knew it, the chatter about the company grew in the crowd.

"Alfie, Alfred. Where do you think you heard about it?"

"If it's Alfred... Oh, that man..."

An elderly, middle-aged nobleman in the crowd had a twinkle in his eyes.

"He looks like the Grand Duke of Carlyle? The heir who studied with the imperial family and nobles and suddenly gave up all his positions and left..."

"Is he leaving? Why the hell is that golden place? Did he get into an accident?"

"No, the Grand Duke was different from those debauchers. However, I heard that he fell in love with painting and had a feud with his father all the time, and eventually gave up his position and left..."

Someone scratched their head. Even as he spoke, he seemed to be long-winded.

"But I think that was around the time when Western Empress entered the palace..."

People exchanged glances for a moment.

Is that the man who exchanged secret letters with the Western Empress?

Then...

Perhaps the reason why the Grand Duke left Katzen at that time was because of the Western Empress? In the sense of rebellion against his fiancée, who left him and chose power.

And the fiancée still can't forget the Grand Duke, and in the end, like this....

Amid the blooming circumstances, the man finally supported the Western Empress and stood up from his seat.

Faintly, the familiar scent brushed against the tip of her nose again, and Western Empress closed her eyes tightly as if groaning.

The image was captured in the field of vision of Perdiccas II.

Even though they are wearing different clothes, the two men and women look quite well.

Even though Western Empress was humble, she still had an aristocratic dignity, and the company was also dignified and spirited as if it had defied the years.

The Emperor's eyes flashed again.

Perdiccas II was a man who felt Inferior even in the youth of his descendants.

If only his peers, who once enjoyed the same youth as him and now have to face a shabby and debilitating end like him, are shining so strongly.

How can he not feel inferior?

Veins rose above the back of the Emperor's hand, which grabbed the armrest.

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