Kavala whispered various stories into the Emperor's ear for a long time.
The Emperor nodded to her story, caressing Kavala's hand like a good child.
Kavala, who was looking at the Emperor's submissive appearance with satisfaction, finished all the stories he had planned and secretly added one more.
“Your Majesty, the position of Empress has been vacant for a long time, and it is time for you to give it to me.”
Then she gently stroked the Emperor's arm.
The Emperor was lying on his back in Kavala's arms with his eyes half closed, but at the word "Empress," he opened his eyes and looked at Kavala.
"Empress..."
“Yes, that’s right, Your Majesty.”
Kavala's smile deepened.
The Emperor raised his hand and cupped Kavala's cheek.
“Empress, Empress Lydia...”
Kavala's expression hardened when he heard the name Lydia.
At the same time, the Emperor's hazy eyes gradually came into focus.
“Empress Lydia, where did the Empress go? The Empress...”
The Emperor opened his mouth slightly in surprise, as if he had been touching another woman's cheek, and rolled his eyes in search of Empress Lydia.
Then, the Emperor met Kavala's eyes again and tried to push her away, his body slumped.
“Kavala...! Kavala, that woman is a monster... That woman is a monster...!”
Although he thought of her when he saw Kavala, he didn't seem to think that what was in front of him was Kavala herself.
Kavala twisted her lips and clicked her tongue.
“Why do I always get stuck here?”
No matter how much one tried to charm the Emperor with sorcery, it always lost its power at this point.
Even though she had gotten everything from the Emperor, there was one thing she could not get: the position of Empress.
“If anyone saw you, they would think you were a very loving husband, Your Majesty.”
Kavala mocked the Emperor.
If you were to ask whether the Emperor cared for and loved Chloe's biological mother, Empress Lydia, that would not be the case.
It's just that the formula that the Empress is Lydia is firmly established in his mind.
He had affairs with many women, even when Lydia was alive.
Enjoying women was not an act of Kavala's delusion, but simply a habit and hobby of the Emperor.
So Kavala is even more twisted.
“You should put that ghost down.”
At this point, she even started to think that maybe the dead Lydia was hovering around the Emperor, holding on to the position of Empress and not giving it up.
It was annoying.
Kavala knew that the nobles were talking nonsense about why the Empress's position was still vacant, and whether there was something wrong with Kavala that had not yet been made Empress.
Because of that, her position has not been secure, and she has been floating around like a forget-me-not, unable to take root anywhere.
She barely managed to keep herself from being swept away by the current by hanging onto Andrea, but now that Andrea was ruined, the nobles were desperate to create a current to push Kavala away without missing a single opportunity.
“Tsk.”
Kavala now caught the Emperor trying to come to his senses.
The red pattern on the Emperor's forehead, which had been struggling, shone like a brand and then disappeared.
It was a spell of illusion that Kavala had planted for a very long time.
The very same forbidden spell that was once used on the former Marquis Blanco.
"Huh...."
The Emperor, who had lost focus again, lost his strength and collapsed on the couch.
After pushing the Emperor away, Kavala looked a little anxious, shook her clothes, and pulled her hood up.
On the back of Kavala's hand, which was holding the hood, a wrinkle had appeared that had not been there before.
Kavala glanced down at the Emperor.
The Emperor stared blankly at Kavala, then, when his eyes met hers, he huffed in surprise and pointed at her.
“A monster... a hideous monster... a monster...!”
The current Emperor was not in his right mind.
Kavala, who didn't care what he said, felt ashamed of the insulting words he spoke about her old appearance due to forbidden magic.
The Emperor had already been enchanted for a long time, so she only needed to use enough strength to maintain the strength of the enchantment periodically.
So, instead of becoming an old woman with almost no life force like before, she had aged to the point where she had used up about five years of her lifespan, but Kavala trembled as if even that was terrifying.
"Shut up!"
Kavala, whose patience was exhausted by the rising shame, could no longer maintain her graceful and gentle demeanor and shouted fiercely.
The Emperor was tormented, covering his ears to the sharp voice of Kavala buzzing in his head.
“Ugh... Ugh...”
Leaving the emperor behind, Kavala pulled her hood down further to cover her face and hurried back to her quarters.
Kavala, who was in a hurry to hide her face even after seeing Dnieper welcoming her, ran into the bedroom and stood in front of the full-length mirror.
“Ahhh... My face...! My hands...!”
The face reflected in the mirror had lost some of its elasticity and had a wrinkle or two since she left the place a little while ago.
Kavala stroked her cheek, astonished at how her once smooth cheek had become sunken, and let out a short scream as she looked at her hands, which had become thick with knots.
It was a horrible sight that she couldn't get used to, even though she had seen it more than once or twice.
Seeing herself aged overnight reminded her of her own eventual death.
A fear gripped her, as if death were chasing her from right behind.
Kavala was startled and turned away from the mirror, pulling her hood back up.
“Dnieper! Dnieper!”
As she screamed for Dnieper, Dnieper, who had been waiting outside, ran into the bedroom.
Kavala turned away from Dnieper, panting, so as not to show his face to him.
“Save the woman! Now!”
Normally, Dnieper would have gone out without a word and complied with Kavala's request.
No, in the first place, before Kavala even gave such an order, he would have rescued the woman and put her in Kavala's bedroom.
But now, that is not the case.
“Sister, there are a lot of eyes watching you now, so you decided to hold out for a few days.”
The situation was such that they were demanding an explanation as to whether it was true that Kavala had conducted biological experiments outside the palace.
At this point, when the hyenas were watching with glaring eyes, trying to find Kavala's weakness, it was necessary to avoid anything that could make one fall prey to it.
Rescuing a young woman without any trouble was not as easy as it seemed.
In a situation where no one knew, it would be okay to be a little careful, but in a situation where she was under suspicion, it was a very difficult situation even for Dnieper.
So this time, he made a promise with Kavala to be patient to some extent.
However, when Kavala returned from the imperial palace, she became restless and irritable.
"I thought I could bear it. But I just can't stand it, Dnieper. Go ahead and...!"
Dnieper patted Kavala on the back.
Kavala flinched and grabbed her hood to cover her face.
“What are you doing?”
"Just a few days, just a few days, Sister. It won't be long before the world becomes quiet. When that happens, I'll bring a very young and vibrant woman right before you."
Dnieper removed or covered with cloth the countless mirrors in Kavala's room himself without bringing in maids.
The next day, the Emperor called a state council.
All nobles who had the right to attend the meeting gathered without exception.
The Emperor declared to the nobles who asked about the Kavala Academy for Black Magicians.
“It was all Chloe’s doing. She heard her brother had been ill for a long time, so I guess she coveted his position.”
The Emperor slammed the table.
“She is my daughter, but she is a very wicked woman.”
“So, are you saying that all the scary stories about biological experiments and such are lies?”
"Yes. I will personally punish Marchioness Rodrian, who used mana stones to deceive the wizards, fabricated false evidence, and attempted to embarrass the Empress and disrupt the order of the palace."
Since the Emperor had made such a statement and threatened to punish them, there were no nobles left who could step forward.
Even the Emperor gave one more clue that made everyone keep silent.
“To maintain a smooth relationship with the Magic Tower, I promise to confiscate all of Chloe’s mana stones and the Rosendal territory and return them to society.”
Just as the Kavala believed that filling one's stomach with sweets would be enough, the nobles remained silent about the Emperor's decision.
Giving back to society. That was such a nice thing to hear.
“You’re confiscating all of the Mana Stones and Rosendal territory?”
I was astonished and laughed at the sight of the Emperor's attendants and imperial knights from the palace.
I was astonished at the Emperor's behavior, which was to blame everything on me without even investigating the truth, and to make it seem like nothing had happened.
Confiscating the mana stones and returning them to society meant distributing them to the wizards to silence them.
Don't you think that even if you press down like that, Callius and I, who have no military power or support, won't be able to resist, so you're just going to come out recklessly?
Moreover, the fact that he gathered all the powerful nobles together at a state council and spoke like that was a silent pressure to make them stand in line, as the imperial family would never raise their hand.
“If you disobey His Majesty’s orders, we will have no choice but to use force.”
The servant spoke solemnly. It was a threat.
The Emperor nodded to her story, caressing Kavala's hand like a good child.
Kavala, who was looking at the Emperor's submissive appearance with satisfaction, finished all the stories he had planned and secretly added one more.
“Your Majesty, the position of Empress has been vacant for a long time, and it is time for you to give it to me.”
Then she gently stroked the Emperor's arm.
The Emperor was lying on his back in Kavala's arms with his eyes half closed, but at the word "Empress," he opened his eyes and looked at Kavala.
"Empress..."
“Yes, that’s right, Your Majesty.”
Kavala's smile deepened.
The Emperor raised his hand and cupped Kavala's cheek.
“Empress, Empress Lydia...”
Kavala's expression hardened when he heard the name Lydia.
At the same time, the Emperor's hazy eyes gradually came into focus.
“Empress Lydia, where did the Empress go? The Empress...”
The Emperor opened his mouth slightly in surprise, as if he had been touching another woman's cheek, and rolled his eyes in search of Empress Lydia.
Then, the Emperor met Kavala's eyes again and tried to push her away, his body slumped.
“Kavala...! Kavala, that woman is a monster... That woman is a monster...!”
Although he thought of her when he saw Kavala, he didn't seem to think that what was in front of him was Kavala herself.
Kavala twisted her lips and clicked her tongue.
“Why do I always get stuck here?”
No matter how much one tried to charm the Emperor with sorcery, it always lost its power at this point.
Even though she had gotten everything from the Emperor, there was one thing she could not get: the position of Empress.
“If anyone saw you, they would think you were a very loving husband, Your Majesty.”
Kavala mocked the Emperor.
If you were to ask whether the Emperor cared for and loved Chloe's biological mother, Empress Lydia, that would not be the case.
It's just that the formula that the Empress is Lydia is firmly established in his mind.
He had affairs with many women, even when Lydia was alive.
Enjoying women was not an act of Kavala's delusion, but simply a habit and hobby of the Emperor.
So Kavala is even more twisted.
“You should put that ghost down.”
At this point, she even started to think that maybe the dead Lydia was hovering around the Emperor, holding on to the position of Empress and not giving it up.
It was annoying.
Kavala knew that the nobles were talking nonsense about why the Empress's position was still vacant, and whether there was something wrong with Kavala that had not yet been made Empress.
Because of that, her position has not been secure, and she has been floating around like a forget-me-not, unable to take root anywhere.
She barely managed to keep herself from being swept away by the current by hanging onto Andrea, but now that Andrea was ruined, the nobles were desperate to create a current to push Kavala away without missing a single opportunity.
“Tsk.”
Kavala now caught the Emperor trying to come to his senses.
The red pattern on the Emperor's forehead, which had been struggling, shone like a brand and then disappeared.
It was a spell of illusion that Kavala had planted for a very long time.
The very same forbidden spell that was once used on the former Marquis Blanco.
"Huh...."
The Emperor, who had lost focus again, lost his strength and collapsed on the couch.
After pushing the Emperor away, Kavala looked a little anxious, shook her clothes, and pulled her hood up.
On the back of Kavala's hand, which was holding the hood, a wrinkle had appeared that had not been there before.
Kavala glanced down at the Emperor.
The Emperor stared blankly at Kavala, then, when his eyes met hers, he huffed in surprise and pointed at her.
“A monster... a hideous monster... a monster...!”
The current Emperor was not in his right mind.
Kavala, who didn't care what he said, felt ashamed of the insulting words he spoke about her old appearance due to forbidden magic.
The Emperor had already been enchanted for a long time, so she only needed to use enough strength to maintain the strength of the enchantment periodically.
So, instead of becoming an old woman with almost no life force like before, she had aged to the point where she had used up about five years of her lifespan, but Kavala trembled as if even that was terrifying.
"Shut up!"
Kavala, whose patience was exhausted by the rising shame, could no longer maintain her graceful and gentle demeanor and shouted fiercely.
The Emperor was tormented, covering his ears to the sharp voice of Kavala buzzing in his head.
“Ugh... Ugh...”
Leaving the emperor behind, Kavala pulled her hood down further to cover her face and hurried back to her quarters.
Kavala, who was in a hurry to hide her face even after seeing Dnieper welcoming her, ran into the bedroom and stood in front of the full-length mirror.
“Ahhh... My face...! My hands...!”
The face reflected in the mirror had lost some of its elasticity and had a wrinkle or two since she left the place a little while ago.
Kavala stroked her cheek, astonished at how her once smooth cheek had become sunken, and let out a short scream as she looked at her hands, which had become thick with knots.
It was a horrible sight that she couldn't get used to, even though she had seen it more than once or twice.
Seeing herself aged overnight reminded her of her own eventual death.
A fear gripped her, as if death were chasing her from right behind.
Kavala was startled and turned away from the mirror, pulling her hood back up.
“Dnieper! Dnieper!”
As she screamed for Dnieper, Dnieper, who had been waiting outside, ran into the bedroom.
Kavala turned away from Dnieper, panting, so as not to show his face to him.
“Save the woman! Now!”
Normally, Dnieper would have gone out without a word and complied with Kavala's request.
No, in the first place, before Kavala even gave such an order, he would have rescued the woman and put her in Kavala's bedroom.
But now, that is not the case.
“Sister, there are a lot of eyes watching you now, so you decided to hold out for a few days.”
The situation was such that they were demanding an explanation as to whether it was true that Kavala had conducted biological experiments outside the palace.
At this point, when the hyenas were watching with glaring eyes, trying to find Kavala's weakness, it was necessary to avoid anything that could make one fall prey to it.
Rescuing a young woman without any trouble was not as easy as it seemed.
In a situation where no one knew, it would be okay to be a little careful, but in a situation where she was under suspicion, it was a very difficult situation even for Dnieper.
So this time, he made a promise with Kavala to be patient to some extent.
However, when Kavala returned from the imperial palace, she became restless and irritable.
"I thought I could bear it. But I just can't stand it, Dnieper. Go ahead and...!"
Dnieper patted Kavala on the back.
Kavala flinched and grabbed her hood to cover her face.
“What are you doing?”
"Just a few days, just a few days, Sister. It won't be long before the world becomes quiet. When that happens, I'll bring a very young and vibrant woman right before you."
Dnieper removed or covered with cloth the countless mirrors in Kavala's room himself without bringing in maids.
***
The next day, the Emperor called a state council.
All nobles who had the right to attend the meeting gathered without exception.
The Emperor declared to the nobles who asked about the Kavala Academy for Black Magicians.
“It was all Chloe’s doing. She heard her brother had been ill for a long time, so I guess she coveted his position.”
The Emperor slammed the table.
“She is my daughter, but she is a very wicked woman.”
“So, are you saying that all the scary stories about biological experiments and such are lies?”
"Yes. I will personally punish Marchioness Rodrian, who used mana stones to deceive the wizards, fabricated false evidence, and attempted to embarrass the Empress and disrupt the order of the palace."
Since the Emperor had made such a statement and threatened to punish them, there were no nobles left who could step forward.
Even the Emperor gave one more clue that made everyone keep silent.
“To maintain a smooth relationship with the Magic Tower, I promise to confiscate all of Chloe’s mana stones and the Rosendal territory and return them to society.”
Just as the Kavala believed that filling one's stomach with sweets would be enough, the nobles remained silent about the Emperor's decision.
Giving back to society. That was such a nice thing to hear.
***
“You’re confiscating all of the Mana Stones and Rosendal territory?”
I was astonished and laughed at the sight of the Emperor's attendants and imperial knights from the palace.
I was astonished at the Emperor's behavior, which was to blame everything on me without even investigating the truth, and to make it seem like nothing had happened.
Confiscating the mana stones and returning them to society meant distributing them to the wizards to silence them.
Don't you think that even if you press down like that, Callius and I, who have no military power or support, won't be able to resist, so you're just going to come out recklessly?
Moreover, the fact that he gathered all the powerful nobles together at a state council and spoke like that was a silent pressure to make them stand in line, as the imperial family would never raise their hand.
“If you disobey His Majesty’s orders, we will have no choice but to use force.”
The servant spoke solemnly. It was a threat.
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