Chapter 57
“Ugh… !”
Kylian looked down at Anais, who was lying on her stomach. She suffered another pang when he accidentally brushed her calf with his fingernail.
“There is a certain extent to shamelessness.”
Kylian let out a sigh as he took the jar of ointment from her clutch. Then he moved it into his hand.
When Anais tried to avoid it by twisting away, he pressed his hand on her waist, preventing her from moving. She couldn’t breathe now.
“I have to hold you down all day to kill you with just that kind of wound.”
“…….”
Anais’ tears were flowing, but she couldn’t wipe them away. Her hand was holding Kylian’s wrist, which was pressing down on her waist.
“Why did your resilience decrease so much?”
“Your Majesty let me fall from the Magic Tower.”
“…….”
“I can’t recover after that.”
Kylian didn’t like this situation either. He hated exchanging words with her, and it was jarring how she pretended to be okay while panting so as not to show she was crying. Because it’s similar to the habit that Anais used to show in the past.
“You’re doing it because you know it’s your fault.”
“My fault was that I prematurely judged what kind of person Your Majesty would be.”
“What does that mean?”
Anais held his hand tight as if she wanted him to let go. Kylian loved to watch her wiggle in pain every time he pressed hard on the cut on her back. Because he felt as if he had come here to get revenge.
“I think Your Majesty is an upright person, ugh…”
“Say it again.”
“It hurts so much…”
“If I don’t stop the bleeding, you will die from excessive blood loss.”
“I know it’s not that bad.”
When Anais spoke, feeling her limitations, he stopped pressing his hand against her wound. The pillow was all wet, and he was pleased to see her face stained with tears and sweat. In addition to the pain, it made him anticipate that it might be a little self-reflection.
“Your Majesty once called Lady Anais cold-blooded.”
“…It was my fault. My wife did it for a cause.”
“But Your Majesty felt sorry for the people who were sacrificed then.”
In the past, when Anais was a Young Duke, Anais had to catch the previous emperor off guard. At that incident, the workers who were mobilized for the previous emperor were stuck while building a building in the imperial palace that collapsed and all died.
Anais buried the incident and acted as if she was taking care of the previous emperor’s affairs. In doing so, she compensated for them with her family’s money, and later made graves for the workers’ families.
She told the previous emperor as if the deaths of the workers were nothing, but in reality it was not. Anais pretended to be rectifying the atrocities committed by the previous emperor on the outside, but in the end, she took responsibility for everything.
“That was when I misunderstood my wife.”
“Do you still feel like it’s a misunderstanding?”
“…….”
Kylian glared at Anais who was looking at him.
“Now…”
“…….”
“Now is the time to wait.”
“You have made an excuse, Your Majesty. It’s embarrassing to hear it.”
Anais replied boldly, but closed her eyes tightly, fearing that he would press the wound on her back again. But he sighed and went away from her bleeding back.
“I hope Your Majesty will release Lady Anais now.”
“…It would be a mistake if I would give up on my wife and go to you.”
“No. I don’t want that to happen. I just want you to accept Lady Anais’ death and move forward.”
“…….”
The mess of blood and ointment was wiped away. Anais pressed his lips together tightly to avoid being caught whimpering, then opened her mouth briefly.
“Listen to me, Your Majesty.”
“…….”
He didn’t answer and wiped the blood from her back again. Then, with a nonchalant hand, he smeared the ointment on it.
“Compared to the wounds I have now, it will hurt you more if you just close your eyes and cover your ears while ignoring the truth. You already know the answer. Your Majesty knows what I’m saying is right.”
“…….”
“There are things in the world that need to be let go.”
“…….”
When he didn’t answer, she felt like she couldn’t keep her composure any longer. She decided not to say anything further.
The empress said that she made a bet with Phileal. So Anais, not wanting Phileal to be hurt because of her, kept an eye on the empress.
The empress said Anais could take a few days off from work, but she did not move away from the empress’s side. Because she knew the empress would call Phileal and torment him.
All she could do was stand. Her cheeks had healed a lot, but there were still bite marks on the inside of her cheeks.
“I feel really good today.”
The empress glanced at Anais, who was holding a parasol beside her, and laughed. She was walking so lightly, as if she was in a really good mood.
Anais did not want to talk with the empress. She just felt that if the empress was in a good mood, she wouldn’t do anything.
She thought the empress was a very strange person. The empress was a very temperamental person. Even though she said she felt good, they didn’t know when she would feel bad. She said she wasn’t in a good mood, but she suddenly said she felt better. She was a person with a lot of outrageous behavior.
“It will be good news for you too.”
“…….”
Seeing the empress’s smile, Anais had an ominous feeling. Her physical condition was at its worst, and she felt low, perhaps because she was afraid. Still, Anais chewed her lips to make her feel better.
“Your lips are a mess.”
“…….”
Anais unwittingly let go of the bite on her lip.
“Let’s go.”
The empress headed for her throne room with brisk steps. Anais looked curiously at the maids in front of the throne room that had changed. She was about to ask a question, but when she realized she couldn’t speak anyway because of the necklace hanging around her neck, she lowered her head.
“What did you say to His Majesty?”
When the empress arrived here, she asked Anais if she remembered something.
“Why did His Majesty kill all the maids who were cleaning the front?”
The empress was asking why Kylian had killed the women whose hair was all cut short while cleaning the throne room without saying why.
It was unknown on the outside, but it seems that Kylian knew who the people who cut Lilith’s hair. For some reason, Kylian, who was very displeased with the maids and dealt with them.
“…….”
“Did you say something?”
Anais unknowingly widened her eyes and looked at the empress. Anais wanted to get revenge for what they had done to me. If she had had more time to be alive, she would have. But she never knew when she would die.
For her, achieving her goal was more important than petty revenge. Besides, Phileal had already avenged her instead. The only person in the imperial palace who was kind to her was Phileal.
“You made fun of me living with the sacrifice I bought.”
“…….”
“But you tell His Majesty even if they harass you a little and have them killed.”
“…….”
“How funny.”
The empress had no intention of listening to Anais from the beginning. If she had hoped for an answer, she would have let go of the magic tool hanging around Anais’ neck.
Anais was unhappy, but she thought it was better. If she had spoken at this moment, it was clear that any words would anger the empress. Rather, it seemed that if the empress did not hear a reaction from her it would calm her down.
“Even if you act so low, I have something for you.”
“…….”
“Because you were my old colleague.”
The empress smiled and looked over her shoulder at Anais. Then she walked over, glad to see the door open.
Anais followed the empress into the throne room. The sharp pain in her calves and back that she felt every time she walked was annoying, but she was able to tolerate it.
Anais was more concerned about the empress’ expression as she smiled ominously than the pain in her body.
“You’re here, my wife!”
Kylian descended from the throne as soon as she entered and approached quickly. He then tried to take the empress’s hand, but the empress grabbed her skirt, refusing his escort. Kylian was briefly surprised by the action, but followed her with a light smile, his face showing regret.
“Is my place next to Your Majesty?”
“Yes, my wife.”
“I don’t want to sit there.”
“Then where would you like to sit?”
The throne was in the middle. And next to it was the empress’ seat. If she was the empress, her seat would be under the stairs.
“I want to sit closer to Your Majesty.”
The place the empress pointed with her finger was a little away from the seat of the empress, near the throne.
“Yes, of course.”
Then an attendant came and moved the empress’s chair so that it could fit snugly.
One of the attendants opened his mouth, but was silenced by Kylian’s cold words. He was well aware that Kylian was very lenient with the empress. And besides, this was something they would be lenient with. Because she wasn’t sitting on the throne exactly.
And besides, they could have lost their throat if they were a nuisance. The other ministers stood aside like that with their mouths shut.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“You’re welcome, my wife.”
The empress crossed her legs as she sat down. She then looked up at Kylian, who was standing next to her, as if she was having fun and said.
“The chair is very big. The two of us can sit together.”
“Because you’re small.”
Sensing that the empress did not like being touched, Kylian cautiously sat down beside her, wanting to be near her while trying hard not to touch her.
Anais could tell just by looking at it all. As she now became a third party looking at Kylian’s behavior, she could see it more.
“Is ‘that’ ready?”
“Of course, Wife.”
“I’m glad.”
“I had a lot of trouble finding it. Please praise me.”
“Hohoho. I’ll see it first.”
Kylian looked down at the empress, reading her face, then smiled briskly. Then he glared coldly at Anais, who was standing next to the throne, then turned to the entrance.
“Bring him.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Kylian gave his word and less than five minutes later, a prisoner was seen being dragged with restraints all over his body.
It’s…
“High Priest Raviel.”
He was the high priest of the Temple of Goddess Julias, which Lilith was a part of.
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