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Chapter 29 – For You (1)
Kaien, completely unaware of the situation, had all kinds of thoughts swirling like a storm. At times, he was pulled so hard that he couldn’t refuse, and now he was pushed back, which made him amazed and angry. Now that he had made up his mind to be greedy.
Kaien’s beautiful face began to wrinkle. Gloria sat down, pretending not to notice his increasingly bloody expression. He slammed the desk with his hand, as if in shock at the sight of Gloria leisurely rummaging through the papers on the desk.
“?!”
Gloria, startled by Kaien’s sudden action, looked up at him with wide-open eyes. He bowed to her and asked in a tone full of dissatisfaction.
“When did you ask me to become the Empress, but now you’re pushing me away?”
“No. It’s not that…”
Gloria tightly closed her eyes at Kaien’s scorching gaze, which seemed to knock her down at any moment.
‘That goddamn beast-like man! That obsessive-like thing!’ At the thought of Kaien’s black tail hitting the floor, Gloria grabbed her head with both hands.
‘How could I imagine such beastly man’
Kaien, who could not recognize Her Majesty’s suffering(?) from his sister’s absurd remarks, grabbed Gloria’s hand tightly.
“What is it then?”
Instead of just grabbing it, his long, hot fingers moved like a winding motion, interlocking each other, and as they gripped it strongly, Gloria bit her trembling lips hard. Kaien slowly brought the Emperor’s white fingers to his lips.
“Kai– Duke!”
At the man’s soft lips and hot breath touch in her hand, Gloria was so amazed that she almost called Kaien’s name.
‘Do you want to get revenge for not calling your name until the end?!’
Kaien slightly bit Gloria’s soft fingers. A tingling sensation approached inside her with a strange stimulus, and Gloria’s soul had already flown far away as he looked at her with narrowed eyes. Kaien rested his other hand on the desk and leaned his torso toward Gloria. The sound of crumpled papers on the desk could be heard, neither of them cared. She looked at him approaching with a blank expression on her face. Black hair swayed in front of her, and she felt the subtle scent of his body rob her of all her senses. His lips, which had been biting her fingers, suddenly began to rise to the back of her hand, and Kaien’s amethyst-colored eyes were dark and deep as if harboring an urgent desire.
Kaien said with a seductive smile at Gloria, who looked up at him with her mouth slightly open.
“I cannot forgive you for seducing me first, then running away, Your Majesty.”
His slow, low-pitched voice stimulated Gloria. She closed her eyes tightly at the stimulus so great that her toes curled up on their own. Seeing her flinching shoulders like a shivering herbivore, Kaien clenched his fingers once more.
‘If I could, I want to swallow her right now, but…’ Kaien resisted the urge to pull Gloria into his arms. ‘If I do, this little animal will surely run away.’
Hunting was a painful pleasure for Kaien, who had to squeeze his breath slowly but surely at the end to release his instincts.
Kaien whispered to Gloria.
“If you don’t intend to make me like a beast, would you rather not provoke me? Your Majesty.”
The word ‘beast’ came out of his mouth. Gloria, unable to escape from her evil imagination, finally banged her forehead on the desk.
“Damned beast-man, obsessive man… Why are you using these words…!”
“…Ha?”
‘What did she say now?’ Kaien looked down at Gloria with a puzzled face. With her head down, she deliberately pretended to be looking at the documents, avoiding his gaze. However, her ears had a red hue.
‘Diana!’ Kaien swallowed a sigh that was about to burst and removed his hand from the desk. At the Duke’s actions, Gloria still stuttered with a blushing face.
“I- I didn’t think of anything strange. I hope you don’t misunderstand me, Duke. It’s just because I’m not familiar with those words.”
“I heard the words ‘beast man’ and ‘obsessive man,’ are you saying don’t get me wrong now?”
“That’s right!”
Bang! To Kaien’s doubtful question, Gloria slammed the desk and answered loudly.
For some reason, the appearance of her slamming the desk with both hands and arguing vigorously was that of a rabbit, Kaien smiled involuntarily. Gloria, who found that smile, looked at him coldly and said,
“That’s impertinent, Duke of Ludenberg, are you mocking your Emperor right now?”
“Yes.”
“Duke!”
She said it in a stern voice. Kaien replied calmly as if he had ever smiled. Amazed at such a demeanor, Gloria opened and closed her mouth.
‘This man. Did he lose his mind after returning? Or was he originally like this?’
As she was contemplating whether to get angry or not at Kaien for making fun of the emperor, a document was handed out to her.
“What is this?”
As Gloria raised her eyes as she received the paperwork, Kaien began to report as if he had never been joking.
“This is a list of properties for the last five years of the lord of Palodan.”
“What about the rest?”
“The Imperial Audit Office will organize the data and report it.”
“Livestock jerk. I guess you grew a lot.”
“…”
“Tch.” Gloria, who was looking down at the documents with a disgusted look, kicked her tongue. Kaien’s expression became strange when Gloria, who was furious at the amount beyond her imagination, threw papers on the desk and cursed.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Where did you learn to do that?”
“Mmh?”
‘What’s up with the abrupt question?’ At Kaien’s question, Gloria’s eyes widened, but soon after, she held back her laughter that was about to burst. Gloria handed over the papers she had thrown away and answered indifferently.
“I learned it from you, Duke.”
“I have never shown such things in front of Her Majesty.”
To Gloria’s words, Kaien frowned and answered firmly. In response to his objection, Gloria held her chin and stared intently at him. Kaien looked at Gloria’s gaze without losing it, and the words that fell from her pink lips were a shock to him.
“You, who once came into the palace, looked at the documents you received from your aide and said something very rude. The person who used to walk around every day with a wrinkled face… I used to discreetly listen to him. Duke, I never knew there were such swear words. How come the duke is so good at cursing–”
“That’s how bad the situation in the empire was,” Kaien responded with a fierce smile to Gloria’s subtly playful remarks.
“…”
“…”
Gloria flinched at Kaien’s reply. The duke felt sorry for her hardened face, but couldn’t say anything.
As he said, after the late Emperor fell ill, the situation in the Empire became a mess, and Erun took advantage of the opportunity to rake in money and private soldiers. Gloria looked up at Kaien, who was silent in front of her. His face was quite wrinkled, and the expression on his face was full of regret.
Seeing that, Gloria said with a small smile.
“It’s true, so it’s okay. Therefore, shouldn’t we be sure to fix it now?”
“I will assist you to the best of my abilities.”
Kaien bowed deeply in response to Gloria’s firm will.
‘Certainly, it isn’t for the well-being of the empire.’ Kaien closed her eyes and thought. Diana was dragged out onto the street dressed in rags and tied up, smiling until the end, blaming herself.
“I’m sorry, elder brother. I’ve ruined the family’s reputation because I’m foolish.”
It was the younger sister who forcefully moved and smiled with her blue-colored cheeks as if she had been beaten by someone. He stretched out his arms and wanted to catch Diana as she was being dragged away, but he was also caught in a rope and couldn’t do anything.
A swordsman genius? A talent that comes once every 200 years? it was all in vain. He, who was incompetent, watched how she was stabbed and fell on the cold ground in front of his eyes. The appearance of his younger sister, who collapsed like a helpless doll who had lost its strings, still lingered in Kaien’s eyes. He clenched his fists.
Seeing Kaien with her head bowed deeply, Gloria bit her lip hard.
‘I can’t see your face, but I know what you’re thinking.’ The overflowing will to live must have been a reminder of the past. Gloria got up from her seat and walked past the desk and stood next to Kaien. As she approached, Kaien’s eyes, who slowly stood up, were already wet with red. Gloria reached out when her jewel-like eyes, which she thought were pretty, were stained with regret and hatred. She stroked his hair and asked,
“You hated me enough to twist my neck, didn’t you?”
At her words, Kaien didn’t say anything. He stroked the back of Gloria’s hand with his hand and spoke in a quiet tone.
“Rather than resenting you, I resented myself for belatedly noticing Erun’s betrayal. If I had put my hands up a little sooner if I had stopped him. and…”
“…”
The darkened amethyst eyes were full of Gloria. Feeling the power of his hand in her hand, she felt a fire-like emotion rising inside her.
‘How many people had to die because of one man!’ Gloria moved her hand to grab Kaien again. He, whose hand was suddenly caught, widened. The back of the man’s hand, held by her slender hand, gradually began to rise up to Gloria’s lips.
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Kaien’s eyes twitched at the softness of her lips touching the back of his hand with a small sound. Gloria’s appearance was serious, like a knight making an oath to his master or a priest making an oath to God. She opened her mouth to the speechless Kaien.
“For you. For Diana. And for Royal Father, I will definitely kill Erun Lebossi.”
Flames of hatred began to flash in her blue eyes. At Gloria’s firm will, Kaien moved his hand.
Pulling the hand back towards his side, he kissed her small, slender finger.
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