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Chapter 54

What did you do that a child would convulse at the sight of your face!

If you can’t be nice to her, then you could’ve at least hidden from sight!

I hated all things in the world right now, but the very first thing I wanted to get rid of was definitely the man who was probably standing in the back over there .

After bothering me however you want and insisting on coming, you end up making this problem .

“… . you’re all dead!”

Now that the cold, cold water was coming up to my chest, every single sound I made was now full of anger . Emperor or not, you’re done for .

If something went wrong with Haniel, then I swear I’ll start with you… .

“If we die, we die together…”

“If you’re talking to me, I suggest you stop there . ”

“… . . ”

“Since I will only forget what you said in the water . ”

Fwoosh .

Along with the firm arm that snaked around my waist, somebody’s voice brushed right against the back of my ear . A low voice that I couldn’t forget even if I wanted to—its owner dragged my body towards him .

“Move . I can’t look properly like this . ”

“Aah, Aaack!”

“Judging from your vocal cords, it seems I’ve done something unnecessary . ”

I thought I was going to die .

The coldness of his voice that seemed like not even a blade could cut through was still there, but his tone felt a little different from there .

A relief of some kind, and if I wasn’t hearing things, maybe even a little bit of laughter .

But before I could distinguish those subtle hints, he had already turned my entire body around with his arm .

“Eugh . ”

He staggered in the mud that had already reached up to his ankles . Even if he wanted to rip his arm away, the only thing he could hold onto was the few frozen water plants .

At the sound of my cold inhales and my cries of despair, Rashid’s voice approached my ear once again .

“You don’t have to cling on to me, so don’t struggle . ”

“Heu-eugh . ”

“At least cooperate with me to that extent . On top of that, doing this for a bird… a bird…”

The suppressed voice that seemed like it was pushing down something ended up becoming potent .

“If you want to find your daughter . ”

“… . . ”

Fine .

By all means, I’ll take anything .

Even if I heard his words wrong, I was willing to endure it like this .

After all, if anything bad happened to Haniel, I would die .

Hence, from this cold-blooded man, I wanted to hear things the way I pleased .

“Heu… Heu-eugh… She… she sank here!”

“I know . I know . ”

Unlike his menacing tone, the grip of the Emperor’s arm that encompassed my waist was firm . Even though it wasn’t like my feet couldn’t reach the bottom, he didn’t seem to intend to let me go .

I wildly searched through the dark water, yet I couldn’t feel the soft feathers anywhere .

“Heugh, heugh . My baby . My baby . Mommy was wrong . ”

I felt more and more disoriented as the dark water kept splashing onto my chest .

“Mommy will do anything as long as you live . I’ll do anything . Heugh . If I can save you I will…”

“… What else are you going to do?”

“What else? Anything she asks me to do… My baaaaaaby!”

Suddenly, my heart stopped because of the dirt he held out .

I could recognize my baby no matter what her appearance was .

As soon as I saw Haniel, who was hardened like a rock in Rashid’s hand, I froze .

“MY BAAABY! Open your eyes . It’s mommy, mommy’s here!”

「… My . 」

“You… you spoke! You actually spoke! My baby, she’s alive! She’s alive!”

As if I could hear the weak voice, something in my heart panged, my tears following .

I wondered if I had ever experienced this kind of happiness before . Unable to overcome these emotions, I abruptly buried my head .

“My baby is alive! She said ‘mommy’! Heueugh!”

“…”

“What should I do? Ah, thank you!”

As the anxiety that had built up to the ends of the sky was released, I thanked all the deities that existed in the world .

Thank you so much, thank you .