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Chapter 56

“Your… Your Majesty… there is no need for you to…”

“And what kind of curse are you going to get if I didn’t?”

“…”

How did he know?

If anything happened to Haniel, I couldn’t be sure that neither I nor this man could be standing properly like this .

However, rather than me being scared by this, I wondered if this man was even scared of anything in this world .

“Well . It’s not even that big of a deal . ”

“…”

The Emperor inhaled, his hair completely wet with droplets running down from his hair tips, the water collecting in the area of his foot .

Because his clothes stuck tightly onto the body that had escaped his cloak, the curves of his firm body could be fully seen .

After staring at him absentmindedly, I hurriedly turned my head away from him .

“… A-Anyways, it’s not just a bird . ”

“It’s not?”

The voice that came after was as sunken in as his wet body . However, it was a little gentle .

It would be nice if he was like this usually .

After thinking about it that far, I suddenly shivered .

“It’s a life too, you know? She has eyes and a nose, imagine how much she would’ve liked it if you spoke to her gently . ”

“…”

“What I’m saying is that since life is important…”

Hours before, I was trying to avoid this man . Although I knew it wasn’t going to work out at all, since these were words I really wanted to say, courage was summoned .

“She wants to continue living this badly, as her mom- I mean, as an adult, I have to protect her . Even if I weren’t an adult…”

“Then, what about your life?”

“Yes, my…”

I genuinely don’t know how to respond to this .

However, there was no chance I would reply with “no” if he asked me whether I wanted to live or not .

This is because I am a woman who wishes especially more than others to live happily with a loving and endearing family for a very very long time .

There was something more valuable than my life now only because there was someone I had to protect .

I didn’t feel wronged nor did I consider it a waste .

Because I didn’t know how to explain these feelings to the man who walked with blood marking each of his steps, I hesitated for a long time . I wondered if my lips were frozen from the cold .

“…”

Regardless, he was not someone I could dare keep waiting .

With him walking by my side, this was also the reason why I couldn’t slow down my pace .

“I… I’m fine the way it is now…”

“No need . ”

“…”

It wasn’t like he asked in the first place . His displeased mood even filled the Emperor’s wet cloak to the brim . It even felt more suffocating to be outside of the water, only Haniel was covered securely in vain .

At this point, mommy might die from suffocation outside of the water .

However, being offered a single rope when I wanted to die was how my life was like .

After passing over the small hill, the Duke’s residence started to come into view .

“Ah…”

It’s home! My home, it’s my home!

Other than the fact that I was captured after trying to run away from here, there was no place that was more cozy than home . My staggering steps eventually regained its strength .

“Call in the attendants immediately . Tell them to prepare a bath and food…”

“…Will… Will you come in?”

“…”

This woman .

With indescribably complicated eyes, he turned to look at me .

What do you mean to prepare a bath and food!

This man seemed to have completely mistaken things .

Couldn’t he tell from the state of the building, without a single light on nor any people around?

If I opened this door right now, there would be nothing but half-dried fish jerky to see . Once again, this was definitely not something worthy to show the Emperor .

[Maa, b-bwother scary . ]

And above all else, I needed to drag this man out if I wanted to melt down my rigidly frozen princess .

After trying to think up numerous excuses, I ended up making a long face .