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Children of the Holy Emperor - Chapter 366

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366. The Return of the Prodigal Son (1)

The Asean Grand Duke’s residence has several outbuildings.

As befitting the continent’s wealthiest and most powerful families, most of them boasted grand scale and splendid architectural styles, but among them there were also some incongruously plain and small annex buildings.

This was due to the tastes of some guests who wanted a unique atmosphere, but since not many people visited, there were some annex buildings that were completely forgotten and abandoned.

A woman in a sleepwear was walking through the courtyard of the abandoned annex.

Her plain, half-gray hair contrasting with her dark robes might have seemed quite odd, but strangely none of the servants noticed her presence.

A maid carrying laundry, a servant trimming the garden, and even a guard guarding the entrance to the annex.

While everyone was busy with their own work, unaware of her presence, the woman leisurely passed through the entrance of the mansion and headed towards the second floor stairs where the bedrooms were located.

She had just arrived in front of the empress’s chambers.

Crack!

The sound of a sharp slap was followed by the angry woman’s shouting.

“What are you doing! Haven’t I told you over and over again not to touch my stuff?”

“I’m, I’m sorry, Your Majesty! I was just cleaning up the trash on the floor… …!”

“How dare you do something I didn’t ask you to do?!”

Knock knock!

A nervous sound of kicking the floor repeatedly, unable to control my temper.

“How dare you! How dare you call my things trash?”

“No, that’s not it… … .”

“If not that, then what? If you have a mouth, then say something!”

“My… I have committed a sin worthy of death, Your Majesty!”

As the woman entered the room, she saw Empress Elizabeth, dressed in a nightgown, throwing a tantrum at one of her maids.

The maid was at a loss as to what to do after being struck by lightning so suddenly.

“You’ve lost your mind! Do you think you can get everything if you ask for it? If my things get damaged because of you, how can you compensate me?”

“I, I just touched it! Nothing was broken, so please forgive me… …”

“Profit! I don’t even want to see you! Can’t you just get out of here right now?!”

In front of the grumbling Lisabeth, the maid ran out of the room on all fours.

‘Hmm… … .’

As the woman looked around the room, a crumpled letter on one side of the floor caught her eye.

The round, childlike handwriting written on it.

-Mother, I have safely returned from my work in Sigismund’s domain. There were many interesting things that happened there, and I will tell you more about them when I return to the capital.

Oh, and since I don’t know when you’ll come, I’ll send you a travel souvenir along with the letter.

It was a letter from Prince Mores. She knew the contents well, as she had personally delivered it to the Empress.

And next to it, a small trinket that the prince had enclosed was thrown down next to it.

‘If you throw it on the floor, the maid must have thought it was trash.’

That wasn’t the only thing rolling around on the floor.

Rolling around on the bedside is a half-burned wooden statue. That too was sent as a souvenir by Prince Mores.

The burn marks from setting it on fire were still faintly visible on the empress’s hands.

‘Why did you bring it all the way here when it was so badly damaged that it couldn’t be used…?’

Moreover, after bringing it all back, he just threw it on the floor. Although he had been helping her for a long time, the empress’s self-willed thoughts were truly something that could never be known.

“… … .”

Empress Elizabeth, who had been standing alone for a moment to calm her anger, soon slumped down in the armchair with a grumpy expression.

Roughly combed, messy platinum hair and a loose-fitting nightgown. When you think of the always perfect and glamorous empress seen in the palace, it’s usually hard to imagine her.

But to the woman, the current empress seemed as comfortable as a mouse hiding in the shadows she was most familiar with.

“Lady Lisabeth.”

When he called her softly, the empress flinched and turned to look at her informant.

Because he had been keeping quiet until just a moment ago, he had not noticed the woman’s presence at all.

“…Number 4?”

“Yes, I have. I brought it because a letter just arrived from the palace.”

Then Empress Elizabeth asked with a slightly softened expression.

“A letter? From Your Majesty?”

“This time, it is a letter from Princess Amelia.”

“okay?”

The empress nodded and received the letter from No. 4.

Empress Lisabeth is not very friendly with her family, the Grand Duchess of Asain, and does not have many close relationships with people in the imperial palace.

Yet, strangely enough, the empress received letters asking about her personal well-being almost every day.

About half of them were sent by the Holy Emperor, and in addition, the kind Empress Melody and the affectionate Princess Amelia periodically sent her letters.

Empress Elizabeth also seemed to like them, so she would not reply to them but would carefully pile them up in her mailbox. And when she was bored, she would occasionally look through the letters to pass the time.

-Lisabeth, my goodness.

The palace garden, which had been lush and green until yesterday, was dyed in a pale sunset color in just one day, just as it always was.

Today, I realize anew how long Her Majesty has been away from the palace… … .

A friendly greeting, as always, starting with beautiful handwriting.

Although it did not contain the long, elaborate rhetoric of other social letters, the princess’s letters always showed her own meticulous gaze.

Princess Amelia then calmly narrated various news from the Seonghwang family. Of these, the most important part was definitely the news about Prince Mores.

-… There has been a tremendous event in the zodiac recently. The people are now loudly praising Mores as the second coming of Saint Bastian… … .

A demon species that appeared near the Equator.

How great was the performance of Prince Mores in the fight against that bastard, and how much the people of the Imperial City praised him.

In the sentences that described all these situations in detail, the pride that Princess Amelia felt was conveyed naturally.

-… This atmosphere is no exception for Orthodox priests. Perhaps, just like Sisley, there are even those who claim that Mores should be considered a saint and apostle.

Given the often irreverent and suspicious attitude the Orthodox Church has shown toward Mores, the recent changes are very encouraging… … .

After reading that far, Lisabeth couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Apostle of the adults? Who on earth?

This is something that this innocent princess could say without even guessing what its true identity is.

Amelia’s boasting about her younger sister, under the guise of delivering the news, ended like this.

-… Lisabeth, my goodness. There is something I really want to tell you.

Do you know? Lately, Mores has been calling out “Oh my God” in his sleep. That great boy has been enduring all the pains so far and never says a weak word in front of us.

But in those fleeting moments, between high fevers and high fevers, when the boundaries of strong will collapse, the child calls out to his mother as if he has just been given permission to breathe.

When I see Mores like that, my heart aches so much. So, dear Lizabeth, for the sake of that child, could you not return to the palace a little earlier than scheduled?

After reading up to that point, Lisabeth closed the letter and shoved it into the mailbox.

“… The princess is talking nonsense.”

“You are such a kind person, I guess you are worrying too much about the prince.”

“joy.”

The Empress snorted at No. 4’s words, but didn’t really refute them.

Although Princess Amelia was clearly the child of the Holy Emperor, she was strangely lenient towards her by the empresses and concubines, which always amazed No. 4.

“What should we do? His Majesty has been asking about Lady Lizabeth almost every day recently. So, it would be better to return to the Imperial Palace at this point… .”

But the Empress leaned her head back on the armchair and spoke firmly.

“I don’t like it.”

“… … .”

“I don’t like it yet. Right now, everything is just annoying.”

Lisabeth turned her head and looked at the mailbox sitting on the table.

Since she came here, letters have been pouring in, and the large mailbox has been overflowing.

But why, despite being surrounded by warm letters asking about her well-being, Lisabeth felt an even deeper sense of loneliness.

A dark, sticky feeling of anxiety that only you feel in the world.

-I understand very well that you feel anxious about everything that is not immediately visible in front of you.

Seonghwang would always say this to Lizabeth.

– But, Lisabeth, miracles come to us so abruptly. So can’t you consider that these unexpected events may sometimes be God’s gifts, carefully handed down?

That calm voice sounded so gentle that there was a time when I wanted to truly believe those words.

but-

‘I have known for a long time that preparation is never the work of God. What has happened to us is nothing more than the tricks of some wicked person, not a miracle of God or anything… … .’

At the sight of Lizabeth’s face darkening, Number 4 paused for a moment before opening his mouth.

“There’s a letter here, Lady Lizabeth. I’ll sort it out now.”

“… … .”

After confirming that the Empress was not responding, No. 4 carefully picked up the crumpled letter on the floor and pushed it under the mailbox.

* * *

“So this is how it ended so abruptly.”

Seongjin stuck out his tongue after receiving the letter of appointment as a knight and an adjutant that had been delivered to him a few days later.

There were no special requirements for his admission into the Knights of St. Terbachia.

The only thing that matters is the permission of the Holy Emperor.

The only thing the Holy Emperor asked after a moment of silence upon hearing Leandros’ report was Seongjin’s pure intentions.

“…Do you want to do that?”

Yes, of course. It’s public power!

As Sungjin nodded vigorously, Sunghwang immediately called the other knight commanders and cardinals to the temporary treatment room.

Then, he said a simple word to them who entered the room with a bewildered expression.

“Well, everyone is here. Let’s proceed, Sir Leander.”

“Huh? Your Majesty, what is this?”

Those who were summoned had to return to their seats with puzzled expressions on their faces.

“Father, why them?”

“They have just entered the Paladin ordination ceremony.”

“…yes?”

I found out that there is a rule that at least three high-ranking priests and two or more captains of the knight order must attend the knight inauguration ceremony.

After the hastily arranged inauguration ceremony, the induction process proceeded at a rapid pace. Thanks to this, by that evening, there was no one in the imperial capital who did not know about the Third Prince’s induction into the Knights Templar.

“Congratulations on your appointment.”

It must have been so bad that even Dasha, who stopped by that evening, greeted him like this.

“Hey! Dasha. When did you come?”

Seongjin greeted the informant who suddenly appeared in the middle of the treatment room with a curious expression. It was the first time he had not noticed her presence.

“That’s a really clever way to hide, Dasha. Is this how everyone greets their informants?”

Instead of being happy, Dasha looked somewhat complicated.

“I see you still haven’t fully recovered. Are you feeling better, Your Majesty?”

“Yeah, it’s okay.”

“I am glad to hear that. At that time, I was not of any help to you… … .”

Dasha trailed off without answering and made a dark expression.

Come to think of it, when he was fighting the demon race, Sungjin could feel her presence nearby.

It must have been frustrating for her too. The prince was in danger, the situation was becoming increasingly urgent, and she couldn’t show up right away, so she couldn’t do anything.

“Now I have this doubt. Am I really of any use to you…?”

Dasha used to cheerfully laugh at No. 19, who used to say things like that all the time, but recently, she says she often gets caught up in such gloomy thoughts.

Seongjin was very embarrassed.

Whoa whoa, Dasha. Don’t do that. Didn’t you say that the most important element in Auror concealment is [faith]?

“It’s okay. Trust yourself, Dasha!”

“yes…….”

“Or trust me, who trusts Dasha! I’ve always considered Dasha to be Delcross’ best source of information!”

“Thank you very much for your kind words. However, I am weaker than you, and my aura concealment skills are far inferior to yours.”

“Huh? Isn’t that obvious?”

“… … .”

And that day.

The results of the investigation that Seongjin heard from Dasha were shocking.

“… Infertility treatment?”

“Yes, your Majesty.”

Dasha nodded and added with a slightly heavy face.

“Empress Lisabeth has been receiving continuous infertility treatment from the personal physician of the Archduchess of Asein since childhood.”

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