The Evil Empress Adores Me-Chapter 30

No, it’s not a broken faucet.

Why are tears flowing freely?

The Empress, who came around the table and came to me, caressed my tear-stained cheek.

Her dark green eyes looking at me were filled with pity.

“Don’t cry, Charles.”

“Your Majesty. I’m sorry.”

“Oh, didn’t you already apologize earlier?”

The Empress narrowed her brows and smiled.

I sniffled and clung to the Empress.

What should I do? I’m so upset.

“I... ... I disappointed Your Majesty this time?”

“What?”

“I’ll be nice, I’ll listen to Your Majesty. I’ll work hard.”

I begged earnestly.

The Empress’s eyes shook widely.

What I want to say the most is... ... .

“Because I’m a goner... ... I’m angry, but please don’t throw me away, Afro.”

“... ... Have you been worrying about that all this time?”

The Empress bit her lip.

Then she held my shoulder still and fixed her gaze on my face.

“Charle. Look at me.”

“... ... Your Majesty.”

“I will never abandon you.”

You will never abandon me?

I looked up at the Empress with wet eyes.

Even after I caused such a big accident?

“So, you don’t have to worry about that.”

“I, I’m sorry?”

“Yeah. You’ve been thinking like that all this time... ... I’m sorry.”

The Empress firmly drove the nail in.

... ... In all the time I’ve spent with the Empress, I think this is the first time she’s had such a serious expression.

Am I really okay not to worry?

My emotions welled up, and tears welled up in my eyes again.

Oh, no. I can’t show myself in front of the Empress even more.

As I rubbed my eyes hard, the Empress lightly grabbed my wrist.

Then she shook her head gently.

“Don’t rub your eyes like that. They’ll swell up tomorrow.”

Her voice, soothing me, was so gentle.

Heuk. Heuk.

At that moment when I was trying hard to hold back my tears.

“Now, Charles. Come here.”

The Empress opened /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ her arms wide to me.

Can I really be hugged by the Empress?

Is it okay for me to be forgiven so easily?

He paused and looked around, and the Empress nodded with a pitiful expression.

“It’s okay, hurry.”

... ... But I, the Empress, like you too much.

In the end, I buried my head in the Empress’s arms.

It was warm.

* * *

Charlize finally fell asleep after crying for a long time.

The Empress watched Charlize fall asleep before leaving the room.

Head Maid Hayden, who was waiting for the Empress outside the room, cautiously asked a question.

“Is this really okay?”

There was deep worry in her voice.

The Empress snickered.

She waved her hand and answered.

“I know, the Emperor won’t be too happy about it.”

“... ... Your Majesty the Empress.”

“But how could I pretend not to notice when Charles has such a sad face?”

At those words, the maid nodded with a complicated expression.

Charlize.

The maid knew very well how much the empress cherished the child.

And also the complicated feelings the empress had for the crown prince.

“I, for the first time, heard the crown prince’s voice earlier.”

“... ... Yes?”

“I followed Charlize to the crown prince’s palace, and we happened to talk.”

The empress thought of Diamide’s voice.

It was a very tired voice, not typical of an eight-year-old.

And.

“Despite being held in check by His Majesty the Emperor, the crown prince tried to protect Charles.”

The empress quietly lowered her eyes.

At the voice filled with deep guilt, the maid bit her lips.

“Even though I am an adult, and the empress of this empire... ... I continued to ignore the crown prince.”

The crown prince was like a ghost in the palace.

Everyone knew of his existence, but they were jealous, fearful, and avoided him.

No one protected the young boy.

Not even the Empress herself.

The Empress continued.

“That shouldn’t have happened. After all, I am the perpetrator to the Crown Prince... ... .”

“Oh my, don’t say that.”

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“Well, isn’t it true?”

The Empress sneered bitterly.

After the death of the former Emperor, there were two people who decided to confine the young Crown Prince and usurp the throne.

The Duke of Rochester, the Empress’s father, and the Marquis Maud, the former Emperor’s younger brother at the time.

After the Marquis Maud took the throne, the Duke of Rochester made his daughter the Empress by marrying her to the Emperor.

“Anyway, it’s okay. His Majesty the Emperor is more concerned about the Duke of Rochester than me.”

The Empress’s laughter grew a little deeper.

The Emperor and the Empress were very much politically entangled.

The Emperor’s attention was focused on the Duke of Rochester, not the Empress.

That meant that the more the Duke’s power was intact, the more the Emperor could not give up the Empress.

And the Duke of Rochester was currently at the top of the aristocracy.

“Even if I act in a way that you don’t like, you can’t let me go, the only link to the Duke’s family, right?”

“Your Majesty the Empress.”

“Besides, my father, who was kind to Your Majesty the Emperor, is now... ... gone from this world.”

So he had no choice but to keep me by his side even more.

The Empress thought coldly.

Her brother, who had inherited the title of Duke of Rochester after his father passed away.

His brother also had the same guilt as the Empress herself.

Guilt toward the late Emperor and Empress, and the Crown Prince.

The Empress closed her eyes tightly and opened them.

A firm voice flowed out.

“Charlize will take care of the Crown Prince for the time being. So take good care of him.”

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

Hayden, the head maid, bowed her head.

The Empress gazed at Charlize’s closed door for a long time.

* * *

The next day.

Maybe because she skipped dinner and went to bed early, she woke up early.

So she went to the kitchen to get something to eat and to bring with her when she met Diamid... ... .

Huh?

I was startled.

“Good morning, Charles.”

“Oh, did you sleep well?

Because the head maid was in the kitchen at this early hour.

What’s going on?

I was a little flustered.

“Now, Charles. Take this first.”

What the head maid held in my arms was a heavy cloth bag.

A delicious smell wafted out.

“Isn’t this... food?”

“Yes. Aren’t you planning to visit the Crown Prince’s Palace today?”

The head maid asked me in a strange tone.

Ah.

I blinked.

My heart pounded.

Can I really confidently visit the Crown Prince’s Palace?

The head maid patted my head affectionately.

“Don’t just bring a piece of bread every time, take something delicious.”

“Is that okay?”

“Of course. Didn’t Her Majesty the Empress herself give permission?”

My cheeks flushed at that answer.

Yes, the Empress forgave me.

She said it was okay.

That fact hit me hard.

Then, the head maid burst into laughter.

“Oh, your eyes are really swollen. Let them cool down before you go out.”

“Oh, thank you.”

... ... Well, they were really swollen because I cried yesterday.

You said you were scared when you looked in the mirror this morning?

The head maid made an ice pack and cooled my eyes herself.

Wow, it feels refreshing.

The head maid continued her explanation.

“If you visit the Crown Princess’ Palace today, the lock will be open.”

“Ji, jijyeom?”

“Yes. If you tell them you’re from the Empress’ Palace, they’ll let you in.”

I nodded vigorously.

My heart fluttered because it felt like my relationship with Diamid had been acknowledged a little.

After a while.

I hugged my cloth bag tightly and escaped outside.

The refreshing air of early summer tickled my cheeks.

I was clearly walking slowly at first, but my pace began to quicken without me realizing it.

‘I miss Diamid.’

Diamide.

His voice lingered in my ears.

That miserable voice that begged me to forgive him, that said it was all his fault.

Isn’t my behavior of approaching him so inconsiderately making Diamid lonely once again?

Isn’t it that I’ve added my share of loneliness to Diamid, who was already suffocatingly lonely?

Before I knew it, I was running like crazy.

* * *

Early in the morning, Diamid woke up with a start.

Perhaps because he had stayed up all night, his rough face was covered in a dark shadow.

“... ... Is Charles okay?”

A dry voice flowed out.

Charlize.

A little girl who had come to the Crown Prince’s palace like a fantasy.

When I first saw her, I was so surprised.

I believed that I would die alone, never meeting anyone in my life, abandoned by everyone... ... .

Diamond bit his lips as the self-loathing surged up.

The taste of blood returned to his mouth.

“She... ... taught me so many things.”

It was the first time.

Spending time with someone and laughing out loud.

I realized that the body temperature of others was so warm only after meeting Charlize.

However, when Charlize gave me so much, Diamond couldn’t give me anything in return.

Diamond curled up small.

“We’ll never meet again.”