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“… Yes, Your Majesty.”
I turned away from his office.
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“Everyone, back off.”
Upon returning to the empress’ palace, Helan yelled at all the maids.
The chambermaids, who were constantly checking my bedroom, left the room and I sat on a chair.
“Your Majesty… Are you okay?”
Helan approached me and asked carefully.
Just as I heard my name, Helan probably already heard about Lize’s arrival.
No, all of the maids and servants there probably heard. Maybe tomorrow, rumors will dig into the Imperial Palace.
The news that Raymond’s first love, Lize, is back.
Raymond and Liz.
The two were quite popular in the social world.
“Helan, did you hear that? I couldn’t have misheard?”
When asked, “I heard it clearly, but I didn’t want to believe it,” Helan’s face was troubled.
“Your Majesty. I’m sorry.”
Helan bowed her head as if I couldn’t say it was my fault.
“No, it’s not your fault. Helan, I just want to be alone for a while.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Helan quietly closed the door and left.
Only my deep sigh rang in the room where silence fell.
“Lize, Go Away. Why are you coming back all of a sudden…?”
Lize left the empire seven years ago to become a concubine of the West Kingdom.
As long as she entered as a concubine, and not the queen, she could not leave the royal palace of the West Kingdom until the king died.
But why and how did she return to the Empire?
I once wished she would come back and make Raymond happy, but not anymore.
Especially not now. Ugh, I didn’t even want Raymond to hear from her.
Raymond was now my husband.
I knew better than anyone how much Raymond loved her.
Just imagining it made my heart throb.
‘The day after tomorrow, Lize and I will return from the West to the Empire.’
What kind of expression did he have on his eyes when he said that?
Lize left and Raymond married me, but he never told me he loved me.
Of course that didn’t mean he was the worst husband to me. In any case, he was faithful to what he had promised on his wedding day.
The promise that there would be no other woman in his life than me.
After ascending to the throne, he changed the Empire’s marriage law to monogamy, leaving behind a lot of opposition. Naturally, there was no government.
*(Monogamy Meaning that you must only have 1 lover, the opposite of polygamy)*
“Oh. Already… I see.”
When I looked out the window, I could see dark days coming soon.
I didn’t even realize the time was passing because I was thinking about it.
I got out of my chair so as not to be late for dinner.
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I walked in a hurry, but Raymond had already arrived first at the dining hall.
Although we were married, we were always together in the evening because we couldn’t meet face to face in busy mornings.
I always waited for dinner time with him, but he didn’t seem that much.
As time went by, I felt obliged to be together.
Today, I felt especially bad, even though I had seen him thinking about something else before.
Maybe he’s thinking Lize right now.
Have you ever thought of me so deeply?
When the servants noticed, I opened my mouth first.
“Your Majesty, I am sorry for being late.”
“What?”
I looked at his cold eyes and said the name I didn’t want to take out.
“…I’ve heard that Lize is returning to the Empire. Is that true?”
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End of Chapter 002