But for some reason, her voice couldn’t be heard properly.
She was still, as if muted, even though her red lips were clearly moving.
‘Uh……?’
Before she could resolve her doubts, her eyes began to spin.
The Emperor, her eyes wide open, came closer to me. Her sight seemed like slow motion.
It was only when I was in her arms that I realized that my body was like a ball of fire.
‘Well, I’ve been in this cold place dressed like this, so it’s strange that I don’t have a fever……’
Zeusia, who had an unusually surprised expression on her face, seemed to be saying something, but i couldn’t understand a word.
Even as my mind drifted, the only thing that filled my mind was the worry that she might go back on her promise.
‘Hah, i can never ask for it. I’m trying to save my life……’
Zeusia’s face is noticeably distorted.
Why do you make that face?
She didn’t hesitate at all when she tried to kill me with her own hands. Are you afraid of me freezing to death?
‘Oh, my. It would be difficult if i came all the way here and froze to death…….’
I absent-mindedly stretched my hand towards her face and muttered while rubbing my mother’s wrinkled eyebrows.
“We will live together.”
The last time I felt that the hand that touched Zeusia was slightly warm, all my senses became numb.
* * *
Zeusia, the emperor of the Eastern Empire, who was nothing short of a symbol of absolute monarchy, also lacked just one thing.
Just authenticity.
My mother was a wandering gypsy.
Although there is not much information about her because she is barely mentioned in the original work, what is certain is that she was an outstanding beauty and that her dancing skills were so good that she was invited to the imperial banquet.
On the day she was brought to the imperial palace to perform, a woman with a child was noticed by the emperor. She was left unattended and lost her life while giving birth to her daughter.
Zeusia, an abandoned illegitimate child, spent her childhood moving from castle to palace, barely earning a living.
Fortunately, she had exceptionally excellent physical ability, and after she was lucky enough to learn swordsmanship, she was active in several wars.
It was a time when a fierce battle for interests between the Western and Eastern Empires began, and the reputation of the triumphal general Zeusia grew day by day.
Meanwhile, the previous emperor died on the battlefield, and the crown prince who was to take over the throne also lost his life not long after.
Fortunately, the emperor had many children. The throne passed to the second and third heirs in turn.
But for some reason, the healthy royal family members all died mysteriously as soon as they ascended the throne.
As if someone was deliberately trying to kill the emperor.
In the end, the throne went around and it came to the turn of Zeusia, a half-royal family member.
She, who took the throne as if she had been waiting for it, didn’t die like other royal family members.
This is the story of Zeusia before she became a tyrant, as mentioned in the original work.
‘Her comment section was in an uproar, saying Zeusia must have killed her half-brothers.’
In reality, the Mad Emperor was a great man, so I also clicked the heart on the comment speculating about Zeusia’s immoral actions.
I didn’t even dream about it at the time.
I’m going to possess that crazy woman, no, I’m going to be the crazy emperor’s daughter.
The Zeusia i met in person was more beautiful and fascinating than was described in the book.
She said in the original that her personality was nothing short of vicious, but honestly, she wasn’t that bad.
‘How can you describe this person as cruel in polite terms? you should have written that she was a psychopath!’
The moment I expressed my dissatisfaction with the overly purified expression of the original, an unfamiliar voice filled my head.
“Do your best. you…….」
Voices whose gender and even age could not be guessed repeated the same words.
“Do your best!”
I closed my eyes tightly with the thought that my head might explode soon, and ironically, my heavily locked mind woke up.
“Huh……!”
I took a deep breath and immediately raised my upper body.
My whole body was wet and wet with sweat. At the same time, my body felt strangely light.
Just like when I woke up after a serious illness.
‘Come to think of it, I collapsed in front of lake at that time!’
I must have been crazy to go out in that harsh winter wearing only an indoor coat.
‘But the underground passage is warm, and I didn’t plan on staying in the lake that long.’
Above all, the clothes I wore that day were the thickest coats I owned.
I held my throbbing head and tried to remember the moment after i collapsed in the lake, but nothing came to mind.
‘Anyway, I don’t think this is my room?’
After looking around belatedly, I couldn’t help but tilt my head.
In this room where I opened my eyes, everything was big enough to make me feel scared.
The bed I had just been lying on was wide enough for about eight adult men to roll around on, and the sensuously arranged furniture was also large and magnificent.
‘I feel like I’m in the land of giants.’
After giving my foolish review, I realized that the room itself was incredibly large.
‘This is one room……?’
It was truly a moment that redefined the word studio.
Not only was the size surprising, but all the items that caught my eye also looked very expensive.
‘It’s not just the emperor’s room, it’s a lot of money……Wait a minute, Emperor?’
Goosebumps ran down my spine.
Before I could even think about it, I felt someone nearby.
The really big problem was that I felt it coming from below, not next to or behind me.
“hey.”
A line that isn’t as beautiful as it sounds.
At that call, my head turned backwards, and I was immediately able to make eye contact with Zeusia who was lying beneath me.
Ah, the place where I am sitting is Zeusia’s ship……To be exact, it was above her strong abs.
‘I thought it was some kind of stone bed.’
While I was seriously contemplating whether or not to say that excuse out loud, Zeusia frowned and spoke in a quiet voice.
“You managed to survive.”
“Oh, yes…….”
“…….”
“……?”
I thought she was going to say more, but he managed to survive. Is that the end?
The mother and daughter, who were not familiar with each other, stared at each other in silence for a long time.
‘Shouldn’t she ask about my physical condition at this point?’
As i began to feel the uncomfortable silence, i suddenly remembered that Zeusia was no ordinary mother.
Also, her mindset when making the ‘promise’ with her at the lake.
‘I will have to take up arms and change the genre of this novel from a 19+ genre to an all-ages genre.’
So, we will make sure that it does not meet a cruel ending like the original.
Me too, and this emperor who will go crazy one day.
I became hot with a strange sense of duty.
I know that the plot of “You are the first baby to smile at me” to Zeusia doesn’t work well, but I decided to follow the cliche for now.
“Were you surprised that I suddenly collapsed yesterday? I’m okay now! My body is light, like I’m about to fly, and I don’t have a fever.”
I smiled brightly and raised both arms.
Zeusia, who was staring at me grinning, opened her mouth with an indifferent expression.
“What about yesterday? It was a week ago that you passed out in the lake.”
“A week? Are you saying i haven’t woken up all this time?”
“Didn’t i tell you? you managed to survive.”
I thought I was going to die.
Zeusia lowered her eyes and added the words as if she were muttering, sending a shiver down her spine.
“But you didn’t die.”
The moment I felt that her voice as she spoke those cruel words was somehow gloomy, the corner of her mouth twisted mischievously.
“Anyway, this little thing has such bad sleeping habits that I haven’t been able to sleep properly for the past seven days.”
Are you sure you don’t want to let out what you’ve been holding in for 7 days now?
‘You can’t spit on a smiling face,’ I quickly asked with a smile.
“Well, did I even struggle? Wow, i usually sleeps very quietly…….”
“You was tossing and turning so much that it was better to sleep while hugging a wild animal.”
The verbal abuse that is breathed out is also a problem.
‘……I think the overall age range has already gone down a bit. How about around 12 or 15?’
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