“How on earth is this…?”
Albert glared at the two lovers embracing and turned around. Lorraine and Gerald were just as dumbfounded as they were, just watching the situation unfold before their eyes.
“You damn bastard!”
He slapped the son he wanted to kill in the face, but Albert’s hand passed right through Gerald’s dazed face.
“How did this happen?”
Albert recalled the moment just before this happened. He was devastated and suddenly felt like his hair was being grabbed and pulled out. Then, when he opened his eyes again, he realized he could see himself.
“Am I really dead?”
He was definitely alive just a little while ago.
“Who did this?”
He screamed until the throne room trembled, but no one turned around. It was the moment when he couldn’t overcome his anger and screamed again and tried to rush at Elliot.
“Get your revenge in hell.”
He heard a voice from behind him. It was definitely a familiar voice. When Albert looked back, he almost blacked out. It was because his older brother, the previous Grand Duke, who had died a long time ago, was standing in front of him.
“Tongue, brother.”
When he called him that, his brother furrowed his eyebrows in the same way as Elliot.
“You’re so shameless.”
“Brother, I was wrong. Please forgive me generously.”
Just as Albert was kneeling and the rain was falling, the Grand Duchess, who was standing next to her brother and glaring at him, snorted.
“The throne was taken from the crown prince using black magic. Because of that black magic, my wife and I had a difficult time not being able to have children for a long time.”
The Grand Duke began to recite his evil deeds one by one.
“…He ended up taking our lives, and even after that, he couldn’t give up his ambition and threatened our children.”
After listing the impossible crimes, he asked:
“Which of these are you asking for generous forgiveness?”
Albert closed his mouth for a moment out of humiliation, but again begged humbly.
“All my sins…”
“I guess hell is scary.”
His older brother, who knew well that there was no way he would sincerely apologize, spoke coldly.
“Ask for forgiveness only after you have paid for your sins.”
At that moment, the surroundings became dark. Albert, who was looking around in the darkness where he could not see anyone or anything, faced red eyes and screamed in horror. Immediately, a bony hand with nothing but bones came towards him, and the sharp blue blade of a scythe flashed before his eyes. It was a reaper.
“No!”
Albert jumped up and ran away from the reaper.
“Brother, I was wrong! Please forgive me!”
If he was dragged along like this, the only place he could go was hell. It was only when the gates of hell opened before his eyes that he began to regret the things he had done in his lifetime.
“Ahh! Let go!”
Flames shot out from the gates of hell and wrapped around his limbs like vines. The grim reaper glided towards Albert, who was unable to move, and swung his scythe.
“Sinners go to hell.”
“No! No!”
His cries as he was dragged into hell soon became inaudible.
Jump, jump.
The sound of the Shinigami’s footsteps echoed in the quiet space. The witch hiding behind the throne heard the footsteps getting closer and she chanted a random spell. These were useless things now that there was no mana.
“You sinful one.”
“Get out now! Do you think I will be taken away obediently?”
The moment he heard the Shinigami’s voice right above his head, the witch stood up and ran blindly, avoiding him with her hip steps.
“Ugh!”
As she was running away from the reaper, something grabbed her ankle. The witch, who fell to her knees, let out an ear-piercing scream. Her pale hands reached out from beneath her earth to grasp and pull her. He looked down and as the witch made eye contact with the humans she had killed, she froze in fear.
“My enemy!”
“Eternal torment to me!”
Meanwhile, the Shinigami leisurely approached and stood in front of her.
“At las.”
With a single gesture, the parchment scroll in his hand was released and fell to the floor. The scroll rolled endlessly across the floor, spreading out like a long carpet. Her sins were recorded in detail on the parchment.
“If I were to recite all the charges, it would take as long as you have lived. It will take much longer than that to pay for all of these sins.”
The Reaper threw away the parchment and swung her scythe at her as she was grabbed by the messengers. Such a fallen soul was trapped in hell forever.
“Meet Your Majesty the New Emperor.”
Meanwhile, in this world, those gathered in the throne room kneeled down in unison toward the new emperor. But wouldn’t the new emperor also kneel?
To his lover.
“Hazel.”
When he pulled her hand, Hazel, who had been giving Luca a cookie for his hard work, looked at him in surprise.
“Elliot…”
Immediately, Hazel’s eyes became moist.
“When we first met with a sword pointed at your neck, I never imagined that I would get down on my knees and hand you an engagement ring.”
The corner of Hazel’s watery eyes rolled down.
“At that time, I thought you were an evil witch, so asking you to be my younger siblings’ babysitter was an extremely risky venture. But looking back now, it was the best decision of my life.”
“Me too. Accepting your request was the best thing I did.”
Elliot’s eyes also turned affectionately.
“When I look back on that time, I still feel sorry for you, but you didn’t just understand me, you helped me, and in the end, you even loved me.”
Elliot kissed the back of Hazel’s hand. When he lifted his head and met her eyes, he saw that Hazel’s cheeks were as rosy as the tears in her eyes.
“Hazel, it wouldn’t have been possible to get here today without you.”
“No.”
“Not really.”
Luna’s voice intervened. Elliot looked back at his younger siblings, who stood behind him. Both of them were looking at the two with happy and helpless eyes. It was a look in his eyes that could not have been expected in the days when children misunderstood and resented him.
“If it weren’t for you, my relationship with my younger siblings might have become estranged forever. I could have been assassinated, or would have died on the battlefield.”
The moments when he was almost assassinated, and when Hazel saved his life and escaped the threat of the emperor, flashed before her eyes.
“We all survived thanks to you. I think you are an angel sent by God to save us who were wandering after losing our parents.”
Luna and Luca, standing behind him, nodded their heads loudly.
“Hazel, what kind of potion did you really use? I’m completely stupid. Now I’ve forgotten how to live without you.”
At his words, Hazel laughed, covering her red cheeks with one hand as if she was embarrassed.
“Actually, I don’t want to know that method for the rest of my life.”
Elliot took the ring, which he had always kept for this moment, from her arms.
“Hazel.”
“Yeah, good! I’ll do it! I want to do it!”
Even though he hadn’t even asked her to marry him yet, Hazel was so excited that she was the first to answer, shaking her feet. Like when she asked to become the Grand Duke’s nanny. Seeing Hazel so happy, Elliot’s eyes were also colored by her laughter and moisture.
“I want to raise children with you, rule the country, wake up with you in the morning, and close my eyes with you at night, just like I have always done.”
“Me too.”
“Will you please join me? The period is forever.”
“Yes!”
This time, Hazel accepted the contract without carefully examining the terms. She even placed her lips on his, as if she were stamping a contract. After her kiss, Elliot put a large diamond ring on her left ring finger. How many twists and turns there were before putting this ring on Hazel. When she turned around, the tip of her nose became cold. He kissed the ring and stood up. It was a moment when Hazel and he looked at each other, laughed, and then hugged each other.
“We are family now!”
Luna and Luca ran over and hugged them all at once.
“It means Hazel can’t go anywhere anymore, hehehe.”
While Luna was smiling sinisterly, Luca said something strange.
“So when will I have a nephew? I like boys.”
Daisy was still running around crying, and Lady was watching them and smiling happily. Those who had knelt to show respect to the emperor applauded the two men.
With everyone congratulating them, the two got engaged.
* * *
There was no time to enjoy the joy. It was because things hit them like a storm right away.
As soon as Eliot was crowned emperor, he was busy disposing of sinners. The empress and crown prince who participated in the crimes of the deposed emperor had all their property, status, and identity confiscated. He was then exiled to the northernmost part of Billund, the coldest and most barren land on the continent. Those two were not the only criminals who needed to be punished. Those who aided the deposed emperor’s crimes and the criminals recorded in the witch’s ledger were also punished according to their crimes. In addition, the people of the deposed emperor had to be expelled from the imperial palace and those who would be loyal to Elliot had to be reintroduced. At the same time, they also needed to prepare for the coronation ceremony, which has been postponed for a while. They also had to plan their wedding after that. They had an absolutely amazing time for a month. Then, when she came to her senses, fall had already left and winter was in full swing, with the chilly wind knocking on the frosted windows. Only after the season changed like that were they able to return to the Grand Duke’s residence.
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