How to Safely Divorce An Obsessive Emperor

What Lescal said was only half the truth. It was true that Lescal missed Lasilia all day long, but he did not have the heart to disobey Lasilia’s instructions because of the emotions he experienced at every moment.

Lasilia said she would go to the Duke’s house alone. From Lasilia’s point of view, it was a consideration not to spend time on things that did not necessarily require accompanying her, but for Raskal, that was also a refusal, so he was a little depressed.

At some point, her gloomy mind became a sharp annoyance.

She didn’t know exactly why. However, she had a feeling that something bad was going to happen to Lasilia. 

She made a sound like an immature bird flying away. He said he felt incredibly bad for some reason. So she covered it up and ran out of the palace.

Ryan hurriedly formed a guard and chased after Lescal. He arrived at the residence of the Duke of Pidellion and found that there had been an intruder. But he found out that the intruder was a guest from Del’Arta.

He knew it in her head. There was no love left behind by Lasilia in Del’Arta. But the unpleasant feeling did not go away.

As his feet moved, he headed towards Lasilia. He opened the door and he saw a human sitting on his knees in front of Lasilia.

The good news was that Pipi, who arrived first, pecked Ecelion and made Lasilia let go of her hand.

“Beep!”

Pipi got annoyed at Lescal, asking why he was so late. He said this didn’t happen because he wasn’t attached properly.

“Don’t say anything if you haven’t grown up yet.”

Lescal, who would have normally ignored it, surprisingly responded back to Pipi’s words. It meant that he was also very upset.

“Did something happen while I was away?”

Lasilia couldn’t guess why Pipi and Lescal were upset at the same time, but she did notice that Lescal was not in a very good mood.

Lasilia lifted her free hand and placed it on Lescal’s cheek.

Lescal shrugged one of his shoulders. He still couldn’t calmly accept Lasilia touching him without hesitation. First of all, his heart sank.

“Not really.”

“Then did you really just come to see me?”

“Because I don’t know when you will return.”

“But the Emperor can’t just vacate the palace.”

“Wouldn’t that be better? Rather than an unplanned mutation.”

“Ah… Was it dangerous?”

It wasn’t dangerous. The blue moon had passed, and Lasilia felt no threat to her safety.

But Lescal nodded his head.

“Because you weren’t there.”

And of course, Lasilia was not fooled by Lescal’s expressionless expression.

“It sounds like you just didn’t want to wait.”

Lescal, who discovered her lie, played with Lasilia’s knuckles and tried to distract her.

“…You know what? You are too strict with me.”

From Lasilia’s point of view, rather than being strict, she was so withdrawn that it was a disaster. Even now, she was trying to tell a lie, but she didn’t even get angry, so she was dumbfounded. On the contrary, she felt a little warm.

‘Because this person never hides his emotions.’

So, when he said that he missed her so much that he couldn’t bear it, he probably meant that he really did.

“Your Majesty seems to misunderstand what the word strict means.”

“You are indeed. You’re reprimanding me for saying I wanted to see you.”

“I guess you can’t say I blame you for this.”

Lasilia said, patting Lescal on the cheek. Lescal half-closed his eyes and let out a sigh of contentment.

“Give me more.”

It was then that Ecelion stood up.

“I was so anxious that I forgot my manners. Endless prosperity to Eliadan. This is Ecelion Brun Verhoyet of Del’Arta.”

“…”

Lescal’s eyes slowly turned to the side without hiding his disapproval. After encountering Ecelion, he became even more dissatisfied. The golden eye swept down Ecelion from the top of his head to the tips of his toes.

“Why is a foreign royal in my territory without any message?”

“I must admit that there were circumstances that prevented me from sending the message in advance. The situation in my home country is not stable enough to contact other countries.”

“Hmm… In that case, it would be better for you to take care of your country’s affairs rather than stay in my country.”

“Your majesty.”

It was a word that conveyed the meaning of such blatant coldness that there was no need to even mention rudeness. Lasilia gently tugged on the hem of Lescal’s clothes.

Lescal looked back at Lasilia with different eyes, as if his previous look was a lie. The thinly folded golden eyes were so sweet that they were like honey water.

“What?”

“I am indebted to the late King Verhoyet of Del’Arta.”

“…so?”

“His Highness Ecelion is the one who will receive the debt on behalf of him.”

“…”

So, she meant to ask him not to think about kicking him out.

“Is that a favor?”

Lescal, who at first twitched his lips, suddenly straightened his face and asked:

“You can think so.”

“Okay then.”

Lescal squeezed Lasilia’s hand with a satisfied expression.

“I can endure anything you ask me to do.”

His expression was soft, but his words weren’t all that different. At Lasilia’s request, Ecelion became a being that Lescal tolerated.

Ecelion’s expression hardened after hearing those words right in front of him. No, maybe it wasn’t because of Lescal Rovanialen Parken’s blatant poor treatment, but because of the conversation that followed.

“Can we do it three times instead?”

The prophet of Del’Arta laughed bitterly at those words. It was bitter but beautiful. Ecelion had never seen anyone more beautiful than the Prophet. So, he guessed God chose her as his representative. Because it must be something that humans couldn’t covet.

The reason Ecelion rebelled against his uncle Ricardo’s rule was not because he was extremely precious about his royal authority. The first thing Ricardo did after taking the crown was to wipe out the Great Temple.

In the meantime, the prophet, who was the most noble being in Del’Arta, disappeared. The rock of God’s representative, which God had decreed not to mistreat any human being, has disappeared. Ecelion could not tolerate anything more than his father’s death.

“I think three times is too many.”

“You’re strict.”

However, God’s representative became the demon’s companion. The Emperor of an empire said to have demonic blood held the representative of God in his arms and looked at his woman with the same gaze.

He played with his hands hotly and gazed at his lips with desire in his eyes. Ecelion felt like something very precious was being taken from him.

“It’s the opposite. It’s too little.”

“Too many. It’s already late afternoon. If you want to do it all three times, it takes time…”

Lescal straightened his upper body stiffly and his eyes lit up.

“You’re going to do it all in one day?”

Ecelion did not know what the three times were talking about. But he felt like he never wanted to know. Once he knew something, he felt like there was no turning back.

Lasilia asked back in a confused voice.

“That… Wasn’t it?”

“Good. I love it.”

“…”

Lescal grabbed Lasilia’s hand.

“Then, as you said, we don’t have time to do all three, so we have to go back to the palace right now.”

If the Emperor of Eliaden had been a werewolf, he would have been wagging his tail invisibly by now.

Ecelion felt as if a tail that clearly did not belong to a human body was waving dizzyingly in his field of vision.

“I still have to stay here a little longer.”

Fortunately, very fortunately, the Prophet of Del’Arta stopped the Emperor.

“Why…? …Is it because you don’t want to do it three times?”

This time, he had the illusion that his healthy ears were drooping down.

“No. Duke Piellion’s condition is critical. I may have to watch his deathbed.”

“Right. Then I will wait.”

“I hope you don’t do that. Your Majesty can’t be away from the palace for that long.”

“That’s okay. Because it’s three times.”

That wouldn’t work. No one knew how much time the Duke had left. The Emperor could not leave the palace for several days without any preparation.

“Then let’s do it like this. Unless your Majesty is ridiculously stubborn, we can do it three times.”

Lescal’s eyebrows hardened and then he shook his head.

“Four times if that happens.”

“No. Three times.”

“Why?”

“Originally it was twice.”

There was no way that Lasilia did not know that Lescal had secretly tried to increase the number of times to three. And she knew very well that if she were dragged along like this, the count would increase endlessly.

“You are too strict.”

“I’m not. If that were the case, it wouldn’t have increased to three times.”

“That means you’re strict.”

Lasilia smiled slightly at Lescal’s serious face.

Lescal sighed as if he were going to die.

“If you smile like that, I won’t be able to say anything.”

Lescal didn’t know it yet, but that was the reason why Lasilia retreated to him.

“Instead, it has to be three times. Do you not like it?”

“No way.”

Lescal quickly completed his calculations.

He could not interfere with the Empress, who nominally had to attend to her father’s deathbed. It was very sad for him, but Lasilia seemed to think that he should not stay here. It wasn’t difficult for him to wait. The problem was that needlessly dainty-looking debtor prince, and that could be solved by leaving the immature bird behind. The younger bird would do its job on its own.

Instead, he got three kisses.

‘Three times.’

It will happen three times. And that too for one night. He could feel his heart heating up at just the thought.

“Then I will wait.”

As if she knew that would happen, Lasilia nodded her head and patted Lescal’s cheek.

“I’ll see you at the imperial palace.”

“As soon as possible.”

“Hmm… Wouldn’t that be inappropriate?”

She said something very inappropriate, telling Duke Piellion to hurry up and die.

“If it gets too long, call me. I will come back again. At that time, I will prepare so that you will not say that I cannot leave the palace.”

For a moment, Lasilia shook her head as she was reminded of the attendants and courtiers of the Emperor’s palace who would fill the dukedom.

“I hope that doesn’t happen.”

Those words also made Lescal feel very sad, but his sadness subsided when Lasilia saw him off at the front door.

Lescal was so careful that he left behind a knight of the Royal Guard who would immediately inform him of the Duke’s death if he were to die. However, the Duke’s remaining time was a little longer than everyone expected.

And for a reason no one expected.

 

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