Save Me

02. Here is Baloch, Your Majesty.

 

“His Majesty seems to be a little late.”

oh my god.

Did the Duke not know?

My heartbeat calmed down for an instant and my excitement subsided.

“No, Duke.”

My two joined hands were cold.

“He won’t come.”

He even offered me as a sacrifice to vent your anger, there was no way he would come.

“Isn’t His Majesty coming?”

“Maybe.”

Bianca, who was adding small words as if checking his mood, suddenly smiled bitterly.

“……”

Even when I realized I was a sacrifice, I kept paying attention out of habit.

I would soon be dealt with by the angry Duke, so it was all useless.

‘How dare a thing born from eating its mother open its mouth in front of me!’

‘superficiality. What are you talking about?’

The dirty habit of having to suppress one’s words throughout one’s life because one’s very existence was a sin makes a person miserable until the end.

For some reason, Bianca couldn’t manage her expression well, so she quickly lowered her head.

Tuk.

A black shoe got into my field of vision along with the its heavy tipping sound on the marble floor.

“were you abandoned?”

Bianca, who reflexively raised her head, froze for a moment when she made eye contact with the Duke.

The golden eyes peeking out from under the lowered eyelashes flashed with worry.

“…I won’t deny it.”

I didn’t mean to sound weak.

The warm gaze I received for the first time made my mouth move uncontrollably.

“But, Duke. It must be difficult to be positive. In the first place,…”

“In the first place?”

I belatedly tried to speak up in an attempt to patch things up, but the duke’s expression as he asked the question was kind, so my lips, which were supposed to be tightly shut, started to flutter again.

“I’m not allowed to have a relationship in the first place that I could be considered abandoned…”

The voice that whispered in a pampered way was unfamiliar, as if it belonged to someone else.

She hurriedly covered her mouth, but Bianca felt like her head was going to fly off due to the series of mistakes.

I had never once been shaken by the insults and ridicule I had received throughout my life.

But maybe because I thought it would end soon?

Or is it because of the warmth felt from another person for the first time in my life?

The solidly built wall is crumbling, and my raw inner feelings keep coming out.

It’s like I’m being swayed by the shallow affection from the man who’s going to kill me.

“Sorr…”

“That’s good.”

Sorry.

Please pretend you didn’t hear that.

Before I could even say my short apology, I was drowned out by the Duke’s laughter.

“I like it. Princess.”

Tuk.

Another long step.

Duke Baloch narrowed the distance between us and tilted his head to meet my gaze.

The golden eyes that met mine immediately shone like the sun.

Was that why?

I felt warm wherever our eyes met.

“I guess I’m going to be the first.”

With an unknown sound, Duke Baloch took out a neatly folded document from his coat pocket and signed it.

Sigh.

Bianca was more concerned about the documents the Duke had pulled out than the incomprehensible conversation.

What was that?

The golden paper was something Bianca was well aware of, as it was only allowed for the royal family.

The duke stamped his signature and even his seal without even reading it.

As the Duke pressed down, the red wax was pushed out and contained the pattern of Baloch.

Tuk Tuk

Looking at that, I felt nervous for some reason.

“What is that?”

Finally, Bianca gave in to her nervousness and opened her mouth.

The duke glanced up at Bianca’s question.

The golden eyes under the lowered eyelashes looked happy somehow.

“What you wanted.”

“What…”

Bianca, who was deciphering his words, looked at the piece of paper the duke was holding and covered her mouth.

It was a marriage certificate.

The officiant was the Emperor, the bride was Bianca Termina and the groom was Gillian Baloch.

I could see an signature that had never been made and a seal that had never been stamped on the document, but that wasn’t what was important.

The duke signed.

A piece of paper, which had no effect on Bianca’s own, now had perfect effect upon his willingness.

Did he really know what this meant now?

“Um, you really signed it?”

“yes.”

“Why?”

‘Try to make the marriage conversation with him happen somehow. How much will your dead mother mourn if Marquis Elian’s ship sinks?’

Regardless of the fact that she was really happy that she didn’t have to die for the runaway emperor or that she was able to save Marquis Illian, Bianca didn’t understand this situation.

She was the enemy’s daughter.

You were forced to marry your enemy daughter without a proper apology, and you accept that?

“Duke Baloch, this is an important matter. I know what I am, for Termina on behalf of the Emperor,”

“Don’t you understand? Madam.”

“madam….!”

There was a lot she wanted to say, but Bianca froze and couldn’t say anything.

It was because the words he called her were so shocking.

“madam…?”

As I pondered the words in disbelief, the Duke nodded slightly.

“I also made a vow, so wouldn’t it be right for me to call you ‘madam’?”

“But Duke…”

“The word ‘Duke’ feels too distant, Please call me Jillian, madam.”

“But…”

“Husband and Hubby are fine too.”

“Duke Jillian.”

“Jillian.”

After a stubborn argument, Bianca sighed softly.

“Jillian.”

The Duke smiled at the sound of me muttering softly as if he liked the sound of it.

“Yes, madam. Okay then, shall we go home now?”

“Home?”

“This is no longer your home, is it?”

‘Were you abandoned?’

At that moment, Bianca had the illusion of hearing the duke’s voice.

“You have become the mistress of the Northern Territory, and now your home is the ice-walled North.”

At the end of his words, the Duke held out his hand as if asking for an escort.

The golden eyes seen between the gently curved eyes glowed unbelievably sweetly for a moment.

Bianca felt like she was out of breath for a moment at the Duke’s expression as if he was looking at something lovely.

oh my god.

If that’s an expression made to lure people, it worked so well.

Even though I knew clearly what our relationship was like, my heart moved.

No, even though I had no other choice but to marry him, I was so happy at that moment that I wanted to follow him.

“Can I take you there?”

Bianca held out her hand towards the Duke, who had his eyes fixed on her.

“…Please take me with you.”

“Of course. I was just waiting for those words. madam.”

Bianca closed her eyes tightly as she felt the strong grip around her fingertips.

It should  have been horrible, but his hands were incredibly warm.

 

***

 

There was no dignity whatsoever in The Emperor’s appearance as he paced around nervously.

He held his head and groaned.

He had no idea how on earth things ended up like this.

However, one thing was clear: Silas Baloch and Eclipse de Termina *could not coexist.

[TL: He means that the Duke family and the him can’t coexist.]

Even though he was the highest person under this heaven, weren’t they compared many times simply because he(The Emperor) was born in the same era as him(the previous Duke)?

“How dare they!”

The gazes that saw him as someone lacking.

Ibang, who was carelessly pummeling me because I was lucky enough to have the excellent Baloch at my disposal.

For a moment, Eclipse felt an unbearable sense of humiliation as he sensed that he as The Emperor of Termina was not well liked, but just Silas Baloch was.

Eclipse leaned back in his chair just as he stopped grinding his teeth.

When he closed his eyes, the day from which all these months happenings began came back to him vividly, as if it was real.

‘Harvest will start soon?’

It was by chance that the scenery outside the window caught his eye as he was wrapping up a regular meeting.

The sun was stinging, but the heat had subsided, and the sky had suddenly become much higher.

Termina’s short summer was passing by.

In the Termina Empire in the Northern Hemisphere, all cultivation and harvesting ends in mid-September.

That meant that it would be completely winter from October onwards.

From October to March of the following year, Termina experiences a long winter.

Although it was colder on the Northern Territory bordering the ice wall, it was still bitterly cold.

No matter how much you go through it, you never get used to it.

The half a year in which I had to hold my breath is already terrible.

Eclipse, who was sick of the his fears that never came true, suddenly thought of a little entertainment to brighten up the long, boring winter days.

It was a banquet.

The youngest princess came of age this spring, so it was time to find a spouse.

It would be a pleasant time for those who were going to go through the dark and cold winter.

There were both enough reasons.

‘We will hold a grand banquet in November. Now that the princess has become an adult, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take this opportunity to find a good partner.’

Everyone’s eyes were drawn to the Emperor’s refreshing proposal that would help them get through the long winter with excitement and memories.

‘Then, let’s take advantage of a good day and prepare…”

As they continued talking cheerfully, Silas Baloch suddenly rebelled.

‘I tell you this with all my heart, so please reconsider, Your Majesty the Emperor.’

As always, he spoke politely and had an extremely polite expression.

‘By November, the extreme cold would’ve already begun. It will also the time when monsters beyond the ice wall are active. If you host a banquet during that time, it will be frowned upon.’

Cool eyes and confident tone.

Because of the Duke of Baloch who gave justifiable ‘reasons’ in this way, he always had to hear ridicule as a ‘foolish’ emperor.

Was that what loyalty meant?

It was at that moment that the anger that had been suppressed throughout my life burst out.

‘Rebellious! Could it be that he said this without knowing what winter is like in the Empire? How dare the Duke go against my opinion!’

“ha…”

What would change if I regret it?

Eclipse raised his hand and rubbed his face.

Silas was no longer in this world.

The only one left was Jillian Baloch, who had horrified Silas Baloch, and now he was in the imperial palace.

“Chamberlain!”

Another Baloch.

Eclipse became extremely anxious when he thought of Jillian and screamed outside.

“Chamberlain! What happened to the princess!”

It had already been less than an hour since the drawbridge of the imperial palace went down to welcome Baloch and his party.

Even if they had spent time guiding him to the reception room and providing tea, he should have met the princess by now.

If you met the princess, there must have be some news, but why was it so quiet?

Could it be that this useless thing was just delaying its trip to Busan for appearance and all?

I got increasingly frustrated with each and every question.

“Chamberlain!”

Today, the response to the bell ringing was also late.

Eclipse, who couldn’t wait, had just opened the office door.

bang!

A vibration rang out beneath my toes, along with a huge noise that felt like the earth was shaking.

“What…what?”

Eclipse’s eyes widened in astonishment as he saw gray clouds blooming in the direction of Bianca’s Rosevena Palace, where the reception room was located.

When he saw the thick puffy clouds, he got goosebumps and my teeth chattered.

“Ch, ch, chamberlain!”

I gathered all my strength and called the chamberlain once again, but this time too, no one came running to Eclipse.

Only then did Eclipse realize.

Not only was the knight who was normally guarding the front of the office nowhere to be found, but there was no one in the main palace where he was.

“Is there anyone…?”

It was a very creepy thing to ask in an empty hallway, but Eclipse couldn’t keep his mouth shut.

Otherwise, he felt like he would have to turn his head away due to the pressure he felt from behind.

Instinct was whispering.

‘You must never look back.’

“Is there anyone?”

That was when Eclipse opened his mouth again.

“Here is Baloch, Your Majesty.”

An unfamiliar, yet very familiar voice rang from behind him.

 

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TL:

Hello everyone 👋

Next chapter will be next Wednesday.

Feel free to comment about mistakes.

From the titles of next chapters, it seems like the male lead will be the dark type, look forward to it ~