“You didn’t secretly meet Sig on your way to throw the letter way, did you?”
The Emperor smirked when Britia gasped.
“You’re trying to have a secret love affair while your lord is struggling to write a letter?”
Fortunately, it seemed that the matter of the stolen letter had not been discovered, but it seemed that she had still incurred the Emperor’s wrath. Britia swallowed dry saliva and excused herself in a small voice, saying that it was a chance encounter.
“If this letter is useless, you will never see Sig again, let alone marry him.”
Britia’s eyes widened in surprise at the Emperor’s threat. She looked at him with a wronged expression, but he met her gaze with a venomous look. Britia became uneasy, as he seemed to be serious.
No, it’s okay. I saw the Empress’s expression. The letter definitely worked to calm her anger.
“It will definitely work.”
Britia nodded her head earnestly.
The Emperor glanced at Britia for a moment before returning his gaze to the letter.
I’m sorry. I love you. It was no longer difficult to write words of affection. However, the thought of his wife seeing this made him unable to bear it, and he crumpled it up and threw it away.
It seemed that he would never be able to complete the letter this way. However, he was angry when he saw Britia, whose face had noticeably improved after meeting Sig. He wanted to see his wife’s face too.
He couldn’t keep writing letters that he could never send.
“Deliver this to the Empress.”
After writing the letter with a frown for a long time, the Emperor handed over the letter, neatly folded and sealed in an envelope.
“If you lose it, your head will fly off.”
She didn’t forget to add a threat to her words. Britannia was taken aback, but she quickly composed herself and hurriedly left her office, running towards the empress to deliver the message accurately.
“It took you a long time.”
The Empress suppressed her excitement with a deliberate sneer. She was curious to see how the letter, which had been so passionate, had finally been completed.
[I’m sorry about the sweater. I’ll return it, so please forgive me and I hope you’ll still give me a gift for my birthday.]
It was a very concise message compared to the many letters he had written. The words “To my beloved wife” and “With love, your husband,” which he had always written before, were also missing. The Empress let out a hollow laugh.
Without waiting for anyone to stop her, the Empress headed to the Emperor’s office.
“Your Majesty, how dare you send me such a thing as an apology letter?”
The emperor, who had been waiting impatiently for Britia, was embarrassed and did not know what to do when the empress came in person. Besides, she seemed very angry. She was upset that her apology letter had failed.
I worked so hard on it! Britia Lockhart, you’re completely useless!
The Emperor gritted his teeth and glared at Britia.
“You made me look forward to it with all kinds of sweet words. What happened to the part where you said you would grant me anything I wanted?”
Sweet words? Grant her anything she wanted?
It didn’t take long for the Emperor to realize what his wife was talking about.
“Britia Lockhart!”
Britia, who had been following the Empress in a daze, was startled by the Emperor’s shout and hid behind Sig.
“Didn’t I tell you to burn the letter, the letter?!”
“Uncle, calm down.”
Sig spread his arms wide and desperately protected Britia from his uncle’s anger.
“The letter! The letter I told you to burn…!”
The Emperor couldn’t hide his agitation.
How much of it did she read? Surely she didn’t read all the letters.
The Emperor, who had written down his thoughts on paper as best he could, felt dizzy. He had been able to write so honestly because he had never intended to show them to his wife. That’s why he had told her to burn them, but she had!
“It was a secret, but I didn’t mean to….”
The Empress regretted her words. She had intended to keep the fact that she had secretly read all of his letters a secret, even for Britia’s sake. However, she had been so angry at his careless and incomplete letter that she had blurted it out.
“Britia Lockhart! You dare!”
At this rate, Britia, who had followed his orders, would be in serious trouble. The Empress cleared her throat and called out to the Emperor softly, trying to salvage the situation.
“Your Majesty.”
The Emperor, who had been so angry that his veins were about to burst, stopped in his tracks at the Empress’s call.
“Is it true that you fell in love with me at first sight?”
“…….”
“And have you been constantly and deeply in love with me ever since?”
The Emperor, filled with shame and embarrassment, could not find the words to answer and gritted his teeth. He couldn’t think of a good excuse.
Should he deny that he wrote it? No. She wouldn’t believe him anyway. That meek Britia Lockhart saw with her own eyes that I wrote it.
“Are you really saying that you will grant me anything I ask?”
The Emperor, unable to deny the hopeful question of his wife, broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn’t look at the Empress’s face and only glanced at Britia.
“Don’t think you can get away with this. You dare disobey the Emperor’s orders and you…betrayed me….”
The Emperor, who had been glaring at Britia as if she were his enemy, stopped talking. The Empress had grabbed the Emperor’s face and forced him to look at her. The Emperor held his breath as he met his wife’s gaze head-on.
“Your Majesty, you said you wanted to see me instead of that child’s face. Was that a lie?”
The embarrassed Emperor could not pronounce the word “no” properly and only a sob escaped his lips.
“Do you love me?”
The Emperor’s lips dried up at the sight of the Empress’s earnest gaze. He knew that he should not try to deceive her here and had to speak honestly.
The Emperor squeezed out an answer with great difficulty. However, his voice was so soft that the Empress could not hear him. She asked him to speak up and leaned closer, cupping her ear.
Britia could not hear what the Emperor said because his voice was too soft. However, she could see that the Empress was smiling, so it seemed that things had worked out well.
The Emperor noticed Britia’s happy gaze and glared at her. Britia was startled and hid behind Sig again.
“I heard that Your Majesty opposes the marriage of those two. However, I would like them to get married.”
At the Empress’s voice, Britia cautiously emerged from behind Sig and looked around. When she saw Sig and Britia looking at her with sparkling eyes, the Empress burst out laughing.
“If I wish for it, will Your Majesty grant it?”
The Emperor pressed his lower lip at the Empress’s question of whether he would change his mind.
Marriage is nothing. The Emperor had a strong desire to punish Britia.
“If you, re, ally, say so.”
However, he could not bring himself to say no to the Empress, who was looking straight at him. The Emperor, his voice breaking with anger, finally granted the marriage of the two.
“Now that I know Your Majesty is sincere, I wonder what other wishes I should make in the future.”
The Emperor’s eyes widened at the news that it was not over yet and he let out a hollow laugh.
“This is enough! What else do you want? If you’re too greedy, you’ll…!”
“I have been neglecting Your Majesty for a long time, so it won’t be easy.”
The Emperor closed his mouth tightly at the sight of his wife muttering, “If you don’t like it, you can drink it. I’ll ask for a divorce again.” Although he was anxious about what she would ask for, he was also relieved.
After all, as long as he granted all of the Empress’s requests, she would not ask for a divorce.
“So you’re really allowing it?”
Sig, who had been watching the situation, asked in a bright voice.
The Emperor wanted to be angry, thinking how dare he put himself in this predicament and then talk about permission. However, he couldn’t do that because of the Empress, who was watching him with sharp eyes.
“Yes… .”
As he squeezed out a “yes,” Sig tried to turn around to look at Britia with a bright smile.
“Britia! Bri…”
However, he couldn’t even turn around because Britia hugged him tightly from behind.
“Britia, I can’t see you like this.”
He asked her to let go of his arms for a moment so that he could face Britia. Britia then leaned her forehead on Sig’s back.
Britia felt a sudden wave of fatigue as the tension in her body seemed to dissipate at the thought that she had finally received permission. However, her heart felt as light as a feather.
“Britia.”
“No.”
Sig groaned at her firm refusal.
“You can’t even make cute noises.”
Sig turned his head around when Britia spoke in a cold voice. Although he couldn’t see Britia’s expression, he could tell that she was smiling.
“Britia.”
“I’m recharging my energy by melting Sig’s heart right now.”
“If that’s the case, it’s already melted a lot.”
Sig whined that if it melted any more, he would go crazy. Britia giggled and tilted her head to the side to look up at Sig.
“Just wait a little longer, because I’m going to melt it even more.”
If he really wanted to, he could easily push her away with his strength and do whatever he wanted. But this cute man, who was helpless and struggling, was now hers.
At that thought, Britia felt that all the time she had spent serving the sensitive Emperor was worth it.
“How dare you two flaunt your love in front of me?”
The Emperor clicked his tongue at the sight of the two. He was envious and resentful of Sig and Britia, who were openly expressing their affection for each other. He would get nervous even holding someone’s hand, so much so that his palms would sweat.
“Can’t you two get away from each other?”
“They’re a sight to behold, aren’t they?”
The Empress smiled with satisfaction, calling them cute children.
“If you’re so envious of those children, why don’t you hug me too, Your Majesty?”
The Empress was surprised at herself for making such a provocative statement. If she hadn’t known that he actually liked her very much, she wouldn’t have even tried.
The Emperor looked at the Empress with a hardened face. It was an incredibly tempting offer.
There was no reason why he couldn’t grant her 10 or even 100 requests if this was what it took. What more was there to be ashamed of? All the letters containing his inner thoughts had been discovered.
“What are you looking at? Can’t you step away?”
However, he couldn’t do it in front of the children, who were watching with curiosity and excitement.
Britia, who had been kicked out of the office, felt a hot gaze on her cheek. She knew who it was without even looking.
She turned her head slightly and met Sig’s eyes. He took Britia’s hand and kissed the back of her hand and her fingers repeatedly. Britia gasped at his purple eyes, which were unable to look away from her.
“What should I do? I tried to tease Sig, but I think I’m going to be punished. My heart hurts so much.”
Sig’s eyes widened in surprise at the word ‘pain.’ Britia coughed and hunched over, clutching her heart.
“Are you okay? Where? Is your heart really bad? The doctor, no, the priest, because it’s urgent!”
It was a cheesy act, but Sig fell for it innocently. He tried to quickly pick up Britia and carry her away. Britia grimaced at him and groaned.
“Britia, just bear with it for a little bit…”
“Ugh, it hurts so much, ugh, it hurts. Hehe.”
Even though it was an awkward act even for her, Britia couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of him flustered.
“…Did you lie to me again?”
Sig looked at her with a bewildered look in his eyes, realizing that he had been tricked.
“Britia!”
Britia giggled and pressed her lips firmly on his forehead.
“It’s not a lie. It’s true that my heart feels like it’s going to burst because I love you so much.”
Britia pulled Sig’s head close to her, listening to his heartbeat.
