Ruskun Weimar was surprised by what his aide said and looked at him for a moment.
“What does that mean?”
Ruskun’s aide was originally a spy hidden in the Marquis de Logias. Therefore, he knew how he was using Evelina to purify water.
A month after Evelina became a queen, the Abelard Empire’s waterways were contaminated. There was no problem with the cleaner.
Evelina herself did not know, but Kaiden knew her ability. However, rather than extracting his wife’s blood for purification, Kaiden would instead buy water from other countries or invest more in developing new purification devices.
Therefore, there was no purification using Evelina’s blood. It could purify a tremendous amount of water, even in small amounts, and if it flowed through that purified water, it could purify other water at once.
“Do you remember what I told you before? He can purify the water with the lady’s blood, the Marquis of Logias.”
“Yes, I’ve heard that the blood of Her Majesty is like that.”
Ruskun Weimar had to keep listening to this absurd report. It was a report that had not even been left on paper, so he looked into his aide’s eyes and forgot to blink incredibly.
“I heard that Veron sells purified water.”
“But?”
“When the purified water was released into the channel, it is said that part of the channel was purified.”
“…No way.”
“Yes, the abilities from when she was the daughter of the Marquis of Logias are evident.”
Ruskun Weimar was more confused by the words. The Queen was way dead before his eyes. He even identified the body where she died.
Before he put it in a coffin and buried it, he also confirmed that she wasn’t breathing. But she’s alive?
“Did someone else express that they have that ability?”
“I thought about that, too. But the water seller of Veron says it was his wife’s ability.”
“…”
“And I confirmed that his wife was up in Chanter half a year ago. The two of them were separate, and the water supply continued for eight months. If so, the words “wife’s ability” would be a lie.
At the aide’s words, Ruskun Weimar thought Evelina pretended to be dead and ran away because she had another man. He couldn’t help but know how much the Emperor loved her.
“Should I report to His Majesty?”
“No, from the grave.”
Thus, Duke Ruskun headed to the tomb of the royal family. With only the five most reliable men.
The act of digging the royal family’s grave was worse than treason. Besides, if he had dug the Queen’s grave, it was clear that Kaiden would kill him.
That’s why he could never be caught.
~~~~
“Why do you keep doing useless things?”
Hecate was now completely dismissive of Evelina, and in his eyes, Evelina was pregnant and heavy and sitting in the bedroom because of her skinny limbs from not eating properly.
She often showed signs of giving premature birth, but the child he knew she would lose unexpectedly stuck with her until the very end.
“Please make it longer.”
“Why? Are you going out the window again?”
Evelina had cut the line to go out the other day. Therefore, the ankle shackles she was wearing now were made of iron. It was originally tied with a string.
“I’m not going out. Where am I going with this body?”
Hecate didn’t believe Evelina’s annoying reply. The food was scarcely reduced as if in rebellion.
Hecate made a huge fortune by selling water purified by her blood. But he couldn’t reveal it. Anyone would be suspicious if he, a mere frontier security guard, suddenly amassed such a fortune.
“Why don’t you gain some weight on the condition that I stretch out the chains?”
Hecate said so, worrying that the goose that laid the golden egg would die. Evelina sighed and replied to his remarks.
“It’s because my morning sickness isn’t over.”
“Don’t play tricks on me. How many months does morning sickness last?”
“I’m not sick. I’m telling you. If you don’t believe me, ask Lady Rendol.”
Evelina said so, holding back her tiredness. All she could do was sit like this. She was really about to faint.
“Don’t talk nonsense. Did you have a conversation with Lady Rendol?”
Hecate used to torment her with all sorts of doubts.
“…I’ll stop talking.”
“You’d better not think about running away again. If you run away this time, I’ll tell the Emperor about you. And I will also say that your seed is not the Emperor’s seed.”
“This is Kaiden’s child.”
“Stop talking nonsense. Then why would you have run away? You even pretended to be dead.”
Hecate told her so because Evelina, who was saying nonsense, was funny. What she said was true, but she took it for granted that he didn’t believe it.
“Usher is pitiful too. Seeing how you helped me.”
“When is Usher coming?”
“He’s back with the Guard.”
“Didn’t he look for me?”
Evelina said so, suspecting Usher wasn’t looking for her. Evelina was a wise woman. But there was nothing she could do now. Doubt, thinking, and scheming were her primary skills.
“He looked, but I said you ran away.”
Evelina thought it was true that Usher was indifferent to her. There was no reason for him to be loyal to her. And this money-mad Hecate was unlikely to share the wealth with his friend.
Of course, it was her illusion.
“So no one will come to save you.”
“If it’s money, I’ll give it to you. I have a mine.”
“What kind of money does a dead Queen have? You’re talking nonsense again.”
Evelina’s early period had subsided now. She thought it was time to move.
“I’ll prove it.”
So she began to think so that she could escape on her own. For the freedom forced to postpone due to a tired body and lack of food.
“Yeah, well. Who doesn’t like the idea of money?”
“Bring me my music box.”
Hecate continued because he remembered Evelina’s brilliance.
“Anyway, I’ll cut off your leg if you mess with me. And the baby you give birth to will be given to the courtesans.”
“…I understand.”
Evelina sighed and answered so. But she’s never lost a battle of wits.
~~~~
“Hey, why are you the only good role?”
Hecate spoke disgruntledly to Usher. They were talking at the eastern well because Evelina should hear their conversation in the house.
Usher was very dissatisfied with Hecate’s handling of the matter while he was away. But now he thought it was inevitable that this would happen.
It’s all too late to do anything.
When he returned, he locked up Evelina and exploited her blood.
Usher, on the other hand, thought that it was better. Veron was a little far from the capital, Chanter. If they locked her up here, the Emperor wouldn’t find her. He probably wouldn’t even know she was alive.
Usher was also afraid she would testify against him when he got caught.
Evelina was such a beautiful woman. There was no one more beautiful than her in all his life. It was evident that her beauty had made the Emperor so madly gentle with her.
Usher was well aware. What kind of person was the Emperor?
The Emperor was a fierce and cold-hearted man. It was beyond description to be heartless.
Perhaps it was the Queen who made even that kind of thing soft. When he found out that she was alive, there was no way he would leave her alone.
So it didn’t seem like a lousy way to lock her up so she couldn’t be found. In addition, because they were selling water using Veron’s topographical conditions, even if the money was divided in half, Hecate alone was taking all the risks.
Stupid Hecate didn’t seem to know that.
“I have to remain like that to block the escape route.”
“What are you talking about? Do you want to skip it again?”
Usher pondered for a moment whether it was his fault that he couldn’t understand even if he said this or because he was dumb.
“Who will the Queen find after running away?”
“She’ll just run away.”
“Do you think so? She’ll find me. I’m the one who came all the way here with her.”
Usher said so confidently. Then Hecate nodded as if he understood.
“You’re the only one left pretending to be nice.”
“Yes.”
“Hey, you’re smart.”
Hecate said and chuckled.
~~~~
‘The body inside is fake.’
Ruskun Weimar didn’t know what to do with this. When he dug the tomb of Queen Evelina, there was a doll inside the coffin. A wax figure pretending to be a human being.
It was done because he didn’t think anyone would dig a coffin. No one with common sense would dig up the dead body.
“Oh, my God.”
Ruskun Weimar was walking away in such anguish.
He was heading to the bedroom of the Imperial Palace, where Kaiden would be. He did not appear at breakfast meetings when he entered these days, nor did he attend political meetings.
He was an emperor who slept elsewhere most of the time, but when he drank and became emotional, he would collapse and fall asleep in the bedroom of the Emperor’s palace.
It had now been eight months since Queen Evelina left his side.
– Dalgak*
*TN: Sound of a lock being unlocked
“Your Majesty!”
Ruskun Weimar shouted as soon as he saw Kaiden. It was clear that Kaiden was out of his mind now.
“Weimar.”
Kaiden was drunk. He took so many sleeping pills that sleeping pills were rolling on the floor around him.
And a pistol was in his hand.
“You said I would be able to forget Lina with time.”
“Your Majesty, put that gun down!”
Kayden laughed unconsciously when Weimar Ruskun’s face was distorted with embarrassment. Everything was fine now.
“I can’t. I can’t live without Lina.”
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