“Ugh…”
Evelina was getting motion sickness because of Gallas, who drove his horse too roughly. Her stomach was heavy, and her back hurt because the mountain wasn’t far away. But riding so fiercely, she felt like her back would break.
“You must be enjoying this.”
“I feel sick.”
“Women’s refusal is not sincere. Do you think I don’t know?”
It was Evelina’s first time seeing Gallas Tenesi, but his horror was familiar. However, Gallas’ ugly appearance seemed to encourage motion sickness to the extent that she could not get used to it.
While Renold Tenesi was a Prince who left good impressions, Gallas was the opposite. The appearance of a villain, an aquiline nose, open eyes, and protruding teeth.
Every time he touched her belly, Evelina shuddered with displeasure.
“Let’s go a little slower. I feel really sick.”
She spoke imploringly, but he didn’t listen to her with a captivated look and drove faster. Evelina was very bothered by the dagger dangling on her thigh.
When they arrived at the northern waterway like that.
“What is this…?!”
There was nothing. Perhaps the water had washed away only trees and grass, and the ruins of the walls remained.
“Ah…”
Evelina checked the water for a moment. Then, on top of the northern waterway, at the top of the mountain, she remembered a dam now closed and unused.
Somehow, the running road was too wet. It was already fragile as the water washed down on Duke Ruskun’s residence, but it was damp as if there was a flood.
“Marquis of Logias! Prince Ashes!”
King Gallas of Tenesi shouted in surprise, and far away, he saw a soldier on a fallen horse.
“Ugh…”
When the soldier reached out his hand as if he were alive, Gallas headed for it.
“S, save…”
“What the hell is going on here?”
“The dam collapsed… Lost…”
The soldier had broken bones all over his body due to water pressure and was moving with difficulty.
“What?”
It was the moment when Gallas Tenesi looked up in surprise.
“Give me Evelina.”
“Now, sleep, wait…!”
Gallas Tenesi was terrified that all the main culprits of the rebellion might have died. Even Kaiden appeared.
“Em, Em, Emperor!”
Gallas Tenesi had seen the face of Kaiden when he was Crown Prince. At that time, Kaiden didn’t fit in with society and used to hide behind terrace curtains. How insignificant he looked.
But he had a different feeling when he met him in a place like this. Demon-like red eyes matched his pitch-black hair.
– Snap! Snap!
Soon, the sound of the soldiers behind Kaiden loading so they could shoot at any time was heard.
“Give me my wife.”
Gallas couldn’t understand the whole situation.
It was that moment. Evelina pulled a knife from her thigh and cut the rope.
Then.
– Bang!
Kaiden shot Gallas Tenesi in the head when Evelina bowed from the horse.
“Argh!”
When the King died in an instant, the soldiers hardened.
– Thud
“Ah…”
When Evelina felt the body behind her falling under the horse, she closed her eyes tightly without realizing it.
“Lina.”
When she opened her eyes again, Kaiden was near.
Soon the sound of horn trumpets began to fill the area. Soon after, soldiers scattered across each waterway gathered to surround Tenesi’s soldiers. Then Tenesi’s soldiers gathered as if they were nervous.
Kaiden lifted Evelina off the horse and hugged her. He confirmed that Evelina was safe and said,
“Tenesi Army, drop your weapons. If you throw away your weapon, I’ll spare you.”
Then Tenesi’s soldiers surrendered and began to abandon their guns individually.
“Lina, are you hurt? I’m sorry. I shot too hastily.”
“Oh, no…”
“Lina was in another man’s arms, and I didn’t know…”
“No. Is Kaiden hurt?”
Evelina asked as she saw Kaiden strangely wet.
“I’m hurt.”
After he said that, he gestured to her aide.
“I was late because I went to Duke Ruskun’s estate and came back.”
“It’s not too late.”
“It’s late.”
When he saw the rope marks on Evelina’s wrist, he looked like he was about to cry.
“I killed him too easily. I should have cut off his arm and killed him.”
“…Can we promise not to say bad things now?”
She said so without realizing it because his words were so terrifying. Kaiden still moved as if he was upset.
“Ruskun.”
“Puha…!”
Ruskun Weimar felt breathless when the piece of cloth and rope that had closed his mouth were loosened.
“Your Majesty!”
“Take care of it yourself. I’m a bit upset right now.”
“No, Your Majesty…!”
Kaiden left all the work to Ruskun, who had just been held captive, and returned to the palace.
~~~~
“Kaiden, can we do this now?”
“What can’t we do?”
Kaiden returned straight to the Emperor’s Palace’s bedroom and was looking at Evelina’s wrist. He gently grasped and released Evelina’s wrist, which had traces of rope and scuffs.
“Duke Ruskun…”
“He’s a workaholic, so you’ll like it.”
“But to do that now…”
Evelina remembered a bullet grazing Duke Ruskun’s hand while he was trying to protect her. It was just a brush, so the bleeding stopped, and he wasn’t seriously hurt, but she was worried.
“I don’t think anything will come to mind right now.”
She placed her wrist on her lap as a target for which he grumbled. Evelina was sitting on the bed, and Kaiden was kneeling on the floor.
“Duke Ruskun hurt his hand. Send him a doctor.”
“Yes.”
She was still bothered by the uncomfortable-looking armor that covered his large body. However, regardless, he took out the first aid kit from the room and put it on his lap.
“The helmet is amazing.”
As if Evelina was trying to change the mood, she touched the helmet he put down next to her.
“What do you think?”
“It goes well with Kaiden, but I think using it often would be uncomfortable.”
Her words made him chuckle. Then he applied ointment to Evelina’s wrist. She was looking at the ointment he slowly used, thinking that his body temperature was so warm that it seemed to have melted to the temperature of the cream.
A translucent ointment was applied to her wrist. Soon he picked up a clean bandage and wrapped it around Evelina’s arm.
“Are you hurt, Kaiden?”
“No.”
“Really?”
“Yes, not a single place.”
She rolled her eyes to make sure he wasn’t hurt. Fortunately, he did not appear to be injured. What had been wet before was now completely dry.
“Lina, I have a wish.”
“What is it?”
“Please call me ‘darling’ just once.”
“…What? Why?”
He wanted to hear her call him like they were a regular couple. But his heart was beating too fast to explain it, so he stared at her.
Then Evelina said with a shy smile.
“Darling, are you sure you’re not hurt?”
“Yes, wife.”
At his words, Evelina also smiled broadly.
Thus, the rebels were defeated. Thanks to that, Kaiden rooted out those who were disobedient to him.
Duke Ruskun’s arable land was flooded.
~~~~
“Urk… Your Majesty…!”
As soon as Duke Ruskun dealt with urgent matters, he entered the palace and began harassing Kaiden. It was the audience room, and Evelina had to sit next to Kaiden in the audience room as if to comfort him, perhaps because Kaiden said he didn’t want to work.
“There is no land for my people to cultivate…!”
When Kaiden was flustered, Duke Ruskun wrapped his arms tightly around him. It was only slightly bleeding, but he came with a huge bandage wrapped around it on purpose.
“It’s April now, and if we don’t start farming, our young people will die!”
Evelina looked at Kaiden with bewilderment. Then Kaiden replied as if he were annoyed.
“Since we need personnel to restore flood damage, let’s hire them at the Imperial Palace.”
“Then what about me!”
“Do it on your own.”
“Your Majesty!”
Evelina panicked because Kaiden seemed to be more indulgent than she thought. When she looked at Kaiden with her bewildered expression, Kaiden looked at her in bewilderment.
“I’ll take care of it. I will.”
“Ugh…! Our land has disappeared, and this incident has caused much flood damage!”
“As far as I know, the flood has not flowed to private houses.”
“It’s the farmland that has been damaged! Our farmland!”
“Yes.”
“It’s also a question of whether we’ll be able to farm again!”
When Evelina heard that, she immediately thought of a clever move.
“As far as I know, fish originally lived in the northern dam. Is that right?”
“Yes, that’s right, Lina.”
Unlike Kaiden’s cold reply to Duke Ruskun, he smiled haphazardly at Evelina.
“I heard that when farming, they often spray soil from the pond where fish lived. They said it was more helpful for cultivation.”
“As expected, my wife. You’re wise, Lina.”
“…what?”
“It could have been more fertile.”
Ruskun Weimar was momentarily confused about whether Evelina was not on his side but on Kaiden’s side or whether that was true.
“Why don’t you trust me and start farming on the land? Ah, father?”
Evelina said so as if she acknowledged Ruskun Weimar. She was uncomfortable calling someone only six years older than her father, but she and Ruskun needed the relationship.
“Then, since Her Majesty said so… Let’s try.”
“If there is a loss, the national treasury will compensate for it.”
That’s what Kaiden said, pretending to be excellent.
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
Ruskun said as if he survived something.
~~~~
“The birth date has passed, but you haven’t been born.”
Kaiden was deeply dissatisfied with that part. If it got too big in Evelina’s body, she would have difficulty giving birth.
“This is all because Kaiden just took care of things. Is it because the child is afraid to come out?”
Evelina sat in bed with her back to Kaiden’s chest.
“There is a recommended exercise for mothers who have passed their birth dates.”
“What’s that?”
Soon she noticed she was lying on the bed and looked up at him.
“Kaiden?”
“What else?”
He said so and held Evelina’s lips.
