The Saintess Returned to the Emperor's Arms

Summer night, 5 seconds

 

“Do you know what you are talking about now?”

 

If voices had a temperature, Herhan’s question would be scalding hot right now, because just hearing it was enough to make Riella’s head burn.

 

However, with his heart and body so close to hers, she could barely think straight.

 

But in the meantime, she answered the emperor’s question politely. Riella pursed her lips and nodded her head.

 

* * *

 

“His Majesty can read minds.”

 

“What?”

 

“There are such people in this world, though they are few and far between. In exchange for special abilities, they receive a short, painful life. From what I understand, they usually don’t live past adolescence.”

 

“What? All of a sudden….. Are you talking about spies?”

 

Shortly after Riella was being isolated in the Emperor’s bedroom. Jess burst into the room, and Riella couldn’t understand what he was saying.

 

At first glance, Jess smelled of alcohol.

 

‘Have you been drinking recently?’ 

 

‘Are you suffering that much? That’s why you’re rambling on even if it’s confusing to me?’

 

However, Jess’s words contained too much surprising and deep truth to be considered simple drunkenness.

 

“But His Majesty is not dead yet. Why? Because I’m here. I’ve spent my whole life analyzing and studying every single breath and drop of sweat he did. All the talented people who have not met a doctor like me are dead and no longer in this world.”

 

“Doctor Jess. What the hell are you talking about—”

 

“But even a great doctor like me can’t completely save His Majesty. How can I break his stubbornness? He insists on dying himself. I don’t know anymore. Die, whatever!”

 

“Doctor Jess. Are you saying that His Majesty can really read minds?”

 

“Yes. He hears everything I say to him, and everything you say to him. Ah, no. He can’t hear you. He says he can’t hear what’s inside you. It’s really strange, isn’t it?”

 

Riella was confused.

 

‘The Emperor hears people’s inner thoughts? Is such a thing possible in this world?’

 

Then all of a sudden, some memories that were sleeping deep in her memory came to Riella’s blank head.

 

The image of the emperor comforting and protecting her as if he knew everything that was going on between the princess and her. 

 

The appearance of the emperor who knew Fabian even though she had never explained it. And even the words of Asion, who chased after the emperor and begged him to stop using his power.

 

‘Then His Majesty really knows people’s inner thoughts….’ 

 

“What are you hiding? What on earth are you hiding, making my Majesty so desperate?”

 

Meanwhile, it is said that the emperor cannot hear Riella’s mind.

 

Only then did Riella begin to understand the emperor’s various actions.

 

He said that he was curious, that he wanted to know, that he needed to know.

 

Even the act of hugging her and breathing heavily in the laundry room today.

 

It was all a desperate attempt to ‘read’ the mind that could not be heard.

 

‘I am the one who confuses His Majesty.’ 

 

It was much more terrible than expected.

 

Especially now that a spy had appeared in the palace and she had to prove her innocence to the Emperor.

 

“I have nothing to hide from His Majesty. If I could show him anything, I will. What should I do? Doctor Jess. What should I do?”

 

“Do you think I’m going to tell you a method I’m not even sure about?”

 

Jess continued to act as if he wasn’t going to tell her the answer. However, If Jess held out for a hundred times, Riella held out for a hundred and one.

 

* * *

 

That’s how she managed to get the answer. So Riella had no intention of backing down.

 

If that is a way to show the Emperor her sincerity. If it’s the way to reduce the burden on the emperor even a little bit. even just a little, then so be it.

 

“Please hug me.”

 

Riella buried her forehead in the Emperor’s arms and spoke once again.

 

The tears in Riella’s eyes soaked the emperor’s chest.

 

While Herhan was trembling from that hot and wet sensation, Riella slightly raised her head again and added a word.

 

“It’s not the first time.”

 

Riella laughed, trying to pretend it was a joke, trying to pretend to be calm.

 

Her eyes, swollen with red from crying hard, burned Herhan’s impatience.

 

‘No. Actually, it’s the first time.’ 

 

Herhan pondered. How would Riella react if he answered that way? Would she be scared and run away?

 

In fact, Herhan knew very well what Riella was afraid of.

 

All he had to do was tell her that it wasn’t going to happen. Even if she doesn’t try so hard to claim her innocence, Herhan believes in her and he will never abandon her.

 

But Herhan’s lips didn’t part easily. It was because of his desire to hug Riella like this.

 

“It won’t work…Should I?”

 

The sight of her fearlessly rushing into the emperor’s arms first and trembling afterward was too much for him, and it made his lust boil.

 

In the end, Herhan simply stopped thinking about anything else, lowered his head, and kissed Riella’s lips.

 

The maids of the West Palace were very funny. They dressed her in such a sensual dress. As if they knew in advance that something like this would happen tonight.

 

Because Riella was wearing a thin dress that showed off her body, the two could feel each other’s curves just by holding their bodies close together.

 

Herhan felt her soft, curvy body.

 

Riella felt his hot body against hers.

 

It was quite hot in the bedroom on a summer night.

 

The heat, as incomparable as when they were in the river of Le der or in the spring of the laundry room, swirled around them instead of radiating outward

 

The kiss between the two was long and passionate.

 

In between, Herhan parted his lips and bit Riella’s earlobe or left a hot mark on her neck.

 

Riella covered her mouth and moaned at the thrilling sensation. Then, without giving in, Herhan persistently kissed Riella’s collarbone and gave orders.

 

“Breathe. I don’t want you to pass out again.”

 

Riella obediently tilted her head back and took a deep breath.

 

When he thought she had caught her breath to some extent, Herhan kissed Riella’s lips again.

 

From time to time, Herhan continued to do this, giving Riella a chance to breathe.

 

Every time Riella took a deep breath, she unconsciously held on to Herhan’s arm as if pinching it. Then Herhan says in Riella’s ear:

 

“That’s right.”

 

It was an action that seemed like he was training his opponent, but in fact, it was actually a safeguard to make sure he didn’t make another mistake.

 

Riella has fainted with kisses before.

 

Riella was cautious, too. Aside from the fear of fainting, all the sensations were so strong that Riella couldn’t think straight and just followed Herhan’s instructions.

 

She breathed when she was told to, and listened when she was told to raise her head.

 

She turned around because she was told to turn around, and she was told to stretch her arm.

 

As a result, the uncomfortable dress was released by Herhan’s hand and fell under Riela’s leg.

 

“ah….”

 

Riella suddenly came to her senses and was startled, and without even a moment to hide her body, her body floated up in the air.

 

Herhan’s destination, where he easily carried Riella, was, of course, a soft bed.

 

“This is the last time, you have five seconds, if you want to stop, say it now. Ah.”

 

On the bed filled with Herhan’s body odor, Riella made deep eye contact with Herhan, who was looking down at her intensely from above.

 

“Four….”

 

Herhan seemed to have had a hard time waiting quietly for even a second, kissing Riella everywhere except her lips.

 

“Three….two…”

 

Herhan returned to Riella’s eye level and pressed her body hard. He intended to embrace Riella like that until she was crushed to pieces and soaked into every single one of his skin.

 

Riella didn’t reject him.

 

“One…”

 

However, that didn’t mean to say yes.

 

Under Herhan’s heated body, Riella remained still with her eyes closed.

 

Herhan, who was trying to caress Riela’s cheek, stopped.

 

“Riella.”

 

Riella didn’t respond to Herhan’s panicked call.

 

‘No way, not this. You rushed in first and made me like this. You cried, smiled, and begged for a hug, but now it’s like this again, this is really…’

 

“Riella. Riella…!”

 

Herhan shook Riella’s shoulder with an expression of disbelief.

 

It was only five seconds. Five seconds ago, Riella was looking at himself with fiery eyes.

 

“….”

 

Herhan clenched his fists, biting his molars so hard his jaw threatened to fall off.

 

‘I’m sure you’re here to torment me. Should I just report you as a spy right now?’ 

 

* * * 

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

“Come to your senses. Jess.”

 

“Ugh. My Majesty. my herhaaan….”

 

“Ah, come on!”

 

Asion lost his temper and was worried.

 

‘Should I just throw this kid on the floor like this? But that still seemed like too much.’

 

Jess went missing in the middle of the night.

 

Asion, who was already having a hard time worrying about his Lord, couldn’t sleep at all all night and had to wander around looking for Jess. 

 

Then, the place where Jess was found was in the liquor warehouse in the basement of the imperial palace.

 

Asion picked up Jess, who had collapsed after emptying three bottles of wine all night, and suppressed the nagging feeling that was rising to the top of his throat.

 

The outward expression may have been different, but the inside was charred, because he and that person were the same.

 

“His Majesty, is he dead?”

 

That was the first thing Jess asked incoherently after barely coming to his senses while being carried by Asion.

 

Asion laughed a few times and answered bitterly.

 

“No. Not yet.“

 

“So Is he dying?“

 

“I don’t know. Maybe?”

 

“He hasn’t found the spy yet, right?”

 

Jess bounced his legs several times in the same posture as he was being carried. He meant that ‘I could walk on my own now.’

 

“Let’s go”

 

“Where?”

 

As soon as he touched the ground, albeit with a shaky step, Jess walked ahead.

 

He asked where Jess was going, but even without hearing the answer, Asion knew where Jess was heading. Of course, to the Emperor.

 

“I heard you’re going to stop being his doctor?”

 

“I’m going to be an undertaker, not a doctor.”

 

Despite his harsh words, Jess’s steps were urgent. Although he was having a hard time due to the intoxicating effects of alcohol, he seemed to come to his senses when he thought that Herhan might be on the brink of death.

 

Asion didn’t stop Jess like that.

 

“His Majesty?”

 

“He is inside.”

 

They arrived in front of the bedroom and confirmed that the emperor was inside.

 

Jess could not easily push open the door.

 

‘Will His Majesty know? I always made a joke while pretending to be calm, saying that if he died, I would make a stuffed human, but every time his life is chipped away day by day, it feels like my hands and feet, my life, are also cut off together.’

 

Jess, who had already finished drinking, still could not forgive Herhan for last night.

 

And if he opened this door and saw Herhan looking extremely distressed, he wouldn’t be able to forgive him anymore.

 

“It’ll be okay. He overexerted himself, but it’s not as bad as you think. When he came back, he took enough emergency medicine.”

 

Asion, who realized Jess’s insides, tapped him on the shoulder.

 

Jess bit his lip, and after a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and opened the bedroom door.

 

The moment Jess entered the bedroom, he closed his eyes tightly, not having the courage to face the emperor.

 

Emergency medicine is literally just an emergency medicine. It was a medicine that was taken urgently only when Herhan’s condition was very serious. It was too strong to be a medicine, and it always made Herhan sick.

 

So, even if Herhan didn’t become a corpse right away, it was obvious that he would be lying there looking almost the same as a corpse.

 

How could he watch something like that with his eyes open?

 

Jess was afraid. Anyway, he was disqualified as the Emperor’s personal Doctor.

 

“Get out.”

 

‘Yeah. I’m disqualified. So I should just get out…’

 

Jess, who was alone and suffering from self-doubt, reflexively said yes, and then his eyes widened as he realized it was Herhan who had given the order.

 

“ah—!”

 

When Jess tried to scream, Herhan immediately raised his index finger and made a ‘hushh’ motion.

 

As Herhan raised his arms, the blanket covering his body naturally fell down to his waist. What was revealed when the blanket was removed was Herhan’s strong body, and…

 

“Oh, no! That, that, that—!”

 

“I told you to be quiet.”

 

It was Riella, who fell asleep in Herhan’s chest.

 

“No….”

 

Jess was dumbfounded.

 

Faced with an emergency, Jess’s brain was spinning.

 

‘Why is Your Majesty so fine? I heard he took emergency medicine. Is he taking too much medicine? Why is his complexion so bad? What is that woman doing over there? Wait, did she take her clothes off too? Why is his skin so red? What’s going on?’

 

There were so many questions that came to mind that he didn’t know what to bring up first, but suddenly Herhan spoke first.

 

“I took the medicine well, I am fine, Riella is sleeping, and as you can see, my skin is all colored. Are you still going to keep watching? Get out.”

 

Jess was still puzzled that he didn’t even notice that Herhan was answering something he didn’t even ask out loud.

 

* * *