The Evil Empress Adores Me-Chapter 77

“I don’t think so... ... .”

“Oh my, I said it’s true?”

The Empress nodded to me, letting out a short laugh.

Well, that’s not the point.

What I’m trying to say isn’t about brownies or ice cream.

I opened my mouth resolutely.

“Anyway, what I really want to say is!”

“Yeah, what do you want to say?”

“Your Majesty, you look so beautiful today, I think I’m going to fall in love with you.”

Your Majesty, please believe me.

I’m speaking with 100% sincerity right now!

At that, the Empress’s eyes shook widely.

Oh, did I say something wrong?

At that moment, I tilted my head.

“... ... Hmm, for our Charles to say that. At least it was worth dressing up.”

The Empress said that while closing her eyes.

A faint blush appeared on the Empress’s cheeks.

Oh, no way.

Is the Empress shy right now?

Wow, our Empress is so cute!

“Aren’t you going to the banquet?”

But just then.

A gruff voice interrupted our conversation.

Oh, what’s that voice?

I glanced back.

Diamid, who had just removed her makeup and changed her clothes, was looking at me with a strangely sharp expression.

“Why, are you jealous because I said that Charles might fall in love with me?”

The Empress asked Diamid with a victorious smile.

Diamid protested with a bristled face.

“There’s no way I would be jealous of that, right?”

“Oh my, you look so pale when you say that?”

... ... I think I’ve heard a similar conversation somewhere before?

I narrowed my eyes in a sense of déjà vu.

Ah, I remembered!

That, when the Empress lied to Diamide!

It’s the same situation as when you said you’d sleep in the same bed as me.

Diamide pursed her lips and said.

“I was just worried that Your Majesty might be late for the banquet.”

“Huh, really?”

“Yes. I wasn’t considering Charles at all... ... .”

“Do you know that, Crown Prince?”

The Empress lifted her chin, cutting Diamide off mid-sentence.

A soft voice rang out.

“They say a strong denial is a strong affirmation.”

“... ... .”

Perhaps because he had hit the nail on the head, Diamide bit his lips tightly.

The Empress added a word in a sarcastic tone.

“Anyway, I plan to go even if the Crown Prince doesn’t urge me like that.”

“Oh, are you leaving now?”

“It’s almost time. If I’m late for this banquet, the Emperor will definitely be annoyed... ... .”

The Empress got up and stroked my head with a gentle hand.

The Empress’s smile deepened.

“I think I’ll be late today, so Charles, don’t wait for me and go to bed early.”

I was a little taken aback.

Somehow, the emphasis seemed to be on the words ‘don’t wait for me’... ... .

Was it my imagination?

“Our Charles always waits for me, so I feel so sorry every time I come home late.”

... ... To be exact, it wasn’t just me, but all the maids of the Empress’s palace were waiting for the Empress.

It wasn’t an atmosphere where I could explain it like that.

I smiled awkwardly and glanced at Diamide.

Diamide was looking at the Empress with a face full of defeat.

The Empress made her final statement in a voice full of triumph.

“There’s no need to bother seeing her off. Make yourself at home.”

“Ah, yes... ... . Have a nice day, Your Majesty.”

I quickly greeted her.

The Empress slipped out of the room with an elegant gesture.

Click.

The door closed.

At the same time, Diamide turned around to look at me with a jerk.

She asked with her eyes burning brightly.

“Charle.”

“Yes, yes?”

“You, when Your Majesty the Empress comes back late. “Wait until you come back without sleeping?”

“That, that’s true... ... .”

I answered in a shrunken voice.

At that, Diamide’s mood became even more ominous.

I opened my mouth in a hurry.

“Since you are the maid of Her Majesty the Empress, isn’t it natural for you to wait until Her Majesty the Empress returns?”

“But you are also my dedicated maid.”

“Of course, His Highness the Crown Prince doesn’t have anything to do until the night... ... .”

As I was making excuses in a panic, I felt like crying.

Why are you both doing this to me!

* * *

Throughout dinner, I had to do everything I could to comfort and appease Diamide, who was always crying.

Anyway, my desperate efforts must have been effective, because by the end of the meal, Diamide’s expression had softened considerably.

“But Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

“Huh?”

Diamide looked at me as he put down his dishes.

I cautiously opened my mouth.

“... ... Are you okay?”

“What?”

“That... ... Actually, I thought Your Majesty should attend the banquet.”

Diamide was the crown prince, and of course he had the right to attend the banquet.

However, he was worried that he couldn’t attend the banquet because he was worried about the emperor’s feelings.

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Really, if you were the emperor of a country, you would be more generous.

There was no need to be so petty.

Fortunately, Diamide shook his head with a smile.

“That’s fine. I really hurt His Majesty’s feelings by giving you a blessing today.”

“Well, that’s true, but... ... .”

“So. It would be better to hide for the time being.”

Diamide continued speaking calmly.

Well, it wouldn’t be bad to stay still rather than look even more unpleasant to the Emperor.

I nodded absentmindedly, and then I remembered the scene where Diamide was blessing the divine beast earlier.

“I have another question.”

“What is it?”

“Just a moment ago, how did you wield your power so skillfully?”

Didn’t Diamide suffer from the divine beast’s power to the point of suffering from a fever?

When I think back to that time when Diamide collapsed, my heart feels cold as if I had swallowed a large piece of ice.

His body temperature that was as hot as flames, his pale face with no trace of blood... ... .

He shrugged.

“I don’t know, but somehow I felt like I could do it back then.”

“... ... No, Your Majesty. Did you go on such an adventure just because you felt like ‘it would work out’?”

I glared at Diamide with a dumbfounded face.

This kid really doesn’t know how precious his body is!

Unable to overcome my fierce gaze, Diamide slightly averted his eyes.

“That’s... ... That was it back then. I was confident, you know?”

“Where did you get that confidence?”

“You.”

Me?

I looked bewildered.

Diamide narrowed his eyebrows slightly.

He muttered softly.

“Back then, because you were by my side, I somehow felt like it would work out.”

“No, are you calling that an excuse now?”

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“But what can I do if it’s true?”

Diamide looked at me with a resentful expression.

After a while, he sighed deeply and continued.

“Honestly, if you were to do it again now, I don’t think I could.”

“You already did it once, right?”

“That was it back then, but... ... Right now, I don’t know how I did it.”

Since Diamide also looked quite frustrated, I tried hard to suppress my desire to criticize him.

Diamide groaned and pondered for a while, then glanced at me.

No, why are you looking at me like that?

He trailed off.

“But... ... .”

“But?”

“My heart became calm # Nоvеlight # when I saw you.”

Right, it’s hard for you to explain, right?

I stared at him sadly.

Well, in the original, there were very few people who awakened the power of purification.

The number of awakeners themselves was small, and among them, only a handful were able to awaken the power of purification.

So, well, it might be difficult to use.

At that moment, when I was trying hard to understand.

“It might sound strange, but when I’m with you, everything seems to be okay.”

... ... Yeah, that sounds a bit weird.

I unconsciously made a cold expression.

Diamide continued with a pouty face, perhaps noticing that I was being indifferent.

“Don’t make that face, really.”

“Okay, I’ll try.”

I tried to push up the corners of my lips.

Only then did Diamide change the subject.

“First of all, it’s about fever.”

“Fever?”

“Since I’ve known you, I’ve never had a fever.”

Diamide’s words made me feel strange.

Now that I think about it... ... .

Is that so?

The first and last time Diamide was sick was when he was eight years old.

Since then, he became a strong man, so I completely forgot about it!

“And today’s harvest festival.”

“Huh?”

“Honestly, becoming the Emperor’s servant was a blow to my pride, but I was still with you.”

A faint smile had entered Diamide’s voice.

He finished speaking affectionately.

“That was one thing that was good.”

I felt speechless for a moment at the honest words that suddenly came out.

He turned his head slightly.

His golden, crimson gaze was looking beyond the window, at a distant place that I couldn’t recognize.

“So. Do you remember what Her Majesty the Empress said?”

“What?”

“On the day of the harvest festival, at the festival held outside the palace... ... there are many things to see and do.”

Oh, that’s right.

I nodded slightly.

He said there were many things to snack on and many things to do.

In particular, the sight of countless wish lanterns floating on the river was like the Milky Way flowing over the ground.

“I want to see all those sights with you.”

“... ... Will that day ever come?”

I asked back in a doubtful voice without realizing it.

Having been born and raised in the palace, I couldn’t even imagine going outside the palace.