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Table of Contents

  • 1. Chapter 1 - Part 1
  • 2. Chapter 1 - Part 2
  • 3. Chapter 2 - Part 1
  • 4. Chapter 2 - Part 2
  • 5. Chapter 3
  • 6. Chapter 4
  • 7. Chapter 5
  • 8. Chapter 6
  • 9. Chapter 7
  • 10. Chapter 8
  • 11. Chapter 9
  • 12. Chapter 10
  • 13. Chapter 11
  • 14. Chapter 12
  • 15. Chapter 13
  • 16. Chapter 14
  • 17. Chapter 15
  • 18. Chapter 16
  • 19. Chapter 17
  • 20. Chapter 18
  • 21. Chapter 19
  • 22. Chapter 20
  • 23. Chapter 21
  • 24. Chapter 22
  • 25. Chapter 23
  • 26. Chapter 24
  • 27. Chapter 25
  • 28. Chapter 26
  • 29. Chapter 27
  • 30. Chapter 28
  • 31. Chapter 29
  • 32. Chapter 30
  • 33. Chapter 31
  • 34. Chapter 32
  • 35. Chapter 33
  • 36. Chapter 34
  • 37. Chapter 35
  • 38. Chapter 36
  • 39. Chapter 37
  • 40. Chapter 38
  • 41. Chapter 39
  • 42. Chapter 40
  • 43. Chapter 41
  • 44. Chapter 42
  • 45. Chapter 43
  • 46. Chapter 44
  • 47. Chapter 45
  • 48. Chapter 46
  • 49. Chapter 47
  • 50. Chapter 48
  • 51. Chapter 49
  • 52. Chapter 50
  • 53. Chapter 51
  • 54. Chapter 52
  • 55. Chapter 53
  • 56. Chapter 54
  • 57. Chapter 55
  • 58. Chapter 56
  • 59. Chapter 57
  • 60. Chapter 58
  • 61. Chapter 59
  • 62. Chapter 60
  • 63. Chapter 61
  • 64. Chapter 62
  • 65. Chapter 63
  • 66. Chapter 64
  • 67. Chapter 65
  • 68. Chapter 66
  • 69. Chapter 67
  • 70. Chapter 68
  • 71. Chapter 69
  • 72. Chapter 70
  • 73. Chapter 71
  • 74. Chapter 72
  • 75. Chapter 73
  • 76. Chapter 74
  • 77. Chapter 75
  • 78. Chapter 76
  • 79. Chapter 77
  • 80. Chapter 78
  • 81. Chapters 79
  • 82. Chapters 80
  • 83. Chapters 81
  • 84. Chapters 82
  • 85. Chapter 83
  • 86. Chapter 84
  • 87. Chapter 85
  • 88. Chapter 86
  • 89. Chapter 87
  • 90. Chapter 88
  • 91. Chapter 89
  • 92. Chapter 90
  • 93. Chapter 91
  • 94. Chapter 92
  • 95. Chapter 93
  • 96. Chapter 94
  • 97. Chapter 95
  • 98. Chapter 96
  • 99. Chapter 97
  • 100. Chapter 98
  • 101. Chapter 99
  • 102. Chapter 100
  • 103. Chapter 101
  • 104. Chapter 102
  • 105. Chapter 104
  • 106. Chapter 104
  • 107. Chapter 105
  • 108. Chapter 106
  • 109. Chapter 107
  • 110. Chapter 108
  • 111. Chapter 109
  • 112. Chapter 110
  • 113. Chapter 111
  • 114. Chapter 112
  • 115. Chapter 113
  • 116. Chapter 114
  • 117. Chapter 115
  • 118. Chapter 116
  • 119. Chapter 117
  • 120. Chapter 118
  • 121. Chapter 119
  • 122. Chapter 120
  • 123. Chapter 121
  • 124. Chapter 122
  • 125. Chapter 123
  • 126. Chapter 124
  • 127. Chapter 125
  • 128. Chapter 126
  • 129. Chapter 127
  • 130. Chapter 128
  • 131. Chapter 129
  • 132. Chapter 130
  • 133. Chapter 131
  • 134. Chapter 132
  • 135. Chapter 133
  • 136. Chapter 134
  • 137. Chapter 135
  • 138. Chapter 136
  • 139. Chapter 137
  • 140. Chapter 138
  • 141. Chapter 139
  • 142. Chapter 140
  • 143. Chapter 141
  • 144. Chapter 142
  • 145. Chapter 143
  • 146. Chapter 144
  • 147. Chapter 145
  • 148. Chapter 146
  • 149. Chapter 147
  • 150. Chapter 148
  • 151. Chapter 149
  • 152. Chapter 150
  • 153. Chapter 151
  • 154. Chapter 152
  • 155. Chapter 153
  • 156. Chapter 154
  • 157. Chapter 155
  • 158. Chapter 156
  • 159. Chapter 157
  • 160. Chapter 158
  • 161. Chapter 159
  • 162. Chapter 160
  • 163. Chapter 161
  • 164. Chapter 162
  • 165. Chapter 163
  • 166. Chapter 164
  • 167. Chapter 165
  • 168. Chapter 166
  • 169. Chapter 167
  • 170. Chapter 168
  • 171. Chapter 169
  • 172. Chapter 170
  • 173. Chapter 171
  • 174. Chapter 172
  • 175. Chapter 173
  • 176. Chapter 174
  • 177. Chapter 175
  • 178. Chapter 176
  • 179. Chapter 177
  • 180. Chapter 178
  • 181. Chapter 179
  • 182. Chapter 180
  • 183. Chapter 181
  • 184. Chapter 182
  • 185. Chapter 183
  • 186. Chapter 184
  • 187. Chapter 185
  • 188. Chapter 186
  • 189. Chapter 187 - The Final Chapter
  • 190. Side Story - 1

Chapter 1 - Part 1

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow . Once we receive 7$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

 

Chapter 1 - Part 2

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow . Once we receive 7$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

 

Chapter 2 - Part 1

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 2 - Part 2

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 3

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 4

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 5

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow . Once we receive 7$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

 

Chapter 6

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 7

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 8

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 9

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

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Chapter 10

Thank you Veronica Collazo for the kofi! (2/2)

***

“No…”

 

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

 

“Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy.”

 

Without answering Kalix’s words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

 

[No, no…!]

 

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

 

Over the emperor’s stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother’s face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

 

[No… No…!!]

 

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

 

“El, Elizabeth…”

 

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer.  It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely…He couldn’t believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn’t she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her… There was no way he couldn’t recognize her…

 

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge.  God listened to his prayers… Since when did she live here…? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife’s death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth’s reaction was strange.

 

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

 

“Lelia, why the emperor…” Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother’s condition first. But why is she so…

 

“… Ahhhhhhhmm….”

 

“Sena, what’s wrong?” 

 

“Calm down…”

 

“Haahhh…”

 

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

 

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia’s mind. Lelia grabbed her mother’s shoulder with her big eyes.

 

“… Sena, no way. No way…”

 

“That person… he….”

 

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia’s hands stopped.

 

“Lelia!”

 

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

 

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.

 

“It was you?” 

 

A small voice came out of Lelia’s mouth. Tears flowed down across her cheeks. It was hot as if her whole body had become a fireball. Emperor Perseus, still frozen with confused eyes, looked at her. As if he couldn’t understand this situation, as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Elizabeth…”He muttered little by little by little.

 

Lelia moved her cold body and took a step closer to him.

 

“It was you… You almost killed my mom…”

 

“What…”

Perseus muttered as he looked at Lelia’s eyes, which had turned into a madman.

 

“In the forest of the land near the neutral zone, you slashed mom with your sword…”

 

“…”

 

Recollection of something suddenly passed in his eyes through Lelia’s words. Ah. Perseus’ body collapsed because his legs were weak. Instinctively, he knew what Lelia was saying.

 

‘Oh, I don’t think so.’

 

He covered his mouth. The day’s incident dug into his head like a blade. He got sore and dug until he bled.

 

“I don’t need a father.”

 

“I’ve lived like that so far, and the same will continue to be the case.”

 

“So even when I met your Majesty… That’s how I kneeled down and prayed. Because I don’t want to be hungry. I don’t want to starve. I don’t want to eat the soil again. The same is true of the reason why he ran away from the Imperial palace.”

 

“So this place can’t help but be like hell to me. Do you want me to stay here even though it’s like this?”

 

He ran away from Lelia’s eyes, who blamed him. He ran through the forest. And the cabin he found. As soon as he found the door, he thought he might be able to go back to the past if he  opened it. He thought his wife would greet him with a smile… However, when the door was opened, it was Lydios’ illusion to welcome him.

 

“Now you’re being punished by heaven for killing your brother with your own hands.”

 

He swung his sword at the illusion of Lydios smiling in front of him. At one point, Lydios looked like his dead wife. He thought it was a trap…  He thought it was definitely a trap…  But it was so clear that memories of that time often bothered him. It’s so clear.

 

Perseus looked down at his hand. At that time, he remembered the blood stains on his hands. He thought his escort was injured, but he wasn’t. As soon as he returned to the accommodation, he collapsed as if he was passing out, and after waking up, he heard reports from his subordinates. He searched the forest, but he couldn’t find anyone who was injured. He found blood stains in the cabin, but there was no body. He forgot, passing orders to his subordinates to investigate the clinic in a nearby village. But what happened then… What he slashed with his  sword… it was not Lydios…

 

“It was you. You killed her!”

 

Lelia grabbed Perseus and shook him. The resentful gaze and voice were drowning him. Perseus couldn’t be trusted. 

 

When he lowered his head, his hands were covered with blood. Blood stains on his hands overlapped like the vision that day. No, this blood… He couldn’t believe the sticky blood was his wife’s blood. He felt nauseous in an instant.  No, he couldn’t…

 

He felt suffocated. Emperor Perseus gulped as his eyes opened wide. The emperor’s subordinates came late. They looked afraid that the emperor’s madness would pop out at any moment. Tears flowed down his blood shot eyes… Contrary to the concerns of his subordinates, fortunately, he lost consciousness on the spot with a painful groan.

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

***

 

Perseus only opened his eyes after a full day.

 

His gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling, turned.

 

“… Lelia.”

 

At the bedside, Lelia, a pale stranger, was looking down at him. He didn’t know since when she was next to him. Is it a dream? It might have been a dream. It was so terrible it must be a dream. His wife died a long time ago, 20 years ago…

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to wake up.”

 

“…”

 

There was no energy in her hoarse voice. Lelia stared at him with empty eyes.

 

“…”

 

“I have something to say.” Lelia said without changing her expression. 

 

Perseus naturally realized. It’s not a dream.  It wasn’t a dream. He started to get goosebumps on his skin. It was like despair.

 

“Go back to the Imperial Castle.”

 

“…”

 

“Go, forever… Don’t ever come back.”

 

“… I…”

 

“Don’t ever come to us. If we meet again, I might kill you.”

 

His expression collapsed. The distorted face became quickly wet with tears.

 

“…”

 

“I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. So please… Please….” The quiet room was filled with Lelia’s small plea. Lelia prayed and begged in an earnest voice. As if it was a last request. “To you, my mom and I are dead anyway.”

 

“…”

 

“So go to the Imperial City and do your own thing whether you atone for life or forget us. Don’t come back.”

 

“Lelia…”

 

“I’m not going to bother you that much. Julianna, you know that kid.”

 

Perseus’ expression was distorted even more. As if it was unbearable because it was painful.

 

“That girl is the real daughter to you anyway. Kind, cute, lovely…”

 

“Stop, stop…”

 

“She’ll be by your side, just like how she’s been…”

 

“Stop… Okay… Please stop. Please…!” 

 

Emperor Perseus began to sob painfully. Lelia looked at him for a long time. And the next morning, the emperor’s army suddenly left as if they had never visited the Superion castle. They went back like that without any notice.

 

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

 

On the way back to the Imperial Fortress, the emperor seemed empty, with no soul and just a body. Although he barely made it back to the capital, his servants were anxious. The emperor looked precarious even though his back was upright on the horse.

 

“…”

 

At the knight’s question, the emperor suddenly stopped. He looked down at his arm. The feeling of his right hand that swung the sword that day was clear. The blood stain that remained thick on his right hand was also.

 

Perseus turned his empty eyes and looked up at the sky. Before he left, he wanted to see his wife’s face one last time. But he neither visited his wife nor asked Lelia for it. He just couldn’t do that.

 

The shock, emotion, and anger at Superions, who deceived him, was now gone. He was just resentful of himself. Suddenly, Emperor Perseus pulled a sword out of his waist belt.

 

“Your Majesty…”

 

Knights and servants watched the emperor nervously. They looked suspicious of his madness. Perseus looked down at his right arm, as he held a sword with his left hand. It was Lelia’s first and last request to him. He has to listen. Ring ring! The clear sound of bells seemed to be clearly heard in his ears.

 

“Elizabeth. When a child is born, put this on his ankle.”

 

“This is…”

 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you. I will come back safely and protect you and your child for the rest of my life.”

 

“Wherever the child is, wherever he or she is headed.”

 

The sound contained an oath to follow and protect her forever even if he went blind. After the hallucination, Emperor Perseus swung the sword without hesitation.

 

“Your Majesty!”


“Your Majesty!”

 

Shocked screams rang in his ears. Finally, the sinful arm was cut off.  At the end of this, he intended to atone for good. 

 

The emperor’s body slumped down from the horse. It hasn’t been long since they met again, but Emperor Perseus knew Lelia well. He could know her better than anyone else. Because the child looks very much like Elizabeth. If he abandons his life saying he would atone, the child will suffer from guilt for the rest of her life. He didn’t want to pass on that burden. At least this much…

 

“Your Majesty!”

 

Perseus’ consciousness slowly disappeared as he watched the blood gushing down from his shoulder.

***

Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed what you have read, do consider tipping us a little through: https://ko-fi.com/rainofsnow . Once we receive 7$, an advance chapter will be posted as a thank you. Don’t forget to mention the series that you’re supporting!

 

Chapter 11