discontent from the ministers.
The people who were attacked by the Marquis of Logias… It wasn’t a few.”

“Then what should I do with Lina? Do you think Lina’s gonna be all right when she hears this?”

“The Empress has His Majesty.
And if she even has a child, she would be better off.”

“What does a man who’s not married know?”

Baron Orpence, who listened to Duke Ruskun, also opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, my wife went through a similar thing.
Although I dare not compare the humble me with the Emperor, my wife also lost her parents in an accident the day after we got married.”

At Baron Orpence’s words, Kaiden looked at him with a confused look.

“So I stayed with her longer.
Thanks to that, my wife was able to stay as bright as she is now.
A child was also born then.
There is truth in what Duke Ruskun said.”

Kaiden clenched his fist.

“I’ll go find the Marquis of Logias.”

However, Kaiden had to find the body of Marquis Logias for Evelina.
No matter what his subjects said.

~~~~

Three days.

Evelina was waiting for Kaiden.
She didn’t go out of her bedroom, she was just looking out the window, hoping that time would pass.

She was anxious.
In this situation where she didn’t know when she was going to die, she was afraid she would die without knowing whether her parents were alive or not.

Evelina cried so much during those three days that she couldn’t even cry anymore.

She couldn’t trust Kaiden.
But Kaiden was the only one she could trust.
Because all her precious people were there.

She had a strange feeling that the shards of glass were still lodged in the soles of her feet.
The shards of glass seemed to travel through the veins in the soles of her feet and eventually lodged in her heart.

Looking out so blankly, the beautiful scenery seemed to wither.
Her heart burned day by day, but no matter how pretty she looked, she didn’t feel pretty.

She didn’t mind seeing the fresh peony at the end of her gaze and the fragrant rose vine.
She was just waiting to hear from Kaiden.

She wanted him back with her adoptive parents.
Aside from his use of her, even if he didn’t love her and pretended to love her.

She felt she could do anything if her adoptive parents came back alive.
She thought she could even trade them for her life.

Even if she couldn’t die like this and lived next to Kaiden like a doll.
She seemed to be able to live like that.

If only her adoptive parents would come back.

– Knock knock.

“Your Majesty…”

“Come on in.”

Evelina told them to come in before the maid finished speaking.
She turned around ignoring the painful soles of her feet.
Someone was standing with the maid.

“Ah…”

“It’s an honor to see you again, Your Majesty.”

It was the fortune-teller that Kaiden brought.

“Welcome back.”

It was a person that Evelina forgot about, but she felt very glad to see her.
It was only natural to forget the fortune-teller because Evelina was suffering from shock.

“Give me the tea.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Come this way.”

“Yes.”

The maid left, and Evelina gestured to the fortune-teller in the Emperor’s bedroom as if she were the hostess.
She wasn’t aware of it, but the fortune-teller thought she was the owner of the room.

Peony that suited her was placed everywhere in a vase, and she was wearing a white sky-high negligee.
Plus the traces of a man under her thin negligee.

The only thing that seemed to be hers was the color of the room.
Because almost all the furniture was white and black.

– Knock knock.

“Come on in.”

In the meantime, the maid prepared the tea.
Evelina beckoned as she sat on the sofa, and the fortune-teller sat opposite.

“The tea came fast.”

She was already making tea when she brought the fortune-teller.

“Drink.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

The fortune-teller said so and took the card.
Then she looked at Evelina and said,

“Give me your orders, Your Majesty.”

The fortune-teller said so as if she knew what she was trying to ask.
Then Evelina couldn’t calm down her fluttering chest like arrhythmia and said, clenching her fist tightly in front of her.

“Didn’t you say my life expectancy was until July 7th?”

“…Yes.”

“But it’s mid-July now.”

Evelina’s hands trembled.

“When it comes to life expectancy…”

“Before you live, tell me about my parents.”

“Which parents are you talking about? Is it the mother who died and the father who is a thief? If not, the adoptive parents who took you in from the poorhouse and raised you?”

Evelina opened her eyes wide at the fortune-teller’s words.
Because she knew everything.

“How can you…”

“I just found out.
You can only see them when you see them in person.”

“Tell me the fate of my adoptive parents.”

Then the fortune-teller said, Then she pulled out a card and showed it to her.

“He’s still alive.”

“Ah…”

Evelina was relieved by the words.

Then the fortune-teller, who picked another card and read it, said to correct her previous mistakes.

“The reason why Your Majesty couldn’t return on July 7th is that fate has changed.”

“What are you talking about?”

The fortune-teller looked at her reaction and said with relief.

“Your Majesty is with child.
His Majesty’s.”

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