I Became the Younger Sister of a Regretful Obsessive Male Lead - Chapter 139
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 139
With a face full of selfishness, the Emperor gazed intently at the door of his office. Seeing Pedro stride in following the chief attendant, he stepped out first, showing his dignity.
“I told you to catch the traitor, but you were hiding it! I would never have thought that the family that was the founding contributor of the empire would do that!”
Usually, nobles lost their spirits as soon as the Emperor shouted at them. The office was also splendid, but in the audience room, which was more splendid than this, all the nobles were busy bowing their heads.
Still, it wasn’t Pedro who didn’t know that, and the reason he came today wasn’t to ask for forgiveness.
When a traitor came out, it was natural for the whole family to be involved, but the important traitor was not caught.
Although there were traces of contact, it was difficult to say that those who were caught were also involved in treason. In addition, the fabricated letter seemed to be stuck in the inside pocket of the prince’s jacket and would not come out.
As a matter of etiquette, Pedro’s blue eyes shone sharply as he lowered his head and then lifted it up.
“Hiding it? My daughter’s family came over, so of course, I just served them.”
The Emperor laughed at the carefree answer.
“Your daughter is from a traitor family.”
“Hmm, well. It could not have been.”
“….”
The Emperor flushed red at Pedro’s sarcasm for breaking his promise.
“Khm, how can I say no to what the current Duke brought himself? I even took care of it myself…”
Pedro couldn’t even find it funny when he heard the trivial answer. The Imperial Family has always been like this. It wasn’t just the current emperor. The Emperor took advantage of him and his father in this subtle manner and also used other nobles.
If the Emperor had been the type to press down with imperial power, he would have admitted it rather. Nonetheless, what kind of noble would have respect for an emperor who sat quietly on the throne and only gave orders?
It was nice to just sit still.
Regardless, it was also a problem with the greed to sit in the spot and control everything. In addition, the way he worked his head to pass it on to his children looked like a merchant rather than an emperor.
Not a businessman but a merchant that was common in the market. There was definitely something that was calculated, so the emperor broke his promise to Pedro.
Pedro was curious about one thing. What the hell did the prince say that made him try to catch Rachel until the emperor broke his promise? Clearly, the Prince must have come up with something to keep the emperor from moving.
So while yelling with his mouth, he watched the Emperor with his eyes.
“Well, what has already happened cannot be helped.”
The Emperor’s face visibly brightened at those words.
“Well, yes. I also like that you don’t hold grudges, but things get messy. I didn’t even know that I would find a group of traitors in Duchy Leon. However, I can’t help with this matter because I’ve entrusted it entirely to the Prince.”
Pedro let out a short sigh as he quickly stepped away. He didn’t even expect it in the first place… no, did the Emperor know where the Prince was from?
Seeing him do that, it looked like the Empire never knew.
“Yes, if you want to lock me up, lock me up. It’s something that can’t be helped. I will also give myself to be interrogated if you wish.”
“Why?”
“Because I brought them into the house, not the current Duke. Being Ray’s family, I can’t leave them alone.”
“Then… then, where is Lady Erland?”
Seeing that the Emperor stuttered unexpectedly, it seemed that he had heard something from the Prince.
“Well? She wasn’t at home.”
The Emperor’s face turned red again at the seemingly annoying answer.
“Are you kidding me right now? Where did the lady living in your house disappear to? Count Erland’s family has already been searched by the Imperial Knights. I got word that they couldn’t find her there either.”
“Well… that’s all I can offer you. If you have any more questions, I will go to the interrogation room on my own feet.”
“….”
The Emperor was at a loss for what to do, seeing Pedro’s tough attitude. It was not the attitude of a loyalist who always listened but a light attitude as if he had been liberated somewhere.
“Do you look down on imperial interrogation?”
“Ah, Your Majesty. Come to think of it, I’m not going to the interrogation room.”
“…What are you talking about?”
The Emperor stared at Pedro, who was saying something so absurd.
“You haven’t forgotten, have you?”
Pedro brought up the real business.
“In this case, the fact that the Leon family also receives the same preferential treatment as the Imperial Family.”
“…What is it?”
“Even though we are a Duchy, don’t forget that we started as a Grand Duchy. In such cases, it’s stipulated by law to be interrogated in a special room like the Imperial Family.”
“….”
With Pedro’s words, the Emperor had to recall the distant old records. The emerald eyes were blurry as he recalled the promise from the beginning of the empire’s founding days.
Pedro leisurely continued his words to the Emperor, who did not respond.
“Our family is different from other noble families. Please don’t forget that this is a position that is nearly equivalent to the Imperial Family.”
The Emperor could not reply to the dizzying shock that was worse than when he was insulted by the Prince. He had completely forgotten about it, as no duke had mentioned it before, but there was nothing wrong with Pedro’s words.
The Emperor came to realize that he had turned a trickier figure into an enemy… all this only to catch the treacherous group of the county.
…No, wasn’t this all because of the sealing stone and the Prince’s fault for not following his wishes?
No. Going back to the beginning, the problem was the magic bomb planted in Enzo’s body. Why did the First Emperor seal Enzo without killing him?
Wasn’t it safer and easier to kill than to seal him?
It was in the distant past, so it was incomprehensible, but the emperor slowly understood how things were going.
Considering that he mentioned being the Grand Duchy, it was no different from saying that he would continue to enjoy the benefits that a Grand Duchy could enjoy, and that was tantamount to declaring war on the Emperor.
Yes. There was only one reason why Enzo was downgraded to a Duchy.
It was just a device that kept the Leon family from becoming independent.
For a long time, the Imperial Family had never mentioned the promise from the beginning so that they would forget it. If the promise from the beginning was to be mentioned, the nobles, not the Imperial Family, had to do it first, as in this case.
An emperor should simply be in a position to sit on the throne and rule the nobles like chess pieces. Why did the luggage keep trying to drag him down to the floor?
Anger slowly rose in the Emperor’s hazy eyes, but Pedro faced him with a calm gaze.
“…What is the chief attendant doing! Call the knight commander immediately!”
The chief attendant was taken aback by the old lion’s low roaring voice, and Pedro took one last look at his old master sitting on the throne.
Pedro, who was not too much to say that he has been running his whole life for his family, briefly recalled the past. He didn’t know what was good just to keep bringing up the past…
It just occurred to him that if he could go back then, he would choose Liam, not his family.
He listened to the footsteps approaching him, thinking that it would have been nice if the two of them could have been happy together without worrying about the title, family, or anything else.
Pedro shouted to the imperial knights who were standing on both his sides to take him away.
“Don’t treat me like an ordinary noble. Our family is the Grand Duchy, not the Duchy, as was decided in the promise at the beginning.”
With those words, the knight commander was taken aback for a moment, then gave the chief attendant a glance. The chief attendant also couldn’t add anything because the Emperor didn’t give any words.
In a space where there was a strange sense of silence for a while, the Emperor commanded in a trembling voice.
“…Take him to the room used by the imperial family. You’ll have to go and make him confess about the traitor.”
The knight commander suppressed his groan at the Emperor’s words. How could he make Pedro tell the truth when he should be treated like a member of the Imperial Family?
Pedro gave a polite greeting with a relaxed smile.
“Then, please stay healthy.”
When the Emperor, in a fit of rage, grabbed the armrest, Pedro turned his back.
As he walked out of the office without hesitation, the knight commander and knight hurriedly followed him. Pedro raised his lips in silence as he heard the sound of something breaking as soon as the office door closed.
‘Yes, if you have spent a thousand years, you have spent a lot. No country has lasted a thousand years.’
With the empire off his back, his shoulders seemed much lighter.
Today, as always, I was running in the forest though everything had changed since the first time I came here in a dream.
The reason I ran was not to be chased, but to chase.
“Cassandra!”
Cassandra ran away as soon as she saw me from afar. She seemed to have changed her appearance with great effort, but the magical color was revealed, and I was able to recognize it right away.
“Is this the world Damian sees?”
Of course, in real life, I couldn’t tell magical powers apart. Even if the only target was Lucian, I couldn’t visually confirm the color of his magical power like in the dream. However, when I went into the dream, I could recognize traces of magical powers.
I ran after the red magic that left a trail like a thread.
Full of ecstasy. I smiled at the thought that I could expel her from my body just by grabbing her.
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