Today's Goal Is A Safe Divorce! - Chapter 106
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 106
Elysia eagerly sipped the aperitif Estelle gave her. She sipped the slightly sweetened champagne down her throat. The first alcohol she drank in nearly twenty years felt very sweet. She emptied one glass in one go and drank another one.
“Your Grace, shouldn’t you just drink a little bit?”
“I guess I’m a good drinker.”
Her body seemed to be strong against alcohol. Even though she was already on her third drink, she didn’t react at all. Elysia didn’t know it because she had never drunk it before, though she was impressed by her surprising condition.
“Though don’t drink too much.”
“Don’t worry. The Grand Duke is not here either.”
Damon was nowhere to be seen at the party either. There was a high possibility that the Emperor had called him separately since the Emperor was nowhere to be seen at the party as well.
The reason she drank more was also because of the Empress and the Lady.
Once she saw them all at once, she realized. As expected, her position as Grand Duchess was not one that suited her.
…Compared to them, who were so confident, she was shabby and she felt pathetic.
So, Elysia told Estelle that she wanted to be alone for a moment, and then she started drinking the aperitif in a corner of the party.
“Countess Arianne…?”
A familiar face was seen wandering around the party. Countess Arianne was the one who attempted to take charge of her education before Estella. Several women were following Arianne around. It seemed like they were all the Empress’s ladies-in-waiting.
She frowned at the sight of them running around the party as if it was theirs. The reason they could act like that was because the Empress had their backs. In fact, Elysia didn’t really know the Empress yet. At most, she had only exchanged a few words today.
“Grand Duchess!”
Elysia put down the champagne she was holding at the sight of Arianne approaching her with a happy face as if she had seen her alone. The moment she saw that, to her surprise, her desire to eat something dropped.
“Countess Arianne.”
“You remembered.”
“It’s an unforgettable memory.”
Elysia said with force that it was an unforgettable memory. Arianne’s expression didn’t change at all, even though she probably didn’t know why she said that. Actually, they had to have that level of shamelessness to be able to act as the Empress’s lady-in-waiting.
“Congratulations on your wedding. I couldn’t attend the wedding…”
“Oh. You couldn’t come, right?”
Arianne’s face hardened for an instant when Elysia heard that she couldn’t come. There was no one here who didn’t know that Arianne couldn’t come because she didn’t have the qualifications.
“Thank you for the congratulations.”
Elysia quickly asked Arianne to leave as all she thought was that she was getting drunk and wanted to rest. It seemed that her body was not strong against alcohol after all, but rather reacted slowly.
“You’d better not trust Lady Armando.”
“Then should I trust you, Arianne?”
As the temperature rose slightly, she became nervous about her body getting hotter. There was no way she would be happy with Arianne talking nonsense at this moment.
“That… you are making a mistake. Even if you don’t know it that day, you won’t know that I’m Her Majesty’s lady-in-waiting.”
There was no way the Empress would like Elysia anyway once she became the Grand Duchess.
Although she didn’t want to admit it, the Empress still liked Damon. She couldn’t not have read the Empress’ passionate gaze towards him. She remembered how the Emperor stared at Damon, even though the Emperor was next to her.
Her burning eyes contained only Damon.
“As you know, today, it’s my first social debut, so I hope you’ll understand if I make a mistake.”
Elysia left the place after saying that because of her upset stomach. She felt like if she stayed there just a little longer, she would start to vomit so she quickly went into what appeared to be a balcony and closed the curtains.
“Ha…”
As she breathed the cold night breeze, her agitation at least subsided, but she still felt unwell. This wasn’t because she was drunk. For her, being drunk was just the fuse. It was something that was about to explode.
She knew it would be like this from the beginning.
This was not a place for her. No matter how extravagant the clothes and expensive jewelry she wore, she must never forget that she was Elysia Caitlin.
“Are you pregnant?”
“Wh, who…?”
She was covering her mouth with her hand and suppressing nausea when she heard an unfamiliar voice coming from the side.
Elysia was startled.
Despite the fact that she obviously thought she was alone, she never expected that there would be other people. Moreover, since it was dark everywhere, she couldn’t see the surroundings properly. Her hands began to tremble from the sudden rush of fear she felt.
“Who… who are you?”
She should have checked to see who was there before coming in, but she was in such a hurry that it seemed like a mistake to just stop and come in right away because she knew that uncurtained balconies were usually not in use.
“You seem very surprised.”
“Your, Your Majesty?”
The voice belonged to the Emperor.
Elysia’s eyes widened at the appearance of this truly unexpected person. She really didn’t expect the Emperor to be here. Of course, she thought he would be talking to Damon somewhere.
“Are you pregnant?”
“Yes? Pregnant?”
Could it be that he saw her nauseating and mistakenly thought she was pregnant? If she didn’t know anything, she could have misunderstood it.
“Looking at the reaction, I don’t think that’s the case.”
Elysia did not know why the Emperor was here and why he was talking to her.
“I’ll just leave now. I’m sorry. I thought there was no one here…”
“Don’t go out.”
“Yes…?”
Her eyes grew even wider when she heard the Emperor tell her not to go out.
“I sent the Grand Duke somewhere for a while.”
“…Your Majesty sent Damon?”
As soon as she mentioned Damon’s name, she saw the Emperor’s brow furrow, albeit slightly. It didn’t seem good just to mention him.
“You call him Damon. You must be very close to each other.”
Without realizing it, she had gotten used to calling him by his name, and she ended up calling him Damon, even in front of the Emperor.
“It won’t be long before the Grand Duke will come again.”
“Are you waiting for me… on purpose?”
“To be exact, you came here.”
Even in the darkness, the Emperor’s blonde hair was shining brightly. Even in the light, he thought he looked like he had been sprinkled with gold dust, and even more so in the dark.
“Is your relationship with the Grand Duke good?”
“We’re married.”
It was difficult to know his intention, why was he asking this question? Was he saying that their relationship is good as a couple?
“I mean the couple’s relationship.”
Now, he was asking about her and Damon’s private relationship. Elysia’s face turned red with shame as she realized what he meant.
“It seems like you’re on good terms. I can’t imagine the Grand Duke mixing flesh with someone.”
“…Are you insulting me?”
“Why do I get in return by insulting the Grand Duchess? There’s no need to sharpen it like that.”
Elysia thought she had to get out of this place quickly. She felt like the Emperor was crazier than she expected. She never imagined he would ask about their marital status.
“You seem to be in a bad mood. Can’t you just satisfy me that much?”
“If you’re going to keep saying this…”
“It would be better not to have children.”
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, Elysia stopped when the Emperor said that she should not have children.
“I understand because I met the Grand Duchess today. The Grand Duchess doesn’t know anything.”
“What are you saying I don’t know…”
“Secret of the Grand Duchy.”
“I know what happens when I have children.”
In fact, the Emperor wanted her to have children more than anyone else, so she couldn’t understand why he was saying this. The Imperial Family wanted the continuation of the Grand Duchy. In that case, it was normal for him to welcome her with open arms if she became pregnant.
“I quite like you.”
She realized where this discomfort was coming from. She couldn’t even flinch as his gooey gaze ran up and down her.
“To the point where I feel like it would be a waste for you to die like this.”
“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”
She thought she could understand why Damon hated the Emperor so much. The man she met in private was completely different from the person who appeared in public. She was naturally repulsed by the gloomy and shady feeling.
“Cassandra.”
She didn’t know how he was hiding this truth, the man who had shined so brightly before had disappeared everywhere.
“She still hasn’t given up on Raphael.”
It was something Elysia had already noticed, and it was strange that people didn’t know that. Then, why on earth did the Emperor marry the Empress? Even if she was a woman who had feelings for someone else, did that mean he didn’t mind if it was an arranged marriage?
“She will definitely attack you.”
“Thank you for the advice.”
“Because she was a woman who wanted the position of Grand Duchess more than the position of Empress.”
She didn’t want to know about their married life. Even though the Emperor and Empress were not on good terms, she knew why they had joined forces because they had mutual interests.
“If you hold my hand, I will save you.”
Elysia was so shocked at the sight of the Emperor telling her to hold his hand that she almost burst out laughing.
“I’m fine.”
“If things continue like this, the Grand Duchess won’t be safe from anyone, right?”
“Do you mean to protect me from the Empress?”
“Yes.”
He spoke so confidently that she had nothing more to say. It was the Emperor who joined forces with the Empress to try to undermine her.
“It’s not just that. I will also save you from the Grand Duke.”
Did he mean for her to divorce? No matter how innocently he looked at her, he must have thought she was a complete idiot.
“I don’t think Your Majesty will need to save me.”
“You don’t know anything right now, that’s why you’re saying that.”
It wasn’t worth listening to anymore. While she knew this was rude, Elysia turned and walked out of the balcony. In some way, he was the one who was rude first.
“If you find out the Grand Duchy’s secret, you will come looking for me.”
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