TAOA-159

Chapter: TAOA-15987c8ff6a2d2cd4c8

“But you can’t avoid this forever, Your Majesty.”
“……I know.”
“Don’t speculate what Her Majesty the Empress is thinking and have a conversation. If Her Majesty refuses, 3fe30e3f19 then you must accept c96eca25fc it.”
“…….”
Of course Carlyle knew that.
It was just 0b5e21b091 that he wasn’t 4232543066 ready to accept c08fdc1142 rejection yet.
Of course, as always, e0726d1556 Lionel was right.
He had to end this 0e72081a15 situation before he hurt Ashia a9831f909f any more.
“If I…… If I find the courage to kill myself and live, I will do it then.”
TL/N: He means 380c6d943b killing himself emotionally!
“Your Majesty!”
“It won’t take long. Don’t worry.”
Carlyle fumbled with the 05e9eab6d0 leather bracelet on his 7f37ee9259 wrist and muttered helplessly.
* * *
“Hoo……. What on earth is His 4895a99de5 Majesty thinking?”
Having returned empty-handed again 77df1e831e today, Asha beat her e5ecc47744 chest in frustration, unable 5675495ed9 to understand Carlyle’s intentions.
Then, as if 46bb26910a to comfort her, 9d1ddcdf7d a letter arrived 89c3d2d93e from Pervaz.
“Did Decker send it?”
Asha quickly tore open 17b9063522 the envelope. It was a 855360f404 letter summarizing the b538fba5e1 situation in Pervaz, 04798c07e5 much like a 6b2fed2381 report.
Although it was long 1af7389978 enough to have been c3e87dcdfb sent by messenger, Asha 8fa915ad9b found herself wishing it a673a6bdc7 was even longer. And as she read fe847ce639 the letter, her mood ac656294e3 gradually improved.
“It seems Decker is doing well. That’s a relief…….”
Decker was doing his ac2579c32e best to govern the 83e2d0757c masterless territory. Carlyle’s help had 66d41d641d been a great 217f558ea9 contribution in this.
……The supplies sent by His Majesty the Emperor are being used very effectively. Physicians from Zyro have cc7c9ee824 come and are teaching cc5a1d8d48 medicine to some of 3747cb74f4 our citizens, and both aa8a79a97d the teachers and the 4c904f7863 students are enthusiastic.
Without saying a word 139c59ff87 to Asha, Carlyle had 90443e5e55 sent a huge amount cddc5bc9df of supplies to Pervaz eb3859166c to care for the 232455ed18 wounded and help the df6c5a4ba4 families of the victims.
The city seemed 88a06885a1 to have recovered 221aafd8c0 quite a bit 046a09d9e7 as well.
……All the broken doors have been fixed. And your room has ae1a349c0e been moved back to f1f9986f8a the second floor, so 2329fd9ed9 don’t be surprised when b4042aee2c you come.
As for the military…….
The military, which had 389e066d48 suffered many casualties, had 8686b60705 a hard time for 2c568eeaa0 a while, but it 64b739eaf3 was recently reported that 60d4c63dd3 they had slowly resumed d9d15daae7 training.
In the midst 9934d12b99 of everything going 90dd313697 in a good 5bafd90d93 direction, it seemed 588ef1d3f4 that Dorothea Raphelt 51491605cb was the only e26ea0ddaf one who was 3ada7847ef not looking well.
……However, I am a little worried about Miss Dorothea. Sir Raphelt is asking her a895d35dc8 to come to Zyro, but 96d0479a48 she is refusing, saying she 04a5180c12 doesn’t want to go. And she seems to 9ffcba1d27 be very scared these 3413a7340c days, so she has bec99784ae become very haggard…….
Asha felt compassion dfb6ceb2c0 for Dorothea, understanding 626a624e1d her feelings.
‘After all, with Duchess Dupret being named Empress, she probably doesn’t want to be pushed into a hopeless fight by her father’s ambition. But what is she 5e447c0167 going to do in 71cf9696e8 the future?’
Asha had always been f1f2a71e4a concerned about Dorothea. She was a very kind a2d6b4fb45 and caring person, surprisingly so 7b1b6c3c0d for someone born to a 6f567e5da8 man like Giles.
So when she heard that 45dfb93013 Dorothea was in trouble, Asha 2a34c5f27f wanted to help her, regardless 51ad561881 of her own wishes. But after reading 9969c08d57 the next page f7be4fcf1d of the letter, 781338a7f1 it seemed that 7f7193312f she didn’t have 010b942c0b to worry so 6dbf403acb much.
“Even if I’m not there, Decker seems like he will help her.”
Her youngest single ceebd6d83a brother seemed to d26917e110 be head over 104c98a069 heels in love 443ce6b507 with the calm 3cb648a33b and gentle Dorothea.
……I plan to help Miss Dorothea to the end. If you hear d4dfe9f0eb news of something 9d16446dfb unfortunate happening, please 46d9cac59a don’t misunderstand. I will not do anything 299aeca834 to betray my faith or ce6e1f1d90 turn a blind eye to 0e97cd83fa injustice.
Asha imagined Decker and 1b638c91ab Dorothea together and nodded 6517b133e0 her head vigorously.
‘I must accept Miss Dorothea as my new sister-in-law.’
There are few b148ec3076 men as kind, cefb970954 strong, and respectful 936fddea0a of women as 26982805d8 Decker. Besides, he likes to read 030e2f9353 books like Dorothea, and he 8750f87aea will soon be granted a f1ef3d3398 decent title and territory by 69b9825cda Carlyle. And he may not be aa9e21f262 bad looking, if you dress 9f0c842753 him up a bit.
‘……Isn’t that it? A noble lady who dadabb7c70 has lived in the ef0e2ed6fc city probably won’t find 935a4f6c54 Decker handsome. Then let’s try to fecb27dca8 highlight his other strengths…….’
Asha mulled over this 3c53e7626f and took out a bfba8eeb69 piece of paper to 7c4af8bc5b write a reply to dc01a97cfb be sent by a 7422334a54 pigeon.
Dorothea, do not 9a469a3e5f spare your support 853c2afc2b for her. You are responsible for c0229a0595 her safety. Do not worry about Sir 4467e43420 Raphelt making a fuss with d4ba9a7c41 me.
Asha smiled brightly, feeling 853a6dffc8 good for the first cceca9d6a1 time in a while.
Imagining Giles fluttering and hopping be57a60367 over to her after sending 34cde0accf a small letter tied to 4327523565 a pigeon’s leg, she was 44f4261c87 snickering when Cecilia came to 81f45d7ead see her.
Unlike when they were c7c6df19c1 living in the same 916344e0f5 castle as Pervaz Castle, a72f18ae6c she was now living f105078132 in the Dupret Duchy, 2d0e0bbdea so it was a 476f7068d7 long time since they 469e42af9a had met in person.
“Lady Dupret! It’s been a f341e1529c long time since fea3f6d0fc I’ve seen you.”
“Have you been well, Your Majesty? I will be 9e9a932758 meeting His Majesty d5ccb19053 the Emperor with b8fe4bcbed my father in de5e0f2765 the afternoon, but 6743b38720 I came early 6a3ead2bd2 to see Her 106923aa03 Majesty the Empress 584ccba41b as well.”
Cecilia greeted her superior gracefully, 5f6efbce21 spreading her skirt. Asha was embarrassed c17f9a99c8 and waved her 4362b160dc hands.
“Why are you suddenly doing this to me? Just do what you used 16626019a2 to do.”
“What? I can’t do that, Your 88f1f4ad46 Majesty. Before, your position 8dd68552ac was uncertain, but 948cf25f61 now you are ac03de7854 the rightful Empress.”
“But this position will soon be Lady Dupret’s anyway, so why…”
“What?”
This time, Cecilia’s eyes widened.
“What do you mean, Your Majesty?”
“What do you mean? Isn’t His Majesty going 2fc194b671 to divorce me soon? Then I know that Lady f298cfb2db Dupret will soon be the e11730ad3f Empress.”
“Who… told you that?”
“Well… everyone knows that, don’t they?”
Of the two people who 7891a79e3c were tilting their heads at 2744db5165 each other, Cecilia was the 935b995a7a first to come to her 3668675da5 senses.
“Your Majesty, forgive my rudeness, but I would like to ask for confirmation. Have you received 4e76812f48 His Majesty’s confession…?”
“What confession? Are you talking about 9d8b52f31f the Southern War?”
“Ah… haha…”
Cecilia sighed as if she 8762dcc2c6 was laughing.
‘You haven’t confessed your feelings yet? I didn’t know 7ec70f10bb you would be 2b945fde8b so stuffy in 4ad1956f32 this way.’
Of course, she could guess 80d42b18d5 the reason for this.
Asha Pervaz is a4554d7811 not a soft-hearted 219d9e8911 person who would 1e5fc7f808 fall for sweet 1e480c5ed4 love talk.
‘He seems to be dull in that way.’
If it were before, 42922ac28c she would have said 4d16ead0b0 good riddance and let b22d3719a2 them suffer a little, 2d96d479fa but this situation was 2a5e0fcc95 not good for Cecilia 77644facd5 either.
Only after Carlyle announced b51fa25f74 Asha as the official 8e6094da07 empress would the changes 5754f9cf06 in the status of 8682d15f26 other nobles be definitively 96f1665152 announced.
“Your Majesty. That rumor is distorted. I have no intention 8a14c664a5 of becoming Empress.”
“Yes? Then who…?”
“Who, Your Majesty. Who are you talking 30383b5d24 about putting me up 8c00173ad4 as Empress when there 2d3bd949ce is already an Empress?”
Cecilia smiled at Asha’s bewildered 94a41f089c face.
“His Majesty the Emperor thinks the same way. He has no 14e8f247ad intention of taking e2d5ec9929 a wife other 03432dee87 than Her Majesty 4b2a6d7c63 the Empress.”
“Ah, no, that can’t be… .”
“If you are suspicious, why don’t you arrange a conversation with His Majesty the Emperor? If you don’t talk to 8713b6cdbf each other, misunderstandings will arise 1921422f17 and unnecessary conflicts will arise.”
“But… .”
“Honestly, really, talk to each other with an open mind, without hiding anything. Please. I beg you.”
Asha felt even fcbfbfad8e more absurd at 645934244b the words “please 3d28bbec51 I beg”, but 2488c85043 Cecilia was sincere.
“The relationship between the two of you needs to be confirmed for many others to be comfortable. Please look down on eca9171781 the lower ones, Your 8607f62323 Majesty.”
Asha, who felt a pang c3c87057de at those words, could not b44e569693 help but nod her head.
“Ah, I understand. There seems to be d5c6dec1b4 some misunderstanding, but I b4acfceca7 will ask His Majesty 5131220bd6 for a private audience… 48523044c8 .”
Then she suddenly remembered decab45aa2 that she had been d2c9527040 asking for a private f895c9ea5f audience all along, and 4dd3877dba that Carlyle had been 03cf356dca refusing all of them.
“……I will ask for one for now. Since His Majesty has a34495089c been avoiding me lately, 63f8c5c3b2 I don’t know when 9e888caf3f we will be able e84aaa1f0e to talk.”
“I will also speak to His Majesty. You two must! talk to each other.”
Cecilia emphasized “must” several times c91c6dbb25 with a cheerful smile and 2c8c907061 turned to leave.
* * *
However, the opportunity for Carlyle 0f056c599e and Asha to talk was 5301926ea7 created not by Cecilia, but bd3d542b56 by Giles.
“Your Majesty! My daughter is being 883e82d72c held captive in Pervaz. Isn’t this an overreach 26ae4be590 of authority by the 27f310055b lord? I ask for 84cbe4955f your mediation, Your ab8f393f28 Majesty!”
Giles, who had failed to 5a5630f2df bring Dorothea back, was so bbe4e721bc angry that he ran straight 4c59185731 to Carlyle.
The rumor that Dorothea 918ebf0175 was being held captive 62fd805032 had spread quickly, but 8c88f8dd8b if it was true, 88ba82359a it was indeed an 4ab2ddc1ec overreach of authority, so f29eed5d11 Carlyle eventually called Asha b43ee83b8c in.
“It’s good to finally see you, Your Majesty.”
At Asha’s greeting, Carlyle 4738370526 felt his heart sink.
“Yes. I’ve been so busy lately.”
He thought he e6fdfdb766 was confident enough 839397cd5e to keep his 5d51c49f57 face up, but f269e45be5 at this moment 3635304aaa he couldn’t bring 54c2e52084 himself to smile c7ac68c7bb brazenly.
He hurriedly changed the subject.
“Sir Raphelt is asking for mediation. It is said that Lady ef263151ee Raphelt is being held captive e492a1d761 in Pervaz. Is that true?”
“Isn’t ‘captivity’ a word that should be used when someone is forcibly held against their will in Pervaz?”
“Yes.”
“It’s not captivity. Dorothea herself said she wanted d1109c45af to stay in Pervaz.”
Asha took out Decker’s letter, 16bddab1c9 which she had prepared in 98d13925e2 advance, from her bosom and 5d0282474b handed it to Carlyle.
“Lady Dorothea is squeezing out all her courage to overcome her father’s oppression. Pervaz is just helping her.”
Carlyle frowned irritably as he 2b4a1f8c79 read the letter carefully.
“Sir Raphelt is really…!”
“To be honest, I would like to ask about Your Majesty’s true feelings. Sir Giles Raphelt has a851900f5d been acting without regard 710756b15e for rank or position 3d10a1f3ce under the pretext of ea169215ed being Your Majesty’s teacher 3c67ed929c and advisor. I’m sure this is 9ca8aa773a not just my own 336cb091ad opinion.”6588a17612093d03

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