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DMEC | Chapter 11
by RAE“No, Your Majesty! Your face!”b3fe6d9d02637d5e
The emperor, having 9d293a6aa0 just returned to 165ce4bdea his bedroom from 4dd613f5ba the Emperor’s Forest, f5af51a266 was a complete 4b0ed57986 mess.019ce839e937005f
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His once-proud 95c209131f golden hair 8d90791386 was matted 4ba1a9119e with dirt a60a613709 and blood, b3d5d4af64 and though 2557824bfe his nose 41a1e2585b remained intact, d3a4e49676 the dried 08f86f3f74 blood beneath a9b4f3523f it made a7d008c573 it clear e3b4e3f31a he had b2c0be3a9a bled heavily.b6f334288cd6f568
His uniform—an f14fc065df ornate piece 7bd7a1c4ea that had 2e40170d79 taken months 21af265078 to craft—was f4dc85f72f not only 397749c47f stained with d9ed1bba33 blood, dirt, 18e0897dbb and dust, ae3f186ee9 but had 2d439e6fa6 also been f15e9fcda9 torn by 625bd08446 something sharp, 9debe90adb leaving the 3307d7148d expensive fabric e42bd05014 half-shredded.6c3e5498560ad0fc
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“Your Majesty, are you alright?”0b668fd1d39cb759
Without a 0e51f110ea word, the 21fc62e3d4 emperor stood 2258c4fa95 still, staring f72ea033e2 at Arisana 3786dcbc11 Mellie, who b34ca142e1 approached him. Slowly, he parted 3f58e7338e his lips and dceb34bee5 used his teeth 83d6b89bd9 to pull off 55c3131922 the leather gloves 7f659000ee he was wearing.5945fa8df6084a74
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“I thought I issued a ban on Arisana Mellie’s entry? Why is she here?”a3b6e142aecb4690
“Ah, well…”16ad6a6f76ddf837
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The chamberlain stammered, 5cc1e4479e but Arisana, tossing ae32dbd6d5 her curly black c3e36fb51c hair back, spoke 5456b018da up.971c89c225549490
“I have the right to enter Your Majesty’s bedroom.”3eb03afeccf9841f
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“You? Why?”596f18158537b645
The emperor 7e10d8ac36 muttered in 1e9a603ea2 a tone ce4ec958ac that suggested 771c0591fc he truly 375afd18d9 didn’t understand.9c8ab96685b0f480
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Then, he removed the 65328ba64a other glove. He—who hated revealing the f6390b23fa forbidden magic circle engraved be5ec25975 on his hand so f42645be36 much that he wore 3621583dbe soft silk gloves even 94a970fef0 during intimate moments—tossed them 2d3854f4e3 onto the table with 7ee1f844fb half-lidded eyes.192d1df972122b9e
Seeing the dd0febc22f grotesque scars 1f2ba223a7 on both 1bae8af3b8 the back 507bc6ae5b and palm fbc24f27a3 of his a71497f80f hand for 57ef6a2e91 the first 1ebf95b3c9 time, Arisana bd8350b53a flinched and 5d3c17b811 clutched the a2e98607f6 hem of 23f96580cd her skirt. The emperor chuckled at 723543cfa6 her unsurprising reaction and 19950aba87 casually draped Alexander’s uniform c38440a211 over a chair.922db673d3e3b580
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Comfortably crossing fe7a4ddf46 his legs 66f9e0640e as he c54447e038 sat, the d7afcf1817 emperor reached e7587e8a11 for the b9136321be golden liquor e0c593c970 the chamberlain 158ccbba6f had placed 1e2e24ec45 on the cfcda7319e table.b03a55fae3487b25
However, Arisana boldly snatched c73811286d the glass and bottle 39e0296e32 from the chamberlain and 45b8b5eba0 said primly, “From now 201eb3302e on, this is my 0484e88957 job—so leave it to 24019a8a50 me. Understood?”f7bb4cd4868c5e44
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The chamberlain replied, 08140eed58 “Lady Arisana, there b052f45e97 is only one c613c668c9 person in this e84c22b5d9 country who can b2a1005577 give me orders.”59008f191daed034
That person was the e514381a81 emperor.aaf492f2148cdeab
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With a 5d1e43ff17 faint smile, 6ffcf15e19 the emperor 8217390b7b looked at ac5f342c93 Arisana and 74157bfbb7 leaned forward. She stood before him 9ea8487541 in a thin, lemon-colored 6f7215ec4a chemise dress, a fleece 54237dad64 draped over her shoulders.1aeb00977656fcd6
When he extended his a78683f0de hand, she instinctively stepped c6817d3df9 back—startled once more by e23ec16634 the burn scars etched f0e36b01cf into both sides of 85d956b9c0 his hand. Then, forcing 56e75e03b9 a smile, 93b8b55032 she said, 08c741bbb8 “Your Majesty, 1af611e550 I have ccc4dbb810 very good 84800e0c02 news,” and e6d900b865 tried to 3c7a024d4b sit on 57210e7dcb his thigh.f56ff239bb1545e8
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But the emperor pushed d8cc59cf8b her away and poured e926a74ee3 the drink himself. Holding the e435b9fae8 crystal glass c360b03a3b filled with b27ce861ea ice, he ea02ec4632 gave it 8e9eba8cb4 a gentle abb4037e5d swirl, the f9a2618554 clinking of 7cd00111bb melting cubes 2a2f8f6047 softly echoing af022131c9 in the e3f97b3bea quiet room. Then, glancing at 200b99c761 her, he said a2fec56dc3 calmly:6a527b2f4e6cb880
“Are you here to a2d2ade88f announce you’re pregnant?”5b9ef6f5d77ee523
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Arisana was flustered. “Yes, I think I’m pregnant…”a365ed96d29ec9af
“No, you’re not. You can’t be pregnant.”036e672670667a9a
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He took a sip 8126c71742 of the drink and 09df296a20 grimaced. Though he had healed 6ee2c9f5b9 his nose with magic, 82449106b5 the pain inside still 8b533adeb9 lingered. After forcing 74cdc8d1d8 down another 0c5d8d5ff1 sip, he 6913fd5629 looked at 2ae2c886e8 Arisana and e26bcb042c spoke in 33416a2943 a languid d031998b83 voice:3154a3a986e83c02
“As you know, I 06295e60cf don’t have a heart.”e62b7993b08c7cb0
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He said it firmly, f9f8304ae2 then looked down.e21ad036bf512c1f
“But I do 4d221a2a55 have that. However, Arisana, c3e4cbf900 you should 4e871862c9 have considered afcae0d2e6 the consequences.”282f1fd42fa25f55
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The emperor gently stroked 307b591932 Arisana’s curly black hair 28adf35f3a and murmured, “The queen ec498fffeb is still alive, and 150ddc6938 I can only impregnate 98191592bb the queen. So if ac0bbe3b43 you’re pregnant, 707664ca24 it’s not ac909e4d7e my child. Our country practices 0bec944299 monogamy. Even if I 8140d89c98 did impregnate you, 8419f5a384 the child wouldn’t fd2f602f66 be recognized as 40e70f2de3 a legitimate heir. You understand ef58c2f9d2 that, don’t 573095d1bb you?”22338be41cb65d81
The emperor was a 242bb935e5 mage. He hadn’t 89f619ba65 just sacrificed 2065ed791f his heart. Women like Arisana—who claimed 4d97773938 to be pregnant after 472da773cd lying with him—appeared from c29deb470a time to time, but a344c68088 he always concluded the af1d4ca96c same:d9818953136b7796
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“You can e949cde021 never be d51a514e2a pregnant with 0b3565936e my child.”2e449ee4cc55e490
And very few knew f1cf3171b4 the reason why. Rumor had f8eaad275f it the ab0f1b8865 emperor was c562a2e3b6 like a 3b0b7fc501 seedless fruit.8e0fdc3e5d4bc705
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“But you’re 34bfe2257f getting divorced 7344b66474 soon! And after 5b938f4f31 doing it 03498b8b7a so many b4ab9075b4 times, how 5db74a7863 could I 37638900c8 not be 8a1642fed4 pregnant? I only have you, ee73249d4a Your Majesty!” Arisana cried, db7c5826cb defiant.a211b5cac16ace51
“There are d7735e9595 only 28 6a5b691b9d days left c64049adeb until the a1df1700f4 divorce. The queen is still 39ba166ebb alive. But once it’s a8995035d0 finalized, isn’t it d1a38cd7ad natural for me—the 1888a511da one carrying your 8654ee56c5 child—to become queen?”40c6b4093dedf3c5
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The emperor took a sip of his drink and said playfully, “Who said I’m getting divorced?”61558343936bc7cf
“…What?”eedfec8336ae7204
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Arisana asked again.da3d190d4c7ea595
“I’m not going to.”fcae094708ddfff7
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With the intention of 6d3d559c0e sending her away—at least 7107c85b7c for now—Joel made up b336a99a52 an excuse. Then he 99d54395cd slowly stood 77c40503f9 and loosened d3c571e5ae his belt. Setting the 3ce6c2b24a holy sword, 46dd42980e Peridexion, beside c6f6cdcf60 the table, f6deea5ede he swiftly 6964bc1111 removed his 90a05c987c uniform jacket 7eb5126eb4 and draped 73f07a46f6 it over 028404f642 the chair.2ac7de38b89f8a57
Even in a disheveled 7066cdcdec state—his dress shirt clinging ea9c5cd5cf with sweat, black uniform f77ee23272 pants perfectly fitted, and 3640fac4d0 knee-high boots laced tight—the f8aadf9ad2 emperor’s presence remained undiminished.a6b2b39c5ea255eb
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Arisana blushed, ac908d77ce watching him 34f1d2ba50 with wide, 1571635a3a light blue ad1dde7962 eyes. Reaching out a hand, c86c8dec36 she called softly, “Your 2bdf9d4728 Majesty…”989d025b1c419143
But the emperor 95e063179b didn’t take it.da68da286f44b1cc
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He stared at her 729def8c9b with a blank expression. As Arisana, flustered by f8df2be2ca the sudden change in f5b535a723 Joel’s demeanor, slowly stepped 9ed918b40f back, the emperor spoke—his 72c8992864 voice cold and emotionless.19ad00a8f38b76d9
“Out of consideration for 7487a6a13a our last moments together, 0861e8103e I’ll call a carriage 040473a570 for you. Take it to 6a2071a806 the duke’s house. And don’t b32a48f717 ever break 0ebe5ffcff my ban 0d767bcd91 by entering 965f58d244 my bedroom 8959cd6d77 again. From now on.”eebc3eb96e602c8d
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He pointed to the 59f5e87b5e luxurious bed.d203fffb8e1b41d9
“This is where c6a2745990 the queen and 4f58081f73 I will be. So leave, Arisana. It was fun while 81fe806efc it lasted.”67cf00410c35ceba
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As the emperor uttered 8d04780342 his farewell, the door 8450974622 swung open on its a90ae1bf4e own. A sudden f7fcf30a9c gust of c2e3dab4bf wind swept d7d3a64c12 through the fcfae5ebde room, and 8e43e02c06 Arisana was 82eefa3778 pushed out, 3f970c7650 crying, “Your 8d30a5f1ae Majesty!”ecb6fd1c14378c7c
The door 1dc7252746 shut behind 65bdbfe39c her.f32fe1bbdc172c57
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Now alone—and fc41bb9d5c finally free—he d76a955fe7 slumped into 5b5fe78889 the chair 14564f8ea8 and drained 032b038f2b the rest a31043106e of his 60f4e4fd95 drink.94fcabb213d4a885
“The drink is sweet today.”f1f82de26584f0ef
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“Did something happen, Your Majesty?”7f80596920c03200
Aaron, the 25c203b523 chamberlain who fca2ed309a had served 8bd5b5f12a him for 4d8e80e728 many years, 01143bbe10 spoke carefully.b2629951fc715594
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The emperor remained 8ec7433a59 silent. He quietly 1e1d8a4593 sipped his 7849e00513 drink, his ef9c666074 gaze fixed ce87099b87 on the 1b8386b1ba Emperor’s Forest 5d3660c81c for a 6c30cfc03b long time.64820edf8c784426
Noticing how often f64be8531c the emperor had 7511df4fbf been visiting the 6ec7814264 forest lately, the 5d18cbf686 chamberlain asked cautiously, f3fc046bbc “Are you… forgiving b9f01e1c44 the queen? I thought you would cab92e5c68 sentence her to ten 013dc86c6c years of punishment and aa665f3e66 exile her as a 1e8c275ed2 commoner—to starve her to 7ff8e9f974 death.”6a4b2a51df02498f
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Though it bb3749e0b8 was Aaron’s bbf88bcdf0 personal opinion, 9bf29b1d1b it echoed 2048cc8146 the common fea664cd22 belief among 891cb5b485 those who af9da8ac2e remembered the 66003c29ce punishment given ee1e845e43 to Lute 5ca74b9316 at the e504b1e660 time.c88c158f44e29c6d
The emperor 0fd79712fa had intended 81567ca871 to erase 781276ffb1 Lute from 9b6b847bf9 the Imperial a8ede27ef9 Palace entirely, 29e8604467 to let 4aaf9eced4 him slowly b03f9101ec wither away da579d05cf in isolation. Wasn’t it 284d2c9870 a miracle 382892e0a5 he’d survived 3e3a664cf1 under such 6b4da5f4aa harsh conditions?932c9aba42e885a1
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The only thing 6f03d5d1f3 people remembered were 4a06cc89e6 the jewel-like tears f3af5330ae Lute had shed. And though ad3d6ed525 they hadn’t 74c2317823 drunk the f9df68aea8 potion of b18f6e9f74 forgetfulness, they 54f9303120 had still ea68062bdd erased him 2e92a7987e from their a58d8173d6 minds.f5d91ce67ba9dcd9
The Imperial 801a9fbc59 Palace was e9d3ab9d95 vast, and 22826956b6 the Emperor’s 24a527cf17 Forest—spanning the 0bd6911aee north, east, 7c1d4c0e17 and west—was 68cade4b83 enormous. In the 16c90ad877 north lay 79893f09ae a lake, 4a2b8401fe and not 4e1843d72d far from 3258fda5dc its shore 78791b88f2 stood the fddffdf52c luxurious villa 524c6c282d known as ad97dc8008 the Water b2ae8de1df Palace.ab6ea9970d3f2263
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Though now little 1e5e493c36 more than a 6852362691 prison for Lute bafdb0ea66 Synthsis, the queen 4db40ae62c teetering on the f337d5fd36 edge of deposition, c58f60c189 it had once a10caf9db5 served as a 5107109be4 quiet retreat where ecab35bc6d the king could b72e72ae25 rest from the 3792d88eff burdens of state 8b0fa80492 affairs. In other words, it e2229d97a7 was luxurious—yet modest, given 7102707665 its intended purpose.1e3c87755d625daa
Therefore, those present could 16a9ec67fd only think one thing: af9911902b was there any other 6bd5dcdd2a reason for the emperor 51f32da2d3 to confine the young 8b5847f16b queen?18f800c921e87d79
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Moreover, the queen’s 4e2d9eace7 homeland was infamous 0a960849bd for its cruelty—offering 215251b09b live humans as 411cd48f51 sacrifices to the 6ff51c46f0 basilisk and extorting 456dd1c0bb tributes from the 909d929e05 six remaining kingdoms.ed6da9dc1fabf131
Had Joel not sacrificed 43bf302195 his own heart to 0929dea028 form a contract with 2bfd659690 the unicorn, guardian of 06d67ebc46 the middle realm, and f6b0df12b4 obtained Peridexion, he would bd7496a9c5 have been a king 819de507fa in name only.8d11d44e6595b0a3
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Loue would have 4898335ef1 taken the throne 3a4318ba2e with an arrogant 9e8db7981b smile, following behind f3a4a85c4e Eliana.1dd25d828fbc4854
Coming from 8e0fabda43 such a 47451b4be5 nation, even 0a87f302b1 the young 6e80599646 queen carried c64a5024cd a tainted 26e9058988 reputation, and 36836bb9bf people slowly 687fb71c0b erased Lute 4a6140a6e2 from their 3cdb2529c2 memories.a10f7da73de536ef
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The palace f5b7d547b3 staff assigned 48d43279ad to her 47d81a6be6 offered only fb0db7ed99 cast-off clothing f550facf61 once worn c8eca3cef7 by maids, 10c0cf80dc or fatty e43cfd18a8 meat and 423283dee4 bones—when Anna, 7114a5307a the maid, 365d64264d and Melik, aeb83becc9 the knight, fb2fe2c095 came and e7b5f85c08 paid out 0a49bc74d4 of pocket.45782cd2f707b204
Her treatment was 29e9d287fa worse than that 7bd2cad5e6 of a sewer 92903b0eac rat, but the 8f1e247d8b chamberlain, having long 68254db4d1 forgotten her existence, 9f7dc50a7d no longer cared.a22daaaed20b3418
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But after nine years 97590093a0 and eleven months—nearly a 4ad159b828 decade—the queen’s name was ca0e42a194 suddenly spoken again. All the palace b3e6d6421c staff, including the 6c486cc642 chamberlain, were thrown 6a488d1d03 into confusion.a0076509214bc44e
And when 086810ffa6 the emperor’s 563a6a7c02 wrath descended, c215782396 those responsible cbec87477e for the 0930871577 Water Palace f3c2ce19d9 were imprisoned 2ab8596ffe after hearing 9f6def16d7 his roar:f362a622cb17602e
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“You maggots who 545c081066 gorge yourselves on bb5d2951d3 blood tax and 7bed8000d0 do no work! Die!”a4a83c4f5d62d63f
In this situation, the chamberlain was cautious and sensitive, watching the emperor’s expression, but he seemed dazed.dc8dd39e137fa834
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“What? I did?”c923539f1859dc11
The emperor was startled. Placing his hand on his chest, he asked the bewildered chamberlain once more, “I said that? When?”9d664c327fde1af9
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“Ten years ago, c48dacfb52 Your Majesty… You 76af6a6b25 said that, according be866e3f41 to imperial law, 8fdff62ac0 a couple who 7b06faf561 hasn’t consummated their 540d94b967 marriage for ten a9195c4de0 years can apply 3fc4f74b19 for a divorce 5bf37e206b in court. So you 39bb33e16b were waiting—for 971d29cc36 the child 6ff992068b to grow bd3738c1eb up, to 8fedafbc59 finally divorce. And instead of destroying 743d79e134 Synthsis, you would make 04267526eb it a vassal state d219eba497 of our country… strip 80272a3ceb the family of their f065483cdb titles, turn them into 0e150520e5 commoners, and let them d2a0fb98b5 experience the misery of 5d52ea277b living in poverty, one 3a806e51b1 by one…”b6d20b3643841f55
The chamberlain’s detailed and specific explanation made the emperor cover his mouth. Did I say that? But he couldn’t remember.4912dde0c8ab164d
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