Chapter 704 – Ep.702 Tullius Empire
The morning dawned on the anniversary of the week written in the emperor’s letter.
And as Lady Ray Bell began living with me, I naturally spent less time in bed with her wives, so with my remaining stamina, I have been looking up at the ceiling with my eyes brightly open since dawn.
Saegeun─ Saegeun─
Large and small even breathing sounds coming from the left and directly below.
‘… ‘I really don’t want to go.’
Kernax is burying his face with a comfortable expression between my armpit and chest, using his left arm as a pillow, and our lovely Winter is lying down on my chest, nuzzling the pacifier that Nyaho brought.
I don’t think I’ll be able to do anything right now with just these two, but if the other wives come to see me off, I might end up in a state of despair on the spot.
Well, no matter how hard I try, it won’t be any different from straw in front of Siran and Ravel.
‘But I don’t know if it’s okay to keep calling Winter winter.’
I’m continuing to call it my first name, which I used to use as my birth name, but actually, I think the name Winter isn’t that bad. However, regardless of my opinion, I wanted to gift Winter with a better name that properly reflected the wishes of her mother, Kernax.
Kernax actually said that the name Winter was pretty and good, but after hearing that, I thought I would like to give it a name that would be less strange here as well.
‘Really, what would have happened if Bizelin wasn’t there?’
The fact that I could see and talk face to face once a day was a great comfort to me as I was leaving Winter and going far away.
At least Winter won’t forget my face when I return from work on the Demon Continent.
‘What if Winter cries…? … ?’
When I still close my eyes, I vividly remember the first day when Winter cried bitterly towards me, holding her small hands.
‘Shit… ‘How hard of a fight did the wild goose fathers have to live through?’
It was when I decided on my own that when I return to Earth, I will provide some help to the wild goose fathers.
I came to my senses from the hot gaze I felt from below and slowly lowered my head.
Side. Side.
Winter, with her chubby cheeks twitching and a clove in her mouth, was looking up at me with open eyes.
“Did dad wake up our winter?”
Side. Side.
However, with no way to communicate, Winter just stared at me again today.
“Okay, okay. Winter does whatever it wants to do.”
At first, I groaned to myself, wondering if I needed to change the diaper or if I was hungry, but after consulting with Kernax, I found out that I was hungry.
Side. Side. Side.
I came to the conclusion that Winter just wanted to look at my face.
“Winter. “If you’re going to look at me with such passionate eyes, can’t you show your face properly even during the day?”
Of course, Winter didn’t answer and was busy looking at me.
“… “I woke up earlier today.”
“Are you awake?”
Kernax suddenly woke up and gently caressed Winter’s cheek with a soft smile.
“I guess I knew you would be leaving soon.”
“Is it winter? Are you moving now?”
Of course, it is undeniable that our winter is much smarter than other babies, but he was still a baby. But Kernax seems to have had different thoughts from me.
“They say babies can feel things that adults can’t. You and me. And he must have been influenced by other children’s anxiety and feelings of disappointment. “Think about it carefully.”
Cernax, who had been caressing Winter’s cheek, lifted her head and looked her in the eye.
“From the day Ravel started staying, Winter must have been visiting you more often.”
“… Surely.”
Even though I was there, it was a winter where I got along well with Siron and the other wives, but as Kernax said, as each day passed, I realized that he spent more and more time with me rather than with his wives.
“… Smith. “Are you really crying right now?”
“It’s because there’s dust in my eyes.”
“Puh…”
As I was sniffling shyly, Kernax hugged Winter, placed his cheek on my chest, and smiled softly.
“The fact that you are my husband always makes me happy.”
“… Huh.”
I felt like tears would come out if I answered anything, so I kissed Winter and Kernax’s heads.
**
Morning time with everyone.
“Someone will come out of the imperial castle today.”
The wives who were eating breakfast raised their heads and looked at me.
“Maybe… ?”
“Are you kidding.”
Siron’s eyebrows turned into a V shape as she listened with a serious expression on her face.
“No, honestly, I still don’t have a good idea of what kind of person the emperor is. But I think someone will probably come today?”
Just once.
Even if he is not an emperor, this is not enough time to get to know what kind of person he is. But although he is truly an inscrutable person, he can do this on his own. The emperor is someone who always keeps the words he speaks.
When I look at not only the emperor, but also Leviel and Marvius, I wonder if this is a common trait among those who carry on the royal bloodline, but when I think about the mean and scummy first prince, I don’t think that’s true.
“Little brother.”
“Why?”
As I was about to eat Giena’s special salad, I looked up and looked at Ravel.
“The boy who came out to meet you in the carriage came to visit.”
“Lord Melbourne?”
“I don’t know your name, but you’re standing in front of an iron gate.”
“Okay?”
I took a quick bite of the salad, stuffed it into my mouth, and then got up.
“I think the emperor sent it, so I’ll come back for a bit.”
If it had been Marvius, I would have let him in, but since there were still many things kept secret from Lord Melbourne, I chose to meet him in person rather than invite him.
“Lord Melbourne.”
“Long time no see.”
“Iknow, right. “Is it just four days?”
“It’s closer to five days.”
I approached her, who greeted me with her face brighter than before we parted ways.
“Did Your Majesty send you?”
“Yes. “This.”
Just like last time, she handed me a clunky envelope that looked like something a commoner would use.
“Do you have anything else to say to the princess?”
“Oh, I have written a letter for you. Just tell me that I will deliver it to you later.”
“All right.”
She looked at me with a bit of regret, then bowed her head, got into the carriage she had come in, and left.
‘Why am I so nervous…’
Before going inside, I stopped at the front door, opened the unsealed envelope, took out a letter that was folded exactly in half twice, and unfolded it.
‘… ?’
Are your eyes stiff because it’s morning?
The letter paper, which was larger than the size of two open palms, had much more blank space than letters. Moreover, I once again read with my eyes the few letters that were not in the first line but in the middle.
[The patience of the guys who came to meet us has probably reached its limit, so it would be best to arrive at the border before the sun sets. ]
Who on earth came to meet us, and what does it mean that their patience would have reached its limit? … I would like to say that, but since I also don’t wear it on my shoulder as a decoration, it wasn’t that difficult to understand the short content written in the letter.
‘This crazy woman is really… !!’
**
Late lunch after noon.
We wise wives understood the meaning of the letter at once, and thanks to this, the breakfast table became chaos itself.
“Winter.”
-…
My lovely daughter quietly sits on my thighs and looks up at me.
“Dad has to go away for a while… Is it okay if I go?”
-…
Of course, Winter had no answer.
He just chews the door’s side in his mouth and stares at my face like it’s morning.
“Oh my gosh, who do I look like so cute and lovely?”
I gently kissed Winter’s forehead and soft cheeks, then handed her to Kernax, who was sitting right next to us and quietly watching us.
“Smith.”
Kernax, holding Winter in his arms, kissed the top of Winter’s head with a faint smile.
“Normally, you would have been holding on to your clothes because you didn’t want to fall, but now you’re calmly held in my arms.”
“Stop. “I feel like I’m really going to cry.”
“If anyone sees you, they’ll think you’re breaking up forever.”
Unlike me, who was very distraught, Kernax gave me a very cute look.
“I didn’t know my husband would be so soft-hearted.”
“… Honey. “I am naturally a soft man.”
“I don’t think it was in bed.”
“Keuhum!!”
In the end, I couldn’t help but laugh as the attack came in looking for an opening.
“I’ll be right back.”
“My hope is to return within a year if possible.”
“I’ll try something.”
I gave Kernax a friendly kiss on the forehead of Winter, who was gently held in Kernax’s arms.
“Winter. “Dad, will you come home?”
“Bye.”
Kernax held Winter’s small hand and shook it gently.
-Aww.
Surprisingly, Winter spit out the toothpaste she was holding in her mouth and pursed her small lips.
“… “I will definitely contact you every evening.”
“Don’t push yourself too hard.”
The tip of my nose felt sore, so I closed my mouth and just hugged Kernax and Winter.
“I will be back.”
“Okay.”
To see off her other wives, Cernax decided to bring Winter to her bedroom. So, I kissed their foreheads one last time and forced myself to keep my pace, leaving the bedroom and heading downstairs.
“First of all, I put in everything I could eat.”
“Thank you.”
He hugged Gienna’s waist as she handed him the Mimic case and lightly kissed her lips.
“Nyahoya. “Please take care of your letter.”
“Don’t worry.”
Nya Ho, with a brighter face than usual, came into her arms.
“Sister. “Can’t you satisfy your sexual desires with alcohol again if I’m not around?”
“… Hey!! “When are you going to tell me this?!”
Amela pursed her lips and bit my lip slightly.
“… “Don’t give your heart to just any woman.”
“I will.”
Beneo came over and hugged my neck.
“I’ll take care of you during the winter.”
“Do not worry.”
Nemea approached me and kissed the wound on her left cheek.
And.
“Are you still angry?”
“…”
“Oh my princess.”
I approached Shiron, who was very upset with the emperor, and hugged her waist.
“It’s not like we’re completely breaking up, but we’re just falling apart for a bit?”
“…”
I never would have thought that I would immediately use what I heard from Kernax a moment ago like this.
I cupped Shiron’s cheeks, whose expression was still not good, with my hands and pressed our foreheads together.
“I have to go now… Siron, I can’t go if you look like that.”
And then he overlapped my lips with his tightly closed lips.
“So, can I smile?”
“… What.”
Although his expression was still dark, Siron looked directly at me and spoke.
“… Come fast.”
“Huh. “I will try.”
Siron eventually hugged my neck and kissed her lips.
“You do all your worrying alone, right?”
“… Joy!!”
At one word from Siran, who was watching from behind, Siron eventually snorted and stepped back.
“It’s over now, right? Ugh, anyone who sees me will think I’m really going to die. “I’m going to talk to you face-to-face this evening.”
Mistress Bizelin sighed and poked my butt with the cane in her hand.
I smiled shyly and waved her hand toward her wives.
“I will be back.”
