Chapter 68: The Emperorâs Daughter Chapter . 68
I was not confident enough . I didnât know if I could stay calm if he ignored me again . Should I just pretend to be sick? Maybe I could injure myself⌠I lifted my head to look at their eyes as they both gawked at each other . Huh? Whatâs wrong?
Surprised by the sudden call, I took a step back . This wasnât good . An ominous hunch came upon the tip of my toes . Elene smiled sweetly .
âPrincess, give this to His Majesty . â
What Elene gave me was a white handkerchief . The letter âAâ was inscribed on the end .
âItâs your handkerchief . â
My handkerchief? Since when did I have one? They both laughed, not caring about my puzzled look . Whatâs with the energy around them right now? I feel like theyâre plotting some sort of evil conspiracy .
âWhy a handkerchief?â
I asked her back with a puzzled look . Serira smiled brightly as she took a handkerchief from Eleneâs hand and gave it to me .
âYou have to give it to His Majesty . â
I was so surprised that my voice grew louder . No, but all of a sudden, what was she talking about? Why should I give my handkerchief to him? It was true that I was surprised at the unexpected news, but I was so surprised by the loudness of my voice that I closed my mouth shut . My head suddenly felt complicated . Serira replied quietly, touching my hair like in a gentle way with a tender, gentle voice . Perhaps thatâs why my heart, which was suddenly pounding, had gradually found its own pulse .
âItâs to bid farewell and pray for his well-being . â
âYouâre bidding to his Majesty to âcome back safelyâ . â
No, I knew that, but why do I have to do that?
âItâs a tradition for a lady to give a present to her knight . â
Serira smiled and said, but I let go of the handkerchief immediately .
âNo . I wonât do it!â
Who cared if he came back or not!? I didnât want to see his face today . No, itâs more of horror to me that I should face him than that . I just wanted to get away with it . Itâs awkward to go out to see him, but he wanted me to hand him this? Did he think heâs gonna get it if I gave it to him? Perhaps I should now leave this princessâ seat to live like the emperorâs bastard and an illegitimate child . I had been here all these years with the favor I had been getting from him . No, other than thatâŚ
What if he rejected me in front of the crowd? It was a very different kind of fear .
âGo ahead . This is something only you can do, princess . â
They didnât even understand how I felt! This was a serious problem . If I was disgraced there, all of them done, too! Still, Elene and Serira were forcing me through .
âNormally, the Empress should be doing this, but since there is no empress at the moment, you must do it . Donât you think so?â
âPrincess, are you will send your father without a token of goodwill? Heâs going to a ruthless battlefield . â
âIf he leaves, you wonât see him for at least 6 months!â
Two women are tightening from the sides . Even if I struggled to avoid going, it was me who was exhausted after hours of a scuffle . Why was my opinion always ignored!? I wanted to be respected, sob .
It was in Estela Palace, whose name was not familiar to me, where I went with much impatience .
A loud roar rumbled my eardrum . From the nobles I saw for the first time to the nobles I often encountered, the court members were all present . They wanted me to give him a gift in front of all these people? Were they crazy!?
Looking back, Serira smiled and held me .
âLet go of me! Let me go!â
By the time I arrived in the middle of a scuffle, the ceremony was already coming to an end . However, where the hell was my mom taking me? This entire ceremony was crazy! Itâs as crazy as a marriage!
Oh, shit . Tens of thousands of troops, who had broken ranks below the podium, were at a crossroads . The nobles gathered, in addition, Caitel was wearing his uniform . It was my first time seeing it . The midsummer sun shone intensely . I gulped down my saliva .
âQuickly now, princess . â
Seriraâs urging was already out of my hearing .
What was I supposed to do? Run? Fortunately, Caitel was standing against the sun . I couldnât see his face . That was rather fortunate, indeed .
Maybe I would hand it to him and run before he could reject me . Right, that seemed like the best option . For some reason, my hands were sweating, but I couldnât even think of cleaning it . I went to stand in front of Caitel . Someone, please save me .
I tried to run away, but I froze up; I couldnât move . Why wouldnât they just turn my head? The eyes of all the people here felt like they were poking me like an awl . I felt like I was standing naked . What was I supposed to do?
Meanwhile, that darn father of mine wasnât responding . Would I be ignored again just like yesterday?
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