Chapter 33

Yerhan closed the door after confirming Rosena was sleeping.

She fell asleep as soon as she finished the food, maybe because she was pestered by him last night.

“Should I make a good medicine for the body?”

She was so thin like she would fit if he were to hold her in one hand, and he was afraid she would collapse because of that.

Perhaps he should call up some good doctors.

His energy that had been loosened was tightened at once.

He turned his body and expressionlessly looked at the room where Rosena was sleeping.

He had cleaned up the bodies and glass pieces before Rosena woke up, but he could not erase her memories.

He was glad she didn’t take it to mind, but he didn’t want to show such an appearance again.

Rosena might run away if he fully revealed his monstrous nature.

Yerhan was afraid of that the most.

The memories stuck like burns every rainy day made it hard for him.

Yerhan suddenly recalled his conversation with Rosena.

– Do you feel it too, by any chance?

– …..What do you mean?

– A very strong attraction.

Rosena, who said so, looked confused.

– That day, and also yesterday….. I felt an urge.

Rosena bowed her head, adding that she tried to restrain herself, but she couldn’t.

Yerhan noticed what she was talking about.

He also felt a strong urge like Rosena.

At that time, he lost control, he wanted to hold Rosena, and didn’t know what to do.

– I felt a strong urge from you, too.

Rosena looked up to his slow answer.

Yerhan swept Rosena’s disheveled hair with his fingers.

When his fingers touched the back of her neck, Rosena flinched.

– I want to come near you, I want to touch you…..

Eventually he wanted to have everything.

Rosena couldn’t hear the low whisper.

In fact, Yerhan had a vague guess about the unusual attraction.

He guessed that whenever the divine power in his body burst, he resonated with Rosena, and that was why he wanted her passionately.

Rosena seemed to have something to do with his divine power.

But Yerhan did not mention it.

No matter how precious the divine power was, it was still an ability close to an irrational beast.

He wanted to hide it as much as he could from her.

– ….It’s not normal.

As Yerhan slowly pulled out his arms, Rosena opened her lips with difficulty.

– I want to know. What’s there between you and me?

The moment she saw his clear eyes, she was suffocated.

She thought it would be nice if those eyes were always directed at her.

– I’ll look into it.

Yerhan finished the flashback and walked past the corridor, leaving the Prince Palace.

Prince Palace, which had been left unattended for years, was a palace only in its name.

That was because it was the most remote place and it was embarrassingly small to say that the imperial family lived in it.

It used to be a place where abandoned concubines lived, but it became the Prince Palace after Emperor Barmun handed it over to Yerhan.

Yerhan had not taken care of the palace since it was granted to him.

For him, it was usually a few days’ stay in the imperial palace, so it was tiresome to manage it.

And he thought it would be better to live as quietly as possible because of the empress who kept him in check.

That was also the reason he left countless rumors unattended.

But it was a different story if Rosena stayed here.

He was going to do his best so that she didn’t envy the main palace where the emperor lives.

When he got out of the Prince Palace and arrived at the backyard, two people were waiting, with their heads bowed as if they were criminals.

“Your Highness…”

One of the two men called Yerhan.

They were men dressed entirely in black. Their attires were distinctive.

There was a sword hidden in the coats they wore, but it was not visible to the naked eye.

“Go ahead.”

Yerhan stood, crooked, and raised his head.

Isaac, who tied his hair in the high ponytail, opened his mouth.

“Last night, we felt a sign from the west side of the garden, and we confronted three people.”

“Confronted?”

Yerhan’s eyes narrowed.

So there were other groups besides the assassins who raided the room yesterday.

It made sense that another assassin broke into the prince palace while knights confronted the slayer.

It meant that there was more than one person who intentionally broke in or bought the assassins.

“It took a long time to capture him alive.”

Isaac bowed his head again.

Yerhan thought about whether he should see the face of the assassin from the first day of his honeymoon.

In simple terms, the empress who hated him was most likely the mastermind, but the empress had not sent an assassin since he took the role instead of the crown prince.

If he suddenly dies, there will be no one to dispose of the monsters.

“It’s our fault.”

“Please punish us.”

Isaac and Yelvin said, bowing at the same time.

Yerhan scoured them with no expression as usual.

“I’ll replace the punishment by cutting a day off.”

“Thank you, Your Highness, and…”

Isaac reported hesitatingly.

“There’s an order in two weeks.”

Yerhan paused. The word ‘order’ naturally narrowed the forehead.

Maybe it was because he tasted the sweet, dreamlike time. He wanted to stay in the capital longer.

So far, he had never been reluctant to defeat the monsters, but he didn’t want to go this time.

“Where is the location?”

“We’ll take a detour to Haylor.”

Yerhan’s body reacted first to the word ‘Haylor’.

“Then we can’t come back for at least a month and a half.”

“I’m sorry, but I’m afraid it’ll take two months and a half.”

In general, it would take as early as two months from the capital to Haylor, but there would be a lot of fellow travelers and so it would take roughly three months to move in by carriage.

However, it only took about a month to get to Haylor for Tiriad knights who were skilled in horseback riding, so it would most likely take two and a half after considering the eradication of the monsters.

“No, it will all be over in a month and a half.”

Isaac and Yelvin’s faces became pale. They already heard the sound of death.

Yerhan turned his back completely and handed out the final order.

“Tell everyone to prepare themselves for heavy snow.”

***

It had been two days since the wedding. Now that she can move a little, a procession of doctors kept coming in from the morning.

Rosena was half-forced and subjected to all sorts of tests.

After nearly a couple of hours of testing, a huge amount of medicinal herbs were placed in front of Rosena.

When she checked the amount of medicine she had to take in a day, it was already dark.

Around lunch, congratulatory letters and gifts began to arrive for Rosena, who formally became a prince’s wife.

She thought things would be the same as usual after her marriage with the powerless prince, but it was Rosena’s illusion.

Even if he was a fallen string, a royal family member is a royal family member.

Rosena sat on bed in a slip dress, checking each letter and invitation brought by the servants.

It was a variety of invitations with all kinds of names, ranging from the nobles wives’ invitations to the tea parties to birthday parties.

Most of it were the families Rosena didn’t know, but there were also some families she knew.

Rosena sighed. It was painful to think about having to reply one by one.

But she had no choice but to take up a pen and put ink on it after a long time.

She was still more familiar to Astanian language, but when she wrote the imperial language, it was also written well.

Rosena, who had been writing the replies for a long time, put down her pen.

It wouldn’t be too late to prepare.

Rosena changed into a neat dress taken out of the closet and tied her hair together.

After finishing her modest decorations, Rosena put down the comb.

Then she called her servant to bring Illian, who was playing outside.

Rosena changed Illian into neat clothes and trimmed his hair.

“Where are you going?”

Illian asked with his round eyes.

He had a face full of secret expectations, and Rosena felt sorry for that.

“We’re going to say hello to the elders.”

Soon, Illian looked sullen and lowered his eyes.

Rosena smiled as she stroked Illian’s head.

“Let’s go on a picnic soon.”

Knock, knock.

A knock from the outside was heard.

When told to come in, Yerhan opened the door and came inside.

“Are you ready?”

“Yes.”

The two had something to do from now on.

It was to say hello to the emperor and empress.

Now that they were married, they had to visit them as members of the imperial family.

Before setting off, Rosena went away for a while to pick up the gift she had prepared in advance.

Only Yerhan and Illian were left in the room with silence.

Yerhan and Illian looked at each other, changing their facial expressions.

“I haven’t lost yet.”

Illian thought he was unlucky enough to give his mother to such a big, grumpy guy, but he hasn’t given up yet.

Illian’s ultimate goal was to take his mother back to Astania.

Yerhan grinned when he saw Illian clenched his fist.

“Well, do well.”

Yerhan was in such a good mood today that he could forgive Illian for his naughty behavior.

Ilian’s face crumpled around the edge of his creeping mouth.

“You’ll see. I’ll take my mom out of here.”

Yerhan grinned like a villain and said,

“I think you have so much spare time, so I’ll get you a tutor from tomorrow.”

Illian’s complexion turned white.

He couldn’t believe he would get a tutor when he couldn’t even see his mom often.

He must have been trying to monopolize his mother using this trick.

Yerhan, who bent his waist, whispered while looking straight at Illian.

“Don’t forget to pretend to be stupid as usual.”

“Why would I…”

“Because even she could be in danger.”

Illian, who swallowed his words at once, looked up at Yerhan with shaking eyes.

Yerhan briefly added to his questioning look.

“This is the imperial palace.”

Illian did not say anything.

He had a very serious face for a young child.

After a long time, Illian asked Yerhan.

“What do I have to do to protect my mother?”

Yerhan found Rosena in Illian’s fearless, dashing eyes.

In the past, when she reached out to him without hesitation.

Yerhan reached out to Illian, feeling odd.

“You’re already doing great, even now.”

Yerhan’s hand patted Illian’s head lightly. Then Illian frowned and shook off his hand.

“Why are you acting so close all of a sudden?”

Yerhan looked at the fallen hand and muttered with a crumpled face.

“This little boy…”

And the two continued a meaningless cold war until Rosena returned.