Chapter 148

“If you look closely, that star is big. It looks small from a distance. So do i. My unhappiness only feels big, but when I go out into the world, it’s really small. So I just try to think that it’s small.”

That was Abella’s choice of escape. Pretending to be okay and burying it, just thinking about one goal.

“…… So are you okay?”

Cade didn’t understand most of what Abella was saying. Only Abella could feel the danger of those who were holding her tight.

Cade grabbed Abella’s hand. He was definitely holding it, but when he was holding it, it seemed like it was going to come off.

“I wanted to be okay.”

Abella whispered softly. She lowered her gaze, looking at the sky, and Abella kissed his shoulder.

She will be able to stand it.

Isn’t there a man who throws off his emperor’s duties like this and sits next to her and watches the stars together?

Cade had no thoughts on leaving Abella and no matter what the answer she picked up. Abella just wanted to live in the present.

“Then it might be okay.”

Abella whispered as if dying.

Cade pulled Abella and pushed her body back into the carriage. The clothes lying on the floor were wrinkled under Abella.

“Yes. It will be fine.”

Mumbling like a brainwashing, Cade lowered his lips.

*

There was nothing wrong with the Duke and Duchess Sirius . If they were to blame, it would be that they gave birth to a son who lacked humanity and raised him with affection.

To protect their son, they condoned his crimes and sacrificed others, but how could that be a fault for the nobles?

It was the central nobles of Timur who did even worse things.

They were rotting and stagnant in Timur.

It was on a lazy afternoon when Arsene requested an audience with Cade.

It was the afternoon when it was announced that Layla had brought in Count Gilmus and was preparing for a trial.

Cade accepted Arsene’s request.

Arsene’s face, in the meantime, was white.

“Duke Sirius.”

Cade called Arsene coolly. Waiting for Arsene to make a choice was not because he saw Sirius, who had been loyal to the country, and then forgave him.

Arsene bowed his head in front of Cade.

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“Greetings, Your Majesty.”

Cade glanced at Arsene, then put a strong cigar into his mouth. It was the strongest of all the things on the market, and the strong smell soon filled the room. It wasn’t long before Cade started biting it back in his mouth.

Cade started smoking cigars again early in the morning when he had been spending time outside with Abella.

Arsene’s face, regardless if it was rude to smoke cigars indoors, was silent. It was the face of a person who had already made all the preparations.

“After making a decision, you must have come to see me.”

“…… From the beginning there was only one conclusion. Leave Sirius alone. This is a family that will be fine if I disappear.”

“Why? Now, do you feel compassion or filial piety?”

“If I had known that, I wouldn’t have done this. I’m just trying to put it all down. Don’t let me leave any grudges for the imperial family.”

“It sounds like a threat.”

Gray smoke filled the space between them. Arsene laughed.

“Are there any intimidating posts? Or is it just a plea to let go of everything. I don’t know what I’m going to do if you find another excuse.”

“It is a threat.”

Cade smiled mischievously and pressed the cigar into the ashtray to turn it off.

“You always seem to forget your duty. In the end, I am the only person who can press and kill you.”

“But, you can’t do that, can you? Because Abella hates it. And Abella will be sad.”

If there was a difference between Cade and Arsene, that was it. Cade can’t do anything bad because he is afraid of Abella. However, Arsene has to do what he wants to do, even if it is outside Abella’s eyes.

That gap made the difference between the two.

Cade didn’t deny it, and he glared at Arsene.

“So there are people like me who have nothing to worry about. I will never come back. I won’t tell you where I’m going, so don’t even try to follow me.”

“…… How about Lady Lyla? If that woman loses you, she will be more than capable of bringing down Sirius. She is a woman just like you.”

“I will take care of her.”

Arsene shrugged his shoulders.

“How?”

“Anyway, if it weren’t for me, the emperor would have killed her, so I’ll lend you a hand this time.”

Arsene’s eyes were empty as he spoke about the death of someone.

Like someone who has lost everything.

Cade realized. Inside Arsene, he knew that Abella was already dead.