The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 66

I swallowed, carefully choosing my words.

“The cool beauty and decadent beauty are on Father’s side.”

I heard that. I just heard Father chuckling and mocking the Emperor.

But my truthful mouth didn’t stop and kept moving.

“Your Majesty is religiously beautiful.”

“What does it mean to be religiously beautiful?”

“You’re like a newly banished angel. A holy handsome man, I suppose?”

“Then that means Kiraxus isn’t holy.”

“Well… I guess, Father is more on the devil side…”

‘Am I answering this right by dividing it like this?’

But it’s really like that.

Without an ounce of falsehood, Father was like darkness, and the Emperor was like light.

Standing side by side, they’re works of art, and it’s a shame I can’t paint this anywhere.

“To dare evaluate the Emperor’s face. Your daughter-in-law has a lot of nerve.”

“To call your own face ‘face’… You’re quite the narcissist, Your Majesty.”

“With a face like this, isn’t it worth falling for, even for myself?”

“Yes, well. But the trend is cool beauties.”

I listened to the conversation and tried my best to hold onto my fading sanity.

His Majesty the Emperor and Father, they’re close.

Well, His Majesty the Emperor had a child with Ariadne, so it makes sense that they’re close?

“Well, that’s enough. I called you to see your face. Ian, was it? Will you become the master of Driblane?”

From a joke, the atmosphere suddenly turned serious.

My head was spinning, but Ian had been consistent from the beginning.

He didn’t care about the Emperor’s face, and he maintained his composure even in the ridiculous conversation. And finally, when the Emperor paid attention to him-

Ian answered clearly and distinctly.

“Yes.”

“I have heard about your biological father.”

Huh!

I was surprised and widened my eyes. But Ian was just calm even in the face of that shocking topic.

“Don’t you want to know?”

“If you tell me, I will humbly listen.”

“So, if I don’t tell you, there’s no reason to listen. Good.”

The Emperor seemed quite satisfied with Ian’s answer.

‘Ian, you’re cool. I’m glad I came with Ian.’

Ian was polite but not servile. He was respectful but didn’t feel like he was serving the Emperor.

In some ways, it was arrogant, but if you looked at it positively, you could see it that way.

The Emperor seemed to have decided to see Ian in a positive light.

“I’ll tell you when you can beat my Imperial Knight.”

“I will ask when I can beat the Commander of the Imperial Knights.”

“You have confidence. The outside is fire, and the inside is ashes. If you tame him well, he’ll become a great talent, but if you don’t, he’ll become a nuisance to me.”

The Emperor wore an indifferent expression.

I… read the hidden meaning in the Emperor’s words and felt a chill.

‘If he grows up in a way that I don’t like, he’s saying he’ll get rid of him himself!’

Why are you threatening a child?

“The audience is over. Leave.”

After threatening him to his heart’s content, he’s now telling him to leave. He’s really selfish. Of course, he’s the best in the world, so he can do whatever he wants, but….

‘Facing the Emperor isn’t good for my heart.’

It seems like it will greatly disrupt my longevity plan, so I should avoid meeting him as much as possible in the future.

I made that resolution and slowly backed away without turning my back.

“Ah, Kiraxus. There’s no room for you.”

“You’re petty.”

“Use that great teleportation to go home on your own.”

The Emperor waved his hand dismissively and issued his final order to leave.

With that, I was able to leave the audience room.

* * *

“Hoo. Father, when did you arrive?!”

“I’ve been with you from the beginning.”

“No, when is the beginning…?”

“When you got off at the Imperial Palace.”

Good heavens.

I was relieved that the first audience went well, but I was speechless at Father’s nonchalant answer.

No, if you were there, you should have given me a sign!

“Ian! Did Ian know?”

“Yeah.”

“You knew? I was the only one who didn’t know?!”

Ian smiled with a slightly apologetic face. Then, as if to appease me, he added a word.

“If Father is determined, even His Majesty the Emperor would miss it. So, even if you can distinguish pheromones in detail, you might not have noticed.”

“But how did Ian know?!”

“I have special eyes. Eyes that see through magic… so even if Father hides his pheromones and uses stealth magic, I can see him there.”

In conclusion, Ian’s abilities are extraordinary.

“Like the well-born Alphas.”

I grumbled like that and just huffed.

How would I know the world that Alphas see and feel?

With my hands behind my back, I took a few steps forward and suddenly had an idea.

“Then, when we went to see His Majesty earlier… I felt like someone was watching me. And His Majesty’s voice was heard very close! Why is that?”

“Ah, that.”

As expected, Ian seemed to know everything about it.

“That’s His Majesty the Emperor’s Spirit.”

“Spirit?”

“Yes. In the Holy Empire, they call it a sacred beast, and in the Magic Empire, they call it a Spirit. It’s like a spirit given by a god that belongs to the Imperial Family… but it’s generally not visible.”

“But Father and Ian saw it?”

“Yeah, well.”

Certainly, Alphas are different.

This time, I pulled on Father’s sleeve and asked.

“What does His Majesty’s Spirit look like?”

“Just like his face.”

“…So, it’s beautiful?”

“Well. The shell is pretty good. It showed great interest in you.”

Father, His Majesty will hear you….

I decided to just give up asking more rather than stopping Father’s limitless mouth.

As I was doing that, I heard footsteps from the other side of the hallway. At least three people. Or more people were coming this way, so we couldn’t help but run into them.

“It’s the Empress.”

“!”

To run into the Empress this quickly?

No matter how you look at it, she heard the news that we came from Driblane and came in a hurry…?

As if my suspicion was correct, Father winked at me.

“Driblane’s Young Lord.”

“Greetings to Her Majesty the Empress. I hope you are in good health.”

“I am very well. I came to see His Majesty, but what a coincidence. I didn’t expect the Young Lord to be here.”

Let’s not forget. In the Imperial Family, you sometimes have to think the opposite of what they say.

‘The word coincidence is never a coincidence, and it means I came to see the children, but why are you here.’

Thank goodness. If I had run into the Empress when Father wasn’t there, an awkward situation might have occurred.

After all, I flattened the Empress’s daughter-in-law candidate a few days ago.

“I’m glad to be able to introduce you to Her Majesty the Empress. This is my nephew, Ian, and the appointed mistress of the 20s, Florin.”

“Ah.”

Ian and I bowed politely as we did to the Emperor.

But surprisingly, the Empress’s reaction was just one word. ‘Ah.’ That was it.

Then, the Empress lovingly stroked her slender belly and smiled.

“You used to visit often to ask how I was doing, but you haven’t been around lately. Is the Magic Tower very busy?”

“It’s because I haven’t fully recovered from the grief of losing my sister.”

“Ah……. That’s right. Your heart must be very painful. I should have been more considerate.”

“No. Her Majesty the Empress must preserve her health.”

Father acted very casually as if the Empress was pregnant. I was able to recall what my adoptive mother had said.

‘You can’t act without tact.’

‘Even Father is 맞춰드리는 [adjusting] to the situation.’

The reason is… because this is more helpful to our family than the Empress waking up from her dream and facing reality.

I’m not in a position to pity the Empress, so I just decided to 맞춰드리는 [adjust] to the adults’ play.

‘Ah, but… why is the pheromone so murky?’

I’ve experienced the pheromones of countless people so far. But none of our family had pheromones with such a hazy and turbid feeling.

To make an analogy, it’s like a tall tower that’s been messed up from the bottom, and it feels like it’s going to collapse if you take out just one thing.

Something is twisted.

‘My stomach… feels queasy.’

Besides, it’s a really strange thing, but hallucinations started to flicker in my eyes. From the Empress’s belly to her heart, something like sewage was flowing… I could see it.

‘What the heck is that? It’s disgusting just to look at it.’