The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 148

The Emperor, who had been pale as a sheet, was now on the verge of fainting.

“The, the, the Holy Empire…….”

Kieren tilted his head, watching the Emperor stammer, unable to speak properly.

His raven-black hair cascaded down.

His red eyes calmly captured the Emperor’s image.

“You don’t like it?”

The Emperor couldn’t answer his short question.

If he agreed, his country would be taken away, and if he disagreed, his body would be torn apart.

Unable to choose either, his silence naturally grew longer.

Kieren’s eyes narrowed.

Cold sweat ran down the Emperor’s spine at the sight.

His lower body felt numb, as if he were about to wet himself from fear.

Shaking with fear, the Emperor recalled the beginning of the past he wished he could undo.

Rose Basilian.

It was all because of that woman.

***

The Emperor of the Palen Empire, Roant de Palen, had been educated about the Basilian family since he was young.

“Be careful of the Basilian family.”

It was a saying passed down through the imperial family.

The Basilian family had been managing the monsters of the Black Forest, entrusted to them by the Holy Empire.

In return, the Basilians dominated the underworld, earning enormous profits.

The only ones who could handle monsters, and the masters of the neutral underworld.

The Basilians were a family with dangerous power.

Fortunately, the Basilian family wasn’t very greedy for power.

They preferred to profit quietly beneath the surface rather than openly revealing themselves.

Always hiding in the shadow of the Palen Imperial Family, never leaving the Black Forest in the east.

So, as the imperial family had always done, Roant also guaranteed the independence of the Basilian family and maintained a respectful distance from them.

Then one day, rumors about the Basilian family suddenly began to circulate.

The rumor was that the Count of Basilian had fallen in love with a woman of unknown origin.

He dismissed it as nothing until the rumor spread throughout the entire empire.

But the Count of Basilian, blinded by love, began to do reckless things.

He declared that he would marry the woman as his Countess.

He even approached the empire to request an audience with the Emperor to create an identity for the woman.

He was doing something completely insane.

What kind of woman was she that the Count of Basilian was so out of his mind?

He couldn’t help but be curious.

And when he finally saw the woman with his own eyes, Roant understood everything.

The woman possessed a beauty that was hard to believe she was human.

The entire empire was in an uproar over her beauty.

Everyone was talking about ‘Rose Basilian,’ and Roant naturally became interested in her.

‘With that kind of beauty, it’s worth putting up with even if she has a low status,’ he thought.

He thought it was too much to marry her as his wife, though.

During their stay in the empire, the Basilian couple also attended a banquet hosted by the imperial family.

The beautiful couple with their outstanding looks were the center of attention at the banquet.

Roant, who attended the banquet, also kept his eyes on the couple.

He especially stared at Rose Basilian for a long time without realizing it.

When the couple quietly slipped out into the garden, he even followed them.

In the night garden, Rose was as beautiful as a fairy.

She walked around the garden, laughing pleasantly after drinking a lot of sweet fruit wine.

Then, she fearlessly reached into a rose bush.

“Be careful.”

The Count of Basilian immediately grabbed Rose’s arm.

He seemed worried that she might get pricked by the rose thorns.

She soon plucked a rose blossom.

Then, she smiled brightly and stuck the rose in the Count’s ear.

“It suits you well.”

It was a ridiculous sight for the Count to be wearing it.

The childish play was rude, but the woman’s words were not wrong.

The Count of Basilian was a perfect match for the flamboyant rose.

The Count of Basilian, who suddenly had to wear a rose decoration, smiled as if he was very embarrassed.

“Rose…….”

His voice calling her name was full of affection.

There was no sign of scolding at all.

Rather, he even blushed slightly.

Rose burst into a clear laugh as she looked at his cheeks with a faint blush.

She kissed Kieren on the cheek and seemed to enjoy it.

Roant, who watched the scene from beginning to end, frowned.

‘That’s why she acts so arrogant,’ he thought.

He should have properly educated her since he even got her a noble status.

He just left her alone to be presumptuous.

But even while cursing inwardly, Roant couldn’t take his eyes off Rose.

He watched her for a long time, shining beautifully in the moonlight.

“Your Majesty?”

“…Ah, Count.”

It was the Count of Basilian, who finally felt his gaze, who looked at him strangely.

After that day, Roant thought only of Rose Basilian all day long.

She was clearly a woman of low status.

To marry such a person as his wife…

The Count of Basilian was foolish.

It was best to make her his mistress.

“…….”

The thought of a mistress made him feel strange.

From then on, his thoughts kept flowing in a strange direction.

If she is good enough to be a countess, isn’t she good enough to be the emperor’s mistress?

The Basilian family is great, of course, but he is the Sun Emperor of the Palen Empire.

He could give her power that she could not enjoy as a countess.

She doesn’t know anything now, but once the Countess of Basilian tastes power, she will become more ambitious.

Maybe she already has ambitions.

Unable to bear the growing thoughts, Roant created an opportunity to meet the couple.

He invited her and the Count of Basilian to the Imperial Palace for dinner, and then made an excuse to send the Count outside for a while.

The moment he was left alone with Rose, Roant had to try hard to suppress his wildly beating heart.

“Countess Basilian…….”

Looking at her pretty pink eyes, he handed her the prepared gift.

“I thought this would suit you.”

Inside the velvet box was a necklace made of emeralds and diamonds.

The necklace, taken from the imperial treasury, was a precious item that could not be bought with money.

He thought her eyes would immediately turn to the dazzling necklace.

“Thank you!”

Rose took the box and put it next to her, and that was it.

She even showed the box to the returning Count of Basilian and bragged about it.

“I got this as a gift—no, I received it.”

“…….”

Roant coughed and made excuses at the Count of Basilian’s gaze.

“I prepared it to celebrate your marriage.”

The plan to use the necklace as bait to subtly strike up a conversation completely failed.

Roant racked his brains again, as the reaction was completely different from what he had expected.

He secretly ordered a background check on the Count of Basilian.

There was no one who didn’t have dirt if you dug deep enough.

He was going to grab the Count’s weakness and threaten Rose.

She looked stupid and innocent, so he thought that if he mentioned the Count a little, she would burst into tears and follow his words.

But that became a choice that Roant would regret for the rest of his life.

A few days after ordering the background check, the Count of Basilian requested an audience.

Roant met the Count, secretly feeling guilty but pretending not to know.

“Your Majesty.”

The Count of Basilian, dressed in a neat frock coat, smiled and asked.

“Are you interested in my wife?”

Roant coughed awkwardly at the blunt question.

“I didn’t intend to be at odds with the Count. But if Rose wants…….”

“Ah.”

The Count of Basilian dared to interrupt the Emperor’s words.

The moment he glared at the rude behavior, the Count slowly took off the leather gloves on his hand and said.

“Who gave you permission to call someone else’s wife’s name as you please?”

“Wh, what?”

The moment he got up from his seat in anger.

“To dare covet my wife…….”

The Count smiled crookedly.

“Isn’t that too much for a pig like you?”