The Stand-In Empress’S Wedding Night [EN]: Chapter 221

221. Because I’m Used to This Position

2023.02.15.

“Oh my, what are you saying with so many people outside?”

I patted his firm shoulder, trying to get up, but he wouldn’t let me go.

“We’re the only ones in here.”

Every time his touch grazed my skin, a cool sensation lingered and then disappeared.

“That’s not why I came here.”

Even as I said that, I wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed my lips to his tilted nape.

“I think differently……?”

A low moan tickled my ear.

“Did you get permission from your friend before making a move?”

“Friend? Oh, you mean my bestie, the Master of the Magic Tower?”

I chuckled and asked him teasingly.

His brow furrowed, and he replied sullenly.

“Yes. And there’s something else you need to ask him.”

“I came to see my husband first, so I haven’t asked yet. I’ll ask him later if it’s okay to have a baby right away…….”

As I stroked Rinell’s face, his blue eyes sparkled.

“Zelda.”

He called my name with a deep gaze.

“Yes?”

“I’m going crazy.”

“You look like it.”

“I feel like even my body is getting hot. Is this also an effect of the seal?”

At his words, I shook my head.

“That’s probably just because of me.”

“You seem more passionate than before, Zelda?”

“Do you not like it?”

“Does it sound like I don’t like it?”

He took my hand and placed it on his heart, asking.

I tilted my head back and laughed, then naturally asked about his meeting with Prince Tesla.

“What did he say?”

“He threatened to mention the Avatar Sword in the trial.”

“As expected.”

The Avatar Sword only has the red gem left, so even if they try to find it, they’ll never succeed.

Besides, I’ve already made a sword similar to the Avatar Sword, so if we claim that Prince Tesla mistook that sword for the Avatar Sword, the prince’s argument will lose its power.

“More than that, it looks like the Shato Neil Kingdom is about to have its lineage cut off.”

Rinell’s words made me tilt my head.

“What do you mean? Was he sentenced to death before the trial even started?”

“It’s not that, his testicles burst.”

What burst?

“……Did you check?”

I already knew his teeth were knocked out.

But is there another part that has lost its function besides that?

“Why would I check something like that myself? I heard it from the court physician.”

“But, did you deliberately target that area?”

“It wasn’t me. Markrom did it.”

“Ah, so the commander spent the night at the tower?”

“That seems to be the case. I heard it was revenge for Miss Bonis? Prince Tesla made her lose her little finger.”

The name Bonis made my heart drop.

“Yes…… that happened.”

Knock, knock, knock.

The office door opened, and Roxana entered wearing a veiled hat.

Roxana, who came into the office, stopped when she saw Rinell and me sandwiched together.

I was sitting on Rinell’s lap, only turning my head.

Reflexively, I tried to get off his lap, but he wrapped his arms around my waist, preventing me from moving.

“What…… are you doing in the office, Your Majesty?”

Roxana asked, her voice filled with suppressed anger.

“I was getting a massage because my legs were stiff.”

“Are there people who massage…… with their buttocks?”

“Here I am. I’m experiencing it myself.”

Ridiculous words flowed from his dignified voice.

Roxana stared at me with an incredulous expression at his brazen nonsense.

I could ignore Roxana’s barbed gaze, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t embarrassed.

“Ah, and even though I lost my memories, my body remembers, so it’s comfortable to talk in this position.”

Rinell went even further, speaking to Roxana in a languid voice, then turned my face towards him and kissed me softly.

I felt Roxana’s blazing eyes hitting the back of my head.

Feeling the numbness in the back of my head, I gestured to him to let me go.

He smiled as if to say, ‘What’s wrong with that?’ and continued to maintain this position.

“How are you going to handle the aftermath…….”

I asked him in a low voice, and his gaze went down to my heart and then back up.

Me?

Don’t tell me you’re doing this because you believe I’m sealed with the Avatar Sword?

“I heard that Prince Tesla broke into Zelda’s residence last night and wielded a sword.”

Roxana stated the reason for visiting the office in a cold tone.

“That’s why I was comforting her.”

He said to her, looking into my eyes.

I could see Roxana’s hands tightly gripping her dress.

“I was going to visit Zelda’s residence with Your Majesty, but she happens to be here. Unlike what I was told, she doesn’t seem to be seriously injured.”

Roxana looked disappointed at my unharmed appearance.

“Don’t worry. Just because she wasn’t seriously injured doesn’t mean Prince Tesla’s crime is any lighter.”

He spoke as if he was determined to turn Roxana inside out.

Her gaze shifted from Rinell to me.

“Stabbed by a sword?”

“Yes, thanks to Your Majesty’s timely arrival, I wasn’t stabbed deeply.”

“It’s a relief…… then.”

Her eyes looked like they wanted to tear me apart, but her voice was full of elegance.

I stared intently at Roxana’s face.

It was strange that she was wearing a veiled hat, both on the day of the concubine ceremony and today.

As if my gaze was displeasing, Roxana’s eyebrows twitched.

However, she also looked at my face as if observing it.

‘She’s still suspicious. Whether I have the Avatar Sword or not.’

“What are you planning to do with Prince Tesla?”

Roxana glared at me and asked him.

“Since he committed a crime, he will receive a punishment befitting it.”

“What could be the reason why Prince Tesla attacked Zelda?”

“Since she was the proxy empress and became a concubine, he might have been afraid that she would be favored again. What does the empress think?”

Rinell asked Roxana, probing her.

“Well, personally, I think the two of them have old feelings, so Your Majesty’s words might be right.”

“By the way, what are you going to do with Princess Resilia?”

Rinell asked about the princess.

“She’s stubbornly denying that she ruined the dress, so I’ve given her a room and am keeping her under surveillance for now.”

Roxana spoke as if she were a benevolent and merciful empress.

“I’m worried that this might lead to war with the Shato Neil Kingdom.”

“If necessary, it can’t be helped.”

Rinell replied in an indifferent voice.

“But Empress, is there a reason why you’ve started wearing veils these days?”

He asked Roxana what I wanted to ask.

“……The, the sunlight seems strong.”

“Hasn’t the weather been consistently cloudy?”

As Rinell spoke as if he found it strange, Roxana was slightly flustered and glossed over it.

I stared at her right face, which was covered by the veil.

I felt traces of the fire energy lingering and disappearing.

It seemed to be an ability that appeared after being sealed with the Avatar Sword.

If what I felt was right…….

Roxana must have been burned on her right face.

In the same place as me.

“Now that I’ve confirmed that Concubine Zelda is safe, I’ll be on my way.”

Roxana turned around as if nothing was wrong.

However, I could see her proud expression crumbling at his last words.

“Since you’ve covered one side of your vision with a veil, be especially careful on your way back.”

***

Joseph, who came to the Imperial Palace’s lake for a picnic, spread the sandwiches and bread made by the servant on the blanket.

In front of Joseph, Ao, Moia who transformed into a pigeon, and Moni who transformed into a sparrow gathered around and brought the food they wanted to eat in front of them.

“Kid, are you all better now?”

At Moia’s words, Joseph shook his head.

“My body is still cold, but I’ve gotten a lot better since I met the Empress. Before, I was cold to the bone? But now it’s not that bad.”

“Our master is even more amazing now, Moia~.”

“Yeah! She even has the Avatar Sword in her heart, Moni~.”

Ao, who didn’t understand what the two baby wyverns were talking about, blinked blankly and suddenly became curious.

“Miyaoong? (But which of you two is older?)”

Ao asked, kneading diligently on Joseph’s lap.

“I’m older.”

Moni chirped back.

“Oong? You might have been born a few years earlier, but I hatched from the egg faster, Moia~?”

“So?”

“Call me ‘oppa’ [Korean term used by younger females to address older males]. Humans call older males that.”

“Why are you ‘oppa’? I was born first.”

“I told you, I hatched from the egg first, didn’t I?”

“Hmph, it’s really funny that your fire is weaker than mine, Moni~?”

“You little brat! I’m the one who let you meet the master so you could hatch from the egg!”

“I felt the master’s energy too, so my egg was cracking little by little? Your help was very little?”

“Wow, is it because you’ve been living with that Roxana or Maxana? The kid is very brazen, Moia~?”

Moia got excited, picking out only the ham from the sandwich.

“Miyaaong. (Then let’s see you both breathe fire. Let’s make the baby wyvern with the stronger flame the greatest.)”

“Ao, then you go sit under that tree.”

“……Miyaong? (……Why me?)”

At Moia’s words, Ao raised his tail.

“You have a lot of fur. Let’s have a contest to see whose flame burns your fur first.”

“Yeah? That’s a good idea!”

Moni also actively agreed.

The two baby wyverns worked together to push Ao’s butt towards the tree.

“Hey, you can’t do that. Ao’s fur will all burn off?”

Joseph scratched his head and stopped them.

“The fur will grow back. Kid, do you want to go stand there instead?”

“Ah, no. I don’t want to freeze to death, but I don’t want to burn to death either.”

Joseph moved away from Moia and Moni.

Meanwhile, Ao ended up going under the tree and sitting down.

Moia moved his neck from side to side and flapped his wings as he saw Emperor Adrian approaching from afar.

“Oong? The silverfish has woken up? He must be taking a walk with Elan.”

“Silverfish, Moni~?”

Moni turned his head to where Emperor Adrian was and asked.

“There’s a guy who really wants to be close to me. Don’t pay attention to him. He keeps talking to me.”

Moia waved his pigeon wings happily at Empress Elan.

Then, Empress Elan looked at him with strange eyes from afar, and then noticed that the pigeon was Moia and shook her head slightly.

Moia, who didn’t notice this, thought that Empress Elan didn’t recognize him, so he flapped his wings more enthusiastically.

“That old man keeps staring.”

Moni said, looking at Emperor Adrian’s silver hair.

“Really? Is he acting friendly to you too? I should poop on his head.”

Moia flew into the sky.

“I want to poop too!”

Moni flew after Moia.

‘Guys…… I’m so scared…….’

Joseph, who was left alone, froze as soon as he saw Emperor Adrian’s face.

Joseph was the only one who knew Emperor Adrian’s identity.

***

‘I hope the prince is safe…….’

As soon as the sun rose, Pesillini received a large sum of money from her father, the Marquis, and bribed the guards of the tower.

It was more money than the guards’ salary for five years.

The guards, who moved as a team, secretly let Pesillini into the tower during their shift change.

After Emperor Rinell visited the tower early in the morning, Commander Markrom also returned to his lodgings.

Pesillini put on a robe and was guided by the bribed guard to the underground prison where Prince Tesla was.

The damp and eerie feeling made her body tremble involuntarily.

Pesillini carefully walked on the slippery floor and placed her hands on her stomach.

“Ouch…….”

Unlike usual, her stomach kept pulling.

‘Don’t be nervous, baby. We’re on our way to meet your father.’