The Wolf King and I

Chapter 39

The Wolf King and I
Chapter 39

Zhang Wei, you're a cruel man.

All my life I've devoted myself to become the perfect Empress of Qin.

A girl like me, who can't even barely walk, was sent to the palace to start her training as the next mother of the nation.

I thought that if I could become the perfect Empress, I could live a happy life within the palace while being loved by so many people.

But all of these are nothing but foolish dreams.

I was eight years old when I first met Zhang Wei.

"Your majesty! You must not run or you will hurt yourself!" a court lady cried while running after me.

And then came what she'd feared. I suddenly fell to the ground while hurting my knees.

As the future Empress of the Great Qin, I was trained to hold my feelings even when I was a child. So even if it's unbearable, I can only force myself to stand up and pretend like it didn't hurt.

"I'm okay, my lady." I answered with poise and dignity. "An Empress must not cry for a simple thing like this."

A worried emotion washed all over the court lady's face. I bet she's thinking how a child like me could have so much strength to bear the pain that I'm feeling from my wounded knees.

"What a bluff." A male voice suddenly appeared behind me.

I turned in the direction of the voice, and what I saw was those beautiful eyes for the very first time.

Oh, silver eyes.

From the way he's dressed, I can say that he's a Prince of the Empire.

But I was not prepared for the next thing he would say.

"It's okay to cry." He said, then showed me that genuine smile. "You're a kid, afterall."

Pitiful as it may seem, I fell instantly in love with him.

But never did I imagine that'd be the last time I'd see his smiling face.

The man that I married on the day of the coronation was someone that I never knew. The kindness and joy I saw in his silver eyes had vanished. I married a soulless person on that day.

Where has that kind Prince who showed me his genuine smile gone to?

Even today...

"Your majesty!" I cried and bent down to his feet. "Please save Chin!"

...how could you break my heart, even for the very last time?

Pero bakit gan'on?

Bakit parang hindi na siya nagulat sa
biglang paglapit ko sa kanya?

Nagtaas ako ng tingin at ang nakita ko ay ang walang emosyon na ekspresyon na iyon sa mukha niya.

How could he look at me like that?

His beloved consort is in danger, but how could he give me that look?!

"Oh?" He answered with that emotionless voice. "Is that so?"

Unti-unti namang nanlaki ang mga mata ko nang dahil sa naging reaksyon niya.

Akala ko ay nagbago na siya.

For the first time since the coronation day, I saw his genuine smile again after meeting Chin. But what is with this reaction? How could he be so cold in a situation like this?