I Won't Accept Your Regrets

Chapter 154

Raymond moved to his bedroom, not to his study. And when I followed him, he showed off all the servants.

Left alone with me, he rubbed his forehead roughly, as if he wanted to show how angry he was.

I let him cool down for a while, standing with his back to me.

"I apologize for such a sudden visit."

"This Leon Sios, I'm going to torture him to death if he doesn't open his mouth."

"Your Majesty, that would be..."

"Ellie, I don't want to go crazy in the end. It makes me sick at the thought that I raised him as my own..."

Raymond cut me off in a choked voice.

"I also want to find out the truth as soon as possible. However, Your Majesty, he surely has reasons to keep his secrets under lock and key."

A feeling of tension that was about to explode immediately rushed into the room.

It's not that I don't understand Raymond's feelings. I couldn't even imagine how much patience he needed right now.

But that's why I needed to stop all this even more.

"If you corner him, then we will lose the last witness."

"Do you think I don't know?"

"... ... Sire."

"Ellie, you don't know how I feel right now."

The situation was delicate. Even if the only witness was lost, it would be even more terrifying never to know the truth.

"Well, no, Your Majesty. I know you better than anyone else."

His eyes twitched uncontrollably towards me.

"Your Majesty, we must find out the whole point. And for this we need the help of Leon Sios."

Leon once left the house of Marquis, who enjoyed authority in the empire. So Leon's life is not a pursuit of money or power. No one knew for certain of his nature.

And I did not know how to convince such.

But above all, Raymond needs to calm down.

"Sire.

When I called him again, the emperor's gaze turned to me.

"I know," he replied dryly.

At the end of his response, the tension concentrated on his fingertips seemed to evaporate.

"And in general, until recently you were eager to carve out time for the family. It's not good to be nervous now, even if you don't have solid evidence. "

"I'm not myself."

"Is it connected with your brother? No wonder your Majesty's sanity is clouded."

This strange look of his turned back to me, but I did not avoid it.

Because I knew better than anyone else how awful Raymond's feelings were going to be.

"Ellie.

"It would be better not to go to Leon anymore today. And it would be better to let Leon know that we found other witnesses by Carter's hands."

It seems, realizing my deceitful maneuver, he replied with a smile:

"It will get on his nerves."

"Yeah. Then he will open whatever he wants."

It may not be ideal, but at the moment it was the best solution.

Now I was puzzled by Raymond, who suddenly fell silent and stared at me.

"Your Majesty, if there is an alternative to that..."

"No ... Yes ... You're right."

Raymond suddenly began to avoid my gaze. And he was the first to step back from me.

When he, who from time to time forced himself to be closer to me, suddenly tossed aside, the situation became at the end awkward.

Yeah. The oddity would be the absence of oddities here.

Had he thought of quietly slitting Leon's throat?

"Yes, it would be better to do what you say. If you can figure out how to open Leon's mouth even more politely, do not hesitate to tell me."

"So we'll do it."

"But what about Carlisle now?"

"Oh, the prince with Helen."

"Oh yes. Exactly."

"Looks like you'd better have some sleeping pills and sleep tonight. They ordered the doctor to bring the remedy."

"Ellie..."

"Yes."

"If you continue to do this, I may misunderstand you. I sincerely think that you suddenly became not indifferent to me."

His eyes are poking at me, but looking for what?

If this had happened before, perhaps they would have found displeasure and discomfort from such words. Now - no.

"I am an empress, and I will do my job as an empress."

Is that all?

He probably asked himself, but not aloud.

"Yes I know. However, don't tempt me again. You better go to Carlisle. It's late, he must have been waiting, "he said with a tragic laugh.

"Then I have to go."

Passing by, I did not miss the loneliness in his eyes.

The time Ellie was talking to Raymond.

Carlisle got up from his seat shortly after eating.

"Your Majesty the Prince, a little more, please."

Helen was worried about the food he left behind, it was Carlisle's nose up at her.

"I eat alone, this food has no taste. I don't want to eat by force."

"Then I'll ask you to bring dessert."

"I want to be in the palace. I want to eat this while they read a book of fairy tales to me."

"Good. Then I will prepare everything."

Carlisle glanced at the empty seats of his father and mother, and then looked out the window.

After dinner, he always went out with mom and dad.

In fact, they only recently started walking together, but Carlisle is already used to it.

The road to the palace was lonely, and Carlisle's face was dark as the night sky.

"Your favorite strawberry cake is being served today."

At the word - strawberry cake. "Carlisle showed his puppy look.

"Really?

"Yeah."

"Mom will not approve if I ate cakes at night?

"I will speak with her majesty. There is nothing to fear."

Carlisle was happy to have his strawberry cake, so he began humming a song to himself.

But then Carlisle stopped when he saw an advancing figure.

"Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince."

That man was none other than the first prince.

Carlisle did not see his brother's face for a long time. Edmund might have wanted to go out to play, but his mother hadn't told him to.

"Brother! I missed you!"

But this meeting was happy only Carlisle.

Helen, Edmund and everyone around them suddenly became uncomfortable.

Carlisle has not yet fully grasped the rapidly rotating situation in the empire.

Edmund's throne, like his grandfather and grandmother, all of them sank into oblivion when Carlisle stepped into the imperial palace.

Outcast prince.

After Carlisle became the crown prince, Edmund's position instantly turned into hell.

Edmund hated Carlisle for his innocent appearance.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, control yourself. You still have not mastered etiquette to the proper extent."

Why is he suddenly? The tone of his speech suddenly became so harsh.

"Oh, that's it ... I ... greet the prince."

"I was on my way to see His Majesty. If you have nothing to say, I will go my own way."

Edmund cut Carlisle coldly. Carlisle's dark eyes trembled, showing how hurt he was.

Edmund's heart was heavy when he saw the result.

He himself knew perfectly well that Carlisle was innocent. Yet Edmund did not take pleasure in such a meeting.

The moment he ignored Carlisle and tried to walk past, Carlisle grabbed Edmund by the hem.

"What's happening?"

"Brother... No, the first prince. You can't go to His Majesty."

"What are you talking about?"

"His Majesty meets a man named Leon. So he's busy."

"Prince!"

Helen was immediately embarrassed on behalf of Leon, and hastily called out to Carlisle.

However, this happened after he mentioned the name "Leon."

Helen quickly looked around the first prince's face. However, he gave no more than just a puzzled look, as if the name told him nothing.

"Leon? Who is he? At this time of day..."

He did not understand what kind of meeting with the emperor at a late hour.

Perhaps the first prince did not know about the existence of Leon, who had long left the Sios family.

Helen was relieved. Edmund realized that he had already heard the name somewhere.

"Leon, then..."

Edmund muttered a name softly under his breath. Then, quickly drawing a stone face, he bowed before the crown prince.

"Thanks for warning."

Carlisle remained there looking at the back of the first prince. Tom found it difficult to understand his abrupt change in attitude.

"Your Highness, it's too late. Shouldn't we return to the palace?"

"Um-um."

Carlisle's face darkened again. After the tried and tested, even the strawberry cake has lost all charm.

Carlisle drooped towards the palace.