The Abandoned Empress

Chapter 3

"Empress? I don't want to be anything like that. I just want to go back home. I endured it until I could go back. Although I didn't want it, I diligently learned strange letters and manners."

When I heard that, I found myself boiling with anger. I held the hem of my dress with my hands that started to tremble.

"I regarded you as a sister, but I discovered you were a royal concubine, and originally designated as the empress. You didn't become the empress because of me, right? I'm so hurt now, but now I'm a bad girl because of that. Empress? What the heck is that?"

"Are you done talking to me, Your Highness?"

I coldly stared at the black-haired girl. And I kept venting my anger by rebuking her subtly.

"Did you ask me what the empress was? She is the first lady of the empire. It's never a position you can treat as trifling. You had better not shoot your mouth off."

"...Tia? "

I turned away from her who was gazing at me with trembling eyes. Though I thought I should not act like this, I couldn't control my boiling anger.

"Did you say you just want to go back? Did you say you were sorry because you knew my title only now? Did you say you were sorry because you took away the title of the empress from me and as a result you were a bad girl? Then, why did you say you wanted to be the empress from the beginning! "

"That's because..."

"You are so cowardly. You did so because you probably didn't know anything. I think it was probably difficult for you to refuse. However, I think you should be responsible for your decision, to say the least."

I gasped for breath, now pouring out some of the emotions I have been holding back. She was trembling when I spoke.

"If you wanted to be the empress, you should have at least realized what it was.

Writing? Manners? Did you say it was hard to learn them, but you did against your will? Did you think the role of the empress looked so easy? You're the mother of all the people in this empire. At the same time, you're the only partner and resting place of the emperor who is ruling this country. You can't afford to think about going back home while keeping your position as the empress."

"I just..."

"You asked me if I was not angry at all, right? Of course, I'm really angry. I feel sorry for the emperor and my people. Above all, I feel sorry for myself. I think I wasted so much time helping someone like you until now. "

"... "

"Just leave. I don't want to see you complaining like this. I really hope you can realize how important the position of the empress is."

I trembled with boiling anger. I felt so miserable about myself. Was I demoted to a concubine because of this kind of deplorable woman? Why did the emperor choose this woman instead of me as his wife? Why did he think she was so lovely?

"Tia, I just..."

"Please go ahead and leave."

"I was confused that I suddenly fell into a strange place... '' As she was hesitant for a while, she continued, "I found it hard to accept that Ruve had another woman because in my country, no man is allowed to have another wife except for his legal wife. As it turns out, Ruve's other wife was you, who I like so much just like my sister. In fact, I think I came in between you and Ruve."

"... "

"Sorry. It's a slip of my tongue. I'm really sorry."

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