Chapter 106

Chapter 106

The Emperor and Crown Prince, who sent Elliot first, burst into anger.

“Father, do we have to make that person the Prince?”

“….”

“Who is that sealed one, that has to be sealed even though time has passed?”

The Crown Prince was angry and embarrassed. The power of the spirits should have come to him, the noblest though it was distasteful and unpleasant because it seemed like it was taken by a crude person.

“Even if it’s a dark spirit, it’s a spirit, so he can put power into the sealing stone.”

“Father.”

“You should welcome a successor as soon as possible. Until then, that lowly thing is only a substitute.”

“…I will definitely do that.”

Saying so, the Emperor beckoned his son, who answered with a clenched fist. The Crown Prince hurriedly approached him and bent one knee. Stroking the Crown Prince’s head, he uttered.

“Even the previous Emperors did not inherit the power to deal with spirits. Two generations have already passed, and we haven’t put the power of the spirit to the sealing stone for three generations.”

“Who is the sealed one?”

“I have to tell you anyway, so I think now is the right time.”

“Yes, please tell me.”

“It is an imperial secret that has been passed down from the Emperor to the next Emperor. So, never say anything.”

“Don’t worry.”

He was still angry with the Emperor for treating him like a child, but it soon subsided because he knew how much his father loved him. He was a child of the Imperial Family. Therefore, since he inherited the richest blood of the royal family, the Emperor’s affection for him was special from an early age.

“Do you remember that the Demon King existed when the Leonis Empire was just formed?”

“Yes, father.”

“Yeah, it’s a hidden history that only goes down to the imperial family, so it’s a story that most nobles don’t know.”

“I know that, too.”

“A lot of people died at that time. Many have lost family members, and many have lost loved ones. Do you know what happens when one of the most powerful loses the one he loves?”

The Crown Prince did not answer his question. It was because the Emperor wasn’t really looking for an answer.

As he thought, the Emperor did not stop his words.

“It makes them want to take revenge with all of their abilities.”

“…What does that revenge have to do with the Imperial Family?”

“It has a lot to do with it. The first is that the subject of revenge is the Imperial Family, and the second is that the subject of revenge is not only the Imperial Family.”

“What is it to say that the imperial family is not the only subject…”

The Emperor’s eyes darkened at the Crown Prince’s question.

“Enzo de Leon. The greatest wizard in the history of the Leonis Empire and an unfortunate warlock. He planted a gigantic magic bomb in his heart with the intention that he would explode the entire empire. The accumulation of that magical power did not diminish as time passed but rather grew enormously. As if because of the seal, or as if expecting it and creating a magic circle…”

The Emperor felt goosebumps stand up just by recalling the fearful aura of black magic.

“Every time our Imperial Family put their strength into the Sealing Stone, he absorbed it.”

The Crown Prince lifted his bowed head. It was a story that was hard to believe, wasn’t it? So, he had a question.

“Then, why are you leaving Leon alone? In that sense, are they not a traitor’s family?”

“Son, you are being so foolish. You must learn imperial rule again.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Why did he want to take revenge on the Imperial Family? Didn’t you wonder why?”

“…I wonder, father.”

“Tsk, tsk. There are still more ways to learn. Sometimes an enemy with a common purpose is closer than a friend. Also, the current relationship between Duchy Leon and the Imperial Family is good, so don’t think about nonsense.”

“Yes, father.”

“I will tell you the story behind the sealing stone after we put power on it. Until then, read the history books again. We must not forget our history.”

“…Understood.”

As the Emperor still treated him as a child, the Crown Prince shut his mouth. He then remembered what that nasty punk had asked for.

“Father, then what about the lady of the Leon family? Has the Leon family already refused to marry the Prince?”

“Hmm…”

When the Crown Prince brought it up, the Emperor stroked his chin. Even so, that was the biggest problem.

He still couldn’t tell the story of the possessor to the Crown Prince, who looked like a child in his eyes. That would probably be the case with the previous Duke as well. Everyone was reluctant to pass on the debt owed to their ancestors to their descendants.

“What about the lady of the Leon family?”

The Emperor narrowed his emerald-colored eyes, thinking of the Prince who had a crush on her for a long time.

Ever since Lucian proposed to me, he flaunted his affection. As if this time, he was declaring war that he would not let it go if he was dismissed as a dream again, so I had to acquiesce.

The one Lucian loved was me.

However, it was still hard to believe. Obviously, the place I possessed was BL webtoon. And Lucian was the main seme. Still, how can sexual preferences change so easily? I exclaimed with excitement that I would change the keywords and endings, but I never dreamed that even the genre would change.

Was it really okay?

Was it really okay if I accepted his love straight away?

What if there was a side effect for a while because I was trying to change the development of the webtoon? In the end, I couldn’t change it, and what would happen to me if the original story’s flow continued?

Let’s assume that the affection I was drenched on was taken away by Noah. Would I be able to admit it and walk away?

…No.

I thought I knew myself relatively well, one of which was that I couldn’t easily let go of the affection in my hands. I had never received love in my entire life. So, regardless of being possessed, I greedily ate Rachel’s parents’ affection as if it were mine.

It was the same even when it came to the Duke.

Although I thought what the previous Duke had done to Lucian was bad, I could not turn away from the sweet affection he gave me. If even a little bit of love flowed into me, I noticed it quickly and didn’t spill it in vain.

I was someone who clung desperately to eat all the affections of this person and that person.

My worries were not easily subsided. It wasn’t enough to get a love I hadn’t thought of before, so I even gave it a tight grip, but I was worried that it would crumble if I grasped it too tightly without knowing what it was.

I was like a child who was given a cookie for the first time and couldn’t eat it. However, it seemed that I had become such a child that I could neither let go nor hold it tightly. It was different from the original story…

The problem that I thought was strange all the time, but did not think deeply about, was the issue of the ancestors’ spirits.

Obviously, there was no story about ancestor spirits in the original story. Only the story of Lucian and Noah was developed so that it felt tragic. Then, wasn’t this the “There is Another Doll Living in the Dollhouse” BL webtoon that I know?

…Like a parallel world.

Was it a place that looks similar but has a different element? If so, can I rest assured?

My mind was complicated by the feeling of drooling in front of the love that was clearly mine, so I forgot to stop my hands for quite some time.

“Ray?”

“Ah…”

Lucian, who was working next to me, put down the papers he was holding and looked at me with a serious face. A large hand touched my forehead. The cool body temperature approached me pleasantly. He slowly swept my face and asked.

“If you’re not feeling well, let’s go back to your room right now.”

As he pushed my chair back, I quickly answered.

“It wasn’t that, I was thinking for a moment.”

“…Are you really okay?”

“Yes, really.”

Although I replied bravely, it looked hard to believe. How many times did I collapse in front of him? It must be hard to believe.

He gently grabbed me and sat me on his thigh.

“Ack, Bro…….”

I was going to call him out of habit and shut my mouth. I said I didn’t want to proceed with the annulment, even to death, but he was no longer my older brother.

He deliberately made me sit on his thigh in the office where his aide was still there. After the marriage proposal, Lucian expressed his affection more openly than before. Before that, he kissed me when no one was around, but now it’s different.

Like this.

The lips that touched lightly, then went away, were gently curved. The hand that ran my hair behind my ear was also more affectionate rather than plain. It finally left after brushing my hair and rubbing my auricles and lobes.

His golden eyes were playfully curved, but his expression alone could no longer determine what his intentions were.

Contrary to what I had known, I couldn’t guess anything, but I could definitely feel it now.

The fact that his face looking at me was not of a brother’s though that of a man’s. And, he always looked at me this way. So, it was not that he had changed. It was that the way he looked at me had changed entirely.

Just as he saw me as a woman, I also began to see him as a man.

My bias, who I was already in love with, began to look like a man. From the moment I realized this, my heart raced like crazy.

What should I do next?

‘…Can I really have you, Lucian?’

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