Chapter 98. My savior 2021.01.09.
[You don’t die right away, you die a few hours later, so there won’t be any evidence of your involvement.] Emily immediately burned the correspondence. All that was left in her hand was a small bottle of poison. A colorless, odorless poison. The poison, which was difficult to obtain, left no evidence of poisoning even after death.
“It must have been received from an unknown source.”
It refers to the force that controls Duke Javier from behind. Emily didn’t even know who he was. After thinking for a long time, Emily looked up. The time to enter the palace was approaching. Why did it feel shorter than usual on the way to the conservatory, the meeting place with the emperor, after getting into the carriage and running through the streets to reach the palace?
‘This isn’t like me.’
Emily was unfamiliar with herself. Even the Duke of Javier prides himself on having a venomous personality to the point of commenting that he is like Javier, but strangely, the fact that the opponent is the emperor made him hesitate to act. If you don’t kill your opponent, you will die yourself. So it was right to follow his father’s orders. Other people’s lives didn’t matter.
‘okay. If this job fails, I’m in danger right away.’
I made up my mind strongly, but as soon as I saw Mabel, who had come and was waiting for me, I became weak again.
“Come on, Emily. I prepared a cold tea today. Are you fine?”
Emily was greeted by Her Majesty, who had a lovely smile on her face.
“Thank you for preparing fragrant tea today, Your Majesty.”
“what. Emily is Jim’s friend. How nice is this time to eat delicious food and talk together.”
Startle. Emily’s hand, which had been fixing the teacup, stopped abruptly.
‘A friend.’
It’s obvious that it’s just a word, but it has a meaning.
“Your Majesty… do you consider me a friend?”
“huh? Of course you are our friend. Emily is Jim’s first friend. Emily helped me the most when I didn’t know anything about socialites… I’m always grateful for that.”
After thinking for a moment, Mabel tilted her head.
“Couldn’t Emily… do you want to be older than Jim?”
“yes? That’s…”
“Okay. Then when it’s just the two of us, I’ll call you unnie. Are you okay Emily?”
Seeing Mabel smiling proudly, ‘hehehe’, Emily stopped smiling as well. However, his expression soon hardened. It wasn’t the time to laugh so leisurely. Emily was conflicted as she fidgeted with the bottle she had kept in her bosom. Mabel, who had been watching Emily carefully, asked cautiously.
“what’s the matter? I don’t like the expression. What’s going on?”
“No, it’s okay. Thank you for your concern. What shall we talk about today?”
“Yes. The story about Mrs. Novarr I told you before was interesting!”
Emily tried to hide her rising nervousness and chatted with Mabel. Mainly, when Emily told her funny social gossips, Mabel would chime in and listen.
“-That’s why they went wild in the patisserie.”
“Why did you do that? It’s stupid.”
A natural silence passed between the laughing girls. It was Mabel who spoke first.
“You know what, Emily?”
“yes?”
“Because Jim became emperor when he was very young, the number of times he went outside the imperial castle is on one hand. So I don’t know what’s going on outside, but it was really nice that my sister always talked about it.”
“…is that so?”
“huh. The commotion you just told me was interesting, and the duel you told me the other day was also interesting!”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it.”
“It may sound like a grumble, but Dad and Oscar are just trying to protect Jim and won’t tell you what it’s like outside. That’s why I had a narrow field of view-”
Mabel, who had been talking sullenly, smiled bashfully.
“I feel like the world has expanded thanks to Emily!”
Emily was momentarily at a loss for words.
‘…This is the first time I’ve heard this.’
Everyone liked and admired Emily, but it wasn’t Emily’s. It was praise for the things he had gained because he belonged to the family.
“Lady Javier will surely be able to meet and marry a good man.”
“Because you are the antelope of the Javier family.”
“Of course, the flower of society will be Lady Javier, right?”
Emily grew up hearing those words. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t change what had been decided. It was a natural thing to do as a lady of the Javier family.
‘Why is His Majesty the Emperor?’
Are you saying this? It was as if he was watching Emily herself. no one had ever
“Have I been… helpful to Your Majesty?”
“huh. of course. Will you talk to me tomorrow too?”
Watching Mabel smile and talk about tomorrow, Emily stopped fiddling with the poisoned bottle.
‘I can not.’
Even if he is sold in the name of marriage while receiving disillusioned stares from his father. Even if he could never become the head of the Javier family. Still, I couldn’t do anything to hurt His Majesty the Emperor.
“I will listen to you tomorrow. Anything.”
So Emily decided to stop poisoning cars altogether. It was at that moment that Emily decided.
“… Cool!”
Mabel, who was drinking tea, suddenly covered her mouth and coughed.
“your majesty!!”
Mabel’s body tilted to the side and then fell helplessly to the floor. Emily jumped up and ran to Mabel.
‘Could my father have planted people?!’
Perhaps he foresaw a future in which he would fail and tried his hand in advance. Emily checked Mabel’s condition with trembling hands. His distorted face was stained with pain.
“Ugh.”
“Hello! Is there anyone? Your Majesty drank poison!”
But strangely, no one was around. Even the escort that was waiting until now.
‘what?’
Feeling uncomfortable with that fact, Mabel opened her eyes with a twinkle.
“Hmm. You were trying to poison yourself.”
“…your majesty?”
“There must be various reasons for collapsing, but you said it was poison.”
For the first time, Emily saw the ‘real face’ of Mabel, who didn’t play Emperor Mabel. The usual innocent smile on his face was nowhere to be found, and he had a wicked smile that somehow made him feel vicious. Emily, unable to comprehend the situation for a moment, only blinked her eyes. what happened now?
“That’s just…”
“Oh, it’s acting.”
“Did you know?”
“huh. Is it poison too?”
Mabel didn’t bat an eye even though she knew he was trying to poison herself. The reaction made Emily even more perplexed.
‘How did you find out?’
The only people who knew about this were Duke Javier and himself. There is an unknown mastermind behind it, but I didn’t think he would have intervened. If the purpose was to assassinate the emperor, he would have tried to keep it a secret. It may be that this is all fate to be caught like this when you completely gave up the thought of taking poison. Emily resigned herself.
“…that’s right. I tried to poison Your Majesty.”
Emily readily admitted her guilt. The evidence was already clear enough to escape. If you search yourself right away, the poison you brought will be found out.
“Why did you try to poison me? Tell me who did it.”
“That’s…”
Emily couldn’t answer. If he told the truth that his father ordered him to, the family would not be intact.
‘Even Enrique will get caught up in it.’
So, it was only you who was responsible.
“It’s my opinion.”
“lie.”
Mabel adamantly dismissed Emily’s words as lies.
“It’s true. The day I first debuted in the social world, I’ve been resentful of His Majesty ever since His Majesty drew attention and ruined my first appearance.”
“It’s pretty plausible, but it’s still a lie.”
“…why?”
Mabel, who had been staring at Emily, smiled lightly and shrugged.
“After all, you didn’t take the poison.”
“It could be that you haven’t ridden yet.”
“no. Emily wouldn’t have been poisoned to the end.”
Mabel’s myths left Emily speechless again.
“Why do you think so?”
“That’s right, we’re friends.”
“yes?”
“Oh right. I thought you were my sister Emily is your sister.”
I couldn’t follow the emperor’s accident at all. Unbeknownst to my age, I suddenly became more pure than anything, even though my head was spinning in an extraordinary way. Emily laughed helplessly.
‘I wish I had realized it earlier.’
That everything like father’s approval was useless. But it’s already too late. If you dared to poison the emperor, you will be put to death. Emily clenched her fists.
“Call the guards, Your Majesty.”
The moment she admitted her guilt and vowed to walk on her own feet, Mabel tilted her head slyly.
“huh? what happened?”
“yes?”
“We were drinking tea. Are you going to drink more?”
Only then did Emily realize why there were no other servants around. Mabel had no intention of arresting Emily under the pretext of murdering the royal family in the first place. I was trying to somehow close my eyes. I couldn’t stand it any longer. Emily buried her face in her hands and cried.
“If it’s really poisoned… what should I do?”
“Hey, I’m not stupid. Don’t drink poisoned tea. stop it.”
Emily was genuinely comforted by Mabel, who soothed her on the subject of being a child.
‘This is him.’
There was an intuitive realization. The feeling that if you follow Mabel’s will, you will be able to escape from this disgusting reality.
“I will tell you everything.”
At Emily’s words, Mabel widened her eyes. Emily leaned on Mabel’s generous heart and attached a condition.
“And can you shamelessly promise to guarantee the safety of the family and Enrique?”
Mabel grinned as if she had waited.
“of course.”
It was what I was hoping for.
***
Lying on the bed, I was rolling around to my heart’s content, then shone the note in the moonlight. [Watch out for Emily Javier.] I deliberately tried to imitate a different handwriting, but I quickly recognized whose writing it was.
“Enrique.”
How many years have we exchanged letters, are you trying to fool me in a cute way? Anyway, after receiving Enrique’s note, I immediately ordered Casey to investigate Emily’s every move. And I found out that a package had arrived from the Javier estate addressed to Emily. It was also difficult to find out that the weight was very light by interrogating the errand boy in charge of delivering the goods.
“Actually, I was poisoned.”
I actually trusted Emily, even though I tried to see if Emily would really lay her hands on me. There were very occasional cold eyes, but she never did anything to harm me. And since Emily is smart and clever, I thought she would know that this wasn’t going to be a mere commotion.
‘The act of falling down was to make sure it was real.’
Anyway, the fact that Duke Javier tried to kill me didn’t change. But I never knew what he would gain from killing me. Emily’s confession then solved all the clues.
“There is someone behind the scenes controlling my father. I’ve heard you talk over the communication port every time. It’s a man’s voice… but it was unusually low.”
A man’s voice that is memorable. There’s someone who’s going to take my life.
“It’s Baron.”
All mysteries have been solved.
***
Enrique was out in the garden when Emily returned to the mansion, her eyes puffy and red. They weren’t close enough to greet each other, but Emily could read Enrique’s thoughts.
“I’m here?”
“…Did Enrique’s brother tell you, Your Majesty?”
“what?”
“Anything.”
Enrique smiled bitterly and nodded.
“I heard you.”
Enrique was not brave enough to directly tell Mabel about the suspicious activities of his father and Emily.
‘I don’t even know what they’re actually planning.’
However, when he saw Emily, who was more anxious than usual, he realized that he was plotting something unusual. Through a short conversation with Emily, he even found out that the target was the Emperor. So, at least indirectly, I told Mabel the truth.
“I won’t hurt you if it’s the Emperor’s Majesty.”
“Do you believe in His Majesty the Emperor?”
“okay.”
I couldn’t believe it. Mabel was very special to Enrique. The only savior who pulled me out of the dreadful mire.
“I can trust him.”
Enrique was sure. That Mabel would save Emily the same way she did for her. Because after that day, I no longer dream of bad bugs.
