I Became the Master of the Empress

89 – Episode 89

I thought I would send off Representative Alexander like that and spend the day peacefully.

An unexpected hardship came at night.

“Why are you lying there?”

I say this as if it were obvious as I look at Theodora, who is looking at me with incomprehensible eyes as I lie down on the sofa covered in pillows and blankets.

“That’s right, I used to sleep here, right?”

My pretty face distorts at my obvious words.

“You are a patient now! “Can’t you go to bed now?”

“Huh…? Huh?!”

She is startled by Theodora’s words and her head becomes paralyzed.

No… Do you want to go to bed now?

“Ah… No! “Men and women are different, so how can they share the same bed?!”

Theodora speaks with a wry look in her eyes, as if she is dumbfounded by my words.

“We are a married couple. “How about a couple sharing a bed?”

After listening to her, she makes sense.

“Huh?”

“What would everyone think of me if I made you sleep on the sofa when you were sick? Are you planning to make me a bad wife? “Now wake up.”

Theodora pulling my wrist like that.

Ah… No! I can’t be pregnant and assassinated like this.

What should I do?

“It’s really not going to happen?”

Even if a slender woman pulls her arm, there is no way she can defeat me with her strength.

“Hmph, good. If you want to sleep here like that. “I have a method for everything.”

She said that, letting go of my hand and heading to the bed.

Have you given up?

When feelings of a little bit of happiness and a little bit of disappointment intersect.

Theodora brings her pillow and sits down next to me, she says.

“What are you doing? “Let’s go further in.”

I ask carefully those unsettling words.

“What… Are you doing?”

She puts her pillow next to me and says, as if my words were no big deal.

“Because you said you don’t sleep in bed. I’m going to sleep here too. “Let’s go inside.”

The sofa is narrow enough for two adults to lie down on.

I sigh as I watch her place the pillow next to me, as if she’s going to sleep here if I don’t go to bed.

“Phew… No, I’ll go to bed.”

Looking at Theodora nodding her head with a bright face at my words… I look at the bed thinking that today will not be easy.

Today, the bed feels uncomfortable, as if a spider named Theodora had carefully made a web, stitch by stitch.

And you have to dive into that spider’s web.

How scary is this situation?

Now, at this moment. Theodora’s actions feel too blatant.

Have I chosen the day today?

Even if you get bitten by a tiger, you just have to stay alert.

We must somehow avoid the blatant pregnancy assassination she prepared.

Because I will not lose to her with her strength.

When I think like that. When I saw Theodora lying down on the bed, I lay down as close to the corner of the bed as possible.

The fragrant scent of rosemary warms my heart.

Whoa… Calm down. If you cross the line here, you could die in 10 months.

My influence within the imperial palace is less than that of Theodora.

To put it bluntly, it is safe to say that all the slightly experienced servants in the imperial palace are on her side.

If you make up your mind and prepare an assassination plan, it is almost impossible to survive.

And maybe…

Theodora might be determined.

Theodora I saw in my dream.

In pursuit of her goal, she carried out a cruel and bloody purge of those who followed her or not.

Whether a noble or an imperial citizen. Whether old or young.

I remember they were all hung on the gallows.

“You… you’ll catch a cold if you stay in the corner like that.”

As he says that, something tugs on my clothes.

“It’s a little chilly… But not enough to catch a cold.”

“Oh my… What are you talking about? “Why don’t you come here?”

“Huh…? Uh? No! “It’s warm here too!”

When I shook my head vigorously and spoke, Theodora sighed.

“Why are you so embarrassed? Don’t talk nonsense and come here. “Don’t make me upset by catching a cold for no reason.”

“Uh…Yeah…”

-Sreuk…

I move slightly to the center of the bed.

“Aren’t there any more coming?”

“Is it still close?”

So close that I can feel her scent strongly.

I don’t think she’s ever been this close to her since she married her.

“Can’t you come any faster?”

-Sureuk.

“Good job.”

Theodora smoothes my hair like that.

When she is next to me, her heart beats.

Why are you doing this today?

I felt like we were reasonably close and like friends before…

Even before she fell, she certainly wasn’t as ferocious as she was before she got married.

It wasn’t this warm.

What on earth happened after I collapsed?!

It is difficult for me to follow her sudden change.

“hehehe, are you embarrassed by sleeping with me?”

I get angry and say those words.

“You weren’t embarrassed?”

-Sreuk…

Theodora’s hand wraps around my arm.

“Today… Since you just woke up… I can’t do it today, so I have to hold on tight, right?”

What…? What on earth are you putting up with?

I heard that after mating, the female praying mantis catches and eats the male mantis.

I’m not feeling well, so I won’t eat it?

When your body is healthy. Does this mean you are going to eat it?

“So. If you focus on recovering your body… Next time… Ha… I’ll let you do it. “Okay?”

What does it allow you to do?

Hearing the confirmation that they will not eat it today and that they will eat it next time makes my heart pound in many ways.

The thought of doing something like that with such a beautiful woman made my heart pound instinctively, and my heart pounded at the thought that I might die after doing it.

Instinctive desire and the desire to live intersect.

Isn’t this… hell?

She thought about that and turned her head to look at her face.

It’s dark so I can’t see her expression clearly… But I think she’s smiling.

“Answer?”

She says, stroking my lips with her thumb.

“Huh?… Yes…”

I guess I’ll have to sleep in the office starting tomorrow.

“Good night, Debian.”

How long has it been like that?

Only Theodora’s regular breathing can be heard.

-Saegeun… Saegeun…

But… I can’t sleep.

Something about her breath stimulates my consciousness.

No… Isn’t this too much?

There is a beautiful woman next to me that I can legally attack.

And I am a healthy, energetic man in his 20s.

However, if you attack that woman, there is a very high chance of seeing her death ending.

What kind of heinous balance game is this?

And I try my best to sleep, but…

The breath of this legitimate and very beautiful woman feels so stimulating that her lower body aches.

A situation where you can’t do either this or that.

But… Theodora could fall asleep defenseless in this situation.

I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep at all…

This is a big deal.

Starting tomorrow, I will sleep in the office for a while.

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I tried to fall asleep somehow, but…

-Saegeun… Saegeun…

I couldn’t sleep at all.

Her scent and warmth keep stimulating my head and down.

I even thought about going to the bathroom and taking a shower, but I just decided to hold on.

Anyway, it will be dawn in a little while.

What happens next?

The incident in which an assassination attempt occurred in the imperial palace cannot be easily covered up.

It is too big to just cover up, and my prestige and the prestige of the imperial family are at stake.

“Hmm…”

A situation where someone must take responsibility.

But it is unfair for me to take responsibility.

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It makes no sense for me to sacrifice myself in a situation where I clearly know who the culprit is and who needs to be sacrificed.

During this negotiation with Ioanes, I plan to demand that the criminal be identified, arrested, and sent to him.

Now that I think about it, these days Ioanes relies a lot on a count called Savinelli, right?

I heard that he was in a remote area, but he was young and smart, so he kicked out the previous count and handed over the count to Savinelli.

“Because he seems to be a person who believes that much…”

First, I have to ask for that guy.

And if you really think it’s okay, I guess I can make you my slave.

If you don’t have the ability, you should be in prison.

Of course, I think the resistance will be formidable.

To put it bluntly, even Theodore will oppose it, and everyone who is loyal to Ioannes and the emperor will oppose it.

But right now, there is nothing we can do because human resources are important to our forces.

But I also think it’s hard to believe that Ioanes is alive.

“Well, think about it slowly…”

First of all, I have to call Savinelli as Roman because I think I can cut off Ioanes’ right hand.

I have complicated thoughts because I don’t think I will give it up easily.

Even if you’re like me, no matter how weak you are, if you make a deal to give up Agrippa or Lucius…

I don’t think it will be easy.

Of course, Agrippa will never do it, but if it is Lucius… He might give it up.

Although it is heartless and cynical…

If I can avoid the worst by giving Lucius, I should do it.

Agrippa… Is the sword of our power.

I can never give it away.

Because it is one of the two hopes of humanity.

The sun is slowly rising.

Everywhere was shrouded in pitch black, but now it is shrouded in dark blue.

Shall we go to the study hall soon?

I heard that Theodora did some work.

There may not be as much work as you think.

Even though he is a tyrant, he is not a bad person.

Even in the original’s future, she did something quite right.

It’s just that the method was wrong.

The moment I got out of bed thinking that.

My wife’s beautiful face is faintly visible in the blue darkness.

She is so beautiful that it is understandable that she is said to be the most beautiful woman in the empire.

If you don’t try to kill me… It would be nice.

Well, there’s nothing we can do.

To her, I am the son of her enemy, and she is the husband she wants to kill who forced her into marriage.

Thinking like that, I prepare to leave.