Time-Limited Saintess, You’ve Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 54

Chapter 27.2

Even though he was at a loss, strangely enough, he didn’t dislike her bright smile. He was almost disappointed. Although he had wanted to see her facial expression change, it had only taken a single gesture from his sister.

“Consider yourself lucky.”

Even though he uttered it in a low voice, Ellin didn’t seem to be scared at all.

˚ ･: * ✧ * :･ ˚

The woman with red eyes was beautiful.

The Emperor neither honored her as his empress nor even treated her as part of a mistress. He truly treated her as a ‘slave.’ He took and took a beautiful Normatian woman who was the spoils of war.

One of the cursed seeds born that way was himself.

The luxurious place called the Imperial Palace was a prison. People who despised them chose to abuse them rather than keep them locked away. So, even when Charlotte fell ill, no one did anything to help her.

One of the first things Arkan did upon becoming Emperor was to try to cure Charlotte, who was only screaming. However, he heard that her condition had already progressed to a point where it couldn’t be cured. How could they make any progress when she would scream at the imperial physician no matter what they say?

In the end, Arkan realized that it was already too late… but something was beginning to change now.

“Th-there are signs of a severe ear infection in Her Highness’s ears.”

“An ear infection?”

“Yes. The entire inner ear was filled with fluid. At first, her ears must have hurt, but later, it would have been difficult even to hear sounds.”

It was difficult just to hear sounds…?

Charlotte had been complaining of pain for three years. Did that mean she had been suffering for five years until she turned eleven?

He gritted his teeth. It was natural that his younger brother, Harald, resented him.

Arkan was intentionally avoiding Charlotte. His sister had been sick from a young age, and he had to travel around the battlefield as a nominal ‘prince’ from a young age, so there was no way they could become close to each other.

All he did was clumsily stroke his sister’s hair.

‘Brother.’

When Charlotte was in her right mind, she looked at him—his own flesh and blood with red eyes.

However, as time passed, she lost her sanity. She was like a living nightmare for him. The little child had a look in her eyes similar to the one he had seen in his mother before she killed herself. The sight of her mother dying in front of him was still etched in his memory, even though he had experienced countless deaths.

After Arkan became Emperor, Charlotte was diagnosed with a mental illness that was practically incurable, and he withheld his affection, thinking she would die.

No, he had to try not to give it away.

He had essentially given up on his sister. However, she wasn’t insane, and there was even a chance.

What had he done?

“Why the hell didn’t I know about that? Why didn’t I know about it until now?!”

Just thinking about it made his life hellish. An impending sorrowful parting… though it was something that could really be escaped so easily?

Arkan wore an expression of disbelief on his face.

“That’s because the previous imperial physician had already diagnosed her with a mental illness…”

“And?”

“Since a priest took a look and didn’t think there was any trauma… I only focused on mental issues.”

“Are you saying the priest didn’t treat her?”

“….”

The imperial physician didn’t respond to his question. He could only hang his head.

There was strong trust in the temple. Healing through divine power was possible. So naturally, the ear infection could have been cured with divine power. Therefore, they excluded the possibility of an ‘ear infection,’ which was no different from an injury, and focused only on mental illness.

Arkan was angry with the physician, but he was even more furious with the priest for not using divine power. At that time, he was so powerless. The same was true for Harald and Charlotte. There would’ve been no reason for God to use divine power for the Normatians, the demons he considered the most sinful.

“…So that’s how it is.”

He gritted his teeth.

Despite the temple preaching that one must show mercy and embrace the poor, the Normatians, who had the eyes of the devil who dared to challenge the gods, were excluded. It was somewhat fortunate that she immediately realized it was an ear infection.

If she didn’t know, Charlotte…

“So, she’s completely healed?”

“Yes, she’s completely healed. Her Highness is now in good health. Has the priest used divine power even now?”

“Ha…”

The earring containing the divine power of a priest was undoubtedly expensive. To use something like that on the princess without hesitation…

“Is she expecting some kind of reward from me? And why…”

It would have been better to just say it was an ear infection and have the Princess examined. Why did she foolishly use that earring?

He was rather suspicious of her being so nice.

“Your Majesty, is there an issue with compensation?”

When Marquis Kasmin, who had been listening silently next to him, asked, Arkhan responded.

“I’m considering compensation for the earring that contains divine power. She did something unnecessary, but…”

“Oh, compensation? Your Majesty didn’t seem to care, so I offered to compensate her, but she refused.”

“What?”

“She said that because the temple had shown such grace to a commoner like herself and that she had also shown grace to the sick, and that was enough.”

“Ha…”

There were people like that.

He clicked his tongue. Still, when the hell did Marquis Kasmin talk to her anyway?

Arkan glared at him.

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