Time-Limited Saintess, You've Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 83
Chapter 42.1
How often would the two of them have the chance to meet? Ellin opened her mouth mechanically.
“I apologize if the red ribbon offended you, Your Majesty. It wasn’t meant as a mockery.”
“I don’t think of it in that twisted way.”
Arkan responded to her words. While he was silent for a long time, Ellin also didn’t want to continue the conversation either.
“You aren’t a sinner.”
“….”
“I received your letter late.”
“They said it would arrive late, but it looks like it’s really late. It almost arrived after I had died.”
Arkan frowned at her sarcasm.
Ellin wasn’t looking at his face. In fact, she was even avoiding his gaze. However, he knew that this wasn’t fear or disgust but anger.
“I didn’t kill you.”
“Should I be grateful for that ‘mercy’?”
She asked incredulously. Rather, it was Arkan who averted his gaze at the sharp response before clearing his throat awkwardly.
“…You were thinking of running away.”
Ellin was aghast.
“I didn’t run away and even wrote a letter.”
“….”
“I’d like to ask, is there any reason for me not to run away?”
“….”
“By chance, I learned a secret and was planning never to speak of it for the rest of my life, but you brought me here and imprisoned me.”
“….”
“If Your Majesty changes your mind, you could kill me, so is there a reason for me not to run away?”
“You don’t seem to fear death that much.”
“No one wants to die just because they’re not afraid of it.”
Ellin said, frowning.
Hearing that, Arkan responded, sounding slightly offended.
“So, are you saying you’ll run away?”
“If I run away, you’ll kill me.”
“Right.”
Just as she was feeling frustrated and at a loss, Ellin glanced up at the sky and sighed deeply when Arkan continued his words.
“I’ve granted you the privilege of not being killed.”
“You said it’s because I saved Her Highness’s life.”
“….”
“It’s said that it’s the law of the people of the empire to follow the Emperor’s orders, but wielding power recklessly will inevitably invite criticism.”
“….”
“What Your Majesty is doing is threats and tyranny.”
Arkan was left speechless at her words.
It wasn’t an incorrect statement, but it was so accurate that he couldn’t refute it. At that moment, he was being scolded by Ellin. The problem was that, despite recognizing this, he couldn’t get angry because he was in the wrong.
“It was my fault for not trusting you.”
“……”
“But I won’t allow you to run away.”
Ellin frowned.
She understood Arkan’s position to some extent. Even just not being killed was a significant privilege.
“I understand Your Majesty’s position, but you do know that I was suddenly imprisoned here, right?”
“….”
“It’s so unjust… like this.”
Her eyes felt a stinging sensation.
Just when she was grateful that Maynard trusted her, this stubborn and petty emperor was throwing a tantrum, saying, ‘I can’t let you go, so forget about running away.’
He recognized her frustration. He recognized it, but…
Would it be better to just be honest? To say that he didn’t want her to disappear, that he wanted to keep watching over her from the side a little longer. However, that was no different from asking her to become a consort. It was just that he found the bird he picked up cute. Yes, it was because she was cute.
What should he do if she left?
Arkan looked at Ellin. The thought of her disappearing made him feel bad, and it seemed he wouldn’t be able to endure it.
Perhaps misunderstanding the silence, Ellin opened her mouth.
“Fine. Do as you please.”
“…What?”
“How could an ordinary commoner like me defy Your Majesty’s orders? I’d be killed according to Your Majesty’s will, regardless of the facts. I’ve already given up my life.”
She was no longer looking at his face.
Arkan was taken aback by the resolute expression on her face. The soft atmosphere that had been between them had once again turned sharp. No, more precisely, the characteristic gentleness Ellin had shown towards him had vanished.
“Your Majesty, I’ll take my leave.”
She gave a curtsey and then impudently left without waiting for his response. Arkan didn’t have the chance to notice it. It felt as if a bell had rung loudly in his head.
Something was very wrong.
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Masha, born into a baron’s family, was one of the Princess’s exclusive ladies-in-waiting and essentially held the position of head maid.
After her family fell from grace, she became a handmaiden for a princess who was said to be cursed.
The Princess’s ferocity was irritating. Although there were times when Masha had to subdue the Princess rather roughly, it wasn’t too bad once I got used to it.
Her only hope was to seduce the Emperor and become one of his mistresses.
Although she had been really angry lately. It was because of the Princess’s new governess, who had suddenly arrived. It was said that the governess bore the stigma of a slave and was even a sinner who had been cast out of the temple. But, strangely enough, the Emperor seemed interested in her. Therefore, she felt the need to drive this Ellin woman away.
When she mentioned this to her Angelia friend, she insisted that it was the Saintess’s idea and suggested she bathed together in the grand bathhouse to confirm it.
However, she didn’t bear the stigma of a slave.
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