Time-Limited Saintess, You've Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 84
Chapter 42.2
Regardless of how she had charmed the Emperor and the Princess, or how she had cured the Princess’s madness, it was because of this that the woman stood in Masha’s place. She had even taken away her authority to manage the maids’ schedules. It was only natural that she loathed her.
Masha was quite perceptive. She knew that the Emperor was keeping the woman in confinement by more lenient means. That was because she had heard that many guards were stationed around the room where the woman was staying.
Then, the woman went out and sent a letter.
Masha checked the contents of the letter and then hid it. Such omissions by private letter delivery carriers were very common.
She wished for the woman to disappear.
Masha’s mistake was that she hadn’t burned the letter.
The maid cleaning her desk had been scolded several times by the strict Masha for throwing away letters that shouldn’t have been discarded.
Upon unfolding the crumpled letter, the maid discovered that the sender was the famous ‘Ellin’ and that the letter requested to be delivered to the Emperor. The loyal maid didn’t discard the letter but gave it to the manager, who then passed it on to Bronn.
Of course, Masha believed that the maid had accidentally thrown it away while cleaning. If she had known that the oblivious maid had committed such an act, she would have broken her fingers long ago.
Masha snorted when she heard that Ellin had incurred the Emperor’s wrath while trying to escape.
It was so easy to get rid of something she hated. She had always removed those she disliked in this way. While it was unfortunate that she had been confined, what could be done? If the Emperor’s favor waned, she would either be killed or expelled. However, no one expected that she would come to see the Princess two days after being confined.
She hated that woman, Ellin, so much. Enough to wish for her to disappear, even to the point of thinking she deserved to die.
“It, it wasn’t because I hate her.”
Yet now, Masha was desperately denying her own feelings. Her fingertips were trembling with sweetness.
“Really? That’s not what I’ve heard from the others. You said that woman was so contemptible that it made you shudder.”
Arkan looked at Masha, who was on her knees.
As the maids standing behind were trembling with fear, Masha bit her lips tightly.
Who had been speaking so recklessly?
“Isn’t it impious for a mere governess to request to deliver a letter to His Majesty the Emperor? I didn’t have the qualifications, so I simply thought it was best to wait a bit and then consider whether to deliver it.”
Her excuse sounded plausible, so she begged and begged, hoping it would be seen as just a mistake.
“I didn’t realize it was your job to sort out the letters that come to me.”
Arkan said incredulously.
Marquis Kasmin looked at Masha with pity. It was because she was only further inciting Arkan’s anger. His red eyes gleamed eerily.
“When have you ever treated the Princess like that?”
The topic suddenly shifted.
If it was about that way, then it must have been when Ellin came to visit. At that time, she had subdued the Princess in a rather rough manner.
“No! That was only when Her Highness gets excited… just for a very short while!”
Masha immediately shook her head. The maids, who were kneeling behind her, said nothing and only bowed their heads.
“You know that I never sided with Prince Harald. I kept my distance out of gratitude for the care you did for the Princess, but now you’re doing this?”
“Y-Your Majesty! That’s—!”
Arkan scowled and drew his sword. Seeing that, Masha crawled forward with a terrified expression, intending to cling to his feet.
“I’ve been patient. Therefore, you’ll have to pay for your sins.”
“….”
“I nearly killed the Princess’s benefactor.”
“Your Majesty! Please spare me! I was wrong, Your Majesty!”
She heard recently that the Emperor has been warmer. It was said he even went so far as to hand out a basket of bread to that woman. Because of that, Masha decided to stake everything on this.
‘Yes, he’ll spare me. He’ll spare me! He has to spare me!’
Puk!
“Ugh…”
As Masha looked at the sword that had pierced her heart, blood gushed out of her mouth. Arkan looked down at her with an indifferent expression and parted his lips.
“This is the price for trying to use the Emperor of a nation for trivial games.”
The Emperor didn’t show any mercy. He was still the black Emperor, covered in corrupted blood. He hadn’t become warm-hearted. It was just for that woman…
Masha collapsed, gasping, before she died.
The screams of the maids mixed with sobs could be heard.
Arkan frowned as he looked at the maids.
“Replace them all.”
“What should I do with those maids?”
Replace them? Did he simply mean to dismiss them? When Bronn asked cautiously, Arkan frowned and replied.
“Do I need to kindly repeat that I said to kill them?”
Arkan’s tone was still cold.
Marquis Kasmin sighed. He gave an order to Bronn, drowning out the screams of the wailing maids.
“The Princess’s birthday is just around the corner. Handle this quietly.”
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