
Dylan's gone.
But Charlize was soon surrounded by many people.
Because the imperial servant greeted Charlize excitedly.
Especially when Mary saw Charlize, she was very happy. A friendly face.
Other maids, like Mary, were very fond of Charlize. Some even seemed to cry.
“This is not a dream, right?”
"I miss you so much."
“I miss you, Grandmaster. I really miss you."
Mary cried from a distance and approached Charlize.
"Grandmasters."
Mary came lightly as if she threw herself into Charlize's arms. Charlize didn't push him.
In the first place, intimacy between people is not difficult.
Instead, get to know Mary, who has never shown this much emotion. He could feel the sincerity that he missed more.
“Why are you coming now?”
"Are you waiting for me?"
"Yes. Yeah." yeah."
For now, Charlize's mood softened. He felt as if his nerves, which had been pulled sharply and tense, had loosened slightly.
Dylan seemed to allow the servants to be close to him. Dylan was a king who ruled perfectly even though he was not sitting in his chair.
If she didn't like being friendly with the waiter, Mary wouldn't be able to hug her.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
Actually, he's not sorry. Charlize is sweet to Mary.
Charlize carefully raised her hand and patted Mary on the back. Maria was crying.
“Do not cry.”
"Grandmaster ..."
Miss you. Grandmasters. Why are you new here now?
The voices of the servants mixed into one and headed towards Charlize. Dylan probably cared a little as he left. He did not even think of the feelings of the servants left behind.
He feels weird.
Everyone missed Charlize.
“I'll guide you.”
Mary, who came to her senses first, bravely wiped her tears with her sleeves.
Charlize nodded her head.
In front of where they soon arrived, "This is the Empress Palace that the grandmaster will use later" the servants said.
“We arrange it beautifully every day and clean it. We hope you like it.”
Charlize's surprised. Empress Palace?
'This is too much.'
Charlize tried to resist, but she paused for a moment.
Dylan never killed anyone. But he pointed that possibility out to Charlize.
He could do anything for his teacher.
"If I refuse."
Someone will die. Maybe that's why Dylan allowed the servants close to him. Because he thinks it's better to make a weakness than isolation and confinement?
Charlize pondered her thoughts calmly.
Interestingly, he hated it when the deposed Emperor did that. Because Dylan did it. He doesn't hate her.
Is sympathy for an old lover that has changed a lot?
No, actually. After Charlize returns to the past, she feels even more guilty about raising Dylan, who is alone, to be a tyrant.
"That made him obsessed, jealous, and eventually crazy."
He understood the feeling of betrayal that Dylan felt. Knowing that he destroyed his full trust from the start.
“…”
The servants fell silent looking at Charlize's complicated face. The servants immediately came out.
Charlize was left alone in the Empress's room. He used to be Keira and saw her several times.
The room was full of things Charlize liked. Even the small items were all items Charlize used and appreciated.
'Even the smallest things like this.'
Charlize looked a little confused as she looked at the sapphire earrings on the table.
Is that everything?
Even the colorful gems were embedded in the pens. All the familiar.
'Dylan made this.'
Dylan must have been waiting, carefully choosing only for Charlize's taste.
One years. Two years. Continuously for three years.
Although he could not see it, he was overwhelmed by Dylan's deep presence.
There was not a single object that was not marked by Dylan. Even when he turned his head, it was all about the emperor. It was about Dylan.
Charlize remained silent.
His possessive attitude seems stifling, but it is also marked by terrible love and hatred.
'Love, is that an amazing feeling?'
It is the consuming and destructive feeling that cleanses you and obscures your rationality.
No matter how much you look at it, it is close to self-contradiction.
Charlize had a complicated mind.
'The Queen's palace has been given to me.'
Although his intentions seemed blatant.
Contrary to Dylan's wishes, Charlize could not become Empress.
Especially national marriages. He can't be with Dylan forever.
The original part of Ehyrit is said to be complete. It was also because Charlize was an evil god that even dyed Dylan black.
He should stay away. That's how he protected Dylan. Because he didn't want to hurt Dylan.
'Yes, no wonder Dylan doesn't trust me.'
If Dylan doesn't threaten her. Charlize would never return to the Empire.
But it's not even entirely rude. Because he didn't point the sword at Dylan.
Charlize raised her head.
"The painting on the wall."
It was a portrait that Dylan had given her as a gift when they became lovers.
In the photo, Charlize smiled gently.
Now, he was immersed in a belief that must have been shattered. His heart feels heavy.
Stay on.
He can't help it.
Charlize's eyes glowed slowly.
***
“I happen to..”
Kahu always answered questions that he often heard like this.
He's 25 years old.
It was a late celebration in noble society, where weddings were held earlier than the ceremony of manhood. In response to that faint answer, those who asked remained silent with faint faces.
Because there were only two men in the Empire who heard this question.
Emperor Dylan I, who was not related to any woman even after Charlize left.
And Kahu.
“You still haven't forgotten it?”
The butler, who knew Kahu's heart the most, often asked that question. He never answered, but the butler remained silent with a familiar face.
For the last three years when Charlize left. It was Kahu who rejected all the fast-flowing marriage offers.
Even if the Duchess came and cried, asking why the exemplary son had suddenly strayed. Somehow she doesn't want a political marriage.
No, because he can't forget it.
Charlize Ronan's.
The woman who came to the imperial palace office, asked about her return to the past, and disappeared for three years. Kahu can't forget it.
If he knew that the conversation would be his last, he should have held it even stronger, regretting it over and over again.
Even Kahu didn't know he could be this emotional. Is it because she is a fiancee who promised to get married before going back in time? Does that mean a lot?
He thought that it was impolite to marry someone else.
'Over everything.'
This empire is twisted.
Charlize left, and the empire that Kahu was worried about opened up.
Not everyone knows, but only Kahu knows. Of course, everyone was subconsciously afraid of the emperor. There has never been a time in history when imperial power was as strong as it is now.
Dylan ruled over everyone and destroyed tradition. Even the noble families, the founders of the country, were shaken by the emperor's words.
Like before he returned to the past, the nobles obeyed Dylan perfectly.
History has just been written.
The sudden disappearance of Charlize. A dramatic achievement due to the sudden appearance of the magic sword 'Kiera. These are all real events that happen in real life.
It was all erased and rewritten with Dylan's command.
Wars break out from time to time. In the end, only the victories were repeated and the continents were united into one. Civil war, war against other countries living side by side.
It was a turbulent time.
That guy is a genius.
The knights were exalted by a seething spirit of triumph, patriotism, and praise.
Although everyone hurt their mouths to support the wise king. This is the way to defeat, the tyrant method.
'For everyone, there is no free will.'
The only warrant allowed is Dylan's warrant.
How does the capital lead the next hundred years? Does it benefit everyone?
But Kahu also noticed.
'Even at this moment when he became a tyrant, the man seemed to maintain his reasoning.'
The moment when Charlize cut more. He had no idea how he would really change.
Because Dylan and Kahu had this conversation in the past.
“Duke Young. If the bird you keep flies in search of freedom.”
Dylan continued to speak.
“Is this the fault of the person who did not break the wings of the bird, or the person who opened the door of the cage, or the person who made the cage?”
Bird escape. Dylan's questions hint at his relationship with Charlize.
Staring down on the continent that had fused into one, with a face that used to be a boy. Dylan was very calm and polite.
Kahu, who returned the sword for the emperor's personal meeting, was helpless against the attack.
If he spoke informally like a tyrant, he would not remember it so impressively. Instead, Dylan, who spoke softly, was more afraid of Kahu.
Even before time replayed and now. Dylan was the one who pushed the most rumors and followed the conversation in history. Dylan's every move became a hot topic. It is recorded, studied, and analyzed.
There was no way for Kahu to know what the geniuses of the century were thinking and living.
"I don't think it's anyone's fault, Your Honor."
He was just responding to Dylan. However, the emperor immediately denied it.
"…no."
It was the moment when a cold smile filled Dylan's voice.
Dylan turned his head and firmly entwined his gaze with Kahu.
Smile but with a cold face.
Kahu felt an instinctive fear at this moment. It was not because of the halo that surrounded Dylan.
It was just more than animal instincts and original reactions. He can't breathe. He wanted to get down and obey.
He is not someone who can be treated equally. Even though he was Kahu who grew up without envy in the status of a young duke, he felt a bondage instinct flowing through his veins. His whole body stiffened.
“A lot of the bird wants to take his neck off the rope. It's the fault of the person who failed to give it important value.”
What does this mean?
Dylan has a strange face.
If words have a shape, then Dylan's voice is a drop of blood.
'Who started the autumn?'
it was Charlize.
Its origin is Charlize. If he were to touch Dylan again, what would happen to the Emperor?
Just this time.
'Now, the world may be destroyed.'
Kahu realized. The end of the destruction is the whole world which eventually becomes a pile of dust.
Was it the intention of the continent uniting under the emperor?
Then suddenly Dylan asked. The masculine face was calm.
“Young Duke, do you know about Project Kiera?”ask Dilan.
It was as if the tension so far was for this.
This was a question that the emperor really wanted to ask.
For a very short time, it was as if the world was moving so slowly that it made her dizzy. Kahu surprised.
However, since this stopped at an unconscious stage, he answered very precisely.
“I know, but I don't really know. In detail, I..”.
"Is that really so?"
He must have been disappointed, but he carefully raised his head, but it was very unexpected.
Because the emperor smiled gently.
At that moment, Kahu knew the reason. Dylan could not shake off the feeling of satisfaction by finding the answer.
***