Published at 21st of November 2020 06:14:17 PM
Chapter 9.5: 9.5
It was a quiet night .
In the secret garden, where only the emperor could enter, Fabian breathed for a moment under the tree . He was the supreme ruler of the world, but he could never be at ease anywhere .
“Serus . ”
Fabian spoke low . And in the shadow, a man appeared silently and bent his one knee .
“Yes . ”
He was none other than the Commander of the Black Hawks, a secret corps devoted to the emperor from generation to generation . They were a very highly secure unit, which replaced each member every time the new emperor was crowned .
“I checked as you instructed Your Highness . Recently , the trend of rising Demons has been in suspicious flow . You have the power to look behind the scenes, I think you already suspect that . ”
“As expected . ”
It was common for Demons to appear on the territory’s borders, but their recent move was suspicious . But there was an interesting fact that, when those Demons appeared and made a fuss, a group of Vatican priests would appear and kill them and gain public sympathy .
“They’re up to something cunning . ”
“The Vatican has infiltrated the people and won their trust . ”
Fabian nodded .
“And one more thing … The Kingdom of Felice doesn’t seem to be under attack . ”
“Because it’s the main source of income for the Vatican, so there can’t be any Demons there . ” Fabian said it in a slightly sarcastic tone .
Serus nodded quietly . Even after the Empress had left, the Knights of the Black Hawk monitored the situation of the Felice Kingdom under Fabian’s command .
“The royal family of Felice is more lively than ever before . Recently, it is said that the King finally got a son and held a big festival and gave it to the people . ”
Serus said to ease Fabian ‘s anxiety, but one of Fabian’s eyebrows wriggled .
“At that age?”
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“He’s not a queen’s child, but a son born outside, and it seems that he was admitted as a Queen’s child with the approval of Vatican . ”
“They feel at ease, huh . ”
Fabian spat out annoyingly . He was the one who asked Serus to look after them, but he was annoyed to hear that they were doing too well .
“Yes . You don’t have to worry about the Felice Kingdom . ”
Fabian shook his hand . It meant to getaway . However, he didn’t order Serus to monitor Felice’s Kingdom .
“A festival . ”
It was a strange word for him .
Fabian, who was left alone in the dark, recalled Evelyn, who asked for a divorce right here .
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“That’s what you wanted . ”
It was a bitter end somewhere .
‘I want to go back . Even if I live here, I don’t live… I really think I’m going to die . ’
Fabian remembered the voice he once heard in front of Evelyn’s residence . That day, Fabian couldn’t get into the Empress’s chamber . It was inconceivable to him that the Empress wanted to leave the imperial family .
‘Stop, ····· . ’
After that, there was another day when Fabian visited the Empress without any news, which was unusual . It was when she suffered from fever, not long before Evelyn announced her divorce . Evelyn, who was unconscious of high fever, spat out nonsense with her cracked lips .
‘Now stop… I want to be sick . Majesty, it hurts so much . ····I’m so sick that I’d rather die . ’
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He often heard that she had blamed him, and the lingering silence caused her to get a high fever . But Fabian knew it . That was the truth revealed in Evelyn’s nightmare .
“How come… . ” Fabian spoke to himself .
He never thought of making Evelyn very happy, but he never thought it would have made her so unhappy .
But Evelyn, who had a high fever and lost her mind, cried out in such a painful voice .
“I still don’t understand you . ”
The wind blew .
After Evelyn left the imperial family, several seasons changed heartlessly .
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(T/N : (It seemed, Fabian didn’t know that Evelyn loved him))