Chapter 156: 156
Ch . 156 The Name Of The Emotion (1)
Silence hung over Carlisle and Elena after they left the palace . It was only when they reached a fork in the path did Elena shatter the quiet .
“I’ll go this way . “
She turned away, when—
Tak .
A hand captured Elena’s wrist . She looked questioningly back at Carlisle, who responded in a firmer voice than usual .
“I don’t know what she gave you, but whatever it is, dispose of it now . ”
“If I dispose a gift from the Empress, there will be gossip . Don’t worry, I have a plan in mind . ”
“…You make me worry about you . ”
“You needn’t be concerned about me . ”
Carlisle’s eyebrows lifted at Elena’s over-confident answer, but she refused to retreat . She knew Carlisle was worried, but he didn’t understand her position right now .
“I am not a little girl hovering at the water’s edge . Are you going to be angry simply because I hadn’t yet told you about the Empress’ gift?”
His jaw clenched, but he had nothing to say about it .
“Don’t forget our contract, Caril . ”
It wasn’t as if she had made the decision so easily . After receiving the plant from the Empress, her first course was action was to come up with a solution, not to go running to Carlisle at the first sign of danger . She didn’t come to the Imperial Palace to depend on him, but to ultimately make him emperor and save her father, brother, and Mirabelle . She couldn’t bear to lose them again in this lifetime . As her heart became more desperate, so did the burden on Elena’s shoulders become heavier .
“…Are you telling me to leave you alone, no matter what you do?”
“I’m not saying that . I just want you to trust me . ”
In less than a year, Paveluc would attempt to seize the throne . When Elena had returned to the past, it was as if her blood dried up when she realized that she had so little time left . She threw herself into doing everything she could for Carlisle—sword fighting, power games, living in the palace . Sometimes, however, Carlisle’s overprotectiveness threatened to obstruct her path .
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“…You’re mistaken . It’s not that I don’t believe in your ability . In truth, I’ve admired everything you’ve done so far . ”
Elena’s ruby eyes shimmered at the unexpected answer . She thought he didn’t believe in her decisions, as he always tried to stop her every time she tried to do something .
Carlisle continued, his voice soft .
“Trusting you and feeling worried about you are different . The Empress is known to be vicious and clever, both at home and abroad . I can’t leave you vulnerable to her . ”
“But if you’re going to be emperor—”
“Why the hell are you so obsessed with me becoming emperor?”
Elena was struck dumb . Carlisle may be ignorant, but it was because she couldn’t confess her motivations . She wasn’t sure how much he would believe in a situation that couldn’t be explained logically .
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‘…I would be lucky if he didn’t see me as a madwoman . ’
Elena didn’t answer, and Carlisle continued on in a suspicious tone .
“I thought you wanted to be empress because you desired wealth, but you have no care for it at all… I don’t understand why you want me to become emperor . ”
To her amazement, Carlisle seemed to have gleaned Elena’s thoughts in all the time they were together . In fact, all of what he said was true . She wasn’t greedy for wealth or power . What she wanted was to protect what she had . No one knew how horrendous her past life was, how she shivered in the biting winters surviving for days on a piece of bread, with only one thought in her mind .
‘I want to see my family…’
She had spent those decades possessed with regret and anger . After experiencing a hellish life, she had a miraculous chance to turn her fortune . She decided she had to change her future at all costs, no matter the pain and sacrifice .
“When you become emperor…I hope that someday I will be able to explain it to you with a smile . ”
Carlisle’s brow furrowed at the seriousness of her tone . So she couldn’t tell him right now .
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“You leave me with a big question . ”
“Forget about it for now . What’s important is that I will support you immensely in your path to emperor . ”
Elena’s eyes and Carlisle’s complicated gaze met in midair .
Hwiiiingeu—
A warm spring breeze blew past them, and Elena raised her hand to catch the stray locks from flying in the wind . Carlisle lifted his hand and arranged her fine golden hair . It was a special gesture without physical contact…
A strange feeling welled up within Elena . It was something that she had never felt before in her life .
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