I Became the Father of a Degenerate Emperor

Episode 14. Gift

Episode 14. Gift

I left the bedroom, leaving Eric behind.

Even though I stroked my hair with a big heart, he didn’t like eating lunch together so much, he just stared blankly at me until the last moment.

Maybe that’s why I felt very depressed.

Before coming to the office, he hadn’t even brought out the ‘dot’ ruler from lunch to the empress, and he tried to bring her words up to Eric, but was silently rejected.

Still, the fact that I’m the emperor, and I don’t have any family to eat lunch with, was anything but pitiful.

Still, I pretended to be cool until the end, and came out without showing anything.

The blue sky and the bright sun welcome me and comfort my bitter heart.

Of course, the secret palace in her hand didn’t say anything.

At this moment, I feel very sad that the only thing I can rely on is my bow.

I limped and moved slowly.

Eric’s image came to mind as if he still had lingering feelings.

The same red eyes as mine, platinum blonde hair.

The guy was standing in front of the secret palace that had turned into a tree.

Looking at her with her face close to her, she seemed quite interested.

When I asked him if he liked trees, he nodded his head with tears in his eyes.

I wondered if I could have entered the mad emperor’s bedroom on my own.

But in a way, it was a natural reaction.

Because the secret palace was the most cherished treasure of the king of the elven kingdom.

The material was also the most valuable and rare in the elven kingdom.

That’s the branches of the World Tree.

It was the raison d’être of the elves, and part of what they worshiped like gods.

In the case of a normal tree, fallen twigs rotted black and turned into manure for other plants.

However, even if the branch of the World Tree is planted in the ground, it grows into a huge old tree within a few days, and a dense forest is rapidly created around it.

So, the branches of the World Tree were absolutely necessary for the territorial expansion of the Elven Kingdom, and were invaluable.

Furthermore, in order to obtain a branch, you had to wait for the world tree to drop itself once every 100 years, so its rarity was also very high.

So there was no need to mention the value of the secret palace made of it, and there was no choice but to be distracted by the wonderful appearance that turned into a tree.

I looked at the gold and silver bands that wrapped around the bow.

The belt itself and the letters written on it all gave off a mysterious atmosphere.

These were what kept the six branches in the shape of a bow.

In fact, the World Tree could read the thoughts of other beings through contact. And the secret palace made of it was the same.

It was like having a kind of ego in the subject of the bow, but in the state of contact with the body, it was possible to change its shape just by conveying thoughts.

Of course, there were only two options, a bow shape or six tall saplings, but considering the purpose of camouflage, that would have been sufficient.

I read that, in very rare cases, a secret palace could reject a human, but that didn’t apply to me.

Anyway, when I turned the wood into a bow, Eric looked so surprised that his eyeballs popped out.

It must have felt very strange.

I couldn’t take my eyes off him, so I asked him if he liked bows, and Eric nodded vigorously.

Of course, it was not a very understandable reaction.

Eric was known to spend most of his days practicing swordsmanship in the gymnasium. He

He also had the nickname of the sword-crazy prince, and at the age of only 11, he was able to develop sword skills, and was also a situation where he was heard as a genius at the level of the past.

Of course I thought he wouldn’t even look at something like a bow, but he frantically nodded that he liked it with tears in his eyes.

I don’t know how good it must be to show that kind of reaction.

Actually, it didn’t matter much to me whether the princes liked what they liked or not.

I just had to use that fact to win the hearts of the princes.

So that you don’t kill me in the future.

So I’m on my way to get a bow for the first one.

I was thinking of making a good impression on him by giving him a present.

The destination is Palik’s Nest, the royal treasure house.

There, we plan to find a bow that Eric will like. The tree has been requested from the chamberlain, so he will deliver it on his own.

Anyway, thanks to those two gifts, a bow and a tree, I hope this uncomfortable parent-child relationship can be improved a little bit.

And I planned to prepare items that would be useful when I went to Florante.

Anyway, I don’t know why the back of my head has been tickling so long ago.

I feel as if someone is secretly staring at me.

I stopped for a moment and looked around, and the dreary appearance of the imperial palace caught my eye.

The number of courtiers was already small, and no one was even close to me, so despite the sunny weather, it seemed somehow desolate.

Of course, there was no one around who could stare at me.

I hurried my steps, thinking it might be because of my mood.

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Esteel was sitting alone in front of the dressing table, caught in complex subtle emotions.

A lot of worry, a lot of anxiety, a lot of anger.

It was roughly that kind of feeling.

Departure to Florentero.

In the end, I ended up accompanying the emperor.

Still, she was going to war, but she was naturally afraid and anxious.

But most of all, it was hard to control the anger that burned like a flame.

It was because the emperor didn’t seem to know his feelings at all.

“I wonder if they really wanted to go to the battlefield.”

It was a girl who was just talking to herself because she felt unfair.

But there was something else that made me even more angry.

Even when she got up from her seat, the emperor, who had just sat there without saying a word, felt so savage.

It was hard to recognize because his expression was so consistent, but the atmosphere seemed like the emperor was very angry.

Even though it was time to eat lunch soon, it was almost certain that he didn’t even say the simple word to eat together.

Of course, it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.

In a situation where his servant, the Duke of Bright, was present, the emperor would have been very ashamed to look straight into his eyes and even fight against him.

Esteel had obviously challenged the emperor’s authority and had touched the odds, and the emperor was in a situation where he could not help but feel extreme insult and anger.

But there was a reason why she had no choice but to do that.

She was infinitely disappointed, so she wanted to let her heart know.

Of course, I knew very well that the emperor was no longer swayed by the poison.

Besides, he was not a man who spoke empty words from the beginning.

He always objectively grasped his situation and solved the problem rationally, and he was a man who knew how to back down on his own when faced with an impossible task.

It was understandable in his head that if it was something he so desperately pursued, he would naturally believe in something.

Nevertheless, it was a war.

Even the opponent is Barbarus, the kingdom of barbarians.

In a completely different situation from the past when he was a sword master, he had to face his worst enemy.

The current emperor was limping on one leg and was unable to use it even after coming, and even the poison was still in the body.

Going to the battlefield was impossible no matter how much I thought about it.

So, he wanted to stop believing and disbelief for now.

That was my true intention.

However, the emperor didn’t even know what he was thinking and even threatened to become a murderer and massacre the people of the empire.

The threat itself was no different from insulting oneself.

However, I couldn’t bear to speak directly to the emperor’s face, so I questioned myself in the mirror as if taking my anger out.

“Did I ask for that much? Did you trust me so much that you even have to say that?”

It only took a little bit.

He never said anything that only he would know.

Undoubtedly, she did not trust herself as the empress.

The moment Estill realized that fact, she felt infinitely small and humble.

With only one man in her heart, the emperor, she was Estill, who had always dreamed of his glory. She was distrusted under such circumstances.

She felt sad inside, so she insisted.

That’s why he threatened to die, and that’s why he used a group to follow him.

Even at this moment, if a crisis befell the emperor, he was imagining the extreme that he would save him and die instead.

But nonetheless.

Putting all of her issues aside, she couldn’t stand her now chilled relationship.

It has been five years.

She didn’t want to growl at each other like enemies with her husband, whom she had managed to get back after so long.

So I had to solve it somehow.

Belatedly, I regretted shooting the emperor with an angry gaze.

She regained her hopes that she thought had been extinguished, and she didn’t even know that maybe she was being arrogant.

She could have done a lot without upsetting him.

She was the one who now felt her belated, imprudent in her own emotional reactions.

So her heart sank.

He felt as if she had ruined everything.

She jumped up and left the empress’ palace.

She wanted to apologize to the emperor for treating her badly. She

Of course, she didn’t mean to give up the campaign, but she still wanted to have a meal together and have a good conversation.

Maybe this will be the last time.

She looked at all the places the emperor might go.

From the residence, gardens, ponds, gymnasiums, etc., I searched nonstop.

It will be here, it will be this time.

With such expectations, there was always disappointment.

Feeling impatient, I pulled up the hem of her dress and hurriedly watched her step, but the emperor was nowhere to be seen.

It was to the point of extreme concern that he might have run out of the palace because he was so angry.

She continued to turn inside out and torment her with anxiety, wondering if she had crossed the line too badly.

‘I should have apologized right away… ….’

Remorse and anxiety swirled and mixed, eventually degenerating into fear.

She had no choice but to trudged back to the empress’ palace.

Her sweaty face was full of frustration.

I was worried about the sudden disappearance of the emperor, and I was afraid that he might start to hate me, so I forgot my hunger before I knew it.

The moment I arrived at the bedroom with such a despondent feeling.

“The Empress.”

The emperor was waiting for him.

His expression and voice were infinitely cold.

Even so, all the tears flow. It was so nice.

Thank you for finding me, I am moved to tears.

But she was an empress. She must not lose her dignity at any moment.

So she quickly managed her expression and asked in a calm tone as if nothing had happened.

“What are you doing here?”

She carefully hid the fact that she searched the entire imperial palace in search of him.

“I have come to give you something.”

Realizing that she had inadvertently put on an expectant expression, she deliberately hardened her face.

“What is it?”

The emperor held a necklace in his hand.

At the center of the golden chain hung a blue jewel the same color as her eyes, which looked just like water droplets.

She was so pretty, but for some reason she couldn’t bear to get the words out of her mouth.

“Take it.”

Nevertheless, it seemed impossible to hide the subtle joy in her expression.

Estill asked the Emperor not to accept her necklace.

“You weren’t mad, were you?”

“It looks like the empress did it.”