I Married Because I Wanted To Live A Normal Life

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Before meeting him, I never knew that I could trust someone so deeply. I never knew that I could be loved by someone so much.

Everything was just new and fascinating. Even though these things called dating or relationships weren’t entirely new to me…

This felt like my true first love.

Ah, but it’s a bit embarrassing to say such things. Just thinking about it makes my whole body tingle.

At that moment, right on cue, there was a knock on the door from outside. I grabbed Hisch’s nose once again, as if venting my frustration, and slipped out of his embrace.

Putting on a light gown and taking a step forward, I suddenly felt a rare sense of busyness in the corridor beyond the wall at this early hour.

Perhaps it was intuition. Thinking that something had happened, I hurriedly approached the door and opened it, surprising a maid who quickly lowered her head at the sight of my attire.

“Miss, I apologize for interrupting your morning, but there is urgent news…”

“What’s the matter?”

And at her words, I too felt the world tilt ever so slightly.

“His Majesty the King… has passed away.”

  

Onyx Carshion had never imagined witnessing such a scene in his lifetime. As he took a breath, the damp, musty air saturated with blood filled his lungs.

The throne room, which exuded a majestic atmosphere befitting its name, became difficult to gauge its original purpose with scattered corpses strewn about.

And as Onyx looked at the figure sitting on the imperial throne, the pinnacle of the empire, he narrowed his eyes.

When the unremarkable offspring of a lowly concubine, Onyx, had risen to overcome the Empress’ enemies and cunningly seize the position of the Crown Prince, surpassing even the legitimate heirs, the courtiers had scoffed at him, labeling him a ruthless man. But who could have anticipated someone even more formidable than himself?

“Younger brother…”

He spoke, breaking the silence.

“Elvin.”

Seated on the throne where his stalwart father once resided, was his younger brother, whom Onyx had always regarded with disdain, now smiling with a cocky tilt to his lips.

The sight of him laughing with his eyes wide open in a place surrounded by pools of blood was incredibly eerie. However, Onyx smiled affectionately as if looking at a beloved younger brother.

“If I had known you were so full of ambition, I would have reached out to you sooner. It’s a bit disappointing to see you causing such chaos without a word to me.”

However, the current situation could not be summed up with the word ‘chaos.’

As the sudden invasion of monsters threw the country into disarray, and rumors began to circulate that ‘all this tragedy was due to the impure bloodline of Crown Prince Onyx Carshion,’ Onyx. as always, dismissed it all as nothing more than his brothers’ mischievous jests.

After all, his brothers, who had already lost in the succession battle, did not know the meaning of surrender.

However, things started to get worse. As the attacks of the monsters grew more rampant, his brothers, who refused to acknowledge him, eventually organized a rebellion.

Until then, everything seemed fine. Yes, he thought it was a problem that could still be resolved.

If only his loyal followers and supporters, who had helped him rise from the bottom, hadn’t turned their backs on him all at once…

The sudden betrayal of them was truly shocking, as if it happened without any warning, leaving everyone paralyzed with disbelief.

And so, at a time when unity was desperately needed, foolishly, a civil war broke out, and the result was…

Onyx looked at his younger brother in front of him. Normally, he would have licked his feet if commanded to, or even groveled at his feet. But what stained the blade he held was undoubtedly the blood of their father.

“Brother… Why are you saying such bitter words?”

Elvin smiled, his eyes narrowed.

“You always regarded father as an enemy, did you not? Even though you may have obeyed him for now, haven’t you always been plotting to kill him someday? So, I took the liberty of killing him for you, but you don’t seem to appreciate it.”

“I am only saying that because I’m disappointed that you took my share.”

“Ah, I didn’t realize you had a preference for handling things personally.”

Onyx sighed, with Elvin laughing in front of him.

“How foolish. If you desired the throne, shouldn’t you have preserved this land and the royal family that you would inherit? Look at the current situation.”

This surreal situation was unfolding throughout the empire. While the royal family was supposed to lead the charge in driving out the monsters, they were too preoccupied with fighting among themselves to gather enough strength.

In the midst of this chaos, many people in this land perished, and ultimately, the very concept of the nation began to crumble as society regressed to a state of collapse.

The nobles scattered to their own territories, no longer staying in the capital for their own survival. Carshion became so chaotic that it could no longer be controlled by laws or customs.

And in the midst of this chaos, Onyx, the older brother, continued to admonish his younger brother, who was clearly the instigator.

“Even if you were to ascend to a high position, who would look up to you? Who would bow down before you?”

The man, who found this amusing, burst into laughter.

“I don’t want to be the emperor, Brother. I have no interest in this empire.”

“Then why did you cause all of this?”

“It wasn’t me who caused it. It was just destined to happen this way.”

“What?”

“Carshion was destined to fall like this. Well, maybe the circumstances were different. But in the end, it was destined to be destroyed by my hands, so it was just meant to be.”

Onyx furrowed his brow at the sudden words, but Elvin laughed out loud, shouting.

“All of this happened just as the prophecy foretold, Brother!”

“…Elvin.”

Prophecy? Was someone brainwashing the imperial prince with the teachings of a fanatical religion?

As Onyx struggled to make sense at the sudden mention of prophecy, Elvin soon spoke again.

“It would have been better if other countries had entrusted everything to me as well. But no, not that country. Only that country wouldn’t do it. A more ruthless story needs to unfold…”

“What on earth…”

As Onyx looked bewildered, Elvin smiled compassionately, as if looking at a child who still couldn’t understand difficult words.

“So, Brother, you should just enjoy it — a page from the prophecy.”

The man who spoke incomprehensible words soon frowned, his expression changing.

Urgh, blargh

! Elvin, as if about to reveal something hidden within him, covered his mouth with one hand and rose from his seat.

“

Blargh

!”

Elvin vomited blood onto the floor, chuckling as he looked at Onyx.

In that moment, Onyx met the man’s gaze, but for a moment, just a moment. He felt as if a glimmer of light had returned in the man’s dark gaze.

At that moment, Elvin, with a terrified expression as if questioning when he had ever laughed so strangely, took on the appearance of the fifth prince that Onyx remembered. Trembling, he reached out his hand towards him.

“Brother…”

Thud

.

However, before his hand could touch him, the platinum-haired man, who resembled Onyx so much, collapsed helplessly to the ground. It was evident, even without checking, that he had breathed his last breath.

Onyx, in the eerily silent room, raised his head, filled with an almost surreal stillness. In that place, soaked in the blood of those who had ruled and protected this country, he murmured slowly.

“Monster…”

But it was already too late.

The crimson sunset, casting an even eerier light on the red blood, had completely disappeared, and the entire hall was engulfed in complete darkness.

  

In an instant, it seemed as if all movement in the city had come to a halt.

The once bustling capital, always full of life, was suddenly enveloped in silence, as if sensing the absence of its ruler.

The once most majestic figure in the country, before bidding a final farewell to this world entirely, briefly glanced back at the land he once ruled upon.

His body, encased in an elegant coffin, was carried away in a carriage pulled by eight horses.

As the slow-paced carriage made its way around the capital, a solemn royal guard protected the final journey of their master.

The final destination of the carriage would have been the grand cathedral, but it remained closed as it had not yet been restored. Instead, the royal prayer room, accessible only to the nobility, was opened for the funeral.

Nobles gathered, while those of lower status who couldn’t enter the palace mourned sadly outside, paying their respects to their king.

In the solemn and quiet atmosphere, the privileged class of the country, gathered together after a long time, exchanged uneasy glances with each other.

It was evident without inquiry what caused their unease.

Just by looking at the prince, who seemed far from being mature, engaging in conversations with the mourners with a dream-like expression, it was evident.

“…..”

Even though his attempt to manipulate the political situation using Hisch was unsettling, considering the current circumstances, there were also aspects that were not entirely unreasonable.

In the midst of such confusion, having lost even his father, the psychological impact on the young boy would be unimaginable.

And perhaps, what lay ahead might be even more troublesome.

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