My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

19. Where do you keep trying to go?

Episode 19

In order to repent of his mistakes and repay his forgiveness, Coil pleaded that he needed the lower half of his body, so he decided to let him be crushed.

Is this how my father and his retainers felt when I had an accident in the past? I was like an iron now.

Considering my age, I feel a bit late. Anyway, I was surprised at first, but after thinking about it, it doesn’t seem to be a problem.

“According to Coyle’s words, the current Duke Jericho doesn’t seem to care about his stepmother at all, and the Chancellor’s favorite pupil named James Lecter won’t brag about it, even if it’s embarrassing.”

It didn’t matter even if I was bragging about it. If the former Duchess of Jericho had not been widowed, it would have been difficult, but since her husband and her husband died long ago, there is nothing legally or morally wrong.

When that conclusion was reached, the subordinates seemed relieved, but Haria still spoke as if she was worried.

“What if Duke Jericho uses this as an excuse to approach the captain?”

“You can just ignore it.”

Even if this is the reason, would it be more than reprimanding him for not managing his subordinates properly? It wasn’t a big deal for two unmarried men and women to meet each other, and if they were still hanging around, all they had to do was say sorry.

In other words, while I was telling Haria that there was nothing wrong with it, a thought suddenly popped into my head.

“hmm. Come to think of it, this might be worth using as bait.”

“A bait?”

Moving my gaze away from the puzzled subordinates, I spoke to Coyle, whose lower body was in danger of being crushed a moment ago.

“coil.”

“yes.”

“Starting tomorrow, flirt with your wives wherever you can. If the husband is an aristocrat, at least a marquis, and if a government official, it is roughly the level of chancellor or secretary.”

“… … Do you really intend to kill me?”

It is the Empire’s highest-ranking officials and nobles who know in detail about the Hound’s existence, members, and abilities.

It should be among those who are not nobles or members of the imperial government, but it won’t be too late to check and investigate that there are no traitors inside.

However, starting tomorrow, Hound will become Marianne’s direct escort. Even without my existence, it would be much harder to touch than before.

“To touch the emperor’s direct escort is an attack on the emperor. In other words, treason. From now on, I can’t call you like a real dog like before.”

Therefore, if there is a traitor inside, they will of course know the identity of Coil, but the Coil will be honored to become the emperor’s direct escort.

It meant that he could not lead the gang and attack like today.

“So, if they want to kill you, they will use the power outside the empire, not the power within the empire. Then catch them and blow them up, and that’s it.”

“Apart from putting my life in great danger, will it work out that well?”

“Can it be?”

What I said, but seriously, it was such a lame strategy that I wondered if there was an idiot who would easily fall for such a provocation.

“If it works, it’s good, if it doesn’t, it’s okay.”

“Are you asking me to risk my life for such a good strategy?!”

“I think it’s karma for touching married women.”

I was saying this, but it wasn’t really about clearing up karma.

If there was a traitor inside, the Imperial Intelligence Agency, which was chasing the culprit behind the last incident, might have smelled something, but so far it hasn’t produced any results.

No matter how much we have independent operational rights, we can’t overturn the empire’s highest nobility and high-ranking officials without grounds.

It’s a situation where there is no clue, but we can’t just leave it alone, so we have no choice but to poke the hive at random.

“Ugh. When I die, I will come back as a ghost.”

“In-house ghosts are envoys. I’ll bury you in a sunny place, so don’t come.”

Even though I was joking, Coyle understood the reason for my order. So you do what you are told to do.

After that, I finished unpacking my subordinates and looked at my watch and said, Marianne told me to come back when she’s done tidying up, so I’ll have to go back.

“I’ll be going back to the imperial palace first, so when the wagon arrives later, ride it.”

After hearing the answer from my subordinates, I opened the door and went out to go to the imperial palace.

—

There was someone who quickly followed Isaac who opened the door and went outside. Haria heard footsteps and asked her captain, who looked back.

“Why are you leaving first? We can go together.”

She tried to maintain her composure as much as possible, but she couldn’t hide her dissatisfaction even as she was trained by Shika.

Any dissatisfaction he had would have been conveyed as is. Nevertheless, Isaac answered in his usual voice.

“Marianne told me to come as soon as things are done.”

“… … Are you His Majesty?”

At Isaac’s words, Haria felt pain as if a chain was wrapped around her heart. However, unlike her heart, which ached so quickly that it was difficult to breathe, her reason became frighteningly cold.

The pain is caused by Isaac, who leaves him alone in response to another woman’s call.

The cold reason was about the empress, who was clearly different from before.

Is it because of that? Unlike before, Haria was able to perfectly hide her emotions and continue to ask questions.

“Has His Majesty changed anything?”

“change? Um, isn’t it much softer than the first time?”

Haria knew it wasn’t just softening, but she didn’t bother telling Isaac. Saying that would make her captain care more about the empress.

“Why is that, Haria? What’s going on?”

Facing Isaac’s eyes, where worry began to seep into his eyes, Haria was grateful that her rationality was at least calm.

Otherwise, it was clear that he would not have been able to resist the violent urge to take out his dagger and cut the sinews in his limbs and drag him to the captain’s office.

It’s a very attractive imagination, but Haria, knowing full well that her skills are not enough, smiled slightly.

“no. There is nothing special about it.”

“okay? Then I’ll just let you go. See you tomorrow.”

Shaking his hand lightly, Isaac turned around. The urge rose again in Haria’s heart, but she managed to suppress it by biting her lips until they bled.

Eventually, when Isaac’s back was no longer visible, she let out a burst of breath.

“ha… … I made a mistake.”

Not wanting to arouse the Empress’s curiosity, Haria hid her relationship with Isaac, but Haria concluded that it was a mistake.

I don’t know if she knew it herself, but the Empress had gradually shown curiosity towards Isaac from the beginning.

So I waited for curiosity to fade by not conveying as much information about Isaac as possible, but I never imagined that the Empress would find him first.

‘Not another person, but that empress.’

It is said that her captain saved the Empress by confronting a hero-level strongman. Haria went through a similar incident, but she didn’t expect the empress to change like that.

no. In the end, it was all excuses.

“I couldn’t, I didn’t know, I didn’t. I didn’t want to know.”

Because he knew that if the Empress wanted Isaac, her captain would definitely choose the Empress over him.

The reason Isaac is acting on his own is that the Empress does not accept him as her real husband.

Both of them recognized each other as a legally bound relationship, and the Empress also told Isaac that she could do as she pleased, so she was able to do as she pleased.

Even if Isaac wanted an empress, if she had refused, Isaac would have accepted it. But on the other hand, the story is different.

If the Empress wishes, Isaac will surely comply. At first, Haria couldn’t understand Isaac, but now she definitely felt it.

“It’s not because you’re more important than me. It’s not because you’re cuter than me. I do it because I have to.”

Haria would not have been able to understand him yet if she hadn’t heard from Isaac someday why and why she had to return to Meyer Kingdom once a year.

Haria thought that it was truly fortunate that she heard that story. If not, you might be terribly resentful of Isaac by now.

“good. Let’s stick together, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

There is no need for a concubine position. In the first place, he absolutely refused to share with anyone.

Her boss is her own.

—

“late.”

“I came here in a pretty hurry.”

As soon as I stepped into the imperial palace, the chief chamberlain and attendants who were waiting at the entrance led me to Marianne’s office.

Without words, their attitude was similar to that of heretical priests who offer sacrifices to the altar. I was particularly impressed with the fact that he pushed me into the office and wiped the sweat off his forehead as if he was relieved.

I continued to tell Marianne, who was angry at me for being late.

“I need it to find a traitor, but I need information about nobles and high-ranking officials.”

“It’s like that on the Hound, too.”

“It’s all outdated information. Above all, there is no way that the client’s sensitive information will be delivered to Hound until I become the captain.”

Even if it’s to clear up the internal organs, they won’t be happy to know more about it. However, Marianne would have been able to organize the weaknesses of such people well.

“Here it is.”

At my words, Marianne put the key somewhere under a drawer in her office desk and took out a huge stack of papers from there and handed it to me.

“thank you. Then I’ll just go… … ”

“Where are you going as soon as you arrive? I haven’t eaten yet because I came late.”

Marianne’s words created a confusion of memories again. Have we ever eaten together? no matter how much i think

“Even for escort, we will always dine together from now on.”

As if answering a question in her head, Marianne said her work was over, tidied up her desk and stood up. When I went to the restaurant with her, the table was already set with warm, delicious-looking food.

It’s a speed that doesn’t make sense unless you made it as soon as you saw me coming to the imperial palace.

“Is there anything you don’t like?”

“no. let’s eat.”

I was able to dine with my legal wife for the first time, but nothing special happened. It was just normal chatting and enjoying the meal.

Of course, normality like that is the best. I wanted to have dinner with my subordinates at headquarters, but if I did, I would have been in big trouble.

Having enjoyed dessert and tea after a pleasant dinner, I tried to go again, but this time Marianne said with a more angry face than before.

“Where do you keep going? you are my escort Even if you’re always by my side, it’s not enough, so why do you keep trying to leave? Do you have any urgent work? Is it more important than me?”

“Uh, no. I just wanted to organize some data… .”

“That’s something I can do by my side.”

That was right. It wasn’t like I had to go anywhere in particular.

I sat in the dining room with Marianne, who was still enjoying her tea, and put together the data she gave me. Of course, there was no evidence of betrayal there. If that was the case, Marianne would have noticed sooner.

Instead, it was a pretty good feeling to see old information being updated. I was immersed in my work for a long time, but I suddenly felt a gaze, and when I turned my head, I met Marianne’s eyes, who were staring at me.

“… … why?”

“don’t mind.”

Drinking tea and eating cookies, still staring at her with her neck and head still, not paying attention.

“okay.”

So I didn’t care and continued working.

– Misread. misread.

“… … .”

Can’t we at least eat while moving?