As Chises trembled at his decided voice, he clenched his fists tightly and forged a defiant look on the Emperor.

“If father gained’t do it, I’ll discover out who he’s.”

“Chises.”

“He’s clearly not human. If he’s a special race that has lived since a distant period, shouldn’t we reveal his identification in entrance of all of the folks of the Empire?”

Chises completed talking, and earlier than the Emperor may say something extra, he lowered his head and left the workplace. The Emperor, who was wanting on the door of the closed workplace, flicked his finger on the desk.

“He’s nonetheless younger.”

Muttering to himself, he turned his gaze and picked up the guide he was studying.

“Whether or not he’s a special race or a human, what’s necessary? It doesn’t matter what he’s, killing him is sufficient.”

The Emperor started to complete studying the guide he was studying with a flash of sunshine. The guide he was studying was an previous, worn-out guide with the title ‘The Origin of the Satan’ written on it.

* * *

“Daniel.”

Sylvia, calling his identify in a seductive voice, climbed onto his mattress as he was sleeping. She wanted to restore her lately estranged relationship with him.

When she thought of why he was on the lookout for Azela, it appeared to her that it was additionally her fault for not paying an excessive amount of consideration to Daniel, both as a result of she was pregnant or as a result of she was the Countess, or she had many points to care about.

If she paid consideration to him once more like earlier than, he would come again to her like earlier than. Considering so, she lay cautiously subsequent to Daniel as he was asleep.

“…Are you asleep?”

As she reached out her hand and hugged Daniel, who was sleeping along with his again turned, Sylvia cautiously spoke her phrases. He didn’t even flinch.

“I don’t assume we’ve been too enthusiastic about one another currently. I feel it’s as a result of I’m out of my thoughts, too. I’m sorry.”

“….”

“Although you realize that I solely have you ever, Daniel, proper?”

So, you need to be the one one with me.

Gazing at him again along with her eyes extensive open, she buried her nostril in his shoulder. The odor of alcohol blended along with his scent hit her nostril. Daniel has been consuming each night time currently. He appeared to seek out it troublesome to even fall right into a deep sleep with out alcohol.

“…Azela?”

A faint voice referred to as out a reputation as he tossed and turned and grabbed the arm that was embracing his again. As he referred to as Azela’s identify moderately than her identify, Sylvia’s face immediately turned purple with anger, and he or she coldly whipped her arm out of his maintain and jumped to her ft.

“Mmm.”

In the meantime, when the hand on her again disappeared, Daniel, feeling empty, rubbed his eyes and lifted his higher physique. And as quickly as he noticed Sylvia proper in entrance of his eyes, he shook his head with a troubled face.

Realizing his mistake, he raised his hand and coated his eyes.

“…No apologies or excuses now?”

As she scolded him in an astonished voice, Daniel apologized somewhat, saying, ‘I’m sorry,’ however Sylvia couldn’t recover from it.

She bit her decrease lip laborious.

“Why the hell…!”

Why the hell do you retain on the lookout for Azela?

She shook her head, unable to comprise her feelings, as she swallowed her phrases. Her decrease lip, bitten tight, trembled. Controlling her feelings has been troublesome since her being pregnant. She was simply upset, simply saddened, typically blissful over small issues, and simply beneficiant.

Sylvia raised her arms and coated her face.

“Sylvia.”

Daniel referred to as Sylvia’s identify. Seeing her weeping, he solely referred to as her identify in a low voice however did nothing else. He didn’t attain out his hand for her, nor did he consolation her in his arms.

“Then, why did you come to mattress rapidly…”

“What did you say?”

“…No, I’m sorry.”

“Daniel, are you… are you saying it’s my fault?”

Sylvia stared at him with tear-soaked eyes. It wasn’t till she lastly set free a loud cry that he sighed and reached out his hand, and took her into his arms.

“No. I talked an excessive amount of as a result of I used to be sleepy. I’m sorry, Sylvia.”

Despite the fact that she was held in his arms, she was unusually not heat in any respect. Not a single phrase he mentioned was heat in any respect. Sylvia, with tears in her eyes, was speechless in shock.

Daniel, who had been comforting her as he held her in his arms, raised his hand and punctiliously wiped the tears from her cheeks.

“Daniel.”

Despite the fact that it was a young contact, there was no heat in his gaze as he checked out her.

Tears flowed down her cheeks incessantly.

Nonetheless, simply because it was, she couldn’t let go of Daniel simply. How did she come to the place of a noble and Countess? This error didn’t enable her to resign him and abandon her standing as a noble.

“I perceive. Since she has been round for a very long time, the identify should have caught to your lips like a behavior.”

“Ye-yes, that’s proper.”

“I do know you’ll be able to’t change in a single day. Although now, I need the identify that comes out of your mouth to be ‘Sylvia.’ Our child desires it, too.”

“…Sure, I perceive.”

“Don’t try this once more.”

Finally, Sylvia whispered in a candy voice as she reached out and put her hand round Daniel’s neck. Saying that, her eyes additionally went chilly.

Whether or not he liked her or not, it didn’t matter. It was solely necessary to maintain this place.

‘…Don’t fear, Daniel. I’ll eliminate Azela so that you gained’t be distracted.’

Azela was a harmful determine who may usurp this place of hers at any second. So long as she was there, Daniel would all the time consider Azela instantly like he did now, and he may throw Sylvia away… It couldn’t be like that.

How did she get this spot, she couldn’t let it go in useless.

Sylvia floor her tooth.

* * *

“…I’ve been enthusiastic about it.”

Whereas she was having breakfast, Zagnac instantly spoke. He didn’t say a phrase from the second he entered the restaurant, and he didn’t even eat the meals. Nonetheless, it turned out he had been enthusiastic about that.

Azela nodded and wiped her mouth with a serviette.

“What you mentioned yesterday was fallacious.”

‘As anticipated.’

Simply as she thought, he denied his emotions. Sure, this could do.

Considering so, she replied with a nod.

“I should have been mistaken.”

“Sure, I don’t such as you.”

It was a agency reply. It felt her coronary heart skip a beat at Zagnac’s agency tone of voice as if he was making an attempt to show his doubts into certainty. It was undoubtedly the reply she hoped for, however the feeling of listening to it in actuality was so completely different.

‘Did I secretly hope that he gained’t…’

Azela smiled bitterly and nodded her head.

“I’m glad then.”

“And also you?”

“…What?”

On the sudden query, she gazed at Zagnac in shock. His expression was severe. When Azela couldn’t reply with a shocked face, he requested once more.

“Do you want me?”

Silence fell within the eating room at his inconsiderate query.

The chef who ready the meals, the handmaids who organized the tableware, the patissier, and the butler Baharf who ready the dessert all held their breath and gulped as they stared at Azela. Everybody was anticipating a solution to return out of her mouth.

“I…”

Azela swallowed, too. She didn’t even eat bitter meals, however it felt unusually bitter in her mouth.

‘I don’t such as you.’

She had no thought it might be this tough to say. Azela shook her head, unable to talk. It was laborious for her to say that she liked him although she couldn’t even inform the lie that she didn’t love him.

“What about you?”

Zagnac, who didn’t know her coronary heart, pressed for a solution. His fingers, which had been positioned on the desk, had been tapping in a gradual rhythm. Within the quiet eating room, solely the sound of Zagnac knocking on the desk echoed.

Gulp.

The sound of somebody swallowing saliva was heard loudly.

“I…”

Azela raised her lowered head. If she needed to spit it out of her mouth anyway, it needed to be the I don’t love, moderately than the I like. She needed to get used to telling lies like this.

With the thought, she soothed her sore throat and opened her mouth.

“I don’t love you.”

When her agency reply got here out of his mouth, Zagnac stopped tapping his fingers. It was a query he requested with the expectation that such a solution would come out. Besides, he was unusually upset.

‘Why am I upset? Did I eat the fallacious breakfast?’