Chapter 29 (1/2)

Chapter 29: <Chapter 29>

“What is it?”

“This means that her highness’ origin is now questionable. Traditionally, all of the emperors’ wives have been of noble families or royal families from foreign lands. As the first wife, her highness needs to be…”

The Bonafits looked triumphant, but the emperor interrupted the scribe.

“No need to worry. She is fully qualified to be the first wife.”

“Pardon?”

“What do you mean?”

“The truth is, my first wife is actually of noble family from a very faraway kingdom.”

What the heck was he talking about?

Ignoring my stunned expression, the emperor explained dreamily, “Bina told me that she came from the land so far away that it took months to get here by ship. That is why she has unusual hair and skin colors. She told me that her father’s family served two generations of the royal family in her country, and her mother is distantly related to the royal family. Therefore, she is fully qualified to be my wife.”

“Wha…!”

“That’s ridiculous!”

Many protested, which was understandable. Even I thought his claim was absurd. I knew for a fact that it was false because I was the one who fed him these lies!

My face became pale, but the emperor continued firmly.

“As the ruler of this kingdom, I have heard her story and recognized it to be true.”

As preposterous as it was, he was right. He was the emperor, which meant everyone had no choice but to accept his words as the truth. Questioning him could be considered treason.

This was why monarchy couldn’t compare to democracy. Having someone so crazy as Lucretius as the ruler could ruin the entire kingdom.

How frightening.

I was about to say something, but the emperor beat me to it. He stood up suddenly and lifted me, who was sitting on his lap. He then gently sat me down on the throne.

“There you go.”

He then offered me his hand. I hesitated, but I knew I had to take it. I placed my hand gently on his.

He raised me up to my feet and kissed the back of my hand exaggeratedly. He then made a shocking announcement.

“But Sa Bina’s maiden name can’t be used in our kingdom. She is already my wife, so…”

Um, what are you talking about? You are already using my maiden name, which is Sa. My first name is Bina and my last name is Sa. You already said it right!

He continued nonetheless.

“I gift her with my own name ‘le Cransia.’”

…what?

If I understood correctly, the only female who could use the surname le Cransia in this castle was the dowager empress.

Katleyanira.

This man was crazy!

Le Cransia.

In the entire kingdom of Cransia, there were only about 10 people who had the honor of using this royal family name. The emperor, the empress, the heir, and the handful of immediate family members.

Still, Lucretius gave this name to me without a second thought. They most probably thought the emperor planned to have me become his empress.

One of those people were probably the dowager empress.