Chapter 179 - Short stories 8.1: Fraudulent Cransian couple> (1/2)
Chapter 179: <Short stories 8.1: Fraudulent Cransian couple>
After Empress Sa Bina officially ‘left’ the castle to Maram after the ‘argument’ with Emperor Lucretius…
Norma, the Duchess Lonensia, remained bowing as she said to the emperor. Her face was rigid.
“Please, your highness. Please don’t disappoint her highness, the empress, who left the castle in hopes that you will marry your first wife. Please don’t ignore her selfless sacrifice.”
Norma took another deep bow politely and left the room.
The door finally closed behind her.
“…”
The emperor stared at the door silently for a few minutes. His face remained blank until finally, his lips started to tremble as if he was trying not to laugh.
Suddenly, a loud clap started from behind the nearby curtain.
Clap, clap, clap!
Lucretius covered his lips so his laugh wouldn’t be heard, and he walked towards the floor-length curtain. When he opened it, his lovely wife was sitting behind it and clapping quietly.
Everyone thought the empress left the castle with her daughter after her fight with her husband, but here she was, hiding in the emperor’s personal office!
They stared at each other for a moment.
“…”
After a few seconds, Bina couldn’t take it anymore. She was the first one to start laughing loudly.
“Hahahahaha! Me!? She said I left the castle so you can take a wife! Hahaaaa! I sacrificed myself… for the royal family…! She said I did that!? Hahaha!”
She was rolling on the floor from laughing so hard. Lucretius tried to control himself, but he finally gave in as well. He started to laugh hilariously.
“Hahahahaha! I know! It was so ridiculous! She… She said she was only being… loyal! Hahaha…!”
Lucretius was laughing so hard that he started to cough. Bina stroked his back to help him while she continued to laugh.
“Hahaha!”
“Hahaha!”
They were both crying by the end. Bina wiped her eyes and murmured, “Oh gosh… That was so hilarious. I haven’t laughed like that in a really long time. I could feel the [endorphin] coursing through me.”
Lucretius also calmed down and replied, “[Endorphin]? That’s a word from your homeland? What does it mean?”
“It’s like… a good force or substance within your body. It’s something that forms when you are happy or when you laugh.”
“I see. So we basically got an [endorphin] shower from the duchess.”
Lucretius was so great at learning her language.
They looked at each other proudly.
Lucretius asked, “Did you have fun?”
Bina nodded. “Yes! It was the best! So cool! It was really exciting!”
Lucretius looked at his wife happily. The empress, whom he loved the most in the world, could be very cruel. She loved it when she managed to get back at her enemies. She seemed so lively whenever her revenge plan worked.
Lucretius loved her more for it.