Chapter 136 (2/2)

Did he merely say that, thinking of me as a talent? What part of my remarks made him feel that way?

I was tilting my head with a puzzled expression when there was a sudden noise in a corner of the garden. When I turned my eyes there, I saw a man come running in a hurry among the guards who made way for him.

Forgetting that the emperor was with me, I stood up right away.

He had shiny silver hair, dressed in a navy blue uniform with lots of dust.

‘Daddy?’

“Oh, Dad?”

“… Tia. ”

I saw him looking at me with an anxious look while examining me. His wide shoulders were shaken a bit. As he was before the emperor, he tried to let out a sigh without being noticed.

When I smiled awkwardly, my father barely took his eyes from me. Only then did he bow to the emperor to show due manners, “I’m honored to see Your Majesty, the Sun of the empire.”

“It’s been a long time, Marquis. By the way, why have you come down here, covered in dust like that?”

“I’ve got something to report, Your Majesty.”

“You want to report to me directly, Marquis?” he said, with a puzzled expression.

He continued, “Maybe you are not here because of that… Anyway, I’m glad you’ve come down here. In fact, I have been wondering what’s happening in the capital. I heard the news that a dark-haired woman appeared with a halo. ”

“Well, that woman was…”

After briefing the emperor about the situation in the capital city, my father began to explain about the situation in which Jiun appeared.

On the day that Jiun appeared, the crown prince suggested to the cabinet members locked in hot debate about severe drought that they go outside briefly to get some fresh air. So, my father, the chief of the royal knights, and several nobles including Duke Verita, Marquis of Enesil, who was staying in the capital after recently inheriting the title, and Duke Jenna were walking with the crown prince in the garden of Ver Palace. However, since the core members of the two opposing factions gathered, the atmosphere among them was pretty bad.

When the crown prince tried to intervene as their animosity was deepening, suddenly a bright halo appeared around the garden. And shortly afterwards when they could look again, they saw a strange woman standing there. Even though she was surrounded by royal guards, she was looking at the crown prince with a blank expression, then she was taken to prison.

So, that was the whole story.

“Hmm, what did the noble faction say?”

“Well, the core members of the noble faction including Duke Jena are the witnesses, right?””They were arguing that she must be a woman sent by God, given her unusual appearance.”

“Well, I was worried about that when the messenger gave me such a briefing. Your testimony confirms my concern. So, what did Rube say?”

My tense heart was beating fast. As he did in the past, he was the first to witness Jiun’s appearance.

‘God told me that the two were entangled with the thread of fate.’

I heard that as soon as she appeared, Jiun only looked at him. Then, how did he react?

Did he fall in love with her at first sight like he did before I came back from the past? Did he realize that she was his partner? And…

‘Did he feel attracted to her by fate?’

To calm down my pounding heart, I took a deep breath and listened to my father’s answer.

“He ordered them to put her in prison because she was an unknown intruder and said he would wait for the emperor’s decision.”

“I see.”

“But the noble faction as well as the people at the temple balked at the crown prince’s decision so strongly that he allowed her to stay at Rose Palace before I headed down here.”

I bite my lip to pull together with all my might as I felt faint.