Chapter 234 (2/2)

“Lord Chamberlain!”

“I’m here, Lady Monique.”

My lips often trembled, but I tried to keep a calm look and gave him an order quickly.

“Since the emperor wants to talk to the High Priest secretly, send someone to the temple right away to bring him over here.”

“Yes, but why didn’t he call me directly?”

“It’s because he is reviewing important documents at the moment. That’s why he called me to assist him, as you know.”

“Got it. I will send someone to the temple right now. ”

“Good. And…”

Suddenly I remembered my dialogue with the High Priest a few days ago. He said he was leaving the empire sooner or later to stop the Fourth Root of Vita from making his wish.

What if he already left the empire?

Suddenly, I was choked up with emotions. I felt like I would cry at any time, so I calmed my pounding heart, biting my lips, and said as calmly as possible, “If he is not at the temple, ask them when he left. Send somebody to the gate of the capital castle, too. Oh, I think you had better send the men to the temple and the gate at the same time. Anyway, please bring the High Priest here as soon as possible. Got it?”

“Yes, Lady Monique.”

I turned, pretending to be calm and relaxed.

The moment I carefully closed the door, my legs were like jelly. I helplessly sat down at the door and closed my mouth with trembling hands. My breathing roughly came out through my closed lips. My hand was in the clouds, but I took out my hands and bit my lips. When I tasted the scent of blood on my lips, I seemed to come to my senses.

Tasting the salty taste in my mouth, I raised my body. I was terrified to see his terrifyingly pale face, but I put his drooping arms on my shoulder, clenching my teeth. After raising his body with all my might, I walked a few steps and placed him on a spacious sofa.

I laid him on the sofa. I unbuttoned his jacket and shirt as well as his scarf. While looking around quickly, I dipped a handkerchief in the water of a vase and put it on his forehead.

What else should I do now?

I tried to think hard in my mind, but I couldn’t think of anything else. What happened to him?

His condition was too serious to say that he fell because of fatigue or overwork.

Did something bad happen to him?

At the moment, my heart jolted because something came to mind.

How much time passed? I suddenly came to my senses when I heard the sound of someone knocking on the door. I wiped my face wet with sweat and adjusted my dress. Then, I asked the Lord Chamberlain who stiffened when he stepped in, “Have you brought the High Priest here?”

“Lady Monique… What happened to His Excellency?”

“Come to your senses! I’m asking you now. Have you brought the High Priest here?”

“Oh, ah, yes, he is here.”

“Whew! ”

I felt like a limp noodle, feeling relieved to hear that. Barely pulling myself together, I said with a lighter feeling than before, “Okay, please bring him here. Don’t tell it to anybody until I call you later.”

“Oh, yes, Lady Monique.”

He hurriedly replied and opened the door after taking a deep breath.

After stepping in with a puzzled look, the High Priest paused for a moment. Then he came hurriedly to the emperor and checked his condition.

“…May the light of life embrace him!”

After examining him for a long time, he recited a prayer with a sigh. The moment I felt relieved to see a ray of light coming from his stretched hands, he was back in colors, then he coughed violently.

“Cough! Cough! Cough!”

“Your Majesty!” I rushed to him.

When I embraced him with trembling hands, light came out again from the High Priest’s hands.

“In the name of Vita, the Lord of Life, go away filthiness!”

When the white light enveloped the young man, his violent coughing gradually decreased.

His harsh breathing also faded, and his fever began to break little by little.