Chapter 238 (1/2)

Chapter 238: Chapter 238

“Thank you. By the way, I would like to remind you of the emperor’s instruction…”

“Oh, I have already prepared it for you. Do you have any other instruction?”

After keeping silent for a moment, I stared at the man in front of me.

‘Can I believe him?’

As he was reticent and serious, the late emperor trusted him, but given the gravity of the matter, I could not trust him completely. So I just shook my head lightly, refraining from saying something hovering at the tip of my tongue.

“No. It must have been very burdensome. Thank you for your help.”

“You’re welcome. Take a look first and if you need more, please feel free to tell me. ”

“Yes, then I will send someone to pick it up in the afternoon.”

I gently bowed to him smiling at me kindly and slowly moved toward the office.

After looking back at the chamberlain who looked better than yesterday, I walked into the office when the young man with blue hair looked at me while talking with his advisor. Perhaps it was because of his slightly pale face that his neatly brushed hair looked unusually blue today.

Was it because of my nightmare last night? It seemed that blood was coming from his mouth. I hurriedly shook my head to get rid of the hallucination in my mind and slowly bowed towards him.

“… I’m honored to see the Sun of the Empire.”

“Come on in. Um, can you wait a minute? ”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Okay, take care of that in that manner, Wrankle. As you have been working a lot for me these days, you can have a day off tomorrow.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty. Then I am leaving now.”

The aide gathered the pile of documents before leaving the office. When I was about to sit down, looking at him for a moment, the emperor suddenly got up, and frowned, grabbing my wrist.

“Why did you come here like this? You are all wet.”

Thanks to his tight grip on my wrist and his warmth in his hand, my anxious feelings that I had felt since I had a nightmare last night melted away. Clearing my dry throat, I slowly bowed my head to express apology.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Because of the rain…”

“What if you got a cold when you are so weak?”

“I’m fine, Your Majesty. Any knight can…”

“As I told you clearly the other day, I can’t believe it when you say you are okay.”

When he touched the hem of my uniform, which was still wet even after the maid wiped it with a dry towel, he clicked his tongue as if he was not satisfied. I said I didn’t need it when he told a maid to prepare bath water for me by pulling the string, but he shook his head silently, rejecting my request. In the end I came out of his office, escorted by the maid.

“Excuse me for a moment, Lady Monique.”

When I came into the bathroom, a couple of maids approached me carefully and bowed politely. I soaked myself in warm water, helped by the maids. I closed my eyes while they were washing my body gently, but the dream that bothered me last night came back to me.

His pale face and blood on his mouth.

When I shivered with the chills momentarily, the maids serving me got stunned and double checked the temperature of the water again. I waved at them slightly, suggesting I was fine, and closed my eyes again, recalling what happened to him in the dream.

“… Aris… ”

“Wait a minute, Your Majesty! I’ll call someone immediately …! ”

“… Tia … ”

“Yes, yes, Your Majesty! I’m here! Please tell me …! ”

“… You…”

Even though I knew it was just a nightmare, my heart beat nervously again at his feeble voice hovering around my ears.

‘Calm down, Aristia. He’s safe.’

I took a deep breath and put my hand on my chest, feeling my heart beating fast. I did need to catch the suspect as soon as possible, but I didn’t have to be so anxious because of that dream.

Besides, I confirmed that he was safe with my own eyes a little while ago.

“You’re done, Lady Monique.”

“Oh, thanks. Good job.”