Chapter 322 (1/2)

Recalling the cake he enjoyed in his dream, which was too sweet, he stared at it for a long time before picking up the silver fork resolutely. A smile touched the corners of his mouth when he plucked up the courage to put a piece of the cake into his mouth. The snow-white cake didn’t feel sweet or fatty. The cake she said she made for the first time surprisingly fit his taste.

“I’m honored to see you, the Sun of the empire.”

“Oh, you guys are done trading places. Thanks for your service. ”

It wasn’t a big cake, but he wanted to save some of it. So, he came out of the office, holding the cake, when he noticed the royal knights on security duty holding pouches of various colors in their hands.

“What do you have in your hand?”

“Oh, this one is…”

“I asked you what that is.”

“Sir Monique gave it to us. She said she made it by herself…”

“… Give it to me then.”

“Your Majesty…”

“I told you to give it to me.”

‘Oh my…! I asked her to bring her first dish to me only. But she also passed along the cake pouch to the royal knights escorting me.’

He took the pouches from them with a sullen expression. Then he quickly turned, vowing he would dispose of the pouches before they touched them.

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“Come on, stab me now.”

“Your Majesty…”

“I’m sorry to ask you to do this to me. I appreciate your great service until now. I won’t forget it even if I die. ”

“Your Majesty!”

Behind the knights swallowing tears, those who made up the situation seemed to laugh at me.

At that moment I felt a surge of anger at them. I wanted to kill that old man with sparkling purple eyes. How could he hide such a mean scheme while pretending to be friendly to me all along?

How stunned I was when their conspiracy that lasted for more than a decade was revealed!

When I realized what I had done for a long time, it was too late.

After struggling with despair, I turned to my reason that I finally regained and tried to find a way to turn the tide. I was looking for a magical method to correct my mistake, but it seemed that it was too late.

“There is no time. Hurry up.”

Hiding my bitter heart, I pretended to be composed. Although I understood their position, even now the enemies were approaching me every moment.

“Your Majesty, please think twice about it…”

“Stop. Are you going to have me suffer the disgrace of being captured by them? Even though I will be remembered as a bad emperor, I want to keep my honor. So, stab me right now. Hurry up!”

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Forgive me for not having served you faithfully to the end. ”

Drawing a dagger, Earl Penril, the Captain of the Royal Knights, charged toward me with a scream. The moment he hit me, I felt a burning shock in my chest.

Blood flowed down the cold sword.

“Earl Penril…This is my last request…”