I've always been cold and arrogant til now..I turned a blind eye to whoever it is ,except for the people in my empire and I don't come to regret it..
My empire was divided into 4 different kingdoms ruled by 4 dukes...
Duke Javier of the south,Duke Aileo of the north ,Duke Jaset of the east and Duke Relies of the West..
Out of all these four,Duke Relies was my most trusted...
He had a son, Jase Relies,who is of my age and older than me by few months.
Last year,I came to know that Jase had an unexpected desire. He desired MY LOVE!.
I heard him say it to his assistant..Though,it isn't so pleasant to eavesdrop a person's conversation but I merely did it as I always thought of him as my close friend..
From that day on,I rejected all his invitations and his visits,hoping he would fall out of love
but nope,even now he has the face that frightens me everytime I see him..
It is true that I am searching for a person to marry but Jase can't take the position as the next emperor.He may act all nice when I am around but when I leave,you'll get to see his other face,a face full of greed and cruelty...
I don't like him one bit and yet I have to hide it away ,since he's the only son of my most reliable dukedom.. Atleast I have to maintain peace with him til his father dies.
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I was doing paperwork in my workhall when jeons came..
"Your majesty,it's time to go to Korwia"
*A portal opened in front of me
I made Kio stay in the korwia kingdom for me.So, mostly he was there more than me.At times when people of the village ask of my presence,he'd quickly get inside the house and make a portal in front of my workspace at our imperial palace and deliberately asks me to return to Korwia.
This is how things were going on as Kio covered all the needs to do in Korwia.
Kio came out of the portal and announced
"A new visitor has come and is asking for your presence,Your majesty".
I told kio to take care of the paper works that remained and I swiftly entered the portal..
The house was small but comfortable. I looked around for the visitor. I couldn't find anyone
So ,I thought the visitor might have left for good...
I was walking down the stairs to the main hall.
IT WAS STAY!!!
What business does he have with me?
I mean we really did talk and we did enjoy eachother's company that day...But visiting a young lady, who is all alone in her house (LIE! Kio was known to be staying at the house).Kio,in this village is identified as my younger brother..but still,I don't find reasons for him to seek me here.....
I just made Stay sit on the most comfortable chair in the dining room..I was planning on giving him the leftover food,but I guess he didn't have the appetite..It was so infuriating to throw all that food out..In my kingdom,I usually take the portion of food I would be able to finish and give away the rest to the people near me.Though it feels like a sin to distribute leftover foods but they all think of it like a blessing..I just feel horrible on how people work so hard to earn one food a day and that one distribution of my leftover is like a shower of blessings fallen upon them..
I want to change that and for that I need to prevent food scarcity in remote areas..
No matter how much I invest, I couldn't bring out the scarcity to its end.. Could I ever come up with a strategy?
...
"Leona"
"Leeeona"
"LEONA"
"Oh, I am sorry for dazing off" I replied
"What were you thinking?" Stay asked
"Nothing serious"
"You looked so worried,it's fine you can tell me",he continued
"Have you ever felt burdened on things that feel almost impossible to overcome"I asked
"Yes, I have,many times, but what is it that burdens you"he questioned
"I don't feel like talking about it"
"What about this if you tell me your story,I would tell you mine"he said
I had no intentions of listening to his past or anything about him but maybe if I tell all my concerns, Would I feel relieved?It's worth a try.
"I have no parents or anyone else who is blood related to me, I am the only one who carries my family's future and pride..If I am to die early,our family generation would end with me...and I think it would be disgraceful,so that's why I've been so desperate to get married but I just couldn't find the right person..All my decisions reflects on the people who works below me.That makes things even worse"
"I see,I understand how you feel ,in fact I am going through the same thing " Stay replied
*My eyes widened
"Though I have a family,a mother and a brother to be exact.I was never their recognised family member.I had a father but he's no more....h-he died because of his eye condition,red blood moon eyes..."
"R-RED BLOOD MOON EYES?!"I shot back
"Yes, you have the same condition,right?
That's why I want to protect you.I want to protect you from your miserable death.My mother loves my brother more and that she is even willing to assassinate me,so that my brother could take my place.I just had to take my father's place as that's what he left behind for me..The only way to silence my mother's position is to marry someone so I can replace her and just like you I couldn't find anyone who meets my standards...Do you think I can manage everything?".
I was indeed trembling.I couldn't find the right soothing words but before I knew it,my body moved and I hugged him.....
"I know, You can do this and I understand how you feel as I have a personal experience towards it.So, that's why I think and I know that if you work harder from now on,you can do it too..YOU CAN DO IT STAY!!"...I encouraged
"......"
"So from now on,let's work even harder to persue what we want and that's a promise "I replied and this is how we exchanged promise that day....