He had enemies when he was Duke Tintalion, but now he was Emperor. The Emperor always had many enemies.
‘Not now. No one can do that to me anymore.’
Aslei was silencing everyone using the guile of a madman. It was a situation where the outwardly hostile people and those who tried to hide their hostility alike and wanted to harm him were eliminated one by one.
He also knew that the Duke of Atreille was trying to harm him behind his back. However, he could not kill him because he was Frisia’s father.
He only cut off those who encouraged him to poison him.
He did it in a way that the Duke of Atreille did not notice. Ryan seemed to have noticed, but he didn’t think it mattered.
‘Now I can prevent anything from happening… … . so why!’
Aslei wanted to howl and scream loudly. But he couldn’t bring himself to do that. He felt that he had no right to be angry.
Because he put Frisia through that.
It wasn’t a situation he created, but his failure to protect Frisia left him deeply scarred.
Aslei simply begged Frisia, who did not appear:
Please come back to me.
❁ ❁ ❁
“Is Aslei okay?”
It was the first thing she asked as soon as she opened her eyes. Frisia did not know that the Spirit King of Life had brought her into the spirit world. Because the Spirit King remained silent.
Additionally, there was a reason why Frisia fainted due to the shock of signing the contract.
The contract itself, in a situation where lives were on the line, was too much for Frisia.
‘But it was necessary,’
The Spirit of Life King thought as they looked down at the fruit that looked like a large lump of sap under the branches of the Healing Tree.
When she appeared in front of Clarisse, she looked like a child of about ten years old, but now she looked like a giant, reaching three meters tall.
The healing tree had three fruits. Each fruit contained Frisia, Lana, and Juliet.
All three appeared to have recovered almost completely. It is true that the other two, except Frisia, fully recovered, but only Frisia did not.
It was so because she had to focus her energy on healing the other two.
‘But it was necessary.’
The Spirit King thought their choice was correct. She felt it would have been a blow to Frisia’s psyche to discover those she was close to had died right after the terrible accident.
So, even though he thought it was a bit unreasonable, he accepted Frisia’s request. Even though he knew that request would lead to a long separation.
The Spirit King deliberately did not inform Frisia. He was very annoyed by Aslei, for failing to protect his contractor.
Although they knew in their head that it wasn’t Aslei’s fault, the spirit king’s heart was completely focused on his contractor.
‘If they hadn’t done it to this extent, he wouldn’t have killed the emperor and the prince.’
He also knew that Aslei’s mind had become abnormal due to shock. However, that would change if he was allowed to meet Frisia later.
Because she’s was his contractor.
Since she had made a contract with the Spirit King of Life, she could cure his illness just by being by his side. Even if someone had a mental illness.
‘But I guess I’ll hear resentment too.’
Every time he took it out of the fruit and scrutinized its condition, the only words he heard were questions about Aslei’s well-being. Of course, he planned to hide what he knew.
As for Frisia, she must have thought that only a few hours had passed since the accident occurred.
‘Now is the time to let them go!’
The Spirit King made the spirits retreat with the intention of opening the dimensional door again.
❁ ❁ ❁
As the Emperor seemed to be conducting politics well, those with vain dreams began to gather. They were the nobles who proposed marriage when they saw that the position of Empress or queen was vacant.
Because of Aslei, they did not dare to say that a woman should be made an Empress but instead pointed to the empty empress’ position.
Aslei refused and became furious.
“I have a wife! Are you telling me to betray Frisia?”
They pretended to gently coax him with kind words, mentioning that the Emperor’s position was different from the duke’s. They pointed out that he should have many descendants as a member of the royal family and suggested that he bring in a queen or some concubines.
Aslei drew his sword when he was told that even if Frisia, who was severely injured, returned, she might not be able to bear children.
“You dare!”
He tried to cut off his head right away, but the Duke of Atreille stopped him, so he lived. However, the next aristocrat did not survive.
A nobleman convinced a woman resembling Frisia to disguise herself as Frisia and force herself into Aslei’s bed.
Aslei was afraid that the bedroom he had decorated for Frisia would be stained with the woman’s blood, so he did not kill her on the spot.
However, after being taken out of the imperial palace, he executed her along with the nobleman.
Of course, the nobles who insisted on him having empresses and concubines were driven out of the capital along with their families.
Aslei declared publicly in front of the nobles. There is no empress other than Frisia, and he would not accept any other women.
He also said that if Frisia returned and did not want children, his succession would be passed on to another royal family member.
It was like a bolt from the blue, but no nobles dared to protest in front of him now that they had seen blood. They just kept their mouths shut and looked at each other.
Aslei had planned to install Frisia as his Empress after her return, but shortly after this incident, he inaugurated her as the Empress during the following season.
Although it was an unclaimed investiture ceremony, Frisia was officially named Empress from her position as Duchess.
And then Lana, the escort knight who had gone missing along with Frisia, returned to the capital.
He had enemies when he was Duke Tintalion, but now he was Emperor. The Emperor always had many enemies.
‘Not now. No one can do that to me anymore.’
Aslei was silencing everyone using the guile of a madman. It was a situation where the outwardly hostile people and those who tried to hide their hostility alike and wanted to harm him were eliminated one by one.
He also knew that the Duke of Atreille was trying to harm him behind his back. However, he could not kill him because he was Frisia’s father.
He only cut off those who encouraged him to poison him.
He did it in a way that the Duke of Atreille did not notice. Ryan seemed to have noticed, but he didn’t think it mattered.
‘Now I can prevent anything from happening… … . so why!’
Aslei wanted to howl and scream loudly. But he couldn’t bring himself to do that. He felt that he had no right to be angry.
Because he put Frisia through that.
It wasn’t a situation he created, but his failure to protect Frisia left him deeply scarred.
Aslei simply begged Frisia, who did not appear:
Please come back to me.
❁ ❁ ❁
“Is Aslei okay?”
It was the first thing she asked as soon as she opened her eyes. Frisia did not know that the Spirit King of Life had brought her into the spirit world. Because the Spirit King remained silent.
Additionally, there was a reason why Frisia fainted due to the shock of signing the contract.
The contract itself, in a situation where lives were on the line, was too much for Frisia.
‘But it was necessary,’
The Spirit of Life King thought as they looked down at the fruit that looked like a large lump of sap under the branches of the Healing Tree.
When she appeared in front of Clarisse, she looked like a child of about ten years old, but now she looked like a giant, reaching three meters tall.
The healing tree had three fruits. Each fruit contained Frisia, Lana, and Juliet.
All three appeared to have recovered almost completely. It is true that the other two, except Frisia, fully recovered, but only Frisia did not.
It was so because she had to focus her energy on healing the other two.
‘But it was necessary.’
The Spirit King thought their choice was correct. She felt it would have been a blow to Frisia’s psyche to discover those she was close to had died right after the terrible accident.
So, even though he thought it was a bit unreasonable, he accepted Frisia’s request. Even though he knew that request would lead to a long separation.
The Spirit King deliberately did not inform Frisia. He was very annoyed by Aslei, for failing to protect his contractor.
Although they knew in their head that it wasn’t Aslei’s fault, the spirit king’s heart was completely focused on his contractor.
‘If they hadn’t done it to this extent, he wouldn’t have killed the emperor and the prince.’
He also knew that Aslei’s mind had become abnormal due to shock. However, that would change if he was allowed to meet Frisia later.
Because she’s was his contractor.
Since she had made a contract with the Spirit King of Life, she could cure his illness just by being by his side. Even if someone had a mental illness.
‘But I guess I’ll hear resentment too.’
Every time he took it out of the fruit and scrutinized its condition, the only words he heard were questions about Aslei’s well-being. Of course, he planned to hide what he knew.
As for Frisia, she must have thought that only a few hours had passed since the accident occurred.
‘Now is the time to let them go!’
The Spirit King made the spirits retreat with the intention of opening the dimensional door again.
❁ ❁ ❁
As the Emperor seemed to be conducting politics well, those with vain dreams began to gather. They were the nobles who proposed marriage when they saw that the position of Empress or queen was vacant.
Because of Aslei, they did not dare to say that a woman should be made an Empress but instead pointed to the empty empress’ position.
Aslei refused and became furious.
“I have a wife! Are you telling me to betray Frisia?”
They pretended to gently coax him with kind words, mentioning that the Emperor’s position was different from the duke’s. They pointed out that he should have many descendants as a member of the royal family and suggested that he bring in a queen or some concubines.
Aslei drew his sword when he was told that even if Frisia, who was severely injured, returned, she might not be able to bear children.
“You dare!”
He tried to cut off his head right away, but the Duke of Atreille stopped him, so he lived. However, the next aristocrat did not survive.
A nobleman convinced a woman resembling Frisia to disguise herself as Frisia and force herself into Aslei’s bed.
Aslei was afraid that the bedroom he had decorated for Frisia would be stained with the woman’s blood, so he did not kill her on the spot.
However, after being taken out of the imperial palace, he executed her along with the nobleman.
Of course, the nobles who insisted on him having empresses and concubines were driven out of the capital along with their families.
Aslei declared publicly in front of the nobles. There is no empress other than Frisia, and he would not accept any other women.
He also said that if Frisia returned and did not want children, his succession would be passed on to another royal family member.
It was like a bolt from the blue, but no nobles dared to protest in front of him now that they had seen blood. They just kept their mouths shut and looked at each other.
Aslei had planned to install Frisia as his Empress after her return, but shortly after this incident, he inaugurated her as the Empress during the following season.
Although it was an unclaimed investiture ceremony, Frisia was officially named Empress from her position as Duchess.
And then Lana, the escort knight who had gone missing along with Frisia, returned to the capital.
