I Became the Master of the Empress

76 – Episode 76

Happy breakfast time again today.

I wait for this time all day.

The reason is the liquid in the small glass in front of me.

Seeing a magic potion that makes me feel like I have become a superhuman makes me happy.

“Son-in-law… Are you really okay?”

My mother-in-law looks at me and Theodora with worried eyes and speaks in a trembling voice.

But I don’t care, I smile and empty the horn of the unicorn riding on the dragon heart in one go as if I love it.

-Tak!

“It’s okay, mother-in-law. “Don’t worry.”

This is my 16th time drinking alcohol, so I am now used to its unique, strange taste.

“Well… No matter how effective it is, if you drink it every day…”

My mother-in-law takes a look at me and Theodora and sighs and says.

“Do whatever you want…”

“Sister…”

Her mother-in-law and Joey look at Theodora with pity, but she just shrugs her shoulders and continues eating.

hehehe… Being able to stay up all night for 10 days is the best.

Like a drug addict who is high on drugs, I am so grateful that such an effective drug exists.

-Tap! Tak!

I pour the alcohol into my mouth several times, wondering if there is even a drop left in the glass.

“Ugh… Really.”

I smile at Theodora, who just shakes her head.

hehehe. The unicorn horn is really the best.

After finishing our meal, we head to Theodora and her major study.

“You… Don’t know why your real mother gave it to you?”

I shrug my shoulders and say, with red eyes staring at me.

“You know. But you don’t love me, do you?”

The eyes that were staring at my words turn cold.

It’s like… Would it feel like that if burning ice existed?

Cold but burning red eyes.

It stares at me coldly.

“Hmm… Anyway, not having to sleep is truly a blessing.”

When I look at the things I did this early morning, I feel proud of myself.

“Huh? “Your blood!”

Theodora speaks loudly with her surprised face.

Huh? Blood? Where?

At that moment, a stream of liquid is felt near the lips.

“Huh?”

I quickly wiped it away with the back of my hand…

Red blood stains are on the back of the hand.

“Nosebleed?”

As I remain dazed like an idiot, Theodora shouts urgently.

“Is there anyone here?!”

At the sound of Theodora’s high-pitched voice, a nearby door opens and a maid you’ve never seen before appears.

“Did you call me?”

“The Archduke is bleeding now. Bring a doctor and something to stop the bleeding right away! Hurry!”

At her words, the maid holds her apron in both hands and runs somewhere.

“Are you okay?”

Concerned about her, she reaches out her hand and holds her face…Wiping her nosebleed with her pure white sleeve.

“Look! If you keep drinking like that, you’re going to get sick, right?”

She frowned and nagged me, as if she was worried.

It’s so pretty.

She is so beautiful.

She is beautiful even when she frowns.

“Are you okay?”

Perhaps because I was speechless, I hurriedly spoke to her as she gently grabbed my cheeks and made eye contact with hers.

“Uh… Uh, it’s okay.”

I gently pull back, wipe the nosebleed with the back of my hand, and press down on both sides of my nose.

“Gwaechana.”

It may sound a bit muffled because her nose is blocked, but this is the best response.

And then we head to the Grand Duke’s office.

“Where are you going? “The doctor will be here soon.”

I speak to a worried voice.

“Leave me alone, I’m not going to make my nose bleed once or twice.” (Leave me alone, I’m not going to let my nose bleed once or twice.)

Anyway, we’re almost there already.

I pass the guard who bows to me and enters the main study hall.

“Ugh… Really…”

Theodora follows closely behind me and says as she looks at Lucius who is passing by.

“Lucius. “Please call the imperial family doctor immediately.”

Lucius looks at me and says those words.

“Yes? “Is anyone hurt? But… Archduke, why are you covering your nose?”

“I have a nosebleed.”

At my words, Lucius looks at Theodora with blank eyes and says.

“Could it be… That you should call a doctor for a nosebleed…?”

You just called a doctor for something like a nosebleed. I am also dumbfounded, but Theodora orders Lucius as if it were natural.

“Didn’t I tell you to hurry up and call a doctor?!”

Lucius, overwhelmed by her identity, hurriedly leaves.

“Ugh…”

After a while.

The doctor comes and briefly stops the bleeding and says:

“I don’t think there’s anything special, but I think it’s better to be careful.”

“Look, you don’t have to worry.”

When I smile and smile, Theodora’s expression does not relax.

“You! Really, unicorn horns are banned from now on. No, based on common sense, who uses that to work all night? And! “What do you do when the grand duke who rules the empire treats you like that without even thinking about his own health?”

Theodora’s nagging never ends.

“Are you listening correctly?!”

I say this after seeing only the doctor standing between us laughing awkwardly.

“You can just leave now.”

“Yes.”

The doctor said that and hurriedly left with the tools and blood-stained cotton he had brought with him.

“Okay. “I won’t do that in the future.”

I thought the unicorn’s horn would relieve all fatigue.

I think I will have to refrain from using it in the future because I think it has side effects.

“Haa…”

Looking at me like that, she sighs and shakes her head.

-Knock knock!

“Who?!”

I think to myself as I see her answering her knock angrily, as if she is not in a good mood.

Let’s not mess with Theodora today.

[This is Agrippa.]

“Ah! Come on in.”

I still have an important appointment with Agrippa today.

-Squeak!

Soon the door opens and a blonde man comes in.

“I was worried when I heard that you suddenly got sick.”

At those words, I wave my hand and say.

“It’s no big deal. “I just had a nosebleed.”

As I said that and gave Theodora a look, she spoke with her stern face.

“Okay. Let’s go out. Because I’m going out. Don’t overdo it. “You understand, right?!”

I looked at him fiercely…

-Boom!

I immediately close the door and leave.

“It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has changed a lot.”

-Pisik.

Has things really changed? Agrippa is soft in this regard.

She must be acting like that because she wants me to open my heart.

“Well, more than that. “I called you to discuss Ioanes’ future movements.”

At my words, Agrippa touches her chin with her hand and says,

“I think you’ll be anxious.”

I nod my head at those words.

“That’s right. I’m sure Ioanes will be anxious. “Maybe that’s why accidents happen.”

Ioannes will no doubt be uneasy that I suppressed the opposition so quickly.

He probably expected that while I was uniting the opposing forces, Epirus and Egypt would be completely secured, and there would be a civil war with the emperor faction.

Even if the war ends first, it will be difficult for me to hastily attack Ioanes while the aftereffects of the war are being dealt with.

Ioanes, who anticipated this and played the game, must be very embarrassed now.

“I think there are two main things Ioanes should do.”

Saying that, he straightens one of his fingers.

“First. In order to maintain the status quo, Epirus and Ezip are distributed to the emperor faction. If Agnes were a person without great greed, he would do it, so this would not be the case.”

Agripa nods his head as if he thinks the same thing about what I say.

In exchange for him giving up the empire, his life will be stabilized.

However, even if Epirus and Ejip are just spit out, the imperial nobles will definitely feel betrayed.

In other words, he cannot maintain his position as the leader of the imperial faction.

“Second. “It must be a way to deal a big blow to me.”

The reason why I can currently rule the empire.

That’s because he is the husband of Theodora, the emperor of the empire, and he is the only one in Roman, the capital of the empire, to have an army.

In other words… The emperor and the army are the core of my rule.

That said, there are also major weaknesses in my system.

If there is no Emperor Theodora, at that moment I become a traitor.

But wise Agrippa responds as if he were responding to me.

“They will probably try to kidnap Princess Joy or assassinate the emperor using that method. “Maybe I’ll aim for both.”

I nod my head at those words.

“That’s right. So, I am dividing Mary’s maids into two and guarding them outside the Gold Area.”

Agripa nods his head at my words.

“Well done. “They are exceptional at protecting key figures from assassination.”

After saying that, Agrippa continues.

“I think that’s enough. “What problem did you call me for?”

“So, first of all, Theodora and Joey don’t have to go out of the imperial palace and I think they are safe. “I’m worried because I think the assassin probably won’t be able to make a hasty move, so he’ll just stay still and look for an opening.”

“That’s it. It’s natural. But what are you going to do? “It won’t be easy to apprehend the assassins, right?”

I nod my head at those words.

“I think so too.”

There are two entrances to the Gold Area.

Everything there is strictly guarded by security guards.

If you somehow try to surprise them, the soldiers stationed near the gold area will rush in and the assassins will be quickly suppressed.

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In other words, they cannot move carelessly.

However, this is not entirely advantageous.

I’m sure they’re hiding among people working in the imperial palace.

This is an imperial palace where new people enter and several people leave every day, so it is nearly impossible for me to identify them.

“How will the assassins come out in such a situation?”

Honestly, I don’t know.

If I were an assassin, I would give up this mission.

The probability of success in the first place is too low, and even if you succeed, the chance of dying is too high.

At that time, Agrippa spoke as if he was worried.

“They won’t give up easily.”

“I think so too. “If they move too hard, I plan to strike them all down.”

Agripa nods his head at my words.

“Of course it should be so.”

I do not answer those words but look at Agrippa.

Agripa nods his head at my actions, then looks at me and says.

“Why are you not answering?”

I answer those words with a smile.

“I want you to make that plan.”

Agripa frowns at my words and opens his mouth softly.

“T…”

I thought he was muttering something? Is it because of my mood?