The Tyrant Won’t Let Me Go

Did he really put a radar on me? Or did he plant someone around me?

He knows everything like a ghost.

“Your Majesty, what are you up to today?”

At that, Cedric turned his head and glanced at me.

“…Ciel, I don’t like blond hair.”

So it’s true. He’s doing that because I met Kashuel.

‘Will that obsession ever go away?’

Somehow, that piece has been directed at me so far, but wasn’t it time to shift to the original heroine as it was meant to be?

‘Well, I don’t know when it will come… It might be different when the female lead appears.’

Let’s not be hasty.

Until the female lead comes, I could make him a good person.

After surviving in this bloody imperial palace for 8 years, couldn’t I do one of those things?

[Don’t forget. You almost gave up!]

I almost shed tears at Caliberne’s voice filled with regret.

I never imagined that I would get to know all the thoughts of Hwanghee, who was captured by King Sejong, and was liberated from the affairs after entering this novel.

“I especially hate curly gold hair.” Cedric added.

I patted Cedric on the shoulder, thinking, ‘It’s obviously Kashuel.’

“You can’t hate people for no reason.”

“It’s not without reason.”

“You shouldn’t hate it for ridiculous reasons even if there’s a reason.”

“…Okay.”

Still, Cedric doesn’t answer no. As expected, he listens well.

It’s just that Cedric listens really well and doesn’t practice it.

“Ciel, did you have tea with Kashuel today?”

“Oh, yes. It just happened.”

“Did Kashuel suggest drinking together first…? No, didn’t he ask you to drink together?”

“No. It’s not like that, I was with the Marquis Lauren, but the Marquis had urgent business, so he went first.”

Actually, there weren’t three people from the beginning, but saying this would calm Cedric down a bit.

“Oh, is that so?”

Surely, suddenly, Cedric’s face starts to turn red.

“Yes, it is.”

“I see.”

He wrapped his arms tightly around me for a while, perhaps he’s in a good mood, and after a few minutes he tapped my shoulder.

“Ciel, let’s have tea together.”

“You don’t have much time, do you?”

“I have time for Ciel.”

“No, don’t take a break because of me again. Time management is also a skill of a monarch.”

“It’s true! I’m really free because the meeting was canceled this Friday.”

Cedric appealed to me looking straight in my eyes as if to ask me to believe him.

“And drinking tea is an opportunity to get a good rest, right?

No, that’s what I heard…

[Don’t be persuaded, idiot. He’s drinking tea as an excuse and wants to be with you.]

Oh well, it was.

…I must not be swayed.

“And the time I spend with Ciel is my real break.”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t. How can you think of our time together as a break?”

“I don’t have to feel burdened. I’ll prepare your favorite White Moon tea.”

“I have money, too. Though it’s money from His Majesty.”

Then Cedric smiled.

“I’ll give you a bonus.”

“Ah! I love drinking tea.”

“Yeah. I love this about Ciel.”

[What a monster…]

Caliberne muttered in an absurd voice.

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Today was the long-awaited Friday.

The day I decided to drink White Moon tea with Cedric.

When he first offered a bonus, I instinctively accepted his offer, but I quickly came back to my senses.

I made it obvious that I didn’t want to be with my boss, but in fact, being with Cedric wasn’t always a big stress.

‘If it was true, I would have withered and died sooner.’

However, the part that he had to manage his stamina as an Emperor was not an empty word, so I reconfirmed whether Cedric would really be able to take a break even if he met me.

Personally, I didn’t want him to sacrifice his break time for me.

And if he, who has to deal with all sorts of tasks, even collapsed because he sacrificed his break time to meet me, the Imperial Palace would literally become a melting pot of chaos.

‘Well, when I looked at it closely, it really didn’t seem like Cedric had much to do on Friday.’

So I finally accepted his offer.

I met him in the study and decided to drink tea together in the garden, so after morning training, I headed straight to the study.

Just as I was about to stand in front of the familiar door and knock, I heard Cedric’s voice from inside.

“Yeah. Slowly, I need to extend Deamant’s power elsewhere.”

The moment I heard those words, my body hardened like a stone statue in front of the door.

‘Do we need to extend Deamant’s power to other places?’

Wasn’t this a typical aggressor’s ambassador who wants to expand their territory by conquering other countries?

“I agree, Your Majesty.”

Besides, I could hear Paul’s voice agreeing with Cedric’s words.

“Yeah, first I think we will need to go to the kingdom of Ackeletta.”

The calm voice heard through the cracks in the door turned into a mountain of voice and made me dizzy.

‘Crazy, you’re going to invade Ackeletta and not anywhere else?’

No, never…!

“Once we get this area, we might be able to expand the influence of Deamant to the entire continent.”

Desperate, I sprinted through the door and stormed inside.

‘No! That’s a free pass to the destruction of the Deamant Empire!’

Shouting at Cedric looking back at me in surprise.

“Your Majesty…!”