Chapter 95 – 95
Could Gail really be the child of the Empress and another man? Throughout the entire carriage ride back, Euro couldn’t stop thinking about it.
Gail’s suspicions certainly made sense. However, if that were true, no matter how he thought about it, there was no reason for the Emperor not to have conducted a paternity test.
While Gail’s situation was similar to Euro Leches’s, it was also different. Didn’t he possess the healing ability? There was a benefit to be gained by keeping him as a son.
The King of Norden already had two legitimate princes, so there were no worries about succession.
But the Emperor of Paltreon was not in that position. He had no other children to whom he could pass the throne. It would be better to leave it to a collateral relative; passing the throne to someone without a drop of imperial blood was unthinkable.
“He suspects, but lacks the courage to confirm…?”
Was it because he didn’t want to believe the fact that the Empress had slept with another man? Or was it because of the affection grown through raising him?
Perhaps the desire to pass the throne to Gail, for whom he felt a visit our siteparental bond, was fighting stolen contentfiercely against the belief that the imperial line must be maintained, rather than handing power over to a collateral royal.
One couldn’t say that biological parents would never act this way. There were plenty of people in the world who used even their own children for their own gain. There was no reason the Emperor would be any different.
Moreover, if the suspicion that the child might not be his own were added to the mix…
“No, it’s actually possible that the paternity test has already been completed.”
Euro nodded to himself. Even if the Emperor had confirmed that Gail was his biological son, he might be acting more oppressively because he feared that Gail’s hair and eye color could become a weakness.
But if that were the case, why wouldn’t he share the fact that the paternity test was successful? He would know that Gail was taking medicine to hide those traits.
“It would make sense if the Emperor knew the child wasn’t his from the moment the Empress became pregnant and she had given birth after securing the medicine in advance.”
If the Emperor truly were incapable of fathering children, the Empress would have made such a choice just to maintain her position.
“I really don’t know.”
Euro groaned, clutching his head. There was no way for him to find the answer. If he had known [unauthorized copy]Read on Read BL Novelsit would be like this, he should have found a way to contact the author and ask.
He had simply thought of it as a hardship assigned to the protagonist. He hadn’t had the luxury of asking every detail, not knowing he would end up possessing this body.
In fact, no one had even asked about this. If they had, he—who had practically memorized the author’s social media—would have known.
For now, it was a problem that could only be solved once Gail verified it. The method Euro had originally intended to propose was to create a situation where the Emperor had no choice but to step down willingly.
Now that breaking the curse on Melione had become a distant hope, Euro intended to prevent at least some of the other tragedies in the novel.
If he died, Clope would certainly come to Silon. If she were to die as well, he felt that Melione would be unable to endure it.
He wanted to stop that much, at the very least. Thus, the method he devised was to fake Clope’s death.
He thought about pretending to follow the Emperor’s orders first, arranging for Clope to be sent to Silon, and then making it look as though she had died on the way.
In fact, if Clope were gone, Gail’s ascension would be easier. In the meantime, if he died and Melione also ended her life due to the curse, there would be nothing left to stand in the way.
The three proposals he made to Gail stolen contentwere solely to egg him on. Of course, they were also things he wanted if he managed to Read on Read BL Novelspersuade Larry to break the curse.
Naturally, he knew there would be many problems in executing and achieving that plan. That was why he had been preoccupied with finding a better answer during the ride, but he couldn’t find a suitable method.
To be honest, if all else failed, he intended to seek Larry’s help. Larry already knew that Euro was someone from outside the novel and was aware of the tragedies of this world.
Since faking his own death had worked, he wondered if Larry would grant his request to save Clope if he asked, provided Larry truly pitied him.
“Teacher, have I really lost my way?”
Euro sighed and murmured, looking up. The path ahead was so dark that he couldn’t see an inch in front of him.
Perhaps he had been lost from the moment he died on stage. Why had he been so confident despite being unlucky throughout his entire life?
Euro felt utterly powerless. Even the small plan he had constructed became useless the moment he heard Gail’s story.
Was the only way really for Gail to kill the Emperor, as in the original work? But Euro didn’t want to encourage him to do so. That would only give birth to another despair.
Just then, the carriage, which had been running smoothly, came to a sudden halt. Startled, Euro visit our sitelooked out the window, only to [Read on Read BL Novels]see another carriage lined up next to his.
Euro blinked in confusion. In that moment, the door of the adjacent carriage swung open, and someone jumped out and headed toward him.
It was a woman wearing a modest dress and a large hat. Because the wide brim almost completely covered her face, he couldn’t tell who she was.
Wondering if something had happened, the door of his carriage was suddenly flung open by the woman’s hand while he was still blinking, and Euro stared at her with a bewildered expression.
“My god, Euro…”
As he looked up, he saw the face hidden beneath the brim, and the moment he recognized her, he reached out toward her without hesitation.
“To think I would see you alive again…”
“…Sister.”
Clope grabbed Euro’s hand and pulled. Following her lead, Euro stepped out of the carriage and stood there awkwardly.
“Euro, my little brother…”
With reddened eyes, Clope scanned Euro’s appearance as if searching for any injuries, and then she burst into tears, embracing him tightly.
He should have told her to calm down, or that they should go inside somewhere to talk, but for some reason, Euro couldn’t push away the warmth radiating from her.
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After soothing her as she wept for a long time, they arrived at a mansion where Clope was hiding from the Emperor’s eyes.
The two sat facing each other across a small table, staring at one another in silence. Euro found himself walking on eggshells around Clope.
It was because he hadn’t expected her to cry so intensely the moment she saw him. On the other hand, once her sobbing stopped, Clope’s face hardened, and she looked at Euro as if glaring.
“How could you not send a single letter to let me know how you are?”
“…I’m sorry.”
“Do you know how much I worried about you?”
“…”
“I’m not one to talk, since I’m the one who sent you away like that, but how could you… just for my own happiness…”
Clope’s lips trembled, and she couldn’t hold back her tears again. Euro sighed, took a handkerchief from his pocket, and handed it to her.
“Stop crying. I told you I’m fine.”
“What do you mean fine! You should be cursing me instead!”
“…”
“If it’s really hard, at least vent to me. How can you be fine? If it were me, I wouldn’t have lasted a single day.”
Wiping her tears with the handkerchief, she lightly gripped the back of Euro’s hand and spoke.
“Why are you so thin… huh?”
“…”
“Are you eating well? Are you sick anywhere?”
“Of course. Everyone is kind to me.”
“Still.”
“It’s just where people live, same as anywhere else. I’m doing fine without any problems.”
“Even if it’s where people live, the environment is different. The food is different. Imagine how much a child who lived only in Norden his whole life would have struggled in such a distant place.”
“I liked it because it was warm. I ate a lot of delicious things.”
“Then why did you lose so much weight?”
As Clope’s worried tone continued, Euro felt a lump in his throat. Her Read on Read BL Novelstender visit our siteconcern made him feel as if he had met his real family.
Even in Norden, Clope had tried to call Euro whenever she had a chance to feed him something. It was because she knew Euro’s eating habits were poor.
Although he lived in the palace, Euro’s situation was bleak, as he faced all sorts of cold treatment. Clope was the only person who wanted to take care of him.
Though frequent meetings were difficult because of the other siblings and the King, who tried to keep the two apart.
“I’m okay, Sister. You don’t have to worry so much. I’m doing much better than I did in Norden.”
“I’m sorry, Euro.”
“For what?”
“For everything…”
“…”
“I’m just sorry for everything. I’m even more sorry visit our sitethat this is all I can say.”
Euro bit his lip and turned his head away at the sight of Clope sobbing with her head bowed. None of it was her fault.
The fact that he had headed for Silon was, in truth, for his own survival. But he couldn’t say that. And somehow, her worry felt welcome.
Euro simply thought that family was a strange thing. Even if connected by blood, one could be discarded at any time; conversely, even without a blood connection, it could feel right.
“I’m really grateful that you worried about me.”
“How can you say that…”
“I missed you, Sister.”
“…Really?”
“Yeah.”
“…”
“We’re family, after all.”
“Right?” At Euro’s quiet question, Clope nodded repeatedly with a smile on her face, tears still falling.
Euro also smiled, holding Clope’s hand. It was because he felt as though the emptiness in his heart was being filled, if only a little.
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