Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 11

011. Red battlefield (2)

An unusual change on the battlefield occurred suddenly. It was not yet noon and it was a clear day without a single cloud.

Suddenly, the sun disappeared from the sky, and red light began to spread from beyond the horizon. It was a strange sight, as if blood was seeping into the air.

In the sky that suddenly became unrealistically dark, the momentum of the clashing soldiers gradually subsided. In the air that seems to be weighing down heavily, the power is slowly draining from the weapons facing each other. The commotion that started like that quickly spread throughout the plains, and the battle lulled like a lie.

The Holy Emperor stood under that red sky.

He suddenly appeared in the middle of the battlefield and was walking slowly. Wearing simple silver armor and a long robes like a cloak, he held his beloved sword, a nutcracker, in his right hand, and a severed human head in his left hand.

The blood stains splattered here and there on the softly shining white robes were particularly creepy.

The knights who were engaged in a defensive battle surrounding Amelia and Mores hesitated and retreated as the castle approached. At the same time, there is a tremble and Mores’ body falls sideways. He has already stopped breathing.

“… … !”

Mores. Mores. Mores!

Amelia barely rolled her eyes and gazed endlessly at the face of her younger brother, who was lying on his side. Instead of his name, she burst into tears and only spit out blood.

The Holy Emperor came in front of them and slowly bent his knees.

Tuk. The head, thrown carelessly to the side of her, rolled around, wrapped around its long silver hair.

He reached out his hand and slowly stroked his son’s blood-soaked head.

Father, father. Mores… … !

Seeing the desperate plea in Amelia’s eyes, Seonghwang shook his head.

“I’m a little late.”

The knights who had been guarding the side with anxious faces until then fell to their knees.

“That can’t be… … !”

Those who just shed tears in despair, those who sit on the floor and wail, and those who look foolishly into space. It was a sight that clearly showed how much they always cared for the crown prince.

The Holy Emperor gazed at their appearance for a moment, then placed his hand on the handle of the dagger stuck in Amelia’s chest. For treatment, the sword had to be drawn first.

Then Amelia gritted her teeth and shook her head left and right.

She can never live like this. Sacrificing her younger brother and living a life alone. She was in pain even now, but she was not confident that she could endure such a life, which would only be a pain to endure in the future.

Even though it is the worst sin of ignoring a father who must remain alone.

It was right then. The small pendant hanging around her neck was sticking out to the side.

It was a necklace with a small drop-shaped gem that Amelia never took off from her body as a keepsake from her mother.

The white, clean jewel rolls over the blood-soaked dress and shines brightly.

Seonghwang was startled and picked up the jewel. A colorful light flashed through his eyes, whose expression rarely changed. Questions and understanding. And relief and sadness.

He looked alternately at the small pendant and Amelia’s earnest eyes, and then closed his eyes.

“Your Majesty, the princess’s condition… … .”

A knight next to him urged him on, but the Holy Emperor left the dagger stuck in his chest and began to hold Amelia’s hand with one hand and gently stroke her forehead with the other.

Amelia closed her eyes tightly when the Holy Emperor’s hand touched her, but when she realized that there was no light on the hand, she felt relieved and gave herself up.

My father’s hand, which I held for the first time in a long time, felt very warm even without divine power.

Father, I’m sorry.

“It’s been a lot of hard work so far. “Amelia.”

Father, thank you.

“Rest in peace now. “Daughter.”

Slowly, my vision began to blur.

The sky gradually sinks into a heavy red light. As if blood would drip at any moment. No, is it already falling? My vision soon becomes dark.

The noise buzzing around me is getting further and further away.

What is this? What’s in the sky? What the hell is going on? Argh! Argh!

And my father’s last voice.

“Rest assured, Amelia. “This is something you don’t have to go through.”

This is how Amelia, the first princess of Delcross, met her death.

* * *

Amelia unconsciously rubbed her eyes under the shining morning sunlight, then lay down and blinked blankly for a moment.

‘what? morning? I just died? Why are you lying in bed fine? … .’

Her face suddenly turned pale with fear.

I’m still alive!

“ah… no! I don’t want to live like this again! I am! I am!”

“Princess? “Why are you doing this?”

“iced coffee! Mores… . Mores! father! father! father!”

“Amelia!”

There was a big commotion in the Silver Rose Labyrinth from morning. This was because her 1st princess Amelia suddenly burst into tears and had a seizure.

The princess cried and screamed, got up from exhaustion, cried for a long time, and after a few hours, she lost her strength and lay quietly in bed.

The employees were taken aback by the princess’s usually calm behavior and hurriedly called the palace doctor.

“Whew. Those pretty eyes were swollen. “Did you have a nightmare?”

Mirabelle, the dedicated maid, asked kindly while changing the lukewarm wet towel on Amelia’s forehead.

“Mirabell… … .”

As Amelia repeated her name listlessly, Mirabelle smiled and pushed back her messy hair from her forehead.

“yes. Our pretty princess. “Why do you keep calling my name today?”

‘That’s because you already died at the hands of Leonard before I was imprisoned in the tower.’

Mirabell was a friendly-looking maid who had been taking care of Amelia ever since she entered the imperial palace. She cherished and loved the shy and pretty princess like a doll with all her heart from the beginning.

In the end, she followed Amelia to Rohan, but died a gruesome death in a dungeon due to Leonard’s severe torture. She remembers that there was no particular reason. Leonard did this purely to harass Amelia.

In Amelia’s mind, years have already passed. Now, when I think about the past, grains of crumbly sand come out instead of tears.

She closed her eyes, feeling Mirabelle’s touch, as if it were a dream.

Although it was a little late, Amelia was slowly realizing her current situation.

Instead of hair that was cut off unattractively, it was shiny, rosy-colored hair that cascaded down to her waist. Not rough, skinny hands, but white, soft hands with healthy flesh.

And Mirabelle, smiling sweetly with a younger face than before.

She had clearly returned to the past.

“Please lie down for a little while. Amelia. The Imperial Palace Councilor will arrive soon. “I don’t know where it hurts, but it will get better soon.”

-Father will come. Hang in there, Amelia. If you endure just a little longer… … .

Above Mirabelle’s voice, the voice of her younger sister, which cannot be heard, is heard overlapping.

Tears began to flow from Amelia’s eyes again. Mirabelle clicked her tongue and wiped her eyes with her handkerchief.

“Oh my. What’s going on? The 3rd prince collapsed not long ago, and the entire palace was in chaos. “Now, it’s scary to imagine what kind of commotion would happen if the princess were to say she was sick.”

Amelia muttered in surprise.

“Third Prince?”

“yes. “I mean Prince Mores.”

“The crown prince… no?”

“yes? What do you mean by that? Are you Mores? “The crown prince?”

Mirabelle’s face went blank, as if she had just heard the most absurd thing in the world, but it didn’t really matter to Amelia. She jumped up from her bed.

Mores.

“… “Mores is alive!”

Okay, so you wanted to die while you were sick?

That pig bastard did harass the princess a bit too much, but that’s not really the case, right? My kind-hearted princess?

Without even paying attention to Mirabelle’s shocked face, Amelia had already thrown the wet towel aside and was leaving the bed.

“I’m going to the Pearl Palace. Get ready, Mirabel. “I need to meet him.”

“yes? But soon the imperial court will… … .”

Mirabelle, who had been hastily following and trying to dissuade the princess as she quickly walked into the dressing room, momentarily hesitated and took a step back.

I felt a strange sense of intimidation from the princess, who spoke clearly and with an ever-stern look in her eyes.

“You have to see Mores, right now!”

So we ended up in this situation.

The two people, who had always been close to each other, ended up sitting across from each other on the living room sofa and maintaining an awkward silence.

Amelia, who had been so emotional the moment she saw the healthy face of Mores that she hugged him and burst into tears, was now blushing and sipping bitter tea.

Seongjin, who suddenly has an unscheduled tea break, doesn’t know what to say, so he just rolls his eyes.

“I… So, you had a nightmare about me dying… … .”

“eww… huh. okay. So without even knowing.”

Amelia lowered her head in embarrassment.

She returned to the past from death, but that doesn’t mean she can tell the truth. Well, she had a nightmare, but that wasn’t a very convincing explanation.

purple. Isn’t Mores tilting his head as if he was a little puzzled?

However, Seongjin’s situation was a little different from Amelia’s thoughts. He was furiously scolding the demon lord in his head.

‘Hey, how did this happen? I heard you two have a really bad relationship? Why do I look like an ordinary older sister who worries about her sick younger brother? huh?’

[What does this mean to people, or rather to the devil? Even the day before he collapsed, I met him in the garden and swore at him? A lowly woman, a disgrace to the royal family, a lowly bitch, again… Should I do more?]

‘… … .’

Wow, Mores, you son of a bitch.

Who would call the royal family a disgrace to the most reviled idiot in the imperial palace?

Seongjin cleared his throat and scratched his head.

“hmm! Uh, thank you anyway, sister. hmm… So, you were worried about the fever?”

First of all, let’s at least say thank you for your concern. Seongjin’s thoughts were simple.

But what Amelia noticed was something else.

“Now you call me sister.”

Seongjin looked startled and averted his gaze, but Amelia stroked the teacup for a moment and smiled softly. She smiled faintly, as if reminiscing about the distant past.

“okay. “If I think about it, I think it was around this time.”

The maniac who was a disgrace to the royal family seemed to come to his senses at some point, lose weight and learn swordsmanship… … .

And at the same time, his attitude towards Amelia also became very docile, but in her previous life, she could not accept this change easily.

This is because the face of Mores, who had been hostile to her with his venomous face since childhood, was stuck in her mind.

Sometimes, when Mores spoke to him first, he turned his head away or walked away. In the end, the two never had a chance to properly reconcile, and soon after, she fell in love with Leonard and left for Rohan.

Amelia smiled bitterly.

“If I had been a little more open and approachable back then, our relationship would have definitely been very different.”

The family I wanted to have wasn’t that far away.

And only then did she meet Mores and be able to say what she really wanted to say.

“I’m sorry for ignoring you until now, Mores. “I wanted to say that.”

“uh… … .”

Seongjin was very embarrassed.

what? Is this person an angel?

Mores did something bad, so why is this person apologizing?

The Demon King whispered.

[Hey, are you in a good mood right now? Now that things have come to this, why don’t we try to improve our relationship?]

‘how?’

[You apologize too! I’ve been wrong so far. When will I have an opportunity like this again?]

‘I see.’

In Seongjin’s opinion, it was perfect timing. Rather than miss her opportunity, he bowed his head to Amelia and quickly offered her an apology.

“No, I’m actually sorry, sister! I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I don’t remember much from the time I got sick. But I know that I was immature and gave my sister a hard time. “I really want to apologize!”

Amelia looked at Mores blankly. She looked at the round crown of her sister’s head as she lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed.

The sight of that soft-looking light blonde hair soaked in blood was still vivid in my eyes.

The face of a young man who had become a target for arrows and was cooling down overlaps with his still chubby body and round, fluffy face.

-At this point, I would like to briefly apologize. I’m sorry for immaturely speaking rudely and tormenting you when I was young.

‘ah… … .’

I cried so much today that I thought all the moisture had drained out of my body, but even so, there were still tears left to shed. Amelia’s eyes opened and tears fell again.

The Demon King scolded Seongjin as if he was dumbfounded.

[Hey, you asked me to apologize. Why do you make your child cry again?]

‘No, what should I do!’

Seongjin didn’t know what to do, so he stood up and apologized again.

“I’m really, really sorry. sister.”

“It’s okay, Mores.”

Her tear-soaked cheeks shone white.

“You already apologized to me.”

She was laughing through tears.

It was a smile brighter and brighter than anything else in the world.

fantasy,