Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 12

012. The princess returned for revenge (1)

A stormy day passed and the next morning came.

The users of the Silver Rose Labyrinth had to keep an eye on the princess in a different way than yesterday. The princess, who had surprised them by pouring out her emotions to the extreme, had become excessively helpless this time.

The intense memory of death awakened her emotions, even if only temporarily, but as time passed, the intense turmoil at that time gradually subsided within her.

Although her body was that of a 16-year-old girl, her spirit was that of a queen who had been confined alone in a tower for a long time.

Leonard’s mental and physical abuse over several years. Those painful memories were constantly eating away at her mind even now that she had returned to the past. She returned to the Amelia she had been back then, completely spent and as dry as a desert.

“Amelia… … .”

Mirabell looked at the princess, who was lying limp and helpless on the bed, with pitiful eyes.

“Don’t be too heartbroken. “There must be a way to fix it.”

“huh?”

Amelia asked curiously, then realized that Mirabelle was looking for the cause of her depression in the wrong place.

“It was my mother’s precious keepsake, but how did they take care of it…?” . “I will severely punish the maid in charge!”

necklace. It was a story about a necklace that was found broken in the morning.

A small white necklace that was carefully kept in a jewelry box as a keepsake from my mother when I was young. When she was in the tower, she never left her body for a moment.

“Mirabel. “Can you bring me some of that?”

“yes? But if you watch it, your heart will hurt even more… … .”

“are you okay. please.”

Mirabell obediently followed her orders. Soon her broken necklace was wrapped in a clean handkerchief and placed in Amelia’s hands.

She unfolded her handkerchief and rolled up the broken pendant.

It’s strange that this thing broke.

The white gem of the pendant was a nameless miscellaneous gem, and the maids who took care of the precious metals always admired it, saying that it seemed somehow harder than diamond.

As proof of that, wasn’t it hanging around her neck unharmed until the end even when she went through all the hardships in Rohan?

But it suddenly broke in two inside the jewelry box.

‘But this is proof that I have returned to the past.’

Amelia’s eyes sank coldly.

‘Now I won’t make the same mistake again.’

She held the pendant wrapped in a handkerchief and promised again and again.

‘Now Leonard, I will never be fooled by that damn bastard. never!’

But what next?

If she doesn’t get involved with Leonard and doesn’t go to Lohan, what happens next?

Is it really enough to not be taken advantage of by him?

So, can she just hide in the Silver Rose Labyrinth and live quietly so as not to be a burden to Mores and her father?

‘I don’t know… … .’

Amelia snuggled into bed, holding the handkerchief to her chest.

Her mind was already too tired to worry about life and its direction.

The next morning dawned. Mirabelle was almost on the verge of exploding.

“Princess, please eat something today. yes? “The palace doctor says there is no serious pain. How long are you going to skip meals?”

Amelia sat up with a disheveled face.

“Sorry, okay. “Can you bring me some soup?”

“Oh my! First, you have to wake up and wash your face! Now, let me brush your hair for you. “Why is our princess, the princess, acting like this these days?”

As her head shook back and forth from the emotional combing, Amelia thought idly.

Ah, Mirabelle. Because now all problems have been solved.

Mores is still alive, and my father, His Majesty, is still alive and well. I won’t be their burden anymore. There’s no problem, right?

Mirabelle’s sigh was heard from overhead.

“Really, what is going on? “As soon as that bastard princess wakes up from her hospital bed, she starts exercising hard to regain her stamina, but now our pretty princess wants to follow in her footsteps and be lazy?”

For a moment, the light returned to Amelia’s eyes.

“Mores… … .”

The princess muttered blankly.

“Should I go to Jinju Palace?” … .”

Mirabelle, who normally would have been disgusted by just hearing Mores’ name, strangely enough, today her face lit up and she waved the bell.

“Good idea! “Now then, shall we finish a quick meal and then dress up nicely?”

Soon the maids gathered, carrying perfumes, toiletries, and all sorts of dresses and trinkets.

* * *

An unseasonable spring breeze blew in the Jinju Palace exercise hall.

The goddess of spring has descended, wearing a light yellow dress and her hair adorned with small white flower decorations.

Seongjin, who was taking a moment to catch his breath after completing two sets of alarms at the training ground, opened his eyes round.

“and… sister. What happen?”

The female knight who accompanied her as an escort was of considerable beauty, but Princess Amelia was truly a girl of unrivaled beauty. She has an aura that combines extreme brightness and neatness at the same time.

“Yeah, I thought about it while I was passing by, so I stopped by. “I heard you live in the training center these days?”

Amelia smiled shyly and spoke a little apologetically.

“I don’t know if I disturbed you for no reason. Everyone is training so hard… … .”

As expected, I followed her gaze. Jinju Palace’s resident knights are training hard with their tops off in a corner of the training hall. These bastards?

“Well, it was break time anyway. “They take care of it, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

Seongjin waved his hand.

Amelia watched with a little admiration the sight of Seongjin stretching here and there even while he was catching his breath. It’s been a few days since she came to the gym, and she looks like she’s lost a lot of weight.

My stomach still flutters every time I move, but it’s a huge improvement compared to before when I was waddling and rolling around.

“You really have changed. “I lost a lot of weight.”

Seongjin laughed bitterly.

“Hehehe. “There is no diet as sure as marching while carrying a military commander.”

The weight this body needs to lose easily exceeds the weight of a full-fledged body, sister.

Of course, Amelia couldn’t understand what he was saying and tilted her head.

Sir Masain, who seemed like he would immediately abandon his work and come running, took more time than expected to hand over the work. It seems that from now on, he is going to postpone all work to his adjutant and focus only on Seongjin’s classes.

Thanks to this, Seongjin was still training alone in the gym. Well, that is until today.

In order to save some energy for class, and since the scene unfolding before my eyes is not very good for my mental health, I think I will do my morning training at this point.

“I’m going to have lunch now, but if it’s before dinner, would you like to have it together?”

This is something unimaginable between the two before. The guard looked at Amelia in surprise, but she smiled happily and nodded.

“Okay, then. Mores.”

And the brother and sister left the training ground, ignoring the earnest eyes of the resident knights.

* * *

“hmm… . “So this is the purpose of life?”

Seongjin had just finished taking a quick shower and was sitting down with Amelia at the simply set table.

Unexpectedly, the two had a good conversation, but Amelia, who was usually shy, was secretly surprised. Because her meal time with him was more enjoyable than she thought.

Until morning, I had no appetite at all, but before I knew it, I was eating my food and chatting away. Maybe the unprecedentedly powerful greeting we had two days ago played a role in breaking down the wall between us.

“So, after escaping from the guy who was tormenting you, are you saying that you feel empty and don’t know the purpose of living?”

“That’s it in summary.”

As it happened, Amelia was even consulting him about her latest concerns. Of course, I couldn’t tell her that she had regressed, so it was a vague story.

Seongjin tilted his head.

I felt like this conversation wasn’t that unfamiliar. Ah, did she mention a while ago that she wanted to know why Seonghwang lived?

But how on earth could there be someone who could make the life of someone as miserable as a princess that difficult? To the point where you lose your purpose in life? Who on earth is this?

The Demon King murmurs in a calm tone.

[Yours. It’s your story.]

‘no way… no way?’

Seongjin furrowed his eyebrows and thought for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Hmm, sister. “This is purely my opinion, so please just bear with it.”

Amelia nodded eagerly.

“huh.”

“So you’re saying that escaping from that guy was entirely thanks to someone else? “It means you haven’t even had a chance to do anything.”

“huh.”

“And he’s still alive and well?”

“huh”

“So, do you have anything to worry about? Just focus on tormenting him until you find another purpose in life. “The damage must be repaid with interest, and mental damage must be compensated as an bonus.”

“hmm… … .”

Amelia’s face became gloomy.

“I think I should too. “There was a time when I had so much resentment that I only thought about revenge.”

In the first few years after learning Leonard’s true feelings, Amelia also gritted her teeth and swore revenge on him. She will risk everything and do everything in her power to pay back.

However, while she was imprisoned and suffering for a long time, her desire for revenge slowly wore off as she was unable to do anything.

Leonard.

He was the king with all power in Rohan.

On the other hand, Amelia was just a prisoner with no power.

Moreover, can it be said that he alone is responsible for Amelia’s downfall and death?

The ambitions, conflicts of interest, and intrigue of many people. She was just fluttering around helplessly and being trampled.

The foolish queen, who had been imprisoned for so many years, did not even know who she should take revenge on.

It was so sad that it eventually made her shrink.

But Seongjin clicked his tongue and shook his head.

“Wow, this sister is so naive again. What do you think is so complicated? sister. “Revenge begins with picking on one person and beating him up.”

“… … ?”

“Now, listen, sister. First, take the one that bothers you the most! And I only care about how to punish that bastard. You don’t need anything else. “I’m chasing that one bastard to the end of the world.”

At that moment, Seongjin felt a burning piece of trash stirring in his head. Why is he shaking again?

Seongjin wasn’t a person sensitive enough to realize that it wasn’t like other people’s stories.

“If you do that, people involved will come out one after another, right? Then you lose again. What if that child is the most powerful person? By the time you beat that bastard, everyone else will already be dead, right? what? “Is your revenge over?”

uh? That’s true, but… … .

It somehow sounds like a very simple thing.

Amelia tilted her head.

“Imagine him crying to his sister with his nose bleeding. I assure you, there is never a moment to be depressed. Purpose of life? “Sister, is there anything in this world that fills the heart more than the pleasure of revenge?”

“… … .”

The Demon King sighed.

[No, you devil!]

“True revenge is, sister. It’s not a process that you just have to be patient with to see results. Think of the perfect trap you can design to trick your opponent. How beautiful is it? “How precious and rewarding must each and every step of the process to implement this be?”

“… … .”

“And what if there’s something you want to do? You can do something else then. Retaliation from the other party? What are you worried about? “The most powerful person in the country is your father.”

“Well, I see.”

Amelia felt that her previously complicated mind became clearer.

“Yeah, you’re right. “I definitely want revenge.”

There was no way I could ever be satisfied just by avoiding anything to do with him. Why have you tried to ignore that fact until now?

It was because I thought it would be beyond her power. Because she thought that if a goal was unachievable, she should give up. Because she tried to comfort him by saying that it wasn’t right to waste one’s life on such things.

So she became helpless. All that remained was her empty shell.

“I thought revenge that didn’t reach the end was just vain. But true revenge is something that enriches life not only with the result but also with the process itself.”

A brighter smile bloomed on Amelia’s face.

Let’s no longer ignore our true desires.

okay. I want to see Leonard’s destruction.

There was nothing else left but that desire. Maybe she came back to the past for that.

If you are afraid of not succeeding, you will even love the process of failure.

If her already exhausted spirit says that no life can sing, from now on revenge will burn her motivation, give her joy, and make her life shine.

Little by little, the light returned to Amelia’s eyes. It was a bright blue sky that had never been seen before.

Seongjin was startled for a moment and avoided her gaze.

I may be presumptuous, but sister.

Could it be that the object is really… Not me, right?

fantasy,