Episode 6

After getting dressed, he approached a little embarrassed.

"I didn't mean to turn around, sorry..."

"Yes, yes, let's forget you saw me like that."

"What about the black lace?"

"Hey, stop teasing."

"But isn't that hard to find, right?"

"Does the emperor want it for his own use?"

"I was wondering if that's the fashion for women's underwear, why else would you wear it? Don't tell me you were trying to seduce someone?"

"It's my favorite lingerie, as you know who I am, nothing is difficult for my family."

"So that's to your liking."

"Yes, I love it."

"What interesting tastes you have..."

Without saying more, he examined me and applied medicine, bandaging the whole area. He made a tourniquet strong enough to keep everything in place, but without hurting me. The medicine he used was a very strong painkiller, I no longer felt the pain, I felt so good.

"Well, now we have to think about how to get you out of here."

"I have an idea... Do you have trusted maids?"

"Yes, most of them are."

"But ones that won't spread rumors that they saw me."

"Only two then."

"Alright, call them and have them bring a maid dress in my size."

"You're going to dress up as a maid?"

"Like the sexiest maid in the palace, it would be worse if they saw me leaving in the emperor's clothes, don't you think, my emperor?"

"I have to see this..."

"Why do I feel like Your Majesty is enjoying this?"

"Because you're out of the ordinary, ever since I saw you, you haven't stopped doing foolish things, you're very amusing."

I crossed my arms, it's quite offensive to be treated as his jester... but I have to prevent the emperor's death and that of my family...

Narrates Emperor Lucas Di'sepolo

I helped her because I was bored, ever since this illness progressed, I can't even use my magic, I have to be locked up because I decompose so often... Seeing her fooling around made me laugh. The best part is that she didn't get scared when she was alone with me, so many women tried to seduce me for the position of empress, but after spending some time in a room alone with me, they were close to tears. This girl did some crazy things. I'm going to have fun.

As I thought, I looked out the window, there comes my older brother, he must have found out that I have a woman in my room.

"Lila Peni, have you finished dressing the lady?"

"Yes sir, what would you like us to do now?"

They are the two most reliable maids I have, they are sisters. They were orphaned in one of the villages I liberated in my battles. Lila, the older one, asked me to save Peni back then, they were starving and were just little girls. They grew up well in the palace, they are eighteen and fourteen years old respectively. They decided to stay here, but they can do as they please. That makes them the most reliable of my maids, they won't say anything...

I hear Miss Melanie's voice.

"Alright, take me outside and make sure nobody saw me here."

The other girls looked at her and then at me.

"Do as she says, make sure my family doesn't know who she is."

Both of them replied in unison.

"Yes sir!"

The girl looked at them and grabbed each of their hands.

"Alright, I owe you a big one. What do you wish for?"

"Nothing, Miss, the emperor gave us an order and we obey."

The older one replied.

"Regardless of what the emperor said, you helped me. I'm not someone who forgets favors."

I see her rummaging through the wrinkled dress she was holding in her hands, until she pulls out a badge from her family and puts it in the older girl's hand.

"If you ever have any problems, the soldiers of my family are all over the capital, whether in the duchy or wherever there's a soldier, this badge will give you protection, keep it and ask for me."

"But Miss, we don't..."

"I won't take no for an answer, keep it, if you don't want to use it, that's fine, it's only for emergencies."

I intervened, as those girls weren't going to accept it.

"Accept the Miss's gratitude, there are places in the empire where that badge has more value than the palace insignia itself."

Both of them looked at me and nodded. The three women left the room, and after a few minutes, I called for Gabriel.

"Tell me, is the prince still there?"

"Yes, he wants to see who the girl is."

"Alright, let him in."

"Majesty, why do I help her?-"

"Do you see me as so petty?-"

"Yes, Majesty-"

"Tch, I just want to have a little fun, you know I don't have much time left-"

"Don't talk like that, my lord, you will bury us all-"

"Stop joking, when that girl comes back, let me know directly-"

"Will she come back?-"

"Yes, she says she knows what poisoned me-"

"No one could detect the type of poison-"

"Investigate the family just in case-"

"As you say, Majesty, I'll take my leave-"

He leaves and I see my nephew running in, followed by my brother, they seem to want to take care of me, but I know they want me to die already...

"Uncle, are you okay?-"

"Why would I not be okay?-"

"Who was that woman?-"

"Nephew, one never speaks the name of a lady-"

Before I could say anything, my brother interrupts

"Little brother, you know it's counterproductive for you to be with women, I mean, because of your illness-"

"Elder brother, you know that sometimes the body is difficult to control, that's why you ended up in bed with my fiancee years ago, remember? It was the same thing you told me, the body and the feeling, one cannot control them...-"

"Are you still angry about that?-"

"Don't get me wrong, Brother, you did me a favor, if not I would have a wife for show by now, chosen by our father, thanks to you I could take on the role of emperor, not empress..."

She became a concubine, right? Your wife probably won't let her advance beyond that...-

"Your new laws made Anabela suffer a lot, she had to wait three years to become my concubine, since she was under eighteen, I couldn't marry her, it was a disgrace for her. Then you put that ridiculous law that we couldn't take on more concubines. I think you have got your revenge enough. She was desperate because you weren't going to conceive heirs-"

"You're very funny... I hope you're happy with your marriage and your concubine... I'm exhausted, please leave me to rest-"

"Uncle, I needed to talk to you-"

"Tomorrow, Prince, today your uncle is exhausted-"

With a fake smile, I pushed them out of the room.

I settled at my desk to start my work, but my thoughts unconsciously wandered to that girl, what will she think, will I really trust her?

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