Chapter 134
“The Master... will return to the Holy Hilysid Empire again... She clearly said so at the end.”
Unlike Emmett who was suppressing his anger towards himself, Hayden, who seemed terrified, continued speaking with a trembling voice. He looked completely broken, to the point where one couldn’t imagine his annoyingly bright smile in front of Liv.
“It’s my fault. I... failed to protect her again. I should have protected her this time... In the end, there was nothing I could do again.”
Muttering like that, Hayden seemed to be lost in his own despair rather than conversing with the other person. But Emmett was in no state to converse with Hayden either.
‘Liv...’
The entire situation was heading towards the worst.
Princess Louisa had died recently. The Emperor said she had been killed by an unknown entity, but the nobles could guess who the culprit who killed her might be. There are heartless fathers in this world who use their children only as means.
Yet August threatened to find the one who killed Louisa and make them pay for their crime. It was clear as day that Emmett and Marquis Arendt would be framed as the princess’s killers. So now they needed to find a way to escape August’s clutches... but Emmett couldn’t focus on his own affairs at all.
‘Liv, what meaning does a place without you have for me?’
Perhaps trying to place the heavy crown of the Emperor on Liv was the problem? But he wanted to prove his love to Liv, and he couldn’t bear not returning to her what she rightfully deserved to enjoy.
The more he thought about it, the more the whole world seemed covered in despair, and finally Emmett groaned while clutching his head. He couldn’t see a way out of this quagmire. It felt like the god of death had come down and kissed his eyelids.
‘Liv, where on earth are you...’