The tip of his lips were curved upwards without realizing it.
Oh, my.
He quickly corrected his expression.
Then the Empress’s eyes softened a bit.
“Anyway, I also want to thank the Crown Prince for getting along with Charlize.”
It was a slightly relaxed voice that eased the tension in the atmosphere of the room.
Damian glanced at the Empress, waiting for her to continue.
The Empress sighed briefly.
“I don’t think Charlize has friends of the same age.”
“A friend of the same age?”
“Yes. Charlize has only lived with people older than her, hasn’t she?”
Those words carried much weight behind it, Damian quietly dwelled on it, refreshing his memory.
I heard that Charlize was abandoned in the Crown palace as soon as she was born and grew up as a trainee at the education center.
The mature side she shows is probably for survival.
“Sometimes, I feel sad when she acts so mature for her age.”
“… … Your Majesty, the empress.”
“But as far as being with the Crown Prince… … Charlize acted her age.”
Suddenly, a soft smile hung on the lips of the Empress who said that.
Damian answered with a statement.
“……The empress must be very fond of Charlize.”
“Of course. Lize is the only escape I have from my imperial life.”
The Empress answered without a single trace of hesitation.
Damian suddenly felt guilty.
If only he had not intervened, the two would have been able to live a peaceful life.
He suddenly opened his mouth.
“I am forever sorry, Empress.”
At the sudden apology, the empress narrowed her eyes and stared at Damian.
Damian continued.
“In fact, I’m well aware that her Majesty cannot like me.”
“What are you talking about?” said the Empress.
“Without me, his Majesty’s current position wouldn’t have been solidified to the extent it is today.”
Deep wrinkles formed on the empress’s forehead.
The current emperor, the husband of the empress, was the younger brother of Emperor Seon.
Naturally, legitimacy was weak, so the emperor took the next best course of action for succession to the throne, by claiming the regency as the protector of the crown prince.
That means that one day when the Crown Prince grows up, he must return the throne.
“If I die, his legitimacy will be unsalvageable, so I understand my position that I can neither die nor live well.”
“Prince.”
“But the empress is taking care of me, whom his Majesty considers my being to be like a thorn in his side.”
The Empress narrowed her eyes further.
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I didn’t like the situation in which a boy who was only eight years old thought about that and apologized, saying, “It’s natural to hate me.”
Children should be like children.
If you’re forced to become an adult to survive…….
“……The crown prince really, strangely resembles Charlize.”
It reminds me of when she begged me to ‘don’t throw her away.’