I Am The Third Warlock Lady

A/N: The chapter ahead is raw, which means not been proofread yet nor edited.1****

"I'm sorry, baby girl. Please, don't hate me. I'm sorry..." Emperor Maxism mumbled to his sister who is now resting peacefully.

He kissed the back of her hand before pressing it against his forehead. He stayed in that position for a few minutes; when he lifted his head, death was reflected on his face.

"Do we have leads now? About who did this?" He asked them: Chancellor Titania, Duke Paris, Franchetti Xerene, and Voltage Xirquit who were in the same room as him. Titania is the closest to Aviana Lavender, while the other three were his closest and bestest friends.

"No. Our memories are still hazy. The years that passed covered up and washed away the possible leads by now completely. But Priedo knew something. For now, let's fill you in about everything that has happened." Duke Paris.

They took the time they needed until the Emperor got everything right. From when he was shot to this day. They told him about what became of their Empire on the Other Side and especially their terrifying encounter with Emperor Ohms, then his son, the unnamed Prince.

"I had the feeling that I should be thankful that that type of Ohms is gone. I fear for the safety of my boy Maxi. I hope I'm not the only one who's anxious here."

Franchetti Xerene caught her head in her hand when she remembered it.

'It's not only you, Maxism. It's not only you,' she said to herself as she try to mask her anxiety. And the fact that her Emperor son knew about her sin, too...

Does it make her a bad mother for thanking the gods that her Emperor son is gone?

The Empress Dowager's head lady-in-waiting excuses herself before getting in.

"Your Imperial Majesty, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Dowager asks for your presence,"

And it made the Emperor smile.

"Yeah. Tell her I'm coming."

She left to relay his message to his wife.

Emperor Maxism kissed Aviana Lavender's hand again before gently placing it down the bed. He stand up and tapped the Duke's shoulder, "Please look after her for me. My wife and sons need me."

"Go. I got her."

And so, after smiling at the others, he left his sister's room. He smiled at the knights and servants who were lined up outside, tearful about his return. Surely, things will go back to the way it was before. Emperor Maxism is so loved by his people.

The guards of the Empress Dowager opened the door to their husband and wife chambers. She's been waiting for him.

"My wife,"

He made large steps and landed on his wife's arms and lips. The servants left to give them some time alone.

Empress Dowager Clastigaufeas's tears wet his cheeks. Her trembling hands clings onto his arms and it told him how scared she was.

"I thought I lost you..." The Empress Dowager sobbed when they parted, but their foreheads were pressed against each other and their lips were so close to each other that when she speak, they brushed.

"Nobody will love me the way you loved me if you leave me. Stupid! All men under this roof is stupid!"

He found her silly outbursts funny. But then, he couldn't make fun of her emotions.

"I'm here now. I will fix this. I'm sorry. Trust me, have faith in me, and believe me. I will fix this." He whispered his promises sincerely while wiping her precious tears away.

He went down to his knees to greet his child. He kissed her belly.

"A girl, I heard?"

The Empress Dowager nodded.

She have no idea how much that made him happy.

A Princess at long last.

"Ah~ I didn't know you're into that, my Empress. Making love while I was asleep and sick? My, my, I told you that you can do anything to my body, but that's so kinky and lewd. Oh my, I feel defiled~" He teased while hugging himself.

The Empress Dowager's face was flushed red, so red that her sight turned red, too.

"D-Don't be ridiculous! What---!? It was an accident!"

She bend over to throw punches at him.

The Emperor laughed.

"Accidents don't usually get you pregnant, my Empress! Oh, I can still feel you in me. It's so warm---"

"STOP IT! STOP!"

The Emperor flounced around as the Empress run after him. Since she was pregnant, she was slow. He's laughing so annoyingly and playfully to tease and make fun of her more. But the Empress is smarter than him when it comes to this, so she pretended that she tripped to scare him.

"MY EMPRESS!"

Simple that he is, the Emperor almost fell over just to get to her. When she got him, she choked him while shaking him.

"O-Oh my! Yes, choke me harder, Mommy! Ooh, tighter! Kyah~ I didn't know my wife is so wild when pregnant~"

The Empress Dowager screamed and threw more punches at him. She's so embarrassed!

Emperor Maxism grinned and caught her wrists. When he fell back down the floor, he took her with his fall. Now, she's over him, looking at the pair of red eyes that he fell in love with. Red that that's always glaring at him even when he's not doing anything. But if someone will look into them deeper, they will see just how lovesick the Empress Dowager is to her husband.

"I want to fuck you rough and hard right now, but you're pregnant. I don't want to poke our baby girl---"

The Empress went atop of him and chocke him again. It made him giddy.

"Ah, wife! You're making me excited! Stawph~ You're preggy!"

"S-Stop teasing me! You're so annoying! I hate you!"

Emperor Claxiord stood before the doors of his parents' chambers. He's been standing there for a minute now, and he don't know why but he thinks that he can't face his father yet. He have a lot to say to him. It's making him weak. And though they're not talking yet, it's already making him cry.

He took a deep breath, slowly letting it go. When he finally got the courage to, he opened the door.

Inside, he found the Empress Dowager and the Emperor on the floor. Emperor Maxism is now on the top of the Empress Dowager, between her legs. Her skirt is up and the Emperor is trying to kiss her. He's begging like a beggar, pursing his lips like a duck to kiss her but she's pushing his face away.

"Stop it, Maxism Ford Lee! I'm pregnant!"

"Ihh~ Just a kiss and a quickie! Please~~~ Wife, pweety pweaseee~??? Don't you want to feel my amazing wand and lollipop!? You liked this! I want to clap them cheeks---"

Emperor Claxiord stepped back once, then loudly shut the door. A trail of tear ran down his eye and ears. What a traumatizing sight and noise to behold.

He regretted opening the damn door.

~

Emperor Maxism fixed himself before knocking on his eldest son's office, which was his, too. When nobody answered to him, he opened the door. He found Emperor Claxiord pouring holy water on his eyes.

"B-Boy! What are you doing!?" He went to his son and snatched the bottle of holy water from his hands.

"I'm cleansing my eyes. I've seen something I shouldn't have. My innocence is gone. I want to be gone," he mutter so lifelessly as he daze into the nothingness. The Emperor looked so depressed and traumatized.

"T-That was nothing! I was just playing with your Mom! Ha-ha-ha! What kind of husband screws his pregnant wife!?"

Emperor Claxiord's lifeless and cold eyes raised to look at him, "Your kind."

Emperor Maxism slapped his forehead and sighed.

"Didn't I always tell you to knock? Why didn't you knock? Tsk. I was almost able to do that," he whispered the last sentence with regret.

Then, he switched his personality and became serious. He sat on the table and stared at his son. He ruffled his head and smiled.

"You did well."

Few words, but it meant a lot for Emperor Claxiord. He clenched his fists that were resting on his thighs. His shoulders became firm and tensed. He was holding his tears back; his eyes were glistening.

"M-Mom..." He gulped, "Mom is so... I don't... I don't want to be the Emperor yet... I'm not ready yet."

Emperor Maxism slide on the table to sit on the other side so he could hug his son.

"I know. That's why I'm here. I'm here now. I'm taking it back. Return the burdens and responsibilities to me, son. I know you're not ready yet. Tell me more. Tell me what your Mommy did, so I can scold her later."

'And I will use that as an excuse to make love with her. Hihihi.' He smirked evilly on the back of his mind. His evil intention was felt.

"She said she didn't want us. She said she only had us because you wanted a family, a family you never had, so she gave you one. Is it true? Are we not wanted?"

Emperor Maxism gasped dramatically. He didn't knew that his wife will say that to them!

"My god, she said that!? Tell me more."

Emperor Claxiord rest his head on his father's lap. He closed his eyes.

"Selene and I mutually broke our engagement because of her."

Emperor Maxism was completely in shock. His son's tears wet his lap.

"Dad, please. Talk to Mom. I don't want to lose Selene. I don't want our love be so silent. I don't want us to love in the dark. I miss her. I miss loving so loudly, publicly, and freely. Dad, what did I do to deserve this?"

Emperor Maxism massaged his nape. And here he thought his wife didn't push it through when he showed up to save Claxiord's relationship with the Duchess. He's so sorry.

Emperor Claxiord, ever since, has been nothing but a good boy to them. When he was given life, he did not cry. The first thing he did was yawn and looked at everyone with a frown, then goes to sleep. He's calm and reserved, upholding his image and title as a Prince. The perfect Prince. He gave them nothing but honorable achievements to be proud of. He's obedient, hard-working, and logical.

The only thing he can do as a father to a boy like him is give him his blessings and firm 'Yes' to whatever he asks for. He's the strongest supporter of their relationship; that when they got engaged, he cried and already boasted about how he will be a father-in-law of a Dragunovv.

He would never say 'No' to everything his eldest asks for, because all his life, he's been good and obedient.

"Then go to get her. I'm relieving you of your fears. The best Dad in the world is back and he will scold your mom. My boy, my eldest boy, look at me."

He cupped the Crown Prince Claxiord's face and wiped his tears with his thumb.

"You've been a very good son to me, and you know I will never say 'No' to a good boy like you. Don't believe her when she said she didn't want you. Your Mom is just a tsundere. She didn't mean it. Because if she do, then she won't do it even if I force her to. If only you knew how elated she was when she knew that she's pregnant with you, then you will know that she didn't mean it. She wanted you. She loves you, she's just a shy baby girl. So, go. I'm taking control of all of it. My son, I won't let the a chair and a jewelry get in your way to happiness and fulfillment."

Crown Prince Claxiord wrapped his arms around his waist and nodded.

"I didn't know you can be very smart at times, Dad."

"W-What do you mean!? The fact that I squirted you in your Mommy's womb says that it's the smartest thing I've ever done!"

The Crown Prince let her go instantly and frowned at him. But the Emperor laughed and ruffled his hair before kissing his head. Then he kissed his forehead, and his cheeks. He didn't let the chance go to waste. A rare instance to take advantage of!

"Stop! You're so eww!"

Crown Prince Claxiord wiped his face, grimacing.

"What? Daddy is just so happy~ Come here, my sweet boy. I'll give you more kisses~"

"Stop!" Crown Prince Claxiord cried out as he push his father's stupid face away. The Emperor laughed and gently kicked his sliding chair away the table, aside.

"Go. You know me. You know what I will do, so go get your girl. I'm seeing Maxigaufeas next."

Crown Prince Claxiord stared at his father for a while. He chuckled and smiled; the Emperor was dumbfounded.

"Thank you, Dad. I'm confident that everything will be fine. Finally, because you're here now."

He stand up to walk away and leave when the Emperor called for him. When he turned around to face him, he flinched from the devilish expression that was plastered on the Emperor's face.

In that moment, the Crown Prince began to regret something he can't point out. Something he did or said before but couldn't remember now. And it's scaring him other than the scary expression on his father's face.

He's so scared.

"Now that I'm awake, I am expecting the grandchild you promised me. The one that you will name after me. Godspeed, my boy. Godspeed. Gimme that Vernignac-Dragunovv fusion baby!"

"YOU HEARD THAT!?"