My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

20. Do I really need to leave it alone?

Episode 20

Imperial Ministry of Finance. It is the place that oversees the administration of the empire.

Prime Minister Kay Price, who became Prime Minister after Marianne’s rebellion and is busy trying to normalize the country.

James Lecter, his favorite pupil and even mentioned as a candidate for the next chancellor.

“Damn it!”

As soon as he returned to his mansion, he was in the midst of a commotion. The attendants were frozen and unable to breathe properly due to the owner’s recent seizures.

Prior to becoming Kay Price’s disciple, James Lecter was a priest, but he did not have a heart of mercy or kindness.

There is only a terrible inferiority complex and an infinitely deep lust for power. For that, he crawled into places like the Empire, approached an old man like Kay Price, and pretended to be a sincere disciple.

For a very long time. So, when Kay Price joined the rebellion out of the blue, he despaired that he was all wrong, but luckily the rebellion succeeded and the opportunity came.

Is that why? In the past, what I could have endured for the sake of a purpose has now become unbearable now that I have the power.

“you! Come here!”

“Kyaaak!”

James Lecter seized one of the mansion’s ladies-in-waiting and forcibly dragged it up to his room. It was because he wanted to ease the humiliation he experienced a while ago if he resolved his desire.

Unfortunately for him and fortunately for the maid, there was someone waiting for him in James Lecter’s room.

“Don’t do anything dirty and let me go.”

“Sheesh.”

At his words wearing a dark hood, James Lecter clicked his tongue and let go of the maid. Grabbing the loose clothes, the lady-in-waiting left, and the hooded man scolded James Lecter.

“I bet you told me not to do that before?”

“It doesn’t matter how I treat my maid.”

It was James Lecter who responded angrily, but when the murderous gaze returned, he was speechless. Hood’s man let out a long sigh and said.

“Until Kay Price is dead and becomes Chancellor, watch your actions. That old man might not know it, but the Empress will never stand by your rubbish.”

Then, when the man reached out, James Lecter opened his bag and handed over a thick stack of papers.

That is, information about the administration of the empire handled by the Prime Minister was recorded. However, the man in the hood who was going through the papers asked with a frown.

“What is this? Isn’t there anything different from last month?”

“I can’t help it. If you try to get more information out of it, you will find out that it is me.”

The man in the hood immediately felt the urge to drop the head of the trash in front of him. Because I know from long experience that when James Lecter is uncooperative, it’s when he wants something.

Unfortunately, Hood’s man was unable to kill James Lecter.

He was a common and incompetent spy, but after the success of the Empress’ rebellion, he became an extremely important figure to them.

The man gritted his teeth and asked again.

“What do you want?”

“I like you because you talk fast. You don’t have to worry about anything. I just need to kill one person.”

Later, when James Lecter smiled disgustingly, the man had to endure not only anger, but even vomiting.

—

Marianne lay on the bed and turned her head to look at the clock on the table. The magic tool, which could clearly check the time even in the dark, told her that an hour had passed since she went to bed.

That fact further fueled Marianne’s displeasure. She turned her head to the other side this time. A bed that did not exist until yesterday caught my eye.

Since it was the emperor’s bedroom, which was wider than most households, it didn’t feel cramped just because there was one more bed.

Marianne, who used to go straight to bed after work anyway, had had no particular impression of her bedroom until now.

But maybe it was because the presence of Isaac, lying on the bed right next to her, felt far away for no reason. Today, the room felt unnecessarily spacious.

For this reason, Marianne was muttering in her heart a resentment that would have been deeply unfair had the builders of the palace heard it, but she soon realized that the cause of her dissatisfaction lay somewhere else.

‘As expected, Isaac is the problem.’

Marianne raised her upper body and glared at the bed next to her. Her husband, unaware of his wife’s speed, was enjoying his sleep while snoring.

It was very cool to see Isaac organizing the materials he gave after dinner.

The appearance of a working man who was cool with a different feeling from the confrontation with the black knight had stimulated Marianne’s heart.

But when the matter was sorted out, Isaac was about to go back. Even though I told him several times to stick close to him because he was an escort.

Upset, Marianne impulsively told him to go to bed together. At her words, Isaac asked if it could be a merging, and she replied that it was not.

This time, the excuse was an escort. While Marianne belatedly felt ashamed for citing the reason that she was most vulnerable to being targeted while sleeping, Isaac just agreed.

So, they immediately ordered the attendants to add a first-class bed and sleep together. Marianne’s heart felt like it was going to explode, but she feigned composure, washed herself clean, changed her clothes, and lay down on the bed.

and it comes to now

‘Nonsense. How can I not lay a hand on my lovely wife when she is lying right next to me?’

She acted impulsively, so she wasn’t prepared mentally or anything. However, when nothing really happened, I was rather annoyed.

‘Could it be that I’m not attractive?’

Marianne, who repeated irritation and reached a somewhat pessimistic thought, was immediately denied that hypothesis. Even though she had never experienced love, she still had eyes.

‘I must be prettier than any of the women Isaac met.’

In order to become the emperor, even after becoming the emperor, Marianne never skipped training. Because it was a means to survive, it had already become a part of her life.

Even in the middle of a hectic busy, her body, which continued to train, was great even by herself. Both the proportions and balance were close to perfect, but the chest and hips showed off their presence properly.

In the past, there was a time when I hated it because it was useless fat lump, but that was already a story of the past.

I knew by now that the more ways I could get the attention of men who cared about me, the better.

Even she is at the most beautiful and young age, which can be said to be the peak of beauty. It means a golden age for women.

‘No, but why didn’t you touch me!’

He couldn’t understand Isaac, who embraced all kinds of women but never lifted a finger toward himself.

It was the first time that I asked if it was a joint venture. There was nothing hinting at me or subtly tempting me.

At this point, I wondered if Marianne should attack her herself, and it wasn’t that she actually had no intention of doing so… … .

‘… … Boo, shame on you!’

As a virgin, she couldn’t have had that kind of courage. Because I didn’t even know how to start in the first place.

The emperor’s charisma, which made everyone rule and follow him, was of no help at this moment.

In the end, Marianne had to stay awake all night.

—

“It hurts, Marianne. It hurts a lot.”

The past few days, from the time I went to bed with Marianne, until she went back to bed after waking up in the morning, she kicked my leg whenever she had a chance.

At first, it was at the level of stabbing with the tip of a shoe, so far from being painful, it felt cute.

But as the days went by, Marianne’s kick evolved. I wanted to get stronger and stronger, but today I started to deliver proper low kicks.

It’s quite painful because it’s Marianne’s kick, which is far from the physical ability of an ordinary woman.

Of course, if you put a little strength on your leg when you hit it, you won’t feel anything, but if you do, Marianne’s leg will hurt when you kick it, so you have no choice but to just hit it.

“Can’t you tell me why you hit me?”

“… … joy.”

When asked why, he still turned his head away as if pouting. It’s cute, but I want you to know how I feel when I close my eyes every day before sleeping.

If you move a little, you can reach your wife, but you can’t even touch it and you have to sleep. It was such a painful torture that I would rather scream death.

If I hadn’t been able to sleep anywhere quickly thanks to rolling over from the battlefield, I might have really died.

Holding back my sigh, I was working in the office with Marianne, so she started talking to me.

“How about throwing the bait? Do you have a bite?”

“There is, but there is no news yet about what I want.”

Coyle, following my orders, was eagerly flirting with the wives of high-ranking officials. I worked so hard that some people sneaked up on me and protested around the corner.

Of course, that’s not the only thing they’re doing to find the traitor. Random investigations were conducted on events taking place within the system, including trends in the underworld, but there were no particularly notable results.

“At this point, I doubt whether there is a traitor.”

Saying that, while she was clearing her neck, which had been sore from having been hanging her head for a long time, Marianne, who was thinking about something, spoke.

“Wouldn’t you like to bite soon?”

“You mean Coil?”

Unexpectedly, Marianne was quite positive about my plan to provoke the high-ranking people using the coil.

Even I, who ordered the operation, didn’t have high expectations.

“Because nothing makes people more irrational than jealousy.”

It was when I was about to say that I knew that part. Someone urgently knocked on the office door. When permission to enter the room fell from Marianne’s mouth, it was none other than Haria who entered.

I feel like I haven’t seen you in a long time.

“This is an urgent matter, so forgive me for being rude.”

Haria, who lowered her head and apologized to Marianne, asked what was going on, and she answered quickly.

“Coils are under attack. Derrigan and Gina are responding… … ”

“Guide me.”

The Hounds officially became Marianne’s direct escort the day after they moved out a few days ago. In other words, there was a high possibility that they were attacking even though they knew it was a direct escort.

Above all, if Derrigan and Gina, who were attached to protect the coil, are responding, then it’s not like they’re talking nonsense.

this is how it works

“It was as you said, Marianne. Then I’ll be back for a while.”

“be careful.”

If I am away, the other Haruns will watch over Marianne. As long as something like the Black Knight doesn’t appear, there shouldn’t be a problem with quite a few enemies.

I went outside with Haria and started running.

—

“Hmm.”

After Isaac left, Mariane put down her pen for a moment. Since Isaac cares about his subordinates, running out in a crisis must be inevitable.

That was fine, but there was one catch.

‘What was Haria’s gaze looking at me earlier?’

Marianne recalled the hostility she felt when Sica killed her family, who had come to kill her, and took her alive, but she shook her head.

‘It’s different from that.’

It wasn’t a simple killing intent. In particular, when Isaac called out his name as he left, Haria’s inadvertently revealed emotions were like… … .

‘no way.’

Haria despised and loathed Isaac. It seemed to improve over time, but it didn’t seem like he had a very good feeling until recently when he reported to himself.

So no doubt I think it’s an extremely unlikely story.

‘It would be foolish to leave something bothering me. Because it interferes with observation.’

After organizing her thoughts, Marianne picked up her pen again.