Edited Novel of IBTMITL (Chapter 201-256)

Chapter 213

"I'll quit."

It was the first words the Empress said.

"I'll stop here, so leave Angenas alone."

The usual loft tone and smile had already been thrown out of the carriage.

Her face was frustrated, leaving only a look of exhaustion.

"We've already lost half of our territory. At this rate, Angenas will not pose a major threat to your future."

Perez did not answer.

Instead, he slowly moved his body, crossed his legs and looked at Empress Lavigne with an oblique gaze.

The empress, who has been receiving the gaze for a while, said, "I promise."

"...Promise."

Finally, Perez's tight-lipped mouth opened.

"What exactly do you promise?"

Empress Lavigne's eyelids trembled at Perez's question as if they could not stand the humiliation.

"Angenas..."

Empress Lavigne's voice shook so gently that her sympathy could be justified

"Angenas will live silently without standing to the center in the future."

"And?"

"I will stamp the first sign of Angenas's approval in the motion to appoint the Crown Prince with your name written on it."

"And?"

Perez cynically asked again.

"What more do you want to hear?"

Empress Lavigne asked, raising her voice.

But Perez only shook his head leisurely.

"Aren't the things you are presenting too meager, Empress? I'm holding on to the Empress's breath in my hand right now."

There was even a faint smile in his voice.

The Empress glared as if she would kill Perez any minute now.

But that's also for a while.

Soon Lavigne breathed out a resigned breath.

"I will step down from my position as the Empress."

This time it was unexpected.

The Empress handed out a better card than I thought.

Quiet red eyes looked at the Empress.

And threw a word.

"That's not how you apologize. Get down on your knees."

At Perez's words, the Empress opened her eyes.

But that's all.

There was no such thing as 'lowly' or 'humble' words that usually follow.

The Empress sighed as if trying to calm down.

Her eyes, which were staring at Perez, also closed tightly.

And

The Empress got up from her seat and knelt on the floor of the carriage.

"I-I apologize. So, please..."

Lavigne, with her head lowered slightly, uttered word per word as if struggling with pain.

Perez looked down at the figure with cold eyes.

There was no sense of triumph on his face that the Empress could see.