His Breeding Obsession Chapter 74.1

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Destiny began to alter.

 

Alice was determined to heal this man, even if it meant dousing herself in blood.

 

“With Alice’s power, this man could be saved.”

 

Of course, she also has to be in good shape.

 

“That’s…”

 

That was the instance in which the emperor attempted to speak dreadfully.

 

“No.”

 

As a dying voice came out, the emperor closed his mouth and quickly looked away.

 

Mirania looked down at the man’s hand grasping her wrist.

 

The man who she thought was sleeping had his eyes open.

 

The man with a pale complexion had a very respectable visage if he had been healthy, but he had lost weight and was very skinny.

 

However, his slightly opened eyes gave off a unique glow.

 

“No, you can’t. I don’t know who you are, but don’t strain her anymore because of me.”

 

The man, who averted his gaze away from Mirania’s indifferent face, this time turned to the emperor and pleaded earnestly.

 

“Father, didn’t you promise? I’m hopeless, so take care of her safety, not mine!”

 

“I know, it’s okay. Please don’t worry, it’s not good for your health.”

 

The Emperor rubbed his forehead in exhaustion.

 

“Alice will be safe, don’t worry. Didn’t she take care of you until the morning?”

 

“Yes. She barely fell asleep an hour ago. Don’t wake her up until she wakes up on her own.”

 

Mirania shifted her gaze to follow the gaze of the man staring back.

 

The man’s eyes were picturing Alice in the room over there. The man’s eyes looked mournful, and Mirania felt strange.

 

The emperor sighed and said, “The child is vehemently opposed to marrying the crown prince.”

 

The man, who turned to the emperor, clenched his jaw.

 

“I can convince her again.”

 

“Evan, do you have to go that far? It doesn’t make any sense at all. I can’t believe you’re sending Alice to your eldest brother.”

 

As the emperor muttered regretfully, the man nodded his head.

 

“Now she’s fine right because of you, Father. If there is a situation where no one can protect her, the empress will certainly harm her.”

 

“…”

 

“Brother, no, being in the arms of His Highness the Crown Prince is the safest path.”

 

All faces were dying, but the faintly young radiance seemed never to be extinguished even after death.

 

Mirania stroked her chin with one hand.

 

It’s a political problem, but contrary to what the empress thought, it does not seem to be a political problem with the emperor.

 

‘So, Alice is not the crown prince’s or the emperor’s lover, but she is in love with the emperor’s hidden son. 

 

Is the emperor struggling between his beloved son and his wife? 

 

Does the empress hate Alice because she loves the emperor? 

 

The emperor could have revealed the prince’s existence, but he is trying to hide it because it would cause another bloodshed.’

 

With fresh perspectives, Mirania turned to face the emperor.

 

“Is it because of that man that your relationship with the Empress worsened?”

 

“I can’t say it had no influence. I indeed distanced myself from the empress while getting closer to Evan and Alice. If she found out about Evan, she would try to kill him, so I turned away from her to hide Evan.”

 

Mirania gently tilted her head, recalling her prime minister’s words that the emperor and his wife had such a good relationship that they even needed stamina pills from her.

 

“It is not particularly touching to say that fatherly love was shown belatedly when it was time for him to die.”

 

“Oh, that’s… That may be true, but what I realized later was that it wasn’t fatherly love.”

 

The Emperor looked down at Evan, who had fallen asleep again, with bitter eyes.

 

A wrinkled hand affectionately stroked Evan’s dry hand.

 

“I feel sorry for Evan’s mother.”

 

What do you mean?

 

Mirania wiggled her brows. The emperor muttered with a faint gaze.

 

The gaze was directed at the man, but it was a look of longing for someone who does not exist now.

 

“I realized too late that I was in love. I shouldn’t have missed it like that then. It was the biggest mistake I ever made.”

 

The Emperor gave a weak smile as he caught a glimpse of Mirania’s appealing features. 

 

“You look like you don’t understand.”

 

Mirania nodded, “Honestly, I don’t…”

 

“I was confident that I knew pretty much everything since I was this old, but I didn’t even know about myself, so it’s beyond embarrassing.”

 

“…”

 

“Especially when it comes to emotions, there are stupid things that I don’t know even though they are near me, like the oppression dug into the soles of my shoes.”

 

Mirania seemed to have no idea what the emperor was saying.

 

‘In short, are you saying that the love you’re calling for is like the tack stuck on the sole of your shoes?’

 

Mirania glanced at her feet.

 

The shoes she had worn on the first continent, not the shoes that Cosa had purchased for humans, had very thin soles.

 

The tack couldn’t dig into the sole and hurt the soles of the feet.

 

Mirania, crumpling her face, puts her foot down again.

 

When the emperor looked at her, she pretended that it was nothing and had an indifferent expression.

 

“If there are people who realize it easily, there are also people like me who realize it too late. People like me have regrets in the end. That’s the only regret I have now that it won’t be strange if I die right away.”

 

“…”

 

“She should have told me when she was still alive.”

 

Mirania thought the emperor’s words were strange.

 

For her, who had lived for a thousand years, someone’s death was not a regret.

 

I’ve lived so long that I’ve never felt regret over someone’s death.

 

For her, death was about missing the other person for a day, and then consigning it to her memories afterward.

 

In addition, the emperor has a beautiful woman beside him.

 

If the person he loved died, shouldn’t he just love another woman? Then he wouldn’t feel the need to regret anything.

 

“Don’t you have an empress? All you need to do is love her.” (Mirania)

 

“I wish it was that simple. Then the imperial palace wouldn’t be so chaotic. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love her.”

 

“…”

 

“Just the thing I like. I care about the empress. How can I not cherish her when she’s been so good to me? But if you ask me if my heart hurts just thinking about it, I can’t answer it without hesitation. Now that I’m this age, love for me is not a fiery feeling that burns when we’re together, but something that makes me feel heartbroken and sad when I think about her.”

 

“… You humans make things too complicated.” (Mirania)

 

Mirania, who listened intently to the emperor’s words and eventually gave up trying to understand him, grumbled and the emperor let out a low laugh.

 

Mirania raised an eyebrow at the gentle smile by the emperor, who had not lived half as long as she did.

 

“What is that expression?” (Mirania)

 

“I heard that the Great Witch’s lifespan is not infinite.”

 

“Yes. My end is not far away. I’ll probably be on a par with you.” (Mirania)

 

‘Maybe it’ll be shorter.’

 

The emperor looked at Mirania’s wrinkle-free face with astonishment but then smiled calmly.

 

“I’ve lived for a long time, but listening to you, I don’t think I’ve ever felt love.” (Mirania)

 

“…”

 

Mirania hesitated for a moment because she did not want to use the word ‘I don’t know’ in front of humans.

 

“I didn’t feel the need.” (Mirania)

 

“Haha. There is no word that is as distant from rational concepts as necessity or justification as love. Because in the face of that great feeling, no gain or loss can be weighed.”

 

As someone who was once renowned as the romanticist of the empire, the emperor was an admirer of love and truly felt sorry for Mirania.

 

“It’s a pity that you don’t have much time left.”

 

“Looking at your complicated situation, I don’t think it’s that bad.”  (Mirania)

 

“I regret my mistakes of the past, but I don’t regret meeting Evan’s mother.”

 

“…”

 

“It’s painful, but it’s so ecstatic that I can bear it all.”

 

Again. Mirania turned her head to the gaze of the emperor, who looked at her like a child.