I felt angry for being ignored and bored with the party, so I just sipped my drink.

The only fortunate thing was that the alcohol tasted really good.

Though I was known for holding my liquor well, after drinking alone for three hours without any food, I started to feel tipsy.

With so many people around. I feel lonely. Is this what they call solitude in a crowd……

I feel like I’m being excluded. Nobody talks to me. Especially that traitor over there! He’s the worst!

Just when I started getting emotional from the alcohol, Madam Peggy approached.

“Your Majesty the empress, we need to move.”

Someone actually talked to me…… and a person at that. I was so happy I wanted to run to Madam Peggy and become a flower for her.

However, contrary to my wishes, my body staggered the moment I stood up.

I felt Charte’s gaze turn toward me for the first time, but I had no time to look at him while trying to steady myself.

Though he didn’t show it outwardly, Charte was actually shocked inside.

By the strange behaviors of the daughter of Nathan Whyman, called the Prime Minister of the century, who was known for both ability and character, the highest lady.

* * *

When I immersed my body in the bathtub filled with warm water, the tipsiness that had been suppressed by tension suddenly spread.

Just this morning, I was embarrassed when someone touched my body, but maybe because I was drunk, having someone else wash me and give me a massage made me feel comfortably relaxed.

This is so comfortable. And the people in this world are more detailed in their touch than the sauna ladies from my world.

But as time passed, the scent of flower petals in the bathtub started to make me feel sick.

I tried to endure it since this was heaven compared to before, but it wasn’t easy.

“Your Majesty the empress, is there anything uncomfortable?”

“Ah. The scent is too strong, and I’m feeling sick. Ugh!”

The maids quickly opened the windows for ventilation.

Even during this, they took careful consideration to maintain the water temperature, which I really appreciated.

When drunk, I usually either sleep without washing or throw up, wash, throw up, wash, and so on. This is so comfortable.

But why are they putting me in this tight dress again? I’m feeling sick and uncomfortable. Does an empress have to dress formally even when sleeping? So uncomfortable.

Guided by Madam Peggy to the bedroom, I collapsed onto the large, soft bed.

I dozed off slightly, but when I opened my eyes due to feeling sick, I saw a high ceiling and a fancy chandelier. Still not fully awake, I was confused again.

So this is…… a bedroom!

Before I could organize my thoughts, a dirty signal came from deep inside my body.

“Blegh!”

Where on earth is the bathroom!

Barely holding back the traces of drinking that were about to burst out by tightly closing my mouth, I ran toward the large door, and the moment I opened it, I collided head-on with Charte who was just entering.

“What is this behavior? Lady Leila Whyman.”

“Ah…… I……”

The moment I opened my mouth to answer, without time to hold back, everything inside poured out.

His face, which had surely never experienced such a messy accident(?) in his life, crumpled miserably.

Seeing his face about to explode with anger, I remembered his habit of easily dealing with people and turned deathly pale.

He looked ready to draw a sword immediately, but fortunately in this unfortunate situation, he had no sword since he was in his first night attire.

He pointed with his hand to another door connected to the bedroom.

When I tried to open my mouth to apologize, nausea threatened to rise again, so I covered my mouth and ran madly in the direction he pointed.

After hurriedly washing and changing clothes by myself, I came out to find him sitting with a cold face, already cleaned up.

“Ah, I’m sorry, Your Majesty. My stomach was really bad……”

“Do you even know what you’ve done?”

“Of course. Actually, this is the first time I’ve thrown up on someone else……”

“How impudent. Or is it arrogance? Being the Prime Minister’s daughter must make you fearless.”

“What? That’s not it.”

“I thought you should be on your knees begging for forgiveness, but are you saying I should be grateful that this is your first time, like it’s an honor? Right now.”

“Ah, no. That’s not what I meant, I was just trying to explain, okay? That I’m not usually this rude……”

He sighed with an incredulous face and spoke in a low voice.

“Do you want to die?”

“No! I absolutely want to live! Living a long and healthy life is my lifelong dream!”

“Then why do I keep feeling that Lady Whyman is heading toward death? Do you expect to live after doing this to me?”

I wasn’t tactless enough to say “I hope to live” in this situation, so I looked at him with the most pitiful expression I could manage.

However, his cold gaze seemed to have not even a hint of an opening.

After a long staring contest that wasn’t really a contest, he opened his mouth.

“In the Rad Empire, you are the first person to survive after doing such a thing to me, Lady Whyman. Even the Prime Minister has never made such a mistake. No, not even enemy countries.”

“My father seems like a person with good character and dignity who wouldn’t do such things……”

Then he stared at me with a look that said “is she really crazy?”

“……I mean, no. And enemy countries, of course. Such an attack would only make Your Majesty upset and nothing else. In that time, it would be more practical and effective to shoot a sword or gun instead. A shot aimed at your life!”

Still not fully sober, I didn’t understand what my mouth was blabbering about.

“So I would hope you could judge what is appropriate to say and what is not. Lady Leila Whyman, you are a strange person who seems intelligent but is not. A shot aimed at my life…… Do you think that’s an appropriate thing to say in this situation?”

“No, it’s just that Your Majesty brought it up, so I was just responding……”

“Lady Leila Whyman, don’t you know what the greatest crime in the Empire is?”

When I genuinely showed that I didn’t know, a volcano of anger seemed to erupt from his head, with heat spreading in all directions like a vision.

“It’s the crime of insulting the imperial family. I don’t think I can keep such a dangerous person who has done this on the first day of marriage by my side.”

“What? So am I being rejected on my wedding night?”

Seeing the disbelief disappear from his face at my question, I immediately sensed that I had done something wrong again.

“Lady Leila Whyman, you are different from the rumors.”

When he mentioned Leila, she became curious and brought her face close to his with sparkling eyes.

“Oh? What did you hear about me?”

‘I’m curious about what kind of person Leila is too. Tell me quickly! So I can at least try to imitate her!’

“I heard you were intelligent and wise like the Prime Minister, but experiencing you directly, it was just a false rumor. Did you perhaps spread it yourself? No, rather than that, lady, I think this is not the time to worry about being rejected, but to worry about your life.”

“What? What do you mean…… would I die because I threw up a little? Where is there such a law!”

‘Then more than half the people in this world would be executed! People throw up when they drink! How can you hold that in! Can Your Majesty hold it in? Is your goal to create a country with a population shortage?’

I couldn’t say it out loud, but I sent a silent protest with my eyes.

Of course, he didn’t seem to understand.

“Who do you think you made a mistake against right now?”

Instead of answering the question correctly, I stared at him blankly.

Then he emphasized each word.

“Crime.Of.Insulting.The.Imperial.Family.”

“No, but…… it wasn’t on purpose.”

“It’s regrettable to lose someone called the greatest Prime Minister in the Empire’s history, but the discipline of the imperial family cannot be shaken.”

‘What, is there collective punishment here too? Is this going to bring a bloodbath to the Whyman family? A good family facing extermination because of me…… I can’t go back and will die here. No! I have to stop this!’

After finishing my thoughts, I knelt before him with the most pitiful expression in the world.

The thought of dying in an unknown place without seeing my family made tears start to flow.

“Your Majesty the Emperor, I was wrong. Please spare my life. I haven’t even bloomed yet. If you get to know me, I have an extremely unfortunate fate and am pitiful. So please show mercy and just let me live.”

He silently watched me crying and rambling incoherently. Of course, with an incredulous and appalled face.

He looked at me like a bug and spoke in a cold voice.

“In my life, this is the first time I’ve experienced something so insulting and filthy. But Lady Leila Whyman, do you think it’s right for a social leader to commit a wrong and then just expect forgiveness? I find it difficult to know what to do with the irresponsible and tantrum-throwing Lady Leila Whyman.”

His face didn’t look troubled at all while saying he was troubled, which made me angry, but the situation seemed truly life-threatening, so I swallowed all my emotions.

‘Troubled! You can do anything because you’re the Emperor. You can let me live or kill me……’

“Your Majesty, please spare my life. I was wrong. It was an accident that happened because I drank to hide my fear of being unfamiliar with the imperial palace. If you just let me live, I will never cause you concern again. I will truly live without even making a sound while breathing. Please just let me live. Save me, Your Majesty.”

“……”

“My life is already yours. You can decide my life and death anytime. However, for the sake of my father who has been loyal to the country his entire life, please give me one more chance. If I make another mistake next time, I will follow Your Majesty’s will.”

“The crime of insulting the imperial family is not something that can be decided so easily. Earlier, I experienced the pain of the imperial family collapsing. You might think it’s just me, but isn’t my pain the pain of the people in the empire? I don’t want my people to experience such pain again.”

“Could I heal that pain for you?”

“What?”

“The pain was caused by me, and the wound was created by me, so it seems right that I should heal it.”

Standing at the crossroads of life and death made me rather calm and cool-headed.

“Are you saying you’ll give the medicine after causing the disease?”

“I mean it in the sense of taking responsibility, as Your Majesty said earlier. What more precise responsibility is there than healing the wound I inflicted?”

He just looked at me without saying anything, so with an anxious heart, I went over the situation again to see if I had done something wrong.

After staring at me for a long time with an appalled face, he finally spoke heavily,

“How, by what means, can you heal my wound, Lady Leila Whyman?”

“Wounds heal with happiness! I will make you happy.”

He looked at me with a face that said I was talking nonsense.

“What if I say my happiness is not seeing you here?”

“Judging by how you wanted to punish me earlier out of concern for the people’s pain, Your Majesty has an exceptional heart for the people. Such a majestic person wouldn’t consider killing someone a happy thing. Happiness is never far away. Happiness comes from the fun of life! I will give Your Majesty fun and make you happy.”

“How and by what means do you intend to make me happy enough to be fun?”