I Became the Monster's Bride

No Matter What You Look Like (1)

Roelin looked out through a small window in the carriage. She wanted to see Kergel, but she couldn’t see him through the window, since he was in the lead.

“Hah…”

Her lips while she was looking out endlessly were pressed against each other as a sight faintly leaked out. Then, Lucy, who was sitting on the opposite side, carefully opened her mouth.

“Is there something wrong, Empress? Shall I call the Doctor for you?”

“No, it’s alright. It’s just…”

Roelin shook her head and answered before she blurted the end of her words. Lucy, who noticed that her blue eyes seemed hazy, smacked her tongue silently.

It had been because she could roughly guess why Roelin was being like this.

‘Maybe it’s His Majesty’s fault.’

More precisely, it was due to the fact that only now did she hear about the ‘wolf’ thing that Kergel had kept as a secret.

Lucy was in a situation where she didn’t know exactly what truly happened. However, when dawn broke and Lucy had prepared a basin of water for her wash, she could only have guessed what had occurred with the unfolded scenery inside the tent.

Roelin was on the cot while Kergel had been in one corner of the tent—far away.

They both looked very tired, perhaps since they had stayed up all night. In addition, the confusion that revealed across Roelin’s face had been deeply laid out as if there was not something that could be solved ever so simply.

‘It must have been hard to accept it that easily.’

How could she not be flustered by the fact that he inherited the blood of an Ancient Suin tribe and was not just an ordinary human being?

Moreover, since she even saw his ‘changed appearance’ yesterday……

‘I trusted the two of them and let them be alone, but I don’t know if I was too hasty earlier.’

Lucy repeatedly clicked her tongue silently while still scanning Roelin’s overall complexion.

Neighh.

At that moment, the carriage soon came to a halt with the cry of a horse followed by the knight’s voice from outside.

“Empress. His Majesty has relayed a message that is to take a rest here for a while.”

“……I see.”

When Roelin heard it, she paused for a moment before she soon replied in a calm tone. Then, she clenched her lips while clutching the hem of her dress. She seemed to be thinking about something as she grew hesitant. Lucy, who saw that figure of hers, began calling out to Roelin carefully.

“Empress…”

“You should get off the carriage for a while, Lucy. It definitely felt uncomfortable since we have been sitting for a long time already.”

Before Lucy could even finish speaking, Roelin had already opened her mouth first. Lucy nodded her head and matched the beat as Roelin tried to talk to her as if she was all okay.

“That would be nice, Empress. I’ve been in this carriage all the time, so I can feel like my body is all stiff.”

Lucy added a joke in an even lighter tone on purpose. Then, Roelin smiled faintly in response before throwing her eyes back at the window.

The soldiers could be seen to be washing the horses. Plus, each of the knights was using their brief break to brush up their weapons as well.

However, there was still no way to find Kergel’s figure at all.

‘…Maybe he’s avoiding me.’

The moment that Roelin had recalled the family which she didn’t want to think about the most, the knight’s voice could be heard from outside the carriage once again.

“Empress, may I open the carriage door?”

“Go ahead.”

Roelin stopped her thoughts that were all jumbled up in her head and opened her mouth. Then, when the carriage door opened, the knight made a bow with his right hand on his left chest and soon reached out to escort her.

“……”

Nevertheless, Roelin simply stared at the knight’s hand instead. Originally, it had always been Kergel who would reach out to her at such times.

She bit her lips and stood up while feeling rather angry. Then, Lucy quickly arranged the hem of Roelin’s dress.

Roelin placed her fingertips onto the knight’s hand lightly before she slowly got out of the carriage.

“Empress.”

There had already been a portable chair waiting for her right after getting out of the carriage. It was hurriedly prepared for her, who had been unable to walk due to the severe wound on her foot.

Roelin took a seat on the portable chair as she was supported by Lucy. Then, she looked around slowly.

They were not out of the forest just yet, so everywhere had still been full of trees.

Still, she could see the flush plain more than anywhere else over here. Maybe that was the reason why they had decided to take a break at this place for a while.

“Which way would you like to go, Empress?”

Lucy came up to her and began to ask. Roelin made a glance at Lucy’s question and looked around once again.

No, it would be better to say that she was actually looking for a man rather than simply looking around.

“……”

Then, Roelin’s gaze eventually had gotten fixed at a point. Lucy instantly turned her head to where her gaze had stopped as well.

“Ah…”

Lucy voiced out before realizing her mistake and hurriedly closed her mouth. Then, she carefully looked back at Roelin.

She was still looking ‘there’.

The place where the Emperor had been.

“Would you like to go to His Majesty?”

“……No, I……”

Roelin shook her head in embarrassment after having listened to Lucy’s apparent question. But only then did she soon have to stop shaking her head in response.

It was due to the fact that Kergel suddenly turned his head and began staring at her as if he had already noticed her gaze.

Despite the distance between the two of them, she could clearly feel his eyes on her.