The Reason for Marriage

“Don’t!” Restless, Sid intervened quickly. His eyes trembled with confusion. It was clear that he wanted to prevent Iveca from killing Reina. “Queen, you need to calm down first…”

“I’m calm already.” Iveca replied coldly, taking a deep breath, then removed her dagger from Reina’s neck and threw it casually against the wall. Sid made a strange expression as he looked at the dagger that was thrown under the wall clock. “If the Bureau of Investigation decided to get rid of me anyway, I would be dead within two years.”

“Queen…”

“I’m just sick and tired of all these dramas… So now, I’ll give you a choice,” said Iveca.

“What?” asked Sid.

“If you’re going to kill me, kill me now.” Iveca’s eyes were unshakable. Resolute. “If that’s the judgment of the Bureau of Investigation, I’ll follow it.”

Both Sid and Reina merely stared at Iveca with puzzled eyes.

“One will not be blinded to individual safety but believe in the organization’s judgment,” Iveca stared at the dagger, “I also remember this much.” She spoke her words calmly and quietly, without taking out any measure to defend herself.

“If it is the organization’s decision to get rid of me, I will follow it. Of course, you won’t care, but I will never forget once I was in the Bureau of Investigation, too.”

With those words, tears eventually began to fall from Reina’s eyes. Sid also bit his lower lip and slowly blinked his squinted eyes.

“But I’m also an employee of the Judicial Affair Bureau. If you don’t get rid of me now, I’ll file a complaint for an investigation towards the Bureau of Investigation, cut off my limbs, and complete the Grand Constitution in the meantime,” Iveca continued.

“Uh, what to do… Queen…having thoughts like that is…” Reina stifled her sobs, to no avail.

“You can kill me,” Iveca said quietly. “It’s not a very regretful life except the fact that I need to let go of the Supreme Constitution.”

Of course, she constantly remembered Daniel’s face, but she ought to suffer on her own. By his side, she was as broken as she was happy. Perhaps even if she were to die now, Daniel was a clever and meticulous man, therefore he would be able to find enough people to replace her.

After all, the person in his heart was not her. Such a wonderful woman who was completely different from herself, even she wanted to be like her.

“Now this is the chance. Kill me. It’s okay. The Constitution is not complete, the Bureau of Investigation can still use its power, and I am prepared to follow that decision.”

Iveca spoke without remorse nor fear, but Sid and Reina, who once had been her dear colleagues, couldn’t bear to attempt such murder.

“You can’t kill me? I see. It would be a great nuisance to the Bureau of Investigation to murder a member of the royal family. I didn’t think about it.” Iveca stood from her seat and took her steps to the window. “I’ll go out and die on the balcony of the royal palace on my own. Then, everyone else will see my suicide.”

“My queen!” Reina grabbed her shoulder in surprise.

“You can testify for the last time. The pressure of Count Esselburn seemed too much of a psychological burden.”

Reina warped her arms around Iveca’s waist as she twisted her body around and shook her head. “Don’t do this. Why are you like this, Queen?”

“What are you doing? When did you ever attack and stab me in the first place? I said I would die on my own. What’s wrong with it?” Iveca’s voice began to become more and more intense.

“Please…. Please don’t do this.. Queen, please…”

Tears dropped from Reina’s eyes. Her arms trembled while they gripped Iveca’s waist. Iveca couldn’t understand it, so she smiled in vain. It was hard to believe even with the tears since she knew Reina was lying in front of her.

“I hate hypocrisy like this. I know everything, so drop your pretenses. I am fed up with all those people around me, who are always different inside and out.”

Sid couldn’t bear to remain a spectator; he blurted out: “We have secrets, and we must admit that our outside and inside are inevitably different. But you have misunderstood something.” His eyes had also gone red, as if stopping the tears that threatened to fall. “We will never forget that the Queen has served in the Bureau of Investigation.”

What does it even mean? Iveca rolled her eyes. “Today… You’d better not go to work. You’re so emotional right now.”

“Emotional? What are you talking about?”

At Sid’s words, Iveca was furious. Reina, who saw her explode for the first time, trembled and hugged her tighter.

“Then, what do you want me to do? I said I can die the way you guys want but you said I can’t. So, why the hell are you doing this to me? Why!” Iveca screamed. She lost her strength and collapsed into Reina’s arms.