I Won’t Accept Your Regrets

Chapter 117:

"I'm scared, where is my mom? I'm scared!"

The eyes of the Emperor opened the sight of a tear-stained child.

As if their previous meeting had already disappeared from the child's head with ash, Carlisle was now screaming and crying with fear.

When Raymond was about to touch the child, he trembled even more and pulled away.

As if he was afraid of being harmed again.

Raymond, shocked by this action, lost the will to change anything.

In the end, Carlisle found peace only when he found himself in the arms of his grandfather.

The palace physician assured that the boy didnt lose his memory, but only was in shock and fear of unfamiliar surroundings.

Extreme horror was seen in those black eyes opposite.

Raymond didnt dare to stand in the room in order to avoid further complications, and remained in the doorway.

At this time, the butler turned to the exit and almost took down the Emperor himself. He hastily fell down on his face.

"Sire. I beg your forgiveness!"

"Calm down at least you."

Raymond pulled the butler by the hand and said.

Through the open door he watched Carlisle lying on the bed.

The butler disappeared back home, and Raymond still entered the room.

As he got closer to the bed, his usually even breathing quickened.

"You've already fallen asleep."

Carlisle was now asleep, clutching the pillow tightly.

The child's eyes were swollen from how much he cried.

With a hard feeling in his heart, he looked around Carlisle's reddened eyes, and then directed his gaze to Duke Croft, who was standing by the bed.

"Duke. Ellie scrambled out, there is no more reason to panic."

"Thank you, sire."

"I'm not done with you and Ellie yet. I'm just worried about Carlisle."

"I will gladly accept any punishment."

"I dont want to listen to this nonsense."

Raymond snapped back with an annoyed face.

"Stay with Carlisle for now. The child goes crazy without you."

"As you order."

The Duke bowed his head.

Raymond cast another meek glance at the sleeping Carlisle, and turned towards the door.

Returning to the study, he collapsed on the sofa in exhaustion.

Closing his eyes, he grabbed his temples.

Let his head no longer hurt like it used to, but that is why his thoughts havent become easier.

It is impossible to hide the fact that Carlisle is his son forever.

The crowd of courtiers was innumerable.

In the end, it will be a matter of time before Carlisle's existence is made public. And then the Empire will turn upside down in an instant.

Black hair and black eyes.

The undisputed symbol of the ruling family.

Then Ellie will no longer be able to grab Carlisle and hide over the sea.

Carlisle will be the second prince of the Empire.

The nobles will start squabbling over who to bet on.

In Carlisle's absence, Edmund was the undisputed successor.

However, a boy appeared who was the son of the former Empress.

Everything was clear even without question.

And besides this, the monarch was betrayed by Edmund's grandfather, Marquis Sios.

But to bury that isnt an easy undertaking.

The power of the Marquis has grown tremendously in the past six years. And the position of the first prince was handy for that.

In addition, Edmund was popular with the imperial people for his kindness and gentle nature.

If you show them the new prince, there will be strife.

"Marquis Sios."

It was a pity for Edmund, but his grandfather would have to be dealt with as soon as possible so that there were no obstacles on the Carlisle way.

At that moment, Raymond woke up from the thunder that shook the windows.

Thunder struck, and then lightning struck. Soon it began to rain from the sky.

He got up from his seat and went to the window. After watching the pouring rain, he turned to the butler.

"Has Carter returned yet?"

Carter didnt ride with him to the palace, but immediately went to catch the assassins.

"No."

He was ordered to drag the attackers to the palace before dawn.

Before Carlisle's existence could reach the wrong ears.

Suppose the connection with the raiders lay through Duke Drua, but the Emperor thought that the plan belonged to Sios.

It was he who was most threatened by the existence of Carlisle.

At that moment one of the servants briskly approached the butler and whispered something in his ear.

The butler immediately reported:

"Your Majesty, the head of the 4th corps arrived with captured people."

Raymond turned from the window.

"Let him drag them to the dungeon. I will arrange the interrogation personally."

* * *

As if the sky itself had leaked, the pouring rain continued until dawn.

Early in the morning, a man hastily passed the gates of the capital and rushed deeper into the city.

The sound of hooves urging on the muddy ground persistently approached.

When the horse stopped in front of a certain large mansion, a shout was heard from inside:

"Master!"

The butler walked out of the mansion and stared at Jeremy in amazement.

After all, he went west on behalf of His Excellency, but returned earlier than expected.

Jeremy ignored the butler's embarrassment and hurried to the mansion.

"Where is the Duke?"

"He hasn't got up yet"

Before the butler finished, Jeremy rushed up the stairs.

Straight to the Duke's bedroom.

"I heard something terrible happened to Ellie and Carlisle."

And he was sent on an assignment at this very time. Wow, what a coincidence.

After meeting with Jed, upon returning home, the Duke suddenly asked him to go west to get in touch with a certain nobleman.

It was said that the nobleman will play an important role in the execution of the future plan.

The sudden dispatch was a little strange, but at first Jeremy thought that the Duke was testing him for lice in this way.

Then Jeremy was hit in the head by a seemingly stupid idea.

Just in case, he reported everything to the Emperor before leaving. But as he galloped westward, it became difficult to shake off the obsessive anxiety.

It was strange that a paranoid Duke, without a second thought, would show him a key figure in their conspiracy.

The same Duke who didnt pry his nose out of the house, and would check everyone dozens of times to make sure he was really trustworthy.

But now everything was different.

And his foreboding grew into a conviction that something was wrong when on the way he caught a man secretly watching him.

The man died before being interrogated.

But Jeremy guessed instinctively where the point was.

Recently, only one person has been hunting for him.

Lisa Sios.

A dangerous and capable woman.

She sniffed out about Carlisle's existence, and eventually took the job into her own hands.

On his way west, Jeremy turned towards the capital.

In a frenzy, and without a sip of water, he galloped into the mansion, but upon arrival didnt find Ellie.

What Lumont, who was cleaning the mansion, told him was terrible news, because the whole process had already started.

While he was galloping west on his father's instructions, Lisa forged his letter to lure Ellie into a trap.

They also said that the Emperor himself miraculously saved them, but Lumont couldnt know how badly Ellie and Carlisle had suffered.

The knights who went with them were almost all killed, and the only survivor was unconscious, so and Jed.

Lumont's desperate gaze pounded his heart harder.

He wanted to rush to the palace and check on Ellie right away, but there was more to be done before that.

This is by no means the idea of Duke Drua himself.

All the work was done by Lisa Sios, and Duke Drua would be the scapegoat.

Jeremy still clearly remembered the lurking poison in Lisa's green eyes.

"The heck! Duke!"

He ran as fast as he could, but Jeremy was still late.

The bedroom door is wide open.

And in it, the body of Duke Drua twitched on the rope like a puppet.