"Please don't let the empress in."
''Is that a condition of the contract?''
''.......yes''
''Then what can you give me?''
"I will become Your Majesty's man."
"My person? I can have her without that contract."
''Phew.......''
Woong closed his eyes tightly, sighed, then opened them and looked at Yeongmin.
"I will become a perfect man of His Majesty."
''You were originally mine''
Yeongmin stood up and handed the document to Woong, saying
''Read it''
Woong looked up at Youngmin and handed over the document.
The document contained photos and information about many women.
''What is this?''
''The Empress Candidate''
Woong looked at Youngmin with a dumbfounded expression and said
"You want me to handle it?"
"No, I gave it to you to use."
Woongi tore the paper on the spot.
"Are you kidding me? You never intended to take the empress in from the beginning, did you?"
Youngmin said, holding his stomach and laughing.
"Pfft, isn't that obvious? I'm leaving her behind to take another woman as my wife? That's ridiculous."
Seeing Youngmin like that, Woong hesitated and then said
''......What if the heroine brings a man?''
As soon as he heard Woong's words, Youngmin's expression hardened.
He spoke in a firm and calm voice.
"Kill them mercilessly."
At his cold tone and expression, Woong unconsciously crouched. Seeing Woong, Yeongmin chuckled, then slowly closed his eyes and spoke.
"Don't worry. I won't kill you. I'll kill you as quietly and painfully as possible without her knowing...
Should I pluck out my eyes first? So that they can no longer contain that child. Or my hands? Because they're the filthy hands that touched that child. Or...''
''majesty!''
Woong cut off Youngmin's words, and Youngmin opened his eyes and spoke with a harmless smile again.
''.......Okay, I'll stop''
''But... were you serious about that?''
''huh''
His unhesitating answer sent shivers down Woong's spine once again. The Yeongmin he knew wasn't this cruel. Having grown up observing Yeongmin as a warm ray of sunshine to others since childhood, Woong found this Yeongmin utterly unfamiliar.
'What... made Your Majesty like this?
Love...is this feeling?
Is that really... love?'
Countless questions filled Woong's head,
Woong couldn't bring himself to say it out loud.
'Perhaps these questions will remain question marks forever.'
Woong looked into Youngmin's eyes and said
"Please take good care of the heroine."
"thank you"
His eyes looked at Woongi without wavering.
Woong-i gained confidence that Young-min would keep his promise.
No, at least he was sure that the Youngmin he knew would not break this promise...
'Can I trust Your Majesty...?
I hope my choice wasn't wrong......'