The Evil Empress Adores Me-Chapter 22

Ah, the yellow candy was apple-flavored.

Oh my, it’s really delicious.

After all, sweet is the truth.

I rolled the candy with the tip of my tongue, enjoying the apple flavor spreading in my mouth.

Diamide asked me with a disgusted face.

“You were about to throw up just now, but did candy actually go into your mouth?”

“You usually have to eat sweets when you’re feeling down.”

At my firm answer, Diamide looked at me with a look that said, ‘What kind of person is this in the world?’

“Yeah, if that’s what you think... ... .”

And then she nodded with a somewhat resigned look on her face... ... .

Hey, maybe people like candy.

Don’t you know that humans evolved to like sweet things by default?

At that moment, Diamide opened her mouth.

“Anyway, this is the first time I’ve seen a young maid like you.”

“Oh, that. I’ve been in the palace since I was born. That’s why.”

I answered innocently.

Then, Diamide, who had been expressionless or expressionless the whole time, opened her eyes wide for the first time.

“What? Why?”

“My mother was a maid in the palace, but she disappeared after giving birth to me.”

Diamide’s eyes shook briefly.

Huh?

I tilted my head.

Are you sympathizing with me?

Actually, I don’t have any thoughts.

Then, my eyes lit up.

Yes, I should seize this opportunity!

Make me feel more, more sympathized!

I looked at Diamide with the most pitiful expression I could muster.

“Don’t you have parents either?”

“Yes.”

I slumped my shoulders sullenly and looked into Diamide’s eyes.

Diamide’s eyes were complicated.

Oh, oh.

Did I finally succeed in creating a common ground with Diamide?

Oh, come to think of it!

Did Diamide’s parents both pass away?

I put a piece of candy in Diamide’s hand.

“Candy, I don’t eat... ...!”

“When I’m feeling down.”

Diamide, who was about to throw his hand away reflexively, stopped.

I locked eyes with Diamide and used my finishing move.

“I like it when you give me something sweet.”

I closed my eyes slightly and smiled bashfully.

How is it, am I cute?

If I laugh like this, not only our empress but also all the other maids will turn their backs!

But Diamide cruelly turned away from me.

“Don’t laugh. You’re ugly.”

“... ... .”

I was a little shocked.

Is this really me being ugly?

I stared at him blankly.

Well, with someone like that, wouldn’t someone as handsome as me be unnoticeable?

... ... I don’t want to admit it.

But anyway... ... Diamid really looks exactly like he was described in the novel.

I glanced at Diamid.

‘He’s really pretty.’

Atop his smooth white forehead like marble, his blue hair swayed.

His long, deer-like nape was as white as whipped cream.

His features looked like they were painstakingly created by a god, his small face.

And his golden-red eyes.

His slender body and slender limbs made him look elegant.

‘He’s still dazzlingly pretty... ... In the future, you will become the most beautiful young man in this empire.’

But that dazzling appearance and the place you live in right now really don’t match.

I looked around.

My maid’s instincts stirred.

Oh, it’s dirty.

Look at the dust on the window frame.

I want to clean it, I want to wipe it clean with detergent!

Well, with Diamid’s skinny and small body, how can I clean this wide place... ... .

Later, when we become closer, should I clean it for you?

While thinking that, I glanced at Diamid.

“What are you looking at?”

... ... Our eyes met.

Hehe.

Instead of answering, I smiled vaguely.

I couldn’t say, ‘The palace you live in is really dirty!’, right?

Diamid asked with a strange expression.

“Come to think of it, you’ve been calling me Your Highness the Crown Prince since earlier.”

“Why is that? Am I the Crown Prince?”

Huh, weren’t you the Crown Prince?

No, but you look exactly like the Crown Prince depicted in the original?

“... ... Of course.”

Diamide narrowed his brows at me, who was tilting his head.

After hesitating for a moment, he opened his mouth.

“Don’t you know what other people call me?”

“I do.”

My eyes widened.

Diamide.

That’s what most people called Diamide.

There was a clear title, ‘Your Highness the Crown Prince,’ but everyone was whispering that Diamide would become the deposed crown prince.

‘But, I also know that you will become the emperor later on, surpassing the crown prince.’

Also, even if that’s not the case, why do you insist on calling me ‘Diamond-nim’ when you have the title of Crown Prince?

It’s not like you’re ignoring me, it’s just annoying.

After thinking for a while, Diamond asked again carefully.

“... ... Don’t you even dislike me?”

“Why? The crown prince is handsome.”

“... ... .”

Diamond remained silent.

I faced him confidently.

Okay, I did you a favor.

You kept swearing at me, saying I’m ugly, but I’ll keep an objective perspective!

After a moment, Diamond abruptly turned his head away.

Huh?

I widened my eyes.

The corners of Diamond’s ears... ... seemed to be turning red?

“He’s funny, really.”

After a while, Diamide muttered grumpily, but I decided to be generous and pretend not to hear her.

“Oh, I have to go back now!”

Then, I suddenly got up from my seat.

I didn’t plan on staying long in the first place.

In fact, I never thought I would run into Diamide like this.

More than anything, I had stopped by on an errand for Chief Maid Weber, so I had to go get her some clothes.

I neatly picked up the bundle of clothes that I had placed on the bench.

“I need to give some clothes to Chief Maid Weber.”

“Chief Maid Weber?”

“Yes, she is the chief maid of the Empress’s Palace. She is very kind.”

My legs seemed to be getting stronger now.

I took a couple of steps and looked back at Diamide.

“I’ll come back later.”

“No, don’t come.”

“Sireoyo, I will.”

When I answered shamelessly, Diamide narrowed his eyes and looked at me.

He asked me back.

“You said you were being nice earlier?”

“Well, um, coming to see me is being nice.”

Didn’t I tell you that I was being nice?

When I said I was being nice, I meant that I was being nice to myself!

Diamide just sighed deeply after hearing my ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) answer.

A sigh from a young child.

I smiled brightly.

“I’ll see you again soon!”

“... ... Yes.”

After a while, Diamide answered in a mosquito-like voice.

Oh, I got permission to come next, right?

I nodded and crawled back into the hole.

Oh, really.

I’m dying from exhaustion!

* * *

Diamide stared blankly at the hole where Charlize disappeared.

‘What on earth is she doing?’

At first, when that kid suddenly poked her head out from under the wall, I really thought she was an assassin.

Of course, after talking to her for a few words, I felt sorry for myself for worrying that I would be assassinated by such a brat.

And no matter how surprised I was, my own actions of suddenly thrusting a knife into her throat... ... .

‘... ... That was my fault.’

Diamide frowned without realizing it.

A small girl looking up at him with surprised rabbit eyes.

That frightened look lingered in his mind.

‘Oh, now that I think about it.’

He couldn’t even ask her name.

... ... Will she really come back next time?

Diamide’s eyes shook slightly.

Even though I knew that I would be disappointed if I looked forward to it, the words “See you later” that the child left behind kept ringing in my ears.

“What are you expecting?”

That kindness would soon disappear anyway.

Like a bubble bursting, not even a trace would remain.

Diamide’s expression quickly grew cold.

Then, the boy felt something in his pocket.

“This is... ... .”

When he put his hand in his pocket and took it out, his cool face suddenly collapsed.

What Diamide was holding in his hand was candy.

Candy wrapped in colorful wrapping paper.

When I handed him the candy, how did the child laugh?

“... ... .”

After a while, Diamide peeled off the candy and put it in his mouth.

Now that I think about it, it’s been a really long time since I’ve had candy.

The pink candy tasted like strawberries.

Maybe because of that sweetness, my mouth felt strangely sweet.

* * *

When I returned to the Empress's palace, I was immediately grabbed by the two maids.

The maids were terrified when they saw me.

"Oh my, Charles! What is this!"

"There's grass on your apron?"

"And your clothes are all messed up because of the dirt!"

"That, that. I fell down on the way here... ... ."

Hehe.

I tried to laugh it off, but the Empress, who was just leaving the room, joined in.

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"You fell down on the way? You didn't get hurt?!"

"No. You didn't get hurt."

The only problem is that I almost died... ... .

Diamid, that kid, you know.

Why would you point a dagger at someone like that?

Fortunately, the Empress and her maids were only concerned about whether I was seriously injured, and did not ask me much about my lateness.

However, the Empress did ask me a question.