The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 55: A case of dependence.

Chapter 55: A case of dependence.

Sigrid trailed the knife slowly over his neck, almost as if she was caressing it with her fingers. "Welcome back, I hope you don’t mind but I intend to kill that canary. If you want to bring me a gift next time, try gold and diamonds. I can also accept you, just wrap a ribbon around your bare chest."

He retrieved his knife, but the look of anger in his eyes became even more prominent. Swiftly, he struck out his hand and put it on Sigrid’s neck, he didn’t apply pressure, it just laid there.

"She saved my life, did you have to humiliate her?"

His voice was raw, filled with emotion and accusation and it annoyed Sigrid. Even though she was not in love with Roland, to see him becoming emotional for another woman angered her.

She did not hide the contempt in her eyes or try to be polite, it would be lost in translation anyway.

"My husband comes home from war and the very first thing that he does is attack me for the sake of another woman. He even wants to strangle me, if the people see their crown prince right now, I wonder what they would think?"

He took his hand away and placed it at his side. "I don’t like the way you are phrasing your words, it almost sounds like I want to harm you for Emmah’s sake."

"Don’t you?" she bit out.

"No." he blurted strongly, "I just don’t understand why you are choosing to be unreasonable about this. You have a medal that saves you from death, even though you have magic the king cannot give an order to kill you but she is different, her circumstances are not similar to yours."

"Yeah well, nobody has similar circumstances, that’s the way of our society. I traded my family’s business for that medal, we needed it because a good number of families were plotting against us. You want to reward her with one because she used magic to save your life.." She paused and put her hand over his mouth because he was about to interrupt her.

"It is true that what she did is a meritorious deed, but she is not the first and will not be the last person to give up their life to save you. It will happen all your life because you are the crown prince and future king, your safety is the safety of Eldoria.

If you want fairness then let me ask you this, how many soldiers and knights have done the same thing for you? Did you tell the king to give them death free medals? Are they undeserving because they didn’t use magic?"

Sigrid used logic to counter his argument, if she used emotions she knew that she would lose the battle. It worked in her favor because the anger in Roland’s eyes started to fade.

In his mind, he thought about the men and women that had given their lives to save him since childhood, some had lived and others died. Never before had he gone before the king to ask for them to be rewarded heftily, he always rewarded them personally.

"No, I have never thought less of them, it’s just...she...it’s different." he answered.

His face held a grimace, he could not clearly explain what made Emmah different, he just had this feeling and voice in his head hammering the fact that he owed her.

She knew why he was saying such words, it was the effect of the halo on Emmah’s head. It had captured him during the time he spent with her on the way back to Eldoria from the land of mist.

He was like an alcoholic in need of detoxification and she was the cure.

She lowered her hand, taking the knife away from his neck and replaced it with her hand. She moved closer to him and touched his cheek lightly. "Have you ever been on a ship Roland?"

He nodded, he had been on many ships.

"Who is the most important crew member on a ship?" she asked.

"The captain." he responded quickly.

In the back of his mind, he wondered why she was asking a question that had such an easy answer.

"The captain is in charge of the ship, responsible for navigation it and ensuring that all aboard are safe from the start of the journey to the finish." he further added.

Sigrid smiled. "You are the captain Roland, or you are supposed to be one not just for our family but the citizens of Eldoria. I am your chief mate, second mate, third mate, deck crew, engineer, medical officer, security officer and so much more.

But I am not alone, there are others that are standing behind me and all of us have one goal, to make sure that you are safe, happy and on the throne at the end of the day.

Should the captain collapse, so will the rest of us. Should the ship sink, so will the rest of us, your mother’s Kensington family, my Thorin family, the noble families that stand behind you. our knights and servants.

Even your horses, sheep, trees and castle will not survive should you fall. They will be slaughtered and burnt, our home will be looted and blazed to the ground.

Every action you take has consequences because it is being watched, many are hoping that you make one mistake, just one and all of us will go down in one swoop."

He tilted his head away from her hand, so she dropped it.

"You sound just like my mother." he whispered, tiredly.

The weight of the war, the long journey and expectations from his mother, his father, his wife and his people all pushed heavily on his shoulders.

Sigrid took his hand, interlocking the fingers of their hands together, she was already expecting him to push her away and it surprised him when he did not do it.

"She loves and worries for you, as do I. You are the future king, our lives depend on you. I know that you hate it, I dislike it as well, having my life in the hands of another person.

Other ladies families send them off to marriage with smiles and joy, my grandmother told me not to die.

My brothers told me to watch my back, my father wished he could stop the wedding and my mother cried herself to sleep the night before the wedding because she was sending me off to a slaughter house."

She giggled, "A slaughter house." she whispered.

"So why marry me?" he asked slowly.

She raised her eyebrows, "Do you really think that your father gave me a choice?"

As an afterthought, she added, "besides, let’s not forget the fact I saw you naked, I have to take responsibility for that, I cannot be a rogue. If we follow the rules of our society, I should have gone down on one knee and proposed because I can be considered to have ruined your innocence."

Little snorts of laughter involuntarily fell out of Roland’s mouth. He tried to suppress the laughter and failed, the thought of his innocence being ruined was quite funny.

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