Prologue:\n\nIt was a very clear and peaceful morning, or- to be exact, it should've been.\n \nErich von Cardion, Emperor of the Cardion Empire, reached out and began slowly reading through all the papers on his desk.\n \n[ To His Majesty the Honorable Emperor... Well, I don't respect you that much, to be frank. ]\n \nA sentence that would've made anyone else freak out, had they read it.\n \n[I still can't understand how the nose-bleeding crybaby, who couldn't even stop a nosebleed properly, ended up sitting on that throne and becoming a respectable emperor.]\n \nJust by looking at the best and elegant handwriting (that didn't match the contents of the letter), Erich could immediately tell who had left it here.\n \nOf course he knew.\n \nThere was only one person in this palace who could say all this without hesitation.\n \n[As you probably already know, I'm leaving you this letter to keep my promise.]\n \nPromise?\n \nErich bent his arm, bringing the letter closer.\n \nA promise? We hadn't done anything recently that could be considered making a promise.\n \nHe did have a fight recently…\n \n[An old promise.]\n \nBut as soon as he read the following sentences, he was able to realize just what this "promise" was.\n \n[You know what Your Majesty always said?]\n \nWhat had he always said?\n \n[ "I won't marry you even if I die!"]\n \n"Oh….oh, oh, oh."\n \nErich let out a curse.\n \nIf anyone was there with him, they would've chided him for letting such words come out.\n \nThey'd probably be like, "You must maintain your dignity, Your Majesty!" But it didn't matter.\n \nAnyone who saw this letter would've reacted the same way \n \n[He would rather eat the carrots in the palace kitchen raw than marry me. \n \nOh, and I tried one raw carrot and canceled that, saying it wasn't too bad.]\n \nI did that?\n \n[ He would also rather enter the monastery than marry me.\n \nCome to think of it, you said you would take that back since you didn't like the vegetable-based diet there.]\n \n"What? Oh- oh!"\n \n[ There are so many more pledges you made along the lines of "I'd rather instead of marrying you", but I'm afraid I'll run out of time if I write them all down, so I'll just leave this at that.]\n \nThe handwriting in this part looked more rushed than before. Erich read the next sentence, trying to calm his trembling hands.\n \n[Anyways, since I didn't want to get married either, I'm leaving before it's too late.\n \nDon't be picky, don't doze off during Cabinet meetings, and don't take the lead when fighting monsters because I don't want you to get hurt.]\n \n"..."\n \n[You've done a great job dealing with me these past years, Erich. Now, you deserve to live.* Congratulations. Take care~]\n*A reference back to "I'd rather die than marry you!"\n \nThere was no name written at the end of that calm last sentence.\n \nErich already knew who the sender was anyways.\n \nThe distinct personality of the letter and the staff placed neatly next to it…\n \n"Elisha."\n \nErich crumpled the letter, running his hands roughly through his black hair.\n \nLess than a month after the new emperor had ascended the throne, the Empress-to-be, Elisha, disappeared.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n******\nPlease DO NOT repost, copy, or alter our translations! Hope you enjoyed and thank you for your support! :)