Remarried Empress

oss from them and looked at each of them awkwardly.

“Martha and Gillimt…is that what you said your names were?”

“Yes.”

“Thank you for saying we’re your real parents, Miss Rashta.”

They conversed for a while.
Marsha and Gillimt had very kind personalities—was it because Duke Elgy had chosen them? They were so warm and caring that Rashta wished that they were her real parents.
The more she talked with them, the more she wished it was real.

“I don’t know if you’ve heard from Duke Elgy, but we really lost two daughters.”

“We were forced to flee when we were attacked by a group of bandits.
Each child was taken by a nanny…and we have never heard of them since.”

“We had been looking for our daughters all this time.”

“We looked for so long, and shamefully used up the entirety of our fortune.”

Marsha and Gillimt each took one of Rashta’s hands and held it tightly.

“One child is the same age as Miss Rashta.
The second is a few years younger.”

“We’re still looking for her.”

“There’s still one more daughter.”

After briefly sharing their story, they asked about Rashta; what she liked, how she had been, why her hands looked so scarred…

As Rashta talked about the past, she cried and hugged her parents.
Although they were fake parents hired to wipe away her past identity, being loved by these people filled her heart.
She had been worried whether they wanted to use her like Viscount Roteschu, but it seemed like she wouldn’t have to worry about it.

“Rashta is an orphan…but if I had my parents, they would be the same as you.”

***

Viscount Roteschu returned home in a much fouler mood than Rashta.
He would never forget her rejection.
He had been assaulted and maimed by Koshar because of her, while she enjoyed herself as she covered up her identity and took in fake parents.

This was unacceptable.
What ideas would she get later after she gave birth to the Emperor’s baby?

“I must take the initiative.”

***

Koshar finally arrived in the capital of the Western Kingdom, and was passing through the palace gates.
In just a few days, the man who escorted him had fallen in love with Koshar and regaled him with various stories.
The man had heard rumors Koshar was a terrible rogue, but didn’t find it to be necessarily true.
Koshar indeed had a fiery personality and a short temper, but he wasn’t as extreme as the rumors suggested.

However, the man was most enamored with Koshar’s fighting abilities.
The decisive incident occurred when they encountered a group of bandits at the border.
Koshar easily dealt with the ten bandits by himself, and to the man’s eyes, he was the attractive villain in a hero’s story.

“If I were a woman, I would certainly fall in love with Lord Koshar.”

“I want you to carefully consider my thoughts.”

“Something good?”

“I see you have no regard for them.”

“Hahaha! I actually have a sister who looks like me.
She’s not yet married.”

“Did we arrive? Ah, there.”

“Lord Koshar? Lord Koshar! Not that way! Come back!”

The man managed to catch Koshar and bring him to the prearranged meeting place.

To Koshar’s surprise, King Heinley was already waiting for him there.
A message was sent when Koshar had passed through the main gates, but he didn’t expect the king to welcome him at his immediate arrival.

Why was King Heinley so eager to see Koshar Lilder Troby?