Translation Your Majesty, the Voice of Your Heart is Leaking!

25. Your Majesty, the Voice of Your Heart is Leaking! (2)

“It’s you, Lady Tistye.”

“…Me?”

“You were originally supposed to become the consort of Lord Dilph, right? But, before the wedding could happen, the previous Emperor passed away. At that time, a small debate occurred in the royal palace about what was to be made of you.”

Tistye had heard about that, too.

Originally, she would most probably be returned to her homeland, but Lacie refused for some reason—

—probably because her Father had intended for her to fulfil her original purpose—to be a hostage.

But His Majesty Dilph was no more. In other words, Tistye no longer had any purpose—there was no place for her, either in Verscia or Lacie.

“Then, for the time being, we decided to let you keep your status as the future consort and let the future emperor decide what to do with you. If the new emperor took a liking to you, you would then become his consort. The very next day, His Majesty Gaizel participated in the battle of succession.”

Gradually seeing the conclusion of the story, Tistye blushed a little. Looking at her, Van grinned.

“However, when Gaizel, who became the next emperor, announced that you would instead become the ‘First Empress’, there was an uproar in the royal palace.”

“A, as I thought…”

“Speaking about the ‘First Empress’, ideally, that title should be given to someone hailing from a kingdom equally as powerful as Verscia. However, His Majesty Gaizel ignored that conventional rule and made you the ‘First Empress’ as per his own wishes.”

I, I am sorry… for some reason, Tistye felt guilty.

Towards the shrinking Tistye, Van narrowed his eyes as if remembering something and shook his head.

“It was the first time His Majesty to yearn for something so desperately—therefore, I was happy.”

Van concluded—in short, it was a story of Gaizel’s desperation to make her his wife. At the end, he winked, “It’s a secret, okay?”

“His Majesty Gaizel isn’t one to express his feelings freely, but in reality, he’s a very kind person. That’s why, from now onwards, please take good care of him.”

“—What’s wrong?”

Called by Gaizel, Tistye returned to reality.

“N, nothing…”

Tistye laughed nervously before approaching the lake.

It was a sunny day. The sunshine amidst the spring season was gentle.

The wind created ripples, swayed the flowers which bloomed at her feet, and caused Tistye’s silver hair to flow.

…Red to orange, yellow to purple—dazzling lush green scenery engulfed them. The sight was akin to a vast ocean of all kinds of colors.

—as per her wish, she had finally returned to Isiris, right during the spring.

The breathtaking scenery was spreading in front of her.

Impressed, Tistye slowly turned around to Gaizel. He was also gazing at Tistye. Once their line of sight met, the two naturally smiled at each other.

Shortly thereafter, Gaizel opened his mouth, as if he had remembered something.

“—That’s right.”

“…?”

Gaizel stood beside Tistye, his hand extending towards her waist before encircling it tightly. After suddenly embracing Tistye, Gaizel murmured with an extremely serious look.

“I have something to say to you.”

“W, what could it be!?”

“…Uh,”

Like a broken toy, Gaizel stopped moving. When Tistye was puzzled, the voice of his heart, which had been absent for a long time, flowed into her crisply.

[“Tch! The moment is perfect, but the words refuse to come out! I’ve said them before, but it’s more because I was lost in the moment… If I don’t say it, this will never be conveyed to Tistye!”]

W-what?! What is he trying to say, exactly?!

She wondered what it could be—no way, was he trying to divorce her or something?!

As Tistye stared in silence, the furrowing of Gaizel’s eyebrows deepened.

After a while, Gaizel exhaled for a long time, and in a strangely low voice, he delivered the words to her one by one;

“I…—”

“Y, yes?”

“—Towards you,”

“…”

“…Love.

Quietly, but clearly, Gaizel told her so, and after a while, not only did he lower his gaze, he also covered the lower-half of his face.

Tistye saw Gaizel’s neck and forehead flushing red… the redness even reached his ears!

Comprehending the meaning of his words, Tistye went wide agape for a while, and a second later, her cheeks turned a vermilion shade of red.

T, that wasn’t the voice of his heart… His Majesty, towards me, in person…

As she desperately tried to calm her heart, Tistye was at loss at what to do. Then, after her heart had settled, she looked straight up at Gaizel, and answered—

“—Me, too…”

“…”

“Towards Lord Gaizel, I lo, lo—…”

However, she couldn’t finish her words in the end—because Gaizel had embraced her. Perhaps because he didn’t want her to see his bashful face, his grip grew stronger.

“Your first answer is good enough. No need to emphasize it further.”

“B, but…—”

While Tistye was trying to calm her heart, the voice of his heart fluently came.

[“D, damn it! I can’t! It’s impossible for me! Tistye just told me that she, she l-loves me…that’s just too dangerous for my heart! Let me calm down a little…!”]

T, to that extent!?

Tistye screamed in her heart, wondering what to do with her flurry of feelings.

Then, if words were useless, she decided to wrap her arms around his broad back.

Either he had noticed Tisyte’s intentions or just didn’t want to leave any gaps, Gaizel drew his body closer to her.

Between the layers of fabric they were wearing, their heat was transmitted to each other. Gaizel used his fingertips to lift Tistye’s chin before he himself dropped a kiss on her lips.

After various angles, the two exhaled in a wishful manner. After what felt like forever, Gaizel finally released Tistye’s lips.

Gaizel laughed when he saw the state of Tistye—she was out of breath, and her ears, too, were bright red. Tistye puffed her cheeks as she stared at Gaizel, but eventually she also began to laugh, infected by his laughter.

In the world enveloped by the freezing white snow—

—finally, spring had arrived.


***T/N:  To summarize Gaizel’s entire motivation:

-Van: How bout u try to win, then this whole empire will be urs to control–

-Gaizel: Nah.

-Van: But u can absolutely get whatever u want!!!

-Gaizel: Nah.

-Van: I dunno, like, …Tistye–?

Gaizel: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

In the world enveloped by the freezing white snow—

Oh, oh, GUYS, DID YOU SEE THAT??!?!?! I TOTALLY THINK THIS IS AUTHOR’S METAPHORICALLY DESCRIBING GAIZEL’S HEART!!!!!

—finally, spring had arrived.

AND THIS IS BASICALLY TISTYE, WHO ENTERED HIS HEART AND HELP HIM DEVELOP INTO SOMEONE EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE AND MELT THOSE ICE, MAAAAN!!!!!

OH GOD, I LOVE BEAUTIFUL STUFFS LIKE THIS. THIS ENTIRE FIC IS BASICALLY OPPOSITE ATTRACT, GAIZEL WHO CAME FROM THE SNOWY COUNTRY AND TISTYE WHO CAME FROM A HOT COUNTRY…!!!

Aww don’t worry this ain’t the end, second arc is coming next week.

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