The Emperor who loves me dearly - Chapter 97

Seated comfortably on a huge bus with no air condition, the two are the only passengers. Helen’s ankle has been bandaged properly in a small clinic just before the bus station.

The mellow music occupied the whole trip.

Wise men say only fools rush in~

Indeed, Logan believed that love is only for fools, yet Hannibal argued otherwise…

His hands covered Helen’s as the wind gently passes through them.

But I can’t help falling in love with you~

‘Ever since you came, you rocked my whole world Celestia…turning my everything upside down.’

Shall I stay?~

‘ Should I continue to stay with you ? Or give you back to the place where you belong’

Would it be a sin~

If I can’t help falling in love with you?~

‘If falling in love with you is a sin, then I’ve already committed a crime hundreds of times’

‘What can I do? It’s not like I chose to fall deeply for you’

Hannibal heaved a long sigh, although it is his request to play this music and to rent a bus instead, he can’t help but feel this sadness lingering in his heart. It screams to not let her go, to keep her. The emperor of the Ainiligary empire was torn, he was not exactly a good person, he had some people killed and sometimes, he even does it with his own two hands. Like anyone, he is a wounded person but having these little hands-on his, it calmed his raging self.

“The song is great…” Helen said enjoying the ride. Her enthusiasm did not lessen from being tripped over a while ago if not, it even increased her joy. Being carried on those big firm arms, anyone would envy a lucky woman like her.

“What’s the title of it?” she questioned, feeling the warmth from Hannibal’s hand.

“Hm, can’t help falling in love with you” he diverted his eyes elsewhere, careful that he would mistakenly confess his long-held secret.

Inhaling the fresh air, Helen gave off a loving smile, intertwining her hands on his, she wishes for that moment to lasts forever.

All her memories revolved with Hannibal on it, from the moment she went berserk, to normal, to hysterical again and to calm, Hannibal was there to give her the comfort she longed to have. Those gray eyes that showered her with an assurance that she’s not alone, that there is someone whom she can always lean on.

Two years had passed by…

Two years with no memories of her whole life.

One would think that it was easy to live not recalling anything about your life, but they were so wrong. Helen grieved every day, most of the time, she even scarred herself in the process, cutting her wrists when the thoughts inside her head get the best of her.

It’s a scary thing, to not recall who you are and what happened in your life in those years you lived.

She remembers it vividly, how Hannibal snaps her out of it every time she gets hysterical…

“Don’t hurt yourself anymore please” the man who always stood tall begged the woman who is slumping on the floor.  He shakes both of her shoulders, trying to find her emerald eyes…however, what surprised him is that Celestia’s eyes no longer spark, it’s as if looking at a dead man’s eye–lifeless, cold and numb.

In that instance, the emperor knew, he must become her new life in order for her to live.

“Who am I? Who are you?” she questioned, looking only in one direction, while her wrist drips a small amount of blood.

Hannibal who cannot contain to see the woman in that state said, “You are Helen, and I am Hannibal, I will always be here for you, isn’t that enough? You can break anything that you see in here, but please, please…stop cutting yourself”

And that…that was the first time Helen saw Hannibal’s tears, they were beautiful yet heart-wrecking, from then on, she promised to herself to stop, stop thinking about the past that has been forgotten because maybe, they were gone for a reason.

The two of them cried and that night, Helen fell asleep on his arms.

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“Are you excited to meet them?” Hannibal questioned, making Helen come back in the present time.

She let out a small giggle, “Yes! I’m going to pass the interview I swear”

Helen is eager to become a daycare teacher, teaching the small children how to read and draw basic shapes is one of her dreams! She will be a great mom in the future…

Hannibal smiled softly, his gray eyes spark with pure contentment.

“I know that you would do great, I will pick you up later this evening, just wait for me,” he said calmly, afraid that he will spill the beans if he’s not careful enough.

Today is Helen’s birthday and later, that night, his surprise for her awaits.

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Unknown’s Point of View

“Brother! Did Hannibal finish the reversing drug already? It’s been two f*cking years” the tanned woman cursed as she questioned the man in front of her. His black suit highlighted his brown eyes.

“I don’t have any news. Stop putting your nose on things that should be left as they are” his cold voice rendered the woman silent.

‘Damn cure! Even my brother has forgotten how he loves his sister!’

Ever since the day Logan announced the cure throughout the Theavarian empire, the  Alutia empire followed too.

‘Just you wait, I will fix things here, Celestia’

The woman stormed off the emperor’s office, closing the mahogany door too fast and too loud it almost broke.

Grayson looked beyond the huge window, from where he is standing, the view is exhilarating due to the glimmering city lights but having the emotion of amazement seems to have gone too. With his one hand circling an expensive one, he thought how time passed by.

Next month, he will be wedded to a princess from a Kingdom on the West.

This time, he must bid Astrid one last goodbye.

After all, they can’t continue fucking together behind Logan’s back.