1. With this many options, this mission's basically guaranteed.
2. And the im-perial seal is already chipped... Yeah, being emperor really is a high-risk job.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. Why isn't Ningning making a move yet?
2. "NINGNING~"
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "A-are you hot...?"
1. "Your majesty, that's the heirloom imperial seal! How can you just take it out like that?! Please put it away!"
1. "Ah-!"
1. After spending days studying my thirty-six stratagems, I just lost one like this...
1. "Fine, then I'll just have to show you my brilliance firsthand..."
1. "Huh? Where did the seal go? Ningning, you definitely put it in just now, right?"
1. "The seal is gone? Th-this-if losing the imperial seal gets blamed on me"
1. On me...
1. "That thing's huge, how could it just disappear?!"
1. An opening!
1. "Huh? I didn't even get a kiss...?"
1. "Ningning?"
1. "The imperial seal is vital to us. We absolutely cannot lose it!"
1. "W-wait-wait-wait, you-!"
1. "Ningning-your hand-why is your hand in there?! Y-you-"
1. I can't get away... Ningning's way too strong...
1. "The seal comes first, your majesty. Please endure it for a moment... That's strange-I swear I put it in here."
1. "Mmph—d-don't... Don't look anymore. You won't find it..."
1. My head's completely blank... If she keeps touching me like this, things are really going to get dangerous.
1. Dangerous...
1. "Ningning, I found it—I found it!"
1. "That's great, Your Majesty..."
1. "Your majesty?"
2. "She just lost the seal, so why is the empress reacting this strongly?"
1. "Please wait, your majesty. I'll put the seal away properly..."
1. I-I can't resist at all... Getting assassinated didn't make the empress cry. Even making the empress cry before didn't feel like this. But if something really happens between me and ningning...
2. "Your majesty,"
1. "I've made my choice."
2. "Your choice? Let me see..."
1. "The imperial sword of authority... The imperial inspector's token... Those are meant for handling matters outside the palace."
1. "You're leaving the palace?"
1. "Yes. From the interrogations, huoyu tower isn't just deeply rooted-"
2. "They've even extended their influence into the prefectural cities. A threat like that has to be eliminated immediately."
2. Court impeachments and huoyu tower's assassinations never made the empress cry... So why only today... Could it be...
1. "Such loyalty between ruler and minister... That's incredibly rare..."
2. "No, little"
1. Still completely missing the real reason...
2. No-little empress must just be feeling insecure. She thinks that once I leave the palace, no one will be able to protect her...
1. "You really have to leave the palace?"
2. "I do..."
1. "Damn those rebel vermin... Making the empress this upset, I won't let them get away with it!!!"
1. This won't do. If the empress doesn't feel safe...
1. "Even if this journey is nine deaths and one life, I won't hesitate to charge into fire and water!"
1. "Nailed it-this is how you swear loyalty, right?"
1. "People grow, okay?! I, gu ning, am way better at comforting girls now!"
1. "Wuwu... Wuwuwu... Ah..."
3. "Why is she crying even harder?! What do I do-what do I do?!"
1. Seeing her like this, my arms wrapped around her before I could think...
1. I tried to comfort her, but she got even sadder-so does that mean...
2. "Your majesty,"
1. "Your majesty, please rest assured. This minister will definitely return."
1. "Ningning... Then... Can I go with you?"
1. "This journey outside the palace is full of danger. Your majesty is the sovereign- how could you risk yourself?"
2. "I was just asking..."
1. "Then tell me when you're leaving. I'll prepare some travel supplies for you."
1. "Supplies for you, just in case... And then..."
1. "Come back early."
1. "I really was just asking..."
1. "If only I could truly leave the palace..."
2. "If you want to, you can go."
1. "W-what?! Th-that... Means you're allowing me to leave the palace?! There's never been a precedent—why me...?"
1. "Yes. I shouldn't have asked..."
1. "I really can"
1. "I really can go out..."
1. "I really can leave the palace-with ningning..."
1. "Ningning... Then... Can I go with you?"
1. "This journey outside the palace is full of danger. Your majesty the sovereign-how could you risk yourself?"
3. "Ningning won't let me go, but it's only ningning won't let me go..."
1. "Yeah-I'm counting on you."
3. "I haven't even used up all my thirty-six stratagems yet!"