I Became the Vassal the The Tyrannical Is Obsessed With

203 – Episode 203 I Feel Scared for the First Time in a Long Time.

Episode 203 The first time I felt fear in a long time

After hearing Luke’s answer to her, Flora took her steps in a daze. Then she reached her own room.

“…”

Flora looked down at her doorknob with blank eyes for a moment.

“I need to lie down for a while.”

Flora let out her soft voice and opened her door and went inside. She went straight to the bed and sat down. Then she let out a faint sigh.

“…”

Perhaps because it was quiet in her room, the moment she had with Luke a moment ago was vividly pictured in her mind.

Flora’s heart pounded as she watched with Luke the glow of her sunset, which was increasingly surrounded by darkness.

Waiting for her answer she naturally made her nervous. But that wasn’t the only reason.

Just recognizing that she was alone with her crush was enough to make her heart react in its own way.

Flora tilted her back and lay down on her bed with her arms outstretched.

‘The ceiling seems dark today.’

Flora thought blankly, then remembered that she had not turned on the light when she entered her room.

“Me too…”

It’s not like usual.

Flora lightly hit her forehead with her right hand.

Now that I think about it, today is no ordinary day.

“Ha.”

Flora let out a short sigh into her empty space. No sound could be heard in the silent room. Thanks to him, she was able to feel her own heartbeat, which was unusual.

The same beat as before hearing her answer from Luke.

But now she has her answer.

A firm refuses to accept her feelings.

“Her heart is still pounding… .”

Why is her heart pounding so much even though she was rejected?

Immediately after that, Flora felt the tip of her nose to become sore. Her eyes got hotter and hotter, but soon she became hazy,

“Ah.”

Without anything to do, tears began to flow down her cheeks.

“Why am I like this?”

Flora sniffles and wipes away her tears with both hands. However, once she burst, her tears did not stop and she continued to shed tears.

Flora continued to rub her eyelids with the back of her hand, but she realized it was no use. She took her pillow from her bedside and hugged it tightly in her arms.

Only then did Flora realize her feelings more clearly.

“I really liked Luke a lot… “To the point where I can’t do anything about this feeling.”

Flora secretly hoped that her Luke would accept her confession. Of course, she didn’t know anything about people, so she decided not to be too upset if she was rejected.

But when she was rejected, her heart ached to the point that her decision became meaningless.

Will this pain go away if she sheds tears?

“I don’t know… “What should I do?”

I don’t want to give up on this feeling…

Unable to control her tears, Flora ended up burying her face deep in her pillow. Then she couldn’t stop crying for a long time.

It was a long, long night to soothe my aching heart.

* * *

Two days have passed since the trial of the main culprits in the Empress Dowager kidnapping ended.

Cecilia took me and her maids to the Plaza del Lesson. The reason was that the punishment of the Montersen family was scheduled to be carried out in the square.

The punishment Cecilia gave them at the trial was 100 lashes.

The carriage we rode reached the square.

Perhaps because there were rumors that the duke, the second-highest-ranking duke in the empire after the emperor, would be punished, a large crowd gathered around the square.

“Hmm. You can see it clearly from here.”

“Are you not getting off the carriage?”

“No. “I plan to get off later when the criminals arrive.”

Cecilia, who answered my question, gently raised the corners of her mouth and smiled. She seemed to be filled with anticipation about what would happen in the future.

“Your majesty. I am… “I’ll be here.”

“Ah. It might be a somewhat difficult sight for you to see. It’s okay.”

“I am very grateful, Your Majesty.”

Mulia bowed her head slightly.

In fact, Mulia turned her head away with her eyes closed when Marlborough, Matthew, and Lawrence were guillotined.

Maybe if Taehyung hits 100 times, there won’t be any butt left…

However, what you imagine and reality are often different. In that sense, I was purely curious.

What kind of condition will a buttocks be in after receiving 100 lashes?

“Flora. “What about you?”

“I’m fine!”

Flora smiled brightly.

Then she turned her head slightly and our eyes met hers. Flora asked, tilting her head.

“Mr. Luke? “Is there something on my face?”

“No. Not at all.”

“That’s a good thing.”

The day after I rejected her confession, I was so worried about how I would look at her face. However, when I met her in her office, Flora welcomed me as usual.

Thanks to you, I was able to relieve the burden on my mind.

If I hadn’t known anything about the future of the Eckhardt Empire, I would definitely have accepted Flora’s confession of hers. That’s because she’s an attractive woman.

There is nothing wrong with Flora.

It’s just that being her lover she didn’t meet my goals at all.

While they were occasionally talking, a loud voice rang out announcing the arrival of a carriage carrying criminals.

“I have to get off now.”

As soon as I heard Cecilia’s words, I got out of the carriage at lightning speed and held out my right hand to help Flora and Cecilia get off. The two women held my hand and carefully got out of the carriage.

When the people of the empire saw Cecilia, they all fell flat on the ground.

“Meet Her Majesty Empress Cecilia, Mother of the Empire!”

“Hmm. “I, too, am glad to see you.”

Next, she gave permission for her to get up. The people of the empire stood up again, expressing their gratitude.

The knights approached Cecilia, saluted, and reported that they would place the criminal on the scaffold.

“So be it.”

The location where the mold was placed was right next to the fountain. Thanks to this, the people of the empire were able to watch the Montersen family being punished no matter where they were.

‘Cecilia really made up her mind.’

I couldn’t help but think like that. Because it was none other than Cecilia who ordered the mold to be placed here.

It could be said that it is filled with the will to socially kill the Montersen family somehow.

Of course, this time too, I didn’t feel pity as much as an ant’s tears.

It is just a process of getting back the karma that has been accumulated.

The knights dragged Montersen and his wife and forcibly laid them on the scaffold. I checked Cecilia’s side face

“…”

You have cold eyes.

Next, I turned my head towards Flora, who was standing on the other side. Flora also maintains a calm demeanor.

“Hmm? Mr. Luke?”

She turned her head slightly, probably feeling her gaze.

“Ah. I was just curious what kind of expression he was making.”

“I see.”

Flora slightly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled faintly.

“It’s just that my mind is a little complicated.”

“I see.”

Nodding her head, Flora turned her head back towards her frame. Seeing the criminal about to be punished may have triggered a sense of pity.

I also turned my gaze to the front where the frame was. The knights completely bound Montersen’s hands and feet with rope. In addition, he lowered his pants to show off his ugly buttocks to the whole world.

Two knights, each holding a club as thick as an adult man’s forearm, stood next to the criminals.

“Jisa, please save me! At this age, people in their 100s…”

“Well, I just did what my father told me!”

The two depressed men struggled and pleaded for leniency, but Cecilia did not even listen.

“Begin.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Two knights raised their clubs high at the same time and without hesitation, struck them down on the criminals’ buttocks.

The criminals screamed in pain, but it was only one blow.

There are only 99 units left.

‘Wow, you’re already bright red.’

Then one more time. And another one.

As the number increased, the people of the empire cheered, and the screams of the criminals grew louder.

As the club beating exceeded 30 degrees, the buttocks of the two criminals turned red and the flesh burst and blood began to ooze out.

“I can’t see you anymore… ” …”

I looked to the side and saw Flora looking away from her frame.

I definitely thought it might be hard to see at this level.

Before we knew it, the people of the empire had stopped cheering and were just watching quietly. Some even went back saying they had seen everything.

“S-stop… Ugh…”

The criminals were so exhausted that they couldn’t even scream properly.

Nevertheless, the beatings continued. Eventually, the flesh became so torn that all I could see was blood. Moreover, as the smell of blood began to linger, it became difficult for me to continue watching the punishment.

‘Is Cecilia okay?’

I looked at her expression out of the corner of my eye, just in case, and was surprised to see her.

“…”

Cecilia, with her arms crossed and her cold gaze still in place, still had her eyes fixed on her frame. Moreover, she did not blink even as the criminal’s appearance became more and more miserable.

It seemed he had a stronger stomach than I thought.

Otherwise, how could you be looking at that with an innocent expression?

Cecilia did not change her posture even once until all the criminals had received 100 lashes.

I already looked away when I was over 50.

“…”

“…”

The criminals didn’t even move, as if they had completely fainted.

“Your majesty. What will you do now?”

One of her knights approached her. Without even a second thought, Cecilia ordered him to be put back in her dungeon.

“If we let them rot there for about a week more, they will come to their senses.”

“I will do as you command.”

The knight saluted and immediately returned to the scaffold.

They really don’t show even the slightest mercy…

For the first time in a long time, I became a little scared of Cecilia.