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The Evil Empress Adores Me Chapter 0

The breath of the earth was rustling through the grass, up in the sky were the clouds hugging the valleys and mountains all the same. The sea of red roses were laid in front of my eyes. Each and every one of them bloomed brilliantly, the red petals dazzling the eyes of the onlookers. But not me. I didn’t care about such a rose.

All because of a certain woman standing in front of me. The Empress, whose beauty preceded the roses, stared at me with her stubborn glare. Her soft-red lips opened and her melodious voice travelled with the wind.

“Lize, what did you say to the Emperor?”

“I said that I support you.”

At my resolute answer, the Empress nodded with a satisfied expression.

“Lize, truthfully, you like me much more than the Emperor, don’t you? Am I right?”

“Yes, of course.”

When I nodded, I could see the Empress’ eyes light up with joy at my acknowledgement.

While I just stood by her side, holding on to her long-flowing dress.

I stepped closer to the Empress and tried to whisper in her ear. She chuckled as she bent down to reach my height.

“You know, this is a secret…”

“Secret?”

The Empress’s gaze was quickly filled with curiosity.

With a bright smile, I hugged the Empress’ neck tightly.

“Lize likes sister Rose the most in the world!”

The Empress was stunned when she heard my confession. After a long pause, her face bloomed into a beautiful smile. Her eyes were beady and wet with tears. She then hugged me tightly and spoke sincerely.

“Thank you, I like Lize the most in the world, too.”

“Wow, for real?”

“Of course.”

The words that reached my ears sound as sweet as honey. I couldn’t help but leaned my head in the arms of the Empress. Not the Empress, who was described as the villain that caused my death in the original story. But the Empress, who only for me, would smile gently. Turning my gaze up and coming face to face with her enchanting smile, a new realization dawned on me.

Original story? Who cares about that? I only want to be loved by the Empress!

***

In fact, I had never intended to acquaint myself with the Empress. Right away after I discovered I was reincarnated as a side character, Charlize, I had decided that survival would be my highest priority.

The first thought that crossed my mind was, ‘I must avoid the Emperor and the Empress at all cost!’.

“Better to be born ugly and rich, rather than poor but beautiful”, Charlize was a character who proved that sentence right throughout her life.

In fact, just looking at the background of Charlize, she hardly fit the role of an extra. She was born as an orphan with no background.

So how did an orphan like her manage to receive the role of a supporting actress in this world?

Charlize was borned with a simple gift. It was a special gift that only she had.

The factor that she has and nobody else had was her phenomenal beauty.

“Lize, I think the beautiful statue that the master owns can’t even compare to you,” some people would even make such statements to describe how beautiful Charlize was.

And in the end, the Emperor who was 20 years older than Charlize was the one who caused the terrible death of the beauty.

He came across her when Charlize was assigned into the Imperial Palace. Her beauty immediately caught the eye of the Emperor and won his favor.

Unfortunately, no matter how much favor she got from the Emperor. It didn’t protect her from the claws of the jealous women in the palace.

The Empress regarded Charlize as an eyesore who took away her husband’s affection. Angered and betrayed, the Empress poisoned Charlize to her death.

When I remembered how Charlize fell to her death, I couldn’t help but feel wronged.

‘Why should I die because of the favor the Emperor held for me. I like young, handsome guys! Not some old greasy man who is 20 years older than me!’

As a result of my decision, I had been trying my best to avoid both the Emperor and Empress at all cost.

If I didn’t go to the Imperial Palace, there’d be no reason for me to catch the eyes of the Emperor and be his mistress.

Right?

I could only hope that in the meantime the head of the maid wouldn’t send a five years old, probationary maid, like me to the main palace.

In the meantime, I enjoyed the life I was leading. I even got a great friend amidst this precarious situation. Every time something troubled my mind, my feet somehow would always lead me to that person, someone with whom I could loosen up, and that is…

“Sister Rose!”

My short legs ran at its fullest speed towards the red haired figure.

The beautiful woman turned to face as she reflexively opened her arms, welcoming me into her embrace.

“Charlize!”

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I jumped right into Rose’s arms. Someone who I considered my sister.

Whenever I was upset or worried, I would always visit her. She was just like a gentle wind in the midst of summer, blowing away all my troubles as if it was unreal. Her lulling scent would always soothe all the worries I held.

Sister Rose. The only friend I had in the hard and stifling life’s of the royals. I rubbed my cheek on her shoulders coyly as she laughed at my antics, yet still indulged me in her hold.

“Charlize, how are you? Have you been well?” which I replied with a contented hum.

…I had no idea until then. That Rose, was in fact the evil Empress that orchestrated Charlize death.

The Evil Empress Adores Me Chapter 1

“Lize, why are you taking so long to finish the job?!”

At the sharp remark, I crawled out from the fireplace and stopped what I was doing.

“Tha-that…”

“Why are you so slow?!”

I shriveled my shoulders in fright, hearing her bitter rebuke.

“You’re useless to the palace if you can’t even clean a fireplace properly.”

“I’ll be quick!”

I squashed the bitter feelings in my mouth and instead scraped the piled up dust in the fireplace away. It was fortunate the season was still spring and not winter. When the weather was the coldest and fireplace was used the most. So the dirt wasn’t that unbearable.

If it had been the winter, I might have to crawl up into the chimney to clean all of the black-chalky dust up.

‘…but, even if I try to think positively…’

‘Isn’t the amount of dust piled up in the fireplace after the spring itself too much for a child like me?!’

After struggling with the dust for a long time, I let out a coughed.

“Cough, cough!”

And as soon as she heard my cough, an angry scream came from outside, followed by a loud rebuke.

“What are you doing?! How can you keep working here this slow?! This is how you pay for your meal.”

…really mean.

‘Becky herself was a maid in training, so why does she loves to order me around?’

I managed to suppress my cough and continued my work.

At the same time, I felt unfair.

‘To be honest, I don’t have to clean the fireplace myself!’ I mused.

In the palace, professional cleaners were hired to clean fireplaces and chimneys, so the normal maid didn’t have to bother with all the ashes and soots. Aside from the dirt, the fireplace was also very steep and was dangerous for normal people.

This means, Becky was just being grumpy and poured out her anger on me. That must’ve been the reason she ordered me to clean all of this myself.

It was only in the old days that small children were asked to clean the chimney, but…

What era is this? To make a little child clean up the fireplace all alone.

“…ugh.”

I was so sad that I felt something coming from deep down in my throat.

‘No, if I cry here, Becky’s gonna cause me more trouble.’

I blinked my eyes quickly, barely letting tears flow down from my eyes. She should have been nicer to the people around her, but she chose not to.

Even now, other maids in training also didn’t like me.

It’s because I was young that people bully me, even though it’s not morally right.

The imperial palace was basically a world of survival of the fittest. Of course, the work etique of a palace depends on the nature of the palace’s owner.

However, the palace where I belonged to was a place where I couldn’t find any leisure.

As an addition, every young maid in training was bound to have less work to do than any older maid in training.

Because an adult’s physical strength was different from a child’s, that’s why the younger ones would be given less responsibility.

The regulation immediately drew the jealousy of the regular maid. Everytime I struggled through the normal job, it would somewhat alleviate the envious maids’ moods.

I was in that ‘hateful’ position.

‘….So, I should try harder.’

I had my heart set, and then I started cleaning the fireplace again. After a long time, I managed to finish cleaning and crawled out with a frown.

Becky was looking down at me with her arms crossed. “You, this is why you will never become a full-time maid.”

“…”

“Why are you silent? Don’t you hear me talking?”

Becky gave me a scolding. I bent my head hurriedly, barely avoiding Becky’s fierce gaze.

“N-No… That’s not it…”

“If not, what?”

“I’ll work hawder…” I’ll work harder...

Becky, who heard my answer, pushed up the corner of her lips in a smirk. Her face was vivid with mockery.

“Oh my God, Lize. You still can’t speak properly?”

“….”

‘No matter how big a child is, I’m only five years old kid and I still have a short tongue….’

‘Don’t you ever think that I also don’t want my tongue to be this short?’

‘I’m stressed out, too!’

I had a strong desire to protest… but I tried hard to suppress it.

Looking up and down my face, all covered with dust and soot, Becky spoke in a disgusted tone.

“I don’t even want to say anything about it.”

“….”

“Keeping such a child as a maid in training itself is a loss to the imperial palace.”

Becky, who lengthened her speech, burst into a laugh dripping with mockery.

“Just go and wash up.”

Becky glanced at me, the look of distaste still apparent in her eyes, and added.

“You’re so dirty, I even feel dirty talking to you.”

Then she turns to head another way.

‘…Excuse me?’

‘I’m so dirty, because you told me to clean the chimney, Becky!’

Instead of shouting like that, I glared hatefully towards Becky’s haughty back. Well, I could stand Becky being a little mean to me today.

Because today…

‘I’m going to see Sister Rose today!’

Sister Rose…

As soon as I thought of her name, my heart was filled with joy. When I saw Becky has disappeared, I ran straight to the bathroom.

Though stained with soot and dust, my face reflected in the mirror had a bright smile that could not be hidden.

‘I can’t show Sister Rose my dirty look.’

After washing my face thoroughly, I shook off the remaining dust.

‘I want to see Sister Rose as soon as possible.’

***

Me and Sister Rose had promised to meet in a corner of a detached palace that was not easily seen in the imperial palace. It’s a secret place that only me and Sister Rose know!

In fact due to the palace’s nature, people would swarm everywhere. To find a quiet place like this, that was left untouched, was very lucky of us.

As I entered the garden of the palace, without unconsciously a big smile made its way on my face.

‘Oh, it’s her.’

In the corner of the garden, Rose’s back was visible. In the gentle spring breeze, Rose’s long red hair, gently scattered. I crept along carefully, trying to make no sound as I sneaked closer to her.

She didn’t seem to have noticed that I had arrived, so I wanted to surprise my sister.

“Lize?”

“Gasp!”

I unintentionally exclaimed.

As soon as I stepped out, Rose looked back at me and made eye contact.

“Sister Rose, how do you find out it’s me?”

“Lize is going to meet me, how could I not recognise your footsteps?”

She said so with a smile.

Her green eyes, shining as fresh as a summer forest, gleamed like a gem.

“It was so cute to see Lize sneaking along.”

At the tender voice, my heart melted.

Running quickly, I dug into my sister’s arms.

“Oh my, Lize. You’ll fall down!”

The frightened Rose warned me.

At the same time, my sister’s hand was gently sweeping down my back. Letting my unstable body lean on her.

The gesture was so sweet that I almost shed tears.

‘Ah, I’m so happy. Rose’s embrace is the best!’

After a while, my sister carefully put me down on the floor.

“Lize, be careful.”

“Huh?”

What if you fall and hurt yourself?”

“Well, but Sister Rose is here. If I fall, won’t you give me a hug?”

Rose went silent at the remark.

‘Oh, that expression! It looks like she’s about to hug me to death!’

“Lize! How can you be so cute!!!” my guess was indeed right.

My sister gave me a crushing hug, then reluctantly let me out after I, who was suffocated, tapped the back of her shoulder anxiously.

My sister looked at me with eyes filled with tenderness.

“That’s right, I can give Lize a hug if Lize fell down… “

“Um then…”

“. . .but if Lize is in pain, my heart will be in pain too.”

My sister told me with moist eyes.

“Be careful from now on.”

I nodded obediently.

Only then did my sister’s face brighten up.

My sister took my hand.

“Come here, Lize.”

We sat down under the shade of a tree.

My sister laid a handkerchief on the grass and let me sit on it, before settling next to me and looked towards me.

“It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, hasn’t it?”

My sister smiled as she questioned.

With a big nod, I wriggled and held my body close to my sister’s.

“Oh my, why is my Lize so childish today?”

Rose gave a playful remark, hugging my shoulder tightly.

‘But, sister, I need time to recharge, too.’

‘It’s been almost three days since I met you again, so when else can I indulge in your presence?’

“I really wanted to see you.”

“Really? How much did you miss me?”

“Um… as much as the sky?”

When I snorted, my sister bursted into laughter.