[To Gabriel.
I told you before, our relationship is poison to each other. Gabriel, my last request. donât look for me, donât follow me any more.
I think itâs right for us to parted like this.
I want Gabriel to find Gabrielâs life too. With someone who really likes you.
Gabriel said no one was with you, but thatâs not true.
There is also His Majesty the Emperor who cares for Gabriel⦠And there is also Mr. Lee Jong-woo. And there are people in this mansion.
If Gabriel treats them sincerely, they will treat Gabriel with sincerity too.
Donât hurt Lee Jong-woo. This isâ¦â¦ for Gabrielâs sake, not mine. Heâs your first friend.
Even if youâre not, you seemed happy when you were with Lee Jong-woo. and heâs the first person youâve ever been comfortable with.
Gabriel, donât try to keep yourself alone.
And I left you this⦠Itâs a revelation I made with the help of Mr. Lee Jong-woo.
I canât reveal everything. Itâs not like I know everything about the future.
But Iâve only written down things that will help Gabriel.
This will help Gabriel become Emperor.
Actually I was going to make a deal with His Majesty for this. Iâll give you this, and youâll set me free.
But Gabriel. Iâm going to try to trust you one last time, as a friend.
Please know that Iâm giving this up to help you, Gabriel.
Please, be the Emperor, and donât look for me.
Gabriel should find Gabrielâs happiness, and I will find my own happiness. Please.
-From Daphne.
P.S. I think Mr. Lee can help Gabriel, get his help.
And just so you know, he didnât know anything, he was just used by Cesare].
Gabriel turned to look at the book.
It was definitely something Daphne had been working on lately. What did she do with Lee Jong-wooâ¦
Gabriel opened the book of Revelation with trembling eyes.
And Gabriel, who looked at all the contents of the book, closed the book as if in disbelief.
Daphne suggested what Gabriel should do based on what would happen in the future.
âHow is thisâ¦â
The book also described the events that were now secretly taking place around the Emperor and Gabriel.
Gabriel made the mistake of making Cesare an enemy, but he didnât give up on becoming Emperor.
His stepmother was trying to get a grip on his leash, and her family was pushing him.
It is trying to attract people to highlight Gabrielâs flaws and put the family bridle on him.
âThe Empress seems to be trying to make you her puppet, Gabriel. Are you going to play like this? You are my son and I swore to make you Emperor. But Gabriel. I canât make a man without any power an Emperor.â
This problem was the homework given to Gabriel by the emperor.
Now the Empress was putting pressure on the Count of Madrina.
The main business of the Countess of Madrina was exporting trees harvested from the family estate.
However, in order to export it, they had to pass through the Empressâs estate.
The plan is to pay a certain toll fee and stop using the road that has been used in the past.
Wood is heavy, so the longer the transit time, the higher the shipping cost.
If the Empress doesnât give way to the road, they have to go back, and then they will have to pay about three times more than the current transportation cost.
The Count of Madrina was silent, but Gabriel knew he was in contact with the Marquis Gallard behind the scenes.
He was pushing for a new road project to solve this problem.
No one knows whatâs going on.
It was a secret project, known only to Gabriel and his closest secretary.
Iâm going to make a big announcement soon, butâ¦
âDaphne knows thisâ¦!â
Power entered Gabrielâs grasp.
This Revelation was real.
My mind is confused
Besides, what shakes Gabrielâs heart isâ¦
âDidnât you deceive me?â
The fact is that Lee Jong-woo didnât deceive Gabriel.
In retrospect, Gabrielâs anger was not because Daphne had run away, but because he thought Lee Jong-woo had deceived him.
Gabrielâs anger gradually dissipated.
Gabriel sat still and remained silent.
He didnât even answer to the voices of the servants calling for Gabriel.
Gabriel, who was sitting like a stone statue, let out a long sigh. A creaking sound came from his body, which had only been sitting still.
He was so engrossed in thought that he even skipped meals. I didnât know that I was hungry or that my body was stiff.
Gabriel admitted.
âIt wasnât because Daphne ran away, but because Lee Jong-woo deceived me and I became angry.â
I donât really know what was what.
I donât know if I fell for Jong-woo shamelessly calling me friend and pretending to be close.
The fact that Lee Jong-woo deceived and betrayed Gabriel was more painful than Daphneâs escape.
Itâs funny.
Heâd gotten himself into this mess just to have Daphne.
To think that something more important than Daphne had come along.
âItâs kind of like a thank you.â
Gabriel gave the order in a cold voice.
â⦠Go and bring Lee Jong-woo.â
âYes, His Majesty the Crown Prince!â
The butler replied in a loud voice, overcoming his nervousness.
Soon, the butler returned with Lee Jong-woo.
*****
âAre you really going to kill me?â
Lee Jong-woo muttered as he was locked in a dungeon.
It was a bit difficult to teleport because the power hadnât returned yet.
However, I thought that it would be better to extract power by force than to die like this.
This is a novel, and the opponent was Gabriel.
He was a character who was willing to be cruel to get what he wanted.
Even in the original, when I look back at the things he did to get Cesareâ¦
âHah, youâre crazy.â
Gabriel, who became Emperor, had cleared all obstacles to get Cesare.
He dismissed the loyalists who advised him to stay away from Cesare, and punished those who opposed Burstoad.
Eventually, it stopped when the nobles no longer paid attention to the Emperorâs private life.
Cesare was a madman, but Gabriel wasnât easy either.
How could a man as soft as Lee Jong-woo be thrown into this madmanâs lair?
It was because of Daphne that I accepted Cesareâs request.
Even if she hadnât made that face.
The expression Daphne often showed moved him.
I didnât send Daphne to this world because I wanted to see Daphne making that kind of expression.
Lee Jong-woo let out a long sigh.
He couldnât stop thinking about the look on Daphneâs face when she had asked him to deliver the heart to Cesare.
So he showed up,
âGet Prince Gabriel out of the house.â
I had no choice but to accept Cesareâs request. Because Cesareâs goal is Daphne.
The fact that Lee Jong-woo might get hurt didnât matter to him.
Cesare is the type that only sees one, so it might be natural.
âHa. If it wasnât for this candy.â
Lee Jong-wooâs eyes darkened.
This Daphne and the other Daphne are crazy over these candies.
It was Lee Jong-woo who swapped the current Daphneâs soul with the original Daphne.
It was a choice to save both of them. I donât regret it.
Lee Jong-Woo was lying on the floor.
Even if the sky were to fall, there would still be a way out.
Even if he had to kill himself to get out of this novel, that was all that mattered.
With so much time on his hands and nothing to do, he couldnât think of anything else.
Daphne was still the same. Even the character who canât stand still.
Lee Jong-woo laughed.
âI always thought sheâd be good anywhere.â
That warm personality, bright smile, and boldness were still there.
Lee Jong-woo wiggled his feet. It would be nice to untie his hands, but this was uncomfortable.
If I could teleport like this and return to the real world, heâd be surprisedâ¦
Lee Jong-woo laughed.
Still, he had no idea that Daphne would fall in love with the Duke of Burstoad.
Thatâs when he was reliving the past.
âCome out. The Crown Prince is calling.â
âAm I being released?â
Lee Jong-woo jumped up.
He could see the butler who had come to pick him up with a slight frown. Whether he did or not, Lee Jong-woo smiled.
*****
Fortunately, Gabriel was not likely to kill Lee Jong-woo right now.
Lee Jong-woo, who looked at Gabrielâs eyes, smiled softly.
âFortunately, it doesnât look like heâs going to kill me, right?â
Lee Jong-woo sighed.
âCesare, you bastardâ¦!â
I knew that he was the least person I wanted to see when I got here, but I never imagined that he would make a choice that would put him in a corner like this.
In Cesareâs eyes, he can only see Daphne.
Lee Jong-woo sighed because of the main characters who went crazy in a different direction from the original.
âLee Jong-woo. Do you know what this is?â
Lee Jong-woo looked at the Book of Revelation that Gabriel was holding.
Gabriel held out the letter.
Lee Jong-woo read the letter and bit his lip.
âDaphneâ¦!â