her obedient servant. | remarried empress x f!reader

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chapter 50 ⁉️

jus saying that the god Dionysus was said to be born in thrace 👀

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"Alright. Make sure to continue hiding well, yeah?." You pat Aster's head, packing up the several reports she'd written and neatly fold them before stuffing them in your pocket. 

"Of course, My Lady. I will continue to work hard." She smiles, waving goodbye as she watches you leave, closing the door behind you. She was grateful you had managed to save one of her close friends, because lately, she's been having this whisper at the back of her mind, telling her how guilty she's been feeling, knowing her friends have been mistreated and yet, there was nothing she could do. 

Before meeting you, she was just a maid from the sidelines, a nobody. Someone who didn't have the privilege to make choices, but now, she's someone who can actually do something. Little by little, she'll live, and she'll continue to live and work hard until she gets to make the choices, instead of just watching. 

Now, in the middle of a great forest between the Eastern Empire and Western Kingdom, there is a carriage containing both you and Denise, who's slowly stirring from her sleep. 

"Where...where am I?"

Delise finally wakes from her slumber, eyes slowly blinking open to adjust to the light peeking through the thin cloth of the vehicle.

You smile, helping her sit up. "Thank goodness I managed to save you in time."

She looks at you confusedly, observing the space of the carriage before the memories of how she was dragged from her quarters to the prison cells, and you saving her from having that sword cut her tongue off. 

"Did my brother really send you?" She asks, hopeful.

You shake your head with a guilty look, "No, I lied to get you to reach out to me, but you're far too stubborn, Denise."

"Ah, sorry.." She mumbles, scratching a cheek as she looks away.

"It's alright. I understand why you would run."

"Then, who sent you to save me?"

It was clear she wanted an answer that could comfort her in this situation, where she's in an unfamiliar carriage, going to an unfamiliar place, with an unfamiliar person. It was obvious she was still afraid from the way her quivering hands gripped onto her skirt, trying to keep her composure.

"It was Denise." You answer but she still doesn't seem to believe you. I mean, how could a mere maid hire a hitman like you (if you even are a hitman, she thinks.) with the current salary they received? 

"..If I show you my face, then will you trust me?"

She nods again, "Yes."

Raising a hand, you pull of the half torn hood that covered your features. At once, her eyes widen in shock before she begins profusely apologizing and bowing.

"Forgive me Lady ( y/n )! I didn't recognize you!"

She quivered more, voice laced with fear. The stories she's heard from the Empress regarding you were terrifying, it always sounded like you were a big bad wolf ready to gulp anything and anyone that would get in your mind. She recalls the Empress saying you had cut her up for something as small as gossiping, and the time you had beaten Rashta black and blue for even looking at Navier.