Let's start over, Your Majesty.

Chapter 244 Meeting
"I don't believe it."

As Ita spoke, she twisted her body and pouted, looking unhappy.

"Cough cough."

Realizing her inappropriateness in the atmosphere, Delina, sitting in the front row, cleared her throat twice and said, "Master, I just remembered I have something to take care of, so I'll go out for a bit."

She then opened the car door and got out, leaving only Ita and Caesar inside.

Caesar sat down next to the little dragon, glanced at her, and said:

"You don't want the gift anymore?"

"A gift?" Ita turned her face back to him.

“I went to the museum today and bought some souvenirs there. I brought one back for you too,” Caesar said, patting his pocket.

"Professor Muirner chose it for you."

Ita, who had been looking forward to it, turned her head away again when she heard that it was a gift that Muirna had chosen for her.

"I don't want anything she gives me."

"Well, this."

Caesar took out the matching twin amulets and waved them in front of Ita.

Upon seeing this, Ita's eyes lit up immediately.

Caesar broke the amulet in two and handed one to her.

Ita took it blankly and stared at it in disbelief.

"This...was chosen by Muirna and then given to me?"

"Yeah, I don't know what you girls want, so I let her choose for me."

Ita was surprised; she hadn't expected Muirna to choose this gift, which clearly looked like a pair between lovers, and have Caesar give it to her.
Could it be that she is acknowledging her relationship with Caesar?
Did I misunderstand something?
Caesar took the amulet from Ita's hand, took her hand, and tied it around her wrist.

"Although it's just a souvenir and doesn't have any practical use, it's still a wish for you. I hope you're safe and sound and that everything goes well for you."

After fastening it, Ita shook her wrist, and the wooden amulet swayed on her fair wrist, making a clicking sound along with the crystal bracelet that Freya had given her before.

"Are you still angry?" Caesar asked, smiling as he squinted at her.

Ita looked away from the amulet and pouted.

Even so, I still won't believe that woman.

“What woman? You child,” Caesar said, frowning.

“These past few days, His Majesty has entrusted me to investigate Muirna. She seems to have some important information. His Majesty is very interested in her and is preparing to meet with her. He has entrusted me to negotiate with her.”

"If she reaches an agreement with His Majesty, she will become our comrade."

"Huh?" Ita's eyes widened in genuine surprise.

She was stunned for a long while before saying, "Then, so Caesar, all your contact with her these past few days has been for this?"

“What else did you think?” Caesar said.

"I thought it was."

Ita fell silent. Now she realized she had misunderstood something. That meant Caesar had been working these past few days, while she was angry about him being too intimate with other women.

That's so petty.

Soon, the resentment in my heart turned into guilt, and then into deep shame.

"Well, Caesar, you should have told me sooner! You made me misunderstand so much," Ita said, puffing out her cheeks.

"So what exactly did you misunderstand?" Caesar looked at her. "I thought you liked her more and didn't want me anymore," Ita said, sounding a little aggrieved.

"And Caesar, you seem happier when you're with Muirner."

"She's my friend, you're my Ita, how can you compare the two?" Caesar really didn't know what to say to the little dragon.

Upon hearing this, Ita finally smiled and leaned on Caesar's shoulder.

"I was just joking with you, Caesar. I'm not like that petty, timid woman."

"hehe."

Caesar could only chuckle and pinch her soft cheeks.

"By the way, what was it about Muirna that caught His Majesty's attention?" Ita asked.

"We don't know yet. We'll talk about it after His Majesty meets with her," Caesar said. "If all goes well, she'll be our comrade from now on, so you don't need to keep giving her that look."

"Don't worry, since it's His Majesty's will, I will get along well with her from now on," Ita said, patting his chest.

"I hope so."

Moreover, she even had Caesar give her this amulet, which shows she's quite sensible. Let's forgive her for what happened before; as the head of the family, I'm very magnanimous.

Moreover, she is now confident that she will not lose to that elf anywhere!

night.

Yumilia, who had slept all day, was in exceptionally good spirits. During dinner, she kept talking to Caesar about what happened at the Ecological Institute a couple of days ago.
"By the way, Caesar, how was your date with Professor Muirner today?" Yumilia suddenly asked.

"What date? Don't be so ambiguous," Caesar said, speechless.

"Pretty much, anyway, you guys are such good friends," Yumilia said.

He used a fork to pick up a few peas and put them in his mouth.

“We spent the whole day at Lunxi Museum and had a great time chatting.”

“That’s good. Professor Muirna is such a kind person and so knowledgeable. You’ll definitely benefit from learning from her in the future,” Yumilia said.

"I hope she can really help me," Caesar thought to himself.

After dinner, Yumilia listened to jokes on the radio in the living room until almost ten o'clock before washing up and going to bed. After saying goodnight to each other, they both returned to their rooms.

Caesar closed the door, lay down on the bed, glanced at the time; there were still ten minutes until ten o'clock.
He activated the Emperor's Seal, and a moment later, he entered the Formless Heavenly Domain.

Seated on his throne, he began to review the day's events.

Muirner clearly has a strong desire to cooperate with him. Although it's unclear why she wants to, if she wants to cooperate with him, it must be something significant.

And, Muirner and he had such a feud hundreds of years ago,
Caesar couldn't recall where the village of Muirna had been destroyed. Although the Eldaria army had strict military orders prohibiting the killing of civilians unrelated to the war, the war situation changed rapidly. Even with the strictest orders, civilian casualties were inevitable, not to mention the layers of military orders. Although he was the supreme commander of the empire, he couldn't keep track of the movements of every army at all times. If an army had violated orders and destroyed a civilian village, it would have been traced back then. But now, six hundred years had passed, and he simply couldn't remember.

He had no other choice at the time, because it was war.

If a village could hinder the victory of a war, he would certainly crush it without hesitation. This is war, and everything done is for the ultimate victory. The daily death toll is in the tens of thousands, and the slightest hesitation could lead to the annihilation of tens of thousands of his own soldiers. Mercy is not the way to command an army; what he needs is victory, not pity.

Rean is not a cold-blooded person. When he walks through the ruins after the war and sees orphans huddled in the rubble, having lost their parents, he feels guilty. But he has no choice, because this is the main theme of that barbaric and chaotic era. The wounds of war are everywhere, and killing each other to the death is the end of all grudges.

That's why he was so eager to achieve unification in order to end that era of despair.

The sacrifices made for this are inevitable.

Now, he is going to meet with the victim from back then and confront her resentment.

He raised his hand and picked up a pale green strand of hair. He had plucked it out when she wasn't looking earlier that day and used a little magic to make sure she didn't notice. The pull-to-herself technique in the Formless Heaven Domain requires locking onto a person's aura, and this thin strand of hair was enough.

Caesar let out a long breath, pinched a strand of hair, then locked onto Muirna's aura and projected his divine sense from the Formless Heavenly Domain towards her.

(End of this chapter)