Chapter 20. This time, (2)
I know that it is truly inhumane, non-verbal, and unethical, and that it is difficult to realize it. Nevertheless, humans are extremely imperfect and can be swayed by their hearts rather than their heads.
I often think like this while barely holding on to the edge of reason.
– Should I hit you?
like this.
Allan’s heart was filled with blind violence directed at only one person.
Why not just hit one person instead of two?
“Why did you invite the crown prince of a foreign country to a gathering of Kairis central nobles?”
“When we talked, the depth of their thoughts was extraordinary. Even I couldn’t help but be impressed. Would it be any different if they were nobles?”
It’s clear that he doesn’t know that there is a deep chill in each of Alan’s breaths. Lemain, who was standing up to go to the banquet hall, answered as if it was no big deal.
“So, did you show off your invitation to a gathering of central nobles?”
“Yes. You declined the invitation, but since it is a place where princes also attend, I invited you to broaden your knowledge.”
“Did you even make me sit down with something I absolutely refused to do?”
Of course, Lemain also knew very well what Calian was hiding with magic. Nevertheless, I did this. So, because I was so focused on inviting Chase, I didn’t think about who was following me around.
Only then did Alan realize that Lemain was the dull and indifferent competitor who could rival Jan. The story goes like this, he was a bastard who didn’t even know his son was dying, so that’s about it.
Alan nodded as if he had thought about something and came to a conclusion on his own, then looked at Lemain and said,
“Anyway, congratulations, Your Majesty. But I will leave you with one more thing to worry about today.”
“What are you talking about again?”
Alan has been holding back a lot these days.
If LeMaine hadn’t invited Chase, he would have enjoyed the festival more peacefully than anyone else. Because it was interrupted, the mouth that had been holding back finally opened.
“Today, one of the three princes will be sent away somewhere far away, so you can decide which of the other two to keep behind.”
Alan, no joke, was really angry and stood up. He then pointed to Ren, the leader of Caera’s knights, and said.
“An old wizard cannot bear to go to a place where four swordsmen are gathered, so Your Highness, please take that friend standing behind you.”
And then he walked hurriedly out of the office.
Of course, Alan thought that in that situation, Kyrie would have told Calian the truth. So, I could probably get through it without any problems.
LeMaine, who only knew one thing but did not know the other, said that because he felt it was time to come to his senses once more. I thought it would be a good idea to get stabbed in the back sooner or later if I act carelessly like that.
‘A swordsman called me.’
Kalian came to mind first, followed by Slayman and Evan. Lemain, who had come up with that far, sighed for a long time. It was only then that he realized why Alan was angry.
“Bring the 3rd prince quickly.”
Therefore, LeMaine decided to first take out Calian, who was caught between Teilan and Evan.
* * *
– You know.
It was a voice so small that only Calian could hear it.
But to Calian, it was the thunder that tore through the sky.
Nevertheless, not a single expression on his face or eyes changed.
The hands that were clasped and placed on the table simply turned white.
Calian closed his eyes for a moment and answered briefly.
“okay.”
That was all Calian could say. Because right now, Calian is not in a position where he can freely experience his emotions.
‘Let’s come to our senses.’
Calian, who had refreshed himself, looked ahead again with a short sigh.
Randel had not arrived yet, and Plantz had just arrived and sat down. After greeting several nobles he seemed to know at the entrance to the banquet hall, Chase walked towards Calian, his feet pounding.
And I exchanged a quick greeting with Plantz first.
To put it in a good way, it is light, but it would be correct to say that they just nodded at each other.
After that, he opened his mouth towards Calian with a completely different kind face than when he saw Planz.
“See you again, Prince Calian.”
Chase still didn’t know what Calian had found out.
Calian closed his mouth for a moment and looked at that face. When I thought about it, I felt like I had never really seen his face before. Calian, who had been staring at Chase for quite some time, opened his mouth.
“It’s great to see you again like this…”
He didn’t speak for a while.
The gazes of the nobles gathered to look at Calian, wondering how they were trying to make a fancy statement. Soon Calian added a short comment.
“It’s really good.”
The nobles who didn’t know how this came out just said, ‘That’s right.’ The expression became something like that.
Wasn’t he one of the three princes who didn’t have much to say and who only said he was happy to meet anyone at any time? I turned my head, thinking that the other person was the crown prince of another country and had talked a little longer.
Chase laughed.
I didn’t know if he understood what Calian meant, but he smiled and nodded.
“Yes. I am the same.”
And like this, he answered with the same words that Kalyan had given the day before.
After exchanging greetings, Chase and the two princes were about to sit down when someone came into the banquet hall. It was Raoul, Lemain’s chamberlain.
The attention of the nobles who had already been waiting for Lemain’s entrance was focused again. And Raoul immediately came to where Calian was and spoke.
“Prince Calian. Your Majesty is urgently looking for you.”
Then, looking at the nobles sitting in the banquet hall, he spoke Lemain’s words in a slightly louder voice.
“Your Highness is a little late, so he said we should talk first.”
These were all central nobles.
Therefore, if this story had been heard last year, murmurs would have been heard in quite a few places. It was clear that he would have gathered all the nobles together and complained about being late.
But that wasn’t the case this time.
Everyone nodded with an expression on their faces, sat down in a circle and started talking amongst themselves again.
Although it may not seem like a big deal, it was a really big change.
After confirming the atmosphere for a moment, Raoul pointed outside with a polite gesture and spoke to Calian.
“I will guide you.”
“All right.”
Since Lemain is calling, I can’t refuse. Therefore, Calian nodded and followed Raoul.
Plantz, who watched Calian walking away for a moment, turned his head and looked at Chase across from him. Calian had left and Lemain and Randel had not arrived yet, so it was just the two of them sitting at the round table.
Chase, feeling those gazes, also raised his head towards Plantz. After staring at each other in silence for a long time, the two opened their mouths at the same time.
“In this place.”
“Prince Planz.”
And then we closed our mouths together.
Soon Chase made a light gesture. It meant talking first. Plantz opened his mouth without hesitation.
“What brings you here again?”
It was a fight again.
Sejak’s words that the three princes of Kairis had very different personalities and that the younger one was the fiercest were exactly right.
Anyway, it seemed like what Chase was trying to say could also be the answer to Plantz’s question. Therefore, Chase simply brought up the story he had originally wanted to say.
“Prince Planz doesn’t seem to like me very much.”
Chase made a soft expression, and one corner of Plantz’s mouth turned up. Since the surroundings were noisy and only each other could hear, there was nothing to hide.
“Rather, it’s because I have doubts.”
“What questions do you have that make you feel so uncomfortable every time you face me?”
“Why would the Crown Prince come all the way here in person? I wonder if he really came to see Count Manasil.”
Although he had come to meet Alan Manasil, Chase had only met Alan briefly this morning. If they said they would stay for 15 days, that meant that there was a lot to check, but the meeting was too short.
“That’s right. It’s only nominal.”
Chase, who smiled slightly, surprisingly accepted Plantz’s words calmly and continued speaking.
“I had a different person to meet, and we met well.”
It occurred to Plantz that it was somehow a story about Calian.
I also thought that maybe Chase, like Calian, had special memories.
Because of this, Plantz looked at Chase with slightly frowning eyes. After looking around for a moment, Chase opened his mouth towards Plantz.
“By the way. I recently heard that Prince Plants is quite enthusiastic about developing Balkan.”
There is nothing I don’t know about Kairis.
Plantz responded with another sense of displeasure.
“I had no idea that there was so much information about Kairis flowing through Secretia.”
“I can’t help it. Your Majesty loves raising birds so much.”
Chase responded lightly as if it was no big deal, but with a very meaningful look on his face, he mentioned the story he had mentioned earlier.
“Is the Vulcan with such enthusiasm the power of Prince Planz?”
As soon as he heard those words, Planz’s expression hardened for a moment.
It was not a topic that a crown prince from another country would be comfortable discussing with Plants.
“Why would you say something like that…”
Plantz, who had opened his mouth like that, narrowed his eyes.
And I glared at Chase in silence for a while.
New words came out of Planz’s mouth, not the words he had originally intended.
“I did something. You know it.”
Both the way of speaking and the names of names have changed.
Who could Calian have told about my past?
Chase had thought this way, so he looked a little surprised at Plantz’s reaction.
“I thought you didn’t know anything, but I guess you didn’t.”
Maybe Chase wouldn’t have been this relaxed if he knew how many places and how many things Calian had been carrying around. Anyway, I haven’t lost my composure yet.
In any case, Plantz didn’t ask Chase any more questions about what he had done. If you were curious, you would have already asked Calian. Even if Serenti came and told him about the future, he wouldn’t like it, so why would he tell him about the events of the time he returned?
Just like the day before, Plantz stared into Chase’s eyes and spoke each word with force.
“The Balkans belong to my brother. You don’t have to worry.”
“You will have to, Prince Planz.”
Chase answered with a soft face.
* * *
‘Your Majesty told you to return to Chermil Palace and rest.’
Raoul said:
So Kalyan became very depressed.
I had made up my mind to deal with Chase, but he called me out and told me to go to my room and rest. I didn’t know what I was worried about, but I couldn’t help but feel discouraged.
If I had known what kind of fight the two brothers were having in the banquet hall, I would have felt great gratitude to Lemain and escaped, but I didn’t know.
Anyway, Kalian decided to just walk to Chermil.
“I am sorry for not being able to tell you in advance what the Crown Prince of Secretia knows.”
“It’s not your fault. Don’t worry.”
Calian said and looked around for a moment, then took a deep breath and opened his mouth again. ”
Anyway, Your Highness gave you a good reason.” Since
we have time to rest all afternoon, let’s go to the training center together. Calian. Ahn was about to say that.
Then, Calian suddenly remembered something and stopped.
– A cause.
“It’s a cause… That’s right. “I thought it strange that there was no justification.”
“What do you mean?”
“Ah. Today, Brother Randel suddenly asked us to go for a walk and said something strange. I knew a little bit about what they were talking about.”
Kirie also listened closely to the conversation between Calian and Randel. However, she couldn’t find a connection between what Calian said and the conversation they had, so she kept quiet.
“The thirty priests you said you saw. Tensil said they sent it with the excuse of being sorry and grateful, but there are too many for that to be true. It was strange, so I was curious about it, and suddenly Brother Randel called the Margrave of Briesen and asked about Viscount Briesen’s whereabouts.” Kyrie nodded. Until what Calian mentioned just now,
Kyrie
also It was something I knew.
“I think he knew that if he brought Viscount Briesen in front of me, following the Margrave of Briesen, I would automatically think of the former queen Aisha and turn my attention to her.” “The
prince wanted to divert attention from the priests . Are you saying you mentioned something you consider sensitive?”
“Yes. He also knew that the former Queen Aisha was killed by Briesen. ”
If Randel knew that Aisha’s death was the work of Briesen, he may have tried to keep Calian’s attention on Lennon by saying things that would remind him of Aisha’s death.
” It seems that brother Randel has given me the method I used to divert Silike’s attention. Unless there is some reason, he is not the kind of person who would suddenly call me out in the middle of a busy day and ask about Viscount Briesen’s whereabouts out of the blue. .”
So Lennon was just bait.
“You said let’s go for a walk.”
Calian, who was staring at the rose garden in the distance, laughed long.
It was the same laugh he once had when he looked into Randel’s mind.
“You like walking . .”
