[269] Theraje’s Lineage (2)
Surprisingly, permission was given easily, but Sirone had expected this situation from the beginning.
Those who have are free. It was the same when the Ogent family risked their lives to relocate the Great Library.
The butlers meticulously sorted books according to the rules, but in reality the nobles didn’t even care if the books were lost or not.
Eliza hugged Sirone and repeated what he said over and over again, but no sound remained in Sirone’s mind as he was absorbed in thought.
Suddenly, Eliza remembered something and jumped up.
“This is not the time. I can’t be dressed like this when I’m eating with my son for the first time. Honey, I’ll change your clothes.”
“Let it be.”
Elise left Sirone and walked to the dressing room. Then the female attendants followed in line.
Sirone didn’t seem to care about clothes when it came to eating. However, just as there is a dress code for aristocratic parties, it seemed that choosing clothes was as important to the royal family as finding their son after 18 years.
After Eliza leaves, only Orkamp and Syrone remain. An awkward silence ensued, in which no words were exchanged. I don’t know if I thought about it from the beginning or if I couldn’t overcome the awkwardness, but Orkamp spoke to me for the first time.
“Did you say Sirone…?”
“yes. It’s the name my parents gave me.”
Sirone emphasized that his parents built it. There must have been a name Orkamp had given him, but he didn’t want to throw away the name Sirone.
“I see. That’s a good name.”
Contrary to expectations, Orkamp did not say much.
It occurred to him that there might not have been a name given to him from the beginning. If so, he had already made up his mind to abandon his child from the time he was growing up in his mother’s womb.
“Do you resent me?”
“I used to resent it when I was younger. But now…”
Sirone swallowed the words that were about to continue. Rather, it seemed too rude to say that he was fortunate to be born as Vincent’s son.
Orkamp read Sirone’s emotions with his unique insight and smiled bitterly.
“I guess not now.”
“That’s…”
“I know. Being a member of the royal family is not a very good place, even if it is glamorous to look at. There are many things to take responsibility for and give up.”
“It sounds like you gave up on me.”
Orkamp was momentarily taken aback by Sirone’s question, but soon returned with a calm expression.
“I’m sorry. The reason why I couldn’t find you was…”
Sirone shook her head to interrupt Orkamp’s words.
didn’t want to hear
No, I really wanted to hear it. But the words that came out of his mouth were not the answers he expected. I was so sure.
“are you okay. You were looking for me even now.”
Orkamp felt Sirone’s extraordinaryness. Even though he lived as a commoner for 18 years, he couldn’t find any sign of tension in the royal castle in a foreign country. In addition, he was the owner of a solid spirit who carried through his demands even while facing the king and queen.
‘Is it true… that blood doesn’t thin?’
Having concluded that, Orkamp turned to his study to proceed with the next step. Then, suddenly, thinking that Sirone would be left alone, he turned around and asked.
“In 30 minutes it will be meal time. Will you be here?”
Sirone shook her head. If I stayed in this room for one more minute, I would suffocate and die.
“no. I’ll be out. Can I take a look at the royal castle?”
This request was pure curiosity without any calculations. It is a great honor for a commoner, even an aristocrat, to be invited to the royal castle. Aside from honor, it was a good opportunity to visit the royal castle, which he had been curious about since he was young.
Orkamp readily agreed.
“then. You can watch anywhere. Because this will be your home now.”
Sirone was thinking of going back to magic school. However, it was premature to bring up such a topic at this point, so I just thanked Orkamp for the kindness and left the room.
Sirone walked down the aisle in a fluttering mood. Where should I go first? The Armory, Bakery, and Chapel were all good, but the most appealing was the gallery with various art pieces on display.
An elderly official stood at the corner of the hallway, and Sirone approached him to ask for directions. But before he could say anything, the official bowed his head first.
“Sirone-sama, I have someone to meet.”
As soon as Sirone heard the official’s words, he was upset.
Normally, I would have followed without a murmur, but I didn’t like this situation because I was tired of the self-righteous and self-centered way of thinking of the royal family.
“Later. I want to be alone now. Her Highness also said that it doesn’t matter if we go anywhere until mealtime.”
I don’t know the official’s job title, but Sirone openly showed dislike. Since he had said everything he had to say even in front of the king, he didn’t think he needed to notice a mediocre official.
However, the unidentified official said with a mean smile that he would have no choice but to follow his words.
“Of course, that’s fine too, but wouldn’t it be nice to meet?”
Seeing the uneasiness in the official’s laugh, Sirone put aside her irritated feelings and regained her composure. It was an outright threat. That’s why I was curious. It wasn’t long before it was time to eat. Is there a reason you need to find yourself in such a hurry?
“Who is that person?”
A sharp aura passed through the official’s eyes.
“This is Terraze Zion. He is the first prince of Kazura. Of course not yet.”
The official emphasized the word ‘until now’. It meant that the position of the first prince would pass in the future, but for some reason, it was a nuance that was interpreted in the opposite way.
Sirone became cautious in front of the name Zeon. The target to be most wary of in the royal castle is, of course, the Theraje faction. It was a situation where the central part of the faction requested a contact first.
Even in Sirone’s opinion, it was better to meet him as soon as possible and find out what kind of person he was. This is because if you know their tendencies, you can roughly infer how they will move. Perhaps Zion had the same idea, so he sent an official.
“Okay, let’s meet.”
“It’s an excellent decision. Please come this way.”
The official took Sirone to the east side of the inner room.
It was a place where the royal family lived, and although it was smaller than Orkamp’s boudoir, it was luxurious enough.
There is a statue of a lion reaching up to the ceiling in the hall that divides the east and west, and four roads extend from there to the north, south, east, and west.
After advancing 20 meters to the east, a golden gate awaited Sirone. An official opened it from the outside, revealing an artificial garden with white marble floors.
Sirone inspected the interior before entering.
The garden was beautiful, but it was the best condition for decorating anything. Although the season is winter, palm trees were planted to feel the atmosphere of the southern country.
At the table in the center, a brother and sister younger than Sirone were drinking tea, and on the floor a sleek black cat and a furry white cat were playing with each other.
“I have brought Sirone and Sirone.”
Ji-on watched the cat play, listened to the manager’s words, and only slightly raised his head without looking away.
“Ask me to come in.”
Upon receiving the order, the official smiled and gestured for Sirone to enter.
Sirone pulled her chin in tight and walked straight ahead.
If you look down on them from the beginning, all your strategies will be in vain. The sound of an unidentified official closing the door and leaving was strangely depressing.
Sirone walked to the table, ignored her manners, and studied the siblings’ faces with intense eyes.
‘These are…’
Theraze Zeon and Theraze Uorin.
He was the current first prince and princess of Kazura.
They are, of course, Orkamp’s children. However, as for the surname, he followed his mother, Theraze. The reason is simple. Orkamp was pushed back in the power game of arranged marriage. In the world, this is called Orkamp’s humiliation.
Only then did Ji-on turn his head and look up at Sirone. Then, as if Sirone’s serious face was funny, he trembled.
“haha! don’t be too nervous I won’t eat you.”
Sirone doesn’t know what Kashan’s Empress Theraze looks like. However, if Orkamp’s features were removed from Zeon’s face, it seemed that the Empress’s appearance could be vaguely recognized.
He was a handsome boy with cold silver hair and a sharp chin like a cat with dark double eyelids. With that alone, it was easy to guess that Theraze’s beauty was beyond imagination.
Uorin greeted Sirone with a smile.
“Hello, I’m Woorin. Are you a magician? I saw it in that magazine.”
A white cat jumped up on Uorin’s lap. Sirone couldn’t take her eyes off the fourteen-year-old girl who was cuddling the cat and petting its fur.
If Theraze was inferred through Ji-on’s appearance, Uorin felt like Theraze was clearly revealed.
She resembles Theraze even more than Zeon. No, to be precise, it seemed that Orkamp’s blood was hardly mixed.
She was a beautiful girl, and beyond that beauty, she had a certain spiritual and mysterious appearance.
Sirone had experienced similar feelings before. I didn’t expect to feel again from a human being the feeling I had when I first saw Ikael in heaven.
Uorin lowered her head and looked up at Sirone with a worried look.
“Why do you look like that? In a few days from now, they are family, but those eyes are burdensome.”
Sirone’s face brightened.
“No, I didn’t mean it that way…”
Uorin held her stomach and smiled as if she had never done that.
“Ho-ho-ho! I’m kidding. Joke! I heard that you are 18 years old, but you are very naive. Don’t do that, come this way.”
Sirone regained her composure and sat down in the seat Uorin gave her. I almost lost control, but this was the start.
An attendant served tea and a full-fledged conversation ensued.
Contrary to the expectation that a fierce psychological warfare would begin, Ji-on was optimistic about the current situation.
It was possible because he looked down at Sirone.
“If you’re not an idiot, you’ll know the situation in the castle. The weight of the castle called Theraje. I just called to finish it off cleanly. I don’t know what your father was thinking, but you can’t be king anyway. So you’d better not walk around with your head upright.”
It is safe to say that blatantly urging the first prince candidate to give up was an official bid for the position of king.
Sirone, who had read through history books, was acutely aware of how the bloody bloody battles of the royal family unfolded.
But this time, I was rather grateful for Jion who came out like this. From the beginning, he was not even interested in the kingship.
“don’t worry. I’m only here by invitation. I’ll be back when this job is over. I have no desire to live here. I have no intention of becoming king.”
“ha ha ha! You speak well. Do sly guys usually stab you in the back of the head after saying that? He’s also a mean wizard. Oh! Not even a wizard? An aspiring wizard.”
Uorin scolded Jion.
“Brother, don’t be like that. Sirone’s older brother had a difficult childhood. It’s really great that a commoner went to a magic school. Besides, he is now evaluated as a great prospect.”
Uorin, on the contrary to Jion, was friendly to Sirone.
However, from Sirone’s point of view, it felt more dangerous than Zeon’s outright hostility.
Uorin is also Terase’s daughter. There was no reason for her to be nice to him.
Uorin said with a pretty smile.
“Sirone oppa still seems wary of us. It’s all because of Ji-on. Oh, can I call you brother?”
Sirone was not used to the atmosphere here.
Theraje siblings had opposite tendencies, as if they were going back and forth between heaven and hell. Trying to care about those two people at the same time made my head tangled up.
“Well, it hasn’t been decided yet. Are you still going to do it?”
“Hey, how are you? I’ll just call you brother. Because he’s older than me. By the way, oppa, are you just using magic?”
“Magic? What if it’s something basic?”
Uorin clapped and liked it.
“wow! exciting! Be sure to show me later! Magic is amazing every time I see it. How can the fire go out of your hand?”
Sirone was increasingly seized with a strange feeling.
I couldn’t find any sense of strategy in Wu-Lin’s attitude. I even thought that maybe she was simply a nice and bright girl.
However, if you are a girl from a mountain village, as long as you are the daughter of an empress, if your hair is superior to others, you will be outstanding and not inferior.
Sirone suddenly discovered the common ground between Ji-on and Uorin.
They are not afraid of anything.
Zeon’s blatant hostility and Uorin’s friendly attitude that didn’t suit the situation were possible because he had the enormous power of Theraje on his back.
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