Chapter 211. I will draw attention2022.02.08.
I was pushed into the room by Oscar’s hand.
[joy. It’s good enough to sleep.]
Yang waggled her tail as if dissatisfied, but jumped up on the bed and curled up in a circle. It was an old and worn-out inn, so it wasn’t that clean. However, living in a place dirtier than this, I didn’t mind at all. Rather, he was more worried about Oscar, who was born into the royal family.
“Oscar. Can I stay here?”
“I don’t like it here, Mabel. As expected, I should buy that inn earlier.”
Oscar, who misunderstood my words, began to think seriously about buying another inn. I grabbed Oscar’s arm and hurriedly stopped him.
“no no! I like it here! Just to ask if Oscar is okay. are you okay?”
At my question, Oscar nodded without a word of thought.
“If you like Mabel, I like you too.”
To this day, I couldn’t figure out why the conclusion was like this. Whew. I let out a small sigh and listened to the signs in the next room. It’s an old inn, so the soundproofing isn’t good, but I couldn’t hear the voice at all. I whispered a question into Oscar’s ear.
“Anyway, are those two okay?”
“What’s not okay?”
“Ugh. right? Both of them are adults…”
I was a little nervous, but since we weren’t in a situation where each of us would stay in a private room, there was nothing we could do. After briefly washing up in the small bathroom attached to the room, I went downstairs to the dining room, where a strange sight was taking place.
‘…is an island.’
There were two islands among the chattering people. Two men sitting at the same table but feeling a subtle distance. It was Enrique and Aidan.
‘Why is the atmosphere like that?’
I was about to go and break the desolate atmosphere, but Oscar grabbed me.
“Wait a minute, Mabel.”
“huh?”
I was puzzled, but Oscar silently pointed at Enrique and Aidan. Among the people in the dining room, the most vocal and brash crowd took an interest in Enrique. Because of their eye-catching hair color, unlike me wearing a cape, Enrique and Aidan did not cover their faces, so they were in the spotlight. It was an eye-catching look.
“Oh, is this the first time I see you? pretty What are you doing with your mouth shut? Would you like this brother to buy you a beer?”
A man put his hand on Enrique’s shoulder and began flirting softly. Even from a distance, I could see Enrique’s expression hardening at first glance.
“You don’t seem to have much fun with that handsome older brother. Let’s have fun with this brother. huh?”
Apparently Enrique was neat and pretty, so he seemed to have misunderstood that drunkard as a woman. Looking around, Oscar did not try to stop the situation, but rather covered his mouth with one hand and suppressed laughter.
“Kuk. Poof… Let’s see what happens, Mabel.”
In the meantime, the drunk man’s harassment did not stop.
“Ay what’s wrong? I just want to have a drink or something. Is this your first time in town? Shall I guide you?”
“…clean your hands.”
Even in the midst of this, Enrique’s patience in using honorific words was amazing.
“huh? what? pretty Say it again. Kkeukkeuk.”
“I told you to clean your hands.”
The drunken man, who narrowed his eyes at Enrique’s clear voice and carefully watched his face, removed his hand in horror.
“Ugh. for a moment. What are you guys?”
Then the onlookers around us slam their glasses on the table and laugh loudly.
“What if you are a man! Ha ha ha!”
“You fool! Are you backing down like this?!”
Other than that, low-quality jesting cries flew here and there. He saw Enrique sighing softly. It was a time when I was thinking about whether I should step in and stop the situation. wickedness! Out of nowhere, a sound cutting through the air cut in between the raucous din. Soon there was silence in the noisy restaurant.
“Huh blood?”
The drunken man, who was groping my cheek without being able to speak properly, turned white from the blood on his hands. People’s gazes all at once moved to the back of the man. A dull cutlery knife embedded deep in the stone wall with only the tip of the handle visible.
“Ugh! Huh!”
“It’s also a stone wall…?!”
People freaked out and started running away from the wall. However, the person who threw the knife was calm and indifferent. When Enrique turned his attention to the drunk man, he freaked out and hurriedly left the inn. The people who noticed the gossip started talking again while not going near Enrique and Aidan. He sighed in relief at the atmosphere of the restaurant, which became noisy as if it had never happened before, and approached them.
“lung-. no, lady.”
Conscious of the surroundings, Enrique hurriedly changed his title and greeted me. I stopped trying to get up and sat down in an empty chair.
“Any order?”
“I was waiting for you to order when the lady came down.”
“You can order first. By the way… it seems the two of you have become very close?”
At my words, the two averted each other’s eyes as if they were not pleased.
‘Still, I won’t deny it.’
In the past, I would have said one word at a time and vehemently denied it. Somehow, my heart was happy.
***
The nobles of the Parliament, who went to work the next day with a light heart as usual, all swallowed in vain.
‘Why is His Majesty the situation in the conference hall?’
Wherever the Emperor went, Esteban with a hideous face, as if from hell, was sitting in the upper seat.
“why.”
There were few people here who could confidently ask Esteban a question as he asked in an aggressive manner, as if he were going to fight. One of them, the Marquis of Gardenia, asked with a serious face before even sitting down.
“Where has His Majesty the Emperor gone?”
“I feel like I don’t feel like working today.”
“Did Your Majesty say that?”
People close to the emperor knew that the emperor went on vacation to Ponce Castle, but few people knew about it. The only people in the House of Parliament who knew about it were the Duke Donovan and Emily, the family of Oscar and Enrique, who had followed Mabel as escort. The Marquis of Gardenia’s stern face was full of worry.
“Does His Majesty have a poor body?”
“no. That’s not it.”
Mabel, tolerably, never missed a state meeting. Isn’t this the monarch who, when he was a baby with short tongues, was lying on the throne and rolling around, he was always present. The parliamentary nobles started the state meeting half-worried about Mabel and half-feared about Esteban. . . .
“Dismiss the meeting.”
With Esteban’s words, the meeting ended in a hard and bloody atmosphere. Esteban got up first, and the nobles of the council also left the meeting room one by one. Esteban passed the corridor and suddenly stopped walking. With a sigh, he covered his face with one hand and lowered his head. It was then.
“Are you worried?”
The sound of neat footsteps got closer and closer, then stopped a short distance away. Even if Esteban didn’t raise his head, he could tell who the owner of that step was.
“…hmm.”
When he raised his head in silence, Pacifica with an expressionless face was staring at him. Then she asked.
“Are you worried about His Majesty the Emperor?”
“…Your eyes can’t lie at all.”
Esteban laughed helplessly. It’s unlikely that Oscar ever told Pacifica about this mission, so she must have guessed from the facts.
“Isn’t it an unexpected time to go on vacation? In addition, Oscar’s behavior was unnatural.”
“You keep a close eye on Oscar.”
“Isn’t that your son?”
“Why don’t you show that interest to Oscar sometimes?”
Having said that, Esteban burst into laughter at his own words. Pasifika, who had been watching him quietly, parted her lips.
“I met Her Majesty at a banquet before the empress became empress.”
Esteban was puzzled but listened to the sudden story of the past.
“At the time, a young lady who was hanging out with the empress was suffering from false rumors. There were rumors that Cortijan was being visited by a fiancé because he was unattractive.”
“so?”
“The empress hit the face of the young lady’s fiancé with her fist.”
“Siana…”
Esteban sighed. Come to think of it, the memory of hearing a rumor that a young lady punched a certain young-sik in the face flashed by when he was the crown prince. That it was none other than his lover.
“So His Majesty the Emperor, his daughter, will overcome anything.”
Only then did Esteban understand why Pacifica had brought up the story of Siana out of the blue. It was her way of consolation. somewhat awkward.
“is it.”
Esteban smiled bitterly and looked up at the clear sky.
“Please.”
At that moment, Mabel and the escorts arrived at the estate closest to Devlin.
***
stomp! There was a loud knock on the door. But no matter how much I knocked, the door wouldn’t open. Enrique turned to me and asked.
“It is strange. Your Majesty, didn’t you say that this was the rendezvous point?”
“Is the address correct?”
This place, which looked like an ordinary family house from the outside, was the place where we promised to meet the person who played the role of an information book. It was the moment when I took out a note with the address written on it to check it once again.
“Mabel is the best.”
“…?”
It was a time when I looked back questioningly at Oscar’s sudden remark. The door swung open. I couldn’t help but panic when the door that didn’t open no matter how hard I knocked suddenly opened.
“Why is it open?”
To my perplexed question, Oscar answered in a calm voice.
“password. My father said there is a password.”
“Why is the password…?”
Something like that…? At a loss for words, Oscar grabbed my hand and led me to the rendezvous point. As Aidan and Enrique entered, the door was closed again. It was midday, but it was dark inside the house because all the curtains were drawn. In the meantime, a middle-aged man walked over and knelt down in front of Oscar.
“Glory to Ermano. We see His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Prince.”
“wake up. You can omit the example.”
He seemed to be an Ermano soldier who managed to sneak into Devlin under his father’s orders.
“This is a counterfeit ID card prepared in advance after hearing the word. It is said that it was elaborately worked on, but if you look closely, it will be obvious that it is fake, so it is better to be careful.”
“How are you crossing Devlin’s border?”
“They are entering and exiting disguised as Ioleca’s company.”
Devlin, who had maintained a policy of refusing diplomatic ties, had recently started trading with a handful of countries, perhaps because the situation was not so good. The kingdom of Ioleca was one of them. Oscar opened his mouth worriedly.
“Mabel. Should I cross the border? If you’re only infiltrating Veron’s lab, you can use the assimilation power from a distance.”
“Of course it is, but the risk increases as the distance decreases.”
Since using the power to assimilate into an animal consumes a lot of divine power, it was better to use the ability while closest to the destination, Veron’s laboratory. Furthermore, I heard that the laboratory where Veron is staying is surrounded by a black barrier. Breaking through it wouldn’t be too difficult.
“It’s not like people don’t go in and out at all, so I planned to take advantage of that gap to enter, but there will always be variables.”
The most important thing was Veron’s location. What if you ran into Veron in the lab? It was then. Aidan, who had been silent all along, looked straight at me and said.
“I will draw your attention.”
“Aidan.”
“One of Veron’s purposes is to capture me alive, so if I show up, I’m sure all the attention will be on that side.”
“…are you okay?”
It was Veron Arthur Devlica, no one else. It wouldn’t be easy for Aidan to face him face-to-face. No, the question was pointless.
‘It won’t be okay.’
There was no way it would be okay.
