Chapter 22. Not to be touched (7)
A little while before the news came that someone had been caught in a trap.
Demirea leaned against a window filled with quite languid sunlight and tightened her fingers.
– Sigh!
The letter in my hand turned into a piece of paper with a cheerful sound.
Four bottles already.
It was a semi-threatening letter from Marquis Evan Briesen.
I could tell what was going on without even looking. Because of this, Demirea had just torn the envelope of his letter. At this point, you probably don’t expect the sender to read the content anyway.
Then, Demirea frowned when she saw the word ‘grandfather’ written on the torn letter. As Plantz’s grandfather, he was very worried about his blood relatives, so it seemed like it had written something like please stop sending Plantz away.
“You’re laughing.”
My grandfather.
Demirea knew very well how the Marquis of Briesen regarded his relatives.
Hina, who had entered Demirea’s study with her and was reading a book, raised her head at the sound of a very uncomfortable voice.
– Are you there again?
“Yes. He is truly worse than your dog brother.”
Puppy Brother is, of course, the name of Jan, the puppy at Siegfried’s estate. Slayman, Serie, and even the baby elephant Jan called the dog’s name casually, but Dmirea couldn’t do that. It was as if I had another puppy brother.
Anyway, what Demirea was saying was that Evan was no better than a dog.
Hina laughed for a moment at the cute expression that didn’t go well with a loud swear word. Demirea laughed as well when she saw that. I knew it was because of the words ‘dog brother’.
“No matter how free-spirited my father is, I don’t know why he named me that.”
Dmirea said, remembering Slayman, the dog she named. Then, as if he remembered the white cat he saw in Chermil not long ago, he opened his mouth again.
“Still, I might be a better father than Prince Calian. The prince didn’t even give the cat a name.”
However, after hearing Demirea’s words, Hina opened her eyes wide and shook her head.
– They didn’t do it on purpose.
Then he moved his hand again, drawing a bright smile that no one in the world could make.
– Because it’s difficult for me to call my cat once it has a name.
If you have a name, you have to spell it by hand, so they said they didn’t give it a name so they could just call it ‘cat’.
Of course, Calian never said why he didn’t name his cat on his own. Everyone just said it was Kalian’s fault for being inattentive, and Hina thought she was right.
Hina laughed again as she remembered the cat’s unique name, which had become extremely long thanks to this.
* * *
I didn’t bother to say why I believed in Plantz.
He didn’t even bother to ask why he trusted him.
– Aren’t we brothers who are friendly enough to say things like that?
No matter what the reality was, I was thinking the same thing.
Anyway, Calian, who believed that Plantz would take care of it, called Plantz, and Plantz set a trap for Calian on his own.
The animal was finally caught in the trap.
“There were people who looked around this mansion and the Marquis of Briesen and returned.”
After hearing what Demirea said, Plantz nodded slightly. Demirea asked after looking around the room.
“Where did the Third Prince go?”
“See the horses.”
The question was asked because Planz was sitting in the bedroom where Kalian was supposed to be, but Kalian was not there. Plantz answered briefly, thinking of Calian in the stable, and then opened his mouth again.
“I am for my brother.”
Plantz, who had said he would deliver the message when Calian came, kept his mouth shut. Because I saw Calian walking from afar. Accordingly, without another word, Planz raised his hand, pointed towards Calian, and went back into the room.
Demirea, who was laughing while looking at Plantz’s back, said the same thing to Calian once more.
Calian, who came up after examining Raven, who may have been more surprised than Yan, smiled and nodded at Dmirea’s words.
“Thank you. Thank you for your hard work.”
Then he lowered his eyes and fell into thought for a moment.
“It seems that they did not follow Prince Calian’s traces as they removed the bodies of their colleagues. I heard that no suspicious person was found near Siegfried Mansion when the prince came to visit.”
“Yes. They said they didn’t encounter them either, so that must have been the case. Of course, they followed my traces and knew I was here, but there is a possibility that they were unable to approach me.”
“If that were the case, wouldn’t it have been possible for him to show up on purpose this time?”
Calian nodded and answered.
“Yes. It could be a trap to get me out of here. Anyway, it’s important for me to meet them again, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s a trap they made or they got caught in my trap. Besides, I don’t plan on going there alone this time.”
Calian called a trusted wizard to Siegfried’s mansion to accompany him to where the bastards would be.
“All you need to know is that when you enter the palace this time, both princes will be spending quality time with Prince Randel.”
And as soon as the wizard saw Calian, he said this terrifying sound.
It means that neither of them will be able to come out of the palace.
It may not have been to the extent of having to stay inside Chermil like Randel, but in any case, he would never be allowed to go outside for the time being.
It was natural for Calian, and the same was true for Planz, who, for whatever reason, left the palace almost without permission without even informing the attendant.
Calian smiled slightly as he thought of Plantz, who suffered needless damage. The reason I didn’t feel sorry was because I thought Plantz wouldn’t care that much. In any case, Plantz would never have to leave the palace alone unless Calian dragged him out.
Therefore, Calian put aside his feelings of sorry for Plantz and spoke to Alan, who was very angry.
I already knew how to relieve Alan’s anger.
“It’s good to see you, Master.”
Alan, who looked at Calian for a moment at those words, let out a short sigh.
The pretty student was smiling brightly.
How can you hide the corners of your mouth that go up on both sides when you see that?
“…Okay, you’re safe.”
So, when Allen finally got over his anger, he looked at Calian, who was clearly dressed like he was going out, and asked.
“Are you going with me?”
“Master, were you planning to go alone?”
Calian, who responded like this as if it was obvious, looked at Demirea who was standing next to him.
Calian, who could not pay attention to Demirea’s mental shock as she faced the sight of the three princes behaving like a childish fool towards Alan, opened his mouth.
“My brother is surprisingly weak, so please take care of him. Lord Siegfried will be arriving soon.”
“All right.”
It was difficult to estimate the extent of the sword master’s weakness, but Demirea nodded as if not to worry.
Soon Calian put on his black hood.
The day had already set and it was dark outside. And now, it wouldn’t be a big problem if people saw me again, so this would be enough.
Alan’s face showed concern that his injury had not fully recovered. Just as Calian sees Planz, from Allen’s point of view, isn’t the current Calian just a boy who uses a sword?
Calian looked at Alan and opened his mouth.
“Master will take care of it. I don’t want to just sit back and watch.”
“Are you saying you’re going to be a burden?”
“Yes, that’s right. I’m just going to follow along and have a look.”
Alan answered with a pleasant smile.
“You will.”
* * *
The wizards of Euria left no trace.
The birds in the chase moved quietly.
Therefore, ‘he’ realized that things had gone wrong only after Alan Manasil suddenly appeared in front of the building.
It wasn’t unexpected that Alan would make the move himself. It was just that Alan’s movements escaped his eyes and ears.
“I can’t deal with it.”
‘He’ was different from Marquis Evan Briesen.
I knew well that the power of Alan’s circle was not just the number 6 plus 1.
Because of this, ‘he’ moved very quickly.
When Alan, looking extremely calm, put his hand on the door of a small building, the nine fled. After sending them out through the secret passage, they succeeded in completely destroying the passage.
– A rattle.
As soon as he returned to his place, a sharp-eyed wizard with long silver-red hair tied loosely entered the building.
– Jump and jump.
He recognized that the sound of slowly approaching footsteps was the sound of the end of life. Therefore, instead of drawing his sword, he put on his monocle.
And then,
“Is there a book you’re looking for?”
he asked.
* * *
Alan did not answer right away.
As Alan closed the store door and walked one step further, the windows, doors, walls, and ceiling inside the store began to vibrate at once.
All the barriers installed in the store moved by themselves.
The door was locked, the shutters were rolled down, and the glass windows in the ceiling were blocked.
He closed his mouth quietly.
It wasn’t something he did.
Of course, it was Alan who turned the entire store into a cage to trap him.
Alan, who was standing in front of him at some distance, took one more step and disappeared. Immediately after that, a leisurely voice was heard from behind him.
“It’s not a book, but I have something to ask.”
My hands were shaking.
It was horror.
As I endured the fear that threatened to freeze my heart, Alan’s body disappeared. And then it appeared again in front of him.
“I heard that Devlan may be like a snake, but he cares for my son very much. There is no way he would do something like this when his only son is in the palace.”
After saying that, Alan stared into his eyes and opened his mouth again.
He took a short breath while listening to Alan.
He was trying to chew the poison in his mouth.
At the same time, it’s right in Alan’s hand! A voice was heard.
The gravity exerted on him increased momentarily.
His movements stopped.
I couldn’t move anything because it felt like every single muscle was going to fall to the ground. He barely opened his eyes to look at Alan.
A red ball the size of a human eye was created on Alan’s hand. It looked as if flowing lava had been trapped inside a glass bead.
He knew very well what it was.
The power of fire compressed into a flame of unimaginable power.
The power of fire that burns through a person’s body with just a passing glance and never goes out until it melts the heart. In this world, it was the 7th Circle Flame Spear that only Alan Manasil could use.
Alan sent it down the floor of the store. The sphere passed straight through the floor and disappeared.
Alan’s quiet voice rang in his ears.
“Are you sure you don’t know who I am, but are you trying to use poison in front of me?”
A second Flame Spear appeared in the hand of Alan, who was disgusted with any poison.
A terrible scream was heard from far away.
Blood appeared in his eyes.
Alan, who saw this, spoke in a still quiet voice.
“One person died. There is only one person, so consider it carefully now.”
He glared at Alan without answering.
There was no sign of spitting out venom, which was as if he was saying that he would not tell Alan what he was curious about.
Alan did not wait for an answer.
From Alan’s hand. The second Flame Spear fell, and Alan spoke again with a softer smile than ever before:
“Because I am not as soft as my student.”
Another scream followed.
The third Flame Spear rose up.
“… …White Suri,”
Alan looked into his eyes and called out the name that had once been his.
