Chapter 24. The cornerstone of understanding (8)
While receiving greetings from the servants and maids around him, he was not satisfied.
Calian entered Rubia’s annex at a steady but fast pace and stopped for a moment.
Calian stood in place and touched his forehead for a moment due to the thought increasing in size with each step. It’s a good thing that I left Yan to wait at the main building of Lubia.
When I tried to move my feet, my head was spinning, and when I tried to move my head, my feet wouldn’t move.
I put down all the luggage I was carrying in front of the spruce tree.
I was out of breath due to the weight of the burden I had put down that day.
I’m so sorry.
‘Let’s come to our senses.’
Just the day before, I said to old Kalyan, ‘I want to live too.’ Then, as if to convey the answer, ‘Try living somewhere,’ another homework piled up.
The power of red light possessed by Randel. I had to figure it out. I had to open Randel’s mouth to get the puzzle piece. To open Randel’s mouth, the restraints had to be removed. My mind was twisted and twisted and couldn’t be resolved. So I came here. To Chase.
“under.”
We should meet.
They say you should live somewhere, but shouldn’t you live there?
I took my hand away from my forehead and took a step back. Without stopping any further, I followed that path until I reached the place where Chase had said he would stay.
There was no one at the door. Knight Teilan was probably in the room or not. Calian took another deep breath and raised his hand, which had turned white. It was to do something called ‘knocking’, something that had never been done since obtaining Calian’s body.
“Come on in.”
But before Calian’s fingertips could touch the door, a voice came from inside.
“Prince Calian.”
I guess they were waiting this time too.
Calian, laughing because there was no need to ask for permission, opened the door with a short breath.
The door opened and closed with a small sound.
Knight Teilan was not inside. There was only Chase. Calian, who realized this, unconsciously opened his mouth.
“What should I do if you are bitten by an escort?”
The only people I encountered while coming here were people from the Kairis Palace. Although Chase is the only one staying in this annex, isn’t it too dangerous to be alone without an escort?
Chase, who was standing by the window, smiled calmly. He probably saw Calian coming here through that window.
“it’s okay.”
After answering this, Chase’s hand pointed to the chair. Only then did Calian realize that he had spoken first without even giving a courtesy to the crown prince, and he paused for a moment. Chase smiled again, clearly knowing what he was thinking.
“That’s okay too, so sit down.”
Instead of saying sorry, Kalian just slightly bowed his head and went to his seat. Chase, who looked at the back for a moment, brought out two cups of coffee he had brewed himself and placed them on the table.
coffee.
A smile appeared on Calian’s lips.
Bern enjoyed coffee. Chase didn’t like it that much. Calian was reluctant.
That makes me laugh.
“thank you.”
Kalian, who only said this without saying anything else, took a sip of the fragrant coffee that no one here enjoyed. Chase, who was quietly watching the scene, opened his mouth.
“I’m not feeling well yet, so I don’t know if it would be okay to drink coffee, but other than that, I couldn’t think of anything else.”
I don’t necessarily hide what I remember about Bern. This is because I know that it would be more convenient for Calian.
Calian nodded slowly and answered.
“There was no major problem and everything is healed now. You don’t have to worry.”
Then he put down the teacup he was holding and looked at it for a while before opening his mouth.
“I enjoyed the tangerines.”
They were not grateful for the help they provided during the attack. In Kairis, he controlled Secretia Sejak as he pleased and sent Teilan to Calian. If I thank you for that help, I’m afraid I’ll be reckless again next time.
So, I only expressed my gratitude for the sour tangerines that most people cannot even say.
Chase nodded.
This means that you understand everything, whether it is said out loud or not.
‘Come to think of it… I bet you don’t like sour things.’
Now I remembered.
Planz ate tangerines that day.
Calian laughed for a moment and opened his mouth while looking at Chase.
“I’ve been wondering something.”
“Yes. Let’s talk.”
Soon Kalian spoke of a story related to Randel. I told Chase everything, including the story I had shared in the garden a little while ago.
“I don’t know much about Tensil, so I would like to ask Prince Chase if he remembers anything.”
Chase, who silently listened to everything Calian said, nodded and answered.
“I don’t know anything about what that organization is. I haven’t even found out if it existed in the past or if the future has changed.”
That was what Calian also guessed.
Unless Plants or Arsene’s memories are revived, no matter how much Chase does, there is no way to know. If it was something that could be known through birds, it should have already been known in the past.
“As long as it’s Tensil.”
After saying this, Chase looked back on his memory for a moment.
Because it was not something I experienced directly, I needed time to think about the related details.
“I know at least how Prince Randel became the king of that place and what happened to it.”
“You’re talking about an accident where the carriage axle broke.”
Chase laughed for a moment at that.
I asked Alan to tell me the story, but it seemed like he probably hadn’t heard it yet.
However, Chase did not disclose that Alan had something to say that was tied up in the middle. They thought there might have been some other reason why Alan hadn’t met Calian yet or hadn’t told him.
Soon Chase began to explain.
“I don’t think it was an accident.”
Sweet.
Calian, who was about to pick up the coffee from the table, put the cup back down. And without another word, he lowered his eyes. When the same habit came out, Chase just smiled with his eyes and closed his mouth. It gives you time to think.
The reason Chase wanted to convey this message was simple.
It was to warn people to be careful because Randel did not just hide and run away to Tensil.
After a long time, Calian opened his mouth.
“Do you happen to know when that happened?”
Chase nodded.
However, this time the answer came a little slowly.
“It’s September next year. I don’t know the exact date.”
Planz ascended to the crown prince after his 18th birthday in November of next year. And six years later, Lemain died mysteriously and became the king of this country.
Calian, who was evaluating the series of situations, said.
“Even if Brother Randel had been there, the crown prince would have naturally gone to Brother Planz. Silike held the troops inside the palace, Marquis Briesen held the troops outside the palace, Lennon controlled the commercial power, and the main margrave forces centered around Gray. Because we were united.”
In particular, the area that Gray is currently defending is the border area with Tensil. That meant that even if something happened to Randel, Tensil would not be able to send troops right away. Because Gray will stop it.
Therefore, Randel would never have been able to become the crown prince of Kairis.
“Then Brother Randel. Either he wanted to become the king of Tensil, or he wanted to be the person who shared the oath. Or…” “He
didn’t want to die.”
Calian nodded and opened his mouth.
“Brother Randel once expressed his intention to become king in front of me.”
The meaning was shown with two and three steps. So, he probably had no intention of becoming king.
“But that was the choice given to the current Randel brother, who had in mind ‘to get his hands on me.’ It is highly likely that the past brother Randel gave up the idea of becoming king a long time ago. As long as Brissen was around, he would never have been able to achieve it. That’s it.”
“Yes. I believe Prince Calian’s opinion is correct.”
“I remember that the relationship between Kairis and Tensil was not that bad after Brother Randel’s accession to the throne. Therefore, I thought that he did not know how former Queen Aisha died. However, contrary to my expectations, Brother Randel knew how former Queen Aisha died. “I think I probably knew about it in the past as well.”
Randel already knew the content, and Calian’s change had no influence on it. Therefore, Randel in the past must have also known that Silike harmed Aisha.
“Brother Randel is emotional enough to break the oath to get what he wants. But on the other hand, he is also extremely rational. It is simple to believe that such a person maintained a good relationship with Kairis even though he knew the cause of former Queen Aisha’s death. It’s not visible.”
After saying this, Calian looked at Chase for a moment as if asking for his opinion. But Chase didn’t say anything else, and Calian spoke once again.
“Would brother Randel, who knew that he could not take revenge on Kairis even if he became the king of Tensil, really want to go there and succeed to the throne? Did he think that being a ‘king’ was enough, regardless of what country it was? After thinking about it like that, The answer I gave was ‘no.’ Brother Randel is not the kind of person who would personally plan such a thing because of his position on the throne. It is also realistically impossible.”
Of course, my prediction about Randel was wrong once, but I thought it would not be wrong this time either.
Although he would rather remain in Kairis until the very end and look for an opportunity to aim for the heart of Plants, he was not the kind of person who would covet the throne of a powerless country and plan a way to harm the King of Tensil. Even if it is planned, is there anyone who can go to Tensil and carry out the work in person? I thought maybe not.
Calian, who had been thinking that far, looked at Chase with an expression that seemed to indicate that he had missed something.
“Then why did you say it wasn’t an accident?”
“At that time, all the birds that were looking for it died.”
Of course, Bern doesn’t know.
Because Chase managed the information about Tensil.
Calian, who had been sitting silently for a while, opened his mouth.
“In order to break the seal of an oath, the contracting party must disappear.”
“Yes. I know.”
The moment Silike died, I felt the bonds on my heart being lifted. That is the only way to escape the seal of the oath. So, there are two ways for Kalyan to choose.
“I guess I’ll have to do one of two things: find the people involved in the oath and kill them all, or give up on hearing secrets from Brother Randel.”
“There will be a force opposing the king who currently leads Tensil. There will be someone who will try to control Prince Randel, who became the king of Tensil after cajoling him by saying he will help him get revenge on Kairis. Just like Kairis’s People like Brisen.”
After saying this, Chase opened the drawer of the nightstand next to the sofa. Then, he took out a thick wad of paper from inside and held it out to Kalian.
A very soft font that is not flashy.
Chase wrote it himself.
“Tensil is different from Kairis, so the forces are divided into quite a few branches. Please refer to this if necessary.”
Calian, who was flipping through the paper for a moment, frowned.
It was information about the noble forces that had disappeared one by one since Randel came to the throne.
Calian muttered quietly.
“… pruning.”
Randel went into exile in Tensil alone and ascended to the throne immediately. Randel purged the aristocratic forces.
“It means that someone helped Brother Randel.”
“Either the person who shared the seal of oath helped, or Randel joined hands with a new force to kill the person who shared the seal of oath. It’s probably one of two things.”
Calian said with a look on his face as he received a new puzzle to solve.
“Thank you.”
Chase, who was staring at Calian, opened his mouth quietly.
“I’ll be back tomorrow.”
He knew what he wanted to check and was ready to help. I helped him out.
There was no reason to stay here any longer.
Of course, it was impossible to do that.
Calian silently closed his mouth at Chase’s sudden words that seemed natural or not. Looking at Calian, Chase spoke again.
” I’m thinking of gathering wizards early next year. Me too.”
It was surprising that he suddenly said that he would leave Kyris tomorrow, but what he said now was even more unexpected. He didn’t think the Chase he knew would do that. Chase said with a gentle smile. “If someone comes to
visit
. I kept nagging him for a long time, telling me not to put one more baggage on him. “I guess Prince Calian didn’t know about this.”
Calian made a noise.
Who else but Plantz?
Calian couldn’t imagine Plantz nagging ‘for a long time’ for a moment, so Calian chuckled. Chase to Calian. He spoke in a low voice.
“Prince Calian. If the same thing happens again, it’s okay if you don’t protect Secretia.”
Calian didn’t answer.
“I’ve already done enough.”
It was the Bern gift given to him by his older brother and king. It was an absolution.
