Chapter 34. I’m not good at lying (2), so
it’s become a habit.
If a habit can be easily thrown away, why bother calling it a separate name? The term habit arose because it cannot be easily thrown away.
– What’s going on?
So, it has become a habit for Hina too.
He touches the door a couple of times with a very quiet sound as if hesitating, and then knocks with a louder sound. The intervals between small sounds were always different and the number of times varied, but the sound that got louder was exactly three times.
It became a habit for Plantz to tell people to come in instead of asking who it was or telling them to go back when the unique knocking sound was heard. Just as Lucy assumes an uncomfortable position so that she can lie down more comfortably when she is on the bridge, it is a habit that, after hesitation, is immediately followed by a knock that tells her to come in.
“come in.”
When I answered the habitual knock on the door, Hina came in. And after looking around at the dizzying scene in the office, I was worried as was my habit and asked what was going on.
So Plantz explained in his own way that if it weren’t for Arsene, why would he be sitting in this office with an annoyed face looking at documents?
“You would know.”
Is there anyone in Balkan who doesn’t know the relationship between Planz and Arsene? So, what I was saying was to not ask about things that don’t need to be asked. And as always, I stopped what I was doing and looked at Hina. It asks why you came.
Hina smiled softly when she saw Planz preparing to hear a silent answer after asking a silent question. Then, he started picking up Planz’s clothes that were scattered on the sofa and organizing them neatly.
It was a kindness that I don’t know if it was because she still had the habit of being a maid or if she was just taking care of Lucy. Planz, who was looking at Hina like that, frowned and said.
“Leave it.”
Anyway, Reric will come soon and take care of it. By now, you would have realized that Planz had disappeared from the banquet hall.
Hina, with a smile on her face, saying that she had no hands to respond to these words, so she would just do as she pleased, began to organize things as she pleased. I threw it away as I could, untangled the tangled tie, rolled it up, put the shirt pin on the table, and hung my vest and jacket on the hanger. Then, he folded the cloak, which seemed to be taller than he was, and placed it on one side of the sofa, then moved his hands while looking at Planz.
– Why are you here?
It is said that fighting with Arsene happens all the time, but looking at the things lying around, it is clear that they are formal clothes. So, one can only wonder why the second prince, who should be at Kalian’s birthday banquet by now, is looking at documents in a place like this.
Plantz fell silent for a moment at Hina’s words.
In fact, isn’t that the case in most cases?
If the person asking where it hurts is a healer, he or she will point out this and that without even realizing it. If you just knew her, you wouldn’t be so quick to tell her where the pain is, but Hina is a healer.
Therefore, like everyone else, Plantz gave an honest answer without realizing it.
“…… cold.”
Of course, a sincere answer was not necessarily honest.
I wonder if I can park it in the great desert in the north for about 30 minutes. It’s so cold on this summer day.
Fortunately, Hina didn’t make a face as if that was nonsense. However, that didn’t stop him from obediently giving up.
Hina, who was thinking about something for a moment, moved her hands gently.
– Don’t go, just stay here for a moment.
Plantz did not answer right away.
I didn’t think I needed to say that I had anywhere to go today anyway.
I didn’t want to go to Siegfried’s coffin and get caught up in the chaos that was going on thanks to Demirea’s tiara.
I don’t know if it was Lemain’s consideration, Alan’s foolishness, or the request of a guy who spends his days in the guise of someone who doesn’t exist in this world, but Chermil was decorated entirely with red paper flowers and not even a single Laprania flower. I didn’t even want to go back already.
Training with Kirie, who would be with the knights at the training ground by now, didn’t interest me that much today.
In the end, instead of explaining these things, Plantz just nodded without another word and turned his eyes to the documents. Hina, who was still smiling, went out for a moment and then came back in.
Hina, who was holding Lucy in one arm, held ice cream in her other hand.
Plantz, who saw this, opened his mouth as if it was absurd.
“I heard you have a cold.”
Hina put Lucy down without another word and smiled pretty as she handed her strawberry ice cream.
Plantz chuckled.
The color of the ice cream was so similar to the soles of Lucy’s feet.
* * *
“Lord Abern.”
Arsene, wearing a pure white robe with the Vulcan vice-captain insignia, opened his mouth as he saw Kyrie trudging out of the Wilhelm pavilion and leaving the training ground.
Kirie, who was now able to carry the sword even outside of Chermil Palace, let go of slightly correcting the position of the leather belt connected to the sword sheath, then bowed to Arsene and asked.
“Where are you going.”
As I was looking at his gloomy face with dark circles, I began to wonder if he was going somewhere far away, but for now, I just asked that question.
“Are you not thinking about drinking?”
“Yeah. I can’t remember.”
“I remember.”
Arsene, who spoke without giving in to the quick rejection that came back to him, smiled brightly at Kirie, who looked at him with an expression of ‘What should I do?’ and continued speaking.
“I have nowhere to go. So what should I do? I should have a drink.”
If anyone hears it, they will think that you drink a lot.
On the day she found out Calian’s secret, Kirie, who unexpectedly learned of Arsene’s tearful drinking, put on a very reluctant expression and tried to take his foot back. The expression on his face said that it would be better to go inside and spar with the knights again. Or run around the training ground again.
“Why don’t you have a place to go? You have a lot to do.”
“I was kicked out. To the prince, the vice commander.”
However, that was actually my office, but he suddenly came into my office, took off everything he was wearing, and told me to leave. I don’t know where in the world there is a case like this. Anyway, about humanity.
Arsene muttered this and roughly explained to Kyrie what had happened.
Earlier, Arsene secretly pretended to hold hands with Gray, and thanks to that, Gray was preparing to return to the capital. And Evan brought out Lennon in preparation for Gray’s entry into the capital.
However, Plantz did not know all this.
“The prince must be very excited and stirring things up by now, but there’s no way Marquis Briesen will just sit there and watch.”
And Arsene also knew something that Plantz did not know.
“But the prince, who is the deputy commander, must not get involved with Briesen, and seems to be worried about other things. I understand that he kicked me out in order to return the Vulcan that our prince had handed over to him as he pleases, but I am not allowed to go there. . But I can’t explain why I shouldn’t go to our prince and take his side. But if I just hang around here, won’t everything be revealed if I meet the vice commander? Why are you so quick to notice things that are unnecessary?”
Since I had an issue with Margrave Gray, I couldn’t appear in front of Briesen, and I couldn’t explain to Plantz why I couldn’t come out. If I tried to make up an excuse, Plantz wouldn’t notice, so I just did as I was told.
For that reason, I avoided the place for now, but since I had nowhere else to go, I once again entrusted Kirie with the role of drinking buddy.
“I have nowhere to put my feet and my prince has nothing to hold in his hands. The prince, who is the deputy commander, has no one to take care of him openly, and it seems that no one is willing to accept a congratulatory message or an apology. We just gathered together and offered congratulatory messages or consolation. “Let’s have a drink without knowing if it’s alcohol.”
A guy who was like an enemy who could only drink one drink came up with a lot of reasons and wanted to have just one drink. What can I do?
Kirie could no longer refuse and nodded.
* * *
Sometimes I think of dreams.
A dream I had not long after living this life that no one who knew Kalyan could call it a miracle or luck.
The child whom I met for the first and last time, with whom I was completely separated, and who I see in the mirror every day.
A condemnation on his behalf seemed too grandiose, and he had no idea whether he had the right to do so, so Kalian decided to just name his future actions as venting his anger.
Whether it takes a few days or months.
Whether it is my anger or my anger on your behalf, I will just vent my anger without thinking about how difficult it is.
“You have received an undeserved gift, Prince.”
Evan said this with a sneer on his face, as if he looked exactly like someone, but if he thought he resembled him, it would be a bad thing to do to him.
These words were spoken during a moment of commotion around Calian to clean up the glass he broke.
“Yes. That’s good.”
Calian, looking at Evan, gave a short answer and closed his eyes for a moment. And I unlocked a magic that I had maintained as a habit more important than breathing.
As the number of auras increased, the restraint-like power that required greater magical power was lifted, and Calian, feeling refreshed, took a breath and then exhaled very slowly.
One day just two years ago, actually even older than that.
I remembered one day when I took a deep breath and exhaled, feeling the fishy smell of the salty sea in my heart. I didn’t feel as cleansed as I did that day, but I didn’t hate the lighter air that much.
After taking such a big breath, my back, which I thought could be straighter, stood up straighter with even more confidence.
After that, Calian quietly opened his eyes and opened his mouth as he looked at Evan with his head slightly crooked enough to not be noticed by others.
“I still don’t think I can see it. I guess that’s right.”
Evan, who felt like Calian was taking a deep look at his face as he spoke like that, said with a displeased expression on his face.
“What are you saying you can’t see?”
I see yours and you don’t see mine.
Calian, convinced of that, slightly lowered his eyes. Feeling even better than when I saw the redness trapped in the champagne glass scattering in all directions, I thought for a moment about how to cook that guy in front of me.
“Whether you see it or not. Look into your own future. Hasty greed invites disaster, Prince Calian.”
And Evan, clearly determined to ruin the mood, barked like this.
“I’m still looking into it.”
Calian readily nodded and answered.
Red eyes under long eyelashes were looking into the future. However, it was not Calian’s own future, but the future in which Evan’s hair fell apart.
Evan, who had no idea what Calian was looking at, tried to open his mouth again as he saw the prince standing in front of him and giving a calm answer.
“I’m excited to take a look.”
Calian, who spoke first, intercepted Evan’s words and opened his eyes.
How fast is your sword? How heavy is it? How sharp and how bitter it is. What kind of thoughts and memories are contained in it? When will the day come when you will tell me everything, without leaving anything behind? When will that day be when I can vent my anger?
“I’m also thinking about when that day will be.”
Evan frowned after hearing his tone become even more spoiled than the day we met in the spring. The third prince, who was standing in front of a commoner concubine becoming queen, continued to annoy Evan as if he had already ascended to the crown.
“Don’t try to tarnish the royal family with the blood of an insignificant person, prince.”
People don’t know, but Evan knows.
Kalyan has nothing in his hands right now.
Isn’t this a position you can have just because you have legitimacy?
While the scattered glass pieces were being cleaned up, the noisy surrounding atmosphere calmed down for a while. Although they couldn’t hear what Evan and Calian were talking about, they all kept silent because they wanted to hear it anyway.
Before I knew it, all the glass pieces scattered on the floor had already been cleaned up and all the red champagne was gone. Evan, who was looking at the completely clean floor, raised his finger and pointed to it and spoke in a very low voice that no one other than Calian could hear.
“Isn’t there a day when it will be cleaned up without a trace like that?”
Calian didn’t see where Evan’s hand was pointing.
“More than that…”
Instead of getting angry at Evan, who could not control his anger and posed a personal threat to the prince, he opened his mouth with a relaxed expression.
Calian’s voice was not small.
The clear beauty, as transparent as an ice cube in pomegranate juice, gave me a creepy chill.
“When are you planning to show an example to me?”
However, I will live properly even after I finish venting my anger.
As always, this time too, don’t just give a warning and move on. Instead, prepare properly and try to get angry. That way, you will be able to get everything properly.
“Bow your waist, Marquis.”
Bright red lips drew a long arc.
