Chapter 36. Be patient, Master (1)
Planz stopped for a moment.
The purpose was to put it on properly by putting my arms around the light blue, thin jacket decorated with white stripe embroidery and buttons. Reric, who followed and helped, recognized two strands of Lucy’s fur that had gotten stuck at some point, like ghosts, and quickly removed them.
After adjusting his attire, Planz moved again and entered Arpia Palace.
I don’t want to admit it, but whenever I come here, I’m always nervous that I might bump into someone. Still, there was still a lot of distance.
When Plantz entered the long hallway on the uppermost floor of Arpia Palace, leaving behind the knights of Caera who recognized him and greeted him, he let out a short sigh.
“Planz.”
A person who wants to meet but is reluctant to meet him, who is happy but hesitates, who understands yet resents, and is sad but frustrated, called Plantz.
It was Lemain, who had just come out of his office for a schedule at Seneu Pavilion.
Why was it that the office was placed facing away from him, giving him something to think about every time he came here? Anyway, Plantz, who had tried his best to think that he was a person who never really liked anything, raised an example first.
“I see you, His Majesty the King.”
If you think about it, isn’t it really funny?
The children of dukes who live in the largest mansions on Einansha Street, where nobles live, and the children of nameless people living in the slums outside the castle will all call their fathers. The only thing that stands out is the fact that this person can never be called that.
That is breathtaking.
No matter how large and splendid this royal palace, which prevents people from being seen as just one person, it was inevitable that it would feel stuffy and cramped.
“What’s going on? It’s time to attend the noble meeting.”
Plantz, who was thinking of the most useless and ineffective thoughts among the many thoughts he was consciously continuing endlessly, raised his head and looked at Lemain when he heard the words addressed to him as if he was worried.
The dark blue eyes that resembled someone who lived upstairs seemed to have collected only the things they disliked were looking at Planz.
okay.
It wasn’t looking down, looking up, or looking, it was looking.
Plantz, who had a long way to go before getting used to those worried looks, wondered for a moment what answer he should give. It seemed like my younger brother was caught up in something strange again, so I couldn’t say that I had come to meet my wizard stepfather to stop it.
Lemain, who thought of something for a moment while looking at Planz, who did not answer right away because of
“Ah…”, hurriedly added.
“I came to you without saying anything, so I was worried that something might have happened. I asked not because I was busy or embarrassed, but because I wanted to postpone the schedule for a while if it was urgent….” I’m busy right now. It’s difficult right now
. It seemed like he knew very well how many times he had said he would do it. How dare you add something like that just by guessing.
Of course, I wouldn’t have learned it on my own.
Alan must have known that every word Lemain uttered, even the sound of his breath, would all be heard as a thorn in the eyes of Landel and Plantz.
This is it.
It is impossible to know whether it was Calian’s power or Lemain that was raised by Allen.
“It wasn’t urgent. And I don’t think I’ll be able to attend the meeting today. I’m sorry.”
Thanks to this, Plantz was even more unable to say, ‘I didn’t come to see you,’ and only gave a moderate answer like this. Lemain, who looked at his son a little longer, opened his mouth again.
“Okay, I understand. If it’s okay to talk about it here, I’d like to say it.”
So, do you really want me to tell you that I came not to see you, but to the wizard in the office across from you?
Plantz said, suppressing his habitual sigh as he thought that he had no idea how this could be possible even if he had no sense.
“……I don’t give you lifeless flowers on your birthday, Your Highness.”
Just whatever happens.
He told the small man, who believed or wanted to believe that Plantz had come to see him, not Alan, about a business he had come up with.
You made a mistake again.
I don’t know where on earth he learned the knack of catching strange things while a cow is walking backwards and how he uses it so well, but he said he caught the wrong thing again this time.
“Thank you for thinking of me, but it didn’t mean much to Calian.”
The sigh that Plantz had been suppressing came out of Lemain’s mouth. It’s because I already heard it again a long time ago.
The wizard, who has bad speaking habits but can’t keep him away because he has a lot to learn and a lot to get scolded for, scolded him for a long time, asking if he knew what he had done to his third child on his birthday, thinking of him as his second child.
So, I was thinking for a while about what to do for my second birthday, and since fireworks are also flowers, I asked if I should make a light decoration with fireworks, but then I was told to just take the fireworks and go across the Seneu River.
Anyway, Lemain, who was thinking of going to the third child and apologizing properly for that reason, nodded and was about to answer when Plantz continued speaking. Now I can clearly see what Lemain is thinking about.
“You don’t have to worry about me, so just give me whatever you want.”
Planz Thane did his best to speak at length and sincerely, and Lemain understood what he meant after a while. For Plantz’s birthday, he simply asked for live flowers.
“It’s okay because I learned that not all flowers in the world smell the same.”
Didn’t you learn from Hina that you can’t avoid all the flowers in the world forever, and that not all flowers in the world emit the scent of runieri? So, instead of putting a rock on top of my heart, remembering past wounds from the scent of flowers that will bloom in the coming spring, I was trying to feel a little bit glad that winter was finally over.
In order to do that, you will have to be proud of the red flowers that celebrate your birthday, so you will get used to it as if you are practicing little by little. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can drink lavender tea right away, but still.
“… Yes. I will do that.”
I wasn’t sure if he understood everything, but Lemain answered cautiously anyway.
“Thank you, Plantz.”
Of course, Lemain could not say sorry this time, but only said thank you.
* * *
At that time, Kalian had just sent Hina back and Plantz was talking to Lemain.
A far greater number of nobles visited the Seneu Pavilion than the number who had attended a dinner at the Siegfried Pavilion not long ago. There was only one reason why an unprecedented number of nobles had gathered at the unremarkable central noble meeting, where the same number of agenda items and the same stories as always were exchanged.
“So, Miss Demirea. I guess I have to talk to the Third Prince about what happened that day. I’m sure he will refuse, but isn’t Miss Demirea the Third Prince’s fiancée?”
Marquis Evan Brissen and Duke Dmirea Siegfried, who had politely run away from Calian’s birthday celebration banquet, came rushing in after hearing that they would all be attending the nobles’ meeting to be held at Seneu Pavilion.
You can’t miss out on something great to see twice.
“… So, I’m asking you to tell the story to the Third Prince after today’s meeting.”
It was Marquis Evan Briesen who spoke this story with his own courtesy to Demirea, who had lived for about half of the time he had lived.
Demirea, who looked at Evan for a moment, opened her mouth.
“That’s right.”
It was Hadae.
The moment the lower part came out of Demirea’s mouth, the nobles once again felt great joy at being present at this event. And Evan’s eyebrows went up.
Evan, who was about to make a clear protest about what he had just heard, looked around. There are many nobles who have their own power, but there are also many nobles who do not. It was not good for the young Demirea to treat him in the same way as he did to her.
“Miss Demirea. How can you be so rude in public?”
“I am Duke Siegfried. I don’t know where you learned that rude title.”
Slayman, who could not come to the capital, temporarily handed over his full authority and went down. Moreover, Demirea was clearly Siegfried’s minor head.
At this moment, only within this Senyukan is the hierarchy of Duke Slayman. So clearly, only here, Demirea was higher than Evan.
“Are you saying it’s a rude name? If I call you with respect in the hope that we can get along better, and you don’t mind me calling you that, wouldn’t it be okay to say nice things? No matter how young you are.”
“I don’t know if it’s respect in your mind that you thoughtlessly put it up as a decoration.”
After saying that, Demirea showed her undisguised murderous spirit to Evan and snarled.
“If you call me like that again, I will treat it as a disgrace to myself, my family, Duke Siegfried, and my fiancé, Prince Calian. Marquis Evan Briesen.”
Evan, who was at a loss for words at the low voice that seemed to have no harshness, gradually closed his mouth.
* * *
– Even if you get used to it, there are some things you cannot forget. Shouldn’t we now return to our original position and protect it again? Before that pathetic guy gets more curious about you.
I didn’t have to think long about the fact that the words ‘your brother from me’ were hidden in the sentence to protect.
Perhaps because he thought there was no need to recall its contents, Alan destroyed the letter on the spot. The paper was not burned, crumpled, or torn, but literally turned into powder before Plantz’s eyes and disappeared without a trace. I didn’t wonder how they did it, but it wasn’t an important issue at this moment. There was another really important issue.
“The King of Secretia.”
Plantz was about to add, “I think I’m crazy,” but closed his mouth in the middle. Anyway, I still think that he is the biological father of my younger brother’s former brother.
I couldn’t believe that Chase had really sent that letter. In the first place, Chase didn’t have the personality to talk like that, and considering the stories he had picked up here and there, Devlan was the only one who could make such a request to Calian.
So, I came here after intercepting a letter sent by my father, who created the essence of my younger brother, whom I love and hate so much that it is difficult to find such an annoying person in the world, and I ran into the father who created that younger brother’s appearance, and I killed that younger brother. After telling the story, I don’t know if he knows the complicated feelings of sitting in front of his real father who will protect his younger brother.
“Thank you for letting me know.”
Alan just answered like this.
The usual mischievous smile or the calm smile he always wore was completely expressionless. It looked like he had a carefree face that said he didn’t care what he said, but he also looked like he wouldn’t be happy if he went to Secretia right now and replaced anyone.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t understand his feelings, so Plantz just looked at Alan with a calm expression and spoke in a low voice.
“I don’t know if he sent it because he really remembered my brother’s old self, but it seems clear that something is up.”
From what he was saying, it clearly seemed like he knew all of Calian’s secrets. However, it is difficult to say that it necessarily found a ‘memory’. Aren’t they the kind of guys who are good at leaking secrets here and there?
So, it would not be surprising if the letter was sent to Calian in an attempt to piece together these unbelievable stories that had been leaked out somewhere, come up with an even more unbelievable hypothesis, and then try to get Calian to know.
Anyway, Devlan was telling Lemaine to return to Secretia before revealing Calian’s secret. Alan, who was suppressing his teeth shaking at the shameless way he spoke, as if he was truly treating the prince of a foreign country as his own son, put his hand to his temple and said.
“I’ll be back soon.”
I will kill you.
Now, I will definitely kill and destroy that devil-like bastard, who can hardly be compared to any other beast, with my own hands. I will kill you in the most horrible and cruel way in the world so that you will not be able to die properly until you die, but not even a single bone remains.
It was a word with that kind of meaning.
“I guess that’s my job.”
A voice that should not have been heard here gave a short reply to Alan’s words.
Of course, it was Calian who came here and joined their conversation, hiding his presence even from Alan.
Calian, who quietly entered Alan’s office, looked at Plantz and Alan once.
“It seems like my Jeon Seo-gu has taken the wrong path.”
Plantz opened the letter he had to deliver to Calian and read it on the spot, then headed to Arpia Palace. Secretia’s Sejak, who observed Plantz from afar and became worried, told Arsene this.
I don’t know what was going on, but Arsene, who had decided to clear Calian’s way, did not pay attention to what Secretia’s bird said. After hearing about what had just happened from Arsene, who came with such information, Calian, who followed Plants to this place, spoke slowly.
“I came here just in case…”
A voice that sounded very angry.
A voice that is more angry than ever at having arbitrarily meddled in its affairs.
“You’re together. Talking about me.”
Plantz, who heard that voice, missed the moment when he was angry that Calian had just called him ‘Jeon Seo-gu’.
“Except me.”
A voice that reminds me of water resembling moonlight flowing silently under the thick ice of the great northern desert. A cold voice that seems to extinguish the flame in my eyes.
To Plants, it sounded like a whale crying.
I couldn’t get angry because it sounded like the cry of a whale that was trapped under thick ice and had nowhere to go.
