Chapter 38. That sword (1)
Of course no one will believe it.
Gray’s back was broken by the hands of the Third Prince, who was smiling beautifully with a bright face that had rarely been seen recently.
As is commonly known, embarking on the path of the sword was not an easy task. Although Gray came from a family of knights and thus had an advantage over others in sword training, he also went through considerable hardships to become a sword master. However, it was the Third Prince Calian who was so afraid that he could not even think of revenge, even though he lost all the power he had worked so hard to gain in an instant.
Gray didn’t even notice that he was standing next to him, let alone coming in, but when he saw Calian approaching right in front of him, Gray regretted it for a moment.
‘You should have listened to Silike when she warned you. Or you shouldn’t go to Kyrisis at all.’
Even though I regretted it in my head, I reacted quickly in my body. Because I couldn’t break the waist that was barely held together again.
The first thing Gray did as he jumped up like a frog on a heated sword was to say hello.
“Meeting Prince Calian.”
“Okay. But it looks like your waist is still together well. It doesn’t look like it’s creaking.”
Calian, who received the quickest and most formal greeting since meeting Brisen, nodded and responded with satisfaction.
“I can bow down easily now. Healing techniques have improved a lot these days.”
And then he made a sound like he was scratching the inside of Gray.
It was a good thing Gray didn’t drink alcohol last night. If I had fallen asleep while drunk, I would have screamed for my life at those words without realizing it, and if I had done that, my head would have come off right on the spot.
“Have you met Priest Tensil?”
“Yes, my prince. I was cured by a man named Malcolm Chetish.”
They didn’t even ask for my name, but valuable information came out quickly.
“Malcolm Chetishra.”
Wasn’t he the same priest who helped Calian when he went to the Ratran territory, which is now given to Alan? Calian was momentarily surprised in his heart as he had now learned the hidden story of how Gray’s dantian was completely shattered and only his broken back was completely repaired.
Calian nodded as if he was satisfied with learning something he didn’t know before, made a soft face, and opened his mouth.
“But… you did something for nothing.”
A deep, deep smile appeared on his face, as if a spring breeze would blow at any moment.
“It’s going to break again anyway.”
That really pretty mouth moved again and said something disturbing that brought a gray cloud over Gray’s life.
– You called one of my people over and tried to do something cute.
Fortunately, Gray was a little smarter than Evan or Lennon, so he quickly remembered what Calian had said after he came, and made a very chagrined face. It was so unfair that my body, which was completely frozen in fear, and my trembling voice calmed down.
“I didn’t call you out…”
“It’s an excuse. I already knew the whole situation.”
“I… I don’t think you know. Actually, that wizard.”
“I’m curious as to what you said that made you deceive the gentle wizard who had lived without knowing anything other than practicing magic.”
Is it mild?
No, that’s right. It must be a gentle and gentle dog in front of a prince. I don’t know if there is a person alive who doesn’t seem gentle to the prince, but he must be gentle anyway. Since it’s gentle, I’ll be able to survive with a healthy back.
Gray, who thought for a moment about the wide eyes of the gentle wizard who had turned a carriage into a rag, said, trying not to show his disgusted face.
“Prince. Not long ago, that wizard came to see me. He came to see me.”
“By the way, I’m a bit tired after coming a long way. I did some other things last night.”
…… What else did you do?
Calian smiled slightly as he watched Gray, who was trying so hard to manage his expression and think positively, saying that he wouldn’t have left anyone buried in the ground, and said again.
“Why is it so rude to welcome a distinguished guest? You don’t even prepare a place for him to sit down. Even though he’s a Brisen, his etiquette is a mess.”
Rude?
Etiquette?
This is my bedroom. It’s etiquette for a VIP to come to someone’s bedside and say he’s ready to break my back in pieces. That sounds a bit strange.
Oh yes, you must be tired. This is the 6th floor, so you must be even more tired having to come all the way up here. I don’t know how you climbed up the outer wall of the castle, which had no place to step, but you must be tired anyway.
So, you buried someone last night.
There were so many things he wanted to say and even more questions he was curious about, but Gray couldn’t say any of them out loud and started to move shakily. My back was sore and my heart was sore, but if I didn’t listen to him, those bright red eyes that looked like they were going to step on my limbs this time, I couldn’t say anything properly so I pulled out the chair in front of the table.
Calian, who sat down with an attitude as if the Margrave was his servant and expected to be treated well, tapped the table and opened his mouth.
“Sit down.”
In the end, Gray had gone to bed, so he couldn’t pay attention to his light outfit, wearing only a shirt over his pants, and sat down across from Calian. Calian, who was quietly watching Gray’s calm appearance, opened his mouth.
“I was disgusted by what you were trying to do, so as soon as I met you, I was contemplating whether to throw you outside or step on it again, so I came here.”
There was another sound of dark clouds gathering over Gray’s future.
So Calian continued his words without giving him a chance to resolve the misunderstanding that that was not the case.
“I’ve grown a bit more patient these days, so I’ll forgive you with a generous heart. However, if you do something like that again, I don’t know what I’ll do.”
In this way, I scolded him, forgave him, and even warned him.
ah.
What an adult generosity this is.
“Thank you, prince.”
Gray seemed very proud of something, so he expressed his sincere gratitude without even being able to explain Calian’s misunderstanding. Since I was forgiven anyway, I thought it would be a million times better to just be unfairly treated for a moment than to break my back again.
“Did you want to be promoted to marquis?”
Thanks to this, I couldn’t properly understand Calian’s words that came out right away and I blinked.
If the butler had shown himself like this in front of Gray, he would have immediately called him stupid, useless, and lacking in intelligence. However, Calian, who was not good at saying such harsh words, just waited a little while for Gray to understand what he was saying.
“Why are you asking that?”
“It looks like you want it.”
I already said the same thing to Arsene. Gray informed Arsene on the spot that he was interested in the marquisate and was steadily preparing to go to the capital. But didn’t Evan, holding Plantz’s hand, find Lennon and completely eliminate Gray’s place?
“Yes, Prince. I don’t want to spend my life blocking Tensil’s borders. Of course, I will do my best to protect this position.”
“It doesn’t seem like they are blocking it particularly well. Didn’t they condone Tensil’s knights crossing the border?”
“It’s not like they condoned it. The King of Tensil and Prince Randel hid their identities…”
“They condoned it. Even though they knew.”
Gray closed his mouth quietly.
“You, who have supported Brother Randell from the beginning until now, condoned Silike’s poisoning of my mother, and condoned Viscount Lennon Brissen’s obtaining poison for me and delivering it to Silike, and Viscount Brissen stealing the poison and giving it to Brother Randell. “We fully understood the circumstances that they were trying to convey, but we ignored it, and we also condoned the fact that Tensil’s knights crossed the border disguised as priests.”
Calian paused for a moment and stared into Gray’s eyes.
“I knew that Marquis Evan Briesen, who was angry at my mother’s insults, was planning to attack me, but I condoned it.”
With the eyes of a snake looking down at its prey, it was frightened and could not avoid its gaze, staring deeply into two eyes similar to those of a frog. and.
“Was I wrong?”
So you.
Do you have the brains to understand what I’m saying?
* * *
– Shall I scold the gentle prince?
Early morning the day after I went to the forest with Kalian.
Plantz answered, ignoring Relic, who nodded towards Hina with the words “please scold me” written all over his face.
“it’s okay.”
Kalian always said that it was pure sparring without any emotions, but no one believed him.
The reason was simple. When sparring with Calian, Arsene always got stabbed in the uvula and Plantz always got his throat cut.
And Kirie was fine.
So no one would think that it was an emotionless sparring.
Hina smiled brightly, as it was clear that if she asked me to scold her, she would do so.
– I treated the wound.
Last night, Calian taught Plantz how to use magic power.
Of course, it would be nice if he could immediately build up his magic power after hearing the method, but if the world was that easy, the blue-haired wizard in the Wilhelm Pavilion wouldn’t have been able to live with such pride against the royal family. Even if it weren’t for Arsene, there would have been magicians everywhere who could fight nimbly against knights, and if that had been the case, Arsene would have had his lifeline cut instead of his salary.
‘If you practice feeling and handling magical power once a day, later on when you take the path of the sword, you will be able to convert the accumulated magical energy into aurors.’
I had the feeling that those words contained an unfamiliar meaning. As if what he had noticed was correct, Calian added a short comment while looking at the inky-colored sword he had gifted to Plantz.
‘That sword is the sword you originally used.’
Something I didn’t say when I handed over the sword.
Originally, it was not said that it was a sword used by ‘older brother’. I didn’t even bother to talk about how unfair I was for not having that sword. Did Planz take the sword path at that time and what did he look like at that time? They didn’t even tell me those things.
‘So work harder. ‘If you want to raise a cat.’
However, he only told me that the sword that could contain aura had been used in the past. The purpose was to help people imagine the meaning for themselves and become more confident in their own talents.
– This time the cut was a little deeper. Did you two fight again?
of course.
I just didn’t say how unfair it was. Whether or not he might have become a little more emotional because of the memory of that day when he didn’t have what he wanted was a fact that only Calian knew.
“We didn’t fight.”
If he really fought, there’s no way he would have survived.
Therefore, Plantz gave a simple answer this time as well. Hina, who did not know Kalian’s identity, smiled once again at the thought that the two were brothers who bickered a lot and sat across from Plantz. There was some time left because I had to wait for Kirie to come to ‘escort’ Hina to the Wilhelm Pavilion.
After taking a bite of a biscuit topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream, which had maintained their freshness thanks to preservation magic, Hina looked at the ink-colored sword that had been placed on the wall and moved her hand.
– It’s a cool sword that goes well with a good prince. I think it is a sword that is perfect for a good prince as well as for my brother.
Because it is a piece that remains after it fell from the star and burned everything.
Hina didn’t explain why she was thinking that it might hurt her again, so she just said this. However, Plantz, who was generally positive about everything Hina said, shook his head this time and opened his mouth.
“It’s more about my brother than me.”
Kalyan.
A brilliant guardian of the stars.
Is there any other sword that suits a person with such a name better than that?
