Chapter 59. He’s surprisingly clumsy (3),
so even though he can’t lie, he’s good at recognizing lies.
That wasn’t a lie either. Calian was really recognizable.
When you just found out something you didn’t know before.
When you pretend not to know something you know.
When you get caught pretending not to know.
How a person’s eyes move and how they breathe. Where do you put your hands and how do you move your body? Which side do you place your feet on and what happens to the muscles in your neck and shoulders? I knew how people reacted to each situation. That too, quite accurately. So, there was no difficulty in recognizing the lies.
“That’s not the face you see when you see a name you’ve never heard before. I’ve told a lot of lies, but even so, don’t go through the trouble in front of me. I told you. I’m good at recognizing lies.”
If someone were to ask how I acquired such a talent, I would have to answer, as Plantz had a habit of saying, that it just happened to happen. It was a talent that came entirely from experience, and what that experience was like would have to be searched through Kalian’s buried memories.
Anyway, Serjan lied again this time.
This was not the reaction of someone hearing Danu’s name for the first time. Even if he didn’t stop talking when he realized he had made a mistake in speaking, he could already tell everything about Serzane’s side that was revealed the moment he heard Danu’s name.
“I was wondering how a mere Crown Prince Tensil would know the name. Until now, there were only two people who knew the name of the Mother Tree. But I met the Purple guy who directly told me the name. The other one was my teacher and someone else. “You met me after a fun fight. Then it’s obvious. Who picked up that name and told it to you?”
“You’re pretty quick-witted.”
“That’s the story of our clever brother. I just have a good sense of vision. You were the one who passed over the question and fell for it.”
Kalian, who said this, turned his head.
The place where the sound of Calian’s dagger had been struck in the distance was still quiet. Adelia, who blocked Calian’s sword, did not appear.
“You should come out, Adelia. You should come out and play with me.”
The night when the sun set and the forest turned blue and gray.
“… have fun.”
The eerie voice of Sword Master Calian, who had heard what happened to Adelia with his sword, rang out in the darkness.
* * *
Pink, light purple, light green, light blue, orange and white.
A colorful, transparent gem-like thing. It was a round-shaped fruit candy that sparkled beautifully when turned around because it was made with finely ground gold powder.
The person who took out the candy can that did not suit Lemain at all made fun of his large fingers that had many scars and calluses and were even tanned by the sun. Then he carefully held up a pink candy and asked.
“What do you think this tastes like, Lemain?”
“Why did you come here so suddenly to ask that?”
“Don’t act like it’s none of my business. This is a very important matter.”
“Is it true that you came to me to ask me to guess what flavor that candy is?”
“That’s right. If it wasn’t for something like that, why would I bother to come to this dreary royal palace?”
Lemain frowned.
Lemain, who did not hide his tiredness at all, took off the glasses he was wearing and set them down next to him. And then he opened his mouth to the Duke, who had come to see him for the first time in half a year and was asking him to guess what the pink candy tasted like.
“I guess the duke’s probation period was too long. It seems he was too bored.”
They’re saying that he’s been so bored staying in the estate all this time that he’s really gone crazy.
The day Kalian went to visit Dmirea after being seriously injured by Zeon last year. Demirea hid Calian and took Plantz hostage before confronting Evan. It was to find the location of Zeon’s remnants.
After the matter was completed, Slayman was punished on behalf of the Duke, who had taken the Prince hostage and almost started an all-out war with the Marquis. He was exiled from the capital until the end of the year. Just like that, the year came to an end and the spring celebrations came to an end. Then, as if he had been waiting for the right moment, Slayman returned.
“The first thing I do as soon as I arrive is show off my candy.”
“Don’t say that. Do you know how hard I worked with my Serie to make this?”
Slayman smiled broadly and put the candy he was holding in his mouth. He chewed it without hesitation and frowned in disgust.
“Ugh, this tasted like a very, very sour lemon.”
A candy that you cannot tell what kind of fruit it tastes like until you put it in your mouth. Even though he made it himself, the candies were all mixed up, so Slayman had to taste it with his own mouth to know what it tasted like. And the pink candy I just ate tastes like sour lemon.
Lemain, who was looking at the behavior whose intention was completely unknown, spoke again.
“I think I should have sent it to your mansion, not my office.”
“I already sent it to the mansion, and I’m not giving this to you. It’s mine. I received it from Seri, whom I respect and love.”
I didn’t say that I collected bad candies with minor scratches and gave them to him to just eat Slay.
This time, Slayman took out a light green candy and put it in his mouth. The sweet mango scent spreads in your mouth.
“I sent only almond cookies to the mansion all winter long to give to the child, and Serie scolded me for continuing to send the same ones. So, after thinking about it with Serie, I made something that the child would like and eat. Isn’t it fun? “It’s a candy that you can’t tell what it tastes like unless you try it.”
Lemain nodded appropriately and responded.
“So. You’re not going to tell me what brought you here.”
“I told you. I came to show you the candy. It’s the first candy I made, so it’s very precious.”
A long sigh flowed from Lemain’s mouth.
Soon Lemain put his glasses back on. And then he lifted the document.
Slayman decided to just ignore whether he ate all the candy in that luxurious tin box or not.
“By the way, Lemain. Where is the Marquis de Manasil?”
“In the office.”
Allen’s office is just a stone’s throw away from Lemain’s office.
“The Duke has come, but the Marquis is not even showing his nose.”
“What are you going to say?”
Slayman let out a refreshing laugh in response to the duke, Naburangi, who called the king by his own name.
“While I was here, I thought I would congratulate you on expanding your circle.”
“I guess I don’t think your congratulations are necessary.”
“Then my future son-in-law. Hasn’t he arrived yet?”
Of course, Kalian is the name.
Lemain’s frown frowned at the mention of his son-in-law, which he had momentarily forgotten. I heard that Duke Siegfried’s name was something to behold, but it made me very worried to the core.
“Still in Secretia.”
“Isn’t it too long? Two out of three have to leave.”
The second son said he would go on a winter trip and took the youngest to another country. Not only did he take the crown prince’s seat, but he also got married. After that, the king of the country changed and the year also changed, but he never thought of coming home.
“Did I tell you to come back quickly?”
Lemain shook his head.
Not a word was said to Plantz. All I did was tell Needlen to be careful while walking. He didn’t say anything about receiving the crown prince’s title, being betrothed, or continuing to wander around without any intention of coming in.
“They say it’s hard to survive the winter here.”
“It’s been a long time since winter, Lemain.”
“I wonder when else I’ll go around like that if not now.”
“Lemain.”
Slayman, who put the orange candy in his mouth and savored the cherry flavor, opened his mouth.
“How many mistakes do you think we made while making this candy?”
“It won’t be much.”
“No matter how many times I’ve made soup, this is my first time making candy. Even more so at Serie. Our beautiful Serie, who knows how to spar with me while wielding a long spear, must have made something like that before. How many times did the chef scold us? “You never know. I’ll be scolded for the rest of my life, but I got scolded last winter. Still, I made it like this.”
I had already done a lot of drying and extracting bitter herbs myself for my eldest son. However, it was my first time making something sweet by extracting fruit juice, adding color, and adding sugar.
Slaymando Serie too.
Lemain, remembering that Slayman and Serie getting scolded by someone, smiled without even realizing it. Slayman smiled and opened his mouth again.
“I can’t see his face, so I have to show him that way. How much we spent the winter wondering and thinking about him. That’s how the kids know. If you don’t tell them and show them, they won’t be able to properly tell whether that person is interested in you or not. “They don’t know and they feel sad and scared. All children are like that. They are young.”
LeMaine looked up from his papers.
“Prince Randel has already grown up. It’s too late. So, I agree with the Marquis Manasil who said that it is poisonous to be hastily interested in Prince Randel. As for Prince Calian… there is nothing I can say. “But he’s not Crown Prince Plants. Even though he’s already grown up and will look down on his father soon, haven’t you forgotten that he’s younger than you? He’s scared of even the scent of flowers, so maybe it’s different because it smells like his father?”
Slayman shook the candy container a few times.
The sound of the candies rolling against the tin is quite pleasant.
“There are some things that need to be made loud like this to be known. I’m worried, so it’s not difficult to tell them to come back quickly.”
Lemain, who was lost in thought for a while, nodded.
“Listen carefully.”
“okay.”
In the meantime, Slayman opened the lid again, thinking about eating one more candy to replace the candy that had all melted in his mouth. Then, he took out a light blue candy and held it out to Lemain instead of trying to eat it.
“Do you want to eat it?”
Lemain, who was looking at the candy filled with the Duke and Duchess’ hands, held out his hand. Slayman, smiling cheerfully, walked directly to the desk and handed over a piece of candy.
The light blue candy tasted like my favorite grapefruit.
* * *
I have seen the forest north of Kairis Palace.
A forest that is completely burned down and ruined. Plantz did not forget that sight either. I didn’t even know why it was like that.
– Kwaaaaang!
And I knew that Brigitte Woods would soon be like that too.
At first, the replanted trees turned into ashes and disappeared. The tree behind it had been broken in two a long time ago. Just like that, two trees that could not be hugged even if the plant stretched out its arms disappeared just like that.
– Claim forest reconstruction costs. Tensilo.
– More than that. Did you call Lord Manasil?
– The bracelet is broken.
This time, Adelia was the first to remove Calian’s bracelet.
Calian, who had no intention of calling Allen in front of Adelia in the first place, did not care whether the bracelet was broken or not.
– Then I will send Lord Castrin.
– I told you in advance because I thought the forest would be noisy, I didn’t ask you to help me.
– I know, Crown Prince Planz. But if the bracelet is broken, doesn’t that mean you can’t call Lord Manasil?
Plantz, who was listening to Chase, looked ahead.
Six red blades, whose direction is difficult to determine, leave a long afterimage.
In an instant, daggers stretched out and attacked Adelia from all directions. Instead of avoiding it by warping to another location, Adelia spread a thick great shield to block the attack.
– Kagang! Kaga River!
Red sparks, like metal rubbing against each other, fly in all directions. When Adelia, standing inside, briefly moved her hand, the red flames twisted around like a long snake and attacked Calian.
– Sigh!
The hand habits I learned from Alan came from Kalian.
A strong wind blows along with the loud sound made by the fingers.
The whirlwind of wind scattered the leaves on the ground in all directions and spread widely. And it stretched into the sky, wrapping around Adelia’s flames as if embracing them. The flames that seemed to engulf the forest rose into the distant sky and disappeared in vain.
– I jumped at it first because it was worth doing. My brother.
Plantz finished his answer to Chase.
Meanwhile, Calian’s new form disappeared again.
Almost at the same time, the dirt where Calian stepped on caved in. Although gravity was moved, Kalian, who had already left his seat, was not affected by gravity.
– Kaaaaang!
Soon, Adelia’s shield faltered.
The Calian of the day I encountered Alan in the palace forest was different from the Calian of today. Stamina, magic power, strength, and speed were all different.
Of course, that didn’t mean he was strong enough to beat Adelia, who had a close relationship with Alan. Adelia, who devastated the elf village in Brigitte’s Forest with Alan, did not suddenly become weak.
– Kaaaang!
Calian was fighting, increasing his speed to keep out of the range of Adelia’s magic power.
In the eyes of Adelia, who had lived in the magic tower without encountering a single proper swordsman, there was no way she could see Calian’s sword, which she could not tell when and where it came from. Moreover, Adelia was unable to use her full strength. Because you know very well that if you destroy this place again, the black butterfly will come back. In addition, since he had Arsene behind him to watch over Plants, he was able to fight without worrying about anything else.
To be precise, it was revenge for strangling Kirie for fun.
This time, Plantz, who was standing at a distance so as not to be caught in the magic’s range, but inside the shield that Arsene had placed around several layers, kicked Serzane’s sword away from him.
“Keep talking.”
Sergein laughed and asked back at the slow words that seemed to indicate that he was no longer interested in the fight taking place far away.
“I guess you’re not worried about your little brother.”
“I’m not the kind of brother you should worry about.”
“Your faith is amazing.”
Plantz, who only nodded his head moderately, brought up the original topic instead of responding to Sergein’s words.
“What did you do when you met Mother Tree?”
“I don’t know why I’m being questioned by them.”
“I guess you forgot that it was me who saved you, not the great wizard fighting my brother over there. If I hadn’t come forward, I wonder if that wizard would have saved you. If I had meant to do that, I don’t think I would have just watched as all your knights died. What do you think? .”
Sergein did not answer.
Plantz continued his long speech again.
“I said that if everything went according to plan, I would have arrived at the palace on time. That means I stopped here first and planned to go to the palace. Being here at this time means that I was trying to meet Mother Tree, but it was late, or I was looking for her, but failed to meet her. .”
“Yes. Like I said, I came to see Mother Tree. I haven’t seen her, though.”
“Did you want to meet the mother tree and ask her to open the path to the forest? Kairisro.”
“That is,”
“That wizard tells you the location of the Mother Tree, and you find a way to find a way to meet the Mother Tree and sneak into Kairis. It seems you are quite desperate to meet my brother. Let’s put that aside for now. Then, that wizard will tell you the location and receive something from you. I did.”
Serzane pursed his lips.
“If you let me know, I’ll reconsider. I wonder if I can let the crown prince of Tensil into Kyris. On the condition that you do me one more favor instead. Because there’s nothing in this world that’s free.”
One corner of Planz’s mouth curled up.
– Let’s go!
Adelia’s shield made a screaming sound like it was being torn apart.
I turned my eyes slightly to check, and there was a lot of thin ice on the thick shield.
The blue-haired ice wizard, unable to overcome his boredom while listening to the crown princes of the two countries having an awkward conversation, slightly froze Adelia’s shield.
– Kwaaaaang!
A sword full of bright red aura was struck directly onto the frozen shield.
– Damn it! Damn it!
The shield, which was extremely sturdy and was able to block Calian’s sword well, cracked. Adelia, who saw this, quickly hid herself and appeared quite far away. And there
– fuck!
A red dagger was being stabbed as if ready to meet its prey.
“Answer. Serjane.”
Planz, with a drowsy face, looked at Serjane.
