Chapter 64. Nest (4)
The rain sky is unusually high.
Under a clear sky, two birds diligently picked up tree branches and flew them. Every time a bird passed by, a small shadow appeared in the room and disappeared repeatedly.
They are trying to build a nest.
Somewhere in Chermil Palace. A place that is considered safest in the eyes of that little life.
“It looks like they’ve built a nest in Chermil Palace. If it’s inconvenient, I’d say find it and move it.”
Seeing Randel looking out the window every time he saw a bird’s shadow, Den, the servant who was checking Randel’s clothes before attending the meeting, asked carefully.
After that bird built a nest somewhere in the Chermil Palace and laid eggs, it would not be long before the noisy cries of the baby birds and the diligent flapping of the wings of the parent birds carrying food would begin.
But until recently, wasn’t Randel putting everything away, even the sound of the clock in his room, saying it was noisy? Therefore, he asked whether birds’ nests would be considered a nuisance to Randel.
Landel, who turned his gaze from the newly installed window to the mirror, answered.
“Take it. It’s not bad.”
“Yes, Prince. I understand.”
Den responded by slightly lowering his head, biting all the other attendants and maids, and then did a final inspection.
It was an occasion where Randel, who had been living in seclusion since the Crown Prince and the Third Prince returned to Kairis, reappeared in front of the nobles. So, I was very worried that even a single thread I might have missed would turn into trouble.
But in truth, there was something else that Dan was much more worried about than Randel’s clothes.
“I… the prince.”
“Talk to me.”
“I am concerned that if the crown prince and the third prince appear again in front of the nobles again after they are away again, rumors will spread again. It would be better…” “It
is a rumor.”
Although he did not hold a formal investiture ceremony and move to Camilon Palace, he was clearly the second prince who was given the title of crown prince by Lemain. And until last winter, the three princes were the closest to the crown prince. It is obvious even without hearing what rumors are circulating about 1st Prince Randel, who only appears when those two are away.
The story is that after Lemain almost expelled Tensil’s envoy during Lemain’s birthday festival last year, the first prince turned a blind eye to his younger brothers and only paid attention to them. After Evan’s death, he secretly joined forces with Gray of Brisen, whose status was greatly shaken, and tried to turn the situation around, but even that wasn’t feasible. No matter how you filter it, the story, which is in no way honorable, will spread.
“It’s not a lie.”
“It’s a lie, prince.”
“Was there something wrong with what they said?”
“Nothing they say makes sense.”
For Randel, who knows full well by whose hand Aisha, his former queen and biological mother, lost her life, this is a terrible rumor that he does not want to hear. It was a recommendation not to participate in this meeting again rather than allow such rumors to arise and spread again.
Of course, Den did not know the reason why Aisha died. However, he was saying this because he knew full well how little Randel, who had cared for him and stayed by his side for a long time, had little interest in the throne or, more specifically, in this country.
Randel turned his head toward the chirping coming from the open window, and his eyes landed on the nightstand in the corner of the room. I looked at the black robe that was neatly folded on top of it.
“Don’t nobles always look at what is closest?”
“What do you mean, prince?”
“It means that they only pay attention to things that are immediately visible. Aren’t they the ones who don’t have the energy to look at things that are even a little further away?”
Just like that bird trying to build a nest in Chermil Palace, where the garden is full of rose trees and landscaping trees, even though there is a dense forest with no natural enemies just a little further away.
“No way, prince, you did it on purpose…”
“Time is running out. Hurry up.”
Randel, who looked down at the group of nobles with harsh words, interrupted Den. And soon he went out, leaving behind the commotion of the birds, who were allowed to continue nesting in Chermil Palace under his connivance.
The first prince appears in front of nobles only when his brothers are away.
So that the nobles who saw him could freely talk about the struggles of the prince who was already far from the throne. This is to ensure that the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, who once again left their seats without giving any particular reason, have time to worry about whether they are truly qualified to lead this country to the fullest after ascending to the throne.
It was a repayment freely sent by Randel, who had no intention of leaving even the slightest debt to the man who arbitrarily blocked the open window. Because I hated leaving behind the debt that bastard had created more than having terrible misunderstandings in the nobles’ mouths.
* * *
I had that thought for the first time.
I’m glad my head isn’t bad. Sometimes I resent it, sometimes I curse it, but I’m glad I have a smart mind for today.
A word of comfort from the king of a neighboring country as if he were complaining, words that were muttered by his foolish younger brother with a broad understanding, and a word from an ancient ancient dragon who faced him. I’m glad I can remember all of that without forgetting a single word.
The feeling of the fangs of an unpredictable beast digging into your windpipe. The feeling of looking into the eyes of a beast that has devoured the world. That was all Plantz could think of as he managed to raise his head and breathe with all his strength in the absurd situation of being hit by Calian’s murderous and powerful attacks that exploded at the same time.
Before you know it, Calian is seen approaching Sispanian’s side.
Even at this moment, when it wouldn’t be surprising if he collapsed and was barely able to control his desire to take a few steps and bite his foot, Plantz’s head was thinking.
– If it’s not for those who are directly related to me, it probably doesn’t change much. That’s what I thought.
Things that Kalyan is not involved in happen exactly as they did in the ‘past’. And Calian did not even have a hand in waking up the sleeping Serenti. So, it means that Serenti woke up before this winter in the past as well. It means that we have observed all the events of the ‘past’ that will come seven years from now.
Without helping anything.
– Serenti.
One person died.
A country was destroyed.
okay. You can wait and see. We can watch whether one person dies or 10,000 people die. Because it’s God. Because I’m not human. Because he is a god who must watch over whatever happens. I don’t understand it exactly, but I learned that God is such a being.
however.
– The planz of that day cannot be forgiven by –.
But it wasn’t just war.
Time has moved. The world collapsed. went back Serenti, who was not asleep, erased one person’s life instead of preventing it. I worked very hard to erase the name of a forgotten person, blocking others from revealing it to my heart’s content.
Although he could have prevented it by watching Plants of the past move the axis of time, he did not stop it and ended up paying for it all with the life of one wrong person.
– Now it is done….
like.
Like pushing back a misplaced game.
Just like making a game that had no way to be won seem like it never happened. It’s like getting rid of a game that you can’t win with the words you’ve been holding. It’s like grabbing a white horse and launching a preemptive attack with a new, flawless waterway. As if preparing a foundation for a newly created number.
okay.
Like playing a game.
– Serenti.
Can it be called God?
Do you call that thing God?
…… Called.
Now, Calian has decided that way and is probably thinking that way. With his clever mind, Plantz sensed Calian’s true intentions. And I understood.
“stop.”
So I stopped it.
– I’m going to lose my temper when I see Serenti.
– If I meet you, I will definitely vent my anger.
A man who finally passed away, leaving behind what he had tried to protect with his entire life. A person who must have lived more desperately than anyone else. A person who lost everything he had protected his entire life, rather than living his life. Even after that, he couldn’t properly blame anyone and went back to living only worrying about his own empty space. The one who was only allowed to do that.
I know that a guy like that can’t lie even if he dies soon.
I know very well that he is both crazy and well-behaved.
– Jeopuk.
The crazy guy even forgot who was behind him and got so angry that Planz, holding his trembling hands tightly, could barely take a single step.
I wonder if he intends to point his sword at Serenti even if it means the life he barely held on to crumbles and disappears. I wonder if they are resenting it and wishing to disappear like that rather than playing into the hands of something like that. Like my brother who kept a knife under his pillow with that thought in mind.
– Jeopuk.
So I stubbornly took another step.
The guy who was looking up at Sispanian turned his head. A glimpse of red eyes with a light I had never seen before, completely different from the ones I had memorized until now. Headed to Planz.
“Don’t come. You can’t last.”
Only then did the answer come back.
Finally, Planz realized one more important fact. What was the reason you didn’t answer even though I called you so many times?
“…… under.”
My little brother, who was completely let off his leash, turned around and turned around and then went back to the way he was before he died.
* * *
Everything got better.
Everything got better.
Hina is alive. I was able to abandon all other reasons and live thinking that that fact alone was enough. But that is not the only thing that has improved.
Brisen’s evil deeds have stopped. Kirie was able to keep Hina by his side. Jan keeps smiling. Therefore, Siegfried’s three people did not miss their family again. Melfir survived. Riri was rescued. Secretia’s unknown child, who had survived alone, continued to live.
Kyris will never invade Secretia. The merry madmen of the Balkans will continue to be so merry, and there will be no innocent blood on their robes. Teilan, who had closed his eyes while trying to stop them, now only has to remember that he was with them protecting Secretia and his king. Arianne would not have to watch the last days of her fiancé, and Louise would never have to feel like her heart was being ripped out again.
I was able to keep Aila by my side. Alan has a new son.
As a result, Chase did not lose his brother.
And Plantz began to live.
Take a breath. look ahead live life
Everything got better. Everything got better. One and another. Thanks to one death being buried and another life being forgotten.
– ah! So what a practical sacrifice this is.
I think that.
however.
What do you think?
Serenti.
* * *
Sispanian did not move.
Either scold him, get angry, attack him, or at the very least send that sleeping egg somewhere else. I thought I would do something, but I did nothing.
I looked down at Bern, still holding Serenti in my arms. Just as he had written this land on behalf of Serenti, he looked at it as if he would receive the pouring resentment on his behalf.
“Please just stop.”
And I asked for a favor.
Instead of the will that had been conveyed in my heart until now, a quiet voice reached my ears. It was a voice that seemed to contain the warm wind that had blown when the thoughtful old dragon said that he was different from usual.
“What are you telling me to stop doing?”
“I am speaking of the words you have in your heart.”
“Why are you asking me to stop?”
“Why don’t you want to stop?”
“Aren’t you hoping it won’t stop?”
“It wasn’t meant to look like this.”
A wind that seemed to call for spring blew again.
“Serenti is different from me.”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand my actions now.”
“Serenti is different from Danu.”
“I already know that my blade will not reach you.”
“Serenti is different from you.”
“Even if it’s not an accident. I’ll meet you.”
“He hasn’t woken up yet.”
“Didn’t you say you have the will? Let’s talk. Please get out of the way.”
“You have already told me.”
Bern has already informed Serenti of his intentions.
I’ve already made it known that I can’t bear it and that I’m angry about the many questions I’ve had so far. I had already conveyed with my whole body that I would not comply with Serenti’s will.
“Yes, I told you. But I didn’t hear it.”
Bern didn’t hear.
“I didn’t hear anything. I.”
I didn’t hear anything.
“I wonder if I can live again. They saved me, protected me, taught me how to live properly, and after seeing that, I can live my life so that everything gets better. I wonder if it’s okay if I give them a new life like an opportunity. In the end, I wasn’t unhappy. This was my life, where they arbitrarily judged my life, erased it, and created a new one. “If I give you life like a gift, will you be grateful? Will you obey? Why should I do that? I haven’t heard. I haven’t heard anything about all the things I wanted to know. Nothing.”
The light green eyes of someone who didn’t have to go through this. The bright red eyes of someone who didn’t want to come to this place. The closed, invisible black eyes of someone who doesn’t bother to answer what meaning they have in their sleep. Another wind blew from Sispanian, who was looking into all those eyes.
I thought it was just laughter, but maybe it wasn’t laughter. It must have been the lament of a Sispanian who understood everyone here and could not criticize anyone.
“Serenti is different from us.”
“What’s so different? A bastard who doesn’t need to explain or act without any intention of seeking understanding. A bastard who doesn’t care about a small sacrifice for the big one. A bastard who puts others in the palm of his hand and waits and watches. Then, when something goes wrong, he tries to start over from the beginning. . That kind of bastard who talks nonsense about how there was a great meaning to it all. He was spread all over the world and was crushed.”
fluttering.
Huge wings, like a curtain creating the sky, unfolded for a moment. And then it folded again in a way that seemed to surround Serenti. Serenti was hidden from Bern’s eyes.
Perhaps, on the contrary, it may have been an action to shield the younger brother from Serenti. Planz suddenly had this thought.
And Bern didn’t care.
“Nevertheless, saying that I will listen first without holding a knife is the best understanding I can show right now. It is the most patience I can have right now. Speaking of God, what does that mean so high and high? Stop holding your head high, shut your mouth, and live. “I will ask and listen directly.”
“…… stop.”
A low voice interrupted the two.
Bern didn’t care why the Sispanian’s wings blocked the space between him and Serenti, but he did care about doing the same and stepped forward.
What does the owner of the hand do when the thing he was observing by placing it on his hand goes out of sight? That’s because I learned it very well a long time ago. As that guy said, I wonder if Serenti is like those people all over the world. So, I thought it would be enough to just get rid of the funny little thing that was trying to get out of my hands and pick up a new horse. Because I care.
I eventually walked, suppressing the feeling of my skin being cut off with every step I took. I caught it. The blade-like resentment or the blade-like resentment blocked by me. I never thought that it might be directed at me. I just held on.
– It’s not your fault.
It’s true that whoever that guy is, he’s a guy who can’t lie.
I didn’t care about that anymore.
“don’t do it.”
A lot of force went into the shoulder that was being held. But that’s it.
The gaze that had always been directed at Serenti did not return.
There were no blades or resentments flying.
“Stop. Get back.”
“I can’t kill you. I can’t die anymore either. I have work to do.”
“…If you have any intention of doing so, please stop.”
“I’m done complaining. I’m done. But there’s something I want to ask you. I need to confirm something. That’s why I can’t stop now. Before I wake up, before I disappear again, when I run into you. Right here, right now.”
I poured out all my emotions and swore a lot.
I knew better than anyone else that it was already too late and that it could not be undone, so I had already planned on backstabbing Serenti a long time ago. I just resented it.
Now that I’ve taken out all my resentment, I have something to ask.
Before Serenti opened her eyes. Before this body dies again, I go to a place I cannot visit and look down on the world again. I replied that there was something to ask and check.
“Calian.”
There was still no answer to the call.
Instead, only a voice that seemed to be cutting something out came back towards Plantz, who continued to block.
“I told you that I couldn’t stand you.”
Bern’s words to live by.
That fact needs to be confirmed by asking Serenti.
Is it true that Plantz turned the axis of time?
If the disaster happens again as I think, is it really true that Plantz will be left alone in the time everyone has stopped?
If you are careful not to let time go back, I will find the reason why Plantz turned back time and eliminate it. Is it okay to do that? Is it right to just do that?
If I do whatever it takes to destroy the axis of time. If we eliminate the axis of time so that it will never return again. Is it true that if you do that, the same thing won’t happen again? Is it true that everything gets better except for those who are already late?
– The planz of that day cannot be forgiven by –.
You put down the black piece and took over the game. This time, you were confident that the same result would not be repeated, so you picked the white piece.
If it’s already too late, I’ll ignore it all and move on, so please answer that question.
– The planz of that day.
If not, I am.
“Don’t ask. Don’t tell.”
Something you shouldn’t know.
Something you shouldn’t know.
Even though no memories of the past have returned.
Even though not a single question was asked from Bern.
The smart Plantz knows a little better than Bern that sometimes ignorance can be medicine.
“……Bern.”
I grabbed Calian’s leash again.
