Chapter 68. Sleep (3)
Adelia’s face shows deep emotions.
As the wind blowing through the valley in the middle of winter came face to face with Calian’s life, his face looked like the wind that had shed all the fallen leaves and stayed on the lone old tree branch for a while.
A face full of age or regret. A face that smells like the old dust on an old blanket of an old person who is too tired to look back on countless memories.
for example.
“Did I live all this time and come here just to see that?”
Yes.
Is this the optimal facial expression for someone saying something like this?
Still, I couldn’t ignore Danu’s words that I had to endure it once, and once it was a hassle, it was another time I was greatly grateful. I can’t ignore the words of a foolish astrologer, so I can’t help but wonder how much of a job it is that even Danu, who is far from royalties, says it’s something I’m very thankful for. .
“Put some life on it. It stings.”
For that very wizard-like reason, Adelia, the oldest living human being, tolerated the excessive striking of a child who was good at using a sword. It wasn’t because the child’s father was the person sitting in the biggest chair on this continent. It wasn’t even that she didn’t want to fight with her teacher, Nabulaeng, who was a little younger than Adelia, who was said to cherish the child, but was still in her prime.
“Why do you growl like that every time I see you? Are you a dog?”
“Do I look like I’m going to be quiet and not bark or bite right now?”
“What? Why do you get it so naturally?”
“What? Are you dissatisfied even if I receive it naturally?”
“… No. Anyway, there is no problem now, so why all the fuss?”
“I left the child alone for four days. Do you think there will be any problems?”
The young guy talks back so rudely.
“I said I didn’t leave him alone. I kept sleeping next to him.”
“Who said you left me alone? Don’t you listen to people?”
“Why on earth is this human being barking and biting?”
“Then you can’t? What kind of prejudice are you against people who use magic?”
If you lose with magic, you might think it’s because of the difference in skill. Among the wizards who could never tolerate losing in a verbal fight, the archmage, of whom there were only three on the continent, frowned. Anyway, Calian, who looked like he had died twice already, opened his mouth again.
“Why is this such a big deal that you leave a child who won’t even eat grass for four days if left alone?”
There is a strong sense of cruelty in the air.
Adelia, unable to tell whether the smell of blood was stronger or the resentment built up by that murderous body, asked, pushing away the unpleasant feeling.
“… Is it because of that horse you rode?”
“For now.”
In fact, there are two children in the world where Kalyan lives that will not eat grass if left alone. Among them, the one that walked on two legs would not have died of starvation even though it would have withered because there were many hands next to it to feed it. The problem is that there is one guy left who acts like weeds are not in his food dictionary.
Of course, I’m talking about Raven.
“Oh, I don’t know. I hid you here and made sure you wouldn’t die, then I went back and you weren’t there. Did I even take care of your words in that situation?”
I don’t know if they know that coming back to you means that they were trying to take care of you. Adelia, who was surprisingly meticulous but no one knew about it, including herself, gave this irritated answer.
Only then did Kalian relax a little. If it had disappeared, the clever Raven would have found her way to the palace or the duke’s residence on her own.
However, not all life has disappeared.
Angry about being away for four days at such an important time. I feel sorry for Alan, who must be looking for Calian, who has lost contact, in his melting heart. My aching heart for Eila, who is probably blaming me for what might be my fault, and my concern for Jan and Kirie, who will go out looking for Kalian as if the world is ending. And because he disappeared after saying such a thing, he even worried about the person living upstairs, who was probably withering away without even eating a single piece of grass. It was a life filled with a mixture of many emotions, so it was impossible for it to completely subside.
“And you. Why is my ring again?”
“I didn’t break it. The bastards who made you like that broke it.”
“What on earth happened…”
Calian looked at his hands and closed his mouth tightly.
– Thick!
My heart, unable to handle the pounding emotions, again expressed its difficulty. Calian, who almost collapsed unconsciously, held his head. My head hurt.
‘Do you, prince, like hunting?’
I remember. Only then did I remember.
I finally realized that the tingling sensation of a wound that had just healed remained in my head. The dried blood that had been congealing on the back of my head where the swelling had subsided comes out on my fingertips.
‘I enjoy trapping, my prince. I like catching rabbits in rabbit traps, and I like catching foxes in fox traps. Rather, I actually like the unexpected. A fox in a rabbit trap and a lion in a fox trap. In a lion trap……’
head. I got hit on the head.
Calian, who was wiping away the crunchy blood stains as if trying to explain why he couldn’t remember that day, smiled for a long time.
‘…Because it’s extremely enjoyable to see cats get caught like this.’
He had a long, long laugh.
* * *
It was a deep night.
It’s not that it was late, it was really deep at night.
– If you act like a child left on the edge of a cliff, then I will. Do you think it will continue to be like that?
The words I spoke were buried in the darkness.
Norton Ramirez.
While chasing that guy, I suddenly stopped.
The country with the longest fence in this vast land was truly huge. The capital of that huge country was also large. It was so wide that it wouldn’t be surprising if there were places where no one’s feet could reach in the middle of the night.
“for a moment.”
A place where no one passes by.
A place where the long grass, which grew up to Raven’s knees, was blowing in the wind from all directions. A place where the lights of buildings erected in the distance looked like thin starlight, but there was only dark darkness. Before I knew it, I had reached such a desolate place and eventually stopped.
“… I’ll just wait a moment…” I
stopped, forgetting who I was chasing.
– Forever. continue. Without dying. It doesn’t disappear either.
– Do you think that will happen?
The words that were said and spread endlessly colored the night even more blackly. Those words, which made it impossible to know who the thorn was aimed at, cast a deep shadow in the middle of the night without a single ray of light.
Apologize and receive an apology.
Even so, the memories that cannot disappear become shadows. The tip of the foot that was turning was submerged in the shadow. That’s how I ended up getting lost.
“Wait a minute… Raven.”
He bent down and rested his forehead against Raven’s neck, closed his eyes, and held his breath as he leaned his whole body against the large, silent beast’s warm neck. I held my breath, trying to spit out things that I couldn’t get out anywhere.
– Sarah.
Was it for a moment or a long time?
There was a scent.
It smelled like dried snake blood sprinkled on flower petals. It had a fishy, fishy scent that was so terrible that I couldn’t resist it.
– Purr…….
Raven smelled the scent before Calian. Raven, who moved her feet a few times, quietly bent down. I was still worried about the owner who was leaning on my back, so I slowly and very carefully put my knees on the floor. He hung his hot neck and placed his long head on the floor. A tail like the night sky, which was reluctant to even be touched by dust, became disheveled on the mud.
– Sarah.
Poison, sleeping pills and anesthetics.
A sick and sweet scent filled my body, which should not have been affected by any medicine that would interfere with my body’s movements.
The bandage that Dmirea touched was burned and destroyed.
I held the sword again with the hand that had the medicine and gauze on it.
– Ugh!
A dizzying sensation fills my mind.
The tip of the red sword wavered for a moment before returning to its original position. I gathered my scattered mind.
“If I had known that I would see you again so soon, I would have prepared something to treat you as you deserve.”
I heard a voice.
“The Marquis may have already deviated from the path of the sword. I thought so, but I wasn’t sure, so I was preparing, but then I met someone I never expected… Isn’t this also Serenti’s will? ”
I heard bullshit.
I finally figured out what happened. The sound of Raven’s breathing, already deeply asleep, and the guy. I learned about it thanks to Rashid Briesen’s humorous words.
“… The Marquis would be very happy if he knew how highly my son regards him. Baron Briesen.”
Gray Brisen.
Calian was caught in the trap prepared to get rid of him.
Before I knew it, the one-armed prosecutor Norton Ramirez, whom I had already missed, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, I saw a lot of people gathering around me. Calian laughed when he saw that.
I don’t know if I should be grateful or disgusted that they forcibly took hold of my spirit that was trying to break free.
I wonder what kind of guy like Danu exists.
“This is so. Should I thank you?”
“It is not a matter for which I should receive any special thanks. If the Prince personally speaks to you, I will accept it with a humble and grateful heart.”
“I’m glad. But it looks like you haven’t forgotten who I am.”
The wind blew.
“That means he believed that there would be no problem if he captured me instead of Marquis Briesen.”
“Ah. It’s a back story…”
Rashid raised his hand to stop the conversation. Then he pointed to his green eyes and answered.
“Wouldn’t it be better if the person who passed on this disgusting color loses? Even if things don’t work out as planned, next to a blocked road, there will always be a way to live in another direction.”
“Ah… I guess there is a way. Like the Baron said, isn’t he the Marquis of Briesen, who is anxious to kill me at any time?”
“Yes, that’s right, Prince.”
“Since you have continued to clash with me, even if the short-thinking Marquis Briesen got rid of me, everyone will still believe it. It is not a bad alternative.”
“I don’t know what to do with you when you praise me so generously.”
Rashid smiled and lowered his head.
Kalian, whose eyes closed and his hands that were about to unfold, gave strength and smiled at Rashid.
“There’s another fortunate thing.”
“What else do you say is fortunate?”
“I.”
-Ssam!
-……Suddenly!
A red light passes behind Calian.
Before we knew it, a short, shaped blade cut into the uvula of the person behind Kalian. A fishy scent that perfectly matches the redness spreads wherever a moment of light passes by.
– Slurp!
There was the sound of something large falling onto the long grass.
A sound was heard indicating that the number of those besieging Kalian had decreased by one.
“……After eliminating all those gathered here.”
– Cum, cum, cum!
– Kwasik!
– Boom… boom!
“The Marquis was afraid of my son and took up the sword himself on this dark night. Even so.”
– Shhh!
– Ka-ga-ga-ga-ka-ang!
– …… Kwasik!
“It means there won’t be any setbacks.”
– Slurp!
– Coooooo!
The wind blew.
The clouds clear and the moon shines. The long grass, which should be colored silver, is filled with something red and unpleasant. The red eyes that were looking at it indifferently turned to green eyes.
“Isn’t that so, Baron?”
Rashid nodded with a satisfied face.
He let out a voice of admiration as he looked at the traces of others that had accumulated on this land.
“Indeed. I can’t help but say that it’s a delight to the eyes. When will I be able to see something this beautiful again?”
“Ah. That’s just because I’m pretty. That’s okay.”
Calian smiled brightly and looked around.
“I think it would be better for everyone to come out instead of trying to hide. What do you think, Baron? If not, it would be better for the Baron to come first.”
“No. I am a person who knows how to protect myself… so I will step in when the prince can no longer sleep.” This cannot be called
cowardly.
Little by little, Calian will become unable to control his body properly, so Rashid said There was no reason to hastily stand in front of Calian. Rather than being cowardly, it would have been better to say that I was taking care of my own interests.
“That’s right. Well then, I’ll see you later.”
“Yes, my prince. I’ll wait.”
Calian nodded without hesitation at Rashid’s words, saying that he would easily block a flying sword. He then hid himself in the darkness, holding the sword in his hand tightly. A red light appeared on the dozens of swords surrounding Calian
. . Death, redder than the red, began to cut through their bodies. They
constantly swung their swords, blocked and deflected them, biting them so hard that the inside of their mouths were worn out, and regained their senses. They held on like that. And in the end. – Ugh! The limit has
come
. .
My head is shaking. I can feel thick blood flowing down my neck. My vision becomes blurry, and I can’t stop myself from tilting, and eventually I lose the strength in my legs. “I’ll go and take a shower first, so when you come to your senses, bring me to you.” Far
away
. What I see is the starlight in the sky or the lights of a building. What I step on is gravel or grass. What I was trying to do is a spire or a lake. What I was protecting was a castle wall or a promise. A voice was heard in my head that couldn’t tell the difference. “Should I really kill it or use it
differently
? “I think I need to think about it a bit.”
“Yes. I understand.”
The resentment of realizing that I had always been under unfavorable conditions because I never fought in a healthy state, the interest in Rashid, the regret of taking a step in the wrong direction, and. “…… Again.” To the place I need to return
to
. The familiar feeling of guilt that I might not be able to go.
All of that mixed together made me laugh.
Slowly, very slowly, I entered the abyss created by my memories.
But
then.
“Wow… that’s amazing. How did you make him like this?”
I heard an unexpected voice.
I heard the sound of wind blowing and screams scattered by the wind.
And then I fell into a deep sleep.
* * *
“…… Adelia.”
” Why again?”
“Your Majesty’s birthday celebration. Tell him to come. I will convince you or Brother Randel to keep the border gate open.”
“How did you know you came for that reason?”
“Wasn’t there any reason to come other than that?”
Adelia shrugged her shoulders in response to Calian’s question.
“I have an excuse too . I once spent five days looking for it. That doesn’t have that good of an effect. Don’t do that next time. “Because it only gets bigger.”
Adelia chuckled.
She didn’t say that if she hadn’t let her sleep while spending time like that, she would have made a fuss again by saying that she would go out with that body. So Calian also didn’t say thank you. Instead, his body was shaking. I stopped again.
“Where are I going?”
“I’m going back.”
“Stay a little longer.”
“Why?”
“Get out when there are suddenly less people wandering around up here. Don’t you think you can’t use invisibility magic?”
That’s right. You can’t use it because there are only four circles.
No,
that’s not the problem.
“Where on earth do you need invisibility?”
“Under the lamp.”
Plantz’s short words were true. Calian frowned, not understanding Adelia’s brief words while listening well.
“What?”
“Here. The house of the Marquess of Briesen.”
“… Where?”
“The house of a man named Gray Briesen. I asked the guys I killed who the guy who attacked you was, and they said it was the son of this family. So, I brought you here thinking that if I put you down here and tell your dad to go find you, it would be sorted out. But he didn’t come to this house, and after watching him for a while, I realized that the relationship between the owner of this house and his son was a bit bad. If you are found here, I think only good things will happen to the person who attacked you. So I took you out again and tried to hide you somewhere else. But……”
“But what else?”
“The drivers your father sent came here and searched. Since he was trying to come all the way here, I sent him back with a sign. Then, after that, that guy named Gray Briesen completely sealed off this house. Thanks to you, I was a little embarrassed, so I thought about it.”
“… Why are you thinking at that time, Adelia?”
“Did you see the wizard thinking deeply and moving? Anyway, after thinking about it carefully, I felt like things had become a bit more complicated. I was thinking that if you were found here and the owner of this house or his son insisted on producing some evidence, it would also be a problem for your father, who couldn’t find you even after sending people to search this house, which doesn’t have a secret passage. These days, people are really good at manipulating evidence and insisting on things like that. Anyway, that’s what I’ve been thinking about. I wonder if it’s really okay for him to leave now.”
Ah.
“…… Adelia…”
If you’re not careful, Gray Brissen will be immediately put in the square for kidnapping the prince, and the entire Marquis of Brissen will be killed by Rashid Bree. Isn’t it time to fall for Sen?
Even Gray Briesen is too anxious to catch Calian to go up and talk to Gray Briesen in this body. There’s no need for it, and Gray Briesen is still alive to ask Adelia to just kill everyone here. I was healed.
However, if I waited another day or two until my body fully recovered, it was obvious what would happen to the person in the palace. “Ah…
what should I do?”
Feeling like he was going crazy, Calian let out a groaning sound as he grabbed his head, which was not throbbing this time, but was
throbbing. His head hurt so much that he missed Adelia’s words about how they had suddenly become busy here.
Secretly, he moved to Vulcan and went to the Marquis’s house. When I told him to bring out his imprisoned brother, he was the one who put aside all the calculations, manipulation of evidence, fighting, politics, and everything else, and ripped out half of Balkan to bring him in. Instead of Calian, he placed Alan Manasil and Kyrie on either side of him to help save his life. .
The heir of this country, who stood proudly in front of the Marquis’s residence and threatened to kill you all if I didn’t hand over my younger brother right away. “…I’m going crazy.” He had no idea
that
Planz Rune Kairis had come to get his younger brother. It was Chae.
