Chapter 72. It was a pity (1)
a little while ago.
So, exactly…
It wasn’t a day or two that my master fell asleep, hanging down like the skin of a boiled eggplant, but it was the first time that the place where he was hanging down was over my head. Creatures that walk on two feet naturally fall asleep while standing on two feet. I wonder if my master is really asleep, or is he really dead this time? Anyway, I can’t see anything in front of me, but I don’t know if I should continue to be like this. Kirie quickly approached Raven, who was standing there calmly, unable to do either this or that, to protect her neck. About three hours after Calian was put on the saddle and carried to Chermil Palace.
or.
It was clear that there would not be enough space in the 30 two-person treatment rooms that we had created to ensure ample use, so we added one more cot that we had prepared in advance and put all 86 critically ill patients in it, but as soon as we came to our senses, everyone ran outside and went somewhere. The guys fainted while explaining to each other how they got hurt, and Veronica and him, who smiled harmlessly as they handed the remaining sleeping pills from today as if it were a cure to the wizard, who expressed his resentment by saying that I was the only one who fainted when my neck was stepped on by the foot of the 3rd prince, not the sword. Immediately after Plantz, who had been taking turns looking at the peaceful face of another wizard who had been sleeping soundly since dawn after taking a long-awaited sleeping pill, took refuge in Arpia Palace, leaving the cleanup to the two division commanders who had not participated in the fight.
“Are you not hurt too badly?”
Alan, who seemed to have no interest in the situation at the Wilhelm Pavilion, gently asked the Crown Prince, who looked as if he had experienced the chaos of just one day before the end of the world.
Wasn’t that wizard the commander of the Balkan Corps? I was busy fighting and getting cut, but why is it so peaceful here?
Trying to ignore the words ringing deep in his heart, Planz took a sip of strawberry tea, which had a scent as soothing as the warm weather, and put it down.
“who.”
And I asked briefly.
“Do you think Prince Calian would be hurt by something like this? He will be fine after a good night’s sleep, so there is nothing to worry about. Of course, I am asking you.”
“It’s okay. Not really.”
These were not deep wounds.
There was no need to use medicine because it had the power of blessing. So, after just bandaging it and changing into the clothes Relic brought, I left Wilhelm’s coffin and came to Arpia Palace.
“I didn’t send a notice to Chermil Palace to cancel the contract. My brother seems to have been having trouble sleeping at night, so I thought it would be better for him to sleep.”
“You did a good job. I was just wishing I could do the same.”
“We’ve used up all the magic bullets. We’re taking out the net.”
Calian didn’t know it, but the many magical bullets and the great mithril net were actually obtained through Alan. To be exact, I borrowed it from the Wizard Association’s treasure trove with the permission of Euria, who had requested it from Alan.
‘I’m curious too. Will I be able to defeat Prince Calian in the Balkans?’
‘Valkan can’t catch my brother.’
‘yes. In fact, I more than likely think so too. Prince Calian’s military power is strong. ‘Because you are the one who can withstand my thunderbolt.’
‘Whether you’re strong or weak… you can’t catch my brother. The Balkans.’
‘Then you said so confidently that you would make a bet? Even borrowing the association’s treasures.’
‘Even if I can’t catch it. ‘Because I need it.’
‘It’s a necessary fight… I’m interested. Then, in exchange for renting the association’s items, wouldn’t it be okay if we just look around for a while?’
‘no.’
It would have been good for both parties to allow Euria to visit in order to save money on rental fees, but that was not possible.
‘It’s still difficult for my brother to break off the engagement.’
Surprisingly, there was actually one person left whose secret Calian had not yet discovered, and that was Euria.
If you get caught any further, you’ll either see the three princes kneeling quietly in front of Duke Siegfried’s residence, or you’ll see your younger brother calmly receiving the letter of divorce. One of two things will happen. As the older brother, I couldn’t sell my younger brother just to save money, so I refused.
“Just return the net slowly. There is no need for the association to use it right away anyway.”
“okay.”
“I paid for the magic bullets, so that’s it.”
“…Why? It’s a magical bullet used to catch your son.”
Alan laughed softly. And I took a sip of the coffee, which was much lighter than before, and swallowed it.
“Is there any reason for a father to pay for his son’s medicine? It’s obvious.”
“Is it worth the cost of the medicine?”
“It’s the cost of medicine. It was medicine.”
“okay.”
Neither Calian nor Plantz explained to Alan the reason for this great fight. Nevertheless, the wizard recognized that it was a medicine and held out his hand. Plantz said, pointing to the Sinasta that was standing on one side.
“Please leave the sword to me. It will be difficult for you to leave the palace right now, so I will deliver it to Siegfried’s residence.”
I think I just saw that the end of the handle was broken.
Plantz, who was facing Alan, shook his head and answered.
“You can talk to me directly. The Duke is scheduled to arrive soon.”
And instead of Sinasta, he took out something else and put it on the table. It was Aela’s bracelet that Kyrie had given to her, saying it came from Calian’s pocket.
“Rather than that, I’d like to ask you for this first.”
“Have you learned how to ask for a favor without hesitation?”
My baby and his brother have both grown a lot.
Instead of getting irritated by the look in his eyes that seemed to have this vague meaning and would be difficult to fully get used to, Plantz smiled and pointed at the table.
“It broke after being hit by a piece of my sword. I think I need to use it again.”
A piece of a meteorite that withstood the strong power of the auror and eventually broke and was thrown away. If it were a normal case, the arm might have been pierced. Because Kalyan was strong enough to eat well, only cuts remained.
However, the bracelet, which was not as strong as Calian’s, broke.
Whether it was Aila or Calian, the bracelet had to be reused, so the only person I could think of at times like this was Alan, so I came here.
Alan got up.
Then, he took what was on his desk and put it down in front of Plantz.
– Sweet.
There was the sound of a small piece of metal being placed.
It was a bracelet similar to Aila’s, but a little thicker.
“Actually, I watched the fight from afar. It seemed like it would take some time to fix the magic to make it work again, so I borrowed Sir Castrin’s for a while. Sir Castrin will just have to stay in Rubia’s coffin in the meantime, so take this first. Please tell me to write it down.”
Plantz nodded slowly. Let’s not guess how deep the wizard’s thoughts are.
“Then that is done… When would it be a good idea to bring your highness back?”
“There is a noble meeting in four days. Until then.”
“Is that enough to recover?”
“There are enough palace objects that my brother destroyed. Take your time in the forest.”
“Then, until then, I will let you know that your Majesty will work at Camilia Palace for a while while repairing Arpia Palace. That way, there will be no doubt that you are not able to show your face to the outside world.”
“okay.”
I had Lemain walk to the villa to get the rest he had never had before and to prevent him from seeing the royal palace, which was devastated by his children’s fights. However, if you only look at the situation without knowing the circumstances, it is no different from imprisoning him in his father’s villa and then manipulating the palace as he pleases.
The corners of Planz’s mouth rose slightly as he thought about this. If you just look at it from the outside, wouldn’t Plantz in the ‘past’ and the person he is now be the same? But I laughed because I knew better than anyone else that the reality was completely different. Because I felt a new sense of relief at that fact.
“by the way.”
Alan looked at Planz.
Calian looked at Plantz for a moment with a face that he often made, a face full of pride, and then opened his mouth.
“I thought you made an arrow and shot it, but you ended up just drying the wet clothes.”
He said he saw it from afar.
I already knew something that even the Vulcan members who watched the end of the fight did not notice.
“I was going to use magic when my brother was relieved, but the plan changed. A crazy blue-haired wizard came forward.”
I didn’t learn magic.
I did learn magic.
I learned it alone by reading books. If he also said he learned it, he must have learned it, so Calian may have said it was a ‘lie’, but in any case, Plantz did not learn magic directly from anyone.
It was cooked with the intention of sending an arrow of water at Calian at the last moment. I thought that if shooting Kalian’s body didn’t work, I would at least break the bracelet. I tried to restore it to its original state and insist that I won since it didn’t meet the betting criteria.
But then Arsene intervened and the plan changed. Thanks to this, I couldn’t use the arrow I was planning to use. I only used a good clean. I was just exposed to the fact that I had learned magic.
Of course, I wasn’t saying it was disappointing. Thanks to the variable Arsene, we achieved better results than expected.
“When did you become so good at magic?”
“Sometimes. There were a lot of books.”
“You had so many wizards around you, but did you learn it alone?”
“I’ll learn… later. From my brother.”
At first, I started thinking that having at least one circle would help me understand the mindset of the crazy guys in Balkan, and in the last few days, I added one more to use as my last hand in the fight against Calian. If you know how to use magical power, it wasn’t difficult to create a circle. In addition, wasn’t two circles a level that even Veronica, who had no special magical talent or interest in magic, had achieved?
Old Calian also secretly learned magic by reading magic books, so it was not surprising that Plantz, who was a descendant of the same Sispanian and did not need to secretly learn magic, achieved that level.
“Okay. Anyway, you did well. It’s a good thing to know how to do anything.”
“…… okay.”
“However, if you happen to get seriously injured, do not seek the help of anyone other than an elven healer like Lord Bern. Divine power conflicts with the magic of the circle.”
“know.”
Alan finished the rest of his coffee and opened his mouth.
“Now that I think about it, it seems like the main servant is water. Is that correct?”
“maybe.”
“Water seems to be obedient to the shape of the vessel it is in, but one day it sweeps away everything in the world. I think that suits you very well.”
There was no particular response to Alan’s words, which were handed to him with satisfaction. Most wizards use magic that resembles them anyway. Everyone is like that except for the crazy wizard who likes explosions.
“Of course, Prince Calian has also learned magic that suits him well.”
It was the wind.
To old Calian. To Calian now.
In fact, is there any other attribute that matches better than that?
“…… not really.”
However, Plantz answered like this and drank the remaining tea and put it down. Just because it looks good doesn’t mean it’s considered good.
After hearing those words, Alan smiled with a face that seemed to embrace everything in the world. And he nodded quietly.
It probably means that you agree.
* * *
I went to the spire as if in a dream.
‘I won.’
I kept the promise I had already failed to keep, that I would return, at least for a little while. I kept my promise like a long dream. Now we both knew that it was a promise that could not be kept, but we kept our promise.
I decided to believe that and heal just a little bit.
Bern and Chase.
‘Yes… yes. okay.’
We couldn’t exchange even one more word.
Pour a drink and drink. I just did it that way.
So instead of talking, only the wind blew.
As the night passed and dawn came again, the wind blew instead of talking until the entire bottle of Basilica was gone.
The wind blew as if waking up from a dream.
* * *
Butterflies flew in on the spring wind.
Flowers were blooming at the edge of the yard of Kairis Palace.
It seems that the seeds of a flower that was not particularly flashy and that no one had bothered to plant in the royal palace flew in, took root, and sprouted before we knew it. It bloomed in the backyard of Wilhelm Pavilion and gave off a beautiful white light.
I quietly reached out my hand and brushed away the flowers that had formed. There was no scent carried by the blowing wind, and I knew that this was something that really did not suit me, but spring was still welcome to everyone. I reached out my hand for a moment and touched the scentless larisium.
“Maybe I should have bought a hairpin with flowers on it. It suits you well.”
Calian, who had already been walking and watching the fingertips from afar, said these words. Aela, who had not noticed Calian coming very close, slowly stood up. And I answered while looking at the red eyes on the most gorgeous spring-like face.
“Fake flowers are not good.”
“okay?”
“It doesn’t wilt. Flowers are beautiful because they are sad.”
“If you don’t regret it, isn’t it pretty?”
“If it doesn’t wither, you won’t regret it, and if there’s nothing you regret, it’s not precious.”
“They say I’m still precious.”
“That’s because he’s a prince.”
Calian chuckled at the answer that came back without hesitation and handed over what was in his hand. There was one black robe and one small box.
Aila, who had been handling the flowers just a moment ago, reached out to the box first, but instead of taking the box, she only opened the lid. Calian, who was still holding the box and watching the scene, immediately opened his mouth. It was only now that I could barely see what was inside.
“how is it.”
Ayla, who was looking around with the items in the box, said.
“They said they wouldn’t buy me anything expensive.”
“I didn’t buy it for you, but I’m paying you back for borrowing the bracelet. So even though it was expensive, I thought it would be okay since it wasn’t a gift, but it can’t be like that, right?”
Blue diamond and black pearl.
It was not flashy, but it was a silver hairpin with elaborate platinum decorations.
“I feel bad when I receive something like this, so I can’t throw it away. Then I can’t run away. So isn’t that okay?”
“Even if I just throw away the expensive one. I think it’s not a good idea to buy a cheap hairpin and see it get broken in someone else’s hands. Are you too greedy?”
“little bit.”
“If you don’t want to throw it away, give it back. I won’t hold on to it.”
“It’s also unfortunate that they don’t hold on to it.”
“It’s a shame, of course. There’s no other owner like me.”
Ayla smiled as she looked at the hairpin that seemed to contain the entire sea, not just flowers, and answered.
“Well, if I regret it, it’s pretty. Instead, I won’t save it and use it.”
“Yes, please do so, Aila.”
Eila nodded. Then, after fixing her hair with a new hairpin, she picked up another black robe that was in Calian’s hand.
“Do I have something to do?”
“It looks good.”
“He told me to rest for a while.”
“Are you all healed yet?”
“I’m all better.”
“That’s it. Duke Siegfried. I’m thinking of going to see a man named Norton Ramirez. I think it would be better for you to go too.”
“……Who was that?”
“Ratran Territory. The copper mine guard who helped me catch you. He said that thanks to him, he found out where I was when I disappeared this time. My older brother.”
Aila recalled the memory and frowned slightly.
“I went through a lot of trouble because of that person.”
“That person also went through a lot of trouble because of you. Thanks to you, you have now met a new owner and received a nice hairpin.”
“I received a hairpin that I thought I couldn’t throw away.”
“I got a hairpin that I can return when I don’t like it.”
“So. It’s a hairpin that I don’t think I can throw away.”
Calian let out a small laugh. And without saying any more, I went to Duke Siegfried’s residence with Eila, who covered her face with a hood. I met Serie and Demirea, said hello to Riri, and met Hina, who I was always happy to see wherever and whenever I saw her.
Hina smiled brightly after meeting Kalian.
And he placed the white pearl-like bead in Calian’s hand.
It may be because of the fight with the Balkans.
Calian, who had a rather solemn look on his face as he felt like a nagging sound that could not be expressed in sign language was about to begin, held it tightly. And I listened to Hina for a while.
“……Okay. Yes. Yes. Yes, Hina. Yes.”
Kalian responded calmly without a retort and returned the bead to Hina. Then, under the guidance of knight Yu-ran, we were guided to the room where the one-armed swordsman Norton was staying.
Since he had not committed a crime, there were no restrictions on his ability to walk or wander around the mansion. However, in preparation for possible assassination threats, knights in charge of escort were guarding the front door.
– Sweet.
Kalian entered the room.
Norton, who was standing at a table near the open window, had already heard about the visit, and showed an example. Calian, who received a nod of greeting, looked around for a moment and sat down.
Norton, who was unable to face Calian directly, turned his head. He looked at Yuran, Siegfried’s knights, and Aila, the knights standing behind him, then lowered his gaze again. Calian, who had Norton sit across from him, opened his mouth.
“It’s not like we’re really happy to meet each other. I don’t think there’s any need to say it’s been a while. It’s meaningless to ask how you’ve been…”
Calian, who was crying like this, looked at Norton.
“I heard he hid his wife and came to find me.”
“Yes, yes, my prince.”
“Was there a reason you went out of your way to come here alone?”
“My wife is weak. It is difficult for her to move for a long time, so she came alone.”
Speech has become much more polite.
Calian showed no particular reaction to him.
“I will listen. Tell me. Why you sought me.”
“Yes. I will tell you.”
“Oh. Just a moment.”
– Sigh.
When Norton opened his mouth, Calian’s slightly raised hand stopped him. Then he looked at Aila and said with a smile on his face.
“Aila. It’s a little noisy.”
The window was open.
The sounds of knights training could be heard.
“Yes, prince.”
Aila slightly bowed her head and answered.
Then he turned back. The open window was across from Calian, and he turned to face the door on the other side. He then pointed towards the door to Siegfried’s knights who had guided them here.
Knight Yuran nodded and went outside with the other knights.
– Sweet.
Ayla closed the door.
– click.
After that, I locked the door.
Again and again.
The slightly thick heel of the knee-high leather boots Aila was wearing resonated calmly throughout the room.
Again and again.
Ayla locked the door and walked past Calian and Norton. I put my hand on the open window.
-……Tap!
– Come on!
I closed the window.
Then I closed the thick beige curtains to cover the window.
Again and again.
Instead of the noise of the knights, only the light sound of heels slowly turning around the room.
The sound of footsteps stopped.
It stopped behind Norton.
Calian, who smiled at Aela, who clearly understood her intention, turned her head to Norton. OK.
– Whirr!
Ayla, who was standing behind Norton, stretched out her arms.
Very fast towards Norton.
Ayla held Norton’s hair with one hand and his free arm with the other. Then he slammed Norton’s head down on the table.
– Quang!
Surprised by what had happened so quickly, Norton turned to Calian, his cheek pressed against the table. The anger that could not be hidden was clearly revealed.
“…… Prince.”
Knock knock knock.
Calian, who was leaning back on the chair and tapping the table for a moment, looked at Norton. With a smile. Even if he had all kinds of colors, he would still have a smile that couldn’t be more flashy.
– Kwaaak!
And then.
Before I knew it, I struck Norton in the back of the neck with the dagger I had created.
At a speed no one can see. With a force that cannot be stopped even if you see it.
– Kagak keuheoung!
There was a distinctly different sound from splitting skin and bones. What Calian had stabbed was clearly a person’s neck, but the sound of metal breaking when touched by something sharp was heard.
“Did I kill the person I saved or hide it? Just tell me that.”
A dreamy voice reaches Norton’s ears. However, the person who heard these words did not respond. Instead.
– Saaaa…….
His body size has changed.
Those eyes changed.
Hair color changed.
The one that Kalian broke just now.
It changed to what it looked like before using the magic item.
“White Suriname.”
Supple and supple.
The extremely sweet voice reached the ears of the person who had been deceiving him under the name Norton.
Like a dream.
