Chapter 56

Chapter 56

“Well, that’s what I said, but I don’t want her to cry or hate me again. So let’s just …Let’s find the ring and return to our original purpose.”

“Really, I thought that I had no choice but to shift the blame to Damian and pretend I didn’t know, but I feel sorry when it ended up like this.”

“Haha, I knew you’d do that, and I already told her that it was something we all set up together!”

“Oh, is that so? Really… You have an excellent talent for doing hard work that you weren’t even told to do.”

“Ah, Hyung. You know what? You’re making me sad.”

Hahaha. It would not be a mistake to feel the coolness between the carefree laughter. Odil, who had been silent for a while, interceded them and said,

“His Majesty is planning to welcome the delegation at the beginning of next month. Coincidentally, that’s Ciel’s foundation day. He thinks they’re both a nuisance, so he’s going to get them over with together.”

“Oh, right. It’s been a long time since he was forced to do things that bothers him, so obviously.”

“Yes. And Ares, I have a favor. Surely His Majesty will somehow provoke Lily and make her angry. I know there’s no helping it, but still…”

Odil hesitated, his words trailed off. Whenever Kyren were to hand down his orders, Odil was obliged to follow them. He swore so. He had seen what Kyren’s biological mother did with the emperor’s favor on her back, and he promised that he wouldn’t do the same. But it was funny looking at it now.

“Still… As much as possible, I will try not to let any harm come to her. But in the end, His Majesty’s concerns stem from the assumption that the paladins will be hostile to Lily.”

His lips were dry and he clicked his tongue. Ares was usually ignorant, but now he knew what Odil wanted to say. Ares, as he anxiously listened to the story, grinned.

“Escorting and guiding is the job of the little knights. And if possible, can I understand it to mean that I should talk about it to the Lady in advance?”

“…Yes.”

“I don’t know if it will work out, but I’ll tell you how harmless you are!”

“Hmm. You know, Hyungs. I just thought of something now.”

Anyway, as Ares felt relieved by returning the ring, he was once again reinvigorated. Damian, who was staring at them, suddenly intervened.

“In the letter I received earlier. Did the Pope say he wanted to meet the ‘woman with the ring’? At that time, I had no idea why the ring was at Terra, so I just passed it on, but now that I think about it, isn’t it strange?”

“It certainly is. Why does the Pope know that the one holding the ring was a woman?”

“The Pope hasn’t been out of Terra in decades, so obviously he’s never met her? But the ring was originally from her maternal grandmother. But he confirmed that the owner of the ring was a woman.”

“You mean the Pope knows Missus Adelaide?!”

“Adelaide?”

“Oh, well, that’s the name of her grandmother. Rather, if this is correct, then it explains to some extent why the Lady’s ring disappeared. If the ring fell into someone else’s hand, it is under the spell to return to its original owner. So…”

When Ares, unable to hide his excitement, hesitated to speak, Odil told him, ‘Calm down.’ Ares nodded his head, took a deep breath, and began to speak slowly.

“I heard that the ring had the effect of preventing her from becoming a succubus, but maybe it was made with divine power and suppressed that kind of immorality? Damian, what do you know?”

“Huh? Ah, it is possible if you use your divine power to chase away the immorality that only devilkin have.”

“It was the Pope who made the ring. So the original owner was the Pope, but somehow it passed on to the Missus. But hasn’t she passed away? I don’t know why, but as long as the ring is in the Lady’s possession, it doesn’t disappear because it thinks she is its owner, but the real owner is the Pope, so it went back to the pope the moment someone else picked it up.”

“That means the Pope… You’re saying it’s because of Lady Lily’s grandmother that he asked to visit her somehow.”

“But her grandmother was a real succubus. How the hell did she get to know the Pope?”

“You never know. I know the priests go on a pilgrimage before their coming-of-age ceremony, but maybe they met then and fell in love.”

“That’s too far, Hyung. No one else but the Pope is involved with a succubus?”

It was ridiculous, but Damian kept thinking strange thoughts. Even though he was a candidate, he was sure to get a spot on Terra, but he was also firmly fascinated by Lily, who had succubus blood. If she was a real succubus…

“Ahh, I don’t know. Anyway, that would make the story easier.”

“If you think positively, it is a good thing.”

“It will be fine. Our Pope, he’s not that bad.”

“Then Damien. You come with me. Rather than going alone, I’d rather that you come along…”

“Nope.”

“HEY!”

The answer was resolute without any hesitation. Damian said again with a sullen look on his face.

“Absolutely not.”

“Why!”

“I don’t like it anyway. If you’re going to take someone, take Reg. He’s never done an escort mission before, has he?”

“You haven’t done it either!”

“I can do well if I don’t do that.”

“Hmm. I think it’s a good choice. Regulus has only been in the castle all this time, so I think it would be better to get him out of Ciel.”

“Right. Then leave the escort mission to the little knights and the White Knights… All that’s left is to talk to Lily.”

Odil and Endymion’s eyes turned to Damian. Damian, who had been throwing a tantrum with a sullen face, was disgusted by the sudden gaze pouring onto him.

“…I have to go again?”

“Who else is going if not you?”

“…….”

“What, Damian? No way, did you go to the maid’s quarters?”

“Please, Damian.”

Ugh, please. Damian looked at them with a sad look, but unless he was born again, it was impossible. In the end, Damian had no choice but to wear that maid’s uniform again and go to the Wind Palace.

And he prepared himself to get kicked by Lily one more time.

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