29 < Chapter 7. Roses were about to bloom (2) >

It was cloudy all day, and the next day it rained fluffy.

The rain knocking on the window and the sound of the wind wake Kalian up like dawn. When Jan finds Callian's room for breakfast, Calian waves his hands and greets her, leaning on her back on the head of the bed.

"Did you have a good dream?"

Jan greets Kalian with an awkward face, hearing his morning greetings all the time.

"Yes, Prince. Did you have a good dream?"

Kalian nods and extends his hand. I was asking for a car. Kalian takes a mouthful of tea, handing it over to you without a lot of faces.

Then, suddenly, I opened my mouth slightly from the tea cup.

'Different.'

There were subtle differences. It was a small difference that I would not have felt if I hadn't been nervous and drunk.

Realizing why was not difficult. It was instinctive. Silica has increased its venom.

Calian brings his lips back to the cup and smiles slightly.

"Silike. Poison up. '

During the festival, I tried to turn my mind upside down, but I also turned my mind upside down. I liked the way the nobles reacted to the Kalian.

'Will you drink this as if you didn't know it yet? Or bitten.'

After a quick thought, Calian drinks all the remaining tea and returns it to Jan.

'Unless you've increased the sheep enough to die right now, it won't be a problem until Tuesday.'

Khalian said to Jan, who returned the maidens who had finished preparing for the morning without realizing this.

"Two will be here on Wednesday. Don't be surprised. He's a half-elf man."

He said that as if it was a good sound while Yan was listening.

"Did you mean escort?"

"Yes. Your side is Kyrie, and your brother is Hina. Kyrie's escort, but we can't ID her because we don't know her last name. So I need to ask you a favor."

Yan smiles slightly as if he understood what he was talking about. In order to work in the palace, it had to be an identity check, and both of them were impossible.

"Are you referring to an identity guarantee?"

"Yes. Siegfried can assure me there's nothing wrong with his identity."

Jan shakes his head.

"In that case, Lord Manasil's assurance is better than mine. It wouldn't be a big deal if you didn't have a castle. If you say you are a foreigner, then my family will vouch for you. That way, no one will be able to say anything else."

Calian looks back at Jan as if he had seen her again.

"You seemed like a capable person."

Yan, who had a thick expression on his face, patched his face again with a blemish. Then you fix the pins on Calian's shirt, then back off and ask.

"I heard elves sometimes use healing powers other than mysticism. She doesn't have that ability?"

Kalian looks at his chest and replies.

"It doesn't really help me if I have healing powers. I've never heard of it."

"Not at all. I'm sure you have the power of blessing."

Suddenly, lightning struck outside the window. The rain was getting rough. Callian looks out the window and says,

"Today was just a hunt, wasn't it?"

"Yes, there is a hunting competition after breakfast · · · · · · only."

"This will be canceled."

It was a bit of a waste.

"Except for the first day of the festival, I didn't stand in front of the nobles, so I was going to do another eye patch before the period was over. That's too bad."

"Yes, it's going to be a tough day."

Callian takes his eyes off the window as if he had no choice.

"Please come to the teacher for a while today. It doesn't matter when you go."

"Yes, Prince. What do you want me to tell them?"

"Ask the king to postpone Tuesday's meeting for about 10 minutes."

"Very well. I'll be back as soon as I finish breakfast."

It may be difficult to understand your intentions, but Jan nods without asking.

Instead of answering with a nod, Calian leaves without saying anything else and goes to the restaurant.

* * *

Plants do not come out.

From what I've heard, Plants hasn't had breakfast since the festival.

'Rather, it was good. Plants can't screw this up from now until Tuesday.'

You hear Randall getting up from his seat after finishing his meal, watching the rain dripping through his window.

Calian opens his mouth without looking out the window.

"The roses, they were about to bloom."

It was the first time.

We had a normal conversation here, but it was also the first time that Calian spoke to Randell.

Randall stops and turns away.

And I look at her with those deep eyes.

Then, Kalian turns his head to Randall.

Somehow, for the first time, I felt like I could see it. It's a different feeling than when I met you in the rose garden the other day.

Blue eyes that want to look at the bottom of a person.

I think I can see why you're looking at me like that. Callian opens his mouth again with a relaxing smile.

"I took a walk yesterday, and I saw a rose. I was just thinking about what Randall was doing. It doesn't mean anything."

Of course, there was no intention.

Now it was out of my mind to look at me. That way, Randall can help Callian on Tuesday.

Randall has not had much of a reaction.

"Yes."

As I did in the garden, I left the restaurant with just a few short words.

Jan inhales.

Looking back, Jan looks as if he saw the moon split in two. Soon after finishing his meal, Jan approaches Kalian, leaving the restaurant, trembling with a small commotion.

"Roses, my prince!"

Kalian looks at you naturally.

"What's with the roses?"

"You were born and you first spoke to Prince Randall. I think the roses are going to burn, which means there's not as much as dog poop!"

"Dog · · · · · · · · · · ·?"

Kalian's expression stiffens. Yan was surprised by my words and quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth. Kalian rolls his eyes at Jan.

"You've lost your manners lately."

"I'm sorry, Prince."

So why is someone like you doing this here? Callian smiles at you with that thought.

Then suddenly, I coughed.

- Cough!

Yan looks completely different, making a tearful face like a joke. Jan looks at Kalian with anxious eyes.

"It's nothing."

"· · · · · · · Prince."

"I slept with the window open yesterday. I didn't know it was gonna rain."

Calian opens his eyes for a moment, smelling the stench that rises from his neck.

* * *

It didn't seem to stop raining until Monday afternoon. After that, there was a beautiful sunshine like when it was raining.

It's been a long time since I've seen the sun, and the laundry line between the buildings is full of wet clothes.

The breeze now feels a sudden warmth in the winter's particularly harsh Cairis. Along the wind, various colors of clothes were shaken like petals. It was a spring day when I could feel sleepy in my mind.

Hina sits at the window with her chin bent and looks down at the swinging branches of clothing, giving Kyrie a gesture. It was Suir.

- Sparkle, sparkle.

Kyrie, who was wiping her sword on the table, was already looking at Hina's eyes and hands from the moment Hina raised her head. I felt a good sense of movement, but I didn't want to miss a word of his words, and it became a habit for Hina to look at me even if she moved a bit.

"Hina. Is the sun shining?"

Hina shakes her head and moves her hands again.

- No, people. Sparkle, sparkle, you look good.

People are shining. You smile as if you could see Kiri. It was a smile that was only visible to Hina. Hina's hand points to Kiri when she sees him.

- You, too.

At that point, Kiri turned his gaze towards the distant royal palace. The face that was injured when I met Kalian was already healed from treatment. So Kiri nods with a much better face than that day.

"That's right. Good."

- The palace, tomorrow.

Hina was very excited.

The intention that Kalian said, 'Come in five days' was definitely Wednesday. It was Friday morning that I met these brothers and sisters. Kyrie understood that, but Hina was different.

Since it was sunny on Friday morning after meeting Kalian, he insisted on going to the royal palace on Tuesday, saying he had to see Friday after the day.

So they finally agreed to go to the royal palace in the middle of the day, that is, Tuesday evening.

Since then, Hina has been waiting for the day to go to the palace like this. I put my polished sword in the sword and asked Kiri.

"Hina. I have to get back to work when I go, okay?"

Hina nods hard, up and down. Then I smiled brighter than the sun shining in three days.

- I miss you, Prince.

Hearing that, Kyrie's expression was a little stiff. Then Hina smiled and added a few moves.

- Handsome, more handsome than you. Much, much more. A lot.

Every time the words my sister's hand made that hurt, even in her eyes, I felt a little more empowered in Kiri's hand with the sword. Hina's face was full of playfulness when she saw it.

In fact, Hina knew she was waiting for more days for Kiri to go to the palace than she was. It's because I repeatedly wiped the inn backyard with a sword and worn out. Immediately, Hina's hand was pointing to the sword in front of Kiri.

- Carl, how do we get there?

Of course, the palace was unable to enter with weapons. It was Calian's mistake not to think how to carry the sword into the palace. Kiri smiles and nods.

"You've got it all figured out."

Kiri already has a lot of faith in Kalian. Somehow it seemed like it was a bit excessive, but Hina did not overlook it. There was something more important.

- Ice cream, please. It was delicious.

The first time I ate it yesterday, Hina thought of an ice cream filled with spring strawberries and fell asleep with a happy face. Kiri nods, standing up. There was still a lot of money left over from Kalian.

"Let's go. I'll buy you one."

Hina wakes up smiling like a spring flower. One more small smile appeared on Kiri's face when he saw his younger brother shining more than anything else in the world.

* * *

The opening ceremony of the Royal Gallery in Astricia was postponed for a week because the final landscape was not completed due to continuous rainfall for three days.

Thanks to that time, Le Maine has not been able to enjoy such luxury. It was because of the wizard who came without notice.

"Take a look."

Remain gazes back at the pile of paperwork in front of him. Le Maine asked in a faint voice, looking at the extra inch thick.

"Do you still have a problem with me?"

Alan's eyes curl gently, with a sharp line.

"That can't be right. Just a relaxed old man has a little business to attend to."

I wasn't old enough to say I was old in the first place, and I didn't look like I needed to say that.

As if there was no choice, Remain put the document he had originally been holding down beside him. Alan looks at it and opens his mouth.

"Eline doesn't see it that way, but you're eager."

"I see."

It sounded like sarcasm, but I could see that it was not the intention. The day I first met Alan, I was beaten a lot and compared.

Remain reminded of the king of Libern for a moment, and he rises from his chair.

"I'm not as relaxed as that woman."

Immediately, Remain walked to the couch with a bunch of Allen's documents, wearing glasses.

"Have a seat."

Alan nods and sits across from Remain, shortly after which the Grand Chamberlain steps in and lowers his two glasses of tea and dessert. Le Maine swallows the scent of tea in her mouth and says:

"You had an affair."

"I asked for a job, and you speak of Prince Kalian."

"I'm worried."

"You're a long time old enough to want to go out."

"Is that okay?"

Alan shakes his head when he hears that it's out of the poison. However, I just simply gave the answer because I couldn't give him a specific reason.

"We're just keeping it safe. The prince's personality is so cautious, I'm watching him now."

"You drink it knowing it's poisoned?"

In Le Maine's slightly elevated voice, Alan tells her to calm down.

"We're taking medicine with us, so it's not dangerous right now. It seems to have an idea, so we'll see."

"Kalian always embarrasses me when he hears the news through · · · · · · ·. It's too different from what the others have been saying."

Alan replies with a light face.

"I see."

Then, when he said, "I heard," he asked if Alan wanted to warn him again, and Le Maine said more.

"It's like Plants now, smaller than Randall. I know it's coming down my shoulder."

Kalian's key.

I started trying to pay attention.

Le Maine puts down the cup of tea she's been holding for a long time. I heard a small click.

"So · · · · · · · · · I hope I don't have to blame myself again for your discretion."

Alan nods without answering. Then you take another batch of documents out of your bag and hand them over to Remain.

"What is so much paper in such a thin bag?"

Remain smiles as his work grows. If anyone had seen it, it would have been a shock, but Alan had no idea how expressionless Remain was. That's why I just opened my mouth.

"Read it when it's free."

"What else?"

"I thought I could fold the wings of Griffin for a moment."

It was a memorandum of information that I had investigated about silica. It's the same as the one you gave to Callian, but a few pages later, Remain puts it down to the side of the road. A self-help voice came out.

"You've done something worthless."

"I think you already know that."

Alan picks up a cup of tea and puts it in his mouth.

I felt bitter, whether it was the taste of tea or Le Maine's voice.

The sound of Darhk and Alan putting down his cup rings out loud.

"I don't know if I can keep talking like that."

Alan picks up a chocolate and puts it in his mouth. My mouth used to taste sweet this time. Alan points to the document that rests on Remain's lap.

"If not, why not flip it over?"

Whether it's the paperwork.

Or this country.

The disrespectful tone now begins to turn over Remain's paperwork, which he decided to filter out on his own. Soon his face changed noticeably.

Around the time all the chocolate melted out of Allen's mouth, a slight trembling voice came from Remain.

"· · · · · · Wizards."

"Do you like it?"

It was a rhetorical horse. I have heard that Le Maine is already thinking the same thing, and I am still trying to pay attention to her.

"Whose idea was this?"

"Not me. Just a lot of useful teachers."

"Was he thinking the same thing as me?"

Le Maine's eyes twist.

Remain begins to talk with Allen as he goes through the paperwork again. The conversation continued until the night grew deeper and brighter.