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I remember Remain's voice that was heard beyond the document.

It was just waiting for Alan to come as he was picking up the body that was dying of a poisoned car. It was also the first day of the prince's conquest.

Not just to save Plants, but at least once a day it was a time to endure the feeling of his heart being ripped out.

Kalian could not have imagined at that time that he would struggle to save Remain and Plants.

It was to try to understand. Landello.

I may not be able to imagine it now, but I'll try to save Randall later.

'I think Prince Chase would be pretty surprised if he knew I was doing this.'

Suddenly, Calian smiles bitterly at this thought.

Maybe Bern was faster than a horse.

Of course, the situation is different from back then, but I never thought I'd be able to come this far.

"I was a little worried, but thank God."

Callian says:

I felt the emotion of my anger that had passed by like a touch toward the blue eyes that had suddenly faded.

"I was worried that even when I touched the rose, Grandpa Randall's expression would change, but it seems he still has some affection left."

Calian's slender fingers point to a rose that was cut off.

It was the easiest to get angry. Haven't you learned that the first emotion to reveal is anger through the life of Bern?

After meeting Remain, the prince was trimming the rose tree without stripping off his conquest. I thought that if the first thing I could find to catch the ribs was a rose, I could touch it and take out Randall's insides.

I wonder if you'll get angry if you take it away.

I wonder if I'll be able to talk when I get angry.

"Why?"

"You're asking me why I broke a rose."

"This is why they want to face me."

"I was wondering, what do you know? What else are you hiding?"

Callian speaks in a light tone.

"That's why I wanted to give and receive a conversation."

Whether it's hard for Randall to keep it a secret or in his heart. Now I thought I should take a look.

"Let's talk. Me and you."

"It must be difficult, greedy, intimidating, not difficult, just to talk for a little while."

Randall's gaze falls on the tip of Calian's hand for a moment. Randall opens his mouth as he stares at the rose that had fallen away.

"Don't ever do that again."

That was the beginning of the conversation.

Calian opens his mouth after seeing the same thing for a moment.

"Too bad you didn't cut all the roses out and get away with it. It's the same rose wherever it blooms."

"Wasn't it useless?"

Callian smiles once more.

It's because Bern pruned like Randall. It's used for pruning, to be precise.

You have cut off countless lives that would harm the Devil. I hung up on everyone, regardless of my age. Of course, Chase doesn't know.

It wasn't a rosebush, it was just a person who had life and blood. Whatever Bern did was part of the pruning. I wanted to and I didn't want to, but it doesn't matter now anyway.

Anyway, now that I've done the same thing, I understand a little bit.

"Maybe we should make it useful."

Callian leans back and picks up a rose that fell to the floor. I don't know if it'll fit in that dreary room, and I'm a little tired of roses, actually.

Anyway, if I put it in the water, I'll fill it up.

"Just like I told you about Randall's use."

Calian's eyes light up for a moment.

It was to gain an advantage.

So far, Randall has always taken advantage of the conversation. He tried to put Calian in his own hands. This time, Kalian had to stand on top.

Randall smiles.

It was right that I was not as emotional as the last time, but after going through it once, I got used to it.

That's why Callian smiles at you. And I said,

"What is your strength? What do you know?"

Randall's smile stops. And I answered.

"Were you so weak that you couldn't feel it?"

A second emotion appeared in Randall's voice. If you name it, it's probably a "bummer."

Calian's face stiffens to see the strange emotions that appeared on Randall's face. After that, you draw a long hose at the mouth of Khalian, who has been studying Randall for a while.

"· · · · · · · Dammit."

A harsh word appeared that did not fit with the pictured smile. Randall says nothing as he watches his youngest son pull out his last words.

The seal of the oath.

A promise long enough that I don't even remember when it was. He didn't say anything else about the fact that he had now realized that the power of that promise was tying his heart.

"Tensyl."

"Yes."

Calian, who had been silent for a while, opens his mouth again.

"You don't say anything."

"Yes."

A contract that won't even let out the words of the seal of the oath first. A very detailed contract with someone who seems to be smarter than the late Evan Brissen.

Tensyl empowers Randall, and maybe Randall helps with that. I can't say anything about him.

Kalian's glabella frowns again.

My second brother has a headache, but even the first brother is angry.

Callian looks at Randall again for a while.

"It's about Brysen. You tried to attack Brissen by the Divine Knight. Did you sign a contract to get rid of Brycen?"

If so, things get complicated.

Kalian is now trying to save Brysen's life.

Randall doesn't answer. Traces of emotion with all sorts of things appeared on his face and disappeared. After seeing it, Calian opens his mouth quietly.

"Or · · · · · · · · No way. The end of the vengeance rests on you."

Did he need Tensyl's seal of oath to bring down Remain, and the same Kalian sword that lost his mother?

"You can't say that either."

You silently stare into the red eyes, which are full of Abyssal Blue Eyes, which cannot tell if it is life or death.

"You're tired."

Then I answered and walked towards Chermill. A long, long sigh hangs over Calian's gaze as he follows his steps.

* * *

Here, I think.

Plants frowns slightly.

This is why I felt an unusual energy from Kiri, who was facing the sword.

Regrettably or fortunately, it was not that unusual energy. So it was not a speculation.

Plants take a step back, powering the blade of Kiri, which presses itself down from above. Then I opened my mouth quietly.

"Enough."

Kyrie, who stared at such plants silently for a moment, picked up her sword and replied.

"I'm sorry."

It was living.

Plants, who was staring at Kyrie, who had sent me to live without even knowing it, put the sword back.

The duel was too long.

Plants was able to read Kyrie's movements and predict the following quickly, and Kyrie was able to go beyond the ordinary senses and retrieve Plants' sword.

You won't be able to defeat Kiri in action, but since it was a duel between Kiri and a few folds, it took longer to face the sword. Then life flowed out of Kiri.

It wasn't that hard for Plants to notice why Kiri, who was obsessed with the struggle, really tried to kill himself.

"You knew what my brother was hiding."

"· · · · · · · Sorry."

The acolyte who came to visit the day Callian drank the poison.

The first duel that Chase knew was coming and that Calian was shaken.

And, live.

What was the relationship?

Is that servant 'know' or 'heard'?

It was more like a simple curiosity than a particularly conscious thought.

- That's all you need to think about.

Suddenly, Plants folds his thoughts and bites one more step backwards in his voice. Kyrie opens her mouth quietly as she watches the actions of such plants.

"I think you should deal with the prince for a while."

Plants nods quietly as he seems concerned about losing control of himself. Kiri saw it as a horse.

"Prince Plants is not to blame. I don't want you to get me wrong."

It was a slightly lower voice than usual.

Whether to speak to Plants or to rule over yourself who has spent her life with Plants.

A moment ago, one of Plants' mouths dries up, recalling a lively sword flying towards him.

"I know my brother doesn't blame me. It's not you."

Kyrie nods small. Do not deny it.

"Your ears are bright. You don't even know what I've noticed about Prince Plants."

Then he added,

Kalian didn't tell Kiri about the Plants. It's just that a lot of the days when Callian was talking to Plants, Kiri was out there listening.

Plants is missing.

On purpose or on purpose, I have no idea where Kalian has been keeping his secrets. As I thought when I met Chase, counting the people who really don't know the secrets is fast.

"If you're aiming for a knife, do it now."

Plants said with a look on his face that he was never going to stop. Kyrie, who saw it, replied with a quiet voice.

"I'll do it when the prince wishes."

You ridicule Plants once again.

"Whatever."

Then he leaves the Kiri in the middle of the training ground and goes out without a doubt.

* * *

The knights stand in front of Kalian.

"I'm sorry, Prince."

Knights guarding the gates of Chermill Palace. One of the knights opens his mouth while keeping Calian out of the way.

"You can't leave here until today."

After Randall enters Chermill Palace.

The place where Khalian stood still for a long time came out of the rose garden was the front gate, not the Chermill Palace. To get out of Chermill.

Jan's embarrassment catches up quickly, but Calian says nothing.

Jan recognizes that it is not that Kalian is angry, embarrassed, or surprised. Jan follows behind Kalian without saying a word.

"We have to get out."

Callian once again said, "The knights have spoken.

"I'm so sorry · · · · · · · ·."

"Stop it, then."

If we can stop it.

I was a little young in Calian's eyes with such meaning.

Fortunately, the knights who confronted Calian did not make a mistake by stumbling around or backing away. I did not mistakenly put my hand on the sword in my waist.

"Step aside. I'll tell the king."

Callian takes one more step.

Nonetheless, Yan opens his mouth behind him as the knights do not move.

"I won't let you go outside the palace. Please step aside."

He then stands behind Calian, making a finger horn over his head. The prince, like our flower, was very uncomfortable, so he asked me to get out of the way before the fountain is over.

After seeing it, the knights move aside as if they had no choice.

"Thank you. Sorry."

Calian hurries back, leaving a short horse for them.

"Prince, are you going to see Earl Manasil?"

At last, Khalian shakes his head at Jan's voice, burying Calian's whereabouts. A small voice continues behind him, pushing his feet at the same speed.

"The Rubia Coffin. There's something I need to check."

And I made fun of him to meet Chase at the annex.

< Chapter 24. cornerstone of understanding (8) >

Thung Ma is greeted by the servants and maids around her.

Calian walks into the Rubia Annex without a hitch but quickly stops for a moment.

Every step of the way, Kalyan takes a moment to look over his forehead for the idea of enlargement. It's a good thing we kept Jan away to wait at the Rubia Headquarters.

My head spins and shifts to make fun of my feet, so my feet don't fall off.

I put all the luggage I was holding in front of the spruce tree.

I was breathless as the weight of the burden I put down that day.

I'm so sorry.

'Come to your senses.'

Just the other day, I said to Callian, "I want to live too." Then, as if to say, 'Live somewhere else,' another homework was piled up like this.

The power of red light in Randall. I had to find out. You have to open Randall's mouth to get pieces of the puzzle. I had to break the restraints to open Randall's mouth. My head is twisted and twisted, so I can't unwind. That's why I'm here. To Chase.

"Ha."

We should meet.

I want you to live for once, don't you think?

I took my hand off my forehead and moved my foot again. I came as far as Chase could go without stopping.

There was no one at the door. Knight Tailan was probably in or out of his room. Calian takes another deep breath and raises his white hand. After gaining Calian's body, I wanted to do something called "knock."

"Come in."

However, you hear a voice from the inside, even before the tip of Callian's hand touches the door.

"Prince Kalian."

I guess I've been waiting for you again.

Kalian opens the door with a short breath, not needing permission.

The door opens and closes with a small sound.

Knight Tailan was not inside. There is only Chase. Calian opens his mouth without me knowing it.

"What if you're biting the escort?"

All I encountered on my way here were the people of the royal palace of Cairis. Staying in this annex is nothing but Chase, but it's too dangerous to be alone without an escort.

Chase smiles boldly, standing by the window. I think I saw Kalian coming here through that window.

"I'm fine."

Chase's hand points to the chair. Then Kalian stops for a moment, realizing he spoke first, omitting an example of the crown prince. Chase smiles again as if he clearly knows what he's thinking.

"Sit down, it's okay."

Instead of saying you're sorry, Calian looks down slightly and sits down. Chase, who was staring at the back for a moment, brought two cups of coffee handed down and put them on the table.

Coffee.

A smile hangs over Calian's mouth.

Bern enjoyed coffee. Chase didn't like it very much. Callian was reluctant.

That's why I laugh.

"Thank you."

However, without saying anything else, Calian drank a cup of good coffee that no one here enjoyed. Chase opened his mouth, watching him quietly.

"I don't know if I'd be okay with a coffee, but I couldn't think of anything else."

I don't hide what I remember about Bern. It's because I know that it will be more convenient for Calian.

Kalyan nods slowly.

"Nothing big happened, and now it's all healed. Don't worry about it."

Then I put down the cup of tea I was holding and looked at it for a while and opened my mouth.

"Tangerine, thank you for eating."

He was not grateful for his help when he was attacked. Send Tailan to Khalian with Cecrethia Sezards of his own free will in Cairis. I'll be reckless the next time I thank you for that.

So, the dizzy person only thanked me for the tangerine, which I could not even speak.

Chase nods.

It means that he understands everything that comes out of his mouth or not.

'By the way, you won't like new things.'

I just remembered.

Plants ate a tangerine that day.

Calian smiles for a moment as he looks at Chase and opens his mouth.

"I've been wondering."

"Yes, talk to me."

Soon, Kalian told me about Randall. Everything I talked about in the garden just now was solved in front of Chase.

"I don't know much about tencils. So I'd like to ask if Prince Chase remembers anything."

Chase nods and answers, hearing everything Calian has to say quietly.

"I don't know anything about what that organization is. I didn't know if it was in the past or if the future had changed."

It was also assumed by Kalian.

This is unknown to Chase, unless Plants or Arsen's memory is revived. If it was something birds could tell us, we should know about it in the past.

"Only tencils."

Chase recalls a moment when he said:

I didn't have to go through it myself, so I needed time to think about the relevant content.

"I know how Prince Randall became king there, and I know what happened."

"You mean the broken wagon shaft."

Chase laughs for a moment.

I asked Alan to tell me a story, but I don't think he's heard it yet.

Chase didn't tell me that Alan had been tied up in the middle. I'm guessing there's another reason Alan hasn't met with Callian yet or spoken to him.

Soon Chase began to explain.

"I don't think it was an accident."

Sweet.

Callian, who was about to get his coffee back from the table, lowers his glass back. And I opened my eyes without saying anything else. Chase smiles with his eyes and shuts up as his habit continues to appear. It gives you time to think.

The reason Chase wanted to say this was simple.

Randall didn't just run away from Tensile while he was breathing, he was trying to warn you.

After a long time, Kalian opens his mouth.

"Do you know when that happened?"

Chase nods.

However, the answer came back a little slower this time.

"It's September next year. We don't know the exact date."

Plants rose to the throne after his 18th birthday in November next year. Six years later, Remain questioned and became king of this country.

A series of assessments, Calian said.

"Had Brother Randall been there, he would have gone to Brother Plants. because Silica had troops inside the palace, Earl Brissen had troops outside the palace, and the commercial rights were in Renan's hands, and the major reformers were united around Grey."

Especially where Grey is currently guarding the border with Tensyl. That meant that no matter what happened to Randall, he couldn't send the military straight from Tensyl. Grey will stop them.

That way, Randall would never have been crowned Prince of Cairis.

"Then Brother Randall. Or someone who wanted to be king of Tensyl, or someone who shared the seal of the oath. or · · · · · · · · ·."

"Or you didn't want to die."

Kalian nods and opens his mouth.

"Brother Randall once reflected his intention to be king in front of me."

Two compartments, three flights of stairs. So he didn't intend to be king very much.

"But it's an option given to Brother Randall now with 'what's in it for me.' Perhaps Randall has given up on his idea of becoming king in the past. as long as Brycen was around, he never would have done it."

"Yes. I'm sure Prince Kalian is right."

"I remember Cairys' relationship with Tensyl wasn't so bad after Randall's death. Because of that, Aisha, I didn't think she knew how she died. However, unlike I expected, Randall knew how Queen Aisha died. I think I've seen it in the past."

Randall already knew what was going on, and there was nothing about Calian's change that affected him. So Randall must have known in the past that Silica had hurt Aisha.

"Brother Randall is emotional enough to share the seal of the oath to get what he wants. But on the one hand, it's incredibly rational. It doesn't seem simple for such a person to know the cause of Queen Aisha's death, yet maintain a good relationship with Cairys."

Callian looks at Chase for a moment, as if seeking his opinion. But Chase doesn't say anything else, and Callian opens his mouth again.

"Even if I were king of Tensyl, would Brother Randall want to go there and take the throne, knowing he can't take revenge on Cairis?" No matter what country it was, would "king" be enough? And I thought about it, and my answer was no. Brother Randall doesn't plan to do that on his own because of the crown. It's practically impossible. "

Of course, you missed Randall once, but you didn't think it would be wrong this time.

I would rather stay in Cairys until the end, and not plan on harming the King of Tensyl by coveting the throne of a powerless country than the heart of Plants for a sneak peek. Even if I plan to, is there someone I can talk to to to to do it myself? I thought probably not.

Callian looks at Chase with a face that he's been thinking about for a while.

"Then why did you say it wouldn't be an accident?"

"All the birds that knew about it were dead."

Of course, Bern doesn't know.

Chase handled the intel on the Tensile.

Kalian opens his mouth, sitting silently for a while.

"In order to break the seal of the oath, the contracting party must disappear."

"Yes, I know."

As soon as Silica died, I felt the restraints on my heart loosen. It is the only way to escape the seal of the oath. So there are two ways for Callian to make his choice.

"We need to find and kill all those involved in the oath, or give up our secrets to Brother Randall, or we'll end up either of them."

"There must be an opposition to the king leading Tensyl now. Someone will persuade Prince Randall to help avenge his death on Cairis and then make Prince Randall king of Tensyl look like a pawn. like Brissen in Cairys."

Chase opens the side table drawer next to the sofa. In it, you take out a lump of thick paper and pass it on to Callian.

A very soft handwriting, not glamorous.

Chase wrote it himself.

"Tensyl is different from Cairys, so the forces are quite fragmented. Take a look if you need to."

Calian frowns, handing over the paper for a moment.

It was the information of the nobles that disappeared one by one after Randall was imminent.

Callian mutters quietly.

"· · · · · · pruning."

Randell immediately exiled from Tensyl with his own blood. Randall has purged the nobles.

"You mean someone helped Randall."

"Someone who divided the seal of the oath, or Randall allied with a new force to kill someone who divided the seal of the oath. That would be either one of them."

Callian said with a face that received a new puzzle to guess.

"Thank you."

Chase looks at Calian like that and opens his mouth quietly.

"I'll be back tomorrow."

I knew I wanted to check it out and helped.

There was no more reason to stay here.

Of course you can't do that.

Chase's words come out of nowhere unnaturally, and Calian shuts up. Seeing Calian like that, Chase said again.

"I'm thinking of gathering wizards early next year. Me, too."

Suddenly, I was surprised to say that I was leaving Cairys tomorrow, but I wasn't expecting much more. I didn't think he would if he knew Chase.

Chase said with a soft smile.

"Someone came and nagged me for a long time telling me not to pack another bag. Prince Kalian didn't seem to know."

Ah, Khalian makes a noise.

Who else could it be besides Plants?

Calian laughs heavily as Plants, who nags for a long time, can't imagine for a moment. Chase raises his voice at Callian.

"Prince Kalian. If the same thing happens again, you don't have to protect her."

Kalian doesn't answer.

"I've done enough."

It was an acquittal for Bern, given by his brother and king.