Chapter 24

"You don't usually carry a bag, so what's in it?"

"A gift!"

"Gift?"

"Yes! A Gift to The Prince!"

The Second Prince is also a true Prince, so it is not wrong.

The Melcon medicine I prepared was for Prince Perez, the Second Prince.

The Empress began poisoning the food around the time Perez's mother fell ill and died.

But I don't know exactly what poison was used.

In my previous life, seeing him become Prince and Lombardy under attack, I looked for the Intelligence Guild, wondering if there would be any help.

I paid with the money I had accumulated over the entire months and bought an envelope with information, but it did not say exactly what poison the Empress used.

It was that Perez himself couldn't figure it out until the end and only healed the aftereffect of terrible insomnia left by poison.

However, it was evident that for quite some time, they continued to use small amounts that were not easily noticed.

The Emperor did not pay much attention to the child, who had been mistaken for one night with a maid, and left it to the Empress.

Of course, the Empress promised to take good care of himself on his own and then moved closer to avoid the Emperor's eyes.

But for some reason, Perez survived without being poisoned, and three years later, the Emperor noticed the Empress's lies.

Sadly, there was no significant difference in Perez's life.

The Emperor only used the Empress's fault to contain Angenas, who had grown in size but still had no affection for the Second Prince.

It was also because around that time the Emperor began to see new heirs from several aristocratic families with concubines.

I was so inclined to think about Perez, but I heard my father's weak voice.

"Yeah, Tia is too old, now."

But my father's reaction is a little strange.

"I thought this would come someday, but......."

"No, not like that......."

Something seems very hurt. But I can't tell the truth.

I'm going to get lost after a while looking around the interior of the Imperial Palace with my father.

Of course, the destination is where the Second Prince Perez is.

Luckily, I knew the approximate location of the palace where the Second Prince lived with his mother.

The Empress wanted to put the hat where her eyes could reach.

So she threw a small stellar palace in the woods west of the palace, and Perez said he lived there before going to the academy.

What will he look like now, 11 years old, the same age as twins?

"What is it?"

"That, it...... The Imperial Palace Guard will check the gate, so stop the wagon... "

A checkpoint in the Lombardy family's wagon?

Without panic, the door of the carriage was opened from the outside, and two imperial knights were standing.

"Is this the Empress's order?"

It was the cold voice of my father I heard for the first time.

The knights did not give any answer.

At the end of a small rung, my father looked at me as if not to worry, and got out of the car.

In fact, I wasn't worried about this situation, but I was surprised to see my father for the first time.

It was obvious what happened.

Something that will never happen to Grandpa's carriage is just happening to us.

It was very cowardly and dull for the shame of a person who became an Empress.

It was when I sighed and looked out of the window on the other side from where my father had left.

"The Second Prince?"

I could see something like the back of a boy with dark hair passing through the trees in the distance.

"The real Second Prince?"

Heaven must have helped this.

What I knew was a really rough location, so when I was thinking about how to find the palace where the Second Prince is located and whether I could meet him if I went to it, I accidentally found him like this.

This is an opportunity you can never miss.

After confirming that my father was still fighting with the knights, I very carefully opened the door on the other side of the carriage.

Fortunately, the door opened smoothly without making any noise.

With my bag in one hand, I ran into the grass right in front of me.

Looking back, my father and the knight still didn't know what was going on.

I felt a little guilty when he realized that I wasn't there and thought that my father would be surprised, but I can't help it.

If this is not the case, there is no way to meet the Second Princes without the Empress's knowledge.

I have to give Perez this medicine and come back as soon as possible.

I, who hid my body behind the low grass, ran hard to the side where Second Prince disappeared until I was out of sight of my father and the knights.

"Oh, huh! Oh my!"

It seemed that I was far away from my father and the knights as I moved without hesitation, but there was a problem.

"Where are you?"

Apparently, the Second Prince who ran this way I couldn't even see his nose, and I lost my sense of direction because I was in the woods.

I try to pretend to be lost and I really lost.

I have to give up finding Perez and go back to where my father is.

At that time, I heard the sound of 'burst'.

As I turned my head, I could see the bushes not far from where I was standing.

Gulp.

I approached carefully, swallowing heavily.

Bruises, bruises.

I could hear the sound of my footsteps approaching, but there was no response from the grassy side.

I further killed footsteps.

And finally, a small seal began to appear.

The first thing I noticed was the black hair that had grown to cover the neck slightly.

It didn't have a name tag on it, but I was sure.

It was the Second Prince, Perez. I was right.

But I couldn't call or speak his name.