Chapter 67

Chapter 14. It’s been a while (4)

It’s been a while.

It wasn’t particularly low rank, but it wasn’t honorable either.

Even if it was in front of Lemain, and no matter how much it was in front of Landel and Planz, it was impossible to give Silike any higher praise.

There was no one here who did not know the reason, so no one could blame Kalian. Of course, Silike was one of them.

Silike, who was sitting on a chair pulled out by an attendant, immediately opened her mouth.

“Okay. It’s been a while.”

As he continued to treat Calian poorly, Silike also showed no courtesy. Calian, who did not expect much respect, paid no attention and continued eating.

“What’s going on?”

Lemaine asked Silike, who was looking at Calian. It was a dry voice.

Silike did not care about this neglect. You must have already prepared yourself from the moment you show up to a dinner party uninvited. Silike said, looking at Lemain.

“Your face has improved a lot, Your Highness.”

“Because I stopped seeing what I used to see.”

Lemain nodded and answered as if there was no need to hide it.

“But now I can see it again.”

These were such hostile words that it was hard to believe they came from Lemain.

Silike, who had become invisible to Lemain, did not show much of a reaction to those words, which clearly revealed his discomfort. He nodded as if he was listening to someone else’s story. Then he looked at Calian and spoke.

“I came because I was curious to know if the Third Prince had a good trip.”

And then he showed a smiling face towards Calian.

Lemain spoke as if he had intercepted Silike’s gaze directed at Calian.

“Did you really come to check that?”

“Because he was a child who had a lot of trouble.”

I heard you had a lot of trouble.

The tips of Calian’s eyebrows, who were quietly listening to the fight between his biological father and stepmother, moved for a moment.

It wasn’t that I felt bad about that level of slander. This is because it was difficult to determine which was more common: those committed throughout one’s life or those committed during the short time one was outside the palace.

‘If you knew that the two brothers you tried to control both disappeared because of me, would you still be able to say that?’

While Calian was thinking this, Lemain sent a warning in a quiet but dignified voice.

“Silike. Be careful what you say about the prince.”

Silike laughed as if it had been a minor slip of the tongue. Calian responded with a slight nod, as if he had just heard a routine greeting.

“As you can see, I had a good time.”

“It looks like that.”

“The cold I was suffering from was so severe that there was nothing outside that could hurt me that much.”

At the mention of Silike’s poison, Lemain’s face stiffened somewhat.

A moment passed before anyone could speak. After that, Silike spoke again.

“That’s right. I’m glad.”

“Thank you. You care so much about me.”

Calian nodded with a smile.

At Calian’s answer, Plantz could be heard laughing softly. And Silike erased her smile for a moment.

The words rose up in Kalian’s throat, asking him to leave as he didn’t want to argue anymore. Therefore, Kalian picked up the glass of water and swallowed the water and words together. It was Lemain who told him to come in, so Calian could not tell him to leave.

Silike, perhaps aware of Calian’s feelings, opened her mouth this time, looking towards Lemain.

“By the way, Your Highness.”

Calian gave an expression of boredom.

A sigh was heard from Randel’s direction. It seemed like he was slowly reaching the limits of his patience. Of course, Silike didn’t care.

“They say something amazing happened in Siegfried’s land. Have you heard?”

Lemain looked at Silique without answering.

Silike looked at Calian with a look like that of a caring mother.

“It is truly surprising and joyful that people’s praise for something auspicious has reached the Heysia Palace.”

“I’m glad you’re happy.”

Calian laughed in his heart. I had no idea what he was going to say with such a grand compliment. Silike’s eyes turned to Lemain again.

“But there is something I heard along with it, so I’d like to ask about it.”

There was only one rumor tied to what happened in Sispanian’s nest. Silike, who was moderately upset, looked at Lemain’s blue eyes as if glaring and said something that should not have been said.

After a while, Kalian, who was the last to arrive at Chermil, spoke.

“Let’s walk for a while. I can’t digest it.”

Jan was well aware of how much Kalian was eating and digesting as he started to grow taller. Still, instead of looking like he was saying something nonsense, Yan just said that he understood and walked next to Calian.

While walking by the lake for the second time today, Calian told me what Lemaine had said earlier.

“Do you know what happened to Your Highness’s older brother?”

“That’s...”

Jan, with a slightly complicated expression, continued his answer.

“Originally, princes who were pushed out of the Crown Prince leave Kairisis when they turn 20. They are given their own fiefdom and stay there. Except that they cannot have private soldiers, the royal family sends soldiers, and they cannot stay in Kairisis for more than five days. “There are no particular restrictions.”

It was about other princes who did not receive the crown without a fight.

“I know that. But if you really said it, I think it means that the result was a little different this time.”

“Yes, I did.”

As expected, Yan opened his mouth again and continued his explanation.

“Actually, there were not many princes who lived the rest of their lives like that in the past. Most of them had renicita leaves spread in the square after their brothers became kings...” This means they were beheaded

or hanged.

It was a difficult topic to broach, so Jan paused for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“You spend your whole life locked away in a remote place.”

“It’s a remote place.”

“It is said that the late king suffered from an illness that could not be cured even with Sispanian’s blessings. That is why he decided on the crown prince from early on, and that person should now pass the word.”

“It did.”

“Immediately after the crown prince’s decision was made, Your Majesty’s older brother, Asnan, rebelled against it, and Asnan is now in a tower built deep in the Berekah Gorge, further south than Siegfried’s Territory.”

Calian heard those words and nodded quietly.

Jan seemed to be worried about the future and said with a smile.

“Do not worry. If the prince cannot enter Camilon, I plan to take him to my house.”

Calian burst out laughing at Jan’s boldly announced plan.

“For that to happen, Siegfried would have to become a kingdom, not a duchy.”

To Kairis . Unless you declare independence and start a war, you won’t be able to live with the prince who was pushed out of the Crown Prince’s throne. “Is there anything you can’t do?” “Aren’t you

saying

this too casually?”

This is said without any malice and only thinking of Calian. Calian finally burst out laughing.

“Anyway, His Highness probably meant that brothers should get along well instead of dying or being imprisoned in bloody fights.” “Is it possible?”

Calian,

who had been considering it for a moment, shook his head. He stirred.

“That kind of peaceful thing will never happen.”

Getting along with those two right now

is something that would be difficult to achieve even in a dream.

That was when Calian was lost in thought for a while.

“...Prince. ”

Yan’s quiet voice called Calian to him.

When he looked at Yan, his eyes were on Calian’s waist.

Calian’s eyes became sharp as he followed Yan’s gaze. A red light leaked from Calian’s waist, to be exact, from inside the pocket of his jacket. It was coming out.

Calian knew very well what was inside.

It was a black pebble that he had received from the elf Luca. Sispanian had told him to keep it with him, so he always kept it in his pocket as a habit, but it was shining like it is now. I had never seen this before.

[Shield]

Calian got nervous at the sudden situation and created a shield in front of Yan. He was worried that something like an explosion might happen. Soon, Calian tried to take out the pebble with a careful hand. I frowned again.

A small flower branch growing under a rose tree in a corner of the garden. A

red rose blooming alone caught my eye on this chilly day. If

it had been a simple flower, I would have thought it strange and passed it over.

What a small flower . You would have passed by thinking that it had bloomed late,

but since it wasn’t, a voice full of doubts came out of Calian’s mouth.

“......why?”

The rose was emitting light of the same color as the pebble.

A blood-red color similar to Calian’s eyes.