Chapter 81

Chapter 17. The steps (1)

Silique.

and Evan Briesen.

Who is first?

When Lemain went out of the palace with all of the knights, including Caera Allan, saying that he would go hunting, Silike called the leaders of the knights Raon and Karen as if he had been waiting for them.

Of course, they both knew very well what Pavel’s knights had been through recently. Therefore, I was doing my best to avoid being noticed by Silike. However, Silike found them himself.

In the end, the two knight commanders who could not refuse the order visited Silike’s greenhouse. And I heard what I expected.

– The founding ceremony of the wizard group Vulkan this coming Monday.

It was said that if Silike did what he told him to do on the spot, he would be rewarded sufficiently. They did not tell us what to do or what we would be compensated for.

The two knight commanders first responded by asking for time to think, and then left Heisia Palace. The depth of the water filled their faces.

“This is beyond embarrassing.”

“Me too.”

You haven’t said what you want me to do yet. Silike simply said that it was not that difficult.

A voice mixed with a deep sigh flowed from Director Karen’s mouth.

“You asked for an answer by tomorrow morning. What do you plan to do?”

Being the leader of Raon was no different.

He shook his head and said:

“I guess it would be right to only listen to the Marquis’ orders.”

“But isn’t this the royal palace? How can you disobey the queen’s orders?”

They were the royal knights. So, of course, they were the ones who had to listen to Lemain’s orders. However, Lemain’s name was not mentioned anywhere in their conversation.

Will you listen to Silike or follow Evan?

That was all.

In the end, the two couldn’t come up with an answer and parted ways and headed to their respective offices.

And then they both saw a letter lying on the desk. The sender was also the same.

It was a letter delivered from Marquis Evan Briesen.

A letter sent from the same person to the two knight commanders.

The two leaders’ faces became equally serious as they read the contents of the letter with their eyes busy in their respective seats.

* * *

It was something I should never have forgotten.

So it was clearly Calian’s mistake.

“Aow!”

I should have told you who the rose garden belonged to.

No matter how busy I was attending the hunting competition, I should have told him that much before we set off.

“Aow aow!”

I should have told him that the cat was not allowed to go there for whatever reason.

so.

Hina, who met Kalian when he had not yet completely abandoned Bern’s appearance and came to protect him more like a younger brother than an older sister, became involved with Plantz, who was nothing more or less than a scoundrel in Kalian’s eyes.

It was all Calian’s fault.

* * *

It started from a conversation we had at breakfast on the day of the hunting competition.

Calian, who was the first to arrive at the restaurant and was sitting alone, asked this as soon as he saw Planz’s face as he entered.

“I heard you have severe body aches. Are you okay?”

Hina, startled by the darkness in her vision, raised her head, then lowered her head again when she saw light emerald colored hair.

‘A really big deal...!’

Not only did he run proudly in front of Randel, but Plantz also appeared here. I was flooded with regret that I should have waited for Merlin to come out of the meeting.

“See you again.”

Plantz, who came to the garden alone without an attendant, perhaps determined to recreate royal etiquette, bowed his head and gave Randel an arbitrarily condensed greeting. Then he looked at Randel’s attendant for a moment and opened his mouth.

“You don’t even recognize the prince’s personal maid. Why do you have a bodyguard with you who doesn’t know if he has bad eyesight or a bad mind?”

Even though he was talking about Randel’s servant, he had no hesitation.

This was a reprimand for not being able to distinguish between the maids working in Chermil and the prince’s personal maids. It was clearly evident in their eyes that they did not understand how they were going to escort him like that.

The servant bowed to Planz.

“sorry.”

Plantz did not reply further to that question. Instead, he glanced at Hina standing behind him and said.

“Put it away.”

Of course, I’m talking about cats.

Hina bowed in greeting, took the cat back from the servant’s hand as if snatching it, and then quickly walked out of the garden. The clueless cat made a meowing noise in Hina’s arms.

When the sound of the cat could no longer be heard, Randel slowly stood up and opened his mouth to Plantz.

“You told me to come hunting. Why didn’t I go?”

Plantz’s rudeness did not last for a day or two, so he did not mention what he said to the servant in front of him. So, if I had the personality to improve, I would have fixed it a long time ago.

“That’s it.”

Plantz gave only a simple answer. Randel didn’t even nod his head.

“I didn’t know it was time for you to be here. I’ll go.”

Soon Planz turned back and said this. This is because he knows that if he talks to Randel for a long time, his true intentions will only be revealed. Randel, who was staring blankly at Plantz’s back, spoke.

“It looks like their relationship has improved a lot.”

Plantz’s feet stopped in place.

Even if the escort attendant didn’t know, Randel remembered Hina. So, he realized why Plantz had bothered to stop by the garden at this time. Why did Plantz help Calian’s maid?

I wonder if Calian and Planz may have joined hands.

Planz closed his eyes and opened them. Anyway, once Randel started to have doubts, he could no longer be deceived. And if it were Randel, he wouldn’t have told this to Brisen.

Therefore, instead of asking what he was talking about, Planz only answered with a lot of ridicule.

“Do you regret this too?”

At those words, Randel sat back down. And answered in a quiet voice.

“Is that possible?”

Those words sounded to Planz as if he was happy that he had one less competitor. Plantz came out of the garden without another word.

And then I saw Hina standing in front of Chermil Palace again.

Since it looked like she had been waiting for him, Plantz turned his gaze towards Hina for a moment.

“why.”

Then Hina handed over the notebook she was holding in her hand. When I glanced at the contents, there was a short sentence written there.

– Thank you for your help.

Plantz knew that Hina was Kalian’s maid, but he had only just realized that she could not speak. However, I had no intention of saying anything else to him, so I just nodded and went back to my room.

That night, Kalian, who returned from the hunting competition, also heard about the incident. However, there was no other reaction to it.

The day passed by as if it were not so quiet.

And Monday.

The day when the founding ceremony of Balkan will be held.

The day that many people have been waiting for for their own reasons has arrived.