Chapter 97

Chapter 19. Brother (5)

Alan, who had been silent for a while, opened his mouth.

“Okay. You can decide now, Prince.”

In times like this, Calian knew that the answer was not to respond, so he calmly waited for Alan’s next words.

“Prince, please decide in advance who you will tell the secret to. Since there are not many people left who do not know, it will not be difficult to decide the order in which you will tell it.”

Worried about Calian, I hurried to finish the work and found out that he told Planz a secret this time.

Of course, Kalian didn’t really say much to Plantz.

He just said that time went back and his relationship with Chase. The rest was figured out by Plantz, who had carefully pieced together Calian’s actions and previous words.

...... Even if I say that.

No, I don’t think it’s too much. Wouldn’t it be easier to just wait and see how much longer you’ll get caught?

Soon Alan’s face turned red and blue.

I should be angry, but I knew that Chase had a hard time today, so I couldn’t say anything else.

Therefore, Calian quickly handed over the drink that Plantz had left behind a little while ago. I promised myself never to say anything about the fact that I almost got caught by the owner of the Lawton blacksmith shop, or maybe even got caught a little bit.

“There really won’t be any more now.”

Even so, it is not a sure answer.

Alan was so shocked by those words that a short sigh finally came out of his mouth. With that, Calian smiled brightly. He noticed that his teacher’s anger had subsided.

In any case, just because he was relieved of his anger, it didn’t mean that the tangle inside him was resolved, so Alan poured himself a drink that Calian had given him and drank it alone. Then, without knowing, I looked surprised and asked.

“The prince’s older brother has been drinking something like this?”

It was not a drink to drink, but to sprinkle around, so I don’t know, but it must have been quite strong.

Anyway, Calian didn’t reply and just poured more alcohol into Alan’s empty glass. Even though Kalyan is bad at keeping his own secrets, he is good at keeping other people’s secrets.

“Wouldn’t you like to have a drink? We’ll all get caught anyway.”

“I quit drinking, Master.”

Calian smiled and shook his head at Alan’s words, which still had lingering resentment.

* * *

The day after many people had a truly upsetting day.

The celebration of King Kairis’s birthday has begun for Lemain, who brought about the cause.

In fact, Lemain’s birthday wasn’t particularly different.

Drinking red pomegranate juice as soon as I opened my eyes was the same as starting my breakfast with food full of red. The only thing that was different from Calian was that he did not receive laprania flowers corresponding to his age.

Kalian was said to have been taken care of by Merlin, but not Lemain. That’s why Lemain made a disgusted face when he saw Alan, who had come to see him early in the morning with a distraught look on his face, and Raoul, the chamberlain, who was holding thirty-nine Laprania flowers next to him.

“What is it?”

Raoul answered Lemain’s question in a slow but polite tone.

“Your Highness, Count Manasil”

“Throw it away.”

Lemain said this without even listening to Raoul’s words to the end.

Thanks to this, Alan looked like he was chewing an uncooked pear, and Raoul looked very embarrassed.

Alan well anticipated what Lemain would misunderstand. It was unfair because of that.

“Don’t misunderstand.”

There is only one person in the world whom Alan buys flowers. There was only Veronica, my granddaughter, whom it would not hurt to look at. Why would Alan give flowers to a guy like LeMaine who secretly invites Chase?

So of course the flowers were not prepared by Alan.

“I followed this path for a different reason.”

Alan put the report in his hand on Lemain’s desk, which was the reason he came into Lemain’s room with the flowers. And he said it with a very scared face.

“The flowers were asked to be given to me by my beautiful student, so there is no need to throw them away, just accept them.”

After hearing those words, Lemain’s eyes turned to Raoul again. Raoul, who had the right to speak once again, spoke a little faster and more politely.

“Yes. Count Manasil brought me flowers sent by Prince Calian.”

Although Alan’s name was included, which was useless, the conclusion was that Calian had prepared it and delivered it to Alan’s side.

“It must be fate that I remember it like this. I want to know your name.”

For a moment, Kyrie hesitated.

Yan quickly looked at Kyrie. This is because you should not hesitate when a royal asks your name. The etiquette was no different from that of the Secretariat.

Fortunately, Chase waited for Kyrie to speak without saying anything.

“This is Kirie.”

I didn’t mention my last name on purpose.

In Secretia, it was said that even commoners without surnames worked in the palace, so I thought it would be okay to just say that. But Chase tilted his head and asked again.

“Do you have any last name?”

Kirie lowered her head and closed her eyes tightly.

“My last name is... Bern.”

Chase’s eyes lit up in surprise for just a moment. However, Chase soon smiled again, nodded and opened his mouth.

“Kyrie Bern. That’s your name.”

“Yes, it is.”

Even though he wanted to get away from Chase, Chase didn’t let go of Kyrie. Yan thought that he seemed to be interested in this child since he was owned by Kalian, the sword master, and was said to have strong weapons.

“That’s a strange thing. The last name you have is a very old one that has been passed down to the royal family of Secretia. Do you know that?”

Calian never told us what the name Bern meant. I just said that I meant it in a good way, but I didn’t tell the exact story.

“I don’t know the words that come down to the Secretia royal family.”

An ancient language from the continent that was used long before the Two Gods War broke out. The only place where it was passed down was Secretia. So there was no way Kyrie of Kairis would let anyone know about it.

Chase also opened his mouth to explain again, as if he didn’t expect Kirie to know what he meant.

“Bern. It means a hero who will not be forgotten. So it would suit you well. Although it may not have any meaning in Kairis, it has a good meaning, so let’s remember it.”

“I will. Thank you.”

I’m not thankful at all.

You’re a hero who won’t be forgotten.

If that’s what you really mean, then you’re completely wrong.

* * *

Alan couldn’t stop the conversation between Chase and Kyrie. He

thought it would be okay, so he left it at that, but Vern is. I regretted it later when I realized that my name was even mentioned.

In the end, as soon as Kyrie’s thank you speech was over, Alan opened the office door and hurriedly called Chase.

“The atmosphere outside is so friendly, it’s a good place to listen alone. Please eat now.”

Chase turned his head at those words, looked at Kyrie, gave a brief greeting, and followed Allen in. He left all the attendants, including Teilan, outside. The door closed and

Chase, who was sitting across from Allen, answered belatedly. “I was late to talk because I was glad to hear that here.”

“

Yes. “I was listening.”

Soon, Alan picked up his coffee cup, took a sip, and put it down.

Maybe it was because of the alcohol he drank the day before, but he felt sick

. “You still like coffee, Lord Manasil.”

He is a Baron in Secretia and Kairis. Esau was Count Alan, so he seemed to have been wondering what to call him, but decided to just use the honorific title.

“I always have a lot of work to do, so I feel anxious without this.”

“I understand. “I feel anxious when I don’t have something that has always been there.”

Chase nodded and looked at Alan’s coffee cup for a moment.

When the sight of the steam rising from the coffee dissipating was repeated three or four times, Chase opened his mouth again.

” But I was always anxious when something that wasn’t there before appeared.”

Alan, who had a hard time guessing what those words meant, looked at Chase.

“I forgot something I shouldn’t have forgotten. I.”

This was to say that a memory that had always been forgotten came to mind. Chase, who had come all the way to a foreign country, looked at Alan.