Chapter 53. Calian seemed to have no reason (3) and
once again held his head.
This happened shortly after returning to his newly prepared room in the main palace.
“I drank it.”
“I drank it.”
I just heard that when I told him not to drink tea, he drank it all the time.
The royal palace was still silent about why Louise collapsed. According to what I heard through Chase’s birds, the story is slowly spreading among the nobles, but it is not growing louder yet. If it were the current Kairis, the voices of the nobles who had already rushed to the Senyuu Pavilion or gathered on Astricia Street would have been loud, but that was not the case for Secretia.
All the nobles who knew how to reason and raise their voices, but who had animosity towards Devlan, were already dead. This is a time when only nobles who were unable to discern between right and wrong or who had forgotten how to raise their voices survived. So aren’t the nobles’ thoughts and actions bound to be as short and weak as the wick of a burned-out candle?
I thought that Plantz, who visited Devlan in this situation, could be seen as quite good prey for the nobles. If the plan to kill Plants hasn’t changed yet, I wonder if what Louise experienced will be repeated again, and if the nobles’ opinions are tilted toward joining hands with Chase as Louise intended, they might try to do something to help Chase in some way.
At the time of the private meeting with Devlan, wasn’t it before the fact that Plantz had ascended to the throne had even spread? Moreover, if Plantz falls from poison, Louise’s affair will also become known, and even if Plantz wants to take revenge on the nobles, he will not be able to join hands with Devlan.
So I told him to be careful.
Plantz had answered that he already knew.
“Why... why did you eat that?”
“When I think about it again, I don’t think I would have included it.”
“I drank it because I didn’t think it had been poisoned, but it turned out that it was, so what did you do?”
“You didn’t hear.”
Calian, who looked like he was going to die of old age because of you, our noble and noble brother who believes in blessings and is very good at running wild, seems to have learned from seeing that even a certain amount of poison does not kill him, quietly lowered his eyes.
If someone wants to overcome the limits of their patience, they can try playing the role of the 3rd Prince of Kairis. I feel like I want to ask someone to take my place for an hour instead of a day. In the meantime, I will just be the 2nd Prince of Secretia.
After a while, I don’t know if it was because I had recovered or because my blood pressure had risen, but in any case, a thin voice came out from my red, beautiful mouth where my complexion had returned a lot.
“...... Hina.”
Obviously, someone would try to poison the tea, so I warned you so hard to drink it, just put it down and never put it in your mouth, but that person over there, who is like the back of a maple tree bud, drank it and came back. I told you everything.
Before long, Kalian finished his oatmeal banana soup, watching with satisfaction as Plantz, who was looking at Hina’s hand, continued to say ‘Okay’ out of his mouth. I felt like I could eat about 10 large steaks, but Hina told me not to. Unlike that person over there who was constantly scolding me, I knew Hina would listen well, so I endured it well.
Afterwards, I watched Hina, who had worked hard, eat a delicious meal with a full face, and then watched the green-faced crown prince begin to eat a whole steak grilled in olive oil and seasoned with black salt, and I drank a lot of water.
“Kiri.”
“Yes, prince.”
After finishing the meal, our Hina, who enjoyed the strawberry cake and strawberry ice cream, went inside and slept soundly. Kalyan opened his mouth.
“It seems like Master doesn’t come very often.”
“Association. The blue-haired crazy wizard is late.”
Plantz, who was proudly eating strawberry cake, answered on behalf of Kirie.
Now there were no bracelets or rings on Kalyan’s wrists and hands. Plantz, who listened very carefully to Hina’s words that she should rest and not use magic for a while, took everything before eating.
“Did you say anything else other than that you were going to look for Lord Hertz?”
“There wasn’t any.”
“lie.”
“Speak informally.”
“Don’t lie to me.”
Plantz frowned.
Calian, who was only half-listening to what Plantz said, opened his mouth again.
“What should I do if the crown prince of a country tells a lie in front of his younger brother, who is said to be so weak?”
Plants drank a very refreshing drink of carbonated water filled with mint leaves. Of course, Kalyan is a drink that can never be drunk these days.
“I think I heard that my brother, who is so weak, needs to get some rest right away.”
Calian frowned as he faced the pale face trying to recall where Hina was staying. Kalian was about to ask, ‘Who is it that caused me to end up like this?’ but he held back and said.
“It’s because I’m worried.”
“Who knows who.”
“I’m worried about you, Master.”
“You bark well.”
ah.
Sispanian.
“... Then, could you please meet the two knights I saw on the beach instead of me?”
“okay.”
“Yes. I made a mistake too.”
Instead of explaining that she and Calian had decided to call each other by their first names, Arianne offered a light apology and then opened her mouth again.
“I asked Prince Calian not to come here. But he brought Prince Flanz, the people in command of the Kairis army, and the head of the Kairis Wizard Association. Then, they even called your amazing archmage. I came. As soon as I arrived, I was caught up in a big accident, so the nobles who had been holding my hand little by little were becoming agitated again, and in the end, I heard that the concubine almost died. Are you trusting Prince Calian and handing over the concubine’s information to you? In your right mind?”
Arsene, who was quite crazy but not without reason, fell silent for a moment. This was because Arianne’s words and suspicions were not considered excessive.
“I understand what you mean, my lady. If Devlan hadn’t reached out to the prince and Viscount Bern, we wouldn’t have come here either. But” “I’ll go back to the palace. I’ll tell you directly. Otherwise, just let me get out of here
. “I will move on my own.”
“Lady Lin. We...”
Arsene opened his mouth again, his face full of embarrassment. But at that time, I felt like a black shadow was passing by from somewhere. Then.
– Boom!
There was the sound of something being struck mercilessly. And Arianne lost consciousness and fell to the floor.
– Tuk!
While everyone was confused when they saw the Marquis’s daughter fainting, Aila quickly came over and held Arianne’s head to prevent her from hitting the floor, then sat her down on the sofa and took out Arianne’s bag. And then he threw it at Arsene.
“Take it.”
Calian said he needed data, and Arianne said he shouldn’t die. I didn’t say that you shouldn’t beat him, knock him out, search his chest, and take his materials. Then it’s done, isn’t it? Aila had a truly peaceful expression as she thought this.
Arsene’s face didn’t seem to care at all how surprised he was to witness Calian’s bird, Takkari, knocking down the daughter of a foreign marquis right in front of his eyes.
“... Ah... yes. Thank you... thank you.”
They say the people of Secretia are terrible.
I guess that’s right.
* * *
One familiar face.
Another unfamiliar face.
“Is Arianne safe and well?”
The middle-aged woman, with her curious eyes focused on the unfamiliar face, turned to Chase and asked.
“I am with Prince Calian’s people.”
“I’m very worried because the child doesn’t listen well.”
“They are not dangerous, so they will get along well.”
They were so close that one of them insisted that he couldn’t give them the information, and the other person hit the person in the neck. Of course, it was a story that no one here knew.
Soon Chase told us about what was going on. I just relayed the events that had happened so far in order, excluding personal thoughts. The person who nodded and listened to the whole story looked towards Plants and lowered his head.
“Then you must be Prince Planz, the second prince of Kairis. Is that correct?”
Plantz answered in a low voice to the middle-aged woman who gave an unhesitating greeting to an unfamiliar face.
“Crown prince.”
“Ah. Has the title changed in the meantime?”
Plantz just nodded without saying another word.
Chase didn’t bother to mention Plantz’s position. Plantz had asked me to do so.
Marquis Lei Jian Lin.
A person without white hair, but with a slightly wrinkled face and eyes that were exactly the same color as Arianne, smiled and opened his mouth.
“Congratulations. I won’t be able to congratulate you for a long time, but for now, enjoy it.”
One corner of Plantz’s mouth rose slightly at the words, which seemed to indicate that he had no intention of going to Camilon, but had only taken the position.
“I know.”
“If you are locked up, will your eyes be blocked from looking at the world?”
Kirie had said that no one had come in or out of Marquis Lin since last night. So, the Marquis was clearly able to guess why Planz had risen to that position simply because he was the ‘Crown Prince’ whom he had just found out about. It was also said that he was a person who could think.
“It was not I who gave poison to Baron Manasil. This place is not so uncomfortable that you would want to leave after doing so, sir.”
After hearing this, Plantz closed his eyes for a moment.
And Chase let out a deep sigh.
– Do you believe that?
– Rather than completely trusting Marquis Lin, there are other issues that hold me back.
Plantz, who had been looking at Chase and Marquis Lin in silence for a while, turned his head towards Chase.
– That brilliant knight of yours. I don’t think I can see it.
Teylan Castrin.
I finally realized that the person who had always followed Chase was nowhere to be seen.