Chapter 406

Chapter 72. It’s a shame (4)

that it tastes salty at the end of the sweet scent.

I was so captivated by the taste of almonds lightly coated with salted caramel that I kept reaching for them. If it had a strong sweet taste, I would have gotten sick of it easily, but the salty taste at the end makes me reach for it endlessly.

So, another one, and one more in a moment. About half of the snacks that were placed at the end of the pharmacy table entered Arianne’s mouth and disappeared.

Veronica, who had been concentrating for a moment on accurately measuring and distributing the ingredients for the medicine that would heal the open wound, turned her head. Arianne smiled shyly as she looked at the almonds that had suddenly shrunk and opened her mouth.

“What should I do? I almost ate it all.”

“It’s okay. Grandpa will bring it again anyway.”

“Manasil, you really like sweets.”

“I like it so much that it’s a shame. I don’t like it, but how can my grandfather live with such a thing?”

Isn’t it difficult to distinguish between Arianne and Veronica without formality? Thanks to this, the two naturally started talking without even having an agreement to talk comfortably. This happened during that short day when Kairis’ pharmacists, including Veronica, and Arianne were working together to create sleeping pills.

“You don’t know how much he hates bitter medicine. My grandfather would never take anything containing this kind of medicine.”

“ah.”

Veronica grumbled as she put the measured ingredients aside and cut into small pieces the stems of an herb known for its bitter taste. Arianne nodded and pointed to the thing that was being cut by Veronica’s hand.

“Your Highness, too. I never drink bitter tea. I drink coffee well.”

“That’s right, Grandpa too. Even though he drinks bitter coffee. I already memorized all the bitter herbs to remove all the bitter taste from the medicine I make for him.”

Veronica, who had reached a consensus, chuckled.

However, Arianne couldn’t laugh. Even though he appears to be around the same age as my fiancé, I had to think for a moment whether I should be happy or be confused by the fact that his grandfather, who is obviously elderly, and my fiancé, who is still young, have similar tastes.

“If it had been a bitter smell rather than dried blood, I would have found it a long time ago.”

Veronica’s words came back to Arianne’s ears.

“Herzenes?”

“Yes. It was in the picture book left by my father, but I had never seen it in person, so I couldn’t remember it right away. If my sister hadn’t told me, I would have thought of it by now at the earliest.”

Herzenes.

It was a plant that, when crushed, produced a pure white gin with a unique scent.

On the day Calian disappeared, Raven came to the palace alone and found her entire body covered in grass and dirt. I ran over a rough place, rolled around on the ground, or lay down. First, after understanding the situation to that extent, I sent Raven to Chermil Palace. However, the attendant who was cleaning Raven fell asleep.

Jan, who heard the news, informed Allen of the contents, and Hina came to visit and confirmed that the attendant had fallen asleep due to a sleeping pill. Afterwards, pharmacists stepped in and began to find out the ingredients of the sleeping pill.

After struggling for a few days, Kalian came back. He also said, ‘It smelled like dried blood.’ Therefore, pharmacists nominated several poisonous snakes and insects known to have paralyzing properties not only in their venomous sacs but also in their blood.

‘Do you know a plant called Herzenes? The sailors of a large ship I once met mixed it with alcohol and drank it. I heard that eating it in small amounts will help relieve muscle tension, so I tried it, but the smell was so disgusting.’

An herb with the scent of blood.

An herb that relaxes muscles, not a poisonous herb that paralyzes muscles.

The person who told it was Arianne.

With Arianne’s help and other explanations given by Calian about the reaction of the drug left on Raven’s fur, the pharmacists succeeded in creating a drug that had the same effect.

Of course, it was Alan who immediately procured the ingredients Veronica needed. And the person who helped with the clinical experiment by willingly drinking the finished medicine came to Calian after hearing that Zeon was involved. He met Veronica and assured her that ‘there is no way a sword master would fall asleep while intoxicated by something like that.’ After falling into a deep sleep, he took the antidote and felt refreshed. It was Siona who suddenly woke up.

“But it’s a bit disappointing. It’s a grass that grows everywhere in our country and along the coast near Tensil. It won’t be easy to trace the path.”

“It’s not our job to catch the criminal or find evidence. All we have to do is find out the ingredients for the medicine, make the same thing, and even cancel the medicine. Your Majesty will do the rest. Or Grandfather.”

After saying this, Veronica walked to one corner of the long table and brought out another herb. Then, he carefully removed the tassels from the flower and gathered them together.

“Anyway, thanks to you, I made the medicine and sent it to you in time. Thank you, Arianne.”

“I also benefit from learning a new sleeping potion. Your Highness will also like it. I don’t know if I’ll ever have to deal with the Sword Master, but if that happens, I can use it usefully.”

Arianne answered and ate another almond and asked Veronica.

“How was Prince Calian? Did you take your medicine well?”

Few people know that Calian and Arianne decided to call each other by their first names. Therefore, Arianne added a title and honorific title after her name.

“I heard you right.”

“Did you hear it right away?”

“No. They said that wasn’t the case. Still, the effect is very strong.”

“It’s worth it. It looks like you worked hard.”

“There’s still a lot to struggle with.”

Veronica pointed to the piles of herbs, ready-made medicines, and other pharmacists busily going back and forth in the pharmacy.

“The Vice Commander said we would be training together, and that’s true. I’m the youngest here, so I go home in the evening, but the other pharmacists can’t do that. Anyway, he said he’d let everyone rest after this job, so I’ll stay at my grandfather’s house for a week. “I’m just going to sleep.”

“Oh, you’re taking a break. It’s good.”

After saying this, Arianne continued speaking to Veronica, who yawned long.

“Then, let’s hang out with Sir Grace, Siren, and Lord Bern soon. I’ve also invited Duke Siegfried. You too, Veronica. I think it’ll be fun if we all drink together.”

Arianne’s voice was very excited. It was because I was thinking about the alcohol I had not been able to drink properly since coming to Kairis.

“Leave me out.”

But Veronica, who seemed like she would never refuse, suddenly refused. Looking at Arianne’s wide eyes, Veronica smiled slightly and continued.

“I don’t drink alcohol. I don’t like sweets and I don’t like alcohol.”

Arianne looked at Veronica.

I noticed the connection between sweets and alcohol and the reason I didn’t like it. I don’t know if I had anything to do with Alan, but I didn’t. I knew at least what Alan and Ronil, his son and Veronica’s father, had been through.

Arianne, realizing that she had made a mistake in her words, smiled.

“Then you can have fun without drinking.”

And then, putting aside forced sympathy, hasty attempts at comfort, or apologies that only show hurt, he made another suggestion.

“Let’s go on a picnic. I want to see the Seneu River. There isn’t a river that big in Secreta. I’ll ask Prince Calian to pack a lot of good food for us.”

Veronica, who felt rather at ease with Arianne’s words, nodded.

“That would be fun.”

“Yes. Let’s go see the river, see the flowers, and have fun.”

“okay.”

Veronica nodded and picked up several bundles of dried herbs and held them out to Arianne. Then, with a playful smile, he pointed to the empty bowls on the table opposite.

“If you want to go play quickly, help me.”

Is it because of Rashid Brissen?”

“I think it would be correct to say it is because of Rashid Brissen and Zeon.” ”

The confusion among the nobles . It will be severe. The crown prince title has been decided, but Crown Prince Plants has not yet inherited the small crown. There was no ceremony, nor did they move to Camilon. The nobles are still confused as nothing has changed except the title. But what if it is known that His Majesty has vacated the palace in this situation? If the prince steps forward in front of him.”

“I’m sure he’ll think interesting thoughts.”

Demirea’s eyes turn to the teacup again.

Light purple eyes that resemble the color of the tea and are like a frosty breeze. I remember the eyes that were too cool to be considered human. . I was thinking of the red eyes that seemed to have swallowed up all the fire in the world, and the look in their eyes that made me understand how they could sometimes be so cold. “It might be noisy today.” “How could it not be

noisy

? You wore clothes like that.”

Demirea, who momentarily thought of the costumer who must have worked hard all night to redecorate Calian’s clothes, spoke dryly. Calian raised his teacup and answered, “It’s noisy, so don’t go out

. . Since I brought you to Lili, I’m going to stay at Rubia’s house for just one night. It’ll be fun because there’s Arianne and Lord Castrin.”

“Yes. We will have to do that.”

“Let’s have dinner with me, fiancé.”

Demirea nodded.

Then, looking at Calian’s clothes, she asked lowly.

“Really. Are you planning to meet nobles dressed like that?”

Red eyes filled with chills bulge with anticipation. An indescribably beautiful smile is drawn that is brighter than the stars, more fragrant than flowers, and colder than a dead heart. A smile that needs no other answer

. It was.

* * *

Calian’s person was attacked by someone.

Calian, who came to the scene, stepped forward and pointed his sword at him. But that night, Calian disappeared. Lemain sent the king’s bodyguard, Elazar, to the Marquis of Gray Briesen’s residence. They searched, but couldn’t find Calian. However, a few days later, after Crown Prince Plants and Vulcan searched the same place, Calian returned. Gray

Brissen said that he ‘protected’ Calian whom he found and escorted him to the royal palace. Calian No explanation was given. Plantz also did not mention it. Vulcan, including Allan Manasil, also remained silent. And Lemain did not explain anything. About a week after the incident, in the middle of the night, he came to the

royal

forest. A fire broke out, and a hundred knights sent by Count Aizen Eifrin, a member of the Calian faction, hurriedly entered the royal palace under the hand of Duke Dmirea Siegfried. And Lemaine moved to the villa in Schrinz

. A rumor went around:

‘Almost all of the nobles in the capital have gathered. He won’t be pouring strong drink on all of us.’

‘Who. Prince Calian?’

Nobles gathered at the royal palace to confirm the truth.

‘Anyone. However, if there is someone who needs to do such a thing, it would be Prince Randel. Prince Calian or Brissen, who is in control of Allan Manasil and the new knight force. ‘The difference in power between the crown prince of Planz, who is of the bloodline of and actually controls the Balkans, is quite tense. There is no way he would turn his back on the nobles in that situation, right?’

Wasn’t it Calian who returned the throne to Lemain, who couldn’t even breathe properly due to Briesen? Nevertheless, Lemain gave the crown to Plantz, not Calian. However, he officially gave the crown to Plantz. There was no mention of when the ceremony was scheduled to take place. And Calian continued to appear in front of the nobles with Plantz, showing that he was not dissatisfied with Lemain’s decision. Is that Calian’s sincerity? Or is it the dissatisfaction he had been building up

inside

? Was it because of this that Planz’s investiture ceremony as Crown Prince was postponed?

Was it simply a coincidence that Calian and Lemain, who had gone missing after being attacked for unidentified reasons, were unable to find Calian right away? Or was Plantz appointed as Crown Prince? I wonder if it happened because of a feud with Calian after putting it up. I needed to know that.

‘That’s true. Prince Randel is also said to have one hand in Brissen, but the real forces like Tensil and the Great Desert are one step away.’

‘Yes. So, it wouldn’t be surprising if Prince Randel decided to kill and destroy all the nobles gathered here.’

‘If you were that scared, you could have run away to your territory. Why did you come to the palace?’

‘I came here because Marquis Briesen didn’t come. You can’t kill all the nobles who come to the palace by leaving Briesen outside the palace. Besides...’ ‘Besides?

‘

The nobles, who had left behind their busy schedules and work, gathered in the main conference room of the Seneu Pavilion and requested an audience. If it were true that

Lemain had gone to the villa, he would not be able to appear here. Of course, if it were not true, he would come and see his face. It was supposed to shine.

If that happens, it will be possible to know whether Lemaine and Calian have turned their backs or are still on good terms. ‘Should

n’t I now decide clearly whose side I should stand on, Crown Prince Planz or Prince Calian? I have to take a good look at it and the family will be at peace, so I have no choice but to come here.’

Unfortunately, there was no one present who remembered that Lemaine and Calian had a ‘father-son relationship’ and that the three they talked about had a ‘brother relationship.’ The ironic fact is that among the four, not a single one was greedy for the crown. I couldn’t even imagine.

“Prince Calian Rayne Kyris is entering.”

It’s natural.

Isn’t he a royal?

“Stand up and be polite.”

A knight’s voice is heard. It’s

Calian, not Lemaine, who has come. Everyone stood up without even thinking about it.

– Tap, tap.

The sound of hard shoes echoing in the quiet conference room.

They stood toward the place where the sound was coming from.

– Tap. Tap.

Lowered their heads.

– Tap. Tap.

Put both hands together.

I bowed my back.

– Tap.

The sound of the shoes of someone who passed the nobles and walked to the front, slowly approaching from far away. After feeling it stop, I straightened my back. I raised my head. I turned my gaze. I looked at Calian. But I raised my head

again

. Everyone

bowed their heads in a hurry. It was to hide their expressions. It was to hide their eyes. They lowered their heads so as not to make a mistake. A red

cloak that went down to their toes. Jewelry with purple rubies. Red shirt, black. A black vest with a tie, black pants, and a jacket that goes down to the thighs.

That’s right. A long black jacket with extravagant gold that is incomparable to the prince’s uniform.

Only the color is different from the designated one.

It is clear to anyone who sees it.

“Nice to meet you.”

It was clearly the crown prince’s conquest.