CH 6

"I heard you're sorry... … ?”

Kaverion's upright posture was disturbed for a moment.

"yes."

“Are you talking about bowing your head?”

“… … yes."

It's a little different, but Aiden lowered his head for a moment to examine his wrist.

It wasn't that I was making up something out of nothing. maybe… … .

Rylenne pretended to be nothing while hiding her true feelings.

“It looks like he was hungry.”

“You are faster than I thought. Thinking of the miasma I saw that day, I thought it would last for a month.”

Fortunately, Kaverion doesn't seem too suspicious.

If this was the case, I would have lied in the first place.

'I put on that live show to hear Aiden say I'm sorry.'

I'm glad though

“How was your condition?”

“It looked bad. Like a person about to collapse.”

“You don’t have to worry, you won’t fall down that much.”

Kaverion said in a firm voice.

“He is the one who endured by grazing grass during the three-month battle against the territory. Even in the wild.”

three months or so... … ?

And to think that he endured by grazing and eating grass... … .

Once again, his life felt hard.

“Lylaine, do you know why we didn't ask for Damian from the Vedcian duchy?”

“… … I know."

Lailenne knew the reason because she had read the original.

As Kaverion said, the Duke of Ergen did not ask for the second son, Damian, who would soon appear as an Awakener, as a prisoner.

Even though having him as a hostage would have been much more valuable.

The reason was a dirty political battle.

Aiden was a child of the 'Emperor's sister' and 'Bedsian Duke', but as the two divorced, he was treated like a duck egg in the Nakdong River.

At least, the oracle came down and the family members paid attention to him again in the expectation that he might become an awakener, but Aiden does not awaken until he is 20 years old.

Missing the awakening period and giving the place of the oracle's main character to Damian, Aiden became a completely abandoned child.

'In the meantime, the Bedsian duchy pushed Aiden as the commander-in-chief of the Territory War.'

Pushing him as commander-in-chief in a war with a high probability of losing was tantamount to a death sentence.

Aiden's real mother, Merien, who finds out about this, goes wild.

[Even if the main character of the oracle isn't our Aiden, he's the blood of the imperial family, so he's pushed around with his limbs... … !]

However, the Bedsian duchy ignores Merien's words, saying that Damian, the second son, is a body that will become an Awakener, but cannot be sent to a dangerous war.

A rift began to form between the Bedsian duchy and the imperial family.

'The Duke of Ergen didn't miss that point.'

Sending Aiden as a prisoner became a decisive factor in the conflict between the royal family and the Bedsian duchy.

Even though the Duke of Ergen had won the war, they didn't exactly ask for anyone to be sent as a prisoner.

I just made them 'choose' from the Bedsian duchy.

It cleverly passed responsibility.

To say 'it was you who sent Aiden'.

It was because he knew that there was no way he would send Damian, who would become an Awakener anyway.

Caverion was behind all these schemes, and according to his scheme, the relationship between the Bethian duke and the royal family must have been completely ruined recently.

He realized that his brother standing in front of him was a very scary person.

“Lylene, remember that Aiden Vedsian is no more and no less than a hostage.”

“… … all right."

Lailene replied with a slightly depressed face. Caverion rose from his seat.

“Knowing that this is no fun thing to do on your whim.”

again

those cold eyes.

What the hell happened to Kaverion to show such hostility?

You don't like the evil that Rylenne has done?

After sending him away, Rylenne thought she would have to refresh her memory.

one before that.

"Brother."

When I called Carberion to leave, he turned around.

Rylaine smiled brightly and reached for his neck.

However, unlike before, his hand was caught in mid-air.

'Oh... … .'

“Did it have dirt on it again?”

"yes."

Rylenne lied without blinking an eye.

The soil was not buried.

It was just a joke with the intention of making fun of Caverion, who always spoke coldly.

The last time I cleaned the dirt, I remembered his embarrassed face.

“Don't lie. Wipe it before coming... … .”

wipe? Laylaine tilted her head at the ambiguous words.

“You said you cleaned it up?”

“… … not."

The tips of his ears turned red.

Seeing that, Rylaine thought.

'Looks right.'

Lailene let out a sinister laugh inwardly.

Alas, my brother was caught being pointed out the other day, so this time he wiped the soil before coming?

I was excited to see his quivering eyes, but I had to stop teasing him.

“I just played a joke on you because you look so stiff today.”

“… … I am not one to accept your pranks.”

Ah yes I bet it is.

Lailene held back a laugh and pushed Kaverion's back.

“Your brother, who is busy, goes quickly.”

* * *

After escaping from Lailenne's room, Kaverion leaned against the door and closed her eyes.

'shit.'

I felt like I was being swayed by Ryrene since yesterday.

It also crumples noodles in strange places.

Right before I came to see Lailene today, I purposely stopped by my room to retouch my outfit once more.

Because I couldn't suffer the same disgrace as yesterday.

But today, I laughed again because I said something stupid.

As I recalled the face of Rylenne, who had barely managed to hold back her laughter, the heat in my ears rose again.

'I wonder if he was a kid who used to make that kind of expression.'

She admitted that her face was as beautiful as a porcelain doll, resembling her mother, a famous beauty in the empire.

But that pretty face was always full of anger.

'When I laughed, it was only when I was laughing.'

However, I will never forget the bright smile on his face just now.

The usual Rylenne barely looked me in the eye.

'I made it that way, though.'

After 'that incident', he acted especially coldly and severely towards Rylenne.

However, at that time, I was too young to act maturely and wisely.

I also thought it was for Lailenne.

Of course, I know now that the action was wrong.

It was because Rylaine was gradually drifting away as if showing off.

Their feelings for each other deepened.

In particular, when I saw Lailenne, who had the same face as her mother and was ruthless to the employees, I couldn't manage my expression.

How can you make the same face and act the exact opposite?

But yesterday was a little different.

Not only his facial expression, but also his actions. Doesn't he get involved in family affairs, he's sick of playing pranks on himself.

I don't know if it's because of my mood, but it seemed that the eyes that were always sensitively examining the surroundings were alive.

I could feel it as soon as I met Lalaine.

As expected, Ryrene was different from usual.

'I never thought I'd say I'd take care of Aiden.'

He was also quite good at persuading his father. Helis was also clearly pressed.

Lailene, who continued to speak calmly, felt like a different person.

'… … Strange.'

Come to think of it, I thought he had been down for about three days.

I had recently moved out of the house, so I didn't know that. As soon as she returned, she attended the luncheon.

It used to be that Rylenne collapsed often, but this time it was especially long.

I don't think I've ever been down for so long.

'I didn't even think to ask if you're okay.'

There's no way my father or Helis would have asked such a question.

Caverion, who suffered from guilt for a moment, opened his eyes wide.

'… … Am I worrying about Lalaine right now?'

But he quickly shook his head.

He seems to have come to his senses after being down for a long time, but he will soon return to his original disappointing appearance.

So there is no need to feel sorry or worry.

Kaverion moved his steps, thinking that his head was dizzy today.

'I'll have to go to training.'

* * *

Left alone, Rylenne searched her memory to find out what had happened with Kaverion that made her hate her so much.

Soon after, I saw the childhood Rylenne and Caverion.

'what? He's smiling.'

Surprisingly, the two seemed like good siblings.

But at some point, the faces of the two faced each other completely changed.

They were looking at each other as if they were strangers.

Lailene rewinds her memory. She needed to know what the hell had happened to her that made things go wrong.

[…] … I told you to do it!]

I heard Kaverion's voice screaming.

[Hehe, because of me... … !]

Young Rylenne was sobbing and crying.

Lailene, who was searching for memories, became frustrated.

'So what happened!'

It seemed like something big had happened, but the voices and scenes were blurry, as if they were covered in fog.

As if Rylenne didn't want to recall that scene.

Suddenly, a headache came, and Rylenne grabbed her head.

"ah… … It's the head.”

Rylaine stopped thinking. Perhaps it was because of this memory.

I don't know what happened, but young Rylenne made a mistake, and Caverion seems to have seen it.

'That's why the two of them fell apart after that.'

difficult, difficult

Lailene got up from the chair and walked to the bed like a corpse and lay down.

I'll have to look into the complicated family life later, and think about what to feed Aiden.

Rylenne expected Aiden to enjoy the food she brought.