CH 38

Unable to sleep after a day of fruitless work, the prince finally decided to mobilize a knight and began to turn the dark castle upside down.

As he passed through the floor where the servants resided and headed north, suspicious of the lone tower within the castle, Carl whispered quietly as if speaking to himself.

“Having a trait is not necessarily a good thing when it comes to finding true love.”

The Omega knight who was accompanying him was taken aback.

“Why do you think so?”

“Even if you don’t deeply love the other person, pheromones can still work, and you can simply sleep together. And if a mate occurs, you can’t separate from each other.”

The prince, who seemed melancholic as he spoke, carefully chose his words.

“Prince, are you feeling anxious by any chance?”

As an Omega himself, the knight’s intuition tells him that the prince is feeling anxious about his relationship with the Crown Prince.

The prince, whose shoulders trembled as he hit the mark, lowered his head slightly as he ascended the stairs leading to the tower.

“What’s there to be anxious about? I just suddenly thought about it.”

Hmm, the knight made a snorting sound and pondered for a moment.

A dominant alpha and a dominant omega, both perfect for each other that no one could refute.

This prince, as beautiful as a painting, what could possibly be making him anxious?

Thinking about the circumstances that led the prince to Heineken and the background of the Crown Prince.

The knight nodded his head.

What was lacking between the prince and the Crown Prince was a bond.

When they were pushed together and unexpectedly met in Heineken, they were drawn to each other’s strong pheromones, but they lacked the time and events to build a real sense of connection.

Perhaps the prince in front of him was the type who considers such aspects important.

At the moment when His Highness the Crown Prince had given up on being connected to anyone, thinking that he would never be able to be connected to anyone, the Prince appeared. So, there was no need to resist the attraction.

As the Prince, who was walking ahead, briefly paused as if catching his breath, the knight gently supported his back from behind.

“Even as someone who lives by instinct, I can discern the fluctuations of the heart, Prince.”

“Yes?”

The Prince responded as if asking what the knight meant, and the knight returned the virtuous smile that his lover praised.

“What I mean is that the compatibility of pheromones we’re talking about is not simply a matter of causing or not causing arousal.”

“Well, what else is there then?”

As the Prince tilted his head in confusion, the knight swallowed his saliva inwardly.

Even as an Omega, he could see that the Prince was quite charming.

Long limbs and an androgynous face.

With muscles gradually forming on his slender body, he was captivating to both Omegas and Alphas without discrimination.

It’s not just about appearances.

The second Knight Commander praised his agility and magnanimity. His level of knowledge, gained from experiences that were unknown to others, was considerable.

It’s a concern that anyone with a trait would have at least once.

I wonder if this person is not ‘seduced’ by my pheromones.

However, this concern becomes insignificant once you’re over 20 years old, but since the Prince’s heat came late, it seems to be a concern now.

As an Omega senior, the knight chose what advice to give to the Prince.

“Do you ever find yourself entranced to the pheromones of people you don’t like, or even people you find mediocre?”

Finding the prince’s question cute, the knight took a step forward and offered his hand to the prince.

“Is that even possible? On the contrary, I find it unbearable to even breathe in the same space as someone I dislike.”

Without hesitation, the Prince took the knight’s hand, and they ascended the stairs together.

“You naturally need to have feelings of liking in order to perceive that scent as beautiful, whether it’s pheromones or just body odor.”

The Prince lowered his eyes subtly.

It felt like he was trying to gauge my feelings.

‘People who start with such concerns tend to live well for a long time. It seems like you’re determined to stick closely by my side, even entering the coffin together.’

The knight laughed with satisfaction.

If the spire of Heineken Tower reaches high into the sky, the north tower of Lindbergh was barely half its size. The knight had no trouble climbing it, but the prince, who was lacking basic physical stamina, was breathing heavily.

The knight was about to suggest that the prince should increase his exercise to keep up with the Crown Prince, but decided to let the prince figure it out on his own.

The resonating stone held in the prince’s hand began to emit a loud hum.

The knight and Carl both nodded simultaneously.

Quietly, they approached the door of the tower.

As the knight examined the doorknob, he whispered in confusion.

“The lock is open.”

“Could Kitchener have accidentally left it unlocked?”

An old fox doesn’t become a fox for no reason.

It is a well-known fact that he had prepared a tomb without an exit, out of concern that his grave would be plundered after his death.

The knight shrugged.

Screech.

The door slowly opened, and Carl Lindbergh swallowed his saliva nervously.

“Prince, what are you doing here?”

The prince’s eyes narrowed, and the knight tightened his grip on his forearm.

The person who came out of the door was none other than the queen.

The knight couldn’t help but look back and forth between the queen and the prince, unable to close his mouth.

They resembled each other to the point where it was difficult to hide that they were mother and son.

Although the king looked like a dog bone that was chewed up and discarded, the queen still boasted a splendid appearance.

She asked again with a restless expression on her face.

“Why did you come all the way up here in the middle of the night?”

“Mother, what were you doing here?”

The prince asked with a cold face, hiding his surprise.

“I asked first! Prince, what were you planning to do, accompanied by a knight from another country?”

With a small resonating stone hidden in his sleeve, the prince tried to smoothly enter through the door.

If the queen hadn’t blocked the door.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

The rich blond hair and blue eyes inherited by the siblings shone even in the lightless tower.

“I have something to check.”

“There’s nothing here.”

“Well, then it seems even more reason to go in and see.”

The prince gestured to the knight, and the knight swiftly covered the queen’s mouth and pulled her inside.

Inside the small, dusty space, the resonating stone in the prince’s sleeve trembled.

“Uh, ummph!”

“Apologies, Your Majesty the Queen.”

The queen, with tears welling up in her eyes, glared at the apologetic knight.

Meanwhile, Carl swept through the room and found a small box.

As the prince struggled to open the box, which wouldn’t budge no matter how hard he pulled, he focused on the magic stone embedded in the side of the box.

The blood of the descendant of the male lineage of royalty.

Carl Lindbergh, you are indeed that descendant, so does that mean you should shed blood?

With certainty that the upper part of the magic stone was not flat but slightly concave, the prince borrowed a dagger hanging from the knight’s belt.

“Prince!”

A sharp and well-forged blade can cause a deep wound if not handled properly.

The concerned knight tried to stop the prince, but the blade mercilessly pricked the tip of his finger.

“It’s okay.”

“Ummph!”

As the tip of the dagger touched the prince’s fingertip, the queen’s body twitched as if having a seizure.

The difference in strength between the knight and the queen was too great, to the point that they couldn’t even come close.

Confirming that the blade drew blood from his fingertip, staining it crimson, the prince brought it to the concave part.

With a clink sound, the container opened, revealing a magnificent and dazzling large Royal seal.

Being able to decipher the inscription was such a convenient thing.

It was quite an impressive feat to understand the principle just by reading a single line, which would have taken an unfamiliar person a long time to decipher. However, Carl nonchalantly brushed it off and moved on.

Deep down, he worried about what would happen if this turned out to be a fake container meant to deceive people, but his concerns were overshadowed by the appearance of the ‘Real Final’ item.

As the prince confirmed the presence of the Royal seal, he immediately closed the container and wiped away the blood that hadn’t yet seeped with his clothes.

“Block the door and release the queen.”

“Are you sure it will be okay?”

“It will be fine.”

Or at least, he hopes so.

As soon as the knight released the queen, she rushed towards the container, but Carl stood in her way.

“What do you plan to do with that!”

The queen shouted, and Carl calmly replied, “I will take it to Heineken.”

Momentarily speechless, the queen approached the prince as if she were about to grab him by the collar.

“Do you know what you are up to, Prince? You’re trying to sell out the country!”

How dare you, how dare you.

The trembling queen, taken aback by the prince’s following words, sat down in astonishment.

“I’m not trying to sell the country, I’m trying to fix it. Why are you acting like this, Mother?”

The queen stiffened abruptly.

“What were you doing here? You can’t even touch the Royal seal.”

“I, I was just… just…”

Stuttering, the queen suddenly sniffed and her face changed color.

Like someone who had witnessed something incredibly terrifying, she opened her mouth wide and lunged at the prince.

The knight tried to stop her, but she reached out and grabbed the collar of the prince’s clothes.

“Prince, surely not. The Crown Prince and—!”

“Step aside!”

“Get out of the way! What insolence is this!”

The knight protected the prince, who had his neck scratched by the queen’s fingernails, and grabbed the queen’s arm, pushing her away.

The queen screamed like a shaken bamboo and shouted.

“Now your body is reeking with filth! Did you give your first time to the Crown Prince? Is that what happened? What kind of body is this? How dare you use it like that!”

Carl remained impassive, observing the queen’s behavior without even raising an eyebrow.

He had thought the queen was relatively normal, but perhaps that was a misconception.

“I gave you medicine when you were young to suppress your pheromones! I prevented you from going into heat like that!”

The only one who felt awkward was the knight, as he watched the queen start to shed tears.

Hiding an Omega’s pheromones.

It was something that couldn’t be done with ordinary medicine, but he had been given it since he was young?

The knight examined the prince’s expression, but the prince remained composed.