Chapter 178: Decipher (4)

Chapter 178: Decipher (4)

Your Eminence, what do you mean

Sir Johann, who always maintained his calm, asked in a shaky voice. I stood up in shock.

I heard Empress Frdrique gasping and saw Christelles jaw drop in shock.

My little prince, come over here.

Cardinal Boutier withdrew her Divine Oracle and calmly called me over.

I slowly walked over so that I wouldnt scare Gerrit and saw that the little kid lying on the couch was smiling at me.

I felt relieved that he didnt seem to be in pain since coming to Riester.

However, I was still confused about what she meant by there being ether in his body.

Sir Johann seemed to be hearing this for the first time as well.

What is going on, your Eminence?

I quietly asked as I stood next to my teacher.

She pointed at her healing circle and looked at me.

Look over there. Can you recognize the background of the design?

I focused on the area she was pointing out.

There were layers of extremely complicated designs that created a sophisticated pattern.

However, my teacher advised using the same method to learn every new circle.

Find the simplest image that creates the background of the circle. Then you will be able to easily tell what condition the circle is focused on.

The soul. This is a basic circle that looks into the form of a plate.

I responded. She nodded her head and looked at the childs father.

Thats right. But if you look over here, the reaction is very weak. There is no issue with the plate itself, but it is extremely thin.

Is that problematic, your Eminence?

Sir Johann held Gerrits hand as he asked.Explore new novels on novelbin(.)com

His extremely desperate voice made me feel terrible.

My teachers eyebrows drooped as if it was a pity.

It would not have been an issue if Gerrit was born as a normal person. However, there is a tiny amount of ether in his plate.

I think he would have also not been in pain if he had the powers of a priest. Pure ether is static and does not put much burden on a persons plate. However

It must be attributed ether.

Sir Johann sounded as if he was in pain as he buried his forehead in Gerrits palm.

He must have looked extremely pitiful as Christelle walked over and rubbed his back.

She then turned her head and asked.

Then does that mean that Gerrit is a Holy Knight? However We were not able to sense anything. I believe that Sir Johann and his Royal Highness would say the same thing.

That was right.

Holy Knights could sense the ether of other religious figures; they could even use that to tell a persons condition or emotions if the other person did not actively hide it.

Yet none of the three Holy Knights in the Empire managed to detect Gerrits ether.

I quickly figured out the situation and answered.

It is because the ether has never come out of Gerrits soul. It should be the result of his instincts protecting him because his plate, which is weaker than average, could break at any moment. It kept the ether confined inside instead of letting it go in and out.

Wait a minute, your highness Attributed ether actively tries to come out of the body

Christelles voice trailed off. That must be why he has always been sick. She mumbled.

The Cardinal looked down with a look of sorrow on her face.

Attributed ether always tries to come out of the body, but Gerrits weak plate had been using all of its strength to prevent that until now.

The flow of ether itself would have burdened his plate, so it chose to seal it at the source for his survival.

That lonely fight was causing the pain in his soul.

It naturally led to delayed growth and weak physique.

It must have been so hard on him.

Then There is no way to heal him.

Sir Johann looked crushed.

He looked as if he was crying despite there being no tears.

There was no way to heal a plate that a person was born with; there was also no way to remove ether from inside the body.

This was your typical incurable illness.

The Cardinal chose to remain silent instead of putting him in more pain with an answer.

I plopped down in front of the couch and made eye contact with Gerrit.

The child, who had eaten a lot of delicious things today, made sure to take his medicine, and had fun running around the garden with Chestnut, now looked sleepy.

I smiled and patted the childs chest.

Yeah, now I remember. Kids this age dont really know if its about them or someone else when the adults talk about serious things around them.

You noticed that uncles ether had an issue even without me telling you. Thats why you shared your medicinal tea with me.

Nod nod. His small head slowly moved. Hes such a good boy.

Thank you. Im going to get better really fast thanks to you. Our Gerrit is so smart.

Your Eminence, was the flow broken because I talked?

No, thats not it. The flow of your ether gets very strong when you eat something delicious, my little prince.

Is that a good thing? I guess it is good. I nodded my head and took a big bite of the pan bagnat.

The crunchiness of the whole wheat bread, the savory tuna and tomato, boiled egg, and olives mixed together.

Chef Laurences vinaigrette sauce was, as always, the perfect mixture.

The celery and peppers exquisitely maintained the balance, giving just the right amount of refreshing and clean taste.

This truly was amazing. I heard that she made them in a rush but they are still perfect.

The world needed a webnovel with Chef Laurence as the main character.

Ive never experienced something like this before.

Right?! I dont think I will ever get to experience something like this again.

Sand and Christelle commented while seated on the couch eating sandwiches.

The priest who urgently rushed over after being summoned, cried after hearing the whole story.

He mentioned how Gerrit always seemed as happy as a puppy chasing a butterfly whenever he opened his Holy Domain.

He seemed to have gotten close to his little servitor while looking after him and teaching him.

Gerrit, who was seated next to his dad on the other side, stopped drinking his juice and peeked toward the window.

I subconsciously followed the childs gaze.

The Empress, who had taken her jacket off and relaxed her cravat, was plopped down on an armchair looking through documents.

She looked serious but this was my first time seeing her dressed so relaxed.

Isnt she cool?

I whispered. Gerrit nodded his head.

Her Majesty is even more dazzling when she smiles.

The childs eyes started sparkling.

I debated whether to tell him the story of the day I became a Marquis when the crown prince bastard, who was seated at the head of the table, glared at me.

Now what?

I think hes glaring at you because he is worried you will become his stepfather, your highness.

Cough! Cough cough! Cough!

What?! Hey! I flailed from the pain of hearing something so unbelievable and the double pain of coughing at the same time.

I buried my mouth in my sleeve and started coughing. I noticed that Christelle and the crown prince were viciously glaring at each other.

While that was going on, the MCs joke seemed to be to my teachers liking, as the woman who had been seriously observing my soul suddenly looked completely red.

Damn it

Aurlie? What happened?

The Empress asked in from the other side. The Cardinal instantly covered up the look on her face and adjusted her monocle.

Wow, as expected of an adult.

Its nothing. My little princes ether was reacting so vividly.

What nonsense.

Anyway, Im happy. It is slow but his power is definitely being generated in his heart. He was the same as a regular person while he was unconscious.

She looked at me and explained. I awkwardly rubbed the area over my heart as I smiled.

The Paten of Wishes in my heart seemed to have recovered after the cooldown time and was working again.

The time seemed to have ended quickly thanks to the sun halo weed.

My little prince, will you drink some of the medicinal tea right now? Lets use the circle to accurately assess the changes.

Yes, your Eminence.

The Cardinals attendant, Natalie, handed me the cup at that time.

I put the sandwich down on the plate and received it.

It was at that moment.

Knock knock.

Your Majesty, Your Eminence.

Vice Captain lisabeth urgently entered the room.

Everybody looked at her because she looked quite serious.

Laura was quite sharp and had everybody bringing food leave the room for now.

The Vice Captain of the Imperial Guard looked around the room. The Empress motioned with her chin.

Its fine if they hear. Speak.

This is urgent news we received from Aightz Village, one of the Imperial familys territories.

She cleared her throat.

Some skeletons have been discovered while mining the holy stones. The report says that there seem to be dozens of them. The remains do not seem to have been recently buried; based on the jewelry that was found with the remains

Her grey eyes slightly shook. The tension made me tightly clench the cup.

They are believed to be the remains of priests from the Holy Kingdom who passed on the Empires lands.

Translators Comments

Dead bodies?!