150. Imperial Palace (1)
When I turned my head, I saw a girl with her back and looking up at me.
“Ben, how are you?”
It was a dazzling appearance that anyone could see.
somewhere between a girl and a woman.
The playful face was full of innocence and leisure at the same time.
‘Ben and I knew each other because of the way they greeted me.’
The dazzling white hair is a symbol of the imperial family.
Among the two princesses, it was concluded that the first princess was taller than the average height, so the girl in front of her was the second princess.
I don’t know how a mechanic got to know the princess, but if he hesitated for nothing, he would be suspicious.
“I see the 2nd Princess Julia Fnaham.”
With a natural gesture, Cain bowed one knee and bowed.
The personality of ‘Ben’, who was handed over through the data, is calm and quiet.
As a child of a low-ranking civil servant, he read a lot of books and was more educated than his peers.
“… … .”
Cain waited for the princess’s reaction.
He took Ben’s most likely action in this situation, but his response could have been wrong.
The princess, who had been staring at Cain for a while, suddenly burst into laughter and said, ‘Puhaha.
“What is that? Just like when we suddenly met for the first time.”
She wiped the tears with her fingers, wiped the smile from her face and spoke in a solemn voice.
“You may raise your head.”
Cain got up from his seat and made eye contact with the princess. She was back with a smile on her face again.
“I missed you.”
Then, he grabbed Cain’s arms and hugged him from the waist.
“Is the shooter taking a nap again? Was it hard for you to come and see me secretly?”
The princess’s actions were sudden, but Cain was not embarrassed.
He simply looked down at her small, snow-like crown, and analyzed the number of cases.
He quickly smiled at the conclusion he reached.
‘Secret meeting with the princess. He wouldn’t have known that his life would run away if caught.’
Ben. He was a man with more adventurous temperament than I thought.
Cain grabbed the princess by the shoulders and pulled her away from her arms.
“Others can see it. Please be careful of your actions, Princess.”
“Don’t worry. I’m the only one who comes to such a remote place. Go! Do you know how long I wait for this hour each week?”
The princess took Cain’s hand and led her to the nearby maze garden.
The bushes grew taller than they were, so it was perfect for avoiding the gaze of others.
“Every day is boring. I just study every day. I can’t even go out because it’s dangerous outside the Imperial Palace.”
The princess told a story that a girl of her age could tell.
It was a sudden meeting, but the situation didn’t seem too bad.
It was an opportunity to identify the opponent in advance and dig up information as a person who would inevitably meet when entering the imperial family anyway.
“It must be difficult. You have to learn various studies and arts every day.”
“Because I can’t even breathe. The teachers are not good at teaching.”
Cain accepted the conversation moderately and asked questions in between, leading to the desired answer.
‘Princess 1 and Princess 2 were excluded from the dragon line.’
The prophet’s masculine physique and tone.
Also, unlike the princes, the conclusion was made in that it was difficult for the princesses to leave the imperial palace.
But after going through the verification process, there wouldn’t be anything wrong with it.
A great cause is not enough no matter how careful and meticulous you are.
“I can’t go outside, so I go around the Imperial Palace as much as possible. It’s so big, there are many places I haven’t been to yet. Something like His Majesty’s laboratory or the basement of the Imperial Palace.”
Cain asked naturally.
“Under the Imperial Palace. Do you know what is there, Princess?”
“no. I don’t know. Rumors abound, but I’ve never been there. Some say that the treasures of the magic kingdom are piling up, and there are those that demonic beasts are being bred.”
Cain thought as he saw Julia raising her hand and making a terrifying expression.
‘… The 2nd Princess is definitely not a prophet.’
Two attribute points obtained by defeating Laika.
After investing in ‘body strengthening’, the remaining one was used to acquire ‘eyes of truth’.
Although Estelle owns it, it was a choice she made because she could not be with her in every situation.
Especially in the imperial family, there were many unknown people, so it would be of great help in addition to the purpose of searching out the prophets.
‘The Prophet also knows the main setting of the work. If the princess was a prophet, what she said a while ago would have turned out to be a lie, not the truth.’
I glanced at my watch and there was still time.
‘The most necessary thing is information about the emperor and princes. They are the most suspected prophets.’
When Cain was trying to get his luck.
Yulia, who was walking ahead with her back on her back, turned around and asked.
“But who are you?”
still with a smirk.
with a curious face.
“I don’t know what you mean.”
“It’s not you, Ben. Yes?”
“You like to joke around.”
“If it were Ben, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything because my face turned red when I hugged him earlier.”
“… … .”
“Besides that. The real Ben has a different atmosphere. He speaks politely and politely, but it feels like he’s wearing clothes that don’t fit. It’s not natural because it seems like they’re forcing themselves to imitate aristocrats.”
Julia came right in front of Cain, raised her chin, and met her gaze directly.
“On the other hand, you have a natural elegance. Every expression, gesture, and tone of voice. It seems like you hid it by hiding it, but I can see it all. It feels more noble than anyone I have ever seen.”
She took a breath and spit out the last word.
“So, who are you? you?”
still smile.
He looked like he was asking for a compliment because he had solved a difficult problem.
‘… It’s definitely a strong enemy for his age.’
The emperor had many concubines.
Originally, the number of children exceeded 20, and it could be said that the current six survived the scheming and strife between the factions.
2nd Princess Julia is 17 years old.
Behind the girl’s face there must be a snake.
Cain looked at her one last time.
“I really don’t know what you’re talking about. I am just as usual.”
“Don’t be funny. If you don’t blow it right, it’ll scream. The author tried to rape me! The guards are coming and it’s worth seeing, right?”
Julia put her palms around her mouth and pretended to shout.
Cain let out a small sigh and changed the direction of his thoughts.
‘If used well, it can be a not bad opportunity.’
It was difficult to deal with, but if you could control this little demon in front of you, it would be of great help to your future activities in the Imperial Family.
“Ah, was Ben taken somewhere and killed? poor man. He was a young man, but he was sincere.”
Julia was now doing something similar to acting with her hands clasped.
Cain cleared his mind and opened his mouth.
“All right. There seems to be no point in hiding it any longer.”
“Wow! Really? Who are you? How the hell did you get through the front door?”
Cain put his palm to his face to cancel the transformation magic.
And the moment you put your hands down.
Julia’s mouth, which had been chattering non-stop, stopped.
“Wow.”
That was one word.
Julia, who soon came to her senses, said.
“Is that your real face? It’s the first time I’ve seen anyone more handsome than Abel’s brother.”
John’s face did not deviate much from Cain’s real face.
It just changes each element of the facial features that determine the impression a little bit, giving the impression of a completely different person.
Cain nodded, ignoring Julia’s question.
“I will greet you again. My name is Johan Kirif, who runs a pharmaceutical company called Hexamedical.”
Julia’s eyes widened.
“Are you Johan Kirif? that john? Developer of petrification treatment?”
“You know.”
“Of course I do. The imperial palace is not a place completely cut off from the outside world. I hear it all through the mouths of the servants. I am particularly interested in the outside world.”
Strictly speaking, Cain was a criminal who broke into the Imperial Palace without permission.
However, as if she had met a celebrity she had always admired, Yulia poured out questions with her eyes shining.
Is it true that President Vulcan got up on two legs from a wheelchair?
Is it true that he is a hidden disciple of Matop Elder Raitino?
What was the process through which the treatment was made?
“There were rumors that you were the devil. It spews fire from its mouth and spreads its wings every night and flies over the mansion.”
“… I think you need to select a little bit of the rumors and listen to them.”
Julia laughed softly.
“So is Ben dead? Is it hardened with concrete in a huge oil barrel and buried deep in the ground? Or in the sea?”
“He didn’t die. I just went on a long vacation somewhere else.”
“is that so. If it were me, I would have taken an eternal vacation for perfect silence. So, why did you enter the Imperial Palace while disguising your identity?”
Cain walked over to the wall of the bush and pushed the branch aside.
exposed small gaps.
A huge imperial palace appeared.
“I came here to find something.”
Julia, who came closer to the side, raised her feet to see the gap Cain was looking into.
“What is it?”
“I can’t tell you that.”
“It’s the name of the princess. Let me know.”
“no.”
Julia stopped her claws and looked up at Cain.
“Even if I don’t tell you, I’m going to scream?”
In her eyes, there was a will to do so if the number was wrong.
But Cain did not show even the slightest agitation.
“Are you okay? If we do that, there will be more surveillance in the future for protection.”
Cain added softly.
“The princess’ plans to escape the Imperial Palace are also disrupted.”
The moment Julia’s eyes widened with surprise and embarrassment, Cain’s hand moved like lightning.
A lipstick box in hand.
When I opened the cover, a plastic bag filled with white powder appeared.
“When I said it smelled suspiciously, it was also a boomcane. It’s a hallucinogen, but it’s very explosive, so it’s a drug that has some other uses.”
Cain’s gaze turned to the outer wall exposed above the bushes.
“Unfortunately, the outer walls of the imperial palace are not weak enough to collapse in a boom. I would have risked my life to bring it in, but Ben’s efforts have been in vain.”
Yulia couldn’t say or do anything with a bewildered face.
Because the opponent was aware of all the situations and plans in an instant.
‘Nonsense. You recognized Boomcane by smell? Almost odorless?’
In addition, the fact that Ben delivered the medicine and the ambitious plan to escape the palace.
I wondered if Ben was talking about something, but then he shook his head.
‘I never told Ben that I was leaving the Imperial Palace. He’s so obsessed with me, there’s no way he’s talking about drugs.’
Already risking his life for love, he brought in Boomcane. A story that would be harmful to this side would not have been told even if he died soon.
If that’s the case, then it’s a story that he came up with such a statement only with the information he had grasped in a short period of time.
A simple poke?
‘no. If it’s a stabbing look, you can’t make such a flawless expression. I threw it out with complete certainty.’
Confidence and bluff.
real and fake.
Having lived through all kinds of scheming and strife, he was confident in sorting them out.
“… How did you know?”
There was no choice.
All I can do is pretend to be as calm as possible.
“The clues may not mean much individually, but when they are put together, they can become a complete picture.”
“It’s unbelievable. Even so, the clues were lacking. What you did was not a guess, it was a leap—”
Cain’s gaze staring at him coldly.
For a moment, Yulia took a step back.
“The princess thinks that all she knows is everything. I understand. You’ve never been out of the Imperial Palace before.”
I was angry for a moment, but I couldn’t help it with the feeling of intimidation I felt.
To be honest, I was underestimating.
If there is one thing I realized while bumping into countless people in the Imperial Palace, ‘age’ does not necessarily guarantee wisdom or age of that person.
Most of the adults she experienced were humans who were as vulnerable to emotions as the storms of the time she lived and were easy to swing around.
John also thought he wouldn’t deviate much from that.
No matter how great a person is, rumors are bound to be inflated through mouth and mouth.
‘But this person feels similar to dealing with His Majesty or the Minister of Magic.’
Julia looked at Cain with a vigilant look. Cain glanced down at his watch and said.
“I don’t have much time given to me. I’ll say it outright. The princess wants to leave the palace in search of freedom, and I want to come inside the palace to find the ‘something’ she wants.”
What are you trying to say?
Julia’s heart was pounding.
“The goals are slightly different, but the interests seem to be aligned.”
“What do you want to say?”
“I would like to make a suggestion.”
Cain took another step closer to Julia, who had taken a step apart.
He bowed his head and whispered in her ear.
“I will make the princess free. In return for helping me with my activities in the Imperial Palace.”
In an instant, a wind from somewhere blew past the two of them.
It was strangely cool.
A feeling I’ve never felt before.