Gaiden – 3
“Why are you here? The Crown Prince.”
It was a question raised out of pure curiosity. As I remember, the Crown Prince must have been in 3rd grade last year.
“Weren’t you graduating?”
The Iliad Academy is graduating after the third year, meaning that the Crown Prince is not currently a student at the Academy.
And that meant that I had to treat him not as a student, but as the prince of this empire.
In response to my question, the Crown Prince, namely, Adrian, opened his mouth, wriggling his eyebrows.
“It’s true that I should graduate originally. But I still have a lot of work to do at the academy.”
“then…?”
“I was in a hurry.”
I wondered if I had heard it wrong, so I pondered what he had said.
“Paid… you mean?”
“okay.”
Adrian nodded proudly. It was so ridiculous that I didn’t even laugh. It was even more so when I saw that posture.
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Just because pay is like that doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. Considering the reputation of the Iliad Academy, it was even more so.
Being paid is usually considered a shame or dishonor to the family.
In order to be retained at the prestigious academy, it is because they committed a serious incident or had to miss regular classes due to some kind of incident like current students.
I’ve never heard of Adrian committing a crime big enough to get paid. But that doesn’t mean he missed regular classes.
If so, the Idline must have been paid by his own will.
They shout for equality, but as long as the prince is in the Empire, there is no way that the power of the prince will not affect the inside of the academy. If such an institution existed, it would have been disbanded sooner.
So, the Crown Prince remained in the academy for some reason. through the method of remuneration.
‘why?’
I couldn’t figure out why. Did Adrian learn anything from this academy? I haven’t looked into it clearly, but it doesn’t appear to be.
In fact, the club I am currently a member of. Except for the fact that I was working as the head of the club, I knew very little about Idrian.
This is because the goal in front of them was survival with the Demon King. Even though I did a rough research on the Empire, I only absorbed the really basic knowledge and read the rest of the books about my disease name and the Demon King.
It was the only thing that caught my eye.
“You look like you have a lot of questions.”
“It’s because I can’t figure out why the Crown Prince is in such a hurry.”
“Is that so curious?”
I nodded. It was pure curiosity. Why did he get paid? The prince looked at me like that and smiled.
“I have a lot of questions for you too…”
He looked around and told me.
“We’ll talk about that later.”
After saying that, Adrian left. I wonder where the hell did you learn to make people curious and disappear?
I feel an unfamiliar presence around me, is it because of that?
Adrian’s intentions were unknown. However, I couldn’t hold onto the one who left, even the Crown Prince, so I blankly watched him leave.
…I felt a bit uncomfortable.
**
When I got home, Rebecca was sitting on the sofa waiting for me. She picked up the cookie regardless of whether I came in or not.
“Are you here for a snack?”
Rebecca turned her head to the question and looked at me. Even so, he continues to frown because of the sweets he wears.
If you like sweets like that, you should buy them, but I don’t know why you always come to my room to eat.
filth filth.
Rebecca, who enjoys eating sweets, sat on the sofa in front of me. The bowl that should have been filled with sweets was already showing the bottom.
I looked at Rebecca with a slight frown.
She tried to reach for the cookie, but when she noticed me, she took her hand back. What would you say if you ate more?
“ha….”
“Why are you sighing all of a sudden?”
“If I can’t breathe when I see you, I’ll applaud that person.”
Rebecca tilted her head as if she didn’t understand. She didn’t seem to understand what she was like at all.
Seeing her mouth full of cookie crumbs, inflating her cheeks like a squirrel, and slurping her cheeks, I wondered if she was really a noble saint.
However, Rebecca had not seen this look once or twice, so we decided to move on.
“So, what did you come here for again?”
“Sleep…”
Rebecca looked at me, pursed her lips, handed over the cookie, and exhaled heavily.
“Puuuuuuuuu…”
“…what are you doing?”
“A deep breath.”
So, why are you taking that deep breath all of a sudden? I asked if there was a cookie stuck in my throat just in case.
“I’m not blocked!”
Rebecca’s face turned red and she could hear the screams. She opened her eyes wide and glared at me.
Seeing it, I was half convinced. She said she was swallowing sweets and got stuck in her throat. There was no water nearby, so I must have swallowed it.
Then I was out of breath.
I glanced at Rebecca, crossed my legs, and rested my neck on the sofa. It was a feeling I had never felt before possessing.
In that state, I posed a question to Rebecca once again.
About why you came to this room.
Rebecca rolled her eyes for a moment, then slowly opened her mouth. Her cherry-like lips reveal information she didn’t want to know.
“The Holy Father is interested in you.”
“The Holy Father?”
“Yes. Probably because he was the one who revealed the identity of the heretical judges and defeated Bishop Ipelsio.”
The Pope is interested in me…
I relaxed my legs and straightened my posture. At the same time, he tapped the desk with the tip of his fingernail. It was a meaningless action, but it was more useful than I thought to roll my head.
As Rebecca said, there are good reasons and justifications for the Pope to be interested in me.
Being the eldest son of the Duke of Philasia is enough to attract public attention.
Even if it is not well-known, if it is powerful enough to execute the heretical judge and Bishop Ipelsi, who has transformed into a demon…
‘Perhaps you are thinking of a senior level.’
Reaching the senior level at this age is a disgrace in itself. The superlative would not even be able to think of it.
Probably the result of adding the help of a saint to the advanced level. That would be judging that. That’s also a normal judgment.
“Did the Pope say anything to you?”
“Yes. I can’t tell you the details because they are related to the Church’s confidential information, to just mention a few…”
Rebecca’s mouth moves busily. She provided some information related to me. It was mostly exactly what I expected.
Even the Pope did not think that I had reached the highest level.
Who do you think will reach the top level at this age?
If it were me, I wouldn’t have doubted it.
The highest level is like that.
“I….”
“Why are you doing this? Is there anything else I haven’t told you yet?”
“No no no. I said everything I could tell you.”
“then?”
Rebecca hesitated for a moment, then closed her eyes tightly and shouted.
“Tell me what you can tell me!”
Hearing those words, I was stunned for a moment and opened my mouth slightly. It was because I couldn’t quite comprehend what Rebecca had just said.
However, as Rebecca blushed and covered her mouth with her hand, I could tell that it was a pretty shameful offer for her.
“What are you talking about. Can I tell you? What is it?”
“Ahhhh! Just forget it! I was wrong.”
I can’t do that.
Even if Rebecca shakes her hands and shows signs of infidelity, it has nothing to do with me. You can’t put back the words once spoken.
He bowed his head and shook his head. I asked you to tell me what I could tell you. What I can tell you. What does that mean?
Rebecca told me some of the Church’s secrets. He told the secrets as far as he could tell them.
no way….
I shook my head and looked at Rebecca. Her face, which had barely been restored to its original state, is dyed again when she meets my eyes.
What I can tell you. That would mean information you haven’t told Rebecca yet. And there’s only one piece of information I can give her that I haven’t made clear to her.
‘That’s why Akshi hit me in the head.’
Didn’t you make their assumptions certain?
But if it was, Akshi himself could have told it or told it to me.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure it out. There was no way Akshi could check Rebecca or Agnes, and the relationship between the three didn’t look that bad.
As I watched Rebecca’s face dyed as if watching the sunrise, I shuddered slightly.
“I am not a senior.”
“yes?”
“You’re guessing my status. And what I want you to know. Wasn’t that it?”
asked sensibly. If it wasn’t her, then my guess would be wrong.
“…Right.”
But my guess was right. Rebecca nodded cautiously. Her gaze turned to me and her mouth moved.
It was the eyes of a saint, not Rebecca.
**
Rebecca looked at Deron’s body. His trained body was more refined than before, with his energy completely hidden before he knew it.
Nevertheless, the presence was huge enough to take over the entire room.
It is a condition that can only be considered as one step higher to his level.
Rebecca thought Deron had reached the highest level, but did not ask Deron. To be precise, I waited for Deron to speak directly.
And now, Deron indirectly informed Rebecca of that fact.
“When you caught Bishop Ifelsio or the Heretic Judge, you were definitely a senior.
Rebecca has had a fight with the Demon King. Even for a brief moment, there is an experience of fighting against the evil of the Demon King.
And based on that experience, Deron, who had captured Bishop Ipelcio, knew that he could never capture the Demon King.
Because the Demon King was so powerful.
It was hard to believe that his strength had been weakened by robbing someone else’s body. Deron caught such a demon king.
Rebecca took a deep breath. Even though he thought that Deron had moved forward, he had to doubt himself.
That was the scope I was going to discuss from now on.
“Deron. You…”
Rebecca shut her mouth when she asked if she had reached the superlative level.
very. The end of the realm that an uninhabited person seeks to pursue. The power of the strong people on this wide continent.
If Deron was of the highest level, its mighty power was understandable. However, Rebecca decided that his strength was simply not superlative.
It was because he had already faced the superlative once.
There are knights among those who discuss the name of the gods in the denomination. Those who deal with Aurors instead of divine power and protect priests and followers.
paladin.
Among them, the person who reached the highest realm is now the head of the Paladins.
I was sure because I had faced the superlative. Deron’s power was different from that of the superlative realm. A little more ingenious, a lot more powerful.
Rebecca asked.
If Deron had reached the superlative level, and went beyond it, he had to ask:
“Where the hell did you go?”
Deron thought for a moment. What should I say about the level he has reached? I couldn’t just say it was top notch.
Because this area is like that.
In the end, there was only one thing I could tell her. As I first realized it, a vague but clear explanation.
To Rebecca’s question, Deron answered:
“A place where you can forge a star into a sword.”