hig-
The guard, who was checking the list of visitors in a businesslike manner, made a hiccup sound. It was a common reaction among the imperials to the word ‘princess’. However, the woman next to him looked at the princess with a laugh.
“Would you believe me if I wore an academy outfit and claimed to be the princess?”
“I will pretend not to know the courtesy of ignorance. However, after checking these documents, you will know that I am the princess. By the way, insulting the imperial family is punishable by death.”
Adrine handed the woman a piece of paper. However, the opponent did not read the document right away.
“Can you forgive disrespect when you are ignorant?”
“yes. I said so.”
“Then, until you read this, you can talk comfortably.”
It was an absurd attitude for Adrine. Even her second brother, who is known for being cold, doesn’t talk to her this way. It was hard to see in common sense manners in dealing with humans, let alone manners in dealing with the royal family.
“Why did the princess appear here in an academy student outfit?”
It was a point of entry.
However, Adrine tried not to forget the request John had given her. What he said in front of the plaster statue of Mulcan.
‘Don’t provoke Kirov for nothing.’
Adrine said as softly as possible.
“I will not comment until you confirm your identity. So please check it out soon. We just want to check the condition of Taro Sabaki.”
“What is your relationship with him?”
Adrine didn’t answer. She kept her mouth shut and merely glanced at the document she had given her. After a while, the eyes of the woman reading the papers narrowed.
Yohan watched the actions of the character he created.
Kirov.
A woman who wanted to torture sinners with her innate cruel nature and took herself as a prison guard.
At the same time, she was also one of the academy’s few wizards. Johan, who guessed the combination of Kirov and Adrin in his head, sighed.
‘It’s difficult.’
In this worldview, there are no mages with weak egos. The wizard reluctantly checked Adrine’s documents and returned them.
“I’ve checked, so please answer me. Why did the princess come all the way here?”
And John’s worries became reality.
Adrine basically treats people politely, but this is a story when the other person also keeps the basics.
Even though she revealed her identity as a princess, she was so stiff. From here on, it was not a matter of his own feelings, but a matter of the imperial family’s face.
“If I can prove that I am the princess, then I can withdraw from that answer.”
Kirov was taken aback by Adrine’s sudden change of attitude.
This immature bitch?
Kirov’s anger does not discriminate against the target. That maddening murder became a stench and penetrated into John’s nostrils.
But her anger was not over.
“And I will issue an order to keep quiet about my visit.”
“Hamgu-ryeong?”
“Apart from the three of us, only you two know that I am the princess here. So, if my true identity becomes known to the public in the future, it will be your fault. If that happens, my behavior will be difficult in many ways.”
Adrin held out her palms in front of her.
“Reach out your hand if you understand.”
Of course, this is not a handshake offer.
Kirov glared at the princess’ outstretched hand as if it were a nasty snake. The sorceress knew what the princess was trying to do.
The noble families of the empire each have their own secret technique.
If the Johann Esperts family, the original applicants for the visit, had a secret to detect danger, the imperial family had this secret.
[Oath of Ruler]
Originally a more complicated name, the secret is the source of the power of the imperial family to rule the empire.
“Ah, I see!”
Unlike Kirov, the male guard next to him reacted mechanically. He held out his hand as Adrine had told him to.
As the palms of the two interlocked, Adrine closed her eyes and said.
“Don’t tell anyone anything about me.”
“yes! All right!”
“The same goes for you, Chief Warden. Reach out.”
Kirov held out his hand with a hissing sound. Unlike the man, he just nodded.
After that simple procedure, Adrine lowered her hand again. With this, the imperial family’s secret secret [Ruler’s Agreement] was established.
When two people break a pact, Adrine feels it.
“Now, guide the person named Taro Sabaki.”
Kirov glared at the princess and turned his back without saying a word. It was an attitude that could be seen at a glance.
‘I’d rather keep my mouth shut than use honorifics for you.’
Kirov did not go round and round the road on purpose, childishly. Even so, the four of them had to walk for a long time in the corridors of the brothel.
“It’s quite a large place.”
When Kirov was silent, Johann took Adrine’s horse instead.
“Because it’s the only prison facility in Frantimo.”
The number of soldiers stationed in Frantimo is estimated to be 100,000.
It means accepting all those who caused the accident among that many people.
After a while, Kirov’s steps stopped. He didn’t stop to attack the princess in the yard accompanied by a sword-chan guardian knight.
John approached the barricade without a word. A flickering torch cast a grim shadow over the fallen man.
A lean muscular man.
He lay naked on the prison floor, wriggling.
It was.
was wriggling
The main character who will have to solve future problems along with the main character.
I can’t check my face in the barrel lying on my stomach. John asked Kirov.
“Is that Sabaki?”
“Yes. You applied for an interview. As you can see, this is not the time to talk.”
driving me crazy.
All over his body were traces of severe torture. The tendons of the wrists and the Achilles tendon of the ankles have knife marks like tattoos. Its back, as if it had been flogged countless times, was torn, festering, and rotting.
It is a torture that did not assume that it would be sent alive in the first place.
John realized that his worries were rather lacking.
Yohan’s concern is about Sabaki not being able to participate in the [First March] event.
But now, his condition is such that he has to worry about whether he will be able to survive, let alone participate in the [First March].
It was the princess who expressed her anger first.
“You, Kirov, have you made a half-baked man who is not even sure of his guilt!”
Kirov snorted.
‘crime?’
From the beginning, she was not interested in pursuing sin. The sins of the soldiers coming here are not to prove, but to sculpt.
with sword and whip.
In that sense, that Sabaki was the one who made her happy. Because he never admitted his guilt. So only her favorite order remained.
pulling out the tongue.
After that, I planned to report. ‘This man wants to admit his guilt, but he can’t express it enough because he doesn’t have a tongue.’ do.
Anyway, there is no such thing as a military trial. But Adrine nailed it.
“Transfer Lee to the military medical facility right now.”
“What?”
“Therefore, heal interest quickly.”
For Kirov, it was as if he was deprived of the highlights of his painstaking work. But Adrine’s orders were not over.
“And I will warn you. If he doesn’t come back, you will have the same experience.”
John gritted his teeth. Imperial princess and academy sorceress.
Their eyes met each other as if stabbing each other.
***
The inside of the clothing store was filled with colorful and beautiful fabrics. But even among the many fabrics, there was nothing that Ida liked.
Ida raised her voice.
“Ah, so… The point is that the underwear is transparent, right? It doesn’t shine too much. Look. The fabric is too thick.”
I’ve had a lot of difficult customers, but this was the first order. The salesperson also raised his voice.
“Guest, this is thick! There is no fabric lighter than this in the world.”
“Oh, why is there no fabric in the clothing store? You can make it.”
“Why don’t you rather wear glass!”
Evangeles, who was watching his brother’s life, lost his pulse. It was a pitiful feeling. First holiday after entering the academy. It is his own responsibility to be dragged along by his brother’s shopping.
“Then let’s try this on, okay?”
Watching his younger brother suddenly disappear into the dressing room, Evangeles thought that this grueling shopping was finally over. But when she brought another pile of cloth and started talking about it, Evangeles changed his mind.
“Hey, it is.”
“why?”
“I’m going.”
“uh?”
Ida stopped bargaining with the vendor for a moment. His older brother’s face was full of traces of embarrassment.
She was immediately embraced by Evangeles.
“Ah, brother. Where are you going?”
“You don’t need me to pick out clothes anyway.”
“Ho Ho. Who would have asked you to come pick out clothes? I’ll go with you later. Please carry our luggage too.”
The girls who were choosing clothes around them quickly noticed. These were the friends who came along with Ida.
“I envy you. There is also a caring older brother who comes with me like this… .”
“right. How can I live in sorrow for someone without an older brother?”
It was an obvious handiwork.
“Ah, Mr. Then pick some quick. hurry!”
“okay okay. Guys? Let’s hurry up a bit.”
“Yes, yes.”
Evangeles scratched his head.
It is said that people gather among themselves, and the friends Ida brought seemed to have similar personalities. And Evangeles could explain his view of women in two words.
‘The opposite of Ida.’
It’s been a long time since Ida’s friends lost interest. Evangeles looked around.
Indeed, Frantimo was the city as they had been told.
Even one clothing store is the size of a mansion. As Evangeles looked around at the clothes and fabrics of all different colors, something familiar caught his eye.
“uh? John?”
I saw three people walking in a crowd of people. For some reason, all three of them had their shoulders drooping.
Evangeles was happy to see his friend who had disappeared since morning, but at the same time felt a bit strange.
Yohan is a good friend, but it’s hard to see him as very sociable. But have you already met someone new?
“John here!”
For a moment, the eyes of John and Evangeles met. Evangeles tried to leave the store to say hello, but the crowds of people stopped him again.
And John did not turn back.
“what… ? Are you a bit upset?”
The one and only friend who came from home.
When I visit the room, it always disappears somewhere, and the story inside is not told in detail.
Evangeles scratched his head and went back into the clothing store.
***
The streets of Frantimo are always full of life.
In order to free Adrine’s messed up heart, her guardian knight made a truly tearful effort.
He pretended to be amazed at the insignificant tricks of the touts, pretended to admire the well-paved roads, pretended to want to buy the merchandise hanging in each shop.
Then, as if it were someone from the village, he threw a question at Adrine.
In a pond with a fountain. in high-rise buildings. And in the streets where various statues were erected.
Adrinne, who knew the heart of such a guardian knight, tried to calm her down.
“It’s not magic, there’s a mechanical device at the bottom of the pond that shoots water vertically.”
“There are buildings this tall even in the capital city.”
“yes. It is quite tasteful that the statues are arranged so irregularly.”
He still felt bad when he thought of the hardships this innocent one had suffered because of him. However, as we talked, I felt my heart clear a little.
It was the first time for her to see Frantimo while walking down the street like this. The lively and raucous atmosphere here is highly contagious.
“It wasn’t a lie.”
“What do you mean?”
“I heard about Frantimo. ‘What is not in the capital of the empire is in Frantimo. And there is nothing in the world that is not in Frantimo’.”
John laughed. It is a simple expression of the level of development here. Of course, when you write a screenplay, it is a phrase you made yourself.
“John. Anything to say about the clock tower?”
John couldn’t tell the truth about his purpose for taking them to the Clock Tower. After all, that guardian knight would be against it. So Yohan recalled an appropriate part of the content he had set up and turned around.
“The clock tower is located in the center of the city. Archmage Ong said he wanted to express that time also has an axis.”
As she made her way through the crowds with John, Adrin felt a strange feeling. You will be surprised by John’s knowledge that creeps out.
“What kind of person is that wizard named Kirov?”
“She is one of the academy’s wizards. We are studying magic related to liquids.”
“Liquid? It is unusual.”
“As is commonly known, it was she who invented the blood plate method.”
Adrine’s expression brightened a lot.
The reddish color on her cheeks was not anger, but light excitement.
John hesitated for a moment, then continued.
“It was unwise to set up hostilities with Kirov.”
“That’s a funny point, Johann Esperts.”
Hoan’s tone was firm.
“Then did the young lady have to bow her head to a warden?”
“I do not know.”
John shrugged. Everyone has different lines to follow. John had no interest in discussing the honor of the imperial family.
But Adrine was different.
“John… What kind of person is she to ask you to be so careful?”
“Because she is the apprentice of Archmage Ong.”
It was the first time I heard it.
“Are you a disciple? Do you have any records?”
“I didn’t say anything official, but… I believe so.”
“Then there must be a reason for thinking that way. Please hear me.”
They stood side by side in front of the clock tower. A position where you have to bend your head a lot to look up at the clock.
I couldn’t say ‘I know everything because it’s a world I planned’. In the end, Yohan had to properly manipulate what he was saying, and it came out as a koan-like sentence.
“What kind of disciple would be a good disciple?”
“I do not know. A disciple who has learned exactly what the master taught.”
After taking a breath in front of the clock tower, Yohan answered.
“no. A disciple who can deny the master’s teachings.”
“Well… .”
After thinking for a moment, Adrin nodded.
“I guess that’s right. In order to deny the one who taught you, you will have to grow up to be on par with him.”
John remembered the times he would face. I will probably continue to talk to people in this way in the future.
Talking about the story you made up as if you heard it from someone else, and talking as if you analyzed the settings you decided on yourself.
“Then, at what point did the magician named Kirov confront the teacher?”
John smiled bitterly before continuing.
“It is often said that there are two views of a wizard.”
It was something that Adrine knew.
“One is the perspective of being an artist. The other is that they are technicians.”
“yes. It was said that Kirov was the one who put forward the latter point of view.”
“Aha? Is magic a skill?”
“yes.”
Faint memories came. If you change the word ‘magic’ to the word ‘game’, it was also the story of Miri and Yohan.
She said ‘games are a comprehensive art’ and herself said ‘the important thing in games is technology’.
In the first place, Ong and Kirov are characters based on the story of Miri and himself.
just change the gender.
Adrine, who had been thinking about John’s words, asked back.
“Then Ong must have insisted on the former point of view? Magic is an art.”
“yes. At the same time, he was also a wizard with a rather strange quirk. He donated this clock tower to the academy and left, adding a word.”
“What did you add?”
“Those who see through the meaning of this tower will have a special experience.”
“special experience?”
“Yes, so-”
John felt a little tired from the lengthy conversation. Taking a deep breath, he gripped his sword tightly.
“-Don’t be surprised at what will happen from now on.”
“yes?”
Then, Yohan remembered what the Archmage had wanted to say through this building.
It was a single sentence.
Originally, a magic starter word left by the archmage Ong that can only be inferred after experiencing the game’s bad ending several times.
“Anyone-”
When I was writing the screenplay, I wrote this phrase by benchmarking Einstein’s theory of relativity.
“-I have my own time.”
“… ? What is that- kyaaak!”
Adrine came to understand John’s warning belatedly. So she actually jumped up.
pat- and
The crowds that were crowded in the streets of Frantimo stopped as if frozen.