071 – Birthday Party (2)
Back in time, around noon the day before the princess’s birthday party.
It was a Tuesday with Tigris’ class, so Tigris arrived at the Imperial University office on time.
But in front of the office door, Rakan, not Charlotte or Irene, was standing.
“uh? Instructor!”
Tigris felt an unknown uneasiness whenever Rakan suddenly came.
The relationship between Rakan and Tigris is simpler than expected.
Kind of like a co-worker who calls when needed and discusses a problem to solve?
It was clear that Rakan had come to him like this was related to the quest.
Tigris opened the office door and said.
“Come in at once.”
“Oh, yes, I see.”
Tigris closed the office door and sat facing Rakan.
“So what’s going on?”
“That quest has appeared.”
Tigris nodded as if he knew that.
Usually, Rakan solves problems that he can solve first and sees them.
However, the urgent visit of Tigris is a problem that Rakan cannot solve alone.
“What quest is it?”
“If you listen to it and get angry, you must never do it. It’s just a real quest.”
I couldn’t figure out why he was wasting time like this, but Tigris decided to listen.
“Tell me. I will not be angry.”
“Tomorrow, I have to put my shirt on at the princess’s birthday party.”
“·················ogue.”
Tigris didn’t curse.
I just stared at Rakan terrifyingly.
“You already know that insulting the imperial family is the death penalty, so I don’t need to tell you, right?”
“By the way, a whopping 5,000 points…….”
“Are you going to get 5,000 points and die?”
“no······. That’s not it…”
Until now, Rakan had rarely asked Tigris to help with a quest.
At the most, I wanted to be on the same team as Irene in the rank-and-file match, but it was just asking how I should do it.
Rather, Tigris asked Rakan many times.
He asked for things that only Rakan could do, such as finding Viscount Kayle or finding an assassin trying to kill Trisha.
Rakan did Tigris’s request properly, and Tigris was very grateful to Rakan apart from the points.
So Tigris tried to help Rakan with whatever he could ask for.
“The Princess’s birthday party is not just a banquet. This birthday party is also a place to unite a chaotic empire.”
The chimera laboratory incident and the black soil rebellion simulation have created chaos within the empire.
In fact, the inside was rotting, and it would be an accurate expression to have just noticed it, but the atmosphere in the Empire was very chaotic.
In addition, the black soil area stabilization was progressing more slowly than expected because the Tohos and nobles of the Black Soil area were fiercely rebelling despite the loss of public sentiment.
“Through this banquet, His Majesty the Emperor intends to receive troops from the local lords to stabilize the Black Earth. I can’t help you if you commit such a monstrous thing in the midst of such secret political and diplomatic conversations.”
“I know. Unless I’m crazy, there’s no way I can take my shirt off during the banquet.”
“Then, are you giving up on the quest?”
“no. That’s not it.”
Tigris’ head was pounding.
“You don’t know what I’ve said so far?”
“no. Hear my story. When this quest popped up, I also thought that I had to give up. But last week I was walking down the street and found this.”
Rakan pulled out a neatly folded notice from his pocket and unfolded it.
[Announcement of audition for the play ‘Perschen and Adne’!]
We are looking for actors for minor roles in the 5 great tragedy ‘Perschen and Adne’!
Performance Name: Perschen and Adne.
Venue: Spring Palace Banquet Hall.
Performance time: Wednesday, June 11th.
Practice time: Depends on the role assigned.
Casting: General Soldier, Adne’s Handmaiden, Barbarian Soldier, Wizard, Neighborhood Beggar, etc.
* Only those with a certain identity will receive it, so be sure to bring your ID or a letter of recommendation from someone who can prove your identity.
“Did you participate in this audition?”
“yes. And I got a minor role.”
Life doesn’t know one inch ahead.
The necklace hanging from Rakan’s neck is the necklace of Perschen and Adne, and that she is participating in the play of Perschen and Adne, one of the five great tragedies.
There are times when I think that life is not a well-planned script, but I thought that maybe this is now.
“It must have been highly competitive since it was held at the banquet hall of the Palace of Spring, but how the hell did you get the role? No, how did you prove your identity?”
“When I gave out my student ID at the Imperial University, they let me pass right away. And did the manager recognize my face right away?”
“Did I recognize you?”
“yes. It was published in that newspaper for a very short time. That’s when I caught Viscount Kayle. You saw it and you knew it.”
“Wasn’t it annoying?”
“Ah, did you ask about Instructor Tigris or not? Surprisingly, there was nothing like that. Others were busy preparing for the play, so they didn’t even care about me.”
After all, the play starts right away in a few days, so there would be no time to worry about Rakan.
“By the way, how did you pass the audition? Even if you are a little famous among Imperial University students, your acting skills are not outstanding, are you?”
“It’s because acting skills aren’t that important for a role. Rather, he said it was difficult to find someone with a certain identity to enter the Palace of Spring. Of course, I think it was also thanks to the purchase of ‘low-level acting’ with 1,000 points.”
Tigris took a deep breath.
Rakan’s serious and hard-working attitude in everything was really nice to see, but sometimes it’s dizzying.
“Does the Inquisitor know about this?”
“yes. I told Nadal. Then you didn’t say anything?”
In fact, even if Tigris was in Nadal’s position, it would not have had much to say.
The current position of Rakan is very ambiguous.
Although he is an Inquisitor agent, he is still weak in terms of power to actually do the task, and he cannot be entrusted with the task of the Inquisitor because he is not trained as an agent.
And, due to the nature of the Inquisitor’s mission, there was also a mission to disguise himself as someone, so he may have decided that it wasn’t bad for Rakan to experience theatre.
“By the way, is there a role you can take off your top in any of your roles?”
Rakan chuckled.
“It’s the role of a passing citizen with that barbarian warrior.”
“Gearco…….”
Tigris sighed.
“Then the problem is solved, isn’t it? Then why did you come to me?”
“I think I need to tell you what I’m going to do in advance so that I won’t be surprised if I appear on stage tomorrow.”
Tigris was nervous and felt like an idiot.
I knew I was going to ask you something very important, but not to reassure Tigris.
‘It’s definitely different than telling the return.’
Before the return, Rakan was not so kind to Tigris.
Not only was he not favorable to Tigris, but he did not trust people well in the first place, so he did not share any information with others.
However, I was a little anxious to tell you all these kinds of stories.
The current Rakan is a bit finite compared to before the return.
Before returning, Rakan went through all the antenatal trials and showed a cool and leadership look, but now he has not yet taken off his childish tee.
Of course, the last time we found the assassins, he showed quite a bit of leadership, but it was lacking a lot.
‘Let’s not rush.’
Rakan became an Inquisitor less than a year ago.
Rakan will develop naturally as more things go through in the future.
Until then, you just have to grow well.
“i get it. So is there any other difference? Is there something wrong with the troupe?”
“no. So far, there have been no particular problems.”
Tigris nodded.
“If there is any problem, please tell me right away.”
“Yes. All right.”
“By the way, did you tell the Crown Princess?”
Rakan’s eyes widened.
“uh······?”
* * *
Rain Rover said with a smirk.
“By the way, I’m sorry I told Rakan before that I was exhibitionist.”
“Rakan understands that he’s weird, so he’ll be fine.”
“By the way, I checked the quest and system with the directory that Lord Tigris gave me… is that really the ability that makes sense? That you can make potions or artifacts with points and purchase skills?”
“I don’t fully understand either. I just believe it because it is certain that it is happening.”
Rain Rover took a sip of the water and said.
“Well, if I get a chance later, I should talk to Rakan. The versatility of Rakan’s abilities is so great that I need to clarify the limits.”
“I will arrange a seat for you later.”
“Oh, by the way, it must have been too long in our parlor? Now get up slowly.”
“Yes. All right.”
Tigris got up and reached out to Rain Rover.
It was because the Rain Rover’s heel was higher than expected, so it was difficult to get up.
“Thank you…… uh…?”
When the Rain Rover got up from the couch, he fell to his feet, feeling dizzy all of a sudden.
“Princess!”
Tigris quickly grabbed Rain Rover’s waist and carefully placed him on the chair.
“Are you okay?”
“Ah… it’s okay. I just got a little dizzy. I must have been very tired after starving for days to wear this cramped dress.”
In addition, I lost a lot of energy as I edited the biography and regression log that Tigris gave me day and night.
“Isn’t it better to call the doctor?”
Rain Rover said with a smirk.
“I don’t need a doctor, I need chocolate bread. I feel like I’m going to die of starvation.”
“I will go out and get some food.”
“no. go out together I’ve been in the parlor for too long and there will be a lot of guests waiting for me.”
Tigris grabbed the Rain Rover’s hand and lifted it up carefully.
Rain Rover’s heart pounded at Tigris’ gentle touch.
‘Isn’t it bad to be a little sick?’
It felt good to see Tigris worrying about him like this, and his blood flow suddenly changed.
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Jureuk-“uh······?”
Tigris said as he handed a handkerchief to the bleeding Rain Rover.
“Just stay here for a moment. You seem to have lost a lot of energy.”
“······yep.”
Tigris came out of the drawing room.
Outside the door, there was a man with blond hair, similar to Rain Rover, but with a slightly different color, along with the valet.
He was Prince Harry de Lucet.
Tigris immediately said yes.
“It is an honor to meet the Golden Clan.”
“No. Rather, I am honored. I have seen the hero of the zodiac.”
Harry patted Tigris on the shoulder with a friendly smile.
“Is my brother here now?”
“Yes. That’s right. But he doesn’t look very well.”
“body?”
“Yes. I’m feeling weak and I need to rest for a while.”
“Well, don’t even do that. I hadn’t eaten for a few days, saying that I would definitely wear that dress.”
Harry said with a smirk.
“I don’t know who I was trying to show my pretty side to. It’s not like I’m the type of person who normally wears such an uncomfortable dress.”
“yes?”
“No. I was bullshit. I’ll hit the Rain Rover later.”
Harry glanced at the chieftain.
After that, the chaplain bowed politely and entered the drawing room where the Rain Rover was resting.
“When the time comes, let’s talk for a while. The valet will take care of the Rain Rover.”
Tigris was a little worried about the Rain Rover, but he nodded because he thought that the chieftain would be able to deal with him much better than Tigris.
“All right.”
* * *
Harry and Tigris came out to the banquet hall.
Suddenly, it turned into exciting music and people were dancing.
However, Irene, Charlotte, Linia and Trisha were picking up food in a corner and eating.
Whenever men offered to dance came, I immediately refused and thought that it would be appropriate for them to eat only food.
Harry said looking at Charlotte and Irene.
“He raised his disciples wonderfully.”
“All I did was support both of their talents to grow properly.”
“Still, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to complete three rings at that age.”
Said Harry, taking a sip of champagne.
“Since you are a knight, you may be familiar with military science, but this is my first time studying military science. I have studied economics, architecture, politics, monarchy, etc, but nothing has been as tedious as written military studies. So, as soon as this party is over, we decided to head to the Black Earth.”
“Are you talking about the black soil?”
“To learn finance, you have to go to a bank, and to learn politics, you have to go to the State Council. Literally, if you want to learn military science properly, shouldn’t you be heading to the battlefield?”
Tigris was frankly surprised.
It was because the Prince Harry that Tigris knew was a person who tried to avoid war whenever possible.
But, to go out in search of a battlefield… I wondered if the Prince Harry I knew was right.
“Why? You don’t look like I’m going to go to war, do you?”
“no.”
“Don’t say empty words. As you said, I’m not the type of person to be on the battlefield. Until now, I’ve only been doing financial work under the prime minister, rolling a pen. It would be surprising to hear that I, who used to play money, suddenly went to the black soil area where the conflict was in full swing.”
“Why do you want to study military science?”
Prince Harry took another sip of champagne and opened his mouth.
“As you may know, the Lucet Empire was not built on the basis of a strong military power. The role of the imperial family was to mediate if there was a fight in the province. It was like being a witness to a duel.”
“But things have changed a lot now. They showed their teeth first, and it looks like we’re on our way to condemnation. This isn’t just a war, it’s the Empire going with a mace to crush the heads of the pigs in the Black Earth.”
Tigris never knew Prince Harry’s mouth was so harsh.
It was because Prince Harry kept talking, even though he was in an urgent situation.
“As you know, there is one more big war left after the stabilization of the Black Soil zone.”
The Marquis of Baros and the Kingdom of Gillion.
Together with Lucas of the Black Earth, they were the ones who showed their teeth toward the Empire.
Emperor Todd did not intend to end up in the Black Earth.
“I think the war is real. And I think it’s a great opportunity.”
No one will know that this opportunity is an opportunity to strengthen the imperial power.
If the local lords had been paying attention to whether or not to increase the number of standing troops, it was different now.
Now, no one will know that if there is anyone who goes against the will of the emperor, he will be like the nobles of the Black Land.
“That is why you are studying military science. Is this enough for you to answer?”
Tigris seemed to understand why Prince Harry was saying this to him.
Prince Harry told Tigris that he would not avoid war, and asked if he would agree with him.
‘It’s very different from the Prince Harry I knew.’
When Prince Harry ascended to the throne, Prince Harry wasn’t as lively as he is now.
Far from reviving the dizzying empire with a lifeless expression, he did not take a single step from Victorie to save his life.
But why did the man’s heart suddenly burst with ambition?
“When do you think the war will break out, Prince Harry?”
“Four years later.”
Prince Harry’s eyes were full of certainty.
“Four years later, my tenure as a swordsmanship instructor at the Imperial University comes to an end.”
“Are you willing to work for the Empire?”
“I am always ready.”
Harry smiled contentedly.
Harry seemed to want to hear such a confirmation.
“After all, the Rain Rover takes good care of a husband.”
“·················ogue.”
“You must be embarrassed too. I don’t know if you’ve heard the news, but discussions are underway to revise the law prohibiting marriage between the imperial family’s sixth cousins. Even if the people who ate money from the Marquis of Baros and the Kingdom of Gillion are holding back a little bit, they cannot change the course of the times.”
Tchrist actually knew that marriage to the Rain Rover was inevitable.
I just hadn’t thought about it any more.
“If I say more, I think it will make you in trouble. Stop this story.”
– Your Majesty the Emperor!
Harry smiled at the eunuch’s words.
“Then I’ll just go. Oh, and give me some courage. I guess it makes sense that nothing happened in the parlor for 30 minutes. It was frustrating to see me.”
Tigris was speechless.
* * *
A man sat on the toilet and knelt alone.
In front of him was a small glass that looked like a miniature of Lux’s Holy Grail.
“Goddess, forgive me for my future sins, and give me courage and strength to rescue the good from the hands of the wicked and the wicked. Just as a small match becomes the light that illuminates the entire room, please burn my body and open the eyes of that cult.”
When the prayer was over, the man lifted the glass and poured the water into his mouth.
Then he put the whole glass in his mouth.
waggzak- waggzak-
Blood gushed out as the shattered glass ran through his mouth, and the man swallowed the bloody water like sacred wine.
The man spit out the broken pieces of blood-stained glass, wrapped it in a tissue, threw it in the trash, and went out of the bathroom.
Then a man ran with his stomach churning.
“hey! That … hey! Where the hell did you go and are you coming now?!”
“I was nervous, so I went to the bathroom.”
“shit. That’s why they’re newbies! And what blood in your mouth?!”
“I chewed my tongue.”
“What do you have to say? The play will start soon. What’s your name anyway?”
The man took off his shirt.
The man’s body had a bizarre tattoo unique to the Barbarian.
“This is Biscotti.”
“okay. Come on. By the way, do you think your tattoos are a little weird? Is this drawn correctly?”
“yes. you’re right.”
“I think it’s a little different from the other guys…don’t just get caught by the manager. I’m going to go crazy.”
Bisco left his seat and turned to the men who were undressing like themselves.
Biscotti crept through the men and sat down next to a man.
It was Rakan.
* * *
Rakan swallowed his saliva.
It was because of the message that popped up like crazy in front of my eyes.
[Tattoo changed a while ago]
[It is slightly different from the usual standing posture of Bisco.]
[Biscotti is right-handed and holds a weapon in his left hand.]
[It is completely different from the usual frightened expression.]
search results
1. A man disguised as Bisco.
[New Quest!]
Reveal the identity of Bisco!
Reward: 3,000 points
Duration: 2 and a half hours.
At the same time as the alarm bell rang in Rakan’s head, the curtain rose.
The presenter opened his mouth in front of the stage.
“I’m going to start a play.”