No matter how far away he was, Zero was able to communicate with his doppelgangers.
Very vaguely, if not as intensely as at close range.
‘Did people originally live with one secret?’
He knows that his subordinates, who were gathered in one place under someone’s order, have scattered to various parts of the continent.
And the fact that Adelian hadn’t noticed it yet.
In the process, it was found that I understood the process before and after that, not all emotions that spread as if they were supposed to be like that from the beginning, not repulsion or other negative emotions, were not forcibly moved.
‘If everyone lives with one secret.’
Then maybe I’m already a great ‘person’.
Zero lay in his bed and thought.
The elves I met in the Spirit Forest.
When he and Bahadi drank countless times the blood of Gamur, whom he had waited for a very long time, and was awakened countless times with his blood and the mana of the Starlight Spring.
The essence of Zero himself, which began to break little by little.
In the end, when I went against the characteristic brown hair that I made by putting it together, and went against it and had gray hair like now and a jewelry inside.
Fragments of some, if not all, memories that have come back.
A small piece that could have predicted why he was trapped in the labyrinth.
and.
‘Because I’m not a monster.’
Zero now had a glimpse of the great evil his existence was.
But even the fact that she’s still fine thanks to Adelian, who takes her around like nothing.
Each of these parties has a secret.
Even if you don’t express it, everyone must have guessed it thanks to the time you’ve been through.
Why can’t Rachel pretend to be a martial artist and separate mana from her body?
Why had the Reef been in the airship for over a thousand years, and why only pure-blooded humans could enter it?
Why was Zero himself trapped in that labyrinth?
Why does Kane follow Adelian to save people even though he hates humans so much?
And how Luna understands Leaf’s words even though she’s not human.
stuff like that.
Maybe if we met differently in different places.
Maybe I was an enemy with someone and passed by someone.
‘Now is more fun than a prison in a narrow labyrinth.’
It wasn’t very dangerous there, but I didn’t feel like I was living there.
So even if it’s a little dangerous, let’s live like now.
Zero prayed.
* * *
“Did you pack everything?”
“of course.”
Luna gets restless and adjusts the clothes I touched once.
“If anything… … .”
“okay. scream?”
I responded with a smile at Rachel’s words.
“Still, I will stay near the imperial palace.”
“It’s so wide that it doesn’t make any sense anyway.”
At Zero’s words, he shrugged.
– Manager. Come on.
“Don’t worry.”
I walked out of the room, gesturing to Kane, who looked at me with distrustful eyes, as if to never follow me.
“You can ride.”
A carriage that is often seen. However, the only difference is that the window is tightly closed with a wooden door and it is quite sturdy judging by the thickness of the door you grabbed when you climbed on.
‘The capital is very desolate.’
I came here and received a few invitations, but most of them send a wagon to the place where I was invited.
Rather than politeness, I thought it was an intention to have more initiative over there.
Well, most of them were too bad for formal social gatherings.
‘It’s obvious where I’m going anyway.’
Princess 1 doesn’t come out of the imperial palace very often, and if she dares to bring me to her secret mansion, she only exposes the fact that such a thing exists and has no benefit, so the destination must be the imperial palace.
But it’s too simple to look around.
‘Are you saying that there are so many bad things?’
For a while, look at the window where you can’t even see the outside. The carriage slowly slows down, then stops and the door opens.
There were no checks to see if they had entered through a place other than the main gate of the imperial castle, but in front of their eyes they could see the mainland in the distance, and in the meantime, a fountain, a garden, and a relatively small inner castle were visible.
“To this place.”
A lady-in-waiting who looked tight, probably because her hair was pulled back and tied up as if she didn’t want to miss a single hair, guided me with a cold face.
‘It’s a bit of a shame since I’m alone after all.’
I lightly touched the Aegis in the pocket of my coat with my fingertips and followed.
Interior decoration in warm tones with sunlight streaming in from the bright windows. Anyone who sees it will say that it is a very warm atmosphere.
‘There is no one.’
There is not a single maid like that.
There is not a single soldier standing there guarding this place.
Maids and servants can be bitten for a while, but escort is different. It can visually pressure me, and it’s basically an existence that protects the safety of the imperial family.
‘There might be a shadow escort that keeps the figure invisible, but no one seems to be dead like this.’
What that word means is divided into several things.
From noble mtl dot com.
There is no need for people to keep this place.
Or I don’t want to let people know that I’m here.
‘If it’s the latter, will I be able to withstand the nagging of the kids?’
ah, please Still, as a member of the royal family, he wouldn’t be so petty.
First, let’s start with a conversation.
At the end of the hallway, the door engraved with angels and fruit trees opens, and Seria, who was drinking tea first in the distant living room with white curtains fluttering inside, can be seen.
“welcome. Sir Adelian.”
“Meet the first princess Seria.”
At my simple greeting, the lady-in-waiting standing next to me clears her throat.
But why is it necessary to use long adjectives, saying that you are the flower of the empire and that you are clever and beautiful?
‘What a pretty thing.’
Even though I smiled at the lady-in-waiting, Seria didn’t care and pointed to the seat in front of her with her hand.
“Is it an honor to be invited in such a secret way?”
“Whoops, even kidding. You’re not proud of it at all.”
“Oh, I heard you.”
I smiled round and round and took a sip of the tea in front of me, as if I wasn’t worried about poison, and looked at her eyes.
‘User’s eyes.’
[Saira von Tateria―The Secret Schemer]
Representative Traits: [Sincerity (B+)] [Figure (B)]
Hidden Traits: [Eater (C)] [Poison (E)]
Seal Traits: [Seal (SS)] [Pride (S)] [Cruelty (A)]
also.
I think I know why Seria acted like that in the original work.
Maybe that addiction was the problem.
She wants to stretch her heart, but from what is immediately revealed, Seria is the supreme first princess of the empire and has a gentle disposition, although her traits are insignificant, but she is the most influential being as the next emperor.
On the contrary, I’m just a f*cking asshole.
Moderately low-key, he opened his mouth first.
“Yes, poor princess. Why did you call your conviction this way today?”
“I’m curious about you.”
Seria cupped her mouth with one hand and smiled as if her eyes were slightly squinting.
Blond hair that swayed like waves, transparent and shiny like honey, and eyes that looked like they were carved out of dark amethyst.
Even though her cheeks and fingertips were dyed a soft rose color, she looked like an angel from a famous painting.
‘It doesn’t work for me.’
“Then why don’t we go and have a cup of tea like this?”
“You have an impatient personality.”
When I slightly lowered my eyes, the light hit those honey-colored eyes and they crumbled. I drank tea while looking at the scene without inspiration.
“It’s about being released in the capital this time.”
No matter how many times I stabbed it, I didn’t respond much, so it seemed like the fun had diminished.
“Ah, that. But why?”
Seria reprimands her with her eyes as if she knows everything but keeps asking why, but what can she do?
If it’s unfair, why don’t you be my favorite. Then I would have pushed as hard as I could.
Seria’s brightly smiling face hardened as I reacted indifferently.
“That siren, Ikwon, why don’t you talk to me?”
“I already have someone in the imperial family holding hands.”
When the princess smirked as if she were a difficult person to meet, Seria calmly looked at me with calm eyes.
“Who are you?”
“This is Prince Shahahahad.”
I haven’t stamped it yet, but I just sold it in advance.
Instead of releasing the seal on the trait, Shahahahad will endure it.
“Shahahahad? Aren’t I better than Shahahahad?”
Seeing her questioning question with her eyes wide open, I asked back.
“What can Princess Seria do for you?”
circulation? The guild run by the Kruger family boasts the largest scale on the continent.
invest? The Kruger family has the most money among single families and boasts wealth comparable to that of the imperial family.
where to sell? The Kruger family’s family business is commerce.
“If I had to hold hands with one of the royal family by order of the emperor anyway, wouldn’t it be better than an unstable person?”
What can you do? As if my provocation was a little offended, Seria stopped respecting me.
however.
Clearly, I came in without thinking of pretending.
But why are you riding such a crooked line?
Of course, I’m stupid on the surface, but at least I didn’t think of putting my head into the imperial family.
I didn’t want to get caught unnecessarily.
So it must have been a number.
If it was magic, it wouldn’t have worked properly thanks to the feeling of floating.
Even if I smoked some kind of exciting incense, it wouldn’t work at once like the scent from the last masquerade.
My gaze suddenly landed on the teacup.
The sense of floating covers most of the external elements that directly hit the mind like magic.
I don’t know why it comes into my breath like the scent of rice, but I have some tolerance for it.
However, the side that enters the mouth is different. If even that had a sense of floating, I wouldn’t have been able to drink a potion or something.
not poison The small subspace ring, not Kruger’s ring, is weak, but has a poison resistance enchantment.
So, in other words, I didn’t use poison, but I used medicine to get a more amicable result for me, right?
I smiled as if twisting my lips.
Originally so. If I didn’t know I was hurt and found the wound, then the pain came rushing in.
If I didn’t know it and became conscious of it, I would feel the effect more desperately.
Rather, I suppressed the urge to be sarcastic at Seria right away, and laughed as if I was going to mess it up.
How dare you hold me in your hand and shake me.
“What Princess Seria said is right. It is true that he is the strongest supporter, as he is the highest in succession among the imperial family currently residing in this country and has ties to many influential figures.”
Okay, let’s try it. Can I give you what you want
I took a deep breath and added.
“Actually, that was the biggest reason. The reason I don’t hold hands with the princess is.”
“… why? I don’t understand.”
I looked straight into Princess Seria’s eyes, smiled as stupidly as possible, then bent my thumb and forefinger to make a coin shape and waved it.
“That makes the pie I will eat smaller, Princess. Isn’t this a big deal?”
Pretending to be more impulsive because of the pills. But in fact, it’s as if I don’t have authority because I’m not in the real world.
As if I were a puppet, a shield, a mere messenger.
Fight against the insubstantial real world once, Seria.
“What if I guaranteed Sir Adelian that much?”
“Ah, that part I just wanted to…” It’s big, there’s a part like that. Isn’t it? It is not easy to overturn what has already been decided. For now, I intend to go with Prince Shahahahad.”
“Go back today and bear it. What are you thinking about?”
“It has already been decided.”
How could I not? laughed like You’re going to communicate long distance with caiman, what is it?
Besides, I didn’t openly mention caiman with my mouth, but I’m answering in an ambiguous way, so what should I do to catch the pod?
In fact, since he was naturally arrogant, he must have hoped that he would get drunk and make mistakes and attack him.
If you want to hold hands with me like that, you must have wished for something like a childish impulse.
It’s good if it does, not if it doesn’t.
‘But that makes me feel bad.’
“… Could this be the will of your father, Grand Duke Caiman?”
“I don’t know, but first I decided to join hands with Prince Shahahahad.”
I’m a parrot chamois.
When I answered with a smile, Seria looked at me blankly and opened her mouth.
“As far as I know, Grand Duke Caiman hasn’t been seen for a long time.”
If I take you, won’t you contact me?
How am I when I see Princess Seria whispering like that? I looked up.
“Will you stay with me for a couple of months? Wouldn’t that be enough to get in touch with the Kruger family?”
“Do you really have to do that? Isn’t that confinement?”
At that, Seria smiled brightly and clapped her hands.
“It’s confinement. It’s okay if you are happy.”
is not it? Seria gestured, and someone hugged me and covered my mouth.
What flashed through my mind at that moment was neither ‘I was hit!’ nor ‘It’s dangerous!’.
It was someone’s nagging.
oh, it’s messed up