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4 Evelyn Agnes (1)
“ Prince Zion… … .”
Lying on the bed, Priscilla murmured as she stared at the ceiling engraved with delicate engravings.
Zion Agnes.
She is now the owner of the Chimseonggung Palace where she is staying, the royal family abandoned by the imperial family, and was also her fiancée.
And these days, it’s been her top concern.
Until she came to this palace a few days ago, Priscilla’s mind had nothing but the determination to bring up the story of breaking up with Prince Zion.
Actually, it was something I had been thinking about for a long time.
In the meantime, Prince Zion loved her so much that he couldn’t say the word easily, and that’s why he only recently made a decision.
However, unlike her, who made such a difficult decision and spoke out, Prince Zion accepted the divorce very easily.
How many are there in this empire?
She is the daughter of the Bamel family, who has great prestige, and who can so easily accept the breakup with her, who is also at the top of the social world with her extraordinary appearance.
‘ It also has a completely different look.’
Shion’s changed appearance was drawing Priscilla’s curiosity to the highest level.
There was no intention of recalling the declaration of breakup again, but curiosity was making her reason enough to stay at Chimseonggung.
‘ And the mysterious attack that happened last night… … .’
With that thought, Priscilla trembled once more, as if what had happened last night came to mind.
It was a completely unexpected attack.
So she had to meet the assassins in her pajamas on her bed.
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Maybe it was because I wasn’t properly prepared.
When Priscilla was forced to be pushed back by the assassins who suddenly smashed the bedroom door and was in danger of losing her life.
he appeared
Appearing shrouded in veiled darkness, he dealt with assassins with so much ease that she could not shake off at all costs.
The sight of him moving like a ghost and pulling out the hearts of the assassins one by one made her shiver.
And after killing all the assassins, the moment when Zion finally appears in the veil of darkness.
What Priscilla felt was not a question or a surprise, but a relief.
‘ Zion… … Prince?’
Unknowingly, she remembered herself sitting on her seat and calling out Shion’s name.
Even now, there were still questions about the mysterious power that Zion used, but it was also true that a feeling of gratitude was creeping up over it.
‘ I think the changed look is much better… … no.’
Priscilla hurriedly shook her head at the sudden thought, and changed her mind.
‘ By the way, what kind of crazy guy ordered the attack on the Imperial Palace?’
It was also the palace of Prince Zion, who was said to have taken the risk and attacked it.
No matter how easy it was to penetrate from the outside, it was strange.
something never known.
And what was even more surprising was that Prince Zion ordered a thorough cover-up to prevent this from leaking out.
‘ Usually, we need to inform the center and increase the security force further… … .’
I couldn’t figure out what the hell Prince Zion was thinking.
What was certain was that his changed personality would not lead to this.
at that time.
“ Um?”
Priscilla’s head turned towards the bustling noise coming out of the window.
What caught her eye were the numerous knights lined up outside the main gate of Chimseonggung.
The knights of Chimseonggung were not.
For that reason, the momentum flowing from each individual was so strong that it could not even be compared.
Even within the Imperial Castle, knights can only be seen as elite.
bum bum, bum bum.
And the moment when you walk among the knights who have been arranged like that and look at a person approaching the front door.
“ That person… … .”
Priscilla’s eyes lit up with surprise.
* * *
Black Seongha.
Zion himself did not know much about the source of this strange power.
It was just that he was able to handle it instinctively from birth and arranged it in his own way.
And because of last night’s battle, Zion was finally able to reach Heukseongha 1.
‘ It’s good to be up, but… … .’
As a result, the burden on the body increased.
And the burden it takes will increase as the achievements of Heukseongha increase.
It was impossible to endure it with the fragile body of Zion Agnes.
Of course, training would be helpful, but the basic physical specification itself was hopelessly low, so it couldn’t be a fundamental solution.
‘ I need a means to strengthen the body.’
Changing the priorities in his head, Shion looked at the knights lined up in front of the main gate of Chimseonggung, which looked out the window in the hallway.
Even though there are enough dozens of them, not a single breath is disturbed.
It was the master of those knights who Zion was going to meet now.
“ Prince Zion has come.”
The door to the drawing room opened with the servant’s formal words, and immediately afterward, Shion could see a woman sitting at the top of the sofa and looking at him.
Gray hair that symbolizes the Agnes imperial family, with slightly wavy hair that came down to the top of her chest.
Emerald-colored eyes emitting a straight light as if they would not tolerate even an inch of injustice.
Even her tightly closed lips and a resilient body that seems to have undergone extreme training.
Evelyn Agnes.
She was Zion’s own half-sister and one of the princesses of the Agnes Empire.
‘ Were you familiar with Evelyn Agnes?’
Shion thought so and sat down in front of Evelyn, who was staring at her.
Iveline Agnes was a person who appeared countless times in the ‘Chronicles of the Heroes of Flosimar’ that Zion had read.
The main character, or, in a way, the woman who was closest to the main character except for the hero.
‘ The Lion Princess,’ and at a young age in her early thirties, she already possesses world-class military power.
With his unique charisma and fairness, he built one of the strongest forces in the Imperial Castle, and was one of the closest to the next emperor candidate based on the overwhelming support of the knights.
And among the members of the imperial family, she was the only woman who supported the warriors.
‘ No, to be precise, I was trying to apply.’
Because he had already died before that, in the end, Jiwon failed.
at that time.
“ Is your body okay?”
Evelyn looked at Shion and opened her mouth.
A calm yet powerful voice.
“ What do you mean?”
Evelyn’s eyebrows twitched slightly at the unusual words that came out of Shion’s mouth, but she answered Shion’s question without pointing it out.
“ I heard there was an attack last night.”
‘ Eventually, it leaked.’ With those words, in Evelyn’s worried eyes, Shion could tell that she was aware of last night’s attack.
In fact, it was strange not to know if she was like her.
It happened inside the Imperial Palace in the first place, and it was only a matter of time before it became known even if Zion himself forbade it.
It was just faster than I thought.
However, he did not think that Evelyn was the one who led yesterday’s raid.
First of all, it didn’t suit her to decorate something behind the scenes, and Evelyn had sincerity and fairness as her weapons.
“ As you can see, it’s fine.”
changed
Evelyn felt it as she looked straight into her eyes and answered Shion’s answer.
Is it because of the shock from last night’s raid?
‘ Poor boy.’
Sympathy and compassion flashed in Evelyn’s eyes.
He was a younger brother who was abandoned here from a young age just because he was born into an imperfect family, and was despised by many.
It must have been a very painful day, but even my life was threatened, so it would not be unreasonable to change like this.
“ I am glad that you are. I will find out and punish those who raid this place sooner or later. And today, the knights I have brought will be placed in this palace, so you can rest assured, Zion.”
“ No, you don’t have to.”
The words came from pure goodwill, but Zion rejected him.
Evelyn’s eyes widened slightly, perhaps unaware that she would refuse, but Shion had no intention of changing her words.
Even if Evelyn’s knights were placed here, it would only be a temporary measure, as well as increasing the number of eyes watching him.
“ I have enough money for now. What else did you come here for?”
“… … I just came here because I was worried when I heard the news. No matter how different your stomach is, you are my younger brother.”
With those words, Evelyn once again drank the car in front of her and opened her mouth to Shion again.
“ You will soon become an adult. then… … You know that there will be a succession ceremony, right?”
Shion instinctively knew that these words were the real reason Evelyn had come.
succession.
If you are a member of the immediate royal family of the Agnes imperial family, this is the minimum qualification to participate in the succession to the throne.
In other words, the imperial family who did not pass the succession ceremony cannot even become a candidate for succession to the throne.
In addition, you will be given the privilege of entering the Baekseong Palace, which is located in the center of the Imperial Palace, not the outer palace.
It was like saying that it would give them a chance to build their own power in earnest.
“ Give up the succession ceremony.”
However, Evelyn advised Shion to give up the succession ceremony.
No, from the beginning, Evelyn thought that Shion would give up the succession ceremony.
In the first place, what the succession ceremony required was not dominance or charisma, but the strength of the person himself.
It was the tradition of the Agnes family from the beginning that those without power have no qualifications to become emperors, and that’s why they placed great importance on individual power.
It would have been an act of suicide for Zion, who had no power, to perform such a succession ceremony, and Zion would have known that fact.
However, the words that immediately came out of Zion’s mouth completely overturned Yvelin’s expectations.
“ Why me?”
It’s like looking at the surface of a lake where no wind blows.
Sion asks, looking at her with her still and creepy eyes.
“ Are you asking because you don’t know?”
“ So why should I do that?”
“… … I wouldn’t have thought so.”
Evelyn’s eyes filled with worry and anger.
Does this guy even know what he’s in now?
“ You will not pass the succession ceremony.”
As someone who has experienced it for the first time, I can say for sure.
“ I have neither the strength nor the ability to do that.”
cool voice.
“ It is certain that they will not pass even the first gate and will be scattered. And even if you go through it and enter the palace, it is a difficult and terrifying place that cannot even be compared with the succession ceremony. You probably won’t last a week or even a day.”
Whoo!
Are you trying to force them to change their minds by force?
Along with the venom that flowed out, the momentum from Evelyn immediately began to vibrate everything inside the drawing room.
With him, six stars appearing clearly in her pupils.
Heavenly Sea.
A power granted only to the direct lineage of the Agnes family.
The power to rule over everything in the world.
“ Give up the succession ceremony.”
6 With the natural sun reaching the castle, Evelyn once again commanded Zion.
However.
“ But that’s it.”
Even a trained knight, Shion was smiling in the sea of momentum enough to sink in an instant.
As if looking into Evelyn’s eyes exactly as if this was a funny situation.
“ I want to ask you one thing.”
As if cracking the overwhelming momentum of Evelyn, which extends beyond the drawing room to the whole of Chimseonggung.
slowly.
Shion murmured.
“ Who said I was powerless?”
In Shion’s eyes that were so curved, a single black star was swirling clearly.