15. realize (4)
While the prince was arresting Sylvia and Kylie, Kati checked my condition.
“Honey, you checked everything.”
Even if you look at it for a long time, you will continue to look at it.
After watching until she was satisfied, Kati nodded.
“anyway… . you but… .”
“Ian!”
“Ian!”
After Sylvia and Kylie were dragged away, Vivian and Helena ran from afar.
“Two minutes? Weren’t you resting inside?”
“Mercy said Ian was dangerous!”
“ah.”
Kati, who was with her, suddenly disappeared, so Mercy must have understood what that meant right away.
Vivian carefully took Mercy out of her pocket and showed it to me.
He broke out in a cold sweat and his complexion was blue.
From a distance, it seemed that the two of the first party were fed up with the aura they exuded.
“Meh, Mercy? Mercy looks sick… .”
“I’m probably out of my mind right now. Let me rest a little longer.”
“yes… .”
As Vivian put it back in, Helena looked around and asked.
“Kylie and Sylvia… . Is that correct?”
“Well.”
messy surroundings.
And Kylie, who gave this sledgehammer to kill me.
Sylvia was ready to kill Kylie.
… It seems like it needs an explanation.
“Shall we change seats?”
*
There were a lot of eyes to see, so I came indoors.
Prince and Seonghwang will be discussing what to do with the arrested Kylie and Sylvia, so I won’t have anything to do with them right now.
They decide among themselves first, and if they need my help, they will call me then.
I sat across from Vivian and Helena, sitting side by side.
Mercy seems to be asleep from exhaustion, and Kati sent Lucia to her room in case she wakes up.
“To start with the most curious… . Kylie is here because of me.”
At those words, Helena swallowed.
Vivian also looked a bit nervous.
“ah. Please come back to me I don’t think I came here to say anything like that… .”
Vivian and Helena let out a small sigh of relief at that explanation.
… But really, why are you here?
Did you just come to kill me?
“maybe… . It looks like they came to kill me.”
“Yes?”
“yes… ?”
“I am embarrassed as well. the reason is… .”
golden rule of power.
I know what Kylie’s beliefs are.
In the second round, I thought she was simply a crazy person drunk with power, but this time, I came to know the principle she believes in while being together.
… Still, the fact that he’s a crazy person is still there.
That’s the only reason he’s crazy and wants to kill me… .
“… It’s honestly hard to explain. Because there is a monstrous belief that only Kylie has. It’s a guess, but I think it’s because I think I went against that belief… .”
“It’s a belief… ?”
“In short… .”
I looked at them for a moment before speaking.
I don’t know, but these two are the ones who idolized the 1st warrior party.
Even if I say this here… .
It doesn’t matter.
I’ve already seen that madness before, what does it mean?
“It is the belief that the strong have an obligation to kill the weak.”
“… … .”
“Yes, I expected that kind of reaction. I am such a genius.”
“Is that so… .”
It seems like I can hear the illusions gradually crumbling in their hearts.
Somehow, I feel like I’m stepping on my innocence.
“There’s nothing for you two to worry about, so don’t worry.”
“yes… .”
“What the prince said… Is it true?”
Allegations of treason by the 1st Warriors Party.
I don’t know too much about that either.
“The court will decide if you are guilty, but it is true that there is a charge.”
“Is that so… .”
Regardless of the truth, the mere fact that the 1st Hero Party got involved in such a thing is a big problem.
If it was a reputation in the past, it could be dismissed as a malicious lie.
However, it will not be easy in the yard where there are even bad rumors like these days.
Anyway, Vivian and Helena’s expressions are still unclear.
Did I explain anything less?
“We were investigating Lorenzo di Fiorene, the lord of this castle, for rebellion first, and the name of the first warrior party came up in the process.”
“okay… .”
Not all the questions I wanted were answered.
“Ask me if you have any more questions.”
Of the two who hesitated, Vivian was the first to speak.
“Yeah… . Ian.”
“yes.”
“What’s your relationship with the 1st warrior party?”
“yes?”
“… Who is Ian?”
Helena looks straight at me as if she wanted to ask the same question.
They demanded an answer from me, but the two of them seemed to already know the answer.
There are too many clues sprinkled here.
[Master, this is a rather late report. Around lunchtime, Grace came over. The master and himself were engaged, and the truth was obvious, and they went back.]
… There were also clues scattered without my knowledge.
It was something that would come to light someday.
It’s not that I didn’t want to reveal it, but it was so out of the blue to say it, and I wondered if it would mean anything if I said it.
It will be a little different now.
It’s practically as if it’s been revealed.
Perhaps while the imperial family decides the treatment of the 1st warrior party, they will constantly ask for advice from me.
Whenever that happens, these two will feel strange emotions.
whether it’s anxiety or discomfort.
but… .
More at noblemtl com
Just as they envy the 1st warrior party, it is uncomfortable that they have subtle fantasies about the name Philip.
After revealing that I am Philip, I wonder if there will be some kind of distance or wall.
… I think I already know everything, but it would be better to reveal it than to hide it.
If you lie in an obvious situation, you may think that you don’t trust them.
I spoke as if I were talking about my daily life as casually as possible.
“You two guessed right.”
“That means… .”
“I am Philip.”
A heavy silence fell.
However, the expressions on both of them’s faces changed from moment to moment.
Doubt, astonishment, question again, confusion, understanding.
For a short period of time, thoughts busily appear in my head and seem to disappear repeatedly.
“I-Ian-sama… .”
“Uh, uh, uh… .”
“But, well, you don’t have to worry too much about it.”
I continued speaking on behalf of the two of them who couldn’t speak.
“There is nothing so great. I am who you both know me to be. The achievements of the name Philip are quite exaggerated. It is a staged image that even its existence is unclear in the first place.”
“… … .”
“I didn’t mean to fool you two… . As a result, that’s how it happened. I apologize for that.”
“No… .”
“no… !”
The two still couldn’t escape the shock.
I need to keep talking to him and giving him information to get him acclimated ASAP.
so that I can treat you casually,
“Now that it’s like this, ask any questions you have.”
The two hesitated, then opened their mouths at the same time.
“I… .”
“why… .”
As the words overlapped, they closed their mouths and looked at each other.
Vivian gave up first, and Helena looked at me.
“why… Are you kicked out?”
Vivian moved her head to me as if she was curious about the same thing.
Vivian added.
“Even if it’s bloated, Phil… No, it’s true that Ian reaped those four… .”
I couldn’t find a quick answer.
After hearing that question, I understood why these two were still in shock.
It’s going to be ridiculous, and it’s going to be unbelievable.
To think that they were banished after raising the people they selected.
I was dumbfounded too, so what?
“The reasons are complex… . The conclusion is simple. They no longer need me.”
“then… .”
These are the words I heard when I was kicked out, and there can be no more precise reason than that.
“You may be wondering if there was anything wrong with me, but… .”
Vivian and Helena shake their heads in amazement at my words.
“It’s a home after all. Anyway, I’m not an infinitely good person, so I can’t say that much. but… Unfortunately, nothing like that was left. I did everything I could.”
This is the end of my explanation.
I’m waiting for the two of them who are lost in their thoughts for a while.
[master. Lucia woke up.]
***
Even after Ian left, Vivian and Helena were not free from confusion.
It wasn’t just knowing that he was Philip.
I was able to anticipate and prepare to some extent through a few rare experiences I had after coming here.
Of course, being prepared didn’t mean it wasn’t shocking.
The 1st warrior party that has been so envied.
And that Philip, who selected and raised them, was Ian, who had been with them until now.
It wouldn’t be strange at all if Ian added at the end, ‘It was actually a joke, ha ha ha.’
Rather, I think it would be more natural to do so.
But Ian wasn’t joking like that.
What he said was true.
“Ha ha… .”
“Huh… .”
The two sighed at the same time and met their eyes.
They shared what they were thinking with a sigh.
The two laughed and turned their heads again.
There were other reasons that disturbed them.
If Ian was really Philip, then why the hell did the members of the 1st Warrior Party kick him out?
what happened… .
I can’t tell by thinking about it
Even if I listened to Ian, I just thought it would be difficult to understand.
This time, Vivian called out Helena’s name resolutely.
“Helena.”
“Yes.”
“… We have to do better.”
I realized the startling truth that Ian was Philip.
In other words, it means that Ian watched the growth of the 1st warrior party from the beginning.
Perhaps, they also thought that they might not have met Ian’s expectations even once.
“… Yes.”
So, the two of you should do better.
Again, I didn’t feel as helpless as before.
Helena’s words became more credible.
Ian, who personally selected and raised the first party of warriors, is the one who chose again after being kicked out.
So there was no need to be afraid.
but aside from that.
‘why… .’
It was hard to accept the fact that the first warrior party, who had met Philip, or Ian, and had met a new phase of his life, had expelled him.
‘Even if Ian did something wrong, if it’s that level of relationship… . Wouldn’t there be plenty of room for a good discussion?’
Whatever happens, they won’t do it.
Vivian and Helena made a promise.