102 – Sweet Fantasy
Saint King Gregory’s eyes were empty.
It was close to indifference, like watching dust rolling around on the floor.
The King Seong’s attitude changed in the blink of an eye, so unfamiliar that it felt foreign.
Are you saying that the disheveled appearance I saw a little while ago was all an act?
… No, that’s not right.
I am aware of this phenomenon.
‘Was it a new feeling?’
According to memories from past lives, shamans are said to receive something called Shinnaerim.
I think Saint Gregory may have been in a similar situation.
Here in the Holy Kingdom, the king is selected in a similar way to the method of electing the Pope called ‘Conclave’ on Earth in the previous life.
The part that accounts for the highest proportion in this selection is ‘divine power.’
Divine power originated from the gods who came to this planet during the mythological era.
So, it would be natural for something like this to happen to a holy king with extraordinary divine power.
“Who dares to mention His name?”
“hahahaha!”
The King of Seong laughed heartily, as if Moore was so funny, and then started glaring at me blankly.
Then I felt something intangible from him.
It was that moment.
Quang!
With the sound of the door being opened violently, Priscilla, her face turning pale, ran towards us.
“Maximilian!!!”
It is Priscilla’s urgent voice.
Priscilla, guessing the disturbing energy felt inside, seemed to have decided that I was in danger and rushed in.
Don’t come, Priscilla.
I ordered you to wait because I don’t want to see you become a witch.
But why are you coming here?
“Maximilian!”
Why is Priscilla running screaming so hard, but Kyle and Sir Pedro don’t move as if time has stopped?
… Time has stopped?
The moment I recognized that, Priscilla’s warm hand touched my shoulder.
……
…
“Max… Max?”
“Uh, money?”
“Max… “Are you sleep deprived?”
Her mother said this and touched my head.
I looked around her, leaving myself to that longing, warm touch.
This was a very familiar space to me.
Because it was under the shade of a tree planted in the garden of Biryong-gwan.
I felt like I was lying on my mother’s legs and looking up at the sky in a daze.
“This mother is fine. “You were very sleep deprived, right?”
I did not have the mana of the sun, but I was born with eyes that embraced the sun.
Therefore, the imperial family concluded that there was a high possibility that I was the seventh dawn of the empire.
The imperial family had high expectations of me, so it was an environment where sleep deprivation was inevitable.
My mother must have felt sorry for me, and she strongly insisted on an hour of rest, saying that tea time was a noble trait.
Thanks to you, I was able to spend my tea time leisurely, and my mother would often treat me like this during this time.
I felt like I really missed it.
“Did Max like that kid too?”
That kid?
Her mother’s question briefly gave her a headache.
After hearing a noise that sounded like an insect crawling, something suddenly occurred to me.
“Yes…. “I liked this kid.”
“hehehehe. “I thought so.”
Priscilla.
This is the daughter of the Count Arbest family, which is located in a fairly remote area even in the eastern region.
When the memory of Priscilla came to mind, I quickly raised my upper body.
“Oh my.”
“I’m sorry, Mother.”
“This mother is already healthy?”
Her mother recently gave birth to a younger sister named Rosaria.
Giving birth is something that takes up a lot of physical strength.
My mother needed medical treatment.
So, taking advantage of the meeting with the feudal lords in May, my mother and I went to Count Arbest’s home for recuperation.
So, you shouldn’t be so foolish anymore.
“Now that I have become your older brother, I must become a dignified man like my father.”
“Umm…. “Is this mother upset?”
After my mother said that, she pretended to cry.
I don’t know how to react.
So, as she was trying to remain blank, her mother let out a small sigh.
“When a lady cries, it’s a man to take out her handkerchief, Max.”
You didn’t cry… ?
“So what happened?”
I was lost in thought as I caressed the brooch with Priscilla’s portrait on it.
“I came across Priscilla walking around with her basket full of strange plants.”
“Oh my…. So?”
Rosaria was a child who required a lot of attention from her.
Basically, she was a wary child, so she always cried loudly when she was held in the arms of someone other than her mother.
She grew up as a child who changed day and night, and at night, her mother could not sleep at all, and she had to comfort her all night long.
This helped my mother suffer from chronic fatigue, and she would always take a nap during the day.
It was the same when I was recuperating at Count Arvest’s house.
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While her mother slept during the day, she hovered around Rosaria in case of any unexpected situation.
Then, by chance, I ran into Priscilla, who had a basket full of grass.
I asked what the grass was, and Priscilla told me that it was a grass that had the effect of making me sleepy.
It seemed like my sister had heard the news that her mother was having a hard time as night and day changed.
I was surprised that Priscilla was able to be so considerate even though she was the same age as me.
That’s why I couldn’t help but be interested in Priscilla.
Priscilla was the first person to meet someone of the same age who was of noble status or higher.
Maybe that’s why we became friends so quickly.
─ Rosaria… It’s such a lovely name, Your Highness… !
“Lia said it was lovely.”
“She was a child with an eye for seeing. And?”
“Priscilla also seemed to have gardening as her hobby.”
“Oh my….”
Priscilla looked as lovely as her doll.
She was a bit timid, but she was surprisingly competitive and a fun person.
Moreover, like her mother, gardening was her hobby.
I think that was her biggest point.
“If it’s the Count Arvest family… Umm….”
Her mother crossed her arms and was lost in thought for a moment.
She then smiled brightly and nodded her head.
“What does she think of him?”
“… I don’t think she’s bad.”
I responded as I felt the heat rising to her face.
“Do you want to be together in the future?”
My mother pushed me even more persistently.
I was embarrassed.
But to be honest, it was true that she was attracted to Priscilla.
Because lying didn’t work in front of my mother anyway, I had no choice but to nod honestly.
“Leave this to the mother!”
Her mother said this and gently patted her chest.
She then gave various instructions to the employees and hurried out of the garden of Biryong Pavilion.
He is probably going to his father in nature.
Yes, this is definitely how Priscilla and I became engaged.
And I visited the garden of this flying dragon pavilion….
The garden of Biryonggwan?
Something is stuck.
But I’m not sure what it is.
“Oh my… “Are you sure?”
“Yes, mother. There, Maximilian—”
Priscilla and I turned 15.
We will enter Soleil in one year.
That’s why Priscilla left Count Arbest and stayed at a villa in the archipelago.
Then, when her mother was bored, she invited Priscilla to the Biryong Pavilion.
No matter how brave a woman may be, her body is bound to shrink when she is called to the royal palace.
But look at Priscilla now.
I came and sat in Biryonggwan as freely as if I were coming in and out of my own home.
Moreover, aren’t you like friends with the empress of the empire?
It was a truly amazing sight.
As Mother and Priscilla were talking for a while, this time the arrow flew towards me.
“Max.”
“Yes, mother.”
“You will soon be a student of Soleil. Are preparations for Sir’s escort progressing steadily?”
“… Of course.”
Priscilla stroked the side of her head as if she was a little embarrassed.
“I like it because it’s fresh!”
Her mother continued the story, saying that it reminded her of the time she met her father when she was in school.
When it came to matters related to love, she was as chatty as the maids of Biryong Pavilion.
Priscilla liked her mother’s story so much that she leaned forward so much that she thought she might hit her forehead on the table.
I don’t know where to put my eyes on her due to the harmony between her innocent movements and her unusual body.
I sighed softly and lifted my teacup so as not to let my worries be noticed.
As I took a sip of tea and calmed down, I felt something sticking to my thigh.
This is─
“Leah.”
“Yes, brother!”
It was my younger sister Leah.
Lia was a really cute girl, just like her mother.
“Onii-chan!”
Leah clung to my thigh and started whining.
Knowing what that meant, I sighed and put down the teacup.
“Heung!”
Leah sat on my lap and looked at Priscilla with an arrogant expression.
“Onii-sama is mine!”
Leah declared and crossed her arms.
“Oh my….”
When her mother saw Leah’s misbehaving, she glanced at Priscilla.
But Priscilla smiled, looking at Lia with her relaxed expression.
“Hello, Lia?”
“My name is Rosaria!”
“Yes, Priscilla. “This guy’s name is Rosaria.”
“Ahh! “Don’t call your brother that!”
Leah said that and started to panic.
I put a snack into the hands of Lia, who was making a lot of noise.
Then Leah quickly became distracted by her cookies, and she began gnawing on them as eagerly as a squirrel.
A sense of satisfaction filled the space that had been noisy for a while.
As I was staring blankly at the scene, I suddenly felt something warm on her shoulder.
I placed my hand on something warm.
Then, suddenly, I felt something hot on my cheek.
“Are you my brother?”
“Max?”
“Maximilian?”
It was tears.
“Negotiations are a breakdown.”
I am a mess.
But he is not the kind of bastard who would sell out his country because of such baseless illusions.
Go away, you bastard.