58 – Saint Cynthia (3)
“I’m glad to meet someone who put God’s love into practice.”
I spoke to the woman in front of me who had not yet grasped the situation.
Then, the woman who had been frozen and embarrassed just a moment ago lowered her head awkwardly.
“… I’m sorry, Your Majesty. “I apologize for my rudeness.”
“It is done. Listening to King Seong’s story, I heard that you were a commoner until recently, right? “I’ll overlook the slight rudeness.”
I said that and offered her a seat.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
The woman politely bowed her head to me and sat down.
Dalkak.
As her servant began to make tea, she, who had been rolling her eyes here and there, carefully opened her mouth.
“Well, is there a reason to prepare different tea leaves? ?”
It’s the same question as the Pope.
Arvest is a high-quality tea suitable only for sophisticated tastes.
It can be said to be a tea like ‘Deja X’, one of the seven popular drinks in the other world.
In short, it is a tea that is difficult to give away to someone who does not know the taste.
So, I tried to be considerate in my own way, but both the Pope and the woman in front of me were focusing on something truly useless.
“I like this car more.”
“Can I try that tea too?”
There is a lot of demand today.
Thinking thus, I ordered the servant to give the same car to the woman in front of me.
Dalgak.
“Get in.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
I drank the tea served by the employee and carefully observed the woman in front of me.
“From what I heard, it uses some special divine power, right?”
After confirming that the woman had lifted her mouth from her teacup, I asked that question bluntly.
Then the woman in front of her carefully nodded her head.
“Yes, I heard that.”
“What does it feel like specifically?”
“I heard that my divine power is effective for internal injuries as well.”
I guess so.
Even in gaming, addiction, which is far from trauma, was treated.
The reason why a commoner named Cynthia was made a saint in the Holy Kingdom in the first place was because she saved countless people suffering from infectious diseases.
‘I guess I can just get out of here.’
“Did you hear?”
When I asked that question in a voice full of doubt, the woman lowered her head in a bit of confusion.
“While taking care of patients with divine power in Southtria… “I got to know the local priest.”
Southern….
It is the southernmost inhabited area in the South.
The game also said that while using sacred power in the southern part of the country, it became intertwined with the Holy Kingdom, so it seems to have progressed in a similar direction to the game.
However, in the game, rumors spread only after saving many people….
‘Is it because the empire intervened?’
I took a sip of tea in a very leisurely manner and looked at the woman with a slightly relaxed face.
“Thank you. “Saint of the Holy Kingdom.”
“… Yes?”
“Thanks to your dedication, the lives of the empire’s subjects were saved. So it’s natural to express gratitude.”
The woman opened her eyes wide in surprise at my words, then shook her head with a slight blush on her face.
“Well, I was just lucky….”
Befitting her background as a commoner, the woman in front of her does not seem to know much about noble etiquette.
However, I was strangely concerned that he seemed to be highly sophisticated for a commoner, as if he had received a high education somewhere.
“And compared to other adults in the Holy Kingdom, I think I am still lacking in many ways.”
“They are other adults…. “I don’t know much about the Holy Kingdom, so this is an interesting topic.”
As I said this and expressed my interest in the Holy Kingdom, the woman in front of me began to tell stories about the Holy Kingdom with a visibly relieved expression.
“In the Holy Kingdom—”
Most of it was stuff I didn’t want to know or needed to know anyway.
Still, among all that useless information, there was also essential information.
“That’s amazing. “It’s incredible that a commoner can learn so much in just two months.”
“Ah… hehehehe….”
The woman laughed in a low voice and repeatedly responded as if she was sorry.
Yes, it’s really great.
The commoners have truly integrated into the Holy Kingdom, which has a very different culture, in just two months.
After that, I spent my time leisurely drinking tea, as if I had run out of topics to talk about.
Then, the woman sitting in front of me also looked uncomfortable and started pretending to drink only tea after me.
I was leisurely spending time like that, looking at the user with a slightly bored look in my eyes and making a gesture as if I was shuffling the cards.
Then the user opened his eyes wide as if he was surprised for a moment, but then he naturally put down the card and chip in front of me as if nothing had happened.
I motioned to the employee to go out.
“Uh… “Is it a card?”
“It’s one of my few hobbies.”
As I said that and started shuffling the cards naturally, the woman looked like she didn’t know how to react.
“I recently experienced an incident where I fell from a horse.”
“Gwae, are you okay…?” ?”
I shrugged my shoulders at those words and showed off my flashy hand movements.
“On the contrary, the officials liked it. “I can even hear jokes that my sanity was restored by the shock of falling from a horse.”
The woman who heard me narrowed her eyebrows as if she was thinking deeply about something.
“But he said that if I hurt my head again, it might go back to normal, and he really encouraged me to only enjoy these gentle hobbies. “In the past, I would nag you to stop, to the point where your ears would bleed.”
I said that and placed a stack of well-shuffled cards on the table.
“Do you know how to play poker?”
“Yes, to a certain extent…” .”
“Wow, I’m looking forward to that.”
He blatantly showed the attitude that he had run out of topics to talk about.
He probably thought that if he answered that he didn’t even know how to play poker, the conversation would end like this.
The woman in front of me answered that she naturally knows how to play poker.
‘You’re so immature.’
In this world, playing cards is considered an unwelcome hobby even for nobles.
It is a culture and hobby that is considered semi-sinful to commoners.
However, although she is a bit of a commoner woman who has not even had a coming-of-age ceremony yet, she knows the rules….
“It’s hold’em. “Then let’s begin.”
“Uh… Fold….”
When the woman in front of me checked her hand, she naturally shouted fold and held out a card to me.
“What makes you fold so quickly?”
I said that and so naturally, she checked the card she held out.
Then the woman in front of her looked slightly embarrassed, but I calmly checked her card as if she didn’t notice.
“Wasn’t this similar to each other? “He’s a guy who gives up quickly.”
I said that, opened my hand, and started shuffling the cards again.
The game started again.
Hold’em is basically a game played with multiple people, but if there are only two people like this, local rules are followed.
I gave her the choice to either proceed with the game or die.
“Raise.”
“Oh, looks like something good came out? “It’s a call.”
I followed her bet, matching her joyous expression.
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“Umm….”
Since the hand was ambiguous, she knocked on the table, and the woman in front of her also followed me and knocked on the table with a slightly unsure expression.
Knocking on the table instead of saying “Check” Would be something you wouldn’t know unless you were very sharp.
I was sure of this.
“Gardener in the Garden of Thorns.”
As I said that and gently lowered the hand in her hand, the woman in front of her took a deep breath and opened her eyes.
“How did you….”
“All members of the royal family who are born with the sun are born with special powers. Memories of a world other than this place flowed into me.”
I flinch.
This was not the reaction of the woman in front of me.
My fiancee, Priscilla, who had become human furniture, flinched and reacted.
Then, I warned the woman in front of me not to move, carefully pressing her fingers on the sofa so as not to be noticed.
“….”
“The Holy King said that you were a saint born with the mana of the moon. So I thought you might have something special like that. “I guess I was right.”
She seemed to be similar to me.
“Uh, this is…” Ah….”
No way?
“Triceratops?”
“Oh, brother?”
The woman in front of me covered her mouth with a surprised expression.
Then, as he put a very unpleasant word into her mouth, her eyes widened.
‘Who is your brother, you arrogant brat…? .’
A documentary about a man’s 30-year life is playing on TV.
Do I become that man if I just stare at that blankly?
That’s not true.
However, she may sympathize with the man’s life and be influenced by it to some extent.
I regard my memories of my past life as just this.
So, I couldn’t help but feel quite annoyed by the woman in front of me who dared to call me, the crown prince of the empire, my brother and let her words go.
“Be careful what you say, saint of the Holy Kingdom.”
“Ah… sorry. Still, wow… Such a coincidence….”
The woman in front of me was struggling and began to explain the changes that had occurred to her.
It is said that everything started for her from the moment she got her hands on the s*xual relic called ‘Fragment of a Moment’.
“At that time, a strange memory suddenly flowed into my head.”
“It’s an amazing thing. So how much do you know about the Garden of Thorns?”
“I don’t know the details either. “I think in my past life, I bought it because a friend told me to try it as the game of life.”
“Life is a game….”
“Uh… brother is… No, I guess the person in my past life doesn’t know the story well? I know from the save data that I’ve progressed further….”
“I think it started from the beginning to punish my younger sister for playing such games. Aside from that, I think I skipped most of it because I found it disgusting to see men on screen.”
“Ahahahaha!”
There was a high possibility that the woman in front of me was a different person from Triceratops, my younger sister from my previous life.
If it had been possessed by a Triceratops, its habitual behavior would have been revealed implicitly.
For example, Triceratops had a habit of raising its little finger when drinking tea.
But this woman in front of me didn’t do that.
I’ve only figured out this much difference yet, but if I take the time to observe it slowly, more differences will be revealed.
“I have one question. “Aren’t the ratings too vague for something called the game of life?”
The Gardener of Thorns was a game with ratings biased towards 1 and 5 points.
That feels a bit vague for being a game of life, doesn’t it?
“I’m sorry. I don’t know the details either….”
For a dating simulation game, Garden of Thorns boasted quite excellent gameplay, with the mini-games within it being close to the main game.
In my past life, I also appreciated that part.
But was the reason for the poor rating being that the difficulty level was too high for women to play?
“Is it because the game was difficult?”
“I don’t know about that either. However, I think her friend repeatedly advised her to be careful about spoilers.”
“I see.”
Having said that, I was very concerned about the story that I would skip and never know.
“For your information, how far do you remember playing?”
“Maximilian… Well, I haven’t been able to go the Crown Prince’s route. If His Majesty Dior is missing, the difficulty level rises sharply…. “I couldn’t even clear His Majesty Dior’s route in the first place.”
In my past life, I skimmed over the story, and even then I couldn’t achieve an all-clear.
So, I had quite a bit of expectation, but it turned out to be disappointing.
“So, did you survive in your past life?”
The last memory of my past life was when I was in a car accident and was losing consciousness.
“Yes? Ah, are you talking about a car accident? Fortunately, they both survived.”
“That’s good news to hear.”
You mean you lived through that wound?
I think I was a pretty lucky guy in my past life.
But if that happens─
‘Then how old did you live?’
“… “The memories of my past life also end around that time!”
Perhaps reading something from the corner of my eye, the woman in front of me said that and waved her hand left and right.
“I see.”
It was a moment when I learned a lot.
“It was nice to meet you. If the game goes as planned, we’ll meet again later. “Goodbye.”
“Yes, Your Highness…” . See you later.”
If possible, I don’t want to see you again.
‘Selfish b*tch.’
When I heard the story, it brought back memories from a long time ago.
From then on, I was able to control that strange divine power.
Then, it means that you have been able to do a lot since then.
For example, it would have been possible to stay in the north instead of the south and save the prime minister’s wife who had collapsed from an unexplained illness.
‘Was it meant to follow the story of the game?’
With the death of Marchioness Wellston, the Prime Minister becomes a villain and a threat to the empire.
His shadow overlaps with Chapters 1 and 2, creating at least hundreds of thousands to close to a million victims.
If I hadn’t been involved, the same thing would have happened in the game.
‘I feel like a dog.’
People’s lives are the same, so there is no excuse for not wanting to treat only the Prime Minister’s wife as special.
My father, the emperor of the empire, was staying in the southern part of the empire to help recover from flood damage.
Even if I had not intervened, the number of patients dying from infectious diseases would have been the lowest on the continent.
In that case, it would have been better to stay in the north or move to the west to take care of the patient, but it was a back and forth.
So it was just disgusting.
That bastard who weighed his own safety and the millions of subjects of the empire.
“Ah… majesty.”
The selfish b*tch got up from her seat and looked at me with a serious expression.
Then he sat down again and opened his mouth with a very serious expression.
“Are you still engaged to him?”
“Are you talking about Priscilla?”
I flinch.
‘Stay still, you foolish thing.’
“I think your highness knows better, but please be careful. Given the circumstances of the story, the dark side is probably….”
“Darkness? “What does that mean?”
“Huh? Ah… Umm….”
The Gardener of Thorns branches off like branches from one main story.
The main story tells the story of Ludwig, the chancellor’s son, in Chapter 1, and Kyle, the son of Lord Bertrand, in Chapter 2, and from here, the story progresses through individual routes depending on the choices you make.
Although the final boss appears in each target route, Priscilla, the real dark side of this whole situation, appears only after reaching the Maximilian route, which covers the final story.
Until then, only vague nuances appeared, so if you read the story as if you were skipping it, you might have missed it.
So I secretly pretended not to know and it felt like I was caught in a good way.
“Don’t worry! “I will definitely help you.”
What a laughable year.
“Then please excuse me.”
“Okay, go see it.”
I don’t need help from you selfish b*tches.
The dark clouds hanging over this empire can be prevented even without the help of four years, and Priscilla will not awaken into darkness.
I’ll prove it to you now.
‘I will mess up the plan you weighed against the lives of 1 million citizens of the empire.’
Sorry, Ludwig and Cain.
You guys will enter Soleil with me next year.
In short, skipping a grade.
It seems like life at the academy will be a bit complicated, but it is unavoidable in order to protect the empire.
Just enjoy the situation.
‘The number of classmates to target has decreased from four to two. Now, how do you plan on coming out?’
Do your best to the best of your ability with Dior and the Holy Kingdom’s Holy Knight international student who you haven’t even met yet.
hahahahaha!