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Velium, the capital of the new Neilum Empire.Ethan and Cynthia arrived at the Imperial Palace.
For some reason, the atmosphere in the Imperial Palace was depressed.
Overall, I felt like I was being careful about my words and actions.
‘Even if you are not happy with the return of the princess, this is a bit strange.’
Ethan felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere.
He was guided and entered the detached palace.
The location of the detached palace was very remote.
It was hard to believe that it was the place where the princess lived.
The imperial healer was waiting in the drawing room of the detached palace.
“I’m going to meet your Majesty the Princess.”
The therapist quickly checked Cynthia’s condition.
Then he shook his head a few times.
“Um, this is… … .”
“Be honest.”
The therapist hesitated, then opened her mouth at Cynthia’s prompting.
“I have been a therapist for decades, but this is the first time I have ever seen such a poison. Hwang Song Hao, Your Majesty, I cannot guarantee a cure for myself.”
The therapist lay flat on the floor.
Cynthia sighed.
“I get it. You have nothing to save yourself, so just go away.”
After the therapist left, Cynthia turned to Ethan.
“It seems you are the only one who can cure this poison for now. It’s too late, but I wish you all the best.”
Ethan nodded and opened his mouth.
“By the way, is the atmosphere of the Imperial Palace like this? It’s not even a funeral, it’s gloomy.”
“Come on, it’s a funeral… … .”
Cynthia was perplexed.
But she also noticed the strange atmosphere.
“Even so, I was just trying to figure out what happened while I was away.”
Cynthia called the maid and asked a question.
Then the maid was visibly embarrassed.
“That, actually, a while ago… … .”
Then, another maid entered the drawing room.
“Your Majesty, the Regent asks you to see your Majesty.”
“Uncle?”
Cynthia frowned.
Ethan remembered the two sukjils he had seen with his jet-black eyes.
Even with empty words, they didn’t seem to get along well.
‘Besides, seeing the princess put in a place like this… It’s obvious what the hospitality will be like.’
Ethan clicked his tongue inwardly.
Meanwhile, the handmaiden answered Cynthia’s words.
“Your Majesty says he wants to discuss a matter that has not been dealt with because he has been away for a long time.”
Although the duke was regent, the successor with legitimacy was clearly Cynthia.
So there were limits to what could be done.
Cynthia lightly waved her hand.
“Tell him that you will come later. I have work to do now.”
Bump.
“There is no need for you to come. That’s why I came here.”
Suddenly the door opened and a middle-aged man entered.
It was Harold, the regent of the new Niilum Empire.
Cynthia was furious at Harold’s recklessness.
“Uncle, what rudeness is this?”
“Are you going to ask for something like that now? I have heard of what has happened in the past. Have you been ambushed by a dark follower? If you had stayed quietly in the private palace, wouldn’t you have gone through such a dangerous thing?”
There is Ethan by his side, but Harold blatantly ignores Cynthia.
Cynthia snorted.
“Aren’t you familiar with my duties as a princess? What if the demon king’s remnants cause an accident?”
“Hmm.”
That’s right, Harold didn’t respond.
Instead, he looked at Ethan, who was standing by the window.
“That is the boy of the rumor.”
“This is Ethan, a saint candidate of the Pars Church.”
Cynthia deliberately emphasized Ethan’s affiliation.
It meant that he thought of Ethan’s back, so he shouldn’t touch it.
“Nice to meet you, Priest Ethan.”
Despite Cynthia’s warning, Harold leisurely reached out.
Ethan shook hands with Harold.
‘This guy is the duke of the new empire.’
Harold’s face was unfamiliar.
It was only natural that he was born after Ethan died.
Harold said, stroking his well-groomed beard.
“It took a lot of hard work to bring His Majesty to this place. I heard that you came along to heal His Majesty?”
“yes. Yes, but.”
Then Harold smiled inexplicably.
“I’m sorry that your hard work seems to be in vain. The wounds you suffered will never be fully healed.”
“What do you mean?”
Ethan’s eyes brightened.
“Even if he is a miracle boy, he doesn’t know this. I’m guessing Your Majesty suffered from ‘nameless poison’. But the poison has not been detoxified until now.”
“… … !”
To his surprise, Harold knew about the poison Cynthia had been poisoned with.
‘Did you hear anything from the therapist who diagnosed the princess?’
But the therapist said it was the first poison he had ever seen.
This meant that the healer knew nothing of the nameless poison.
Even if Harold had a deep knowledge of medicine, it was strange.
Harold, who had just entered the drawing room, did not even have time to diagnose the princess.
The poisoned princess’ injuries were not even visible on the outside, so it was strange.
‘Shall we float?’
Ethan opened his mouth as if he didn’t know at all.
“Nameless poison? It’s definitely a poison I’m not aware of. But how does the regent know about the poison?”
“… … .”
Harold was silent for a moment.
He grinded his teeth as if suppressing his anger and looked at Cynthia.
“That is an urgent matter to discuss, Your Majesty. Something happened to Velium while your Majesty was away.”
Ethan instinctively realized.
It must have been a day related to the stagnation of the imperial palace.
“What is that, Uncle?”
“The Dark Followers have attacked the nobles within Velium. I discovered the nameless poison while investigating the case.”
“What?”
Cynthia’s eyes widened.
Harold put down his wand and rolled up his jacket.
Then the cut in the abdomen was clearly revealed.
“… … ?!”
Cynthia’s face contorted.
Harold continued.
“And not too long ago I was attacked too.”
* * *
‘attack?’
Ethan’s eyes narrowed.
Why would the dark follower target the nobles of the fledgling empire?
But Harold was silent as if conscious of Ethan.
“Coming to think of it, I didn’t mean to say it in a place with outsiders.”
“He is not just an outsider.”
Cynthia was furious and wrapped herself around Ethan.
“But I am not qualified to be in a position to discuss state affairs.”
Ethan decided to get out of his seat.
“I will excuse you.”
Ethan left the drawing room.
As he walked to the room where he would be staying during his stay in the Imperial Palace, Ethan was deep in thought.
‘The Prince Regent was attacked? Is that also a nameless poison?’
Ethan’s mind was full of doubts.
It was understandable that Cynthia had been poisoned by a nameless poison.
It’s only natural to use a trump card on a target that must be assassinated.
‘But it’s kind of weird.’
Ethan remembered Harold’s words.
-The Dark Followers have attacked the nobles in Velium. While investigating the case, I discovered an unnamed poison.
It looked as if there were quite a few unnamed poisons.
‘Is the nameless poison so abundant? Wasn’t it difficult to make even 100 years ago when the Demon King was alive?’
Ethan frowned.
If the production of the nameless poison had been easy, the Demon King’s war of conquest would have ended too quickly.
Even then, unlike now, there was the blood of the Demon King.
Without the blood of the Demon King, there was no way he could use the nameless poison.
‘If the Demon King had been completely resurrected in any way, the continent would have already been turned upside down.’
Ethan was the first to erase the near-impossible assumption.
If the Demon King was resurrected, there was no need for the Dark Followers to act like a point organization.
It would have started a war again centered on the Demon King.
The presence of the Demon King was at least that much.
‘Then it must be one of the two.’
One is that they found a way to produce nameless poison by replacing the demon king’s blood.
The other is that the poison suffered by the nobles of the new empire is not a real nameless poison.
Ethan thought of Fenrir in Cynthia’s room.
‘If you’ve lived that long, shouldn’t you be able to talk to people?’
He was no help at all.
Hopefully I could have asked about the conversation between Cynthia and Harold.
That was then.
Kick!
I could feel the sagging force on the hem of his pants.
Ethan looked down at the floor in surprise.
“what? What gap did you follow?”
There was a white dung beetle.
When Ethan came out, he seemed to have followed.
Fenrir looked at Ethan, crying as if asking for something.
Whoops! Kick!
Ethan’s eyebrows trembled slightly.
“You want me to do that again?”
bruise!
As if in reply, Fenrir barked once loudly.
This was not the first time Fenrir had made a request.
In the wagon coming to Velium, that bastard had already pampered Ethan enough.
He was told to put himself on Ethan’s shoulder.
Ethan was puzzled and sat down to look at Fenrir.
“Where is this real dog shit? hey you hate me If you want to be prettier, go to the princess and do it.”
Bump!
But Fenrir, listening to Ethan’s words, curled up and scratched his body with his hind legs.
‘You can’t just grab this!’
Ethan had a fever.
Fenrir was still wary of Ethan.
However, for his own comfort, he did not choose any means and methods.
When Fenrir was small, he enjoyed carrying it comfortably on the shoulder of a person.
‘That woman was like that a hundred years ago. Anyway, I got the habit wrong.’
Ethan clicked his tongue low.
Saint Eileen put Fenrir on her shoulder and stroked it hard.
However, Ethan had no intention of complying with Fenrir’s request.
He pushed Fenrir’s butt off.
“go away. I don’t have time to play with you.”
hey hey!
However, Fenrir persevered despite being pushed back.
That was then.
“The priest who came with the princess. Are the rumors true?”
Both Ethan and Fenrir stopped what they were doing.
The voices of cleaning servants could be heard from beyond the corner of the hallway.
‘Maybe we can get information.’
Ethan quickly picked up Fenrir and placed it on his shoulder.
Then Fenrir ceased to frown.
‘okay. You should have noticed.’
Ethan calmly listened to the conversation coming from over the corner.
“Ah, the rumor that it caused a miracle?”
“I heard you say that in Nouvel, holy white water was purified, and in Legno, the forest was purified. So is it real?”
“right! Did anyone I know go all the way to Nouvel to see Seongbaeksu? Seongbaeksu really came back to life!”
“Then are all the rumors true?”
As the voice grew louder, one of the servants noticed.
“Shh! Even so, the atmosphere of the imperial palace is chaotic, but if you get caught doing this, you will be severely scolded.”
“but. After all, the Duchess died during the raid… … .”
“right. Besides, even a temporary grave was dug up? There is no other lightning bolt for the regent.”
The voices of the servants who had been chatting were getting farther away.
It seemed to have been moved to another location.
‘The Duchess is dead and the grave has been dug up?’
Ethan’s eyes narrowed in thought.