It’s hard to leave home (6)
The alcohol at the banquet was beyond reproach.
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Mountain and sea delicacies prepared by the best masters of the Eastern Continent using all their skills.
Expensive alcohol is strong, but there is no intoxication.
However, the sweet and delicious liquor got stuck in my throat and I couldn’t pass it properly.
The stage name in front of Chris urged him to practice whenever his glass was empty.
Ye-ryun’s body was trembling pitifully.
Even if he was treated with contempt since childhood, his name is the emperor’s bloodline.
When did she ever do something like this?
The other members of the imperial family, who froze at the sight that felt so cruel, regained their vitality when the stage name opened their eyes.
He already had complete control over his faction.
Chris was a sympathetic person, but he couldn’t help but feel sorry for Ye-ryun, who had grown up under his shadow.
Aristocrats with succession rights are political machines who have been taught politics since childhood, but their stage names are of a different rank, befitting the emperor’s lineage.
Judging that he had sufficiently shown the difference between Ye-ryun and himself, he made the next move without delay.
Pretending to be slightly drunk, he offers a proposal he had prepared in advance.
“Gong is too precious to be used as a mere escort. Why don’t you entrust Lian’s escort to someone else and become a general of our Qin Empire? If it’s your skill, I think I can give you the position of general.”
“Thank you very much for your words, but I know how to wield a sword, but I am not good at commanding large armies.”
When Chris humbly refused, the stage name smiled and suggested it again.
Contrary to his initial expectations, he had no intention of reaping Ye-ryun into his faction.
Even if she could sit side by side with a mere outsider, it seemed impossible to treat Ye-ryun equally with other members of the royal family.
The deformedly developed stage name pride did not allow it.
After being rejected by Chris every time, he made the rice cake a bit thicker.
“hahahaha, I’ve rarely been so naive, but it seems like Ryun really likes you. Then, would you like to make a couple’s kite at all?”
“yes?”
I didn’t know that the taste of the food could be lowered here, but it was possible.
Chris had no choice but to react stupidly to the stage name suggestion.
After belatedly regaining his consciousness, he hurriedly tries to rectify the other person’s mistake.
“Ha, how dare I, a mere wanderer, marry the royal family of the Empire… … .”
“You are too humble. How can a mere vagabond defeat Hyuncheong, the leader of the Baekryongmun, in unison? The disciples of Baekryongmun will be indignant when they hear it.”
Hyuncheong, whom Chris dealt with previously, was the best person among the unmanned people that his stage name could recruit.
There are not many people with more skills than that, and even if there were, I couldn’t rush out because of my social status.
However, it was Chris who defeated the young genius with a single strike.
With the decisive battle of a lifetime ahead, he cannot but be greedy.
But no matter how much he would allow the imperial lineage to him.
The matter was too heavy to justify that he slipped because he was drunk.
According to what I heard from Ye Lian, the lineage of the Qin Empire is strictly controlled.
When Chris points it out, the stage name bursts into laughter.
“How can it be a problem to marry someone who will become a general of the Qin Empire in the future? In the first place, the management of the lineage must have been to prevent the royal family’s magical power from leaking out. There is no such thing as a lotion, so there is no need to keep it. When I ascend to the position of emperor in the future, I will destroy all such ostentation.”
“The rise and fall of the Qin Empire all depend on Brother Ming.”
“You are indeed my brother. A person with a tight grip like Jin’s older brother would not be able to compete with Ming’s older brother.”
The mechanical praise of the rest of the royal family that followed disturbed Chris’ ears.
Ye-ryun, who had been lowering her head since earlier, seemed to be barely holding back her tears.
Unfortunately for the two of them, the banquet of suffering continued for quite some time.
Chris, who had rejected stage names dozens of times, was only able to leave his palace in the middle of the night.
The head maid and the shaman, who were waiting under the tower, noticed the situation by looking at the expressions of the two.
The road back to Ye-ryun’s residence was very cold and quiet.
Chris turned his head with great difficulty and could see her frozen face.
The expression on Ye-ryun’s expression, buried in the darkness, was slightly terrifyingly empty.
Even Chris, who had been through all of the prenatal battles, had never seen anything like this.
Eventually, when they return to their long-lost home, Chris orders a snack from the maid.
It was a banquet full of delicacies from all over the place, but Ye-ryun was considerate of him, knowing that he could not fully fill his stomach while serving next to him.
“I’m a bit hungry, so prepare some snacks.”
“All right.”
The lady-in-waiting, noticing the situation, nodded without a word.
As soon as refreshments arrive, the warm tea water warms the body cooled by the night air.
Ye-ryun, who was drinking tea with a corpse-like expression, quietly asked Chris across the street.
“Why didn’t you go to my older brother? You’d be treated much better than someone like me… … .”
It was more of a self-help question than a sincere question.
Chris forced himself lightly.
“I am a bit sad. In the western continent, mercenary Chris was synonymous with trust.”
“You are not even a mercenary here. We just summoned and asked for it at will.”
“The wealth and honor suggested by the stage name is useless. I have to go back to the western continent anyway, but do you think he’ll let me go well? For me, Ye-ryun-nim is much better.”
When Chris spoke as if taking Ye-ryun’s side, her expression relaxed a little.
Recovering a smile with difficulty, she said playfully.
“Then do you think we will send Chris away well?”
“Ye-ryun-nim, you know that if you don’t keep your promise, you can’t handle it.”
Chris, half-joking and half-serious, came out into the yard, and the maid was holding something.
She happily proposed, laying them out in the yard.
It seemed that it was prepared for a change of mood for the dispirited Ye-ryun.
“It is a firecracker that is the pride of our Jin Empire. I won’t use anything too loud, but it should be light enough to enjoy.”
“Where did you get this from again?”
Chris muttered curiously, holding a stick-shaped firecracker.
The lady-in-waiting answered without hesitation.
“Perhaps it was for the succession ceremony to come a little later, it was piled up in the warehouse.”
“Can I bring anything for the event?”
“Of course not.”
“huh?”
If not, how did you get it?
The maid immediately answered Chris’ question.
“The management department of the imperial family did not properly deliver the budget to Ye-ryun’s palace… If I need something, I secretly borrow it and use it.”
It means that he did not bring it with permission, but stole something from the warehouse.
While Chris, who was at a loss for words at the confident answer, stiffened, Ye-ryun held a firecracker and set it on fire.
Firecrackers, shaped like long foxtails, light up and burn slowly.
It’s no better than the stuff you can get at your local stationery store, but in this world, even these things would be invaluable.
Chris enjoyed playing with firecrackers after a long time and soothed his grunting mood a little.
The stage name continued to send people after that day to urge Chris to answer, but Chris had no reason to raise his hand.
The repertoire to drive out the messengers is slowly running out.
Finally, the grand meeting of the imperial family was held.
After almost all members of the imperial family disappeared into the secret room where the great conference was being held, the palace became quiet.
The footsteps of the attendants on the road are muted, and the loud music is nowhere to be heard.
Chris, who was stuck in the palace with Ye-ryun, suddenly got curious and asked her.
“By the way, roughly how does predicting the future work?”
“hmm… I’m not sure, but according to the experiences of other members of the royal family, it’s similar to dreaming.”
“Is it like a common precognitive dream?”
“It’s a little different from Precognitive Dream. Should I say it’s the feeling of experiencing the things that will happen in advance while being clearly aware that it’s a dream? They say that even if you dream the same dream twice, the result will change depending on your actions.”
Ye-ryun seemed to be having a hard time answering Chris’ question properly, so she hung her tail.
Chris, who realized the rough feeling, nodded his head slightly.
What Ye-ryun wanted to talk about seemed to be similar to lucid dreaming, which is commonly referred to as lucid dreaming.
‘Are you roughly predicting the results of your actions, rather than looking at a definite future?’
Well, if it was possible to simply see, the first emperor would not have built such a great empire.
The possessor of proper clairvoyance will be able to distort the predestined future at will.
Seeing Chris’ serious expression, Ye-ryun waved her hand slightly.
“Actually, it’s not that great. The invitation was really great, but as of now, I can only get fragmentary information.”
“And what about accuracy? Have you ever been wrong in your predictions?”
“As far as I know, not even once.”
After hearing a satisfactory answer, Chris secretly licked his lips.
This clairvoyance doesn’t seem to be a very all-round ability, but 100% accuracy is definitely attractive.
For Chris, who suffers from a lack of information in his later years, he wants to kidnap and take one or two people.
Chris and Ye-ryun waited patiently for the conference to end.
In fact, the conclusion of the Great Council does not mean that the next emperor will be decided immediately.
Since the emperor is not yet dead, there will be some time to spare, and in the meantime, the opposition may make a fuss.
So, Chris’ work can be said to be the real beginning.
The calm before the storm lasted long after the sun had set.
Finally, when the drums sounded announcing the end of the great conference, the members of the council and attendants waiting outside the venue rushed in.
It is said that the clairvoyant needs quick care because it eats away a lot of the user’s mental power.
After leaving the palace, Chris and Ye-ryun followed them into the venue.
They won’t be of much help, but as a courtesy, you should keep your seat.
In the secret room where the hot air was blowing, the exhausted members of the imperial family were spread out helplessly.
Some of them fainted and lost consciousness.
“Bring some cold water over here!”
“The condition of the third prince is critical.”
“You have suffered a lot indeed.”
As Ye-ryun and Chris froze watching them, Ye-myung, who was on the verge of exhaustion, barely got up.
He suddenly pointed at Ye-ryun and ordered the people around him.
“Guards, get that b*tch right now!”
The guards, who flinched at the command of their stage name, began to move busily.
If it was like normal times, I would have asked why, but now the akr conference is over.
Because of this, the weight of the words of the royal family is different.
Chris, embarrassed by their sudden action, tried to draw his sword, but Ye-ryun quickly blocked it.
“Gee, calm down, Chris. name brother. Why did you suddenly order me to be arrested?”
“Don’t take off Shimichi! I saw four years escaping from this country. You dare to betray the Qin Empire because you were not born with the shame of our imperial family?”
When the stage name was announced in a voice full of anger, the other members of the imperial family also joined in without delay.
As if they witnessed a similar future, they glared at Ye-ryun with obvious hostility.
Ye-ryun tried to explain something to them, but the royal guards did not wait any longer.
Chris’s hand gripping the handle of the longsword trembled.
However, Illesis’ voice, telling him to think only of returning safely, prevented him from leaving.
Ye-ryun’s close aides, the maid and the shaman, had to stand on their feet and watch as she was taken away by the royal guards.
“Oh, how are you? Ye-ryun didn’t do anything, but why did this happen… … .”
“This is a false name. Prince Ming must have treated Ye Lian with great respect!”
“well… … .”
Chris couldn’t easily agree with the sorcerer’s hasty words.
Armed Praetorian Guards began to evacuate to judge for crimes not yet committed.