118 Inspection is over
***[Crown Prince Robert]***
A strand of hair got caught in a comb.
pull lightly
At that moment, an attendant’s voice was heard from overhead.
“I’m sorry.”
The face of the attendant who had been combing his hair turned blue.
It was like meeting a monster.
It wasn’t because her hair was pulled, she was irritated by the attendant’s reaction.
Before I could even think, my hand went out first.
Pick up the bottle in front of you and throw it at the attendant.
puck.
A dull sound rang out, and the attendant fell helplessly to the floor.
It doesn’t happen.
“What a trick!”
I thought he was pretending to pass out.
Robert kicked the attendant.
But the servant still did not move.
Maybe the right place wasn’t good.
You may have hit a dangerous place unluckily.
I thought so, but I couldn’t control my anger.
Robert kicked and stepped on the attendant again.
There was another attendant nearby, but he kept his head down and his eyes down.
The frightened look made him even more angry.
I know it shouldn’t be like this.
But I couldn’t stand it.
It was the moment Robert lifted his chair and was about to strike the fallen attendant.
The voice of the chamberlain was heard.
“Robert!”
His wrist, which was holding the chair, was caught by the chamberlain.
It looks like it was just caught lightly, but I can’t move.
I heard that the chief chamberlain was a warrior who had once been on the battlefield with his father.
It is said that he has enough martial arts skills to double as an escort.
‘Damn it!’
To dare to touch the body of a member of the royal family is arrogant.
Originally, it would have been an act that would cause his head to fall off, but only this man was permitted to do so.
This is what my father allowed.
What the king said he liked could not be overturned even by the crown prince.
The chamberlain took the chair from Robert’s hand and set it down on the floor.
Robert twisted his lips and glared at the chamberlain.
The chamberlain opened his mouth with an expressionless face.
“I heard that you’ve been feeling unwell lately.”
“…”
have nightmares every night
I don’t know what I was dreaming about.
It was clear that it was a nightmare, but when I woke up, it was faint as if I had emerged from a fog.
At first, I didn’t think it was a big deal, so I took it lightly, but it got worse.
Every time I wake up drenched in sweat and my eyes darken.
I don’t feel like I’m sleeping even when I’m asleep, and maybe because I’m tired, the irritation and violence I inflict on the people around me are getting more and more serious.
I feel like I’m going to be in big trouble if I do this myself.
But I can’t stop.
I felt like I wasn’t myself.
‘I feel like there is another me inside me.’
Sometimes the feeling is terrifying.
As if to dispel that fear, Robert spoke harshly.
“It’s not because I’m worried about my body, it’s probably because people around me complain.”
“It can’t be. Robert-nim is the next king to be.”
If the mother had given birth to one more son, this position would easily have been taken away.
Father and now even mother are sick of him.
After the engagement with a foreign princess was broken, the father and mother’s disappointment increased.
Baron Heath, because of his daughter.
The reason why Robert still holds the position of Crown Prince is because his mother is a princess of a great country and his only son is himself.
The human being Robert had no value in itself.
Thinking like that made me feel even rougher.
“I heard that you met the priest a few days ago.”
“…”
First I called the doctor.
Let’s say I have a nightmare, the doctor gave me medicine, but it didn’t work.
So I called the priest, but he also said he didn’t know the cause.
“Baron Heath heard the story somewhere, and recommended a fortune teller.”
“Are you saying nothing to me?”
When Robert raised his voice, the chamberlain responded politely.
“It seems that you don’t want to end with simply meeting the Crown Prince. It seems that you want to officially become a fortune teller for the royal family.”
If you become a royal official’s fortune teller, your reputation will increase, but you will receive more perks.
“Igor is a fortuneteller. Have you ever met him?”
“No, we never met.”
heard the story
Baron Heath was praising his mouth dry.
I suggested we meet, but I hated it because he praised me as if it was right on my lips.
Maybe he applied through the formal route because Robert refused.
“I did a background investigation, but he’s a very famous fortune teller in other countries. Perhaps he was concerned about His Highness Robert’s condition, and His Majesty asked me to meet him.”
“…”
Rather than being worried, it must have been because he wanted to prevent Robert’s violent behavior from escalating any further.
‘He probably thought it would be all right if he met a fortune teller.’
He just wants someone to take care of his troublesome son.
But it is useless.
It wasn’t for a day or two that his actions were wild and violent, and it was unlikely that the fortune teller could help with the nightmares that even priests could not touch.
However, if it had already been decided, it would be useless for Robert to talk about it.
When Robert reluctantly agreed, the chief chamberlain beckoned to the chamberlain in the corner.
“I’m supposed to see the fortune teller in a little while.”
“…”
An attendant came over and touched Robert’s hair and clothes.
The servant was very frightened, but his hands were very fast, as if he was trying to finish his work in the presence of the chief servant.
He seemed to think that without the chamberlain he would be beaten too.
The attendant, who had fainted, was carried outside before he knew it.
All of that stuff is annoying.
The chief chamberlain stood quietly by and watched, then spoke in a low voice.
“Your Majesty really cares about Robert-sama. Don’t doubt his feelings.”
The corners of Robert’s lips puckered up on their own.
Does your father love you?
That’s funny.
He is the child of the first queen he hates, and he is also a violent and inferior son.
What you love more is obviously the child of the second queen who dies pretty.
In addition, Emil, unlike himself, has been gathering people’s popularity with his bright and serious personality since childhood.
‘Emil even has a good relationship with the Duke of Weiss, whose father is in trouble.’
Thanks to his younger sister, who had married into the steppe family, Emil had a smooth relationship with the duke.
different from yourself
I was angry and heartbroken over all of that.
However, it could not be ejected while the chamberlain was watching.
While Robert was annoyed, the attendant tidied up his clothes and hair and stepped back.
After a while, the fortune teller entered while the chamberlain was present.
Baron Heath is also with him.
The fortune teller wore a hooded hood and held a large crystal ball in his hand.
Arriving before him, Baron Hiss bowed according to court etiquette, but Igor the Sorcerer only bowed his head deeply.
But the action was very polite and beautiful.
It was evident that he had met many high-ranking nobles and royalty.
“You may raise your head.”
When Robert’s words had run out, Baron Heath extended his formal greetings at length.
All the while, the fortune teller stood quietly with his head down.
It is so still that it seems to have erected a stone statue.
After Baron Heath’s long greeting, Robert spoke to Igor.
“I heard that you are a famous fortune teller. Can you see what’s wrong with my body?”
Unknowingly, sarcasm entered.
Robert doesn’t believe in fortune tellers.
I secretly called a fortune teller several times to ask if it was possible to change the mind of the Marquis Antelope Catherine to this direction, but I was confident that everything was possible, but I never succeeded.
I only took the money.
‘Those who are like swindlers.’
Even the fortune teller would have noticed his sarcasm.
But he answered quietly in an emotionless voice.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t see it right now. I’m just a human, and I’m not the one with power. I’m just borrowing the power of the gods.”
The fortune teller raised his head slightly.
His face was slightly exposed under the shadow of the hood.
It’s kind of creepy.
There were so many wrinkles that it looked like a deep line had been drawn all over the skin.
“I see everything through crystals. So give me a moment and I think I can answer your Highness’s questions.”
I was just talking quietly, but I felt a certain spirit.
The mighty mountain seems to be speaking.
Robert nodded, involuntarily stunned.
“I’ll let you sit down.”
“thank you.”
An attendant brought a small table and chair, and the fortuneteller sat down.
After taking a thick cloth out of his clothes and placing it on the table, the fortune teller quietly looked at the crystal ball for a while.
The fortune teller looked up at the crystal for a while.
I could feel the eyes inside the hood flashing.
“It’s full of fog. To my eyes, Your Highness appears to be in the fog.”
“…”
I definitely felt that way every time I woke up.
I woke up after constantly walking through the fog, and it still felt like it was following me.
For some reason, Robert involuntarily looked around.
“You mean there’s fog all around me?”
“It looks like that to my eyes. It’s not exactly real, it’s what you see in the crystal.”
“Do you know why? What can I do to get rid of it?”
Asking that, the fortune teller lowered his head a little.
“We don’t know exactly what causes or fixes yet. It’s going to take time.”
The fortune teller’s lips under the hood raised a little.
“But it’s definitely solvable.”
The chamberlain, who had been standing quietly and watching, opened his mouth.
“If you can resolve the Crown Prince’s affairs as soon as possible, we will positively consider your application.”
“thank you.”
Watching the fortune teller bow deeply, Robert suddenly thought it was strange.
For some reason, it seems that I heard the voice of the author in a dream.
I can’t say for sure, but somehow…
Thinking so, Robert suddenly came to his senses.
‘…that’s strange. What was I just thinking?’
It’s as if I fell asleep for a while.
I don’t know what I was doing or what I was thinking.
Somehow that was strange, so Robert tilted his head.
***[Heroine Oscar]***
The schedule to visit the disaster site is tight.
It’s not that there are too many places in trouble, it’s that the places to visit are so far apart.
So the time I stayed in one place did not exceed an hour even if I set it for a long time.
When you get off the carriage, you meet people and say a word or two.
There was also the reason that the snow was slippery and I couldn’t speed up, so the time to move was dozens of times longer.
In order to save time, the wagon runs brightly with torches lit even at night like now.
“It’s late at night.”
The butler who accompanied me to attend on the journey took out a soft blanket and put it on my lap.
“You should rest now. I know you haven’t slept well the past few days.”
“…”
My eyes were closed as if I was sleeping, did you know?
As I smiled bitterly, the butler quietly arranged a bed/sofa and arranged a place to lie down.
“If you can’t sleep, can I get you a cup of hot tea?”
“are you okay.”
The butlers, no matter who they are, are all worried.
As I lay on the bed, the butler pulled the blanket up to my neck and carefully pressed it down and extinguished the candle.
It’s like doing it to a child.
‘Already a grown adult.’
A wry smile emerges spontaneously.
With the shutters closed and all the curtains closed, the inside of the carriage was literally pitch black.
I pretended to be sleeping, breathing quietly in the darkness, but how did the butler know that I hadn’t slept in a while?
I stared into the dark void without closing my eyes.
After staying like that for a while, I didn’t know whether I had opened my eyes or closed them.
Even if I close my eyes and open them, I am still in darkness.
“…”
The carriage on the snowy road moved more smoothly than usual.
It’s rattling, but I’ve gotten used to traveling by carriage and it’s not to the extent that I can’t sleep.
But I can’t sleep.
When I closed my eyes, I remembered the faces I had seen in the villages I had passed so far.
In some sites, human corpses were lying side by side, and in other places, children who had lost their parents were crying.
A face frozen white, a child clinging to it and crying, a man and a woman digging snow in search of a family member who does not return.
When I encounter such a scene, I assimilate into their sadness without even realizing it.
Maybe it’s because he finally has the family he’s been longing for, and he seems to be reacting badly to the fact that he’s lost a blood relative.
Unbearable sadness and pain welled up, and I wanted to hug them, cry with them, and wander in search of my family.
‘In my heart, I want to jump into them and work together.’
But each person has a role.
What I have to do is to meet even a little more Youngmin, give them hope, and comfort them.
And to look straight at reality and figure out the next way to improve their situation.
I have to do what only I can do.
‘I know, but.’
I took a small breath.
The crying faces of the children kept popping up in my head, and my emotions became dizzy.
‘Is that going to be over in a few days now?’
The tight schedule is also coming to an end.
I closed my eyes in the faces of the people that came to mind.
A few days after that, I finished all my schedules and went back to my hometown.