142 – You Don’t See Me
Around the time when the porter was caught by Gilbert and was enjoying vicarious satisfaction.
At the same time, in the imperial palace, with a luxurious bed in between, two figures were looking at the person lying there with serious expressions.
A man lying down with a clear sickness.
His identity is Kairis di Arya Arachnen.
He was the crown prince, the future of the empire.
“Huh…”
The color of his golden hair, which had been shining brightly as if it were plaited, had lost its luster, and the crown prince, who had endured pain except for the occasional breathing sound, was emaciated beyond compare to before.
“Hmm…”
Because there was someone closely watching the crown prince like that.
“Arya, can you tell me where you are uncomfortable?”
When the saintess bent down and asked about her symptoms, the prince painfully pursed his lips.
“Cas… S…”
But it was so quiet that she had to bring her ear closer.
“I’m sorry, but please say it again. I can’t hear you well.”
At her request, the prince once again spoke with strength.
“Kayris…”
Even in the midst of his death, the prince insists on correcting his name.
She was momentarily at a loss for words due to her efforts, but she concentrated on doing her duty.
“…Yes, Mr. Kairis. Can I ask about your symptoms now?”
It was only then that the prince began to talk about how and where he was in pain with a slightly satisfied expression.
“Hmm…”
The more I listened to the story, the more the saintess’ pretty face changed seriously.
“Discus, Healing.”
-Paaah.
As the warm healing light radiated from her hand, the prince’s complexion gradually began to return.
“How is Arya’s condition?”
When her majestic, but not so much worried, voice turned to her saintess, she shifted her gaze away from her prince and looked at the owner of her voice.
“Maybe it’s some kind of curse.”
“…A curse?”
The Emperor of the Empire. Chaas di Ventus Arachnen seemed shocked to learn that the reason his son was bedridden was not a disease but a curse.
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“Saintess, what the hell are you talking about…! Curse. Who the hell can put a curse on my son!”
Having thrown off the mask of emperor, he was nothing more than a father who was concerned about his son.
“Calm down. How do you handle Arya-sama’s hair and claws?”
“Kayris…”
The crown prince who intervened in the middle raised his voice, but the emperor ignored his son’s words and answered the saintess’s question.
“If you’re asking about the medium of the curse, let’s just say it doesn’t leak outside. Not only when you’re cleaning your hands and feet, but even after washing yourself, several servants go into the bathroom and incinerate it in front of each other.”
Basically, it was known that a curse would be established only when there was a part of the body of the target to curse.
“So someone got it outside the imperial palace.”
“…Are you saying that there are people who followed Arya?”
“Kairi…”
“Be quiet, Arya. I’m hearing about your symptoms.”
“….”
The crown prince’s efforts were blocked by the emperor’s resolute command.
While he couldn’t bear to fight against his father, the emperor. The saintess raised her voice in a troubled tone.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know much about curses, so I guess this is the limit.”
“No, thank you.”
“You’d better refrain from going out for the time being and focus on recovering your body. If anything happens, call me right away.”
“Let’s do that. It’s a pity that you just returned to the capital. This could have been a big deal. Thank you very much.”
After receiving the emperor’s farewell, the saintess left her palace and immediately moved her steps towards her quarters.
She has a problem with her recently. She feels that her party members are getting stronger recently, and on the contrary, she feels that her own power is insignificant.
“Maybe I’m becoming a burden to the party…”
But I soon had an idea.
“If it’s Jim, will you move me?”
For some reason, I thought that he really would be.
“Pu-huh.”
Thinking like that made her feel a little lighter.
“Let me ask you a favor so that I can become stronger like the other sisters.”
While she was envious of her party members leaning on him, she wondered if she would gather her courage. Before she knew it, she arrived at her inn.
-Kik.
“I’m here.”
She opened the door and went in there.
“What? You’re a saint again.”
“That’s good.”
Talia and Raina welcomed her with a tone of pity.
“What are you all doing here…?”
The saintess was dumbfounded when she saw her colleagues sitting in the same position as the morning she left the inn.
“Are you sure you’ve been like this since morning?”
At the saintess’ question, they silently nodded her head.
The only difference from before is that there was a pile of newspapers next to Reina, and Talia was also carrying several books.
‘I think my brother would feel burdened….’
It’s good to use a different method, but this isn’t a good method either, the saintess thought.
***
Time passed and the night deepened.
At the time the clock on the wall struck midnight.
Sure.
Suddenly, Reina raised her body.
“What the hell? Are you giving up already?”
When Talia sarcastically asked if it was just that much, Reina replied.
“I think I’m going to sleep outside today. I’ll go back to my room.”
“Don’t be silly like that. Do you think you crawled into that villager’s house again?”
“Then what should I do? Are you going to go and pick me up yourself like last time?”
“That’s…”
Talia blurted out her words at that question.
She realized when the porter himself told him what had happened last night.
In the end, the villager succeeded.
She knows that she has failed.
Then she couldn’t act like before.
“Then why don’t you check it with a spell?”
“….”
What Reina said was not wrong.
With a snap of her fingers, you’ll know where the porter is.
But Thalia didn’t.
‘What if I’m really there….’
Because I was afraid to face the truth.
“…You should do it properly and go up.”
-Trumbling.
Reina’s voice wasn’t normal either. Because she was talking like there was really no way.
-Dori-dori.
Shaking her head, Thalia closed the book she was reading and reached for another.
“…I can’t do that.”
She trusted the porter.
She said she would take care of him soon.
Softly.
That’s what she said, but her hands just trembled, unable to turn the page any more.
So she kept her place alone.
Do not return until late at night,
Waiting for the porter.
***
I left the building rubbing her wrists.
The porter, who managed to escape through an undercover deal with Viola, looked up at the security department building he had escaped from.
-… Why are you telling me that?
– Why? Didn’t you need it? So what do you mean you can’t hear it?
-….
-It’s up to you to decide whether to use it meaningfully or ignore it, but if you’re willing to do that, I think it’s right to pay the appropriate price.
-Haa….
In the end, Viola let me go.
He must have thought that it was not like a knight to eat information with his bare mouth.
I wondered if I should call the party members at this time.
It was the same yesterday, but if you find it in the detention center a day later, there’s really nothing to say.
Wack.
She averted her eyes from the security department building, saying never to see her again.
‘By the way Beyond….’
It is certain that this cannot be taken lightly.
Originally, around this time, the empire was festering inside and outside.
The war with the demons broke out and the empire, unable to see the front line being pushed, considered additional conscription for adult males, but in the bleak reality, the people chose the sense of liberation through medicine.
In the end, because the Beyonder settled in the lives of more than half of the people, the empire could only hold out until the warrior party caught the demon king. Even after that, she suffered from addictions.
After defeating the demon king, the situation of the empire at the time was literally a victory with only wounds.
‘I wonder if they’ll show me how they’re rebuilding at the ending.’
The timing is a bit odd, but I can’t just leave it like this.
Maybe we should bury our bones here, but the empire’s capital is turned into a drug lord’s slum?
How did you arrange my home? I don’t see house prices going down.
There is another reason besides that.
Because on the day Sonia’s period stops, she has to throw all her plans and prepare to become her father.
‘How important is the environment in raising children?’
There was a lot of work ahead.
I have to visit the mansion, and I have to make plans to get out of the party.
Now, in addition to that, we have to wage a war against drugs.
‘I’ll try to solve it while the warrior party remains in the empire.’
After walking while worrying about many things, we arrived at the accommodation before we knew it.
But soon she couldn’t help but sigh.
“Who is this time again…”
Because the lights on the first floor were bright enough to be seen from the outside.
‘Talia or Raina….’
I was able to grab the doorknob only after preparing an answer to why I was late.
I opened the door with such determination, and there it was.
“…Why are you sleeping here?”
Talia, who had fallen asleep sitting on the sofa with her book open, caught her eye.
She was dumbfounded for a moment, but she thought it was rather good.
I have to sneak into the room during this gap.
Sneaky
That time I was about to climb the stairs past Talia.
-The porter. I’ve waited so long, is it okay if I go in and sleep alone? How are people? Shouldn’t I at least wake him up and tell him to sleep in his room?
“….”
When she woke up in the morning, thinking about what would happen, her eyes widened.
After all, Talia is on the same floor as me. She’ll move and go right into the room.
Wack.
I turned around and approached her and saw her soundly asleep.
Should I wake you up?
But she soon quit.
I don’t think I’ll hear anything nice when I wake up.
Then I suddenly noticed that her hair was stuck to the corner of her mouth.
It’s very uncomfortable.
Sure.
I couldn’t stand this again, so I took her hand.
That moment when she put her hand in the empty space between the part she was carefully attached to and her head and pulled it off one by one with the feeling of defusing a bomb.
“Ugh…”
Talia momentarily turned her head while talking in her sleep.
Molkan.
With a cold feeling, Talia’s cheeks protruded as the soft cheeks were pressed against her palm.
Resisting the urge to squat the cheek with her hands, she went over to the front of her sofa and sat down, lowering herself and putting her arms around her neck.
The plan was to carry him on his back and take him to his room.
After successfully getting her to lean on her back, I felt cold as I placed my hand under her thigh.
She’s been sleeping in a place like this, so it’s only natural that her body temperature drops.
So you should go in finely and sleep well. Why are you doing this here
I clicked my tongue once in my mind saying that it makes people really tired and then got up.
Breathing rose from her neck as her petite frame wrapped around her back.
Still, maybe it’s Talia, but I don’t feel like Sonia.
As much as her slender body, Talia was quite light.
Even so, her thighs were so soft that her fingers were buried.
Isn’t that what you use at times like this?
Anyway, since the goal has been achieved, the only thing left is to move it.
The time when I climbed the stairs feeling the hardness in contrast to the softness.
“Carrying…”
Awkward.
With a muffled sound, the strength of her arms wrapped around her neck increased.
Wow, that’s a surprise. I thought you broke
At that time, I was relieved to not scare people.
“Don’t go…”
Talia whining and burying her face in my neck.
What the hell is he dreaming about?
Am I dreaming of going out to a party?
I went up the stairs, thinking that it would be a precognitive dream.
If I had seen Thalia’s face back then,
I wouldn’t have gone over like that.