What Happens When the Second Male Lead Powers Up chapter 113

113 The One Who Leads the Ring of the New Kingdom (1)

“Oli? Are you listening to your mother?”

Kristel woke up from her twinkling thoughts.

Her gaze, who had been staring blankly out the window, returned to the room and turned to the ‘mother’ who was sitting opposite her.

Duchess Isabelle de Sarnez.

“I’m sorry. I thought about it for a while.”

“it’s okay.”

Isabelle responded with her black eyes twitching.

After a long date with her beloved daughter, she seemed very happy.

The out-of-the-way dresses and accessories were all the most valuable things in the empire, and her bright pink hair that was gracefully ponyed up in the sunlight was like a full bloom.

Kristel didn’t want to worry her, so she grinned and shoved her lips into the mug.

It was hard to tell whether it was tea or coffee, but he pretended to drink anyway.

“What’s going on?”

Mother asked, lowering her voice. Christel was silent.

For a while between mother and daughter, only the white noise of a high-end teahouse lingered.

The sound of customers chatting, the clerk serving afternoon tea and the sound of horseshoes outside.

“Well, it’s nothing.”

“It’s okay if it’s nothing. Mom is curious about everything.”

It was a friendly word.

It was difficult for Kristel to get close to Isabelle because of this.

The mother was such a nice person and she was not her real daughter.

Even if the day came when Isabelle would find out all the facts, the disappointment and sadness that would appear on her pretty face could not close the distance.

Because I didn’t want to hurt you.

But at the same time, Ga-in Ham was very vulnerable to women her older sister’s age.

So, it was not unreasonable for Kristel to play the role of an ‘awkward but kind daughter’.

After thinking for a moment, she opened her mouth. Anyway, I wanted to tell someone.

“I think I did something wrong to the prince.”

“Prince Jesse?”

Isabelle tilted her head. Christel nodded and continued.

“Last evening, the Prince accepted me and His Majesty the Prince as official partners.”

“Oh! There was a slope in the Imperial Palace. Why didn’t you tell me this morning?”

Isabelle smiled broadly and rejoiced as if it was her job.

She knew that Kristel had long wanted the prince to be her partner.

Isabelle herself had a deep affection for the prince.

He was a nobleman who willingly forgave his rudeness and accepted confession in difficult circumstances.

When I returned from the ‘Great Beast Subjugation’ with my daughter safely, I wanted to have a grand dinner at Yeongju Fortress.

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Of course, it was a wish that could not come true because he was a hostage.

“Because the prince didn’t do it voluntarily.”

“Well?”

“It was a decision I had no choice but to be pushed by the situation. To save others, and to live yourself. It must not have been because I and His Majesty the Prince were genuinely in love with him.”

Kristel’s voice darkened.

Isabelle realized why her daughter’s complexion had not been serious since last night.

She took off her mesh gloves and took the child’s hand gently.

After awakening as a paladin, the daughter’s body temperature remained cool. The Duchess was terribly upset about it.

“So I was angry. Because you didn’t look at us. I was wondering if you just used it as a hand. I know he’s not like that, but I’m upset.”

“·················ogue.”

“But when I lay down on the blanket and think about it……. I did the same a while ago.”

Isabelle trimmed her daughter’s fine hair. The princess tied her tail.

“I approached the prince’s ether because I liked it. He’s a good person and it’s comfortable to be with him, but at first he didn’t want to be considerate of the prince.”

“I see.”

“I was acting like a kid. The prince is not a toy.”

Kristel muttered like a sigh.

I was reminded of a conversation I had with Cardinal Boutier at the dinner table.

‘Prince, you don’t have to make a decision like you’re being pushed…’

‘Kristel, give the prince time to think.’

At the time, I didn’t know what that meant.

Because she also said it to give the prince time to think.

But looking back, it seems that he had never really given him any leeway.

I was just busy trying to appeal what I wanted in front of him.

Perhaps the cardinal had also pointed out that point.

Isabelle silently stroked the back of her daughter’s hand.

“Thinking about it made me wonder what I was entitled to say. Even if that’s not the case these days, the prince might have been disappointed earlier.”

“·················ogue.”

“Honestly, I can understand the prince. From a hostage point of view, it must be more desperate. But I was not like that.”

Suddenly, my heart ached. Sir Haynes explained that paladin was a very lonely profession.

Not only ordinary people, but even priests could not understand the original hunger and pain of the paladin.

The paladin desires the ether until he dies, but only the paladin truly understands it.

So, insisting on asking the prince to know his needs was foolish and one-sided in a way.

I knew it in my head, but my actions didn’t follow it well.

“I heard that paladins always want ether. It is said that even when the soul is stable, it pursues the ether.”

Christel looked up. Warm black eyes were looking at her.

“It’s like drinking water and you’re thirsty, and eating is like being hungry. Unlike a priest who is loved by the Lord, there are times when I wonder if a paladin may be hated by the Lord.”

“Where is that talk?”

“I’ve had a few letters with Sir John Haynes.”

The princess’s blue-gray eyes widened. Isabelle smiled and muttered.

“It’s because I didn’t get to meet my daughter’s teacher properly. I sent a greeting letter, but I got a reply. So I asked about it. Because my child is hard and doesn’t say bad things.”

“·················ogue.”

“You just have to do it step by step, Olly. Apologizing and becoming a true mate with the prince. Then one day we can understand each other.”

‘Mom will try,’ added Isabelle.

Kristel bit her lip in tears for a moment.

Mother’s hand looking down was smaller and thinner than her own.

“You said you acted like a kid, but you’re still a kid. It’s okay for children to make mistakes.”

“ha ha ha.”

Those words caused laughter. He wasn’t a child, and he wasn’t at the age where mistakes were tolerated.

I thought I was quite skilled in human relationships.

Was it just a result of getting used to living in a mask?

Ham Ga-in only became naked after borrowing someone else’s body, and only after becoming naked did she realize that she was a less mature person.

“Speak to the prince.”

“yes.”

“You seemed like a compassionate person. You must have an open mind.”

yes it was The prince he knew was tolerant and kind to the faults of others.

Besides, we’re friends.

The corners of the lips drew an arc. That was then.

“Yeah, my wife got a message yesterday! The Crown Princess came to the front of the portal.”

“I heard that you are brave and beautiful like a lion.”

“Don’t talk. Your Majesty the Prince must be a little nervous.”

“You say you will reach the ecliptic tomorrow morning, right?”

At the table opposite the window, a few men and women who looked like great aristocrats raised their voices in excitement.

Kristel quietly thought of tomorrow’s schedule.

She was going to enter the palace once again, and she would welcome Crown Princess Elissa Penetian next to the royal family and the prince.

what kind of person how strong

Will you help the Prince and Sir Haines?

*

“Sir, everything is ready. As soon as you arrive tomorrow morning, the Crown Princess will have an audience with your Majesty at the Imperial Palace and then immediately come to Struda Palace.”

“·················ogue.”

Sedric silently walked through the backyard of the Struda Palace. David followed.

This was the largest palace that was opened to welcome guests in the Imperial Palace.

Recently, it was also the place where a grand ‘Spring Ball’ was held.

The news that Crown Princess Elissa was coming as a cardinal to judge the prince and Princess Sarnez stirred not only the imperial social circle but also the commoners in remote areas.

For the past eight days, the imperial palace has been busy deciding and preparing a protocol for her.

David, the general manager of Romero Palace, was one of the busiest among them.

It was because the prince who was in charge of welcoming the guests this time was his owner, the prince.

“Isn’t it better to just go in and sleep? The gardeners of the imperial palace here came to see their hands, so there is no need to check again.”

The middle-aged man said in a worried voice. It was close to 12 o’clock at night.

The prince did not have a lot of schedules, and recently he had a lot of things to pay attention to due to the ceremonies of the Crown Prince and the confinement of Prince Jesse.

I know that yesterday’s ‘Supper’ went well, but the fearful face has always been dark.

David looked at the prince and carefully asked a question.

“Is there a problem with the balcony? Shall I call a servant?”

The prince was staring intently at the balcony at the far left of the Struda Palace.

If you look at the front door, it will be on the right, but from the back door it will be on the left.

There was nothing and no one there except the magic lights to light up the darkness.

His orange eyes sank deeply.

It was not unexpected that the prince would use the position of the priest’s partner as a condition of the deal.

He was a hostage, and in the Empire he was no more free than the commoners on the streets.

In such a situation, in order to save the person accused of attempting to kill the imperial family, of course, he would have had to put his own abilities in the hand.

In the end, it was good for him too.

Because there was always a reason to receive the Prince’s Aether.

But it was unpleasant. When the prince actually acted like that, a fire broke out inside him.

I sent the password even though I knew it was childish. why?

“······The Imperial Palace is scheduled to reopen from dawn tomorrow.”

David changed the subject.

He was accustomed to the prince’s answer and was a faithful servant in his duties.

At his words, the prince slowly moved his gaze.

The man’s eyes this time reached the temple across the street, where darkness fell.

“The Crown Princess and the Vatican’s Cardinals seem to be looking for the temple, so we’ve finished tidying up the interior.”

“Good.”

“Yes. He said that he repaired all the parts that had been underpaid, including the decorative lines of the confessional.”

“Let the temple remain closed.”

He gave a brief order. David was astonished.

“majesty. If you do that, you will have a temple for the two of you to use.”

“You can visit the central temple of the zodiac.”

The prince’s brow furrowed lightly.

It was a resolute expression of his will, so David shook his head without persuading him further.

Sedric considered this to be the right thing to do.

It was a space opened for the prince, the confessor of the imperial palace.

Moreover, if it was repaired, another priest would come and enjoy the convenience first.

In an instant, a realization like a flash of flint crossed him.

“·················ogue.”

In this ‘deal’, he was behind Johann Haynes.

He wasn’t number one. It was the first time I had such an experience in my life.

The prince dared to use his relationship with the prince to save the Haines and his wife.

A distinct harshness ran up the back of his neck.

But, wasn’t he the one who knew him and left him alone?

“majesty?”

David rescued him from the swamp of thoughts.

Cedric went straight to the carriage without any reaction. The middle-aged man was right.

I thought it would be better to stop trying to sleep.

*

The day of the decisive battle dawned with Christel and the prince not being able to meet again.

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Oh, it’s not until the finale. How about a 30 second teaser?

“How do I look?”

“You’re always beautiful, but today the country is on the verge of falling, my prince.”

“no······. Thank you. What does it look like to you as a family? Do you look like someone who can’t even get blood to eat?”

“no! You have been drinking well since yesterday, so your complexion is good.”

Canael smiled brightly and smoothed out the folds of my robe. I’m glad.

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Out the window, I saw Benjamin talking to Sir Elizabeth.

Several imperial wagons and members of the guardsmen came into sight to escort me to the Imperial Palace.

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On the 10th day of imprisonment, it was finally the first outing.

It was also on the way to meet the royal family. I was more nervous than the day I took the entrance exam.

It was already 10 years ago, so I can’t remember, but anyway.

“I’m going bro. I am playing quietly.”

– whim

I hugged the red pandas once and went outside with courage.

I was out of breath. Dozens of workers were roaming all over the place.

Sir Elizabeth greeted her brightly and opened the carriage door.

“Hello, Sir Elizabeth. I was taken care of a few days ago.”

“You’re welcome. I only heard a little bit of nagging from the captain.”

Even as I smiled bitterly at the lieutenant colonel, my head was dizzy with excitement and confusion.

Among your sister and your majesty, the best one is probably ‘Your Majesty’. Let’s go to Highness on the respectful base.

Wouldn’t it be okay if you felt like you were setting up an example because you have a lot of eyes to see?

But are they really mad?