155 mate’s mate (4)
“Welcome, Prince.”
As we entered Romero Palace, David greeted us.
Kristel and I were immediately ushered into the next room in the Prince’s bedroom.
Technically, Kristel was an uninvited guest, but no one pointed it out.
It was because she implicitly understood that she had followed me not just to see her friend, but in preparation for the Prince’s etheric runaway.
It would be better if there was Sir John, but he did not know exactly what Prince Sedric’s ‘state’ was.
“… Lord Sarnez must have seen another image of His Majesty the Crown Prince in the Great Demon Beast Subjugation.”
David asked in a solemn voice in front of the bedroom door. Christel nodded.
I quickly whispered to the middle-aged man.
“It wasn’t bad enough to turn into Sadie. What happened? What about Hye Gum?”
“After breakfast, you have received the final report regarding the Ordination Ceremony of the Paladin on Tuesday. After that, while you set your sword free for bathing…”
He blurted out his words. We listened.
“This is just my right dog, so please let it go. Your Majesty probably… You seem to be feeling the pressure to officially become a paladin.”
At that moment, a memory from several months ago lit up like a light bulb in my head.
It was the voice of the emperor I heard at the celebration of the victory over the Demon Beast.
She looked at her son and said clearly.
‘I know you’re not interested in being a paladin. But don’t even think about avoiding the right way to use your power.’
A belated realization spread. The prince never wanted to become a paladin.
Kristel’s face hardened. The servant continued to speak mournfully.
“Your Majesty’s power is certainly great and sacred. But you haven’t thought about it for a long time.”
“·················ogue.”
He suffered from ether depletion from an infant, and had to be locked in a solitary cell with a restraint device around his neck if he ran into a runaway.
Having gone through such a childhood, it must have been close to impossible to like his abilities.
Strength entered his clenched fist.
The prince spoke very little and did not even tell his own story.
I couldn’t blame my natural personality, so it was just a pity. No one wanted him to push himself that way.
I cast my eyes to the balcony.
After checking the large glass door and the table, I realized that this was the place where I had left my birthday present.
David’s commentary continued.
“Besides, you have been working on government affairs for a month since August. I have advised many times that I need to supplement my sleep, but… You didn’t listen. Maybe it’s to make time to spend with friends.”
I turned my head in surprise. It felt like my eyes would pop out.
Krystel, perhaps embarrassed, sighed, “Huh.” what is this sound.
“Are you saying that you’ve been pushing yourself hard since the crown prince’s inauguration ceremony?”
“Yes, my prince.”
“Your Majesty and His Majesty Aurely, do you know this?”
“It would be fair to say that you are patient. It must have been reported by now that the prince came to Romero.”
The servant said a little. We tilted our heads, unable to grasp the meaning.
“The Crown Prince was very stubborn from an early age. He was the kind of person who stood up alone even if he fell while running and refused to reach out to anyone until you asked for help first. So, in Ugjeon… Up to two times, I was able to pass it by.”
“Even if it seems like you’re having a hard time, are you saying that you’re going to put up with it twice and go on to the third?”
“Yes. It is true that there is no parent who can overcome the child.”
David gave Kristel a sigh of relief.
If the child didn’t want it, even more so, it would not have been easy to break the resistance if the temper was like that of a prince.
In the end, the adults took a few steps back and the result of a compromise was two rounds of patience.
I took a deep breath and washed my face dry. The little prince was really stupid.
What’s wrong with a child acting like a child? It’s a right and a duty.
I mean, it’s natural.
“I will go in.”
I said. David added, ‘Thank you.’
Click, the door opened.
*
Me and Kristel stood silent for a while.
The prince’s bedroom, which was not spacious and spacious, was as dark as the sun, even in broad daylight.
If there were no candles lit here and there, I would have stumbled.
The black marble floor, the black wallpaper, and the ink-colored canopy caught my eye one after another.
There were gold decorations everywhere and the furniture was very ornate, but it seemed like an effort was made to remove the color of the room as much as possible.
We silenced our footsteps and headed to bed.
Naturally, the pace slowed down and we started looking at each other.
By the time I opened the bed curtain, there was nothing but a rustling sound.
A familiar face was seen with a towel on his forehead. Black hair and white cheeks.
“I’m sleeping.”
Christel groaned. All that was left on the side table was an elegant water bottle and glass.
There was only one chair.
I gave her the seat where David had been sitting before, and I awkwardly crossed my legs on the bed.
I couldn’t put a lot of weight on it because I was afraid the child would wake up.
-aaa
And very slowly, the sanctuary opened with reduced brightness and size.
In my mind, I imagined a scene where a stream of water as thin as a thread flows down to the little boy.
The bed around the bed was dyed in a dull golden color. The boy’s nose twitched. Following,
“Ugh.”
My back was broken. It was because the ether suddenly escaped and the vertigo surged.
Surprised, Kristel quickly grabbed her arm. We looked at the little boy’s complexion at the same time.
“·················ogue.”
The closed eyelids remained the same.
The child moaned inaudiblely, then regained stability with an even breath.
It was ridiculous and I laughed out loud.
It’s not a baby that rattles away from its protector’s hand, but it grabs the ether very quickly.
Perhaps it was an instinctive reaction, but now he is calm again. I slowly raised my upper body.
Thoughts and words flowed out at once.
“perhaps······. It may have something to do with His Majesty Alexandre.”
The main character looked at me silently. I carefully glued the tail.
“It’s my guess, but the Crown Prince lost his father at a young age and was seriously hurt.”
Then he closed his mouth. I was not a party or family.
From here on, there was nothing I could say to Christel.
In front of the dark room in the basement of Romero Palace, the story told by Cardinal Bootier revolved around my ears.
‘It’s been 12 years since I haven’t used this place.’
Since that day was before the prince’s birthday, it means that he hasn’t used the secret room since he was 12.
Alexandre Guk-seo, who was healthy and young, died suddenly in an accident.
His death was also when the prince was twelve years old.
There was a corner where it was difficult to pass it as a coincidence.
Finally, I remembered the black-haired archmage I met in the ark.
From https://noblemtl.com
Of course, it wasn’t him, but Nicky knew something about Guk-seo.
‘He did it for his son…’
From https://noblemtl.com
Ok-myeon, who smiled sadly, was vivid. After that, things got tense and I couldn’t hear the explanation until the end.
However, looking back, it was not difficult to complete a scenario with the short words he left behind.
. . . Alexandre Lister may have given his life to heal his son.
“That’s why he was afraid of his own power.”
I whispered after a while. It was highly likely that this was not true.
The prince was suffering from physical condition just because of fatigue and pressure, and there could be no such thing as a scar from the heart he had been carrying for the rest of his life.
Then you would be really happy.
“it’s okay. It has the power to save many people. My brother will help.”
I put my hand on the little boy’s neck and whispered.
There is still a slight fever, but at the current rate, it will soon drop.
The cold sweat had stopped.
“The gods really like your fireworks. Tite is a water attribute, so it seems to be avoided…”
The words were twisted. I didn’t mean to sound like this.
I wanted to bring out some good encouragement that could be given between friends, rather than the comfort that the adults of the Imperial Family would have given once.
But for some reason, the thought did not come back quickly. He also seemed a little sleepy.
When I looked back at Kristel with her head getting heavy, she was looking at me with a puzzled face.
“Are you having a hard time?”
“No, I think it’s because the duvet is soft. I don’t have a lot of naps…”
My eyes were blurry. Ping, a momentary dizzy sensation swirled through my brain.
When I closed my eyes tightly and opened them, the blanket ruffled around my head.
‘Prince!’ Christel’s cry faded away.
I didn’t even think to hold on and fell asleep.
*
“You decided not to do this.”
Kristel said, glaring at the young Cedric.
The only thing that illuminated the bedside where the sanctuary had disappeared was the golden candlestick.
She clasped her chair and wrapped one arm around the prince’s back, facing the prince in the most defensive position.
The boy frowned as he looked at the messy blonde hair on the blanket.
Although unconscious in the form of a sleep, his priest was stunned anyway.
It seemed that he had absorbed too much ether in his dream.
Golden particles were rising rapidly from his small body.
“Why are you here?”
“David called. The prince is your majesty’s partner. I am the prince’s partner.”
It was a blunt answer.
She blasphemed the Crown Prince blasphemously, and bowed her head to check the Prince’s condition.
Fortunately, there were no abnormalities. Kristel muttered.
“The prince is a person, not a pocket of ether. It is difficult to insert a straw in this way.”
“·················ogue.”
“As a paladin, I understand your feelings. I keep wanting to get it, and it’s hard to stop. Even though we are equal, we have to try to restrain ourselves……”
She looked up and stopped talking. The wall widened.
“Are you sleeping right now?”
“·················ogue.”
The boy, although still a boy, was not as small as before.
Cedric now looked like thirteen or fourteen.
Ethereal beads rose from his body like soap bubbles.
Kristel’s mouth clenched in shock and astonishment. The prince made a displeased face at once.
“Did you watch it?”
“yes. no?”
she overturned The little boy was even growing his voice.
His orange eyes lowered his gaze as if in anger. His eyes met the prince.
“It’s not what I wanted.”
The voice that spoke like that was somewhere between a boy and a young man.
Christel clearly understood what he meant.
The Prince had never wished for either the power of fire or his body to shrink at will.
Everything was the so-called ‘God’s will’, so he did not dare to disobey.
She spoke bluntly.
“I know. I am the same.”
“·················ogue.”
“I’ve never wanted something like ether with water properties. I never wanted to wake up in a place like this without memories. Maybe life is like this. It’s not up to me, and it’s weirdly twisted.”
The tip of the tongue trembled a little. Still, she didn’t stop.
“Have you been trembling like that for the past few days because you are afraid of that? Are you afraid of formally accepting power?”
“stop.”
“Then I was afraid that I would burn the prince too.”
– Whoops!
The veil caught fire. The young boy had become a grown man.
A large gown fit snugly to his body.
– Aww!
-Chei profit…
Kristel sent water from the side table to the veil. The embers went out with a loud noise.
The prince, feeling the burning smell, tossed and turned. The paladin bravely walked to the window.
“You just decided to set it on fire.”
“mouth.”
“’It’s okay to be afraid.’ If you were a prince, you would definitely say so. No one thinks that’s bad or shameful, you can admit it.”
“Shut up.”
“Are you really scared? There must have been times when it wasn’t after the prince came.”
“·················ogue.”
Tsar! Kick, tick, tick! Kristel pulled the curtains and opened the window with savage gestures.
The cool, clean autumn wind filled my lungs in an instant.
The bright sunlight began to illuminate the bedroom. She stared straight at the two men on the bed.
“If Your Majesty makes a fire, I will do my best to put it out, so don’t worry. The prince will never get hurt. Your Majesty, Your Majesty Aurelie, and all your other friends.”
Her high pink hair fluttered in a ponytail. The blue eyes shone brightly.
As she approached, she held out her right fist to the prince.
“I promise, as your partner’s partner. So, hold on tight.”
Cedric looked at her hand without saying a word.
A few minutes later, his left fist slowly met.
Aww bonding