162 Love and Steps Don’t Twist (2)
“······Great.”
I mumbled unconsciously and quickly shut my mouth.
His heart was beating like a freshly caught flounder, but the blue-silver eyes of the Prophet did not waver.
I mean, it wasn’t a random word.
Sir John, who had been standing silently behind him, walked out to the side.
His voice was terribly quiet.
“Captain, I understand that you are wary of your sire, but it is difficult for you to tolerate the lower ranks. Was Fleur de Lys treated like royalty in Lister?”
-Whew!
The wind let out a piercing weep and shook the young prophet’s hair and hem.
Bakari stared at me without blinking an eye despite the paladin’s outright threat.
months! With a sharp sound, there was a thin cut on the boy’s cheek.
I was furious and dissuaded Sir John.
“Sir John, please don’t hurt me.”
“I’m sorry, my lord. I made a mistake.”
He immediately rolled his eyebrows and backed away.
Can even a cardinal-level paladin have a gap in power control…?
I had a strange question, but I nodded my head and opened the healing circle.
Whoa! The leader frowned at the sound of the azure ether.
“No need. I am not foreseeing to get a favor.”
“I am not doing this out of favor. My friend made a mistake and I want to take responsibility.”
“·················ogue.”
When I said that, the little boy became quiet.
The wound was light, but blood was clearly coming up.
The words I heard a while ago kept ringing in my ears.
I asked cautiously as I watched the blue etheric grains gather on the youthful face.
“Are you saying that the fate of Sir Sarnez is in sight?”
“······That’s right. He is precious now, but he will become even more precious in the future.”
“Looks good. He is forgiving.”
I replied as if possessed. The eyes under the round glasses were wrinkled.
“It’s not something you’ll enjoy. It’s not like that when the Prince is by your side. The Prince is the one who distorts all revelation.”
“·················ogue.”
So you looked at me like that. Because the future is unclear.
Well, that’s ambivalent.
“So I told you to know the good. I have a duty to warn the parties.”
It may sound bizarre and scary to others, but I was able to understand exactly what Bakari meant.
I was the only ‘stranger’ here.
In a way, it was inevitable for an existence outside the work to change the fate of the characters.
Besides, I didn’t know the details of Toegye Gong.
I’m doing my best to connect the main characters, but there’s a limit because I can’t force you to do something you don’t like right now.
In the meantime, if an unexpected event occurred, I would definitely soak my feet.
Even if I wanted to ignore it, I had no choice but to do so because there were a lot of entanglements with the elderly and animals.
Perhaps someone other than me would have acted like me.
“Bakari-kun.”
Then this guy… Is it possible that the original content is in the form of a prophecy?
Is the accuracy lowered because I am not in the novel?
“Excuse me, but I have a favor.”
“I am not a commissioned position.”
“I know. But so… You have great powers.”
If that’s the kind of specialty I’m thinking of. The words were swallowed inwardly.
Then the young man’s eyes widened.
“If it is not difficult, can you also inform me of any important revelations involving Sir Sarnez or the Crown Prince?”
“·················ogue.”
After I said that, I realized that this was an unreasonable request.
So, the prophecy was also a kind of personal information.
Although the hit rate was not 100%, it was knowledge that contained someone’s future, and it was impossible to provide it to a third party.
The headmaster’s face hardened. I corrected my words right away.
“I am not asking you to tell me as you report to your Majesty. Of course, I don’t mean to hear all prophecies. Just as close friends of the two of you. If there’s anything in danger, I just want to help. And just like you said, I want to get out of a situation where I need to get out of it.”
“If you two want it.”
Sir John said abruptly. I smiled bitterly and shook my head.
Suddenly, the manager’s cheeks were completely healed.
After finishing the work, the circle slowly began to blur. I added
“If it makes you uncomfortable, I won’t ask for more.”
“…the prince cannot force me anyway. I am the Emperor’s magic tool.”
Bakari replied softly.
My heart sank while thinking, ‘Yes, how can I get such information carelessly?’
Did you just call yourself a magic tool?
“I’m sorry if you felt you were treated like a tool. I had no intention of hurting you.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“I apologize.”
“·················ogue.”
I said it sincerely, but the manager silently bit his lip and bowed to me.
Then he strode forward and got back on the wagon he had gotten off.
Someone said, ‘Confucius, are you acquainted with that precious prince?’ I heard a voice asking.
widely! The door closed and the horses stumbled.
I reflected as I watched the carriage moving farther into the depths of the lord’s castle.
“…I made a mistake. I will be deeply hated.”
I wouldn’t have had a good feeling if the revelation had become uncertain because of me.
I thought that the previous conversation would have made more ugly hair.
If it was the main character of any other web novel, anyone would have used it nicely, but I am not the main character and this place was real to me.
It was hard to be brazen at someone who said he was a tool.
“I do not know. I have a different opinion, my lord.”
Then, a voice like a breeze said soothingly.
The holy stone beads had been powdered in Sir John’s fist.
I haven’t done anything yet, but I woke up.
“The manager will be there soon. It will be over in three months.”
“Where are you going?”
Instead of answering my question, he smiled brightly and beckoned into the castle tower.
I wanted to experiment with the stone that came out before, but I also wanted to see the treasure chests because I was confused.
I meekly followed his escort and went up the stairs.
I felt uncomfortable because I felt like I had said something I couldn’t say to a guy the same age as Eun-seo.
*
the next day. September 30.
“I guess I just came early. I was so excited that I couldn’t even skip the meal.”
“I went to the spring ball, but I think it will be more fun this time. The masquerade party has its own taste.”
“Did you hear the rumors? It is said that Princess Eva Blanquere will push out her brother today and become a duke.”
The nobility spoke loudly as they walked through the wide corridors of the Blanquere lord’s castle.
Servants with large masks and ornaments followed them in some places.
Now, an hour later, the largest ballroom in the castle would open and the East’s largest social event would begin.
It was a feast where not only the Crown Prince and his friends, but also the great aristocrats who were said to be the insiders of the empire gathered in one place.
People who dreamed of new rumors and gossip were already burning with anger.
The servants were busy preparing food and alcohol, and carrying the burdens of the nobles without opening their eyes.
“·················ogue.”
Robert Blanquer’s ‘The Little Duke’ took advantage of that very moment and quietly hid in the corner of the hallway.
The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.
There was no one guarding the openings of the castle, and there were many places to hide because of the colorful decorations everywhere.
No one knew that he was here, locked up in a villa on the corner of the estate, filled with shame and anger day by day.
In front of the only nanny who remained by his side, the man deliberately limped his legs broadly and wept bitterly.
He also appealed to recognition, saying, ‘I miss my brother’ and ‘What can I do with this body?
She was weak and could not stand the wind of tears of the immature master.
The nanny stole a cottage pony at twilight and gave him a few gold coins as he left.
‘Be sure to leave at midnight, master. The knight commander will come again tomorrow morning.’
The nanny’s new priesthood lingered in her mind. He knew it well too.
The commander of the Knights of Yeongji, who came once a week, unexpectedly came to the villa last evening and informed him that ‘I’m going to see the Duke every other day from today’.
Although it was her mother’s name, the situation was self-evident.
As soon as the ball was held, it meant that they would crack down on him more thoroughly. And that’s…
“I am also very curious about Prince Jesse, as is the case with His Majesty the Crown Prince. Isn’t that the first prom he attends in the Empire?”
“Don’t talk. If you know what you’re pretending to be, I’ll snatch you up and take you to the balcony.”
“Oh my, Count! Are you finally going to bring in your husband?”
‘Wah ha ha ha!’ Laughter erupted from across the hallway.
The Duke clenched his teeth, crouching behind the empty display armor.
The lowly prince must have whispered something like a fox to his mother.
He was like the third son of an enemy country.
It is not enough that he seduced the prince and left an indelible disgrace and scar on himself, and seduced his younger brother to take my place.
After the ‘duel’, the little duke clenched his right fist, which had lost his senses.
crumble. The little note screamed. There was a very concise message written there.
‘If you want revenge, you will come in disguise.’
It was a letter from an unknown sender placed on his bed some time ago.
The handwriting crawled like an earthworm, perhaps because it was written by an unfamiliar hand.
He harassed all the nanny and servants, but no one said he had never seen such a piece of paper.
At first, he thought it was just a low-quality provocation by someone from the bottom up to insult him.
So I threw it in the fireplace.
But the next day, the next day, the same note was on the bed.
An unfamiliar sentence was added to the third note.
‘Let the tulip roots become moth.’
“I am not stupid.”
The peacock murmured. It really was.
He was the first of a well-educated family, and it was common knowledge that tulips meant ‘priest’ or ‘sacred’.
And there was only one priest in the world whom he would insult.
Jesse Penetian.
“The prince will most likely dress up as an angel. Because you did such an activity on the eve of the Crown Prince’s ceremony.”
“Is that so? Isn’t it too obvious?”
“If you come as Princess Blanquere’s partner, it must be a nice outfit.”
The aristocrats whispered and walked away. quickly. My teeth were ripped apart.
– Knock-knock, t-o-oong!
As soon as the insignificant disappeared, he roughly grabbed the armor in front of his nose.
For the father, this was enough.
If this was a joke, I would play around with it, and if it was a real opportunity, I would grab it at once.
*
It’s finally the day of the prom!
Canael and Sir Elizabeth, masquerading as lions and clowns, headed to the main city about ten minutes earlier.
If Earl Soh is Canael’s partner and chaperone role today, my chaperone was Benjamin.
As scheduled, the escort was taken care of by Sir John.
– Clap, Clap
“Gosh.”
“It’s okay, Prince. The sound is not too loud for the person next to you to hear.”
Benjamin encouraged. I came down to the castle tower lobby with the two of them smiling embarrassedly.
The steps wearing the armor were light, but it was not easy to adapt to the sound of footsteps.
The view that was obscured by a black mask and veil was also uncomfortable.
I had no experience with a ball except for a sneak peek from the balcony at the spring ball, so I was very nervous.
Will real people not recognize me? When I thought of that, my lips twitched involuntarily.
– Ouch
“My Tite, I recognize you.”
At that time, Tite, who was swimming in the tank in the lobby, hid out of the water.
I greeted him with eye contact.
The courageous and red pandas in the room came out hugging several times, but it was a pity that the harp seal couldn’t hug him right away.
Tite cleverly shook her fins without pouring water on me.
It seemed like it meant to have a good time.
“Yeah, I’ll come early. You too, play with the fish here, do your favorite backstroke, and play with coral…”
I blurted my lips as I looked over the coral.
Across from the tank where the blue and yellow fish were swimming, a man in a pure white uniform and a white mask stood.
His silver hair was very long, and upon closer inspection, he had large, white wings on his back.
The man also covered his eyes with a veil, so the color of his eyes could not be confirmed.
His eye level was as high as the prince’s, but for a moment, his eyes felt entangled.
I gasped with the fish in embarrassment.
“Hey, you are not allowed to enter this place…”
No.
For the nobles who came to receive the divine beast, the lobby was opened three steps outside the tank.
Visit! It seemed that the opponent’s sigh could be heard through Tite’s tail.
“Prince, I am here! ◙.”
At that moment, Eva’s loud voice echoed through the lobby.
I was surprised by the word ‘prince’ and bit my body.
I pretended to be the best, but I think an angel has caught me already, damn it!