024 Handling (3)
I couldn’t come up with an answer quickly.
My mind was busy looking again at the clues that Eunseo had shed on me.
However, no matter how much memory he brought out, he could not find a combination of the words ‘Paladin Kristel’.
I wanted to tell him that Kristel’s abilities weren’t that bad, so I called the paladin first, but I didn’t really know that things would turn out like this.
I’ve never read ‘Toegye Gong’, but at least it was clear that the beginning wasn’t like this.
From the breakup of the marriage to the declaration of the main character’s job change. As Changhae’s blessing disappeared, the twisting increased.
Then, I wondered what kind of power the Duchess had in the original work.
The most likely thing was that it was stolen from the Temple of the Boundary.
If that had been the case, the wife might have saved her daughter and kept Changhae’s blessing as a gift.
Kristel wouldn’t have had the power of water either.
Then, one question remains. Who, and for what purpose, stole the gods from the temple?
“then······.”
The moment I open my mouth,
– Knock, Knock, Knock
A familiar knock was heard. It was the same beat as the cheering method of ‘Dae, Han, Min-guk!’
The first to react was Prince Sedric.
Knowing who he was, he sighed through the tip of his nose, then raised his gloved hand and drew another horizontal line in the air.
-click
There was the sound of a lock being released. It was a strange ability to watch it twice.
The balcony door slowly opened, and a familiar man walked out with a smile.
The Duchess and I immediately stood up.
“It’s a place where people I like gather.”
Cardinal Aurelie Butier said softly.
She was wearing a cardinal’s robe, both in her clothes and in the bishop, many times more splendid than mine.
There was a lot of padded fabric and the embroidery was very plentiful.
After one gentle gesture of hers, the servants standing behind all retreated at once.
“Hello, my lord.”
“I see you, dear Cardinal.”
“majesty.”
Me, the Duchess, and the Prince greeted each other in turn.
The cardinal replied, ‘Nice to meet you, too,’ and then he tilted his beige eyes and looked intently at Demi on my shoulder.
“You did well, I’m glad. I heard a story a while ago.”
– quiver
Demi let out a short voice in reply.
Come to think of it, Benjamin had given the sentinel an order to ‘report the situation to His Majesty the Cardinal’.
I’m going to say I’m going to have to let this guy go in the morning, but the cardinal spoke up first.
“You are very good at confession, prince. Don’t forget what you taught.”
It was a very peculiar expression. The thought paused for a moment and then continued.
“Have you all heard?”
“The soldiers said it was urgent, so I left Frederick behind, but the balcony door was locked. It happened because I waited inside.”
There was no regret as much as a grain of rice on the face that added ‘I’m sorry’.
No matter how you look at it, it seems like he was actively eavesdropping, but it was not easy to doubt it because his impression was so innocent.
She slowly walked towards us and reached out to the Duchess of Sarnez.
“You must have lost all the moisture from crying a lot, Isabelle. Would you like some tea?”
It was a sweet voice, as if singing a lullaby.
The Duchess’s face crumpled at her suggestion.
It was like reading Eunseo from when I was young.
Even though I fell and broke my knee, I approached the guy who stood up bravely and said, ‘Are you okay?’ When I asked, my brother would see me and cry.
“Ugh…”
The Duchess buried her face in the cardinal’s shoulder.
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Once again, I realized how much heartache she must have suffered and how depressed she must have been.
While me and the prince stood silently, the cardinal patted his wife on the head and back and led her into the room.
To the place where his partner, the emperor, and his wife’s partner, the duke, are waiting.
“Yes, Sedric.”
The cardinal did not leave the door, but turned around. The prince waited for her to speak.
“I heard that Princess Sarnez’s carriage came in. Don’t you want to see me?”
“·················ogue.”
“It looks like the planned engagement announcement has to be canceled, but you are the child’s partner today.”
Without hearing the prince’s answer, she smiled and started walking again.
Really, he was strangely reckless, but he was the type that was strangely difficult to disobey.
Is this charisma or something?
“·················ogue.”
The prince did not answer.
He was staring intently at the back of the cardinal as he moved away, but his thoughts seemed to be elsewhere.
Looking at his serious face, the tiredness and confusion that had been forgotten rushed into him at once.
“Then go in.”
I greeted him roughly, and gently grabbed Demi, who was clenching his neck, and pulled him down.
It was time to go back.
“Are you serious about what I said a while ago?”
A nice low-pitched sound hit the back of the head. When I turned my head, the prince was looking down at me.
I thought he liked to omit the subject, but now that I see it, he seems like a guy who cuts off the front and back and only talks about what he wants to say.
“What do you mean?”
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Orange eyes projected me alone.
“I do not think it is a curse,”
“Princess Christel de Sarnez enters!”
Through the prince’s voice, a loud voice echoed in the hall where the ball was being held.
The interior, which had been crowded all the time, suddenly became quiet as if cold water had been poured on it.
The music that was constantly playing was also cut off. One day, I got goosebumps.
Indeed, the main character’s debut in the social world was different from the moment he appeared.
Unable to overcome my curiosity, I approached the balcony door.
Aside from the desire to avoid the two main characters, it was also clear that Eunseo wanted to see the character she loved so much in a bright place.
To tell him what the real thing was like, he had to remember it well at once.
“Are you interested?”
“No, I’m just looking.”
I just poked my head out the door.
Fortunately, the guests showed no interest in me.
There was only one place where the luxuriously dressed nobles stared, holding a transparent glass of wine or a partner’s hand in their hand.
Stairs extending from the second floor to the center of the hall.
A noble doll walking down the red carpeted stairs without an escort.
Her pink hair tied up high swayed profusely, and her blue-grey eyes sparkled like jade beads in the light of the chandelier.
The white jacket embroidered with luxurious blue silk repeated swaying little by little as she moved.
The indigo blue suit and silver boots worn underneath made a sharp contrast.
A mixture of a little tension and high self-confidence, his expression looked like an office worker with a perfectly prepared presentation.
No, maybe an office worker who submitted a resignation letter.
“her······.”
It was different.
She looked completely different from the woman on the cover of ‘Toegye Gong’, with her long hair untied and wearing a pastel-toned, loose-fitting dress.
Today’s Kristel looked closer to a young knight.
– Again, again
The woman’s boots made a playful sound and crossed the marble floor.
Nobles, like flocks of sheep that had received the prophet, made a way for her.
The destination that Kristel reached without hesitation was in front of the emperor and the cardinals.
Next to them stood the Duke and Duchess of Sarnez.
“Wait, Demi. I’ll play with you in the carriage later.”
The moment the vision was blocked by Demi, who was waving her tail in front of her as if whining, the roar of the nobles grew.
What did Kristel do?
“Excuse me.”
Then Prince Sedric passed me through the balcony.
With a much higher vision than others, he found the shortest route to his mother and godmother exactly like a navigation system.
In the meantime, I finally took off the bishop and put Demi in it.
The satisfied guy was smoking a small azalea at the tip of his ear.
“Five······.”
The nobles who were blocking my watch exclaimed.
I straightened my neck and looked at the situation.
Kristel knelt on one knee in front of the emperor and the cardinal as if vowing allegiance, and Prince Sedric, who held out a hand to her and spoke briefly.
It was far away, so I couldn’t hear the conversation, but the atmosphere itself seemed not bad.
-♩♪♬······
As Kristel stood up holding the prince’s hand, the band began to play a familiar waltz.
Then, the nobles clapped and vomited out shouts.
There were many people who were moved by what was moved and wept as they searched for God.
“Wow!”
“What a wonderful couple.”
A voice of admiration was heard. Prince Sedric and Kristel were dancing.
Although she was unfamiliar with Wonmu by anyone looking at her, she didn’t make a big mistake because the prince’s lead was excellent.
His black robe with gold threads adorned the sleeves matched Christel’s outfit quite well.
“Yeah, it goes on and on.”
– What?
I patted Demi’s nose as I tilted my head. I felt a little relieved.
I don’t know what Kristel said on her knees or what the prince said again…
Anyway, I didn’t think there was any green light as certain as the two main characters holding hands and dancing at the first meeting.
“that is great. Now let’s really go.”
When I raised my head while saying that, Kristel and mine met face-to-face.
“·················ogue.”
No, it was obviously my mistake. It wasn’t close and it was crowded.
It could have been that he had seen another nobleman, or it could have just been that his eyes passed by unconsciously.
I thought about it and took a step back.
The next moment, the prince turned one and a half rounds and looked towards the balcony and looked straight at me.
Startled, I closed the door to the balcony and walked out.
The last thing I saw between the cracks in the door was Kristel’s eyes looking straight at me after turning half a turn again.
“It’s not even a horror movie…”
It was chilly.
It felt like the handle that the artist had pulled out because he couldn’t break it flew into my chest.
*
“Prince, you worked so hard. What should I do… Benjamin-nim was also really struggling.”
“It’s okay, you worked hard too.”
It was Canael, who was more mortal than me, to greet me as I climbed into the wagon exhausted.
Benjamin, who had been waiting for me the whole time in the garden, was also quite exhausted.
Canael prepared lemon balm tea, eclairs, and a snack basket while waiting for us.
-smart
First, while I was peeling hard-boiled eggs for Demi, someone knocked on the carriage door.
The door was opened at Canael’s answer. But the person standing outside was not the driver.
“The Duchess of Sarnez.”
“Prince Jesse.”
The Duchess was alone with her eyes redder than she had seen from the balcony, but with a much better complexion.
Benjamin and Canael set their best manners in a seated position.
When I offered a seat in surprise, she smiled slightly and shook her head.
“I’m here because I haven’t been able to tell you about the gods that disappeared from the Temple of the Border.”
Then he looked carefully at Benjamin and Canael.
It was an unspoken question as to whether they could listen together.
“I’ll listen together, please tell me.”
Clearly, Kristel came to the confessional and said, ‘I will talk about that too’, but I thought that all the related contents were revealed at the time of the confession.
I waited for the wife’s story with a little bewildered heart.
“It is not certain. This is the story my husband and I heard through the Shinguk news line while continuing to ask about the sickmul… High-ranking priests in the new kingdom say that they interpret the sacred objects of the temple not as ‘disappeared’, but as ‘used out’.”
“The fact that it has exhausted its use…”
“It is said that someone had already made a wish there, and as that wish came true, the sacred object was permanently damaged.”
She fixed the shawl that she had worn in haste.
“If Cardinal Boutier declared the Prince’s innocence as the representative of the Empire, I have heard that the priests in the New Kingdom believe in the Prince’s innocence for that reason. therefore······.”
The tired brain started spinning again.
Maybe it wasn’t stolen, but a new object that had already fulfilled someone’s wish and disappeared.
Thanks to this, the novel’s initial setting was completely twisted.
“I thought it would be good for the prince to know too, so I wanted to let you know.”
She finished speaking in a small voice.
Through the hundreds of thin, powerless threads, a brightly shining ray of possibility appeared.