What Happens When the Second Male Lead Powers Up chapter 26

026 Curriculum of Pride and Prejudice (2)

“Are you going to class together?”

I asked stupidly.

The situation was so sudden and shocking that I had forgotten that I had not even greeted Kristel properly.

I was so shy not to go to the spring ball, but in the end I soaked my toes, and I consoled myself that it was okay because it was only my toes.

It was difficult to accept.

“It’s temporary. A while ago, I asked the Holy See to send a paladin to teach Christel. I decided to teach until they considered my petition, approved it, and placed someone in the Duchy of Sarnez.”

I sighed inwardly at Cardinal Butier’s reply.

In other words, it meant that the cardinals and the emperor supported Kristel’s will to become a paladin and repay the debt to the imperial family.

Even if the engagement was over, it seemed that the precious talent could not be missed.

I thought this was a one-on-one class, and I wanted to spend a lot of money to get a full refund, but the opponent was a cardinal, not an academy.

It would be difficult for a busy person to make time for the two students.

There was not enough justification to say, ‘I will enjoy spring break while teaching princesses’.

Fortunately, it was temporary.

Since the Cardinal is a priest, not a paladin, he will only be able to teach Christel basic and theoretical parts.

“······All right. Please take good care of me, Princess Sarnez.”

I spoke harshly on purpose. I called her by her last name and didn’t even laugh.

After all, this is what happened, I was in the mood to steadily accumulate points of dislike during the class.

“Yeah, thank you so much for yesterday. Mother wants to serve a meal once in a while.”

However, Kristel opened her mouth with a face that didn’t take any damage.

Yesterday, on the balcony of the spring ball, I meant listening to the confession of the Duchess of Sarnez.

The Duchess seemed like a good person, but the burden and fear of having a meal with the main character’s mother didn’t seem to allow her to eat.

“Thank you for the suggestion, but I think it will be difficult.”

I answered like a machine.

It couldn’t have been more fortunate that he couldn’t get out of the Imperial Palace because he was a hostage.

“Sit down now. I’ll give you the car.”

The cardinal smiled softly and led me out and Kristel to the sofa.

Calling the servant Natalie and watching us, the warmth in his eyes made me even more heartbroken.

I wonder if the prince should be here, not me…

“Then, are the two of you first meeting today?”

As I was contemplating how to respond, Kristel spoke first.

“No, I once met the prince at the confessional office of the Imperial Palace. I’m going to ask for my mother’s confession.”

“Confessions, it’s a choice like a paladin. You are promising.”

The cardinal’s beige eyes drew a curve.

Me and Kristel blinked, not knowing what that meant.

“There is always a certain amount of ether flowing in all temple confessions. It is for the peace of mind of the confessor and the promotion of faith, but there is no good place for a paladin to quickly replenish ether.”

Kristel’s eyes twinkled and she nodded.

Somehow, as soon as I entered, I felt a little bit of tension.

With those words, I couldn’t help but think of another person I met at the confessional.

Exactly, some child.

‘·······What are you doing here?’

‘I······. I’m being tortured It’s a priest.’

‘You’re doing things you weren’t even told to do.’

A riddle seemed to be solved.

From https://noblemtl.com

On the day I first met Sadie, the reason that he hadtily hid in the confessional was because of a lack of ether.

He suffered from fever, chills, and dizziness, which are the typical symptoms of ether depletion, but was driven to that point because he did not receive proper help.

Thinking of the child made me feel uncomfortable again.

As Eunseo said, Prince Sedric seemed to be trash.

Sadie says she’s neither a priest nor a paladin, but if I had a son like that, I’d do anything I could to pair him with a capable priest.

There would have never been a case where a kid who looked like an elementary school student would never be left alone at night.

Abandonment, neglect, this is real child abuse.

I felt pathetic for not realizing the seriousness of the environment around the child.

“…and daisy tea for Prince Jesse.”

Natalie set a hot glass in front of me. I just woke up from my thoughts.

When we arrived, the cardinal’s attendant was serving us drinks with straight movements.

“Thank you, Natalie. Go and rest.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Seeing the cardinal speaking kindly to the servant, I suddenly became curious.

In fact, if only Kristel wasn’t here today, I really thought about asking.

The moment you accepted me as a kind of disciple, what you said…

‘I have a little child.’

‘Hey?’

‘Yes, I want you to help him.’

Was it the little Sadie I met who said that?

Did you say that you needed help, and that you answered similarly to the question of where the child is sick means depletion of the ether?

If Sadie was the prince’s illegitimate son, my guess seemed almost certain.

To the Cardinal, the prince’s godmother, Sadie would be a grandchild, but he was not the type of person who would let such a child suffer, so he would have reached out to me in a hurry.

Just wondering…

“A paladin is usually paired with a priest. As colleagues, we become friends with each other’s backs. Priests provide ether to paladins, and paladins uphold the will of the gods by protecting them.”

Why does the child still have no priesthood partner?

Why didn’t he attach a priest to a kid who was born in the imperial family and went to and from the palace at will?

Even though he was an imperial descendant whose existence was unknown, it seemed like he could have kept at least one decent priest, if not even an archbishop.

“Okay, it’s a fun relationship.”

Kristel listened to the cardinal with an interesting look.

I looked at the daisy floating on the teacup and fell in thought.

Maybe Sadie doesn’t want a priest? This was also something to consider.

A while ago I thought child abuse was obvious, but if you’re doing what you want, I can only tell you to be careful.

There isn’t much adults can do if they sneak out of their dwellings at night and wander around, struggling with ether depletion and rejecting the priesthood.

Judging from the fact that I told the prince that I like food, there didn’t seem to be any conversation between the father and son.

‘If the divine beasts detect a god in Yeongjuseong, they will not meet you from tomorrow.’

A child’s clear voice echoed in his head. We never actually met again.

Although he and Demi were reunited, the other two would have been well taken care of by Sadie.

Knowing the situation of the Elizabeth, the reason why even me should worry about him…

“Prince?”

The cardinal’s voice pierced me. I looked up in surprise.

“It’s really surprising to think of two ladies in front of you.”

She furrowed her eyebrows playfully. By now, their glasses were half empty.

“sorry. I think last night was hard. I’m a little dazed.”

I wet my mouth with the tea and spit it out as much as I could. Sitting next to the main character and thinking about other things, there was no tension.

Kristel looked at me and smiled silently.

“I was just about to ask the prince if he had a mate.”

“Are you paired?”

“Yes, paladin partner.”

“I am not.”

Her eyes widened at my answer. Her high pink hair fluttered.

“I am a beginner, but I still feel that the prince’s ether is amazing. You still don’t have a mate…”

‘Are paladins a bit ascetic?’ she whispered Me and the cardinal’s eyes met.

Well, my ether is not innate.

The paladins of the new kingdom would not want to mate with Prince Jesse of the past, who had nothing to gain.

Until I came here, I was a ‘familiar bishop’, and so was the knowledge of the New Kingdom and the Emperor of the Empire.

In particular, the former even sent relatively weak assassins to kill me.

However, my ether holdings skyrocketed at some point, and Kuk-seo’s attempts were in vain.

At the time, I didn’t know the source of the sudden power, but now I have a guess.

“First of all, I am a foreigner, and I do not have free access to the outside, so if you pair with me, the paladin will be uncomfortable in many ways.”

I came up with a plausible excuse based on the present.

Kristel shook her head with a serious expression on her face.

She is the precious daughter of a prosperous duke, and I am the child and hostage of a new country, so please be happy with other priests.

“But this is not an era of war, so there is no need to always be filled with ether, and there is no way that priests and paladins are always attached to each other.”

She took my word with a stern attitude. I guess I was just listening to what I was saying…

“The number of paladins is always less than the number of priests. It’s not unusual to have an unpaired priest.”

Cardinal Bootier gently interrupted the conversation.

“Our prince is certainly a great bishop, but lately he has been faithful to his duty of confession, so it may be difficult to become a priest for the paladin.”

this······. is this helping me? Are you helping?

“Then next time, shall we invite a wizard to learn the difference between a paladin and a wizard?”

Kristel was about to say something, but the cardinal softly announced the end of class.

I got up from my seat with a bewildered look on my face without even understanding the previous situation.

I looked at the clock and saw that 30 minutes had passed.

“Thank you, my lord. Then I’ll see you the next day.”

What······. Orientation is usually short.

With that thought in mind, I bowed to the cardinal, briefly said hello to Kristel, and hurriedly left the office.

It wouldn’t happen, but I was in a hurry because I was afraid that she might ask me to go out with her.

Fortunately, today the cardinal did not offer lunch in the first place.

Perhaps because of his mood, the back of his head stinged even before the door closed.

*

“If I were you, I would go to Juliet Palace today and tell you.”

The lieutenant colonel, who was sitting casually in the corner of the indoor gymnasium, said in a loud voice.

The prince, who was silently drawing herbivores with the tip of his sword, stopped moving for an instant.

“really······. I’m not going to tell you the details… Anyway, if it were me, I would rather just tell the truth and get help. That’s a hundred times better.”

Elizabeth was strange today.

During the battle, the prince’s flame burned his sleeve black, and even though the prince broke his practice sword again, he didn’t get angry, he just laughed.

Come to think of it, she was weird all the way to the gym.

Even if I’m alone and grinning like a madman, I’m like, ‘Oh, how can you think like that? Are you a genius?’ And he seemed to cry a little.

The face that was deeply moved by something and the face that wanted to die because it was fun crossed endlessly.

Cedric frowned slightly.

“I would have said that there was no need for help from the prince.”

Then Elizabeth laid herself flat on her side and sobbed.

The prince pondered whether he should call Tae-ui seriously now.

It was difficult for the guy who had one friend to eat the heat already.

At the same time, David Capusson, the attendant, was walking at the entrance to the dance hall.

Cedric lowered his sword and struck him.

“majesty.”

“You are welcome.”

“This is the message of Cardinal Boutier.”

“·················ogue.”

Capusson spoke with a serious face.

“’Wave eroding the cold palace. The day after tomorrow at 11 am, the outdoor gymnasium.’ That is all.”

The prince was speechless. It was Elizabeth, as usual, who responded first.

“Can I go take a look?”

Cedric simply ignored her words.

With the tip of his sword back, he headed towards the center of the arena.

Capusson looked at the prince’s back for a while, then briefly greeted Elizabeth and left the dance hall again.

The servant simply wanted his master to make a wise choice.