033 Think of it as a picnic (2)
“I have a question.”
I opened my mouth.
I was nervous that it was just me and Cardinal Bootier, but I also had something to say to her.
It was the cardinal who brought up the story of the prince first, so my burden was small.
“Ask anything.”
“The Prince is the only child of His Majesty the Emperor, do you need anything else to ascend to the throne?”
It wasn’t a matter of deep thought.
If you include collateral, the number of imperial members of the empire would not be small, but the only enemy to succeed the throne was Prince Sedric.
It means that he is a human being who is guaranteed self-defense and the throne as long as he does not harm the imperial family by refusing to take his seat or causing a huge scandal.
It’s a marriage talk with the Duke of Sarnez, if things go well, you’ll be able to receive political help steadily, so it’s not strange that you’ve been active…
“What’s the relationship between the new thing ‘Hwaseong’s sword’ and Crown Prince’s self-defense…?”
“·················ogue.”
At that moment, a feeling ran through my mind.
A fire-attributed god, and a child who uses fire-attributed ether.
“Is it for Sadie?”
The cardinal’s eyes widened.
The expression on her face, which was difficult to read normally, was filled with obvious surprise and a little bit of embarrassment.
“Is that the name the child gave you?”
“Yes, that’s how I introduced myself.”
She gave me a strange look at my words.
It seemed like it was fun, and it seemed like it was absurd.
Where else did you see a face like this, and who was it? Of course, that wasn’t the point now.
The Crown Prince’s self-defense was only an excuse, and it seemed that the real reason for the prince’s desire was for his son suffering from an etheric tribe.
“Is that the little boy you asked me to help you before?”
I brought up a question I’ve been wanting to ask for a few days.
The cardinal touched one of his temples and let out a small sigh.
“right.”
“·················ogue.”
“And I knew that he had depleted your ether. Sorry.”
I heard her sincere apology for the first time.
If it was depleted of ether, it meant that on the day I first met Sadie, he robbed him of ether and passed out.
When he awoke, the Cardinals and Sir Elizabeth were beside him.
At the time, I only thought that the cardinal came to give me healing power and Sir Elizabeth to express my regrets as the head of my bodyguard…
Looking back, both of them knew Sadie.
“At that time, I nagged him a little. Hasn’t it happened since then?”
“Yeah, what… If you need Ether, you get it through the Circle.”
“I’m happy.”
The cardinal looked really relieved. But I was still full of question marks.
“Doesn’t he have a priest partner?”
“… did he tell you why he was in such a ‘physical condition’?”
I automatically shut my mouth.
Sadie never gave a proper answer to my question, nor did she ever tell her story first.
If this was a private matter, I shouldn’t have delved into it any further.
Having read my hesitation, the Cardinal continued with a smile.
“I want to tell you everything, but it’s like a chimney… You better wait until you open your heart.”
‘It seems like there’s already been a lot of openness,’ she added.
I don’t know about that part, but it would be difficult to ask more if someone like Sadie’s family had even said this.
I shook my head slightly.
“Then it’s my turn now. I had a question a while ago.”
“Please ask.”
The cardinal narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth.
She looked just as happy as a girl who had been given a new toy.
“Has Sadie ever revealed her identity to you?”
“No, I’m just guessing.”
There was no question of what kind of speculation he was making.
The cardinal laughed aloud and drenched his throat with the rest of the coffee.
I grabbed my teacup and quietly organized my thoughts.
Now that it has been proven twice that the existence of the gods has a huge influence on the worldview of ‘Toegye-gong’, it was definitely a green light to get the opportunity to see the magic sword of Mars in real life.
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Of course, the novel is still in its infancy, and Prince Jesse may or may not live or die in the war ahead, but the odds of a sickness sending me home are slim.
However, rather than giving up on anything, it was a way to have no regrets to try and walk away.
Besides, if the prince won the ‘Great Beast Subjugation’ and helped him obtain the Hye Gum, it was ultimately helping Sadie.
I can’t even draw the sword, so I wonder what the hell is the plan, and I don’t think my strength will be of much help in helping the prince win the championship…
I never want to make a relationship with him, but… the child is sick
“Then, I will also participate in the Great Beast Subjugation.”
I put down my teacup. The warmth he was holding disappeared, and his palms became cooler.
I am well aware that I do not have a choice in the first place, but forcing myself to go and going actively are clearly different things from my mindset.
“I will cooperate with the prince.”
When he declared that, the cardinal smiled broadly.
He seemed to see a lot of her face today.
*
“I didn’t know there was a place like this in the Imperial Palace!”
Canael said in an excited voice. I smiled and nodded my head.
From over the hill that Benjamin pointed to, a cool spring breeze blew and slept away from the barren grass.
It was a lovely scenery. To the extent that I think it would be better if Eunseo and hyung were together.
“I thought it was just a mountain because it was called the back mountain, but there are places like this.”
“You are welcome to come at any time, Prince.”
Agnes, the mountain keeper, who was walking in front of me, answered my words in a cool way.
I carried Demi, which was hung around her waist, over her shoulder.
“Isn’t it nice to come to an open place?”
– quiver
The boy cried happily.
We took Demi out for every walk in the garden, and when it wasn’t time to sleep, we always got some fresh air together on the balcony, but that was definitely not enough.
Even if it is a divine beast, it will be frustrating because it is an animal at first.
With apologetic heart, he stroked the boy’s fluffy tail for a long time.
Wednesday at 11am.
It was clear why we climbed the mountain behind the Juliet Palace during the cardinal’s ‘group tutoring’.
“Field study, it reminds me of the old days.”
Christel, who was standing next to me and walking, uttered a breathtaking line.
At this point, I wondered if it was okay for others to find out that I was possessed.
I wonder if my expression was a little strange, and she smirked slightly.
“When I was young, my mother and I used to enjoy picnics on the hills of Yeongjuseong Fortress.”
I tapped my chin once.
Good excuse, it was natural. Such an evaluation was only in my mind.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been here, but I’ll have to bring Frederick with me. There were a lot of trees that I had never seen before.”
At the sound of the cardinal’s voice, I glanced back.
She, wearing the most comfortable attire I had ever seen, was walking in the back of the party with her arms crossed by Prince Sedric.
I was reminded again of the background in which the situation had flowed like this.
So yesterday, Monday. The day I announced that I would participate in the Great Beast Subjugation.
After leaving the office, the cardinal and I entered the indoor dance hall a little later than Kristel and the prince.
It was only 15 minutes apart, but in the meantime, the two main characters got the job done.
When we arrived, the floor of the gymnasium was flooded with water, and all kinds of spears and what looked like shells were stuck up to the walls and ceiling.
It was a little strange that Kristel was wet because she couldn’t control her power, while the prince was boasting of her perfect hair setting.
Cardinal Boutier saw these two,
‘Who did it first?’
‘ he asked softly.
To be honest, if it were me, I would have bent in saying that I was unconditionally wrong about the same appearance right before my brother burst into anger.
The other party explained that he was just getting caught up in my prank, and even if he noticed that he would start cleaning right away, it was not enough.
But our protagonist and main male lead,
‘··········.’
‘··········.’
‘I see.’
They just stared at each other silently.
‘Even if Kristel cleans the water, there are a lot of broken parts, so I’ll have to fix it. This is a place that Frederick often uses…’
As the cardinal spoke to himself, only then did Kristel put on a slightly bewildered face.
‘I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I will bear the repair cost…’
‘You spend money like water.’
And the prince cut off her words.
It was like a provocation that compared Kristel’s abilities, so I laughed.
‘··········.’
‘I’m sorry, I was laughing a little bit…’
All three looked at me at the same time. I fell asleep for a bit and closed my mouth.
The cardinal glanced at us,
‘There’s nothing you can do about it, because they’re young people who are full of blood. I was a fool for trying to teach you by locking me up like this.’
and sighed. And the words that followed
‘Shall we go on a field trip next time?’
It was like that.
Although he was smiling brightly, the cardinal was clearly on a goal, and by that time, Kristel and the prince seemed to have somehow figured out that she was not feeling very well.
So no one objected to her sudden offer.
Even if it was a march rather than a field study, it was an atmosphere that had to be followed silently.
“You can take a seat here.”
Agnes, who led us to the flat hill behind the mountain, pointed to the other side.
Waking up from my thoughts, I helped Canael and Benjamin to lay out a spacious picnic mat.
Natalie, the cardinal’s attendant, and David, the prince’s attendant, were also busy unpacking their belongings and preparing drinks and snacks.
“Looks like you’re on a picnic.”
The cardinal expressed his feelings in a friendly voice. Everyone seemed to agree quietly.
Just before departure, terrible keywords such as ‘complete military commander’ dominated my mind, but seeing the neatly decorated forest trails and green hills made my heart feel at peace.
After a while, nine people and a party of one sat comfortably around.
“I will enjoy this food.”
I wiped my hands with a wet towel, and Benjamin handed me a warm loaf of quinoaman and a soft glass of artichoke tea.
When I bit the crispy surface of the bread, the sweet taste of caramel spread in my mouth first.
While sparsely studded almond pieces add texture and flavor, the chewy inside is very snug on the tongue.
“Really delicious…”
As I vomited my usual tasting reviews, Benjamin and Canael began savoring their coffee and strawberry juice with great satisfaction.
Seeing the scene, Kristel smiled brightly.
“I thought about it last time, but the prince is very happy to eat it.”
At her words, the cardinal said, ‘Isn’t it?’ and smiled.
Natalie, who brings me a kettle every day of class, also agreed without hesitation.
“······thank you.”
It’s a compliment I heard often when I was living in my original body, but it was the first time I’ve ever received such a confirmation in front of so many people.
I was indifferent, so I reached out to the fruit plate.
– Kururu
When I gave Demi a peeled lychee, my heart calmed down a bit.
“·················ogue.”
“Do you have any business?”
Then, his eyes met with Prince Sedric sitting opposite him.
He was looking at me with a look of dissatisfaction, but the cup of espresso in his hand had not been emptied.
If you use coffee, you can add water and sugar to it.
“Can’t you feel it at all?”
he asked abruptly.
I suddenly wondered if the main male protagonists of Ropan usually omit the front and back words like this, or if only this guy was special.
“I can’t hear you when you say that.”
“There is a problem with your mana sensitivity.”
The prince declared at once, then robbed his seat and got up.
The servant David took his glass with a smooth motion.
Suddenly, I was blinking my eyes wondering what kind of argument this was, and Kristel jumped up after him.
The iced Americano I drank was left with me.
“Something is coming.”
“yes?”
Kanael was perplexed at Kristel’s words.
She stood side by side with the prince, looking over the hill.
I looked in the same direction as them, but I couldn’t see or feel anything in particular.
“Godmother.”
The prince called the cardinal in a very low voice.
Her beige eyes glared at me softly.
“You said it was like a picnic, didn’t you say it was a picnic?”
– Whoops!
At that moment, there was a sound of the ground rumble from afar.