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God’s East Eye (2)
“Wow, woah.”
We got off at the barracks in the Statia Plains of the Imperial Army. It was still morning.
“coachman! The imperial carriage, please wait here for a moment!”
“Tell Byeon-baek-nim and the manager a message! Hurry!”
“I see the imperial moon that works miracles. Welcome, Prince.”
“Duke, Marquis. You are also welcome.”
The young knights greeted us with respectful bows.
Hundreds of eyes immediately turned to his face, and his face became hot with the fluff.
I came in a ceremonial robe at the suggestion of François, but I don’t know if this was a good thing.
I said, ‘Hello.’ He smiled and looked around.
Excited by strangers and the environment, the red pandas jumped tumultuously.
There was a faint smell of burnt and brook in all directions.
“The cart is passing! The weapon cart is passing by!”
– Dumpling, Dumpling!
Under the bright autumn sunlight, soldiers with ashes buried in their armor were busily walking around.
With stretchers and shovels, they alternately traveled between the canyon base and the plains.
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Occasionally, healing priests and wizards were also seen.
Master told me never to go to the battlefield, but since there is no fighting going on here, it should be fine.
However, traces of violent clashes were vivid.
In a field not far away, Penetian soldiers were looking for the missing.
The lancers covered them by waving white flags and flags to signify a ceasefire.
My vision was swollen, not knowing if it was a haze or smoke.
Seeing the meteorites and craters large and small all over the field made me salivate.
It was surprising that there were survivors at such a scene.
…but you’ll be fine. right?
“I’ll take you this way.”
“Yes, Thank you.”
A knight politely guided us.
The gods and I took the lead, and François and Fabrice followed.
Sir John always escorted us from the rear.
After a while, the Marquis leaned against me and reached for his staff.
I thought it was going to be really hard, so I supported it with all my heart. Then he lowered his voice.
“Marquis Serenite.”
“Yes, Marquis Duhem.”
“This is a slightly different story from today’s topic.”
“Please speak.”
“·····················································································································“What do you think?
At the secret and sudden whisper, tension was released and laughter erupted.
I bit my lip and turned to look at him.
The man with the bangs flowing down looked several years younger than usual.
“That’s a great idea. Herit also likes Uncle François a lot. If you can officially become your guardian, everyone will be delighted.”
“Will the master’s father really agree? By the way, my brothers unanimously agreed. Decision-making in the Duhem family is usually made by majority vote.”
he whispered seriously.
I was desperately sad because I thought I was going to make a really loud noise like this.
The day I stepped on Lego in the living room and sank. Pain when you hit your elbow against the back of a chair.
“…I believe that Sir John will always make a choice for Herit. And François was always kind to him. Again, you made Herrit and his friends stay at the marquis. The child is also close with the family members of the mansion, so there doesn’t seem to be any reason for ‘father’ to refuse.”
“Five. thank you.”
‘Maybe I needed that kind of encouragement.’ The Marquis groaned.
I glanced back and looked into Herrit’s father’s eyes.
His eyes met immediately and he smiled. Maybe you heard our conversation amplified…?
Hey, no, Sir John isn’t like that.
“Chang-baek. Prince Jesse, the courtier Juliet, and the others have arrived.”
Then we arrived in front of a friendly face!
“Won, my God. Did you come all the way to such a shabby and rough place?”
“Marquis.”
“Marquis, uncle!”
A frameless mother and daughter who were looking at the plan in the white tent greeted us with a surprised face.
Modest Bacari, general manager of Fleur de Lis, was also there.
It was heartbreaking to see Sir Elizabeth who had lost weight in the meantime.
We hugged and greeted each other with joy and then quickly surrounded the table.
There were many things I wanted to share and many things I wanted to take care of, but the urgent thing right now was to find the three missing people.
The commander of the neighborhood guard explained the current situation in a quick and calm tone.
Sharp hands ran across the map.
She said that she could not stop Kristel from helping the Crown Prince, so she decided to leave the place of work.
Sir Elizabeth, you are secretly too soft for Ga-in.
“The first search has been completed for most of the plains. Areas with heavy fog in the middle are planned to be closely inspected from the second search this afternoon. As the Winite River runs through the northern part of this place, we cannot rule out the possibility that the three of them were washed away in the direction of the Empire. We are conducting a riverside search from the rear, including the main camp in the desert.”
“Also, all wizards except some of the battle wizards were mobilized to find the portal. It was because His Majesty was aware that an ancient magic recipe might be hiding under the fields. This is a time consuming operation, so the search is being done sequentially from the south here. It was conducted by Duke Cecil Blanquer. and······. After His Majesty the Crown Prince used the magic of the sword, there was no revelation from me.”
Bakari-kun calmly finished his speech. All eyes gathered on him and then dispersed.
I looked at the youth I made eye contact with.
‘Thank you, good job.’ As he moved his mouth, the Prophet turned his gaze away.
Still, it was a much better response than the time when I was using myself as a tool and beating myself up.
“Although there is a temporary truce, the atmosphere between the two countries is not peaceful. Our side suggested a joint search, but Shin-guk stubbornly refused. What are your thoughts on the disappearance of not only this imperial grandson, but also the heir to the throne and the Grand Duke?”
‘Because they are like serpents.’ Caroline Rimless Martyr murmured.
After exchanging glances with Duke Fabrice, I began to explain our theory carefully.
Since it was only a hypothesis, there were not one or two unreasonable parts.
It was also a little sloppy to listen to. But it was better than not trying.
Because now, every thought I had was precious.
“…so I took Baron Ingrid Verand’s diary as a clue.”
The reaction was immediate.
“Ulitter Statia?”
“Are you saying that the ‘rare evil woman’ is turning into a ghost and playing tricks? Besides, does Shin-guk know about this?”
“Then, are you recommending a large-scale exorcism ritual or spirits rather than a search?”
Bacary-kun, Caroline, and Sir Elizabeth looked at me side by side and asked.
I fell asleep and shook my head. The mother and daughter’s eyes are similar, so it’s intense!
“Nothing right now. The first is to determine the exact location where the remains were scattered. However, the diary did not mention the place name or location, so I wanted to ask the three of them for advice first.”
“It is said that most of the areas have already completed the first search, so we can focus on areas that cannot be approached due to fog.”
Sir John said softly.
Fabrice opened the bookmarked section at once and showed it to us.
‘The Day’, the line written by Ingrid on the day he left Julieter.
We moaned with our heads gathered in a circle over the diary.
‘There was no will, no apology, no anything. There were no companions, no mourners, no one.
I collected the body by myself, and I collected the remains by myself. It wasn’t raining, but my cheeks were wet. He didn’t scream, but his throat rested like a beast. In a land that my dear Majesty will never look back, I secretly laid her down. I dared to sow her in the heavens where He would curse a lifetime. He chose the midnight darkness to avoid the supreme sun, and put a wreath woven of moonlight on his fine hair. The woman who was my nemesis and sister left the continent just like that.
My heart shattered without knowing why.’
“·········uhm. This interpretation is my husband’s major.”
Caroline said, staring at the letters.
I blinked my eyes, and François whispered loudly.
“The love story between the two of them is quite famous. There is no one in the zodiac who does not know. When he was young, he met Sir Michel only twice, who only knew about herbal medicine and poetry, and on the third meeting, he said, ‘Would you like to be my child’s father?’
“Do you want to die?”
“Great.”
Sir Elizabeth smiled as she turned to her mother.
The Marquis quickly coughed and managed his expression.
He seemed to want to live more than anyone else, and he was still sweating, so I set out to help him.
“’The land, dear majesty, which will never be visited’. I wonder if this part is a clue. For example, Emperor Romero has never been through… oops, no This seems to be a sentence referring to the Count of Statia.”
“Actually, I thought this was a clue, Prince. ‘I chose the darkness of the night to avoid the supreme sun’.”
Fabrice listened carefully.
Then everyone’s eyes widened, and exclamations flowed out. ‘Oh oh!’
“That’s great. Wouldn’t it be possible to find a place name with the word ‘dark’ or ‘night’ on the map?”
“Yes. Limiting it to the Old Count of Statia will narrow the scope considerably.”
“It sounds plausible.”
Sir Elizabeth helped, and Bakari-kun responded.
A soldier at Caroline’s orders came to visit some dictionary of New Kingdom words.
Everyone rolls up their sleeves to look through a book after a long time—
-smart
“Excuse me.”
The only paladin in the party gently knocked on the desk.
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Our eyes met in an instant. I opened my mouth belatedly. Whoa!
“Sir John, why did you stay still, even though you were from a new country!”
“ha ha ha. No one is looking for me. I was wondering where you were going, but you even brought a dictionary.”
“Hey, damn it.”
Caroline chuckled and threw the dictionary away. I guess everyone is really crazy.
We rushed to the side of Sir John in an instant.
He pointed to each place on the map, dictated his interpretation, and boldly erased from the list the neighborhoods that did not contain ‘night’ or ‘darkness’.
Since it is not a word often used in place names, the progress was faster than I expected.
Especially among the areas that could not be searched because of the fog—
– Ji-ik, Ji-ik, Ji-ik!
“what is this.”
“uh······.”
Caroline and I were puzzled at the same time. The last X was covering the last village name.
There was nothing left on the list.
“I guess I got it wrong. Duke, can I see your diary again?”
“Yes.”
Fabrice quickly opened the notebook.
We rolled our eyes in a hurry, mulling over every word.
what? Could it be ‘the heavens that He will curse for the rest of his life’? Was the keyword ‘sky’?
– quiver
“Yes, Demi. Wait a minute.”
– Kiy
“sorry. Hyung is busy right now, so if you wait a little…”
– Kiyy
Startle. I trembled at the scene that flashed through my mind for a moment.
While his friends were rehearsing Ingrid’s writing, he slowly made eye contact with Demi.
The red panda tilted her head and looked at me.
‘Didn’t you forget what I said?’ as if asking that.
“······moon.”
I see You came to the moon at the Imperial Palace luncheon not just for one reason—
“It is the moon. Everyone, it’s a town that includes the ‘moon’!”
“Marquis?”
Sir Elizabeth blinked. I quickly reached out and pointed to a sentence.
‘He put a wreath woven in moonlight on his fine hair.’
“The flower decorations woven with moonlight are non-existent decorations. Apparently this is a clue. Demi is a divine beast, so she obviously knows something and teaches me. Moon, moonlight, wreath. If there was a town made up of these words, it would probably be……”
– Tok Tok
Another long finger tapped the map. It was Sir John.
We reflexively leaned on our desks and stared at our scarred fingertips.
‘The village of Maankrans.’
*
Christel Langbuyer was desperate.
“yes? you know? Can’t I just whisper to my aunt?”
“Umm…”
It was sincere. Until now, I’ve held onto every kid in the neighborhood once and asked.
Because this kid is the steamed_final_real_final.kid!
“I will keep it a secret from adults. I won’t tell anyone, only my real aunt will know. Who is the owner of Mancrans Village?”
Fortunately, there were no people in the backyard of the small temple.
Ga-in knelt down in front of a girl she didn’t know and begged.
The villagers only smiled, but no one was joking, so they had to attack relatively docile children.
Every day, she drew a line on the wall of an empty house.
Anyone who sees it would think he was left alone on a deserted island, but he was roughly right.
Neither the sunrise nor the moon was visible from here.
24 hours a day, seven days a week, the world was gray and hazy.
This place was like an uninhabited island in that it had no choice but to entrust all senses to the biorhythms.
When I woke up after sleeping for a long time, I thought it was morning.
After working long and when everyone went to rest, I guessed it was night.
Princess Marguerite Diop was not easily sane even after she was given holy water.
Carme was barely holding on.
In the meantime, there are already over thirty lines. It was terrible.
“I’m begging you like this. My aunt wants to go home.”
Cain prayed earnestly.
“I have friends here, but I have more friends there. I have a mother too. My family, who must be protected, is looking for my aunt. I might cry and wait.”
“Ugh······.”
The child’s eyes were wrinkled.
The girl with the best mother in the world held her old mother bunny doll.
This time, Kristel saw a glimmer of possibility.
“And there is a pretty prince that my aunt likes, but when I broke up with him, I didn’t talk much. Because I didn’t know it would be the last. Aunt is… Because of that, I sometimes have scary dreams.”
“Then what should I do……?”
“I think you can help. really. If you just say one word, it will be of great help to my aunt. anything good Any information about this place is very welcome, and I would be grateful for all of it.”
“Shut up…”
Then the child was restless for a while and looked at Christel.
Not knowing what to do alone, he stomped his feet, or wrinkled his small forehead as if he was about to cry.
Gain bit her lip and closed her eyes tightly. Please, please, please—
– Kook
“uh?”
Eyes gleamed open. A small, cool sensation touched the back of her hand and moved away. ‘Tadadadat-!’
“Baby! Wait a minute!”
The girl ran away without looking back. That was the end.
This time, nothing was obtained.
A deep sense of disappointment filled his lungs and dragged Cain’s body down.
‘dump!’ She lay flat on the floor and covered her eyes with the back of her hand.
His face was hot.
Blue-white particles of light were swimming like a firefly in front of the dark eyes.
“ha······. uh?”
Wait, what is this? what grain of light?