005 Flume Ride (2)
“I have never seen a sanctuary so large and so shiny.”
Unlike me, who broke down in a sudden situation, Benjamin seemed to know something.
After about 10 seconds, I realized that ‘Summon a golden circle on the floor’ was my ability.
I was stunned when I actually saw the effects I had only seen in games, but I had an intuition that asking ‘what is this?’ was foolish.
[Anyway, the kids won’t get hurt because of me. The same goes for Benjamin.]
My voice resounded like a karaoke room once more.
Then, the light of the circle that fluttered in the yard gradually faded, and then disappeared without a trace. It was as if he had understood what I had said and stepped back.
“Since you have given me an oracle, I will believe.”
“·················ogue.”
Benjamin had the most gentle and bright face he had seen in the past week.
I didn’t answer anything.
It was because it was difficult to manage his expression, and he had a lot of things to go to his room and study right away.
‘sanctuary’, ‘oracle’. And the reason for Benjamin’s sudden action.
I was nervous like a person who entered the exam hall without seeing the full range of exams.
*
“Canael, let’s talk for a second.”
I ended up closing the workbook, no theological book, and holding on to the kid.
Canael, who seemed happy in the world even on a morning walk, became noticeably unstable in the afternoon.
He had a bad complexion even when he served lunch, and he used to laugh awkwardly when talking to him.
“Wow, Prince.”
“Sit down for now. Have you eaten?”
The little boy answered yes. I could see the big golden eyes trembling.
It was obvious that Benjamin had heard something, or something that this child could not understand had happened.
Benjamin, the person who made me uneasy, did not even show his nose where he went after the walk.
He disappeared without answering any of my questions.
“Before, Benjamin said strange things to me in the garden. Do you know anything?”
“Ugh.”
It’s a face that anyone can see.
Although Canael was quick-witted, it seemed that he had no talent for acting or lying.
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Or is it that you can’t hide it because it’s in front of me?
“If it’s about me, then I need to know.”
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Of course, it won’t be a big deal. I struggled to suppress my anxiety.
I’ve been really quiet for the past week, and I’ve never met the prince as planned.
I haven’t even heard of Kristel, the main character of ＜I Resigned and a Princess from Another World>.
It means that the radius of the main character, the male lead, and my activities never overlapped.
“That’s it, Prince. So…”
I waited patiently for the words.
He knew that urging children at this age to tell them quickly would only backfire.
At least that was the case for Eunseo.
“that······. There was a thief.”
“yes?”
What is it, thief? Not a spy or a thief?
I wondered why I even had to hear strange noises from Benjamin because some great thing had been stolen.
As my expression became bizarre, Canael seemed relieved.
“After all, the prince doesn’t know. I believed it would.”
“No, Benjamin even talked about martyrdom. Even if it has nothing to do with me, I think you should figure it out.”
I had a feeling A feeling that an important event is taking place in a place I don’t know.
It may be the event that forms the main stem of ‘Toegye-gong’.
Even if you actively try not to be swept away by the river, a stone cannot turn into a rock. If the current is strong, it will not be able to withstand it and will float away.
Then, at least, I wanted to know how the river that I was entrusted with was created and ate, where the rapids and the slow currents were.
“I heard that the treasure, even the divine, has disappeared…”
-smart
At the sound of a heavy knock, our mouths closed and our heads turned.
“Come on in.”
It was Benjamin who opened the door at my words and appeared. Canael hurriedly got up from his seat. I wonder where he was and what he was doing now, but he broke his luck first.
“Prince, a guest has arrived.”
“Are you a guest?”
“This is Sir Elizabeth Mutte, the commander of the Imperial Guard.”
crazy.
“I never made an appointment.”
“Excuse me, Prince.”
A young woman suddenly appeared from behind Benjamin and politely bowed.
I got up in embarrassment.
It was a man with splendid gray eyes, with olive-colored bobbed hair curled inside.
Her uniform was decorated with medals that showed her martial prowess.
“There has been a major theft at the border between the Lister Empire and the New Penetian Empire. In this regard, I have a few questions for the prince, so I hurriedly asked for an audience. Please forgive me for not telling you in advance.”
If he did not forgive, he would become a strange or suspicious person.
I nodded slowly.
My dry saliva passed over the reality that I had no choice but to accept the meeting even though I knew who she was. It felt like a thought I had a while ago had become a reality.
This is not the river, but I think I took the flume ride wrong.
*
All I stole here is oxygen for breathing.
I straightened my back, reminding myself that I had nothing to lose.
“Indeed, you are drinking tea without stimulants.”
It was Lord Rimless who opened his mouth first.
She was tasting Canael’s hibiscus tea. I now know what that means.
Protestant priests did not drink stimulants, such as caffeine and alcohol.
It was because he was unable to properly cultivate his divine powers with a head that had been forced to wake up or his judgment was clouded.
Today, it is a custom practiced by very faithful priests, as described in Chapter 1 of ＜Protestantism’s Rules and Beliefs>.
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On the first day, when I asked for herbal tea, Benjamin and the children were surprised because they did not know that the prince was so faithful to the doctrine.
After all, he was a guy who was frankly called ‘the rebel of the new kingdom’.
For me, it was like a bull walking backwards and catching a mouse.
“It smells really good. I will also recommend it to the Crown Prince. I only drink strong coffee all the time.”
“Well, you can go straight to the point.”
When I stopped chatting, she looked at me in surprise.
But I did not need the information that Prince Cedric is a masochist who enjoys espresso.
“Isn’t Rimless Kyungsoo busy? You said it was a serious theft.”
And above all else, I don’t want to mix with you for long.
“All the work is done by the captain of the guards. I am no different from an honorary position. Please call me Elizabeth.”
She replied with a smirk. I just raised the corners of my lips.
Sir Elizabeth was the count’s lord, and her position was not an honorary post.
“Then, let me ask you a few questions without excuses.”
The lieutenant colonel took another sip of tea and slowly began to interrogate me.
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On her left hand wrapped around the teacup, she could see a ring shining.
“Where were you and what were you doing on the night of March 17th?”
“If it’s March 17th… It’s my first day here. I think I just washed up and went to sleep.”
It was the morning of March 18th when I woke up here, so I wasn’t sure.
Even so, Benjamin, my dedicated caregiver and watcher, said so, so he’s probably right.
“Have you ever had contact with outsiders before or after falling asleep?”
“no. But it would be more accurate to ask Benjamin. I’m so tired I can’t remember for sure.”
“I have already been interrogated. He gave me the same answer.”
So Benjamin was absent for hours. I shook my head.
“Please list the people you contacted on March 24 in chronological order.”
“It was yesterday. Well, Canael and the twins came and woke me up. Benjamin was also with me when I was wearing clothes. During the afternoon walk, I met gardeners, but I couldn’t memorize their names yet.”
“I don’t usually memorize it.”
There was a smile on her answer.
“It’s just as Canael said. I heard that the noble man is kind to his servants and is also respectful to the gardeners.”
The attendants are younger than my brother, and the gardeners are the same age as my parents and grandmothers, so I couldn’t say that.
“It’s convenient.”
So it was expressed like this. It seemed like an unsociable but moderately sincere answer.
“Did you say you have twins among your servants?”
Sir Elizabeth changed the subject.
“Oh, it wasn’t like that. They are the children of Baron Berang, but they are the same height.”
I answered. The two boys who followed Canael’s footsteps were only thirteen.
I concluded that I hadn’t met anyone after that.
At first, only Benjamin, Canael, and the Berang twins were my regular helpers, and the other servants came only occasionally when I ran out of hands.
“If you are a Baron Baron, you have visited when you were young.”
“…that’s right.”
“The barons were kind people. It should be a long time since I posted a greeting letter.”
I don’t think she asked anything very important, but she said quietly, probably because the newspaper had already finished.
Then he got up from his seat and made an example with neat movements.
The atmosphere was too light for Benjamin to put his feet up in the garden, Canael to be restless, and Sir Elizabeth herself to call it a ‘major event’.
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Of course, I didn’t really do anything, so this is a natural flow.
“See you again, Prince.”
She told me before she left the door, and I faked my answer with a smile.
Meeting the ‘Prince’s best friend’ was enough once.
*
“You worked really hard today, Prince.”
Canael, who came to raise the table, spoke to me.
I sat on the bed and listened to Gumon, no, ＜Theory and Practice of the Management of New Powers>, and met the child.
“You worked hard to get a newspaper too. I don’t know why you even ask us if there’s a thief in another town.”
“Don’t tell me, because I was really surprised.”
The child sighed deeply.
After Sir Elizabeth left the Juliet Palace, I even listened to Benjamin.
The ‘Temple of the Boundary’, which the thieves heard about this time, was far from the Imperial Palace.
He said that he had to go through numerous portals, exit the last portal, and ride a horse in the direction of the border for a week.
“Isn’t the security very strict there?”
I saw it in a book.
The Temple of the Border was the largest temple on the continent on the border of the Lister Empire and the Penetian New Kingdom.
And it was the residence of the now vacant pope.
Since the pope lost his citizenship immediately upon election, the temple of the border where he stayed was a neutral area jointly guarded by the empire and the new kingdom.
“you’re right. Romero’s court attendants say that only the sick disappeared without any traces or witnesses. If it had been stolen from the new country, of course I would have taken it back to my home country, but I don’t know why the prince is bothering me for nothing.”
I found it funny too. He seemed to be looking really comfy as a pawn.
Even if the prince, who is being taken hostage and assisted in the robbery, would have robbed all of his belongings as soon as he arrived at the imperial palace, he would have brought the treasure with him.
“Let’s assume that it was just a reference investigation.”
I said insignificantly.
Actually, Sir Elizabeth’s actions and words were not heavy.
If they had seriously considered me as a suspect, it would have been the lieutenant colonel, not her.
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Or maybe I was taken somewhere and got a doorman.
“yes. Good night, prince.”
“Sleep well, Canael.”
After turning off the lights, the child said goodbye and left the room.
I waved my hand at her back and laid her down slowly.
I thought of Eunseo as I looked at the ceiling. Has he ever said anything like this?
There seems to be no
I remember talking about temples and ceremonies, but I couldn’t recall anything about the disappearance of a treasure or what ‘our Jesse’ was framed for.
Also, my guess was wrong. What is Flume Ride?
It’s not an important event, but the people around me were so excited, so I was also quite agitated.
Yes, my premonition is just the name of the cookie.
– click
Then, without knocking, the door opened and someone entered the room.
It was the twin servants, the Berang brothers.