072 It’s All About Me (2)
“Your Majesty really cares about the three of you. Otherwise, there would be no way the punishment would have ended.”
Benjamin said in a sultry voice.
The gesture of pouring ice into the warm hydrangea tea was careful.
The resting place at Summer Byeolgung really liked us.
It was the perfect place to relax, organize thoughts and information, and have tea time.
Behind the grand mansion-like annex, there was a small forest tucked into a moderately thick forest.
There were also several pavilions in the forest with white tiles and orange roofs.
The sofa and chairs as clean as new, and flower pots that looked like they had just been placed were amazing.
Just one step out of the tile is full of grass and trees, but I was surprised that it was decorated like a perfect interior under the roof.
“It is only natural that His Majesty the Crown Prince is the only son of His Majesty. Sir Elizabeth is your majesty’s best friend, so you must have seen it again. Princess Sarnez is a precious daughter of Duke Simon de Sarnez, and she was once married to her majesty, isn’t she?”
“It was. I also thought the bees were quite light.”
I shook my head and grabbed a beignet and started eating.
Today’s beignet was stuffed with boiled cherries and cranberries and sprinkled with sugar powder, and it melted softly like a sweet dream as soon as you put it in your mouth.
It looked and tasted like a French donut.
“Besides, the three of them caused such trouble…. Maybe it reminded me of His Majesty’s youth.”
The middle-aged man added softly. i put the horse
“I have heard that your Majesty was having trouble with Cardinal Boutier.”
“It is true. Usually, Archduke Evelynn would take over. Perhaps they were happy to see that in the three of them.”
So I thought it was.
The dinner with the emperor and cardinal three days ago was held in an extremely difficult atmosphere.
However, the punishment given to Kristel, the prince, and Sir Elizabeth was very light.
At the last minute, the air was released enough that everyone, except me and the prince, wore a few glasses of absinthe.
According to Canael, if he had done such a thing, he would have been imprisoned in a dungeon for nothing.
“If I had been from a family that didn’t get along well with His Majesty, I would have been accused of treason.”
The boy sitting on the little sofa chattered.
In fact, it was strange to see other words come out while dragging a pirate ship to the imperial estate.
I smiled and drank hydrangea tea.
For the past three days, the detached palace has been very quiet.
The emperor and the cardinals were originally on vacation, not vacations, so they were busy taking care of state affairs in their respective offices.
The knights acted as messengers, rushing back and forth between the emperor and Evelynn.
Sir Elizabeth left immediately the day after the supper for the Countess of Mutte.
He said that there are many things to check whether the knights of the frontier have captured the pirates thrown into the sea well, and how the post-processing is going.
Kristel and her teacher, Sir Johann Haines, remained in the detached house.
It was because there was an invitation to take a class with the prince who would stay here for a while.
The two did not compete as loudly as in the Imperial Palace.
Besides, the prince was busy with the affairs of the duchy as Duke of Evelyn.
It was nice because I was at peace on my own in many ways.
-Shoot aaa
The northern wind blew through the leaves and grass.
The corners of his lips rose in a sense of freshness.
After Benjamin and Canael confirmed that I was eating and drinking well, they opened their respective books.
My daily routine has been like this for the past few days. I slept well too.
As always, I opened my notebook and picked up a quill.
∙ Avoid vs get involved
Yesterday’s handwriting greeted me clearly.
I glared at the two words as if they were enemies.
With my abilities, I might not be able to avoid getting caught up in Kristel’s narrative forever.
That’s what I felt from this experience.
Until now, I believed that if I was the only one who did well, if I was alert and avoided the two main characters, the path to life would be opened.
But now that the two of them came to Evelynn to spend the summer, I was a little skeptical.
If the writer of ‘Toegye Gong’ needed me for Kristel’s story, and if he intends to fit me in in any way in the future, my resistance was in vain.
Besides, the two even rescued me from falling off a cliff.
I rubbed the forehead, which had been placed on the prince’s neck, for nothing.
∙ Avoid vs get involved
– The good thing about being involved: it will be easy to get information
I added a sentence like that and stared at the paper again.
In general, the main character was meant to be the center of new information.
Kristel is lively and full of curiosity, and there is no better partner than her to acquire vivid knowledge of Toegye Gong.
Maybe you could get a clue to go home.
Her adventures will be full of things that cannot be learned through books or classes alone.
but······.
– Best to avoid: You can live until the war
Feeling a bit thirsty, I bit hard on a piece of ice floating on the hydrangea tea.
The troubles branched out from this very point.
If I did not interfere with the original storyline as much as possible while avoiding the two, there was a high probability that the war would happen in an orderly fashion.
It was not likely that the writer would blow an event so important that the popular ‘sub male actor’ was killed on the way.
In this case, there was only one thing I had to do to survive.
Keeping in a safe place until the end of the war while minimizing the contact between the two protagonists.
“under······.”
But if I don’t rebel against being involved with the main characters, so I can join Kristel and the prince in the future.
The original Toegye Gong might not even be left with a skeleton.
After all, both of them became paladins, and I became a ‘real’ priest, and the whole profession changed.
It was too risky for the country to add uncertainty.
Unlike the two men, I was a very ordinary human being.
He made a lot of mistakes, had a low level of athleticism, and was not a person who made judgments like a leading role or royalty.
If I get caught in the story and the story goes in an unknown direction, and the time of my death is advanced as a result of that…
“I’m going to hit the goal.”
I murmured. survival. The most important thing was survival.
If I had been in a position to save Prince Jesse by pretending to be an emperor or a cardinal, I would have worked hard from the very beginning to prevent war.
But I was the prince himself, and I was a hostage.
A passive attitude was the only way to live from a position where the range of movement was narrow and could be dangerous at any time.
Although there is a means already in place…
It would be nice if there were other ways to ensure safety.
“······deal.”
I suddenly remembered what I remembered while looking at the prince a few days ago.
I quickly turned the front page of the notebook.
∙ Sadie and Suspicious Letter
I had a note I had to get back from the kid.
It was the car I was thinking that the only reward I could offer him was ether.
But if you think about it, it was the same for the prince and Kristel.
I could offer the same conditions to both men and women.
The problem was, I wouldn’t be so desperate for them.
My ether is proud of boasting the highest quality on the continent, but…
“I’m sorry, Benjamin.”
I finally called Benjamin, who was sitting on the sofa across from me. I needed adult advice.
He immediately raised his head and looked at me.
His heavy eyes seemed to calm his mind a little.
“What if I want to make a deal with someone, but my hand is not very good?”
I asked. Benjamin tilted his chin slightly.
“My stuff is of very good quality. I’m sure it’s the best. But the thing itself is common… You can easily get replacements from anywhere.”
The prince would be able to obtain ether by calling the archbishop if he had the will, and Kristel was no different.
She thought about me a couple of times, but at that time, the situation was a bit urgent because the great beast subjugation was just around the corner.
If you were looking for a leisurely mate, the Duke of Sarnez was a family with the ability to search temples across the empire.
“But it means that there is nowhere to press the Prince’s prize.”
“I will. Perhaps.”
“Then the prince has the best hand.”
Benjamin replied calmly.
Canael, who took his head away from the book too late, blinked his eyes and listened to the story.
“Anyone who does business with the prince must be of a very high rank. They just don’t care about things like that. It’s only because he’s desperate to get something as precious and rare as himself. I will accept any request from the prince.”
“Five.”
I never thought of it in such a class direction.
At the very least, I was considering lines such as ‘These days, ether is more about quality than quantity, customers.’
This is what tweezers marketing is all about.
“If I dare say one more thing…”
“Yes, I will.”
I said straightening my posture. Benjamin smiled kindly.
“Nevertheless, the most important thing is trust. In order to sign a contract, we must first have mutual trust.”
It was as if they had pierced me. I smiled bitterly and looked down at the table.
A brioche de Vendet was seen, braided and inflated like Christel’s hair.
“Prince, are you having a hard time trusting your partner?”
Thinking that I wanted to eat bread, Canael quickly put down the book and cut the brioche.
Laughter erupted as he held the warm slice of bread in his hand.
“I do not know. thank you.”
At least, it seemed that Kristel could be trusted.
She was Jung Eun-seo’s ‘favorite’ and a righteous protagonist.
I didn’t know if I could be a shield somehow if I asked for it. On the other hand, the prince…
“It seems like you want to believe it.”
“Then why don’t you give it another chance?”
The boy looked at me and asked innocently.
chance I’m just giving it a position where I can give it.
“I’ll think about it. The brioche is delicious. Eat it while it’s still warm.”
I handed one loaf of bread to each of Canael’s and Benjamin’s hands.
I had no intention of proposing a deal right away anyway.
The limited-time supporting cast had to carefully choose where to step while watching the flow.
*
“Today is Ether Special Training. My brother is tearing up the sanctuary today.”
– Hey!
Despite the words of the guardian in pajamas, Demi looked like she had a strong standard.
The room I stayed in in the separate palace was roughly twice the size of my room in the Juliet Palace.
It was fortunate that it did not overflow out of the door even when the circle was fully developed.
Because tomorrow is my birthday, the servants were making repairs late into the night.
I didn’t want to add any more fuss here.
The emperor’s hat and the cardinals were resting, so they all stood on their toes and whispered, but they were the same.
As a hostage, I wondered if I could do this well.
No, I’m fine. I’m thankful that the emperor also gave me permission…
I was a little sorry because I had nothing to give.
“Are you going to have confession tomorrow?”
– Kiying
I could have done that.
After the first and second days of coming to Evelyn, he was not able to fulfill his role as a priest due to rest.
There is no one forcing me to do that, but it was something I would do first, but pretending to be ignorant of playing was bothering me.
Leah couldn’t hold back for a moment and pressed the back of my foot.
It was meant to release the ether quickly.
“Yeah, Koreans, hurry up.”
-Paaah…
I quietly closed my eyes and opened the sanctuary.
A golden light illuminated the room, with a slight ether escaping from it.
Part of the ceiling and walls, which were accented with blue, were painted green.
The gold decorations flashed more dazzlingly. The three red pandas were excited and chattered.
I looked at them and remembered Cardinal Bootier’s words.
‘As you have read the book, you know there is only one way to evolve the Aetheric Circle. I use it often, cycle it often, and apply it often.’
Even that was possible only if he had talent.
If the natural vessel was small or the ether was low, the priest had to stay in the same class for the rest of his life.
‘A prince can be a good cardinal. So don’t give up and play with ether.’
In the world view of the honor of a lifetime even if a priest retires as a bishop, she naturally set the goal of becoming a student as a cardinal.
No matter how I looked at it, it seemed that I would die sooner after the war, but it was a good thing that the teacher was full of motivation.
– rumbling
At that moment, a wren, who had been sleeping on the pillow, flew to me and sat in the center of my circle.
“I haven’t slept yet. Are you here to take a look?”
– Chichik!
Then the sanctuary shook for an instant. I opened my eyes wide.
It was definitely a radio wave jamming phenomenon.