Leongand opened his eyes in the dark.

Midnight.

The time when everyone went to sleep.

I can only hear the needle of a clock carving time. The exact tone of time was more of a factor in silencing the silence, and the sound of time progressing even made this night's darkness cool.

Bedroom.

On a wide sleeping table, he was alone.

Nage, wife and concubine, is not on her side because she is of weight. I have been pregnant for about six months. I was already very hungry. You have to rest. I couldn't stop wanting to be on my side, but there was no choice. During the day, finding free time was all I could do to make him a leongand, as much as I would care to show her face in her bedroom.

In four months, we'll have a baby.

Be a parent.

Actually, not yet.

Of course, I feel happy.

When I found out Nage was pregnant, Leongand was happy on top of this, and so much so that I thought it was something with no more joy. And I wondered how I could be the person I deserved as a father with a child. but in the end, I just found out that I was the only one, and I just gave up that I had to be myself.

The relationship between father and son, I don't know.

Leongand's father is called Sius Cloud.

The person who once carried the expectations of the Gandian people all by himself was regarded as a brilliant man and assumed to have a heroic appearance. In fact, I'm pretty sure he was heroic. There is no room for doubt that Sius Cloud has laid the foundations of the current Gandhia.

Even as a child, he had a gift on his father's back.

I wanted to be one of those.

However, Leongand decided that it would not be the Cius Cloud later. I had to. Sius Cloud, who should not have lost the wind of Yingjie even after falling ill, was corroded, both physically and mentally, in twenty years of struggle with the Mad King. He became a madman king and a monster.

Done, done.

Raise your right hand.

In my hands, I still have the feeling of turning down my father's life. Neither does the Terminator sneak up on his ear and try to leave. It was a year ago. It couldn't have been forgotten. No, time doesn't matter. I put my real father in this hand - a father who respected, loved, and targeted him. There's no way I can forget. Until you die, you'll remember.

That's fine.

Don't forget.

You can't forget.

The punishment I laid with this hand.

Sin engraved in this hand.

That's why Leongando wants Leongando.

"What are you thinking?

I thought I heard a woman in the dark, and I felt gravity. Weight. Light stuff. Light, but then somewhat painful. but he didn't even try to shake off the body of the woman who suddenly appeared above his belly. I don't even want to see it.

I'm looking at the palm of my hand. A woman's black coat floats on the other side of it between her fingers. It's Arya. She, who can also be called the shadow of Leongand, appeared here every night in Leongand's bedroom, exchanging words with playtime. Only this period without Nage can be called the period she is free to behave. Maybe that's what makes Arya so happy. It's not that Nage and Arya aren't close, but rather, because they're close, Arya is quiet in front of Nage. At least, Arya never leaned on Leongand while Nage was there.

Leongand narrowed his eyes to the look of the woman across the palm. Return the commonplace words as usual.

"I have a lot to think about."

"Let's start with Her Highness the Queen, shall we?

"There's that too."

It's only natural to think about Nage. A wife and queen, she is now pregnant with the son of Leongand. I also thought about her growing child every day in her womb. Just because I think about it doesn't mean anything. It's just about thinking and being merciful. It is also true that the presence of Nage and the Son empowers Leongand.

Arya lay herself down over Leongand's body. My face appears in front of me. Some tranced look may be proof left that she enjoys this play. Most of all, those gray eyes aren't even laughing, and the heart doesn't know what you're thinking. Out of the blue, this play may also only recognize it as a task, and in the end, I didn't even think that was the only relationship between me and her.

That's why I don't even despair. That's fine, I'm even thinking about it. It's just a relationship where we use each other. It's a drier relationship than the old one. I don't think I really understand things like light and shadow.

"Speaking of anything other than Her Majesty the Queen, do you mean Lady Gilvere?"

"Right. That's important too."

Leongand touched her cheek in the process of lowering her right hand, which she was putting up. Arya was probably just a little surprised because Leongand's body temperature was higher than she could have imagined. Arya's cheeks, on the contrary, were strangely cold. Maybe it was in the night breeze until just now. That's what Arya has.

"Dear Gilvale-Kernall, What kind of person are you?

"Good man. At least I was thinking more about this country than the Prince of Uchi."

"But didn't you say you had limited your sire"

"That's why. If you serve the foolish Leongands, you may even be scorned by your own will. He left me and caged me in Kernall. But I think that might have been the right thing to do."

"Correct?"

"If he were in the royal palace, he would undoubtedly have been used by the anti-Leongans first"

"I see. If the proximity is against His Majesty, the value in use is twelve," he said.

"That's the thing. Most importantly, they also tried to use him caged in Kernall, but Gilvale didn't ride the Rhines' invitation. I didn't ride, I just kept polishing myself. According to Uncle Gisellcourt, that's what I'm talking about."

Gilver-Kernall, as its name suggests, is the real son of Giselcoat Lars-Kernall Krebourg. He is the first child to succeed the housekeeper and, in future, is in a position to inherit the role of Negro Kernall Krebourg from Giselcoat. In other words, he was also an important figure for Gandia, and his entry into the royal palace on behalf of Gisele Court was, in a way, even inevitable. I've been away from the royal palace for years. I needed to know what it was like to work at the Royal Palace, and it was important in the sense of making connections for when I became a leader in the future.

Furthermore, he has an important role to play: the replacement of Gisele Court, who left the royal palace.

Instead.

You can call it a hostage.

Gisele Court knows that she is suspicious of the Leongands. There was the fact that Benoagard spies had been invited in, leaving them under surveillance but free to behave. And not only has he invited the spies into your front game venue, but he's even allowed them to participate in the masquerade. According to a report from Setsuna, a Benoagard spy named Arbeil-Kerner visited Gandia to explore the reality of Setsuna, but it is difficult to think of the purpose as the only one. Isn't there some sort of covenant with Gisele Court - it was impossible for the Leongans to stare at it that way, and Gisele Court himself, who admitted to inviting spies in, knows best about it.

Leaving the royal palace is harder than it is. Even if it was no longer necessary to serve as the king of shadows, you could not leave the royal palace with a heck of a lot to keep your doubts from swelling. Being within Leongand's sight is the best way to clear your suspicions. But Gisele Court wanted to go back to Kernall. He is a collar uncle and the person who was running the territory with all his hands. Unlike Setuna, who is left to the commanding officer. Regardless, Gisele Court, a born politician, will have your hands on territorial management, and you don't know how it feels that you can't leave your territory to others, albeit agents of the state. What's more, Gisele Court has just been given a new territory around Krebourg. If we tried to run the Krebourg from scratch, it would not have been the case if it had been caged in the royal palace.

More than the Leongands suspect, I can't say that I'm going back to Kernall to run the territory, etc. Because if Leongando sends a commander, that's it. So the proposal Gisele Court put forward was to make Gilvere work in the royal palace on his own behalf.

Gilvere, as I said earlier, is Gisele Court's successor. Maybe we want to let him inherit his role in the royal palace itself, and having him gain experience for it was no denial, either, as a leongand. Instead, given Gisele Court's death, it could have been said that it was essential to bring experience to Gilvale now.

Gisele Court is a brilliant politician. It can be said that there is nothing out to his right in Gandhia. Even Nares-Ragnahorn, who can be described as a politician, has his tongue wrapped around Giselcoat's arm, which is why he is being more vigilant about this. But he's no stranger to being just a human being. Older than anything. Mid-sixty. It's too early to say he's old enough to hear the footsteps of death, but in any case, he dies, too. After he dies, it's too late to look for his replacement.

Then could it be said that he is firing a target to train a human being who should be his successor during his life?

So Leongand accepted Gisele Court's offer. Instead of Gisele Court returning to the territory, Gisele Court's proposal to work in the Royal Palace was also proof that Gisele Court recognized Gisele as his successor.

And Gisele Court also meant that she was thinking about Gandia after her death. Although the suspicion cannot be completely wiped away, every one of those Giselcoat words and actions was undoubtedly the first thing I thought about Gandhia, and it was also hard to imagine that he had some sort of plan for connecting with Benoagard.

"In addition..."

The whisper was heard in my ear. Soon, Arya was burying her face in Leongand's pillow. I'm getting covered. Still, Leongand won't let her get in the way. Or so, I don't even react.

You have to think about the North.

"North...... is it Abard"

"There is a nares in the Dragon House. It also delivers the latest equipment. There's nothing wrong with that."

"Think, even if there's no problem?

"Right. I have to think."

It is no exaggeration to say that you are unconsciously thinking. About Abard. About the Dragon House. Various things. To Leongand, the king, let us say that there is no time for rest, neither body nor mind. Even when you're with Nage. Even when I am earing on her stomach and listening to the sound of life, my thoughts as a king bring my head. The problem was the pile.

Since the Royal Palace Supper, there's more to think about.

Whenever information from the Dragon House arrived, it became even more vast.

That Setsuna's inauguration ceremony of the Neighbourhood was held in a grand manner, and that it was happily turned to the inhabitants of the Dragon House.

that Sheila Lewe-Abbard, although executed, was in fact alive and under the asylum of Setuna.

That on Setuna's birthday, one gathered to celebrate his birthday from all over Gandhia. Facades of the General Staff, led by the warrior Nares, and some of the commanders of the Gandhian army. He also said that the Setunas had fought Wyburn that day, winning although it had caused devastating damage to Lake Shui Long. Plus, surprisingly, that Wyburn came under Setuna's control. For this report, that's what Leongand doubted my eyes, and I suspected it was a nurseless joke. I wondered if the dragon killer had made Dragon House his territory. but apparently it's true. Because we received a report on Wyburn's ecology that he had become Setuna's servant, and in that report Nahless' brush was leaping. Nares is not the kind of person who jokingly sends such a report. It's lighter here, though.

The story that the dragon slayer became the ruler of the dragon palace and even followed the Fei Long instantly spread. Nowadays, nothing even the Wang capital knew, and Setsuna's reputation was on the increase. The Black Spear became the hero of the Redemption, and the Lord of the Dragon House became king of the Dragon.

Citizens of Wangdu say they are awaiting Setuna's return to Wangdu. That would be the case, too. As long as Setuna returns, we should also be able to see Feilong.

Leongand himself, awaited a reunion with Setuna.

But that will be ahead of us for the time being.

Setsuna was on a long vacation now. Apparently, he intends to spend some time in the Dragon House with his squire and men before going down to Enjour and then returning to the Wang Capital.

That's not the only reason why Setuna and I first met.

(Nares...... how far are you looking?

The letter to be sent along with the report coming from Nares suggested that the Dragon House - northern Zalwarne - could be a battlefield.

That meant that there might be a battle with Abard, and in a situation full of aversion, it wasn't always desirable. Or, you can't fail to prepare. If you ignore the advice from Nares, all you have to do is look at the painful eyes. All the more so if there is a chance that there will be a fight.

For this reason, it has delivered the latest weapons equipment produced in Maldar to the Dragon House and Malwales. Mardar is being reborn as a city specialised in the production of munitions for the Gandhian army by the proposal of Nares. As far as protective equipment is concerned, Barrett-Weismoon's father has succeeded in mass-producing better quality protective equipment than ever before by using the new method proposed by the famous artisan Alou-Combs. Weapons are also being developed and produced in a variety of new weapons, led by improvements made to Logner's military knife.

In the unlikely event of a battle with Abard, you won't lose out on the performance of your weapon armor.

It's about your relationship with Abard being twisted, but this isn't going to be a big problem either. Of course, I've never gone beyond that if I can continue my friendly relationship. The war continues. I didn't want to fight or anything for a while, and it was the idea of the Gandhian government, starting with Leongando, to focus on home affairs and improve the country's power.

That's what Nares thinks.

But he apparently wasn't that stubborn.

Isn't he rather about to wage war?

Aren't you trying to create a reason to invade Abard?

Leongand, thinking that far, narrowed his eyes. I was hearing a breath of sleep.

(Oh man......)

He could not help but mourn as he was bequeathed to Arya.