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“For now……. ”

When Ethan is silent, Cristina opens her mouth, looking around with cool eyes.

“Let's find His Majesty. That's a rush.”

She tied her head high with the bracelet she was wearing. Edan, who stared at the sea hair once, nodded and took the lead.

“I agree. I can't make fun of time like this. ”

Edan checked the number of people. The most urgent thing was to find Judas, but it was also Black Moon and Sage, who disappeared.

I decided not to disperse the line because I don't know where the enemy will be.

“From now on, I focus on finding the lord. Wizards are encouraged to move, preferably while collecting information about the box. ”

Once they walked along the grass. It was time to start exploring nearby buildings.

However, he confronted a group of guards before even approaching the building.

“ ……! ”

I was embarrassed by Ethan's expression at an unexpected encounter.

‘Are there people in the box? ’

No matter how brilliantly reproduced the reality, only monsters for training could be designed inside the box.

It was almost impossible to reproduce someone with intelligence.

Edan stands still because it is difficult to determine whether the group of guards who appeared before his eyes are real humans captured in the box or just fantasies.

“Ah, it's the imperial palace background. You're not going to attack it, are you? ”

It was Chalna that Baikal stopped following him.

Bugger.

A group of guards ignored them and passed by. Baikal stares at the back of the guards, who move away without even noticing the fact that he was worried about colorless.

“It's a shape that doesn't allow real people to recognize it. ”

“Thank God. It almost bothered me. ”

Edan lowers his hand on the handle of the sword and goes forward as much as he can.

“Wow, Commander. However, did you try to cut off the Imperial Guard? ”

“They're fake anyway. ”

In reply to Carl, Baikal stared at their commander with an astonishing look at the other knights as well.

Because I thought that if Edan had a strong knowledgeable face, he would be reluctant to cause chaos or injury in the Imperial Palace, no matter how fake.

Of course, that wasn't wrong. He is a descendant of the Duke of Hay family, who paid tribute to the Lubarzan emperor with respect to the Courtesy Feast.

However, it was worth more to Edan than that.

‘I gave the sword to His Majesty. ’

I gave my sword to one man and put my life in his hands. I never forgot that, just as a dog follows its owner once in a lifetime.

Even in a real imperial palace, not a fake one, you can draw as many swords as you want for your master.

Ethan, who did not feel the need to put an explanation for the inconvenience in his mind, quietly went ahead and searched.

The nearby palace was an empty building. The Lubarzan Imperial Palace was so spacious that there were more empty places than the real Imperial Palace.

However, it was as thorough as the management of the palace without its owner. I often saw the cleaned floor, the sheets that I wash and grind every day, and the maids carrying the branches of clothes.

Like the Guards, the maids didn't recognize the number of people in the box, and they passed through like invisible men.

“Did you hear the story? Today.”

“Ah, maybe that's good. Even today?”

“Yeah. Maybe this is really going to blow up. ”

“Ouch! That sounds like it. We can get in trouble first, son. ”

They seemed to think they were small, but they could be heard by anyone near them.

Baikal sneaks around the maids who passed by and mutters.

“‘Even today’ ……? ”

Something bad seemed to happen a lot. However, as they know, there has been no recent incident like this in the Lubarzan Imperial Palace.

Edan and Baikal looked at each other in a questionable manner.

“I don't think it's just a typical Imperial Palace background. Is there a box of episodes or something? So when you finish watching the episode, you leave automatically? ”

“Now is not the time to think about that. Focus on finding His Majesty. ”

“Yay. Yay. ”

As soon as he got used to Edan, who had cut his horses firmly, Baikal nodded. In fact, Baikal was also worried about Judas' whereabouts.

They left the empty palace, passed through the rose gardens and fountains, and searched for a while along a path decorated with colourful bricks with low grass.

No major achievements have been made, but everyone was reassured that there was still no sign of the battle, whether it was an explosion or not. If Judas and Fried were in one place, it wouldn't be so quiet.

As I was speeding up my search, I finally got to a building that was familiar to them.

1It was the royal womb.

“Awesome, isn't this the old building? ”

Although familiar, at the same time, the 1st Uterus modified its exterior design as Judas immediately became the Crown Prince.

Originally, he had to move to another building, but Judas stubbornly refused. He didn't want to leave, so he had no choice but to turn the palace itself into a building for the Crown Prince.

However, the first royal womb that appeared to be eating before their eyes was as it was before it made a difference.

Cristina briefly concluded with her finger on the building wall.

“Then the background of this box must be the past. ”

‘Maybe here……. ’

Her eyes were filled with hesitation for the first time. If this box was reproduced in the same detail as guards or maidens, it was likely that the former owner of the first royal womb was also present in it. And they weren't there for him in the past.

Cristina, who was thinking about it, found a boy leaning against the door and opened his mouth.

“Your Highness? ”

Cristina's hand fell off the wall. The opponent finds her and looks at her in surprise.

Baikal shouted nicely.

“Sage! You're here. Are you all right? ”

It was Sage. He was alone, but he didn't seem to be hurt.

“Don't go in here. Everyone.”

“What does that mean? ”

Baikal, who tried to pass the word "good luck", closes his mouth on the road. His fist is shaking less like a frightened man.

Sage bowed with a very confused expression.

“Even though I knew it. ”

“Yes?”

“I looked in my eyes and I forgot. I thought you were dead. ”

Sage blurted out an incomprehensible story with a crying face.

Once Baikal calms him down, he looks back at Ethan and Cristina.

‘What should we do? ’

Two people gave the same answer at the same time to a question that was only delivered in the shape of a mouth.

“Let's go.”

I don't know what Sage saw or was shocked by, but now was not the time to shake it because of the past.

“We need to find the Lord and get out of here quickly, even for an hour. ”

“But.”

“It's a shame, but it's dangerous for Her Majesty to be alone. Please come with me. ”

I didn't get the answer, but I didn't have time to wait for it.

Edan took the lead again and entered the first royal womb. It was very quiet inside the palace. No noise was heard except for the sound of their footsteps.

I didn't even have a maid walking around, and I didn't even have any ornaments. I slept all over the wall. It was the most empty of the buildings I've ever been around.

A corridor appeared as they climbed up a round staircase that led to both sides along the wall.

The room in the middle of that hallway was the owner's room. It was the moment when Edan, who was standing at the front, grabbed the door and tried to turn it.

Dalcock!

The door opened first. Ethan, who was embarrassed by my heart, took a step back, and he who opened the door slowly walked out of it.

“ ……! ”

The only clear silver blonde in the Empire. Even though he was only seven years old, there was no way to recognize him.

No wonder the owner of the past was in front of him.

“I...! ”

However, just as young Judas did not recognize them, so did he pass by them.

The step was very slow and had a stumbling color so that the step felt dangerous.

‘Yes, you were very weak. ’

They recall Judas, whom they first met in Lubach. Edan, who was in sewing class with him, remembered how unhealthy and weak he was at the time.

I was even shocked when I heard from my therapist that I might stop functioning and breathe.

But Edan shakes his head within days.

“Hurry up. I don't have time to care elsewhere. ”

They had to find Judas, not him, who was now a fake little boy.

I heard a small cough in Edan's ear, who was trying to ignore the child.

“…… Coloc. ”

Turning around, the child was just a few steps away, pointing at the wall and spitting residue. Even it didn't go smoothly. I hesitated a few times and curled up.

“ ……?! ”

No matter how fake he was, I couldn't ignore him as I watched him suffer like this.

“I think you're all hurt. ”

As Baikal cautiously said, young Judas was wounded everywhere as well as in his natural health.

The arm that was exposed between the sleeves was bruised like a cigarette. Little scratches or bruises remained on the cheeks, and someone's throat was swollen as if strangled.

Ethan, who looked closely at his harsh condition, became impatient and indignant.

“Who the hell is this? ”

“Your mother. ”

The answer came from Sage. Then the sack touched everyone's face.

In fact, the fact that Saint Judas's mother abused him was a famous rumor that spread publicly among the nobles.

Sage said with her eyes closed.

“And it was my mother, Isa Castle, who made him that way. ”

It was only five years ago that the truth came to light. Saya Castle ended her life miserably, and her son, the Three Kings Sage, was abandoned in the palace of silence.

The so-called ‘happy ending’, people praised the emperor for returning to where everything was supposed to be.

‘Brother, why did you forgive me? ’

Sage was overwhelmed by a terrible slander. I was able to understand how selfish my actions and thoughts had been.

Empress Saya was like a demon to her brother. I asked my mother to kill my child.

Seeing my mother strangling me, my brother did not even imagine what he would have thought.

Yes, I felt so ugly that I wanted to resent Judas and see my mother.

‘I don't deserve to follow you. ’

As Sage bowed and despaired, Edan stiffened as he was angry and squeezed his fist tightly.

When I heard the rumors, I saw what I wanted to do in front of my eyes, and I felt like I was blindfolded.

“Ugh.”

At that time, the child began to weep restlessly. However, I could not burst into tears and dropped only tears with my mouth closed.

Edan thought about it.

A cold palace. Even if a seven-year-old is injured in a mess and cries, no one will find those tears.

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