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Shortly after, the child wakes up again and starts heading somewhere.

The group who watched him unrelentingly followed him without anyone having to say anything first. By this time, Edan was no longer able to turn around. It was a weakness their lord had never revealed.

“Where are you going? ”

“That's..... ”

Cristina frowns at this fine meat because she has no place to straw.

One of the reasons why the First Prince was ignored in the system at the time was that the big trunk was right here.

‘There's nowhere to lean. ’

Nobles who cross far away from other countries, mothers who cause mental disorders, and fathers who ignore a series of incidents in the palace, who are defeated by other strong and intelligent words than a small and frail prince.

There was not a single place for a child in the Lubarzan Imperial Palace, which was called paradise because it was spacious and beautiful.

“Hmm? How do you do, Your Highness. ”

Judas, a young man who had barely escaped the palace on slow steps, confronted a group of nobles who were passing by.

“ ……. ”

I don't know what it's like to be fooled, but everyone seemed kind and slick as the look on the outside. But he was silent for a little while, and he just passed by with the ordinance.

And Cristina's eyes trembled as she found a little girl in between the processions.

‘That's me, from the past. ’

Cristina, the only daughter of the Duke of Delphia, used to visit the Imperial Palace following her father and brother when she was a child. As young as she was but noble, she wore a red skirt overlaid with an ivory shirt and embellished her head with round drops like cherries.

And when she was young, she looked at Judas and assessed him at a glance.

‘No, please. Don't look at me like that. ’

A contempt for useless and incompetent beings.

Cristina's complexion fades pale as she looks at the watery pupil without hiding it all. I felt like blood escaped with my fingertips.

She originally had a strong results-oriented tendency towards meritocracy. From the moment I met Judas again in Lubach and offered allegiance, I realized that his values were highly diluted and flexible.

There are also values in the world that cannot be judged by results alone.

At some point, things that you felt were useless may become a rewarding existence that cannot be changed by anything.

Judas is the one who gave it to me. But Cristina was such a tall, dodgy little girl.

‘What kind of ridiculous wound did I inflict on you.... ’

Ten years ago, she threw a disdainful glance at young Judas, who was weak and unbearable, and turned around and mixed up in adulthood.

Cristina knew that the look she sent hurt him deeper than the stonewalling she threw at the villain.

“Think about it. Why would a weak man be weak in his pack? ”

One of the processions passed by muttered as he looked back at her, who was completely frustrated.

“Because if you step on it, you die. ”

Red eyes glow like a snake. It was like he was moving like some kind of fantasy made in a box, but in fact it was just an act.

From the point where he determined he was far enough away from the knights in the box, he took off the middle hair he was wearing and hung it on his finger.

“I don't care who did good or did wrong. If you step on a weak guy, he'll just die on his own. Those who live in herds know that. ”

Seeing Judas's baggage as he realized his own negligence and began to despair, Frid loosened the bare ties around his neck.

“And that's who you are. ”

‘You guys wanted to step on him and kill him, didn't you? ’

In palaces, in schools, in noble societies. The majority of those who now follow the Crown Prince trampled him once. It must be physically struck, but not trampled. A person can kill someone with a simple expression or one word.

“How far can you escape from your own guilt? I'm not expecting it.”

Frid, who had a fed laugh, turned around and hid his tracks as they were.

Judas' hands were suffering from guilt, not knowing that he was watching them.

At least Edan, who maintains the highest level of peace, checked the surroundings.

“This place.”

The place where young Judas headed was under a cherry tree that Hayun had married and brought from his homeland.

1This cherry tree planted behind the Imperial Uterus is a mysterious tree that blooms and scatters like snow and melts like a cotton candy and disappears naturally.

When I saw the lively cherry tree as they knew it, I felt a little relieved in their frustrated hearts.

Cristina slowly knelt down beside Judas, standing under a tree.

“You've loved this tree since you were a child. ”

“ ……. ”

“So you showed it to us, too. ”

When I think about it, Judas has always suggested to his relatives who came to the palace to have flowers with him or to have tea under the tree.

They thought nothing of it until now, just beautiful flower trees, and realized that the things they followed were actually quite heavy.

“Were you sure you were inviting us to the secret base then? ”

Baikal also sat down beside him, joking. Kneeling only made it look like the child's eye level.

In fact, Judas did not grow up at all until he was 12 years old and remained in appearance until he was seven.

So now Cristina, Baikal, and Edan are used to seeing him in the past instead of being unfamiliar.

However, his eyes were slightly different from those he had originally known. His eyes were blurred, not clear and soft gold, but like dirt that sprayed up. The focus wasn't right, or even less. It reminded me of a person with a dreamlike illness.

“Wait. Dreams...? ”

Even when I came to the cherry tree, Edan, who was wandering around wondering if there might be any real Judas traces, fell on his knees like Cristina Baikal and hit the eye level.

The child was still unaware of them. It was like no other illusion.

However, Edan felt that he would not simply be able to leave this position because of his past drawings.

“Baikal.”

“Yes.”

“The 'box’ touches the mind of a person to see visions. Am I right?”

“Yes? Oh, yes. Theoretically, it is.”

“Then what are the chances that someone who enters the box will overwrite something other than the original appearance? ”

“No, this guy. All of a sudden, that's such a fat talk.. ”

Baikal, who was about to ask me back with a chewing face, came up with the same idea. And I looked carefully at young Judas, who was still standing with a stubborn face.

A vague admiration of elasticity and groaning flowed from his mouth.

“Wow! You're a genius, aren't you? ”

“Put in some useless admiration. Let's start with the conclusion.”

“That's possible. That's possible. Why didn't I think of that? So the little lady in front of you might actually be the real master. ”

Baikal couldn't hide the excitement by wandering through his dark hair.

“This is as far as I can tell, maybe. In the first place, this is the place.”

“ ……? ”

“It may be a space built on His Majesty's memory! ”

That was a good reasoning. Generally, I pick and enter the map to use in the box.

If you enter without choosing a map, you will attract memories that will replace the map in your mental world.

In this case, the rules were set so that the map must be specified when using the box because the user who was involved in the mental world could become dangerous.

However, since the box made by the commander could not be so friendly, all the knights nodded their heads when they heard it.

“How do I distinguish visions from users? ”

“I don't know about that. ”

Baikal is not a box developer, he is just a magician. Of course I didn't know the details until now.

“How can I awaken His Majesty in this memory? ”

“Usually we kill them and pull them out of the box. ”

I was a spy. I can't kill time like this, nor can I kill a young Judas to find out who he is.

While Edan was hesitant, someone's voice was heard behind him.

“Baby?”

A woman who came looking for a heavy child with long black hair coming down to her waist was standing with a sad face.

He was wearing royal Lubarzan outfits, but the exotic appearance was noticeable.

The glowing skin, good eyes, and rubazan are smaller than the average woman's height, so she was dull and hasn't taken off her tee yet.

She was a former Empress Ha-young Lee. Thanks to the unusual exterior scent, Edan and his group were able to recognize her immediately even though they had never seen her before.

“Alone here again..... ”

Ha-yun could not speak and buried his face in the palm of his hand. Whenever she regained consciousness, she found the child, but she was so ferocious that she couldn't get this close.

Hayun knew that he was being piloted by the commander. But I couldn't leave without knowing.

‘If I leave, who will be next to this child? ’

That's why he didn't leave knowing that his existence hurt the child the most.

“... Mom? ”

Young Judas was not afraid to see her abusive mother. Rather, she ran to her with a bright smile. As he touched the child's swollen neck and bruised wrist, he shook his head.

“I love you again. Ah, what, what should I do? ”

The child looked up at her mother and blinked slowly.

“Cry...? ”

Ha-young cried so much that he even panicked. When she could not answer with tears, young Judas dared to plead his guilt.

“I was wrong."

“No, baby. It's not your fault. ”

Cristina watches as she forgets to breathe.

In Segan, the tragedy of the Imperial Palace, called paradise on the ground, was before our eyes.

‘In the end, after a while, Hayun Lee committed suicide. ’

To not kill a child with my hands.

This would have been a choice to draw a heart from Hayun, who loved his child more than his life. As far as she was concerned, she remained alone and was despised by everyone. He was admitted to the Lubach Academy as his last chance, but he was also thoroughly alone in it.

I knew very well what kind of grievance he was going through to reveal the claws he had hidden.

“That's right. You didn't do anything wrong. ”

Sage couldn't see Judas straight and murmured as he looked down at his toes.

‘Everything happened because of me. ’

He thought there was also cause for Empress Saya to commit a terrible sin by contracting with the Command.

Even the moment I tried to kill my brother, Sage's choice wasn't for him. Sage chose her mother, Empress Saya, and abandoned her brother.

“Sorry.”

Sage turned around with his words. Suddenly, Baikal, embarrassed to see the 3rd prince leaving the ranks, called him.

“Sage! Where are you going? It's dangerous to go alone. ”

However, the answer did not come back.

Cristina, who was sitting right next to him without even bothering him, stood up. Then Sage began to run back in the opposite direction to where he disappeared.

Seeing her moving away in an instant, Baikal looks ridiculous.

“…… No, what happened to Cristina again? These guys are in puberty as a group. ”

“I'll get you two. Baikal. Guard your ranks. ”

“Yes? Me? Wait a minute."

Edan first ran in the direction where Sage disappeared. Baikal, who looked at the three distant men alternately, clenched his head and despaired.

“Damn it! What are you doing to me? ”

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