How to Live as the Enemy Prince

< Chapter 14. Long time no see (6) >

What the hell.

Does walking on uninvited seats resemble silica?

The person who came down the stairs through the long corridor and then came out through the window instead of walking down the long corridor and knocking on the visit again, found Kalian by an efficient way to enter through the window directly below.

It was Plants, who lived right upstairs.

How can a brother think of breaking into a room where the prince of a nation is sleeping? What if we call a driver right now?

As I was thinking about it, I realized that the Knights of the Chermill Palace were also members of the Brycen family. Because of this, Kalian sighs a small, annoying sigh. And I still asked the same question in my voice the third time.

"Are you here to talk? Are you here to fight?"

Plants' answer was short.

"Horse."

What is the darkest time for everyone to sleep? Between Callian and Plants.

Because of this, Kalian stares directly at Plants. After that, he nodded and got up from his seat, turned on the lights and put them on across the robe. We decided to share something called a 'horse' with Plants.

"No tea, no booze."

According to Kalian, Plants grins and leaves the terrace door open. The morning air was full, but Calian was not affected by the temperature anyway.

Plants, flu or no flu.

Plants follows you out and sits on a chair on the terrace. Calian casts a spell for a moment before operating his magic.

[Silent]

Not only did he use magic in front of Plants, but he also feared that the sound of the two conversations would leak out at this quiet dawn, but even more so, he wanted Plants to stop doubting Calian's identity.

Plants didn't say much after seeing Silent's translucent film. Callian glances at the face of such plants.

"I'll hear what you have to say."

Plants opens his mouth in fear of finishing Kalian's words.

"Roses are gone. It was you."

Calian smiles for a moment.

Somehow it seemed like an unusual flower.

When I saw the flowers, they seemed to have continued to bloom, as Kalian had expected. Long enough for Plants to be interested.

Khalian nodded slightly and replied, as there was no need to deny that the rose had been removed from the courtyard, not even the rose that had been left alive.

"I was curious to see it blooming alone on a day like this."

Instead, he spoke with the face of accusing Plants.

"That must have been a pretty cherished flower. A flower is missing. How rude of you to come here."

At that point, Plants looks away at the rose garden and replies.

"I don't know how I know. Seeing how you're hiding because you got rid of a flower, I think your brother noticed that it's not just a flower."

Plants seemed to think it was strange simply because the flowers had been blooming for a long time. It was a little different from why Callian felt strange.

And the other reason why Callian didn't show up for breakfast was because he seemed to notice. Of course, there was no need for Kalian to explain why in detail or acknowledge Plants' words.

Because of this, Calian replied as if he had corrected Plants' thoughts.

"My acolyte would have told me. I couldn't go because the poison wouldn't go away. It's not the flowers."

At that point, Plants gives you a rough nod. And he opened his mouth just as he had left it on the side of the rose garden.

"I asked Randall if he knew there'd been undigested roses in the garden for over a month, but he said he didn't know."

"A month · · · · · · · · ·."

Callian looks surprised for a moment, and Plants talks instead of answers.

"I can't live that long unless I have the power of the High Septon. I don't know why Brother Randall hid it from me."

We just hide what we need to reveal, and we think there's more behind it. Because of this, Plants was unable to clear his suspicions about Randall.

Callian thought it was Randall who saved the rose.

If there was a difference between the two, it was that Plants immediately asked questions, and Calian tried to hide the fact that he had doubts.

"So you asked me that straight away."

When Plants hears this, he nods and says, "Khalian is lost."

"I know, I did it. Are you expecting an answer like this?"

"The arrogant one."

Plants curls up one end of his mouth in Calian's twist.

In fact, if you ask suspicions so blatantly, who will admit it? Should I say it's really Plants, or should I say it's foolish?

The dawn breeze sweeps the hair away for a moment before Plants opens his mouth again. It was a story other than the answer to Calian's question.

"I told my brother I burned it, so I wanted him to know."

"You mean to tell me that?"

Kalian frowns.

It wasn't because he didn't understand that Plants had given him an excuse to get rid of the rose.

Callian couldn't understand any of the actions that Randall had taken to make him suspicious.

"Why?"

"Maybe he didn't show up for breakfast so he wouldn't find out he was suspicious."

"I mean."

Calian glares at Plants with fierce eyes.

"I'm asking why you hid me from Brother Randall. It would be better for you to watch out for me. Besides, you had my doubts."

That didn't make any sense.

Plants is not someone to help Callian. I can assure you that I know how badly Plants has dealt with the old Khalian. Plants was never a good person for Callian.

"You and me. I don't think we're quite there."

"Maybe you have a memory."

Plants laughs for a moment.

It was still a suspicious attitude. I was unsure, not doubtful.

Callian asks again, instead of answering his memory.

"Why did you go and hide it?" I asked. "

Plants didn't answer for a moment. Kalian looks at those plants. The Eye of Plants points toward the Palace of Heicia.

That's where Silica is.

"Whatever power you have, Randall won't be able to win. Like me."

"It sounds like Brother Randall decided to help me because he couldn't win against his mother."

Kalian's eyes narrow.

It also meant that he wanted Callian to expel the silica.

"You know exactly what you're talking about."

In Calian's question, Plants turns his head to look at Calian.

My brother was assassinated, my brother fled to a foreign country, and my father questioned me. After he ascended to the empty throne, he was called the Mad King.

Calian, who remembers it, gazes quietly into Plants' eyes. And I saw what was in it.

After a while.

Kalian makes a big voice.

"You didn't want to go to Camelon Palace."

Plants responded by not answering.

* * *

Living the second life that Kalian didn't want was like the war that Plants had caused.

And the reason the old Khalian lived such a life was a significant share of Plants' contempt and harassment.

With one conversation with Plants, Calian was unable to unleash all of his hatred. I was never good enough to feel compassion or compassion for Plants that had never been treated as anything more than a tool to bring power to Silica.

But I changed my mind to the extent that I would not project the shadow of the horror in the past to Plants, as I did to Arsen Hertz. That was the biggest understanding that Kalian could make.

And as a result of "understanding" Plants, Calian changed his mind to attend the breakfast he was about to miss.

After all, what Plants wanted to see at the crack of dawn was to cover his eyes so that Randall wouldn't suspect it, so he told him not to be suspicious, but to come for breakfast.

'There were too many things left behind after asking me to eat.'

Jan likes to say she's going to breakfast, but she's in a hurry to get ready. I finished preparing a little earlier than usual. Of course, it was also because Kalian hadn't fallen asleep since Plants disappeared back out the window.

Anyway, with time to spare, Kalian said to Jan, looking at the gift boxes still piled up in the corner of the room.

"Let's see the presents now. I think we should check it out and go to breakfast."

I'm going to open the gift that I've been holding back because I've been thinking for two days. However, Calian added two conditions to his conversation with Plants.

"Only the knight family, and a gift from the right people."

"You mean the Knight family, not the Wizard?"

Kalian nods and adds an explanation.

"Those wizards with abilities will be with your Wizards right now. And a wizard with abilities to come into my underwater through the Academy of Magic. That way, their families will naturally join me, so you don't have to keep them separate."

If you have the power of wizards like this, you don't need Knights.

Of course not.

"Wizards, of course, are strong, but not many. If you walk into a battle from nobles and other countries scattered throughout Cairis when Brysen disappeared for a moment, it may be difficult to deal with the Wizards alone."

It was just like Calian said.

The Knights of Brissen threatened Remain and, on the other hand, protected the kingdoms of Cairis and Cairis. Therefore, if they disappear in the morning, the Royal Threat and the comfort of the Royal Family disappear together. It must be ironic.

That's why Callian can't take the knife and assassinate the Marquis of Silica and Brissen right now. Unlike Grey, it was necessary evil.

"We need a knight in place of the Knights of Bricen to make sure we don't need any more evil. That way, I can't drag elephants into my fight, so I have to hold hands with the knight family who says I like them."

Just as Slay once told his daughter Demirea, Siegfried was not the kind of man who founded a king. We couldn't bring them to Cairosis.

Yann nods in this explanation, picking out a few of the many gifts and placing them in front of Kalian. It was a gift from a small and medium-sized knight family. Since the number was larger than expected, Calian looked at the gift boxes for a moment.

"Hard to get to know each other."

First, Calian, who remembered their names well, stood up. And all the way to the restaurant, I began to think about how to meet Brissen without drawing attention to her.

* * *

Rye cookies.

Earl Eiprin, an earl from the knight family who claimed to have a lot of power, sent me a rye cookie that the earl's wife had made herself. It was also Calian's favorite because it was so different from all kinds of jewelry or precious leather gifts.

Alan takes one of those cookies and puts it in his mouth.

"Are you looking for information on Prince Randall? I'll get the head of the association if you need me."

After a quiet breakfast, Callian comes back and laughs as he sits across from Alan. It reminds me of the face of Euria, the Chairman of the Association of Cairys Wizards and the Principal of the Polish Wizard Institute and the boss of the Kalian Special Information Organization.

"The chairman doesn't have to come. You know, it's useless. Randall is like me now. I can't tell you with my own mouth what it's like to hide, and I can't tell you unless you reveal it, so there's nothing to dig out from behind."

If someone wants to find out that Kalian is actually Bern, he has to admit it to himself. As long as it's not, there's no way to reveal what Kalian's hiding.

So is Randall. I couldn't figure it out unless I told you I could use the power of the mystical object.

"One question is, why did you smoke that rose in a garden where everyone could see it? Because of that, everyone was suspicious of Randall."

Alan smiles softly and replies.

"If it's a secret that's never going to be revealed, you might think it's okay to reveal it. Our prince who was so thoughtful once acted as if he was only going to save Kiri today."

I was talking about the day I went to the gambling parlor and got knifed. After a long time, Callian, who has heard Alan's spines, blushes slightly in shame.

Actually, Alan was right.

I only smoked it because Randall, who was out in the garden when he heard that Callian kicked Lennon out, had a rose that resembled him. She doesn't know it. She just feels like she's got an unsolved riddle.

Soon, Calian takes the black pebble out of his pocket and puts it on the table.

"In any case, if we want to find out why this and Randall's powers reacted, we need to get Randall moving. because if you do, you'll find out why you've been hiding the flowers in your garden. But isn't there only one way to get Randall to move?"

Alan gives a meaningful smile when he sees Callian like that. Alan once spoke to Remain. If Callian gets Silica out, Randall will be on the move.

"Exhausting silica. So as long as it's just me and Randall, we'll have no choice but to reveal what we've been hiding."

Callian said the same thing to Alan back then.

"Of course, so am I."

It must have been hidden by the High Septon who used the sleeping gods' power.

The wizard with the memory of the sorcerer must have hidden it.

You will know when you open it.

"So, I have a favor to ask you."

"Speak."

Calian smiles softly, resembling Alan's, and opens his mouth again.

"I want to be alone with you. No one knows."

I nodded with a funny look, saying that my son wanted to meet my father secretly. Then I ate another rye cookie that didn't suit the taste of the nobles.