Mm-hmm. Sleepy.
It's working that I didn't get much sleep last night.
Alec fell ill and fell asleep - in fact, I traveled with a secret note - but there was no dinner party. The concept is to eat with the whole family, so when you have a family that can't show its face, the dinner party itself will be cancelled.
So have a quick dinner in your own room and bathe. With the flow of going to bed, I went into the bedroom two and a half hours faster than my normal time schedule.
But I couldn't sleep......!
Tomorrow is the first quasi-dollar in a long time, and the opposite is the beginning and end of a blind eye. You can meet Lust, or you can't fail at something, or you'll get it by taking a 'black fan' even though you've decided to be ready for it. You can enjoy treating me like a medium two! Then...!
The same was true when I traveled to school in my previous life. On the eve of each major event, you are thrilled and unable to sleep due to nervousness and anxiety! It's morning and I finally have a fierce drowsiness, and if I think I've slept, I'm woken up with an alarm clock! And try the event for lack of sleep.
In this morning's case, it's not the alarm clock that woke me up, it's Sasha!
Still, he wore a set of his chosen combat gear, and by the time he finished dressing his hair, makeup, etc., his drowsiness had disappeared.
That drowsiness came back just now.
After boarding the reclining four-headed carriage to Paradise in the Sky, where the semi ball opens.
- Comfortable shaking transmitted to the body induces drowsiness.
Only the royal carriage, and the comfortably remodeled interior, was a difficulty only in this case.
Seat made assuming to sit for a long time, back elasticity! Just about the length of a chair to be laid down!
And let us not forget, the arms of your Lord!
Although the main streets are well maintained, there are also bad roads and crowded. Together, if you speed up, the carriage will shake. I'm not talking about Gattangotton. Carriage sickness makes me nauseous... Oh, my God.
But today's waving of the carriage, while at that speed, is the minimum you need.... I'll ask your name later for the next time I use the carriage.
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It was useless to do an analysis of drowsiness.
It's all "an hour to get there, just an hour. As long as you're lying down, okay? Come on, sleep, Octavia! ♪ He's inviting me!
Not good, not good. This box-shaped carriage has large windows in all directions.
There's no blind spot! I can see the whole thing in the carriage!
And on the road, besides Clifford, seven skilled soldiers are surrounding the carriage with horses and serving as guards. Three forward, three rear. One on each side of the carriage.
Don't sleep......! I'm a bad sleeper, and sometimes I say something to sleep! How dare you expose your sleeping face...!
First of all, I look like the outfits Sasha and the others finished for me. My hair is dripping the basics too, but some of them are tied, and if I lay down, I get disturbed.
But if you just meditate on your eyes...... No, no, no! If I meditate my eyes, I'll sleep in a sitting state, confident ant!
Patience, patience...
That's right! Let's see the view outside! Pull over to the edge.
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As soon as I did, I was nailed to the landscape.
- From the rear, I could see a two-headed carriage fluttering and running at considerable speed.
The direction we're going is the same. The width of the street affords even a few carriages lined up. On the day the quasi-discussion is held, carriages are not loudly said to overtake each other for reasons such as what the human identity of the person on board is.
If it wasn't for a day like this, some aristocrats would deliberately try to pull out the royal carriage... but it didn't have that vibe.
It is travelling with the rear wheel coming off one side and the box section, part of it, in direct contact with the ground.
That's not all. He's not holding the reins. Are you stretching out your arms and losing consciousness? The horse seems to be moving forward even with the loss of the pilot, but the box-shaped part leans heavily, shaking hard up, down, left and right.
The carriage door was opened...
And, uh?
"... Master Sil?
The drowsiness blew away completely.
I can clearly tell you're a man, and then neutral beauty. It was Sil, my brother's lover and protagonist of the original novel, who showed up from the runaway carriage. Master Sil is about to go to your table. But I was inhibited by a big shake.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Master Sil's got a wooden door with just one hand. Ugh!
"Clifford!
Over the carriage window, I was screaming at Clifford walking right next to me.
"Control the carriage over there!
I didn't hear back, but Clifford changed the direction of the horse. Approaching a rampant carriage. But that's where my carriage slowed down. They keep pulling me apart.
Carriage accidents are common. No matter how sturdy they are, the wheels come off, and there are a lot of things that make a horse suddenly fall apart and out of control. So, even in such an accident, what do you do if you go to a runaway carriage?
- Don't get too close if you're wrong!
If you clash somewhere, the carriage will always stop. The main focus is placed on getting close and involved poorly and preventing the damage from spreading, rather than on the safety of the human being on board.
So whoever slowed down and tried to get a distance is right.
"O Lord! Don't lose sight of that carriage! Line up if you can!
Through the streets, a runaway carriage sickens, and a little late my four-headed carriage chases. Whether the horse is excited or the speed of the carriage on which Master Sil is riding increases. Besides, even though it was only one de-wheel, the other wheel at the rear is also off at load.
... Clifford, huh?
View the direction of travel. Clifford, who pulled his horse up to the side of your podium and lined up well, flew away!
I held the reins, I think. A little, the speed of the carriage that was rampant dropped.
My four-headed carriage and Master Sil's carriage just paralleled me as I ran.
If we keep slowing down...
Finally, one wheel that was about to come off blew away.
The straight line of the street is almost over. I can't slow down, but I get into a loose curve. Even though Clifford held the reins, whether the carriage with only two wheels left at that time is bearable or not......
"Keep the carriage and carriage close!
Calling to your lord, I laid my hand on the golden handle. Open the door outside the carriage. The wind slapped him in the face. I was fortunate to be a well-armed man. Jirijiri and the distance between me and Master Sil approaches. If this...!
"Dear Sil. Come here!"
"Master Octavia?
Hooked by a larger stone, the carriage over there swayed loudly - through the sway, jumping. Master Shill looks at me when I'm about to be thrown out.
"Hurry up!
Master Sil held the hand I offered him. Grab this carriage door with your right hand and put your foot on the edge. Before entering the curve, Master Sil took the carriage from carriage to carriage.
Immediately after, the carriage goes to the curve. Both of them, bent over, but... the box-shaped part where Master Sil was was was just like falling over and being dragged by two horses.
Exactly. Crisis hair?
Carriage accident, scared.
I took off the curve, and the runaway carriage stopped as much as I lost it. Now they're leaning on the shoulder of the road to keep it out of the way. The two horses were about to feel comfortable stroking their nostrils by Clifford, as they forgot they were out of control and so on. The horse Clifford was riding was also clever and returned to his husband on his own.
My lord Sill and I stepped out of the royal carriage to make sure it was safe and hit post-processing. The boat I boarded, by the way I was thanked, said, "I'm glad you're safe, yes, goodbye!" I couldn't even break up.
Speaking of results, no human harm.
For once, one of the causes of the accident is de-wheeling. That the rear wheel came off and the carriage lost balance. One is that an elderly man has lost consciousness due to a seizure. This makes the horse uncontrollable. Which comes first, it's not clear.
He intervened and regained consciousness, but asked one of the soldiers to see a doctor.
All I had to do was send Master Sil to my brother. Or call my brother. Worst of all, even if my brother can't come himself on official business, surrogate people should come instantly.
So I said to Master Sil, "What will you do?," he asked.
But the answer I returned left me confused.
Neither, because it was.
Are you saying we're going where we were headed?
"Without informing my brother? Is that good? Dear Sil -"
Trying to overlap words, I mumbled.
Light in the eyes of skilled soldiers who were surrounding me and Master Sil for protective purposes.
Curiosity! While trying to be professional, curiosity they can't hide is in their eyes!
- You guys, just stay away from me for a minute.
Ask them to do so, decide to move from the shoulder of the road, and invite Master Shill to where he is stopping the royal carriage.
Now we can talk without worrying about the soldiers. Clifford, as the knight of the escort, is at his usual distance...
Just in case.
"... Clifford"
"No need to say anything else, is it"
"That's right."
I turned to Master Sil.
When I see him, mostly - and always my brother was with me, so on a one-on-one basis, for the first time.
In the light of day, dark blue hair is twinkling. The eyes are hazelnut. Both, in illustrations and novel depictions, colors whose beauty did not come in pins. All I can say is that the real thing tastes different.
- Master Sil's official name is Sil Burkes. Baron Burkes' three sons, that is. The ambiguity is that Master Sil has a secret of birth. The Barks are also incestuous aristocrats. Shortly after the Baroness lost her third child to stillbirth, it was Master Sil who was taken away. Though raised in the Burkes as a three man as it is, it is unclear who the real parents are.
By the way, the reader has known this from quite an early age, but it won't be exposed inside during the making!
This time, as a member of the Barks family, Shill was on a carriage to the venue in order to attend a certain quasi-discussion.... That's an odd encounter! It's a semi ball hosted by the Earl of Reddington!
But the list of attendees in the invitation I saw didn't have Sil's name.
That should be it, too. Master Sil said he decided to join him quickly.
Besides, my prediction is, don't tell my brother?
Master Shill usually stays in the King's Capital, not in the Baron Barks family territory. If you are an aristocrat with a territory, you also have a temporary-stay pavilion in Wangdu. From that hall, departure according to the timing of the event.
Personnel include Master Sil and a long-serving baron and a freelance escort hired for just a wage to get there. A total of three.
Given the status of the Baron's three men, it's reasonable. However, as a lover whose marriage to the prince is also rumored to be a certainty, the number and face of anxiety remain. Or, Master Sil, can an individual borrow Esphere soldiers for his own use at this stage... It is acceptable for the first time in the form that my brother makes a convenience.
And no freelance escort anyone could hire worked more than wages. At the moment, I'm stunned to learn about the carriage's rampage. Only Master Sil was left in the carriage because of it.... Well, if I find out who I abandoned later, I might tremble.
If my brother knew, he wouldn't have let Master Sil go alone, but this situation.
"Dear Sil. - I think it would be best if I let my brother know about the accident."
For Master Sil, the safest place is on his brother's side. Is there any sign of fine work on the wheel? Is your seizure a coincidence? About the tonsily free escort and its whereabouts. My brother will look into these things.
"Still, you want to stay unannounced?
"... yes"
In response to a question from me, I returned a clear word. Hazelnut eyes also have no shaking.
"You're not having a fight, are you?
In the corner of the royal castle, we were kissing each other enthusiastically, new to memory.
Master Sil nodded, looking annoyed, and awed.
"Dear Octavia, - Excuse me the other day."
"If that word is about what your brother said, Lord Sil will never apologize."
Beloved ones? It was my brother who said that! Even between lovers, my brother is my brother! Master Shill is Master Shill!
"More than that, Master Sil. You didn't tell your brother about attending Count Reddington's semiball, did you?
"Yes......"
Master Sil admitted, as he had noticed.
"Celius...... Your Highness is tingling these days and doesn't like me walking away. Only about the royal castle and the baron's house...... In other words, attendance is very"
Shake your head, sigh.
Yay! My brother, Master Sil let me out! Whoa, you shouldn't. With……. Master Sil was in an accident, and he wasn't nearly happy...
I hid what seemed like a lot of laughter with an extended fan. Tighten your face! The majesty of the princess. The majesty of the princess!
"Just because you're in front of me, you don't have to call me His Highness Celius or anything. - You used to catch my brother's eye, didn't you?
"Derek's working with us."
"The son of the Duke of Nightfellow..."
One of my brother's friends. Derek Knightfellow?
"He would also be attending Count Reddington's semi ball. Wouldn't it have been nice if you had boarded Master Derek's carriage? If Lord Sil asks..."
For your uncle and Derek. I guess there will be two carriages out too. It is also absolutely safe.
"That's just... You could get a useless pry. I am the lover of Celius."
Scales fell out of my eyes.
It was......! This is the capital of the king of Esphere!
A world where romance is suspected, even between men, first and foremost over friendship!
I was shallow......!
Sil, my brother's lover, the first prince, is alone in the carriage with the next Duke of Nightfellow! "A triangle! Is Sil Burkes fluttering on the next Duke!" So... "
Well, carriages have windows, so I can't sneak a flirt or anything inside! Look round from the outside! Lower the provided curtains and you can block all the windows. also, if you do that, "I'll do something suspicious inside!" like you're making public statements.
So polish it to a picky, no extra small work on the windows. Always make sure the inside of the carriage is visible, even if the curtains are lowered out of the sun.
Thoughtful sight but good! That's carriage travel in the Esphere! It's a space where you can't imitate badly!
There's also a front carriage or a shared carriage, unless you have a purpose.
However, if a carriage owned personally by royalty or nobility, but run without windows or hidden windows, it is treated as a scandal. Seen with color glasses.
If that's the case, I'd rather see the whole thing through the window and flirt. I have a good heart test. Of course, this is limited to couples, fiancées, and lovers.
And then, deliberately, for the sake of appeal, some people use this round-looking culture. You want me to show my surroundings that you two rode together and smell the relationship?
"- I got an idea of the circumstances in which you were alone. But why do you want to go to the semi?
For a little disobedience to my brother, or to breathe, Master Sil feels stubborn.
"It's..."
"... you can't tell me, can you? Even my brother."
In the original novel, Master Sil was behaving in a squeamish manner when it came to being involved in his birth. The problem is that I don't know who I am through all of Sil's preexisting issues. Even if you love your brother, there are many scenes you can't cope with, and this is what causes it. Since the inheritance issue really surfaced, Sil revealed to his brother about the birth. Is that relevant this time?
In the Tahen edition, with the incidents that occur, the main character's secrets may finally be unraveled......! Because I've only read it so far...
As a reader, I was all emotional about Master Sil and imagined who he was.
Actually, my brother and blood are connected, and adultery unfolds.... There is no such thing. I tried being Octavia and found out. I also thought about the deployment of the king of neighboring countries. This is a push!
"My family..."
Master Shill, who had leaned down, raised his face, as if he had decided to be ready.
"When a real family attends Count Reddington's semi ball, there's information."
"Huh?"
I didn't expect Master Sil to talk to me, so the vegetables came out.
"- I'm not from the Barks family. Adoption, that means. But if you're an adopted child, you're usually certain of your identity. In my case."
"Master Sil?
"I have no idea where it came from."
Hey...... Huh? Is that okay, Master Sil? That's something I haven't even told my brother yet...
"So, Master Octavia, too, Celius...... I suppose you have decided that he is not worthy of your brother.... I think it's natural that you can't admit it."
Yeah, yeah, yeah?
'- How can you admit, Master Octavia?
Two days ago, a question asked to Master Sil. Is that what that means?
To be exact, was this it?
'- How can Master Octavia (whose origin is completely unknown) admit me?
No, he said he didn't know! Master Sil!