Reincarnation Monarch
Episode XVII: The Dark Curtain
One.
"Ugh..."
After leaving the slightly dark basement, Gaius finally exposed himself to the bright light of the day, his face turned back (soaking) as he closed his lid (eyelids) unexpectedly.
"... you have a lot of expensive days... about lunch?
As soon as Gaius hit him, the sound of a familiar bell rang.
"... I see. Again, this is Elmur..."
It was the sound of a bell that conveyed the noon of the watchtower, which is also a symbol of Elmur, a genus state.
In the six years since he was born into this world, Gaius is now convinced that this is Elmur, and that Gaius has not misheard the bells that he is familiar with hearing as he does every day.
"Hmm. Again, that means you expected this to be Elmur even if you weren't sure?
Asked Gaius as impressed as the leader walked leading the hallway.
Gaius answered slowly afterwards, often with a face.
"Sort of. If you told me it wouldn't be exactly Dallas, and he wasn't rocked by a ship, wouldn't it be normal to think he's actually barely moving?
"Hmm. Will it"
"Well, I don't even have the idea of a break point on my way to Dallas, but it's hard to imagine we have a mansion with such a full basement in advance. In the first place, Julia was the only one who was planning to kidnap her, and then she wouldn't need a sturdy basement like that."
"I see... you're still funny"
"Right. I'm handcuffed in the back of my hand, and it's not funny or anything."
"It's been a while now. I don't want my husband to punch you in the aqua."
"Well I guess so. By the way, it's time for you to reveal who the mastermind is, right?
"You don't have to ask. Do you have an idea anyway?
"Sort of. Perhaps the Duke of Mikael Strauss, Minister of the Kingdom of Daros to Elmoor, that person?
"... you're right. And..."
The leader said there once he separated the words, stopping at the same time and looking back towards Gaius.
"... Beyond this door, His Excellency awaits you"
Gaius nodded again and again in small pieces, staring at the luxurious open doors with magnificent decorations that were three times the length of an adult's back.
Two.
"My lord, I have brought Gaius Schneider"
Turning to the skinny man sitting backwards on the luxurious sofa in front of him, the leader corrected his manners and told him so.
Then the man stood up so slowly as to lean his neck slightly, even turning to seem troublesome.
Gaius was convinced that this skinny, cunning (and) grinning man was the one behind this case, Duke Michael Strauss, and was secretly burning his fighting spirit in his heart.
"Jade. Why did you bring such a nasty child? I don't remember giving that order."
The leader, called Jade by Strauss, said as he carefully broke his hips and bowed.
"Yes. Your Excellency is right. But I wondered if this man, if any, might be the one your Highness is looking for, and it depends on bringing him here."
Strauss had a startling look on Jade's words.
"Oh, is that true!? Are you saying this child is the one 'Your Highness' is looking for!?
"No, there is no certainty yet… but I was wondering if it was possible…"
"Well... no, if it's possible even without certainty, we should take you under 'Your Highness'. Yeah."
"Yes, if not, then you should execute... but if it's real..."
"... the grace prize stays what you want... so what?
"Yes, you're right"
Then Gaius, who until then had heard the interaction between the two with a surprising expression, cut off the paralysis and broke into conversations.
"Hey! What the hell are you talking about? What am I supposed to be? Who the hell does' Your Highness' mean?!?
Even as Gaius was being attacked by unspeakable anxiety, Strauss never tried to answer by simply pasting a nasty grin on its skinny face.