"Do you care?
"Yes, of course."
I nodded bewildered at His Highness Isaac's inquiry. Then His Highness Isaac deepened his grin at my reaction, "I thought it would be," he said.
"Shall we then tell the Virgin a particularly interesting story"
"… please wait a moment"
Master Louis, who watched as he stood still next door to explore His Highness Isaac, stopped with a grin so that His Highness Isaac's words would not be disrespected.
"This story doesn't seem good on this occasion," says Master Louis, looking around. And immediately signaled Cyril, who had refrained from doing so far away.
Cyril reacted immediately to it, and when she came here immediately, Master Louis seemed to be giving Cyril instructions.
Guess from Cyril snorting at Master Louis' words as the two of us face each other, I'm sure he's making room arrangements.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting," Master Louis smiled, looking back as he finished his instructions to Cyril.
"I'll show you."
Continuing later with Cyril's words, we were led out of the hall to the one room ahead where we proceeded to the quiet hallway.
That was a fine reception room as if it had been prepared in advance. As I and His Highness, and His Highness Isaac and Count Baraja sat across the street, tea was prepared by the samurai who had immediately refrained.
"I'll let you know at the bell if you need anything, so I don't mind if you're all out of the room. And Cyril."
"Yes, the ball will be handled here, let us know if you have any urgent business"
"Oh, please"
After speaking to the samurai who placed the cup in front of her, Master Louis turns his gaze to Cyril. Cyril exited the room politely as she grasped what she was trying to say with just that, turning back her heels slightly.
Turning his gaze to His Highness Isaac, he raised his face as he noticed my gaze as he mouthed the tea served. His Highness Isaac smiles as he returns the cup to the table in a beautiful, noiseless manner.
"Well, what shall we talk from? His Royal Highness Prince Wang and I have had several occasions to see you, but this is the first time you have spoken like this."
"As far as I'm concerned, I wanted to speak with His Highness Isaac once and for all."
"Ha, I'm sorry about that. I usually leave it to my brother. I belong to the Knights, so the less robust air doesn't suit me sexually."
His Royal Highness Isaac and Master Louis are both smiling and having friendly conversations, but they also look as if they are both watching each other's way out.
But it was Master Louis who changed the air.
"Well, maybe not much, and make it easier here. It would be easier to talk to each other."
Along with the words, Master Louis narrowed his eyes so as to change the type of smile with intent, seeping an atmosphere of ease.
- Wow, wow.
Master Louis just smiled softly, and it was to his skin that the air on the spot changed. His Highness Isaac also opened his eyes to his surprise for a moment before shaking his shoulder slightly and leaking a tingle and a grin.
"That's just great. Okay, sweeten your words."
His Highness Isaac glanced this way with a stronger eye as he sat deeply in the chair.
"I don't like the very far-fetched way of saying it either, so let's get to the point. So, you want to ask me something. Shall I answer the question first?"
"Um... this is a continuation of earlier..."
"Did you know the Spirit of Darkness,"
"Yes."
To His Highness Isaac's inquiry, I turn my gaze first to Master Louis. Master Louis took my gaze and nodded slowly. And as he stroked his chest down, he opened his mouth to His Highness Isaac.
But His Highness Isaac seems to have my doubts and other prospects. Just waiting, I narrowed my eyes.
"Yeah, I know. The Spirit of Darkness is rare in the Land of Alta, but it is above all important."
"The Spirit of Darkness!? Such a thing..."
"You don't know, do you? Because in our country, the facts of the Dark Spirit were intentionally hidden."
- Dark spirits whose very existence was completely unknown in the Dutois country were recognised in neighbouring countries?
I wonder what that means when you say it was originally the same country.
If you are losing your words to what His Highness Isaac has just told you, you will hear the sound of breath leaking all the way from next door, and you will turn your face toward the sound.
There, Master Louis, who seemed to have loosened his mouth but heightened his vigilance, seemed to observe carefully the condition of His Highness Isaac and Count Baraja.
"I was trying not to leak it out of the country at all as a strict secret. But why did you make that clear now?"
"His Royal Highness Prince Wang is a stranger."
"Because it is not surprising that His Highness Isaac will not be able to see him for a few years if he misses now. I don't personally suck at the far-fetched way of saying it though. I was wondering if His Highness Isaac would prefer a straight ball."
His Highness Isaac flaunted his shoulders at Lady Louis' words. But when the Earl of Baraja, sitting right next to him, agreed, "You're right," he laughed delightfully and luxuriously.
"Let's just say that the history of the Dark Spirit is related to the founding of our nation,"
"... if so, it doesn't have to do with Dutois"
"No matter how much you look in this country, you won't see behind the coin.... Well, I can't explain this any more."
To Master Louis' words, His Highness Isaac grinned suspiciously with a niggle just waiting.
"By the way, being protected by the Dark Spirit King means you can use the power of darkness."
"... yeah, well"
"Time manipulation would be pretty hard to handle without a good teacher, wouldn't it?
In that word, I forgot for a moment the art of pretending to be plain. To me with his eyes open, His Highness Isaac raised the edge of his mouth and groaned only slightly, "... I see".
- Both His Highness Isaac and Count Baraja know even the power of darkness... Even the power of light is kept secret in this country except royalty.
Taking me elsewhere in confusion, His Highness Isaac walked forward in front of the decorative shelf as he rose up from his seat. And he looked back at them as he pointed to the dagger decorated on the spot.
"Now that I'm not wearing a knife, could you lend me this dagger?"
"... dagger?
"If you don't mind getting a little dirty"
Master Louis pretends to think with a slight wrinkle between his eyebrows, but His Highness Isaac glanced over his shoulder when he saw it.
"You don't have to be so suspicious. I'll clean it right back. I'm just going to show you a little something you might want to know. I'm not leaving this place, and I'm not gonna hurt anybody."
I see no lies from His Highness Isaac, who turns a straight gaze with his hands up. Master Louis also conceived with his hands on his chin, and then authorized, "Okay, go ahead".
His Highness Isaac nodded contentedly at it, pulling out the sheath of his dagger and placing a blade on his own arm without straying as it were.
"Become! Your Highness Isaac"
"Give me an allowance now!
On His Highness Isaac's arm standing with a flat face, a straight line of wounds and seeping blood from it. Speaking out to my surprise, His Highness Isaac said, "I have not hurt you deeply. That's about the scratch," he grinned like a mischievous child.
"But there's blood..."
- What a horror, such as the royalty of another country bleeding in front of you... A little mistake could also be a diplomatic issue.
Master Louis was also watching His Highness Isaac, but only Count Baraja looked silently at His Highness Isaac's deeds in a calm manner.
"Take a good look, Dark Virgin. This is dark magic."
His Highness Isaac, who placed the dagger on the shelf once, put his right hand on it to cover his wounded left arm. And when I cast a small spell, a sparkling pale light wrapped my left arm from His Highness Isaac's right hand.
- What?
Now I know His Highness Isaac used some sort of sorcery, but I don't understand what's going on with the spell I hear for the first time.
Just glancing at the sight, the light quickly disappears and His Highness Isaac's right hand leaves his left arm.
There, the sight of surprise awaited.
"The wound... disappeared?
"What the hell is that?"
The wound that had earlier appeared on His Highness Isaac's left arm had vanished beautifully as if nothing had happened.
"Just as the royalty of the Dutois has a strong aptitude for light, so we, the royalty of Alta, can use dark magic."
Not being able to move blindly with my hands on my lips, I was desperate to calmly sort out what was going on in my head.
But I never dreamed that the words of His Highness Isaac, which followed, would await such a surprise that I was still going to lose my mind.
"We, the royal family of Alta, are descended from the Virgin of Darkness."