Chapter 394

Crisp.

A cheerful sound comes from thinly sliced and dried apples.

The more I chewed it, the sweeter it became. As I passed it down my throat, a bright light came on on the transparent plate in front of me. Thanks to that, I quickly put down another snack I had picked up. And then he said hello to the crystal version he had been looking at just a moment ago.

“Your Highness, it’s been a while.”

Whether it’s talking at 4 in the morning, talking right after finishing the work you’ve been doing all night, or talking after leaving a meeting with nobles with whom you can’t communicate at all.

I spoke to him when he was sinking deep in Calian’s affairs.

“Arianne.”

Anytime, any time, a consistently kind voice returns.

Arianne, who was glad and glad to see this, came out from her mouth in a bright and cheerful voice like the crunch of dried apples.

“It’s the office. Have you been working all this time?”

“No. I went for a short walk with my mother this morning.”

“Okay. Good job.”

I wanted to let them know in person that I had arrived at Kairisis earlier than expected, and I also wanted to talk to them face to face. So Arianne asked Calian to borrow a modified edition.

Calian readily gave it to him because he couldn’t use it right away anyway.

Of course, I didn’t forget to tell Chase in advance through the ring I briefly gave to Plantz. It was because he was waiting for Bern to appear at least once. I felt like I should have known that even if I was contacted through a modified version, the person I was talking to would not be Kalian.

“What are you doing now?”

“I’m checking the report.”

“report?”

“There was an earthquake in the northeastern region, so there will be a meeting about it in the afternoon. I was looking back at the reports from before.”

“Earthquake? There was an earthquake?”

“Because it happened often during this period.”

“Just because it happens often doesn’t mean it’s okay for it to happen. What’s the damage?”

“Actually, I already knew about it. I told them to be prepared. It passed without casualties.”

“I’m glad… You’re not showing that you know everything that will happen in the future, are you?”

“I spoke reasonably well. It won’t be noticeable.”

“But always be careful.”

Chase nodded.

“Okay. Don’t worry Arianne.”

“Yeah. Then what about lunch? Didn’t you eat it?”

“No. I had lunch with local nobles in Sporton.”

“Ah, I liked the local nobles.”

“It’s fun.”

“Did you have a good talk?”

“good job.”

“Did you eat something delicious?”

“Well, I ate something delicious. It was luncheon.”

“Did you eat a lot?”

“I ate a lot.”

“Did you miss me?”

Chase let out a silent laugh at the words that came out after a series of questions. Arianne, who finally saw a proper smile appear on her tired-looking face, smiled.

Chase looked deeply into Arianne’s sunset-colored eyes and answered.

“I miss you Arianne. Anytime.”

“Yes. Me too.”

I’m glad that I can at least meet the face I’ve wanted to see since the day I left Secreta. Last year, when Chase came here, he didn’t even have anything like this and just waited.

Arianne closed her mouth for a moment and looked at the face of her fiancé, who was a little tired, a little tired, and a little tired. Chase, who didn’t show that he was busy even though he had a lot of work to do, looked at Arianne quietly.

“majesty.”

“huh.”

“I informed Your Majesty here that I brought Lord Castrin. I may continue to act as Lord Chamberman, but I still let you know.”

“I heard about it. I think it would be a good idea to send a letter of understanding to King Kairis.”

“That’s right. I don’t know if I didn’t get caught, but if I did, I have to apologize.”

“Okay. Since I’ve been caught, I’ll do that.”

Arianne nodded and spoke again.

“But the palace here is really spacious. You can ride a carriage in the palace. Anyone who sees this will think that this is the palace that the founding king built after marrying his Sispanian counterpart. It’s so big that even a dragon could live in it.”

“That’s right. It was really spacious.”

“Yes. Inside the palace, there is a small river, hills, fountains, and a wooden corridor. Oh, there is a spruce tree in front of the Rubia Pavilion where I stayed, and it looked exactly like the one you planted not long ago, so it was amazing. And the walking trail around the Senyu Pavilion was really nice. “I heard there is a big lake in Chermil Palace, but I haven’t been there.”

“Not only is the lake big, but the rose garden behind it is also big. Of course, it’s nice to look at. Chermil Palace is a great place to stay.”

“I see. I guess I’ll have to say that I want to go later when I get the chance.”

“Yes. Do that, Arianne.”

“Yes. And I met Light Green and Lord Hertz and had a meal with them. I also met the healer Lord Verne and the Duke here. We haven’t talked properly yet, but we said hello.”

“Have you met that many people already?”

“We met.”

“Okay. Good job.”

After sharing her thoughts on coming to the palace and her current situation, Arianne took a dried apple and put it in her mouth. Chase said as he heard the crunching sound.

“Marquis Lin is very worried about you.”

“Is mom worried about me?”

Arianne’s eyes turned round in surprise. Then, his face soon became as if he knew the reason.

Isn’t this the only thing Lei Jian Lin has to worry about about her daughter who has gone to a foreign country? Arianne, who understood her mother’s feelings well, smiled and said.

“You’re saying that because you think I drink a lot.”

“… I know. What are you worried about?”

“It’s obvious mom. Okay, I’ll just have a little drink. You don’t have to worry.”

“okay.”

Chase laughed, knowing that this was a promise that would be difficult to keep.

Arianne’s mouth opened slightly as she quietly looked at that face.

“majesty.”

“huh.”

“Light Green told me that you noticed a change in Calian’s face. I guess he was worried that I might make a mistake.”

“…… okay.”

“Would you feel lonely if I told you about meeting Calian?”

The purple eyes across the crystal plate closed for a moment and then opened.

“I’m curious, I’m glad, I feel good, I’m sorry, I’m unfamiliar… I’m going to feel a little lonely.”

“Is it going to be okay though?”

“Yeah. It’ll be okay though.”

“Because I have you?”

“Yes. I have you.”

Arianne opened her mouth, seeing Chase’s smile like a winter forest after a blizzard.

“Your younger brother really looks a lot like you. But unlike you, he has a lot of scars everywhere he can be seen, although they are not on his face. And… his eyes are sharper than yours, his eye color is much lighter, and he has more hair than you. “He has a long voice and smiles similar to yours. But I like your voice better. I think he’s about the same height as you now, but his face is younger.”

Arianne’s voice continued as if she was patting her back.

“But it’s Calian. The way he speaks, the way he acts, and even the way he looks are all similar to you. But that’s how I see him.”

“Did it look like that?”

“Yes. It was Calian.”

“Thank goodness…”

“So, stop worrying, Your Highness. Don’t feel lonely.”

Chase nodded quietly.

“Okay, I will.”

“huh.”

After answering briefly, Arianne turned her head for a moment and looked somewhere. Then he turned his head towards the crystal board again and opened his mouth.

“I have somewhere to go, so I’ll stop talking here. I’ll call you back later.”

“Do you have any plans?”

“No, that’s not true… Not long ago, Calian nearly died after smelling a sleeping pill. I heard that’s why he looks like that now. I heard you know that too, right?”

“Yes. I heard it from Crown Prince Plants.”

“So, the people in charge here are trying to find out the ingredients of the sleeping pill, and they seem to think that the person who used the sleeping pill is related to Tensil. But the glue that grows in Tensil also grows in Secretia. I know a little about the ingredients of Secretia sleeping pills. So there isn’t much to do. “I said I would teach you what I know.”

I said I knew a little bit, but in reality I didn’t.

He said he was getting better now, but wasn’t Chase already suffering from insomnia for a long time before he dreamed about Calian? It was as if Devlan’s insomnia was inherited. Thanks to this, Arianne became a person who knew sleeping pills as well as the laws of Secretia, even though she did not know other drugs.

“Anyway, I really have to go now. Rest well, have a good meeting, and stay okay. Okay?”

“Okay. I’ll stay okay Arianne.”

“huh.”

Arianne smiled brightly and waved her hand as she looked at the revision. After that, I dissipated my magic as I saw Chase nodding.

Arianne soon got up from her seat and walked outside with light steps.

* * *

Was kicked out.

To be precise, it was quarantined.

The treatment room was moved to a different room than the noisy place where I was originally staying, with plenty of sunlight and a good view of cheerful crazy people having fun. It was moved.

Thanks to this, only the Camilia Palace, Lemain’s residence, and the new Heisia Palace, which have begun to be built next to it, can now be vaguely seen in the distance outside the window. To put it simply, it means that for Kalian now, he can barely see anything that has no meaning or interest.

In addition, Kyrie and Arsene were prohibited from entering the treatment room. Kalian was not allowed to leave the treatment room or jump out of the window. All of the communication bracelets that were packed in a pile were moved to Plantz’s arm. Everything was taken away.

“No matter what…”

“I won’t say it’s too much.”

“No, brother. You made Hina leave right away as soon as the treatment was over. Even if you don’t go to this

extent…” “Isn’t this a fair bet? Don’t let me lose.”

“I told you not to lose, but I never told you to lock your brother up because you were so obsessed with winning. There’s no need to make him move to the treatment room, right?”

“Otherwise, how can I catch such a great game that I can hear and see all the training of the crew?”

It’s true that it was quarantined.

I was completely isolated until I got better and went to the hunting competition. It became impossible to know anything about what was going on outside. It was like being quarantined, but it was like being completely locked up.

“At least Adelia was there when I was locked up in the Marquis Briesen’s residence.”

“What is that?”

Calian, who succeeded in making the sharp corners of his eyes become round and droopy, let out a sullen voice.

“Have you ever thought about how long the day would be if you were to sit alone in this large room and stay silent? How sad it would be not only to get hurt but also to be bored.”

“Hold on.”

It doesn’t work.

Not that bastard.

My noble brother, I am serious now. His will to overcome his younger brother was so high and straight that it was truly heartbreaking.

“Brother, you’re really amazing. I didn’t know you could go this far.”

“Your brother was the one who suggested that bet first.”

“But still. There’s no one to talk to anymore.”

“You came. That’s why.”

“… No. Someone to talk to, brother. Talking to you doesn’t make it any fun, but only improves reading comprehension skills. It seems like you gain mind reading skills instead of reading comprehension skills. I need someone to talk to, not learning like that.”

“Then why don’t you continue to live alone?”

“No. Stay. It’s fun to improve your reading skills. Yes, well. It’s fun when a person improves in anything.”

okay. What can I do?

Brother, you should be there too.

Calian, who had given up on continuing his crying, tapped the fork in his hand. At that gesture, the castella, which had been rolled with sweet potato puree and placed on top of blueberry syrup, rolled around on the plate.

Planz looked down at the dessert, which was clearly the target of his anger, and raised one corner of his mouth.

“If you don’t like it, you can just bite it.”

“If you get bitten, you’re going to say that nonsense again.”

“Why doesn’t it make sense?”

“You are worried that I will be harmed by dealing with the Vulcan in my current form, but you say that you will do the same thing as I did before. So do you hear that in words? Do you hear it in barking?”

“You. Your speaking habits.”

“Not for the time being. I’m also in puberty.”

The castella, which was rolling around on the purple syrup, eventually broke apart as if it was melting. Light purple eyes looked down at the yellow inside for a long time before turning to Planz.

Wasn’t it Plantz who followed Calian’s method of dealing with Silike? To catch Devlan.

Same thing this time too. He was worried that his past memories would be buried, so he stubbornly believed that it was a better solution than trying to go back a long way and getting Kalyan even more seriously injured. Instead, he said he would touch the floor with his knees, which would never have been bent in his life if he had been under Silike’s touch.

Calian gets wet in the rain for a moment and Plants smells the scent of Renieri. It’s something that can be dealt with one by one in a friendly manner.

“Anyway, it’s done.”

Calian, who was sick of getting wet in the rain and sick of seeing peas being pickled, grumbled.

“Get better quickly and get out.”

After Hina visited in the morning, things improved a lot.

Until dawn, the pain that came every time I moved was completely gone. It would be completely fine in just one more day. Although he said he was doing this because he couldn’t stand the boredom of the day, Kalian knew very well that it wouldn’t take long.

“Friday. Royal Forest.”

Plantz, who knows Kalian’s condition very well, said this.

There are three days left until Friday.

I’ll take a day or two to get better, rest well, and then another day to get ready. After that, the idea was to make a bet in the royal forest.

There would be no harm in proceeding in the forest north of the palace where Calian and Alan sparred, but if you do so, you will not be able to visit Gray Brisen, who cannot enter there. That’s why he probably chose the huge forest outside the palace, which he always visited when hunting competitions were held.

“all right.”

“If you need anything, let me know.”

“Kyrie’s sword. I need it.”

Planz looked at Calian for a moment. Then Calian grinned and opened his mouth.

“The one this body is familiar with is not a sword made of aurors. Kyrie’s sword is most similar to the one I used before, so please lend me that… and leave the treatment room completely empty.”

What he meant was that he would not just pretend to cut with a sword made of aurors. They’re not going to cut anything, but they’re saying they’re going to take a real bite.

The eighty-six people in Balkan were already prepared, so it was no problem. In fact, I know that they are a people who will not hesitate even if they die at the hands of Calian.

However, Plantz frowned slightly as he remembered one person who would have had a lot to do with the aftermath of this fight instead of them.

“Hina will have a hard time.”

“No. I hope Hina doesn’t step forward this time.”

He warned me to leave the entire treatment room empty and asked Hina not to come out. Plantz, who did not understand what he said, looked at Calian blankly. Then Calian held out his finger toward the wall without a window.

“There are therapists with little experience in taking care of patients who are not in the hands of a healer, and there are many pharmacists who are just sitting around because they have no work to do. Training for new situations is not only necessary for those who fight. It is also necessary for those who are responsible for their lives. Why don’t you do it?”

Fighting and war are not just for soldiers.

It is normal for Hina to treat one or two people who get injured during training. When a large number of injured people suddenly appear and Hina cannot do anything, the healers and pharmacists alone are needed to deal with the injured people. Wasn’t the manpower brought into the military to make that possible?

“I agree, but there must be a limit. Isn’t your brother the type of person who will take care of the therapist’s circumstances?”

“If it doesn’t work out, there is a free healer, and there is an even freer healer who decided to help her younger brother. Even if you’re not Hina, there are plenty of healers, so you don’t have to worry.”

There is a royal healer from Tensil.

And then there is Randel.

“… Then. I will tell Hina to rest for a few days at Marquis Manasil’s residence or Duke Siegfried’s residence.”

“yes.”

Calian responded lightly and smiled.

I was fully determined that no matter who I brought in and how I would use it, I would not cause Hina to suffer because of this bet.

* * *

It was Wednesday.

All of Calian’s wounds have healed. I recovered enough to lift my sword.

It’s Thursday.

Kirie’s sword was delivered for the ‘hunting competition’ to be held the next day. Calian, who had swung it a few times in the treatment room, smiled as if he liked the familiarity of the sword fitting perfectly in his hand.

It’s past midnight.

It’s Friday.

And dawn.

– Slurp.

A time when the moon has set and only the magic lantern shines alone.

Light purple eyes that had been immersed in deep darkness appeared.

Calian stood up in silence and slowly combed his long, blue-silver hair with his fingers. And in exchange for Aila’s handkerchief, which was easily unraveling, I picked up the hair tie that I had received from Arianne on the condition of lending her a modified version, with only the ribbon removed.

She slowly tied her hair high as if she was in no hurry.

It wasn’t long before Calian, who had finished simple preparations, stood up.

For a moment, I looked down at my own long shadow reflected in the light of a magic lantern, as if examining a mirror. After that, I walked to the window that had been open all day.

I moved my feet.

He took a deep breath as if swallowing all the air surrounding him.

This is because no beast in the world promises a time and place to attack and then rushes in. This is because in any real battle in the world, no one raises a sword with the intention of attacking first.

I very quietly flew out of the window.

no.

I was going to do that.

– Saaaaa…!

Time when the moon has set. It was time for Kalian, who often had trouble sleeping at night, to get a good night’s sleep. Taking advantage of that time, something leaked through the cracks in the door.

snake and. flower.

A scent reminiscent of dried snake blood sprinkled on flower petals permeates the area.

“…… under.”

Instead of being taken aback by the unexpected and familiar scent, Kalian’s face was filled with admiration and interest, and he let out a low, low voice.

It seems that the pea trying to catch one of its younger brothers has already created the sleeping scent that was said to have put the Sword Master to sleep. It seems that the sleeping pills are being dispensed at a place other than the appointed time and place.

“I don’t know if I raised it well or poorly.”

This is because no hunter in the world sets a trap by promising a time and place for capture. This is because in any real game in the world, one does not predict who will go first and then take sleeping pills.

I was completely devastated by my brother’s sincere consideration for me, who just slept soundly until I lost the bet while I was asleep. Calian stopped for a moment and his red mouth drew a long line.

– ……Taaa!

By the time the scent of sleep reached my feet.

leaped out the window.

A long afterimage of blue silver divides the darkness.

step on the ground

It seeps into the shadows.

The hunt for each other has begun.