Chapter 143 – The Road to the Destination (2)
What excuse should I come up with?
Or should I drop the skill?
Leon was troubled.
This situation was not unexpected, but I was embarrassed because it was considered unlikely.
Unfortunately, Leon’s thoughts didn’t mean much.
It was because, unexpectedly, Edelis spoke first.
“I think it’s a characteristic of those I love to make them feel at ease and leave.”
It was a horse with sharp thorns.
It was also a reminder of faded memories.
Leon saw the knight glaring at him ferociously.
Is it a disappointment
Or is it a feeling of betrayal?
Maybe it’s something that includes both of those feelings.
She was a well-suited woman with silver hair resembling a waterfall illuminated by sunlight.
If she hadn’t been a rough-and-tumble knight, she was beautiful enough that she wouldn’t feel awkward even if courtship requests came from various families.
Her fine eyebrows make a steep angle.
It makes everyone who sees it sad.
“My selfishness has angered you. I’m sorry.”
“Do you think I came to ask for an apology from the prince?”
Emotional voices tend to stir.
Edelis Bride was trembling.
Is it excitement or anger?
Leon thought she could do nothing more foolish than to judge that feeling.
What do you mean by cutting?
I’ve already done something irreparable.
“How could that be, my knight?”
“You still think of me as your knight.”
“You make the criticism firm once.”
“Do I have any reason to stand up for the man who left me?”
“So is he.”
“I don’t think it is an issue to be taken lightly.”
Leon fully sympathized with her feelings.
Had she gone to limb without her words, she would have burst her cylinder even if it were herself.
As such, her joining Einstein was a secret, and she proceeded on her own.
“Why are you lowering your head again? Do you know that you have done me wrong?”
A sharp questioning.
I was very angry too.
Leon saw herself becoming infinitely smaller in front of Edelis.
“You are right. I cannot lift my face to you.”
“That is funny. Since when did the lord I serve be such a lighthearted person?”
“Seriously, you’re so excited.”
Sharp eyes watched Leon.
“Is it time to discuss that?”
“I just wanted to say that it’s not like you.”
“What does it mean to be me? Are you saying that you are a knight like a guardian who has to adapt to the foolishness of the lowly, or is even the love you whispered to me at that time just a makeshift way to escape?”
It was a painful criticism.
It was an accusation I didn’t want to hear.
Leon was afraid.
Edelis Bride’s reaction.
So now he had a sense of relief and bitterness.
“I’m sorry.”
“Lord Leon, you are truly shabby. How long are you going to apologize? I came because I wanted to inquire into your intentions, not to hear a sincere apology.”
“It’s hard to understand what Kyeong is saying…”
“Leon.”
His own name.
However, the name of the royal family is a word that expresses itself purely and unmixed.
The prince stared at the person he admired.
“Why are you leaving alone?”
Is it.
Was I running away again?
Was it because you were afraid of losing it?
“Strictly speaking, you’re not alone. There’s Sir Einstein, Miss Aria and Miss Azazel.”
“Don’t you know that I didn’t mean to say that?”
“… Okay Stop obscuring the argument with sophistry.”
The prince’s expression cracked.
The mask, framed by pretensions and lies, wears off.
The words of someone who truly wants them are so fatal.
“Ethel. I was afraid of losing you That’s all.”
Leon said as if he was genuinely distressed.
Edelis reminded him of his childhood in his appearance.
He was a prince who hadn’t changed since then.
Should I like the same appearance as in the past or now, or sigh over the lack of progress?
The story of the girl he and she met goes further into the past.
* * *
Palace.
It is a collection of powers and a place that contains the heartlessness of human society.
There is no end to the people who die every day in this place.
Today, as he watched the attendants clearing up the bodies, Leon smiled and waved his hand.
Another person disappears.
It’s been a long time since I’ve memorized a face and a name, but it’s annoying.
The vacancy of her disappearance will be a bit bitter.
It will be like that for a few days.
But don’t worry.
Chairs are limited, but there are many who long for them.
Substitutes are many laws.
There are always spares stocked.
The royal palace is such a place.
Even if something disappears without a rumor, a replacement always comes in the next day.
Leon himself was the same.
Although he has the title of second prince, he is still the son of a concubine.
Its importance is less than that of Prince 1.
But a prince is a prince.
As long as the possibility of succession to the throne is not zero, it is bound to be checked.
From the time he walked on his own two feet, taking off a baby bottle and babbling, Leon had been continuously checked by the first prince.
For example, when Leon was five years old, he almost died from drinking poisoned tea.
There was also a time when a fine chandelier fell right in front of me, and I was in trouble.
On a dark night when even the moon hid its light, a stranger came to the bedroom.
All of them were gifts sent by the author, his older brother.
In fact, even close it.
It is because there is no clear evidence that one cannot be hasty in anger or make sarcastic remarks aimed at Prince 1.
Also, his actual power was inferior compared to his older brother.
The royal palace is a small jungle.
It could be considered a respectable battlefield for masked gentlemen.
Yes.
Little jungle.
Leon liked his analogy very much.
Isn’t it?
They scatter all sweet words with their mouths, but sharpen their claws cold as frost.
It’s not really a beast.
Beliefs and ideologies.
Computational understanding and justification.
The fight between the eyes of those who argue about such headaches is usually muddy and unpleasant like mud.
Leon has been through these heinous things since his childhood.
Is that why?
He couldn’t relate to the feelings of trust, friendship, or love.
In the story his own nanny tells, the characters are all idiots.
How can he trust and entrust his back to others?
How can you assume that pure goodwill will return to goodwill?
Leon found it strange that the nanny told stupid stories that even a child as young as himself would not believe.
“I’m sure the prince will know someday.”
The nanny who said that with a smile died yesterday while dealing with an assassin sent by her older brother.
Why did he risk his life for something like himself?
She could have run away.
Was there anything secured?
She was an outlier, but not a bad person.
Well, it’s okay
The regret is not great.
It will be filled with something else.
Who will come this time?
It would be nice if something fun would come.
‘Cause I’m so bored these days
I had hope in my heart.
It was a twisted expectation.
And that expectation was clearly betrayed.
The people who came to my nanny were usually people of moderate age.
… But what does this look mean?
“My name is Edelis Bride, who will be in charge of the nanny for low ranking Leon from today.”
I was confused for a moment because of her silver hair, which was cut short like her boy’s.
However, when she realized that the lines of her face were strangely fine and that her voice was also clear, she realized that it was a girl.
She is a girl who looks the same age as herself.
In other words, it was the sound of a wet child.
Weird?
Usually, a nanny is a woman with a considerable age gap.
Leon involuntarily touched the bridge of his nose with his index finger and thumb.
“Huh, this is the first time.”
The nanny who came by her side is all dying, so would you replace her with a kid who doesn’t care if she dies?
His name is the 2nd Prince, but he behaves salty.
She has no intention of blaming her poor life.
If he had only lamented and resented such things, he would have hanged himself and died.
Leon tilted her head and rested the back of her hand on her chin.
“What are you?”
“From today, Edelis, who will be in charge of the nanny of Leone…”
Kick kick kick.
Burst out laughing
It was because it was absurd.
Leon, who messed up her front hair, raised her voice.
“Ha, did the other nannies say they were scared of the seat next to me? I want to use a bitch with a wet smell like you?”
The girl with her white hair did not answer.
However, her silence was enough to end Leon’s rough judgment.
Hagija, it is to attend a person who dies just by being by her side.
Unless she’s a suicidal person, there’s no way she’ll take it lightly.
It is clear that he made a scapegoat for a doll-like bitch with no assertiveness and little emotion.
She pretends not to be that crazy, but she’s secretly shady.
Rotten and stinky smells vibrate.
This is why I can’t hate the palace.
Whether it’s the superior or the inferior, they always show off their clowning beyond expectations.
“I guess so.”
A simple answer came.
Leon raised her left eyebrow.
It was because she never thought that she would respond.
Her nanny was the first and last to answer her own words.
The act of having a conversation with her self.
It was kind of taboo.
Everyone who was close to him or close to him was put away by his older brother.
Are you still talking?
Did you think you were going to die anyway?
Desperation?
A little bit, but I was interested.
“For what reason are you looking at me? Or, if you want a lowly body like this, anytime…”
“Puha, what? What? Ahahahaha!”
It was a bold statement.
Enough to bring tears to my eyes.
Leon laughed for a while, then stopped laughing.
“Hey.”
“Yes.”
“Where do you take it off?”
“All right.”
It was a girl who quickly took off the clothes she was wearing, as if there was no reluctance at all.
Her unstoppable behavior soon made her her naked self.
Her white limbs, her moderately plump pink chest, and the cracks beneath her delicate downy hair were clearly visible.
Leon had a mischievous smile.
“It’s a body like a raw chicken, and it doesn’t taste good to hold it with less curves.”
“… Because it is an unworthy body.”
“Aren’t you ashamed?”
“It is an honour.”
Well.
It’s not a face full of emotion.
“You’ve seen everything, so put it on.”
It was the attitude that there was nothing more to do.
Edelis tilted her head and she asked.
“May I ask why you are getting dressed?”
She felt it earlier, but she was a very curious girl.
Leon replied with a sense of exhilaration.
“You’re wearing clothes because you don’t have weapons, right?”
Edelis understood Leon’s intentions at once.
It was kind of like a costume check.
“Is that so.”
“Or tell them to change it right now. The reason would be like that. She was raped from day one by the prince, the same thing? It’s not her needy excuse, she actually took her clothes off too.”
Edelis’s silver eyes widened slightly.
Maybe it’s because it’s a story that goes too far.
Leon sneered at that response.
“What dude, didn’t you force yourself to come anyway?”
“No, I came of my own will.”
Pooh.
Leon laughed again.
As if she couldn’t get enough of it without laughing.
“Are you sick, are you? Or do you even want to die?”
“…”
Edelis didn’t answer, and she put on her clothes at about the same speed as she took them off.
“I won’t say much if you keep coming, but you have to keep taking off your clothes every time? Will it be okay?”
If you want to be black in the future, you will have to do it.
Shame on you?
That’s what I meant, but the girl named Edelis Bride responded calmly, as if she lacked shame.
“All right.”
“Huh, did you have a radical tendency to expose your bare skin to others? Or do you want to receive at least the seed of a prince like this?”
It was Leon’s own sarcasm.
However, Edelis continued talking with a doll-like face.
“Contrary to what I heard, you are kind, Lord Leon.”
Wrinkles formed on Leon’s face, who had only smiled for the first time.
What?
Are you kind?
How can such a conclusion be drawn?
What’s wrong with her hair?
“Hey.”
“My name is Edelis Bride, poor Leon.”
Leon held Edelis’ wrist.
She was dragged without resistance, and the scene where she was thrown onto the bed was directed.
“Are you kidding me?”
“I’m sorry if I offended you.”
Even though I’ve come this far, there is no sign of death.
Why did you airlift such a stone-like girl?
Sigh.
Leon let out a deep breath.
“… I think I picked something funny.”
“Is that so? I seem to have a more caring owner than I thought.”
“Are you kidding me now? Contempt for the royal family, is this?”
Edelis’ expression relaxed a little.
Leon was surprised.
The fact that a girl like a stone statue can smile.
No, was there anyone in the royal palace who would show her that expression before?
There was no
Except for that nanny.
“… You seem more talkative than I thought, Lord Leon.”
Leon crumpled his face a second time.
Worse than before.
