Chapter 154 – 15. Reception (4)
A bitter cold wind, a bone-chilling chill, hit the two brothers.
Still, it’s because of the long years. Or was it because of the conversation we had? They stayed where I stood until the end and looked at each other silently. The first thing to open my mouth was to respect either side, and then I proceeded with the conversation cautiously.
“Only the strong can give forgiveness. Moreover, you have been reborn as a knight whose opponent is hard to find on this continent. So, if I dare add an unsolicited opinion, it seems all right to follow those virtues.”
“I still remember the friendship my older brother showed me when I was young. Dajeong Gong in the future was truly the lumber of the family that loved my family. But you disappeared soon after Arsene returned.”
“Because I was everyone’s Emilian.”
“So I want to ask more questions. If he had been a wiser brother, he would have known that when he left the house, Marguerite and I would be unhappy. Why did you make the choice you have now?”
The three sons of the High House were silent for a moment. He rustled his body, relieved that the predawn darkness had hidden the deep shadows from his face. Even a man with a bright and cheerful personality like me said it was painful to chew on his old memories of him.
“The day Arsene came home, I was able to hear a certain truth from him who had run away. So we were able to come to some agreement. What I ended up with was the so-called bystander.”
“Onlooking?”
“The first is to admit that my father Alexandre Dior and mother Angelique Dior are demons who deserve death. The second is to accept that it is the best at that point, even though you may not agree with your brother’s plan. The third is to engage in immorality at the cost of disobeying and passing on fate.”
Roman, puzzled by the abstract remarks that followed, narrowed her eyes. He listened repeatedly, trying to understand the intentions of his older brother, who, at least in my memory, had never lied. Despite the sound of the wind passing by my ears, I stood firm and put him in my eyes.
“Do you understand, Romuald?”
Emilien, who dropped her head without her strength her, finally confessed.
“The person responsible for killing the two is Arsene.”
“As expected.”
“And I’m another idiot who joined such a big brother.”
It was also something that could be guessed from the remarks made so far. What Rome was curious about was the only reason Emilian, a high-ranking prince with a guaranteed future, gave up the future wrapped in brilliant power and threw down the succession of the duke’s title.
Arsene Dior, the original successor, had a conflict with Millennium Gong due to an incident, and even left the family. What is the reason for the three sons, who are well-established, to help the prodigal son who has returned sloppily without gaining anything?
“Was it a threat?”
“Not. Then and now, I have no weaknesses.”
“Was it a pity?”
“I have a soft mind, but it wasn’t to the point where I couldn’t distinguish construction work.”
“What then?”
Emilyen closed her mouth again. He pondered something with a thoughtful expression on his face her, then suddenly frowned. As if I couldn’t tell you about this secret story even if I thought about it, it suddenly changed to the point where I wondered if the future Da-jeong-gong was a person with this kind of spirit.
“You idiot, find out for yourself!”
“… ?”
“Reality is a harsh law. You too are part of this cruel fate. How long are you going to defer your decision to others?”
For Rome, it was a completely unexpected move. He thought hard while stroking his unkempt beard, and soon accepted his brother’s scolding his. As he said, even his depravity his did not come from his own will his.
“I will listen.”
It was only to devote himself to the women he loved.
“If you do, how about making a deal?”
Emilyen asked as if she hadn’t expected it at all.
“Deal?”
“Neither I nor Marguerite-sama believe in one fact. That is, Da-Jeong-Gong in the future loves everyone. That mentality is still the same, so I guess I would have chosen a future like today.”
The baron’s head turned rapidly. He was a member of the Central High School in the past, and he had nothing to regret. So, to be honest, I didn’t want to pay much attention to whatever my family’s secret history was.
The problem is the flow of the times.
Even his old teacher his, Oliver Somerset, who remained in his memory his for more than ten years was not enough to be called a divine sword. The fact that he is following an ambitious deposed prince is not something to be taken lightly.
“Everyone has a purpose in life. Sometimes I wander because I couldn’t realize it myself, but at least it’s not just me or my older brother. Let’s take out the motives we have in our hearts and exchange them.”
“Because what is the purpose of your life?”
“Everything in the world.”
Rome responded promptly with the utmost seriousness. Emilyen, who laughed and asked questions in a sarcastic manner, was startedled and paused. She was dark, and she stood before the winter mansions of the dark Ardennes, declaring that she would take possession of the whole continent.
‘That father and that child…’
Emilyen barely let out a breath and nodded. Just as Da-Jeong-Gong of the future ran away after shaking off that fate, the youngest brother with a different stomach was also different from before. A foolish upright and good character has now been reborn as that of an aristocrat who knows how to discern self-interest and prioritize practical gains.
“The purpose of my life is peace.”
“It is difficult to understand. How can the act of wandering everywhere become the pursuit of peace?”
“It’s not a random step. I’m looking for artifacts from an ancient empire. I’m wandering around looking for something that commanded the age of mythology.”
Intuitively, Rom recalled the accessory that Oriane had given him in his previous life of hers. Since the locket pendant was a relic that made him what he is now, the person who originally owned it, like the Gaul royal family’s voice tool, was the King of Love, Eugene.
“You seem to be talking about something like a whispering communication tool.”
“The conclusion is the same, but it’s child’s play. Do you know that there is a legend that even the lake sword and the rock sword, relics of the Britannia royal family, can cut through the heavenly mountains in one blow? Things in the hands of the truthful can shake the world.”
Certainly it was. Didn’t the relics that the baron experienced right away show the majesty of going back in time and enabling a second life? Rom realized that the wanderings of his third brother, whom he had n’t seen in a long time, were accompanied by some great mission.
“What are you planning on finding the artifact, brother?”
“I will remove it. We need to make sure no more abservants appear. In particular, to prevent a necromancer with a strong grudge from gaining that power and driving everyone alive on this continent to death.”
Emilyen tightened her shabby coat. As if this is all I can tell you, she finished her words and looked at her grown-up younger brother her. She also said one last thing, that she wanted to leave a present for him, who had just started a new family.
“Are you looking for Catherine’s grave?”
Rome wriggled. In the Dior family, Catherine refers only to Cortizan women who were actresses. The tombstone of her mother her, who died after giving birth to her temple, was originally next to the place where Millennium Gong would be buried, but since Dark Gong inherited the family, someone robbed it and disappeared without a trace.
“Ask the source of all your unhappiness.”
“Arsene Dior…”
“He will know.”
After those words, the three sons of the famous family became wanderers again. After finishing all the errands in Ardennes where the festival was in full swing, he moved on. He did n’t hesitate in the slightest and stepped forward, and then, as if he had remembered something near the mouth of her tip of her, he hit her forehead and turned her head to her side of her.
“What a fool.”
“Well?”
“You forgot the most important thing.”
And she said
“… Congratulations on your marriage, brother.”
A word to my dear family, a blessing with that warm smile.
* * *
Emilien Dior is gone. Even then, the baron, who had been standing there for a long time, soaked in sentimentality, finally turned his back and entered the yard of the mansion. It was because the moment I was quietly organizing my thoughts, my wife, who I thought was sleeping in the basement, appeared.
“Who is it?”
Asked Lucienne, who let her freshly washed wet hair hang down. Rome, who didn’t like the freezing cold wind of her pretty hair her, took her into her front door and said, Even so, the young lady who retained the aftertaste of an affair was simply dressed.
“My brother.”
“Daddy first? Cheap second?”
“No, the third who left the family a long time ago called Emilien.”
“Huh…”
It seemed that even the Dark Duke and the Prince of the kingdom were nothing more than idiots or scumbags to the best mystic in the East. Her baron her, who replied with a laugh, tilted her eyes when he noticed her strange eyes her.
“What’s the matter?”
“Your third brother, a wizard.”
“Brother Emilyen?”
“Yes, in terms of the amount of magic power, it should be ranked in the top five on this continent, right?”
It was possible to know because it was Lucienne who had her body in a similar lineage. The reason Emilien Dior tried to visit the Winter Mansion was probably for the purpose of enchanting herself, such as the mystic she herself was. Even so, she wanted to help my sister’s future her.
“He’s a formidable little fellow.”
“Is that enough?”
“It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there is one more royal mage in the court.”
Arms crossed, Rome peered over the front door to the spot where the drifter had disappeared. After pondering the topic that Emilian of everyone who came to me had left me, I talked to Lucienne, who had gone ahead, perhaps thinking that it was not a problem that could be concluded right away.
“Ah, by the way, what about the assassins who broke into your house?”
“I hypnotized them all and took them off.”
“No, apart from everything else, why clothes?”
“To play with it. Everyone was half-hearted.”
“Take it in moderation, ma’am…”
