Chapter 109 – A Banquet of Sun and Moon (3)
Just because you were invited by the princess doesn’t mean you’re going to meet her right away.
Members of the great family basically had to have an audience with the emperor as soon as they visited the imperial family.
And now that the emperor was lying in bed, the role was taken by the crown prince.
“His Highness his the Crown Prince is now meeting Urella’s next head of household, so please wait a little longer.”
At the servant’s words, I nodded.
Admiration flowed out that even such an attendant said that the royal family had neat prayers.
After waiting for some time in the drawing room, the attendant spoke again.
“Eugene Calliope, Your Highness the Crown Prince is calling.”
The moment the door to the audience room opened, splendid decorations made of gold stood out.
And in the middle of the audience room, a man with an unusual presence was sitting.
With golden hair like Liana’s, her face his was thin and well-groomed.
It was the Crown Prince of the Empire, Reingram Lumenhark.
“Euhahaha, Eugene Calliope! Long time no see!”
As soon as I entered, Rhein Gram burst into a wild bandit-like laugh that was completely different from his appearance.
The knights in golden armor standing on the left and right didn’t even show any signs of embarrassment, as if they were used to the prince’s smile his.
After taking a few steps forward, I got down on one knee and bowed my head.
“…Eugene Calliope sees His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Haha! Okay! Okay! Wake up.”
When I got up, the prince clapped his hands and said,
Haha! Time flies so fast. I was just a kid when I saw you a few years ago, but you’ve become such a dependable man before you know it! Ah! Yes, I heard that Erden became the family head. How are you?Haha!”
It felt as if my ears would fall at the laugh of the overly boisterous prince.
“The lord… “
Haha! What’s between me and Erden! Let’s take it easy without saying things like the head of household.Haha!”
…I don’t know what the hell is so fun about.
All of a sudden, since all the people around are men, he can’t even use ‘Prince on the bed’.
I struggled to keep my expression and continued.
“… Your brother is well. He also asked to convey his regards His to His Highness His the Crown Prince.”
Haha! Okay! Okay! Good luck if you’re healthy! I was worried about what would happen if he was murdered because he was secretly soft-hearted.”
The prince suddenly stabbed him in the lungs while laughing.
At a moment of speechlessness, the prince wielded the initiative without hesitation.
Haha! Sorry! I didn’t mean to talk in front of other people! Yvain, Harris. Are you going to keep it a secret?Haha!”
The golden knights bowed their heads without saying anything.
I mean I didn’t hear anything.
Haha! Okay. Could this be it? No! Even if you are deaf, just being there can be uncomfortable. Yvain, leave Harris out!”
“Majesty!”
At Reingram’s command, the knights looked at me for a moment and then put on a bewildered expression.
From their point of view, where the protection of the crown prince’s safety is the top priority, they cannot leave their seats in front of outsiders.
Then Rheingram slammed the arm of his chair and laughed.
Haha! Does Calliope care? The shield of an empire, not another family?Haha! It’s okay, so get out! If an empire is to be abandoned by the imperial shield, it is said to perish.Haha!”
“…!”
The knights were visibly taken aback by the prince’s words.
It was the same for me too.
I never thought I would hear words denying the empire from the lips of the crown prince.
Haha! How many times do I have to say it for the sutras to listen? If they don’t go out, should I go out?”
As Reingram was about to get up, the knight responded in amazement.
“…No. Your Highness, we will leave.”
Yvain glares at me and leaves.
‘It’s unfortunate…’
I know the reason, but if I fight the crown prince now, it will take at most 1 minute, no, since I’ve grown a little, I’m confident that my soul will be robbed in 5 minutes.
Even if it looks like that, Rheingram was fighting for the top position in Erden and Carnea.
Haha! Now that there are only two of us left, let’s talk openly!”
“…What do you mean?”
Haha! Pretend you don’t know! The Maisha family! Maisha family! How the hell did you give up the position of the next head of household?”
A sigh is about to come out at the words of the prince, who hides in laughter and keeps stabbing him in the middle.
“…Why do you think it’s me?”
Haha! It’s just a hunch! The problems that Erden and Eddard hadn’t been able to solve for years were suddenly resolved when you returned! And above all else, he’s a man who’s good enough to save Liana’s life!”
“…I haven’t done anything. I was just lucky.”
I didn’t know about the former, but I was sincere about the latter.
If Liana hadn’t acted on her whim her, she would have annihilated everyone present.
Haha! How humble! Luck is also skill! No, rather luck is skill! No matter how hard you try and practice, if luck doesn’t help you, it’s no use!Haha! Okay! Anyway, since you saved the blood of the imperial family, you should give it a reward. What do you want to receive?”
At the prince’s question, I took a deep breath and spoke out the words I had prepared.
“…Even if it’s more rude than rewarding, there’s something I really want to ask.”
Haha! It sounds like you’re declaring that you’re going to commit rudeness! Good! I’ll pass on any rudeness.”
“Thank you. Majesty. I am simply moved by the wide grace.”
Haha! I’m flattered, so hurry up and tell me! It’s hard to breathe at the anticipation of what he’s going to say!Haha!”
“Yes… Your Highness, what if the princess is aiming for your position?”
“…”
Hearing my words, Reingram’s expression is still smiling, but I can’t hear the hearty laugh.
“…This is even more rude than expected.”
“…Sorry.”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve heard such a rude question… Or almost.”
Kung-!
The moment Rhein Gram slams down on the floor, the pressure that seems to stop his breath his pours out.
“…”
His nails his dug between his clenched fists his.
The pressure exerted by the prince was not something that the culprit could handle.
I might have passed out if I hadn’t spilled it out a little with telekinesis.
Rheingram, who looked at my face for a moment, shook his head and said.
“…Gee, I’m sorry I did this after I said I’d forgive the rudeness. But remember Eugene Calleope. If you hadn’t been Lyana’s lifesaver, or if I hadn’t told you that I was being rude, I would have punished you regardless of whether you were a son of Calliope.”
“… I apologize.”
I bowed my head deeply.
Saying in front of the prince that the princess is aiming for her crown prince’s position is in fact no different from saying that the princess is plotting a rebellion against her her.
I should have been grateful that even though I had said this without any evidence, I had gone this far.
“…Ha, the problem is that you’re not stupid enough to not know this. Asking even though you know you will be punished means that this question is important to you.”
“…That’s right.”
“Then I should answer seriously anyway, regardless of the rudeness.”
After thinking with his eyes closed for a moment, the prince slowly opened his eyes.
“Perhaps… I wonder if he will back down.”
“…Why? Aren’t you sorry?”
“It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t sorry. If you were born as a man with bloodlines from the imperial family, wouldn’t it be natural for you to want to rise to the position of universal recognition?”
“…Then.”
“Because I know that a lot of people will get hurt because of it. Is that not enough?”
At that moment, the frivolous appearance of the prince disappeared and the appearance of a saint who cared for the people was revealed.
“Even so, if the Crown Prince wants it, Her Highness the Princess…”
“Just say that. No matter how much you want to see it, if you gossip about it, you will have to be punished for contempt of the imperial family.”
“… Excuse me.”
As I bowed my head deeply, the prince snorted.
“Liana, that child is special. It’s hard to say where she’s special, but she’s special. So I don’t want to fight Liana.”
“…”
As expected, it was an answer worthy of the owner of ‘intuition’.
Although it is said that Liana was hiding her true nature by wearing her veil of her, the prince’s ‘intuition’ seemed to instinctively recognize the other side of her veil of her.
“…All right.”
I closed my eyes and lowered my head.
The choice of the prince was great.
Giving up even a seat on top of everyone else for fear of hurting those you care about…
No matter who you ask, the answer will be great.
But unfortunately, the choice of the crown prince was good but wrong.
Riana would surely know.
In her imperial family her, she was the only one who even dimly recognized her true nature her as the crown prince.
And, given the nature of the prince, even if he tried to rebel, the prince would simply step down.
‘…Because of that.’
Liana is rotating.
She was born with overwhelming talent, so she can’t be inspired by anything, but she rots in her emptiness her.
If the crown prince had fought Liana head-on, she would surely have lost hundreds of lives just as the crown prince had said.
However, she may have saved tens of thousands of lives that would disappear in the future.
However, I did not intend to say that the prince’s thoughts were wrong.
The prince made his own decision to protect his surroundings his.
Certainly, it would be a blessing for the Empire to have such a man ascend to the throne.
It is never easy to think of others before yourself even though you were born with a nobler bloodline than anyone else.
I sincerely hoped that, for all eternity, that personality would remain the same and rule the empire.
To do that…
I opened my closed eyes with a short sigh.
‘…From now on I have to do it.’
Instead of giving up gracefully like the crown prince.
Dirty, ugly, disgusting and obscene.
Even if you use a method that will not be recognized by anyone.
I had to stop Liana Lumenhark.
