Peon forget the bullets?
‘It wasn’t the protective magic tool activating?’
There’s no such thing as giving a gun as a gift and leaving the bullets separately. Of course, they should be given together. At least the nobles of the Crania Empire didn’t give such awkward gifts.
Kaela moved her body a little more and stuck to the wall. This place is the royal palace, a place where you have to be careful with your words. She looked around to see who else might be eavesdropping, besides her.
Peon’s calm reply came.
“I thought it was safer to forget.”
Adeo had to stay in the royal palace to comfort his brother, who had just pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger. But he also knew that this young grand duke was in a more desperate situation.
“…His Majesty will surely reprimand you.”
The loser of the North. A knight who doesn’t know defeat. The empire’s best armed force, the only one to stand against the evil dragon Gusalante, lowered his mysterious purple eyes under his thick eyebrows respectfully on Adeo. It was a calm gaze that knew everything.
“His Majesty will completely forget the fact that there were no bullets. It’s also the same reason why it’s okay for Your Grace and I to have this conversation freely in the royal palace.”
Peon asserted. As far as Adeo knew, Peon went to the North because the emperor was holding his mother, the empress, and his childhood friend Beatrice in tight grip.
Twice a year, he had to devote everything to protect the empire to meet those poor women.
But even though he heard the news that his beloved mother had lost consciousness, he was strangely alone and quiet. As if he was a cold-blooded person who had nothing to do with it, or as if he was a person who had foreseen this situation, he was calm.
“Your Grace, I think you’ve learned one thing properly today. His Majesty was quite idle today.”
Today, Duke Ostein knew very well that the emperor was a being who could kill a person, even a half-brother, just because he was idle.
Peon, who had once died miserably, silently watched Duke Ostein’s shock, humiliation, and anger.
“Your Grace, you must live long.”
Peon glanced at the corner. A woman who couldn’t help but roll up a long cloak and sneak closer was eavesdropping. He lowered his voice even more.
“You must live long for your daughter.”
Adeo had to be a sturdy protector and the only family for Kaela. Peon knew very well what kind of end Kaela would meet without Adeo.
“And I’ll match my story with the servant who came earlier, so there won’t be any reprimands from His Majesty about the princess coming to the monster’s garden.”
“Thank you. I owe you a lot.”
Adeo didn’t know why Grand Duke Lusenford was helping him and his daughter, but he kept his mouth shut because he had a guess.
Everyone related to the royal family is the emperor’s sacrifice. Especially Grand Duke Lusenford, he has been persistently and terribly tormented by the emperor from birth until now.
“Her Majesty the Empress has collapsed, are you okay?”
Adeo had been observing him struggling to survive from abuse since he was very young, and now he was a young grand duke. However the one being asked was no longer looking at Duke Ostein.
“I’m fine. Your Grace, excuse me for a moment.”
Peon went back around the corner. Someone else just appeared here.
“Ah, Peon.”
The one who had been carefully examining the cloak covering Kaela, who was pretending to be asleep, looked up and greeted him warmly.
Peon’s forehead twitched without him knowing. Beatrice Ravalley was smiling with her unique smile.
She was the beauty of the century with clean and glamorous silver hair and light pink eyes, and Peon’s childhood friend. She was a pure, shy, and polite lady on the outside, and she set every man’s heart on fire. Peon also once knew her as his love.
“I heard the news. What should I do?”
Or he was brainwashed to know it as love. Beatrice started to chatter, but Peon turned his gaze to Kaela, who was pretending to be asleep, to hide the fact that she was eavesdropping.
[I happened to see Lady Ravalley at the Aquitel Palace while I was coming.]
He was the son of the empress, and Kaela was the only daughter of Duke Ostein, so the two often met since they were young.
Peon played a lot with Kaela. Kaela also followed him well, calling him ‘oppa, oppa’, who was seven years older than her. Now that she’s all grown up and doesn’t meet as often as when they were young, let’s say she’s quite yielding in her tone.
‘Why tell him to go to Beatrice?’
A girl who had no reason to do so ran wildly and clung to him, begging desperately.
To everyone’s lover, Beatrice Ravalley, telling him to go to her. To go away. The woman who always lost to Beatrice from childhood but never gave up and tried hard to smile in front of him told him to go away.
[You are an illegitimate result, Hyperion. You’re a dirty bastard who betrayed an oath that should never be broken. You’ve been screwed from birth! You’re a guy who doesn’t know virtues like trust and loyalty!]
The emperor, whenever he had a chance, pointed his finger at young Peon and ranted, and in the end, he was right.
To prove that it wasn’t, he turned his back on Kaela, claiming to have kept his loyalty to Beatrice, but he was originally such a seed from birth. He was already screwed from the fact that he rushed to ruin, falling for such sloppy brainwashing.
“Is Her Majesty the Empress okay? Peon, are you okay?”
Beatrice worried about him a lot, and he thought it was good to take her words as they were. There were times when he thought this wasn’t it, but his blurry mind swallowed the poison he had taken and caused it to become even more blurry.
Because she was his only friend, his first love, and his only side, he could never spit out the words that he wanted to give up. Peon was controlled in such a way that he thought it was the lack of trust, and loyalty.
“Guard.”
Peon called the guard, looking down at Beatrice coldly.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Why did an outsider enter the Altein Palace, where only the royal family can enter?”
At the low voice of a strong man, Kaela, who was startled, slightly opened her tired eyes.
“Don’t you know the etiquette, Lady Ravalley?”
Something that could never happen was happening. The cold and contemptuous expression and voice that always turned to Kaela were directed at Beatrice Ravalley.
“Don’t you know that if you’re not a royal, you can’t freely enter the Altein Palace, you must show courtesy to the Duke Ostein and the princess first, and you have to be careful with your words to keep the discipline of the royal palace ruled by His Majesty?”
Kaela saw Beatrice Ravalley, who was so surprised, for the first time. Her beautiful pink eyes widened, and her lovely cheeks turned pale. In a situation where everyone would naturally sympathize with the queen of the social world, Grand Duke Lusenford spoke without mercy.
“Show the unpermitted person where the exit is.”
“Yes, Your Highness. I apologize. This way, Lady.”
“Pe….Peon.”
Peon. That name was a nickname that Kaela always wanted to call, but was never granted permission, and a name that Beatrice could call without any problem.
“Lady Ravalley. You have to leave. This way.”
The woman who was so envious and miserable because she couldn’t get permission saw the flower of the social world being forcibly dragged out. It was something that could never happen in the social world.
“I apologize for showing something disgraceful, Your Grace. I’m sorry, Kaela.”
“No, isn’t it not your fault?”
“No. For now, it seems like Kaela is having a hard time, so it would be better to rest separately.”
Kaela, who couldn’t even dare to try on the latest trendy water-colored dress, saw Beatrice being dragged out, and Peon, who had personally issued an expulsion order, was worried about Kaela. She blinked her eyes and raised her hand high.
‘She’s still out of it.’
Even in front of her father, she’s still acting stupid and pathetic.
With a smack, the sound of her slapping her own cheek was loud.
