047. Premonition (5)
There was silence between the two for a moment.
“you? my?”
When Nate nodded, Cayenne made a strange face.
“How old are you? “At what age did you give birth to me?”
“… … .”
Nate quietly averted his gaze.
How can a person who looks so pale and young become my father?
How did I find it again?
Are you really a devil worshiper? I thought I had barely escaped the bandits, but now I find myself in a family of criminals?
Although he seemed a little embarrassed and asked various questions, the child seemed to accept the fact more easily than expected. For the first time, she met a spirit seer like herself, and the fact that they were her family seemed to be very persuasive.
Additionally, Cayenne must have been feeling that the two people had a lot in common. Although the overall impression was very different due to her intense red hair and white eyes, the outlines of her face looked quite similar upon closer inspection.
“So, what is your name?”
“This is Nathaniel Klein.”
Suddenly, the name of a very famous human came out of his mouth, so it took Cayenne a while to recognize his identity.
… Successful? Is my biological father prosperous?
The boy opened his mouth.
“I heard that Seonghwang is a famous libertine who has never been seen before… … .”
“… … .”
“Then the reason your soul seemed so special was because you were God’s representative. But why isn’t it like that now? “Do you usually hide your powers?”
“… “It’s similar to that.”
“Yes, I was the prince of Delcross.”
That’s not bad. Cayenne’s face brightened slightly.
Nate explained to the boy in a quiet tone.
His mother was a noblewoman from Rohan, and they met briefly when she was young, but then broke up. She said that while she was returning to Rohan after giving birth to Kaien, she encountered a band of bandits and everyone but Kaien was killed.
Seonghwang, who belatedly found out about his existence through the information guild, disguised himself as a prisoner and came here in person to find him.
“Why do you have to do that?”
The boy couldn’t understand at first. Isn’t it okay for him not to care whether he is present or not?
Just as he did not feel resentful that he had grown up in a band of thieves, he did not feel grateful that his father ran all the way to find his son. She just thinks she did something so useless and inefficient.
Nate looked at Cayenne’s face blankly and asked in an awkward tone.
“Would you like to go to the imperial palace of Delcross together?”
It’s a question as if there are options.
“What if I say I’m going?”
“As the 4th prince of Delcross and my fifth child, you will receive all the benefits you can receive. The Blue Rose Labyrinth, the princes’ palace, will be their residence and will provide all the educational opportunities a prince deserves. You can formally participate in the battle for succession rights to become a prosperous future generation, and you can pioneer something new based on power and connections that others cannot even imagine.”
“… … .”
“You might be able to build a bond with your blood relatives. “There are many of your brothers and sisters in the imperial palace.”
Cayenne was slightly impressed. It’s packaged as if it’s something good, but if you think about it, you don’t really like it.
“What if I say I’m not going?”
“I will give you the castle of Klanos. I will not spare any support except for my authority as a member of the royal family. You can travel the continent to your heart’s content and settle down wherever you want. The guild’s informants will visit you from time to time to check for any inconveniences. “You will have no extravagant authority, but at the same time, you will have no heavy duties.”
“hmm… … .”
“Only, you must never again do anything that deviates from social norms, such as eating souls or committing crimes.”
The boy raised one corner of his mouth.
“Can’t you just pretend you didn’t see me?”
“That would be impossible.”
Nate shakes his head firmly.
Kaien stroked his chin for a moment and was lost in thought. Eventually, the boy’s eyes sat calmly as she opened her mouth.
“I’ve done everything I can to get out of Jerome’s hands. “I thought I couldn’t completely escape from this unless I completely eliminated this band of thieves.”
Bandits, who must not allow their lair to be discovered, never leave traitors alone. If he tries to run away, he will catch him and kill him, or hand the traitor’s information to the security forces who have communicated with him in advance and execute him.
Unless all of the thieves who know Kaien’s face are eliminated at once, he will not be free from the risk of being snitched on for the rest of his life.
In Rohan, Cayenne, who was still young, was unable to control information properly, giving Jerome the opportunity to escape first. So this time, we worked hard to prevent Flanders from noticing the movement of the punitive force until it was as late as possible.
“But after finally getting rid of the king of the thieves, you now say that the king of Delcross is my father? What’s the difference between the two? No, if I join a new group where you rule, will I be able to escape from you this time?”
“… … .”
“I don’t go to Delcross. “Father.”
Nate took a deep breath and was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.
“… okay.”
And the two talked about various things for a while. Kaien, who seemed like he would be wary and reject him unconditionally, was surprisingly more cooperative in his conversation with Nate than expected.
Of course, since I knew that the person who appeared to be my biological father was able to control Kaien’s abilities and was strong enough to defeat all the bandits, I just decided that there was no benefit in stretching it.
Aside from an incident in which Nate threw handcuffs at a few random bandits, time passed relatively smoothly.
When asked why he held a grudge against Aslan, Kayen’s face became sour.
“uh? iced coffee. That guy. “Every time I planned something, he interfered a lot.”
Besides Rodrigo, I was trying to plant more Carthaginian spies in the slash-and-burn village, right? They even hired an assassin to kill Jerome.
The boy grumbled.
“But that Aslan failed every time because he hunted down all the Auror users. Thanks to that, in order to make his punitive force arrive quickly, I had Rodrigo rob the Acein merchants, but do you know how long it took to see the results?”
It seemed like it wasn’t an unnecessary grudge against me.
He readily confessed that he was responsible for the death of his adoptive mother, Martha, who raised him.
“Martha would have been killed by the punitive force anyway, right? “He made it so that he would be useful rather than die like that.”
The Cayenne was confident.
Nate’s heart became a little heavy, because after all, she was the only soul he could save in intact form here. Although he was a member of a group of thieves who enjoyed plunder and murder, having his soul torn apart and eaten after his death would never have been a fitting punishment for him.
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He gave his son another warning with a serious expression.
“Keep in mind. Now your soul is at its limit. “I can’t guarantee what will happen if you rashly try to eat more souls.”
However, after hearing those words, Cayenne stared at Nate for a moment.
“You’re not telling me that’s a bad thing or anything, are you?”
Martha told me that whatever I did was bad. The boy added.
“I didn’t know you wanted such nagging.”
“You were really angry when you first saw me, right? “They ate Martha’s soul.”
Nate stared at the boy for a moment. The boy couldn’t tell whether those eyes, which occasionally shed a strange silver-grey glow, were looking at Cayenne’s face or his soul. Maybe both.
“Do you know why that is a bad thing?”
“no?”
From the beginning, Cayenne did not know the standards of good and bad.
“Do you think you would understand their pain if I explained it to you?”
“at all?”
I don’t even know the pain of my own soul, so why should I know the pain of others?
“Then there’s no need to say it.”
“… Strange human… … .”
Kaien scratched his cheek with his fingers.
“But it’s strange. We communicate very well with you. I think this is my first time talking to someone like this. “I think it will be a bit of a shame not to be able to see you often from now on.”
“… … .”
“Then I’m going. A lot of time has already passed. The Flanders punitive force will arrive soon. “It’s hard to run away when there’s chaos, so you’d better get out before it’s too late, right?”
“I will send the guild’s informant later.”
“Is this a surveillance station…? . Well, okay.”
Cayenne limped toward the entrance to the barn. He was just opening the locked barn door when Nate called out to him.
“Cayenne.”
“huh?”
“There is no need to pretend to be shy in front of me.”
“… … .”
Nate knew Cayenne from the first time he saw him. His left leg was in a normal state with the auror activated.
Kaien’s face hardened for a moment, but then he shook his head.
“… and. Even the suspicious Jerome was deceived for almost 10 years, but my father is really not an ordinary human being.”
Initially, as a protest to Martha, who failed to properly protect him. Then, to make Jerome feel guilty so that he can’t easily stab him. And recently, in order to completely escape the bandits and start a new, easier life, the boy has been pretending to limp his leg.
That long camouflage will end today.
The boy opened the barn door and took a powerful step forward with his left foot, which had been limping until now. He suddenly stopped and looked back at Nate, as if thinking about something.
“It seems like we all don’t know the state of our own souls, so should I teach you something?”
“… … .”
“Do you know the expression on your soul when you told me about life inside and outside the imperial palace?”
Kaien raised one corner of his mouth and gave a mischievous smile.
“Father. “You really hate being in the imperial palace.”
The child waved at him and quickly disappeared out of the barn.
* * *
The day was slowly getting dark.
There was a huge commotion in the slash-and-burn village where they found Jerome lying dead in his home.
The boss has been attacked, it’s a spy, it’s an attack! The wandering guys gathered all the bandits who were out on a search team and gathered them in an open space.
In the process, they belatedly found out that the Flanders army was heading this way, so they armed themselves and ran away, creating an uproar, but the punitive force had already formed a siege and was narrowing down the slash-and-burn village.
Nate, who had managed to escape the slash-and-burn village just before he was surrounded, was trudging down the mountain with a blank expression on his face. The problem is that even if you go to the Asin Gate like this, there is no way that a prisoner who received the death penalty will be able to pass through alone.
“Ah, Enrique.”
Fortunately, he was able to meet Enrique, who was hurrying up the mountain along the trail.
“your majesty!”
Nate looked at his face for a moment as he shouted with joy. This is because Enrique’s face instantly showed signs of relief when he found Nate.
Nate already knew that he sometimes looked at him with very uncomfortable eyes. Francis even tried to cut that guy down.
But at times like this, I couldn’t really tell if Enrique wanted to kill me or if he was worried about me.
Nate patted Enrique on the back as he passed by Enrique, who was standing there stiffly, forgetting to bow appropriately. Of course, he did not forget to pour out divine power. I guess he was aware that he had treated people too harshly today.
“The siege has already been completed. “If we had diverged, you would have been in quite a bit of trouble.”
Only then did Enrique quickly adjust his expression, lowered his head, and reported.
“The two were safely handed over to the guild members at the gate.”
“There was no need to come back in such a hurry, but you did well.”
“… … .”
Nate was lost in thought as he passed him and headed back down the mountain path.
Kaien was surprised that he was someone he could communicate well with, but that was only natural. Nate knew someone who had the same symptoms as that child.
That person also didn’t feel any emotions from the beginning. Because I cannot empathize with why others are having a hard time or why they are sad, no matter how much I explain those feelings, I cannot understand them.
Perhaps more than that is due to physical problems. Because that person’s soul, like everyone else, used to cry when things were sad and get excited when things were happy.
This does not mean that the pain their souls feel is not conveyed to them. I just don’t know why it’s painful.
As a result, the soul often wails, but the face shows an extreme smile.
The reason he didn’t realize it right away when he first met Kaien was because the boy’s face and his soul were both staring at him with a sullen, dissatisfied expression.
The child left with a carefree face as he entered the world for the first time, but his soul is now… … .
The reason his thoughts stopped was because Enrique, who was following him, suddenly asked a question.
“Would you like me to carry you, Your Majesty?”
Nate thought, “You’re telling really weird jokes these days.”
But Enrique hesitated and asked.
“… Are you okay?”
“… … ?”
There’s something else that won’t be okay.
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