I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel Chapter 32

Became the youngest prince in the novel Episode 32

Chapter 11: Shadow of Eternity (1)

“Sion Agnes… … .”

Deanna Agnes, also known as the Oh Princess and the ‘Fairy Princess’, muttered the name of Zion, whom she had seen in the previous palace.

‘It’s definitely changed.’

Thinking like that, Deanna recalled the last time she saw Zion.

Shrunken shoulders.

The eyes shake as if anxious and continue to look at the surroundings.

Even a body that appears weaker than the woman herself.

Of course, I couldn’t find any traces of training, and I couldn’t even make eye contact with myself.

The appearance of a loser who does not fit in with the Agnes royal family.

‘But not this time.’

I felt it from the moment it first appeared.

That something has changed.

The calm eyes that looked straight at her and other royal family members, and the strange atmosphere that naturally took over the surroundings.

Deanna couldn’t hide her surprise, especially in the scene where she killed the wizard in one go.

Because it was a scene that would never have been possible in the Zion she knew.

‘And even an unconventional move that breaks common sense.’

With that, Deanna recalled the events that had occurred in the throne room a moment ago.

Whenever she or anyone else tried to take control of the situation, Shion always took the initiative to herself in a way that others did not expect.

Therefore, Deanna felt frustrated at the time when things were not going as she expected.

What on earth has happened so far?

Has Agnes’ blood really awakened belatedly, as rumored?

“Even so, I didn’t know if you would accept the offer to solve one of the seven great disasters… … .”

It’s truly extraordinary.

Shion’s answer was definitely beyond Deanna’s thoughts, but Deanna thought it was better this way.

I don’t know what I was thinking when I accepted the proposal, but I thought it would never be resolved.

But deep inside Deanna’s heart, an unexplainable feeling of anxiety was rising.

‘It’s not yet at the level of being subject to check… … It might be worth looking into.’

After thinking like that, Deanna slowly raised her hand and a fairy who was standing behind her came up to her side.

“I need to find out more about my youngest brother. Focusing on things that happened recently rather than the past. “In as much detail as possible.”

“All right. “Third leaf.”

The fairy man responded by bowing his head politely.

“Huh, there’s not enough information. The information… … How is it going with your search for ‘eyes’?”

Deanna asked the fairy.

An intelligence organization called the Eye of the Empire.

It was an organization that, as a princess, she had recently become aware of its existence.

An organization that secretly exists within the imperial castle and has an overwhelming level of information that no other place can compare to.

It was also the place she was looking for the most these days.

If I could get my hands on this place, not only would I be able to make up for the lack of information, but I would also be able to take a few steps ahead in the ongoing competition for the throne.

“I’ve caught the tail now, but… … “There has been no progress beyond that yet.”

“It’s a tail… … .”

Deanna, who had been mumbling and tapping her fingers on the table in response to the man’s words, continued.

“Then let’s light that tail on fire.”

Usually, if your tail catches fire, your next move is one of two things.

Cut off your tail and run away.

Or the torso reveals itself.

“I wonder how it will turn out.”

With those words, Deanna smiled slightly.

Her eyes were shining coldly, contrary to her smile.

* * *

Agnes Imperial Castle boasts an area so large that it can almost be considered a city.

Therefore, in it, there were not only the Baekseong Palace and other main buildings where the royal family stayed, but also places in charge of other miscellaneous tasks, like the stars in the sky.

The Imperial Castle Library, the Royal Cuisine Research Center, and temples dedicated to various gods.

‘This is the first time I’ve seen no one there.’

The place where Zion is now was the Agnes History Museum.

Unlike the imperial history museum outside the imperial castle, the Agnes History Museum here focuses on the history of past emperors and royal family members, not the history of the entire empire.

Therefore, as Zion entered the museum, he saw portraits and statues of past emperors and related items lined up.

Jerk, jerk.

Have most people already been there before?

Or is it that no one honors past emperors anymore?

Zion slowly walked through the museum, which felt strange because not a single person was present.

‘The number of past emperors is not as large as I thought.’

Four hundred years was a long enough time for humans, but wasn’t it such a long time for previous emperors who had already risen to the rank of superhumans?

The names of the emperors in the museum were not even seven.

As Zion was walking around the museum looking at portraits and statues of past emperors, something unusual caught his eye.

‘This… … .’

A portrait is a painting of a person’s face.

However, the portrait in front of Zion right now did not depict a human face.

Just a dark background.

Zion knew who this portrait belonged to.

Eternal Emperor.

In this novel, Agnes is the first emperor who founded the Empire and a mythical figure who ruled the world.

The statue of Eternal Emperor next to the portrait was similarly painted black with no eyes, nose, or mouth.

Zion looked down and confirmed the name of Eternal Emperor.

Orrelion Khan Agnes.

It was a familiar name.

It had to be that way.

This is the name that Zion originally had when he was the emperor of the world.

‘I expected it, but… … .’

Even after confirming that the founding father of the world in the novel had the same name as himself, Zion’s eyes remained calm.

Although it was something that did not appear in the Plosimar Chronicles.

I had already guessed it to some extent since I discovered Eclaxia in ‘Dream of the Stars’.

As he approached Eklaxia, Shion remembered that Beyla, the warehouse keeper next to him, said that it was a weapon of eternity.

‘The question is, what does this mean?’

Just as the name Agnes Empire was inserted into the chronicle, did the person who wrote the chronicle simply use Zion’s own name?

If not… … .

It seems like there is an outline, but it is hazy, like there is fog.

‘I need a little more clues.’

That was when Zion thought like that and looked at the statue of the faceless Eternal Emperor.

“The Eternal Emperor, who founded this empire and unified the world, absolutely hated having things about himself recorded.”

A voice coming from next to me.

Zion turned his eyes towards the direction from which the voice was heard, and a young man with impressive long hair tied in a ponytail entered his field of vision.

Eyes gently curved as if smiling and a calm smile on the lips.

Overall, he was a young man who looked like he would be suited to be a librarian.

“So, other than the achievements you made, there is almost nothing left behind. That’s why there are no portraits depicting eternity. Of course there are statues. what… … “We hang up these faceless portraits to fill the assortment, but they actually have no meaning.”

With those words, the young man who had been looking at the portrait of Eternal Emperor, which existed only in the background, bowed his head towards Zion.

“nice to see you. His Royal Highness Prince Zion. “My name is Thierry Ilones and I am the manager of the Agnes Historical Museum.”

The attitude of Thierry, a young man who used the surname of Agnes collateral as if he already knew Sion’s identity, was polite and natural.

Shion looks at the young man with drowsy eyes.

“I had no idea that Your Highness would be interested in the history of the Agnes royal family. “Once the other members of the royal family came here, they never visited again.”

Was this your second visit?

Thierry looked up again and opened his mouth with a happy smile.

“I think that’s true for most. “There’s not much to see here.”

“Haha, I agree with that, but… … I believe that this is not simply a place where items from past emperors are displayed, but a place where we can infer and imitate their lives through the records they left behind. In fact, there is a lot to learn.”

While saying that, Thierry scans the inside of the museum with his eyes.

“Perhaps His Highness Zion revisited this place for that purpose. “Isn’t that right?”

“I didn’t come to learn, I came to gain.”

Shion smiled and answered that question.

“Are you here to gain knowledge? Haha, I really like this answer. If you have any questions while looking around the museum, please feel free to ask me. Oh, it’s also good about the history of the empire.”

“okay? “Then I have one question.”

“What is?”

Thierry looked at Sion as if asking what that was.

“shadow.”

“… … yes?”

“I want to know about the emperor’s shadow.”

“If it’s a shadow… … Are you talking about an organization that operates in secret without being revealed to the public? Surely the emperor of an empire might have such organizations.”

Shion looked at Thierry with amusement as he played the part without a change in his facial expression.

Shion knew the true identity of the young man in front of him.

Thierry Ilones.

The Emperor’s Eye and the head of the Empire’s highest and final intelligence organization, ‘Shadow of Eternity’.

There is a saying that if you want to hide a tree, hide in the forest.

Who knew?

The fact that the head of the most secret organization in the empire is operating with his face openly revealed within the imperial castle.

If Thierry had not been described in the Chronicles of Sion, it would have been difficult to find.

“The shadow of eternity.”

“… … .”

“I came to get the shadow of eternity.”

Thierry is silent at the exact name that flows from Zion’s mouth.

A cold light soon began to flow from within his gently curved eyes.

Did he see the look in Shion’s eyes that seemed to already know everything and think there was no point in hiding it any longer?

“Please follow me.”

Thierry spoke briefly without even asking how he knew, then turned and started walking away.

Shion slowly followed behind him.

Thierry did not leave the building.

Thierry walks between the walls where portraits of past emperors are hung and places his palm on the empty wall.

Wow!

Then, a magic circle with a complicated pattern appeared on the wall where he placed his palm, and a passage large enough for two people to pass through appeared.

“In fact, I had guessed that His Majesty the Emperor would come here ever since he designated you as his successor. “Other than this, there was no reason to single out His Highness so suddenly.”

Thierry continues speaking quietly as he walks without hesitation through a dark passage where not a single ray of light enters.

“… … Your Highness Zion, we are the most secret and brilliant eyes in the Empire. “They only listen to the emperor’s instructions and have the right to refuse even those if they are judged to be against the prosperity of the empire.”

Shadow’s unique rights that have been passed down from the time it was created by the Eternal Emperor to the present.

“We have been watching you since before you think.”

“… … .”

Shion silently followed Thierry and looked around.

It was difficult to understand the structure of the passage and building, as if there had been a special magical treatment that disturbed the senses.

“However, there are many aspects of His Majesty’s recent changes and actions that are difficult for us to understand.”

Jerk, jerk.

“Two attacks at Chimseong Palace, a monster incident, an ominous power of unknown origin possessed by His Majesty, who cannot be mastered by any other power, and recently, without anyone knowing, he went out of the castle and brought in a woman who used blood magic. And such actions and even the cruel mentality he continued to show in the throne room of the People’s Palace. “This was absolutely impossible for His Highness Zion, as we have understood so far.”

Thierry’s steps finally stop.

“Your Highness Zion, you said you came to get the shadow, right? Then please prove it before then.”

Shion felt the space around him suddenly widen.

“Sion Agnes, that you are not a demonic being.”

The moment when the presence of Thierry in front of him completely disappeared.

Sugagagagagak!

Dozens of swords rained down on Zion.

fantasy,