“f*ck, shit. I can’t. Hit me, Dante.”
“What is that?”
“It means to turn my chin around until I feel better.”
It seemed sincere. Jean and Dante looked at each other as Veradin pulled out his chin.
“Because my family and the imperial family are salty and they’re screwing up the High Ran. If I also lose until I’m displeased.”
“Say something that makes sense, Veradin. If Dante hits you with a little sincerity, it won’t end up as an injury. Can you bear your wretched body?”
“Damn it, I know.”
“Why does a man who knows talk nonsense?”
“I’m so sorry, but I feel stuffy and crazy inside, so I have to say something……that’s to make me feel better after all.”
“Looking at the way you speak, it wouldn’t be bad to just get hit.”
“The ball is not at fault.”
Veradin sighed at the words of Jean and Dante.
“I knew you’d say that. Dante, tell me anything I can do to help……! On behalf of the family, I will apologize in any way.”
When Veradin looked at him with a helpless face, Jean and Dante were not at ease either.
If Veradin is guilty, it’s just the fact that he was born as a gifle and used by my father.
“You don’t have to use excessive words like apology. I called you not to argue, but to ask you as a friend. The situation on the Zipple side must be extraordinary, and I must thank you for coming.”
“Ugh…… Dante, you character!”
Jean kicked her tongue as Veradin hugged Dante with exaggerated tears in his eyes.
Anyway, as Dante said, Veradin’s secret visit to the Geomhwangseong Fortress at this point was a matter of his own risk.
The Zipple continues to insist that it is not responsible for the incident. If Veradin’s secret affair was revealed, the argument was bound to lose steam.
Only then did Dante have a faint smile around his mouth when he rubbed a lot of liquid on his shirt that he might not know if it was tears or fake tears.
It was the first time to see Jindo Dante smile after the incident. The situation inside Highland was not that good.
In addition to the imperial family’s dirty backdoor dealings with terrorist forces, there have been a number of traitors inside.
Even the main pillars of betrayal were Dante’s brothers and relatives. He’s always been treated like a ‘no man’ by Ron Heilan.
They never dreamed of betrayal. Rather than die a dog for touching Dante for no reason, he was rather pinning his hopes on the generations after Dante.
Ron has been in complete control of the Highlands for a long time, and Dante was neatly transferring the power.
In the meantime, an opportunity that never happened again. If they had only suffered massive damage from the terrorist attacks, they would never have dreamed of betrayal like me, but the imperial family claimed to be their backbones.
It was okay up to here. Ron and his Highan are enough to sort out traitors and stand up without anyone’s help.
However, the problem was that too many “victims, not hyran,” were caused by the terrorist attacks. There were more than one or two issues to compensate the royal family and numerous aristocrats, as well as the heavy warlords.
‘Lord Ron was expecting things to go like this to a little bit. That’s why they gave me priority just in case.’
A little bit of progress was expected progress.
However, there was one more story that Jean had never imagined.
‘The reason the imperial family is pushing the High Ran even in some kind of deal with Kinselo and Zipple.’
It was for the purpose of obtaining the “objects” that the High Ran had kept for generations.
To be exact, it should be described as an object that has been kept by the “Gaju of the High Ran,” not the High Ran.
Even the existence or absence of an item is a matter that only the owner can know.
But Ron announced the existence of the object from the moment he spotted Dante as a housekeeper, and Dante recently broke the taboo to pass the secret only on to the housekeeper of Hairan.
He also informed Jin of the existence of the goods.
……white stones, ominous gravel, wedge pointing to the end, etc. The past masters have called the stone by many names.
If there are so many names, it sounds like no one knows the real name.
You might think so. You’re right. When you first announced the existence of the stone to me, my grandfather described it as the greatest archrival of the Highlands.
The greatest archrival of the High Ran family?
The meaning of the stone, which is passed only from the housekeeper to the housekeeper, lies in cutting it. It’s the highest place in the history of the High Ran.
I don’t think there’s any reason for the imperial family to covet things that are just about it.
You’re right.
I get it. The stone is a dangerous thing that should never be known to anyone in the world. So, the first time he acquired the item, he tried to get rid of it, and he would have failed. After that, he left an order to destroy things without informing them of their identity so that future generations would not be greedy.
You inferred all that from my brief explanation? That’s shocking.
It is even more shocking that not only all the lyricists of the High Ran, but also Lord Ron, have not been able to cut the stone. What the hell is this stone like?
I’ve never seen it myself. My grandfather keeps it.
Either way, the imperial family covets stones because they want to put the danger in their grasp that the former owners of the Highlands had kept in check.
The conversation I had with Dante a few days ago.
The imperial family was in a frenzy to take away the “stone” from the High Ran, as if they had waited for such an opportunity to come. There was nothing strange about the fact that the imperial family had ordered terror to get rocks.
Dante informed Jin of the stone because he concluded that it would not be bad to get some help from Jin in keeping it.
Of course it was Dante’s opinion, but Ron readily agreed.
He suffered serious internal injuries, his family’s status dropped, his traitors appeared, and Geomhwangseong has yet to begin restoration work, and there are no allies. The brave men have also returned to the imperial family.
For example, Ron was a person who put his grandson’s safety before his family’s secrets in a situation where he could be isolated if he had a grandson who wouldn’t be hurt.
Above all, I am sure that Qin is not the type to covet stones and hit the back of his head.
A wife’s memory.
Jean took off the veradine that clung to Dante. The wobbly shape felt like dealing with a child.
“Princess Veradine.”
Dante wiped off his laughter and made eye contact with Veradin.
Jean and Dante had decided not to share with Veradin anything about the stone yet. No wonder I’m not sure Veradin’s mind is intact.
But without knowing the information, there was no problem helping Jean and Dante.
“Yes, come on. Dante. What do you have to ask me?”
“Please urge Zipple to press Hai Lan directly.”
“Uh……what?”
“Now Zipple has been putting indirect pressure on the Highlands through the imperial family. It’s not that, it’s that you want Zipple to come to the front and make it look like he’s attacking the Highlands.”
“Why the hell? Hey, Jean. What are you talking about?”
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“Why ask me?”
“Dante couldn’t have thought of a plan like this! Explain it to me, why do you have to?”
“To make the Hai Lan more distinctly distinguish Pia.”
“What?”
“It’s that we need to find out which one the imperial family considers more important, Zipple or Highland. If the imperial family doesn’t change its attitude even though you’re pushing it to the limit, it doesn’t have to be a member of the empire anymore.”
Precisely, it was a number to check which of the jipples, hai-lan, or stone the imperial family considers the most important.
“I know what you mean. “Then the imperial family chooses the jipple, and sets the direction to end Hai Lan with us?”
“That’s on your own.”
“I’m the next one, not the next one. You don’t have that much?”
“Just kidding, and then Looncandel will join the Highlands.”
“You’re not the lyricist of Looncandel, you’re the next.”
“I have that much authority. To be exact, I am confident that I will commit the number of Highland and Alliance, and then bring the family together.”
As if the words and attitudes were wonderful, Veradin lit his eyes and coughed in vain.
This was not the time to play in praise of Jean as usual.
“I see, isn’t there too many variables? And the imperial family wouldn’t abandon the High Ran and choose the Jipple. The whole world is watching.”
“You don’t know that.”
“… …if Bonsa steps out, he could get hurt beyond recovery.”
“Isn’t that too disrespectful of Hai Lan? With Dante in front.”
“Hmm, hmm. I’m fine.”
“I’m sorry, but it’s still such an important….and besides, I’m in a state of insanity, so what if this plan leads to the best flow of our family?”
“That’s really the worst case, but we have our own safeguards, so don’t worry.”
“Oh? Safety! What is it?”
“Can I just let you know that?”
Veradin smiled bitterly at Jean’s words.
“Well.”
“Be careful, Veradin, until you get your mind back and forth. We’ll be careful of you, too.”
a nod of veradine
“Let’s sort out the enemy, and see the goals and priorities of the imperial family and the Zipple. If possible, let’s see what the imperial family used to do behind-the-scenes deals with Kinselo and Zipple.”
Jin, Dante and Veradin are doing this under the water under the water.
It was up to Ron and his knights to keep their balance internally and externally and sustain the High Ran.
“Even if the families are strictly enemies externally, we only need the three of us to be a sure ally. Then we can reverse our external relationship when we each take over the family.”
“You’re right.”
“Oh.”
The moment the three men said so, a knight found the basement. It was one of the first articles to lead Veradin.
“Dear Soju.”
“What’s going on?”
“That’s…”
The knight glanced at Veradin’s countenance and continued his backbiting.
“The Emperor says he is looking for Lord Qin.”
“Jin? Why?”
“I don’t know exactly, but from the rumors among the patients……that he seems to be trying to reward you for this.”
