Episode 220. Each person’s plan (1)
Secret space in the basement of the imperial palace, next to the shelter.
“Are you here?”
When I opened the door without any hesitation, Boris, who had arrived first, greeted me.
“I heard the news. “I heard that Princess Arin was kidnapped?”
“How does it sound like this was expected?”
Eshel asked with a strange smile, as if trying to get a look at him.
Boris covered it up with a sly smile.
“Did you comfort Princess Violet well?”
“If it weren’t for the letter you sent to Princess Arin, I would have been tied up.”
Eshel shook her head and expressed her excitement at the time.
“There is good news and bad news. What would you like to hear first?”
“It’s better to sell first, so let’s listen to the bad news first.”
“Kelin, who was imprisoned, has been assassinated.”
Boris shared the news right away without hesitation.
“It looks like Eshel’s lovely younger brother has come to visit us.”
Eshel’s face suddenly became cold.
“Xian came to the imperial palace?”
“Isn’t this unexpected? This could have happened at any time. “I don’t know how I found out about this space, but I think I came here while the talks were still in progress.”
Eshel remained silent and only twitched her lips.
“You don’t need to worry too much. “At least I can’t feel his energy around here right now.”
“What’s the good news?”
As if Boris had been waiting, some unknown energy appeared in one hand.
“… … !”
A smile appeared on Eshel’s mouth again as she recognized the identity of the energy.
“Have you gained the energy of the demonic sword?”
“It was taken from Kelin’s dismembered body. “It was the thing we needed the most, but the hardest to get, but now that we can get it so easily, we can’t say it’s a loss.”
“Is there any possibility that Xian noticed something?”
“You may have sensed something suspicious, but you may not have been able to determine its authenticity. To begin with, there are only three people in this palace who know that, including Eshel and me.”
Boris responded that there was no problem at all.
“Is it possible to apply it?”
“of course. “It’s not my first time doing this.”
At this, Eshel clapped her hands in admiration.
“Boris, I will never cease to admire your abilities.”
The moment the secret and sweet laughter of the two men was about to spread,
The door to the space burst open and a woman came inside.
“Princess?”
It was Violette.
He was sweating and breathing heavily, as if he had been running in a hurry.
“came… … .”
She said without any preamble that she had come without any hesitation.
“Who are you talking about?”
“Sian Berth!”
Soon, a man’s name was shouted out, and the air in the room suddenly became heavy.
“Your brother came to my room!”
Violette was glaring at them with a screaming face filled with all kinds of negativity.
* * *
“I can definitely feel the flow of suspicious dark attribute mana, but… … .”
At Violet’s own request, I looked into her body using detection magic, but
“That’s it. “There are no traces of magic whatsoever.”
Boris immediately dismissed it, saying it was no different from normal condition.
“That can’t be possible! He created a strange energy and put it in my mouth! “He was in so much pain!”
“It probably felt that way because there was a conflict with the princess’s existing light attribute mana. “When conflicting properties collide, a rejection reaction is bound to occur, which naturally leads to pain.”
“It’s not just mana that came in! There’s something else besides that… … !”
“Did Xian really go to the princess’s room?”
Violet’s gaze, which had been jumping up, suddenly turned cold and turned to Eshel.
“What is that question? “Are you saying I’m lying right now?”
“That’s not it. leaflet… .”
-Squeak
Just when the atmosphere was about to get a little more serious,
Suddenly, the door opened and a woman with short black hair came inside.
He looked around with indifferent eyes and asked softly.
“Shall I come later?”
“no. Come on in. missing child.”
Boris greeted her personally and took her inside.
Violet, who saw this, was so shocked that she burst into laughter.
“Are you taking care of that woman who came in more than me right now?”
Boris, who was about to say a few more words, just glanced at Echel and turned his head.
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Eshel quietly approached Violette, grabbed her shoulders, and whispered softly.
“We’re a little busy right now. “I will come to your room separately later, so would you please go back now, princess?”
“Eshel! How did you… … ?”
“There is no need to worry so much. The princess just needs to stay still. “If you just stay still, everything will be resolved.”
With those words, Eshel sent Violette out of the room.
Violette, who had been shut out at the door, stood in front of the door and gritted her teeth in shame.
“Stay still? That’s absolutely not possible. “I am your person, not a doll!”
Violette turned around and strided down the hallway.
Eventually, she reached the ground and the destination she was heading to was none other than the emperor’s room.
Not long after that,
The fact that Princess Arin was kidnapped by Mist spread throughout the imperial palace.
* * *
The streets of Sebelinas are filled with knights from early morning.
The knights inspected everyone passing by, regardless of whether they were commoners or nobles.
This was the first direct order from the emperor in recent years, and no one had the right to refuse it.
If you show even the slightest hint of anything suspicious, you don’t know what kind of procedures you will face.
Tension and anxiety were evident on each person’s face.
“Lu, Lunav! “Why don’t we get out of the imperial castle right now?”
“It’s not something you really expected since Senior Xian even warned you, right? Although the scale is quite large, I still feel it is not enough.”
Lunav allayed Schurz’s concerns with a consistent, indifferent tone.
The two are currently located somewhere in an alley a little away from the center of Sebelinas.
The severity of the street was at its peak, but Lunav was watching the scene as if he was intrigued.
“I honestly don’t know yet. “Was it necessary for us to come here and ignore his warning?”
“How could you not come? “He looked like he was going to do something outright.”
Xian clearly warned her not to come to the imperial castle, but Lunav did not follow his words.
“As long as you don’t get caught, you just have to. “If we don’t have eyes to see, we are just nothing.”
The answer was so clear that it was shocking.
Schurz just shook his head, clutching his forehead in frustration.
He even had a feeling of regret, wondering if he had followed him wrong.
“If the people who kidnapped Princess Arin, or Senior Arin, were really Mist, then we need to think about why they did the troublesome thing of kidnapping rather than assassination.”
“What do you mean?”
“When looking at the assassination targets that Mist has killed so far, Senior Arin does not meet that standard at all.”
That was something Schurz agreed with.
Princess Arin’s reputation was so famous that it spread not only to the empire, but also to other kingdoms and wandering mercenaries.
Of course, it was in a positive way.
In addition to charity activities through periodic trips to the Empire,
By frequently visiting slums and listening to the voices of residents there,
She is so famous that some people are asking her to become emperor.
In many ways, it was not appropriate to say that he was a designated target of the Mist, which carries out assassinations against nobles who engage in corruption and evil deeds.
“I guess it’s because there is some other purpose to use it.”
“Is that what Xian did?”
“no. Senior Xian wouldn’t have done it. “Maybe it’s not even relevant in this case.”
“What makes you think so?”
“By feeling.”
This was also a clear and surprising answer.
Lunav, who was thinking deeply while caressing her lips, finally closed her eyes and entered meditation.
“… … .”
Then he started mumbling something incomprehensible to himself.
The moment Schurz, feeling slightly strange, tried to take a step back,
“It won’t be easy, but there’s nothing we can’t do.”
Runab suddenly fell to the floor, saying something unclear.
This time, rather than talking to himself, it sounded like he was having a conversation with someone.
Soon, mana appeared in his hands, and he began to write something on the floor as if he were writing.
I was hoping that they would use space transfer magic to escape the imperial castle, but
“… … !”
That wasn’t it.
If they are similar in some way, should we say they are similar?
I’m still not sure what it is, but if I had to make a small guess, it would be:
She was making space.
It was not a real space that existed on the ground, but a very unrealistic space that looked like the inside of a huge mana sphere.
Schurz could not keep his mouth shut at the truly bizarre sight.
“Lu, Lunav, what are you doing now?”
“I thought about it. If the princess had been kidnapped the night before, she would have at least been out of the castle by now, but under the circumstances, she wouldn’t have been able to do that, right? In that case, it would mean that she was hidden somewhere in this castle, but in her current situation, where she seems to be searching this castle like crazy, even that won’t last long… … .”
Eventually, Runab finished preparing and calmly stood up from her seat.
“In that case, there is a possibility that she was hidden in a new, completely different space, not a real space. For example, like God’s subspace… … .”
In front of her was an unknown space where black and white lights were harmoniously combined.
The space was emitting a sparkling aura as if telling people to come in.
“If we just find that space, we’ll be able to find out where Senior Arin is.”
While Schurz gazes absorbedly into the space.
Lunav secretly put something she was holding in her arms.
Then, I confidently entered the space.
“Please wait, Lunav!”
Schurz also suddenly followed her inside.
The inside was full of books and bookcases that could be found in most libraries.
Lunav sat in the center as if she were the librarian of the library.
“It will take some time from now on. It can be as short as a few hours or as long as a few days. If you’re bored, take out any book and read it. “It may be difficult to understand the content.”
“What are you trying to do, Lunav?”
“From now on, I will look for the subspace of the fog. “All the energy around here needs to be searched and interpreted to create a path, so please don’t touch it if possible.”
After saying those words, Runab closed her eyes and began meditating again.
Schurz, who was still confused about everything, could only stare blankly.
Then, thinking that it would be better to just wait quietly, he also made a seat and was about to sit down.
“… … !”
Not long after closing her eyes, Lunav opened them again and jumped up.
Without even asking what was going on, she once again unleashed mana from her hand and drew a circle in the air.
-Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesss
After a while, another space similar to the one she first entered was created, and Lunav threw herself into it without a second’s hesitation.
Schurz also hurriedly followed her in.
Another place we arrived at like that.
It was a gloomy space with a black fog that seemed familiar somewhere.
Coincidentally, other than the two of them, there were also others who had arrived earlier.
“… … ?”
They couldn’t hide their bewildered looks as they looked at each other.
Although each person looked like they had no idea why they were here, they didn’t seem particularly wary.
“Why are you here?”
“That’s something we’d like to ask… … .”
Hastia and Brian.
Xian’s companions, whom he had met in Laurent, were sitting right in front of him.
(Continued in the next part)
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