Chapter 26. Not difficult (4)


    Very fragrant, a little sweet and moderately bitter.


    ck tea leaves with the scent of bergamot and grapefruit with both sweet and bitter taste. That’s what the cake tasted like when these two werebined. It was very fragrant, then a little sweet, but it was bitter enough.


    Calian thought that in some ways, that mixture suited Randel well, and in other ways, it seemed that it did not suit him at all. Randel was such aplex person.


    The room was quiet, with only books besides the furniture. It was a ce where someone with deep-sea eyes lived, and it was a ce that seemed either too well-suited or too out of ce.


    A person who is as splendid on the outside as a rose garden and is perfect without the slightest discrepancy, but on the inside, like this room, there is nothing. Many things are intertwined, but on the other hand, I am an empty person.


    The cake and this room look just like Landel.


    Calian thought so.


    Sunlight filtered through the dark red curtains and illuminated her golden hair.


    “This is my first time.”


    Landel, who swallowed a little more bitter and more fragrant ck tea with his mouth filled with the taste of fragrant, sweet, and bitter cake all at once, said this.


    It was the first time I had asked Randel to take some time for me, the first time I hade to Randel’s room, and the first time the brothers had sat down and had tea with each other.


    Moreover, Randel and ntz hadpletely different ways of thinking and speaking. Therefore, Kaliando, who made it seem like he was talking to ntz by almost reading his thoughts, could not easily guess what Randel was talking about for the first time.


    “What do you mean?”


    So Kalyan just asked:


    Instead of those blue eyes, he was looking at tea water that looked brown or red.


    “For not being wary of me.”


    With this answer, Randel made Calian lose track of what he wanted to say.


    It was Randel who had never looked at Calian at the same level as himself. It was Randel who had not even seen Calian at all until a year ago. Randel says this. Kalyan said he was wary of himself.


    That’s because of who.


    Calian, who had been silent for a moment, looked at Randel. And then he answered with straight eyes that could not be found to be false.


    “There has never been a moment when I wasn’t wary of Brother Randel. Even now.”


    Old Kalyan and current Kalyan.


    Wasn’t Randel always an object of caution?


    “okay.”


    After hearing his youngest brother’s honest answer, Randel did not change his expression or move his head. And I didn’t look away anymore.


    “I want to talk about it.”


    Randel, who was facing Calian, gave him time to tell him the reason why he had asked to meet him like this. Calian, who was speechless, took another bite of Randel’s personality-like cake, which was clearly moreplex than his own.


    The taste reminds me of the time I first encountered coffee. If you want something to be fragrant, just be fragrant, and if you want it to be useful, just use it.


    Calian asked his eldest brother, who seemed like he couldn’t just avoid him or get close to him.


    “Is it Kairis or Tensil?”


    I didn’t say it back. That was better for Randel. And he added, focusing his gaze on Randeling towards him.


    “The seat you want to take. Which throne is it?”


    Randel put down the teacup and did not respond for a while.


    It would take that much time to bring out to the surface thoughts that were ustomed to being kept hidden and buried deep down. Because of this, Kalian did not recruit.


    One might wonder why he was asking such a question, but Randel asked something else.


    “I wonder what it looks like in your eyes. Which side do you think I want?”


    “I don’t know. Now, I’m not sure if it’s right for you to want a seat.”


    I don’t know if it’s right to want the throne, but if you want it, is it Kyris’s? If not, I couldn’t tell if it was Tensil’s.


    Randel slightly nodded after hearing Calian’s words.


    That didn’t answer the question. Therefore, Kalian waited until Randel revealed more information.


    “I thought it didn’t matter either way. I just thought that a slightlyrger piece would be better.”


    Calian turned his head for a moment and looked around Randel’s empty room.


    Randel is a person who has no intention of having anything. In the end, there is only one reason why such a person wants the throne.


    “I guess what you’re saying is that we need a ce as a means, not a ce as an end.”


    like me.


    Like you need a throne for what you want to do.


    “okay.”


    “A means to what?”


    At the end of these words, Calian manifested Silence in a low voice. And then I opened my mouth to ask again what I couldn’t get an answer tost time.


    “Are you nning to draw Briesen and point the de at your highness? Or is there another reason? I think I need to know this time. That is probably unrted to the cause of the oath.”


    This time, Randel asked with the intention of not going back until he heard the answer since he couldn’t leave first.


    Randel’s eyes sank deep.


    And Calian did not try to deepen Randel’s abyss any further. He kept his mouth tightly shut, as if urging him to take it out and show it.


    “Why are you curious about that?”


    Randel then asked the reason.


    Why do you want to know so much about yourself and why do you want to know what you want? It’s not enough that it’s already out of your hands, so why are you trying to shake it up in the opposite direction?


    Calian answered without even trying to erase the sharp look in his eyes.


    “I think I have to decide. Should I face Brother Randel? Should I show him my back? Should I face Brother Randel and point my sword at him, or should I put Brother Randel behind my back and block his way?”


    Now I had to decide.


    It was because I found something unexpected.


    “Please answer me, Brother Randel.”


    * * *


    Before meeting Randel that morning.


    After Kalian slept for one night and half a day.


    As the empty Auror returned to some extent, the fatigue also disappeared. His stamina and strength, which had fallen to what a boy of his age could have after exercising a little too much, were restored so that he could use the Sword Master’s sword again.


    In fact, it would be correct to say that it was strengthened again rather than recovered, but in any case, it returned to its usual state to some extent. I could clearly feel the stark difference in my physical condition before and after containing the aura, so I vowed never to consume the aura to its limit again.


    After confirming that Calian had returned to his familiar body, he immediately went to see n. n said he would let me know once he confirmed what was discovered at Heisia Pce, but he couldn’t just sit around and wait.


    “Master!”


    Kalian, who was about to enter the Wilhelm Pavilion, ran into n, who wasing out at the same time. n, who normally would have weed Calian calling him, started off by saying something a little harsh.


    “Why did youe here already when you could have rested more?”


    “I was curious.”


    “Anyway, you just need to know that the prince’s stubbornness is stronger than my mouth.”


    Calian looked at n with a smile on his face.


    Now, n, who knew that that face was made on purpose to ease his feelings, but who could never win, let out a short sigh.


    “Let’s go together. We’re already heading that way.”


    So the priests left the Wilhelm Pavilion side by side and headed toward Heisia Pce. As we went, n gave a short exnation.


    “I have already told your Majesty. I would also like to check if you knew that there was an underground part of the pce.”


    It’s natural.


    Since this happened not anywhere else but at the queen’s residence, of course Lemain had to know. So Calian nodded and asked.


    “What did your highness say?”


    “It is said that he did not know that Heysia Pce had an underground area. He said that he would make a decision about the items that came out after seeing the confirmed results.”


    “Then it means that an item came out of a space that even Your Majesty was not aware of.”


    “That’s right. And when I met Lord Siren a few days ago, I heard an interesting story.”


    When I looked around, I suddenly saw a thin film surrounding me.


    Calian looked a bit nervous after checking this. Euria, the head of the Wizards’ Association, and n met, and it would be important enough to cause Silent to appear and talk about it.


    “It seems that the stone the prince has may be an artificial sacred object.”


    As soon as he heard those words, Calian’s eyes fell into silence.


    “When you say an artificial new product, do you mean that it is a created new product?”


    “There is no confirmation as to whether that is possible or whether it is the stone, but Siren Siren found simr information. I stopped him from trying to find out more.”


    Calian lowered his eyes for a moment without slowing down his walking speed. Kalian did not open his mouth until he hadpletely escaped the area of Wilhelm Pavilion and reached Heisia Pce. And n did not interrupt Kalian’s thoughts.


    “… A human being creates a new object. Isn’t that already beyond the scope of a new object? It is a new object that is meant to be an object blessed by God, but the fact that it was created by a human is already contradictory.”


    n, who only nodded at Calian’s words, which was unclear whether it was a question or not, ryed what Euria had found out to Calian. Actually, there wasn’t much to convey. It’s all just spection and nothing has been exactly confirmed.


    Calian, who listened to everything n said with quiet eyes, opened his mouth after a moment of silence.


    “Did you find out anything else?”


    “There was nothing about the stone. Please check the newly discovered information once you arrive. I think we will have to look into it a little more to see if the two are rted or not.”


    There was deep concern in n’s voice as he said that. Calian, wondering what on earth had been discovered, increased his walking speed.


    The entrance to Heysia Pce was blocked by six wizards. The wizard Needlen approached Calian, who passed by the serious-faced wizards he had met for the first time since the founding ceremony, and showed an example.


    Calian, who recognized that he was the second strongest magician after Arsene, who had written a reflection titled “Why did we destroy the store?” after the ident at the bar, lightly moved his head and received a courtesy.


    “Pleasee this way, prince.”


    Needlen, who said so, guided Calian to a ce where wizards were surrounding him.


    There were stairs going down somewhere. It was a stairway leading somewhere underground, which was revealed by the disappearance of Heisia Pce. A faint light wasing from inside.


    “I’ll go ahead, so you can follow me.”


    n, who said this, ced a red-colored shield around Calian. They are trying to protect Kalian from any danger.


    Instead of saying it was overprotective, Calian calmly followed n.


    n went down the rather dark stairs, lit only by a faint light, with a familiarity, as if he had already gone down the stairs several times. Calian also had enough vision to clearly distinguish objects in the dark, so he followed n down without much difficulty.


    – Ta-bak-ta-bak.


    Because the stairs were round, it was difficult to tell how far down we hade. Neither n nor Calian said anything else and just went down and down.


    When I came down to a depth that was probably about three or four stories, a stone gate came into view. Kalian, who saw that, smiled and opened his mouth.


    “…… Are you Sispanian?”


    There was a picture of a ck dragon on the stone gate.


    If you add a pentagram and a few other patterns on it, it would soon be the emblem of Kairis, but on the wall it just had a ck body, a long winged tail, and red eyes. There was only a drawing depicting a dragon.


    “That’s right. It is thought that the entrance to this ce itself was blocked by Heisia Pce. There may have been a secret passage, but it’s difficult to confirm right now.”


    Calianughed lightly at n’s answer, which echoed slightly through the stone wall.


    Since the pretty disciple blew up the pce, there must be a way to confirm where the passage led. Because the question was a thorny one.


    Calian looked at the stone gate once again.


    “It must have been well over 500 years, but the stone steps, stone walls, and even the Sispanian patterns are not damaged.” “


    The power of the Sispanians is there .” That’s because it’s a ce we’ve reached. “But it’s not a treasure trove, so don’t expect to make a fortune.”


    n said as he ced his hand on the stone door. He seemed to have sensed Calian’s nervousness.


    It’s a treasure trove.


    If she had umted such things, those treasures would be in this pce. It’s not underground, but somewhere on the rocky mountain behind Siegfried’s mansion.


    There’s no safer ce on this continent than the ce protected by Siegfried’s shield.


    “I’m disappointed.”


    Still, Calian countered n’s joke with these empty words. Tension. It was to let them know that they were not doing it. n nodded once and opened the door.


    – Grun…


    The heavy-looking stone door made a very small sound and disappeared into the stone wall. It did not even have a lock. It just opened as if it were a door.


    The door didn’t even have any special locking mechanism.


    What n said about it not being a treasure trove was true.


    Along with that, a bright light leaked out. As I


    closed my eyes for a moment and got used to the brighter surroundings, I saw a spacious dome-shaped space. Lost.


    There were precise carvings on the stone wall. It seemed like something had been drawn on it, but Calian didn’t pay attention to it. Or, it would be correct to say he couldn’t pay attention. It was because of the


    object that illuminated this ce in the middle of the round space.


    ” “I thought the prince might recognize what I brought personally.”


    Calian walked forward step by step, listening to n’s voice saying this with one ear. A


    A lot of unknown characters were engraved on it. One golden ring.


    A muffled voice barely escaped Calian’s mouth.


    “I recognize it…”


    There was no way I couldn’t recognize it.


    “Is there any way I couldn’t recognize it?”


    There were severalyers of golden rings ovepping. . I still remember it. I can’t forget it. So there was no way I couldn’t recognize it.


    There was arge hourss inside the golden rings that ovepped and rotated differently. I spent a year chasing it, so how could I forget it. It was something that should have disappeared


    . Calian’s fingertips grew cold as he looked at the remnants in front of his eyes.


    “…The axis of time.”


    It was a fragmented part of the axis of time.