"Lillian! How could you do this to us?! Are you betraying us?!"
Lillian coldly ignored Ramio's cries and wails.
There is no need to listen to human barking.
Instead, Lilian asked Elias again: "I'm worried because my recording stone is kind of old. How's the quality?"
“…The recording went well. Don’t worry.”
أومأ إلياس برأسه و هو يحمل في يده ميدالية من زبرجد كانت ليليان قد أعارتها له.
'It was a good thing I brought it with me in case I needed it when escaping to the Tenberen Kingdom.'
Unlike the Prince's group, their trip was not to interrogate anyone, so they did not possess such equipment.
Lillian pressed the magic symbol on Ramio's wrist to force him to confess, then thought: 'Since I forced him to confess, why don't we check in real time the identity of the other accomplices in the main palace?'
So I made him use the contact stone himself.
Thanks to this, the details of the incident were fully and clearly preserved within the recording stone.
‘I managed to catch Big Brother Quiren as well. This is great'
Not only was Ramio working as a knight in the imperial palace, but the eldest son and heir of the Taillard family was involved in illegal acts as well.
Although they are of the same blood, there is a huge difference between a direct heir and a mere knight from the family branch.
“This way, it will not matter if His Highness the Prince or his knights are said to have extracted the confession under torture.”
The young heir did not confess because someone pointed a sword at his neck, but rather did so of his own free will (ostensibly).
“And it seems that there is currently a problem with the trade in control stones, and they are trying to cover it up...”
This information will be very useful as well.
Lillian walked towards Evren; Since she achieved her goal of extracting recognition, this must be of great benefit to him, right?
“Is what I extracted enough for you?”
“Sure...but anyway.”
Evren stared at Ramio with dark eyes.
Ramio trembled violently; Although the First Prince was smiling brightly as usual, that smile sent chills running through his body.
"It's really amazing. I never imagined that the 'perfect' Teilhard trio would be so... decadent."
It was a biting and open mockery.
Even the shadows began to whisper among themselves sarcastically: “Wow, I thought he bought the position of Palace Knight with just his money, but it seems it’s even worse.”
“Moreover, was he injured because of the bomb that young lady used?”
"That young lady should have been the knight. Why does he wear this outfit when he doesn't even have the strength to protect himself?"
“Is he alone? What about what Iris Tillard said a moment ago?”
“She was shifting all her duties to others...”
Ramio’s face grew pale, while Lillian looked at him and smiled indifferently: “Congratulations. Thanks to you, my grandfather will soon have a very pleasant conversation with His Majesty the Emperor.”
"...! Don't do this!"
Ramio grabbed Lilian's wrist with his only free arm pleadingly: "Where are you going? Are you going to sell me to those bastards?"
“Let go of my hand”
“You...you are my sister! We are one family!”
“…….”
This boy who cruelly shook his hand off me as soon as he learned that his cousin was incapable.
Outside, he was pretending to be worried about his “foolish and annoying sister,” while heaped the worst insults on me as soon as we returned home.
Even at this moment, he does not utter a single word of apology.
'No, thank you'
Thank you for not changing, just like in the future of the “original novel” where you abandoned me.
Only in this way, I can be sure that my decision to leave was not crazy.
“…Do you know why I hated being sent to the sideline?”
"What?"
“Because of howling monsters”
The side annex was located in a barren area surrounded by monsters and wild animals.
Every night, the sound of howling would not stop, and I could not tell whether it was from wolves or monsters.
Every time, I would shrink under my quilt and tremble in fear of being devoured by those creatures in the dark.
‘Please, please let me return to the main palace quickly…’
There were cold nights when I pleaded bitterly and no one would answer.
But if I had known then what I know now, I would not have wasted my time.
If I had known that my knights and relatives were making fun of my situation.
“It must have been just fun for you.”
He looked like a child pouring water over ants crawling laboriously on the ground.
Lillian lowered her eyelashes and a deep shadow fell over her eyes.
“Since I'm just a joke to you, here's the certainty: I'm leaving now.”
Lillian turned around without an ounce of remorse.
Since there is no more information to extract from this scoundrel, let the prince's men take over and monitor him.
But as she was walking away, Ramio shouted, panting: "You! That's why Heir Pavel directs his gaze to other women! You don't realize that you are digging your own grave...!"
Taaak -
A sharp sound like a knife hitting a watermelon rang out behind Ramyo's head.
Elias hit him on the back of the head with his sword sheath.
Lillian asked calmly: “Did you kill him?”
“...no”
“What a shame.. I mean, thank you.”
“…….”
Elias nodded awkwardly to Lillian.
Ramio's words were very loud and degrading, and he desperately wanted to be silenced.
‘…But more importantly, are my master’s looks.’
A cold bead of sweat dripped down Elias' neck.
It was no joke; In this position, Evren was watching what was happening without blinking even once.
Sometimes one forgets, because of Evren's constant smile, that his master sees little difference between humans and inanimate objects.
His criterion for evaluating humans is only “usefulness”.
As for warm feelings and small details, they must not have been present to him since his birth.
Elias cleared his throat in embarrassment: “Your Highness, I will prepare these people before sending them to the capital.”
“I'll join you in that.”
“Yes?”
“What is the reason for all this astonishment?”
Evren gestured with his hand to Lillian and the shadows, ordering them to accompany her inside.
Lillian immediately turned around without asking any more questions.
'Very strange'
In such situations, ordinary humans usually argue and plead for false mercy.
'But at least she doesn't bother me about such matters.'
Is she afraid?
Or cold-hearted?
Or is she wise and knows when to withdraw?
That woman was raising nothing but questions.
Evren dismissed all the shadows except Elias.
“Elias”
“Yes”
“I'm getting engaged to Lillian Taillard.”
“……! Ahhhhhhhh”
Elias gasped in surprise.
engagement? And with Teilhard? Even if she was the one who stopped the rampage, does that make sense?
No, that wasn't the big problem.
Would his master engage in such a “human” activity?
“Oh, and also, I was tagged.”
“Kh, kh, kh, kh”
“But unfortunately, I'm the only one who's been tagged.”
“Khhhh…!”
Elias almost suffocated.
marking? And his lady only? What calamity has befallen us?
“But, Elias.”
“Cough, yeah”
“When I saw you hit Rameau Taillard in the head a little while ago.”
Evren smiled at his cousin with his eyes and continued: “When did you become so friendly with Miss Tillard?”
“……!”