‘what?’
Is there something on my shoulder?
While tilting his head, Cedric gradually narrowed his eyes.
He took one step closer to me.
“what?”
“Just wait a moment. “Celia.”
It was very unfamiliar to see this guy who was usually kind and fierce make a serious face.
Without realizing it, I took a half step back… … .
‘I didn’t just hit this guy, right?’
Feeling proud, I took another step forward. Then the distance from Cedric became even closer.
“What is it?”
“Here, this.”
Cedric, whose noses were almost touching, suddenly raised his hand. Of course, the place his hand was directed to was my shoulder.
Now that I think about it, this is it.
‘It’s a place where Ruben’s followers left a mark in the past.’
As I thought about that, a phrase I saw in the last booklet flashed through my mind.
[They exist everywhere, from very low to very high places. It grows in size by developing a hatred for this world. They are with us.]
By our side… … !
I squeezed Cedric’s hand that reached out to my shoulder.
“Ahh! Poetry, Celia! it hurts! “It hurts!”
While Cedric was groaning, I quickly subdued him.
As I broke his hand, I went behind him and pushed him back.
thud! He fell forward, and I ended up sitting on his back.
“Why are you doing this, Celia? Well, let’s say it in words… … !”
Cedric made a dying sound.
I narrowed my eyes and whispered quietly.
“Blow when you speak correctly.”
“Uh, huh?”
“Are you a follower of Ruben?”
Cedric flinched and trembled when he heard my question.
That’s right, that’s right. It’s this guy. I’m sure.
It was the moment when doubt turned into certainty.
“Did you stop Miar from growing? huh? “This is a total spy.”
Oh my god. The chancellor of the empire is a follower of Ruben!
Moreover, wasn’t he clinging to me under the pretense of being an old friend of mine and digging into new food sources?
“It shouldn’t be like this. To Dazar right now… … .”
“Wait, wait! Celia, wait a minute. “I am not a follower of Ruben!”
“Do not lie. “I saw you stop moving earlier.”
Cedric shook his head as if he was going crazy because it was so unfair.
“I did it because it was so absurd, because it was absurd! “I am the chancellor of the empire, so how can I be Ruben’s follower?”
“… … “Hmm.”
“Have you forgotten why I came here? “You came here to learn how to develop new foods.”
Uhmmm.
“Not really. “What on earth do you see that makes you have such doubts?”
When you say no with sincerity, it seems like the truth.
… … In fact, accusing Cedric of being Ruben’s follower was more of a deliberate provocation. Could this guy be Ruben’s follower?
However, I found out that he knew everything about Ruben’s followers, probably because he was the Prime Minister. Everyone around me knew about Ruben and his followers except me.
I slightly relaxed the hand that was wrapped around his arm and muttered an answer.
“Well, you looked at my shoulder earlier and tried to do something.”
“What does that matter?”
“I was there the other day… … .”
uh. Can I say this? I didn’t tell Dazar or Elston just in case.
I closed my mouth, which had been opening without my knowledge.
Then he rolled his eyes and opened them again.
“There is such a thing. “I got the feeling, I got the feeling.”
“Ugh. “What on earth are you talking about, Celia?”
Cedric made a crying sound with tears in his eyes.
“Are you mad because I tried to touch your shoulder? “I just said there was a strange seed stuck on your shoulder and I wanted to get it off.”
“… … huh?”
Hearing Cedric’s words, I slowly looked at my shoulder.
Just as he said, there was a small rice seed stuck on my shoulder that had obviously been left on while I was working earlier.
“aha.”
After fully understanding the situation, I quickly released the arms that were pressing on him and got off his back.
“what. “Why are you making people misunderstand?”
Although it was a joke.
When I spoke with a shy face, Cedric’s good eyes distorted and he looked tearful.
“I heard Celia is very affectionate, both when she was young and now.”
Phew. Cedric’s face looked quite sad as he let out a long breath.
‘I can’t believe you think this is an expression of affection.’
When I think of Celia working hard to cook and eat this innocent Prime Minister, I feel solemn again.
Feeling a little distressed by the memories of tormenting him in the name of love, I quickly decided to kick him out.
“Then hurry up and go now. “It’s late at night.”
The sun hadn’t completely gone down yet.
“Yes. Celia, you should rest too. Oh, now that I think about it, this came to you.”
Cedric returned with a gentle and gentle face, as if he had been crying for some time, and handed me the letter as if he had almost forgotten it.
The appearance of the letter was familiar.
‘It’s Letsi.’
Letsi… … . So, the Scarlet Emperor would sometimes send letters through Cedric like this.
I guess I’m being cautious about sending it to my future, so I’m sending it through Dazar as well. I also send it through Cedric.
‘You don’t know if you know it’s even weirder.’
The prime minister of a country is acting like a letter carrier.
At that time, Cedric looked at me and said.
“By the way, Celia. Where did you find out that you were Ruben’s follower? That’s a top secret… … .”
“huh? “Uh, it just happened to me?”
“You shouldn’t know that… … .”
“Is there anything in this world that you shouldn’t know? “Just go quickly.”
I welcomed Cedric with great care.
And the letter I opened contained something somewhat surprising.
[Let’s meet again. Celia.]
The weather was nice, and after all the rhetoric was removed, the remaining sentence was just these eight letters.
“huh… … ? “Let’s meet?”
I blinked a couple of times and then gently scratched my cheek with my index finger.
Meeting Letsi.
Can I meet my female human friend number one? I started to get a little excited.
* * *
“This is a report from the transcendental Morokanil today.”
“hmm.”
The Emperor of the Empire, Scarlett, looked at her aide and nodded. Her appearance was so elegant and solemn that her aide, who was always a secret fan of hers, felt like his nose would bleed a little.
When Scarlett accepted the document handed to her by her aide, the ribbon that was tying the document was undone on its own.
‘It’s always amazing to see this.’
He became the Emperor’s advisor this year after his previous advisor got older and stepped down. He still had an untainted innocence.
‘What does it say?’
All documents exchanged between the Transcendent and the Emperor could be opened by no one but them.
This was because the barrier surrounding the document blocked anyone else’s access, unless the emperor’s hand reached it.
“is it… … . “I see.”
It seemed like something serious was written.
It was clear that the Scarlet Emperor’s straight eyebrows were bent at a 15-degree angle and her lips were slightly lowered.
As mentioned before, he was a secret fan of the emperor and had very keen observation skills when it came to the emperor.
‘You’re in a bad mood.’
So, what should he do as an aide?
“I’ll just leave now.”
“… … okay.”
The idea was to get out of here as quickly as possible.
‘If I didn’t do that, I knew there would be some kind of spark.’
No matter how much of a secret fan the emperor was, he never forgot his position.
If you ignore your boss when he or she is in a bad mood, you could end up getting scolded for something that shouldn’t have been scolded.
The aide hurriedly left the position.
“… … .”
And right after he left, Scarlett, the Emperor, relaxed her stiff expression.
“Whew. “Then, let’s go out now.”
In fact, she hadn’t even looked at all the documents.
If I read this document now, I would have to work overtime again, and if I did that, I would be late for my important appointment today.
“I feel sorry for the aide.”
Hmm. But I couldn’t help it.
I need to quickly shorten the schedule promised to her so she can have time to run away.
‘If we don’t, Lord Hael will sense something strange and come after us.’
Scarlett put the rolled up documents in her arms and quickly took out a yellow wrapping paper from the secret compartment under the desk.
Scarlett, who had wrapped a cloth around her head with familiar hands, opened the secret door hidden under the desk with considerable agility.
“Tsk.”
The place where she usually worked was located on the second floor, and was guarded by many knights. but.
There was a way to get out of it all.
All you have to do is go into the secret passage that only the emperor knows.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
Scarlett’s heart pounded at the thought of meeting her first female human friend.
“I should buy you something delicious today.”
Hmm.
Because she was the emperor, everyone thought she had a lot of money, but in reality, she was the poorest person.
This is because all money was exchanged through checks or words.
Because it was very rare for Scarlett to touch actual cash, she collected scrap metal whenever the opportunity arose.
It was all for today.
“It would be better to take out the documents sent by Moroccanil later.”
Working while having fun? Then isn’t it killing two birds with one stone?
Excited Scarlett thought so.
