Only then did I look around.
As Eishu said, heavily armed knights with the imperial seal were guarding the door to this room.
These were people I had never seen before.
As I blinked at the knights who appeared out of nowhere, Eishu sighed and said.
“What did you hear earlier? “You said they just swarmed in front of me and that traitors were hiding in the ‘place of rest.’”
“yes… … ?”
No, when did those people come out?
There was only a bard here.
At that time, Korra, who was listening to Eishu and I with a slightly serious expression, intervened.
“I told you it was strange. “It seems like the space was distorted earlier and Celia got caught up in it.”
“You said you were swept away?”
“That’s right.”
Space twisted and I was swept away?
Are you talking about the state you mentioned earlier where you couldn’t hear the surrounding sounds but could only hear the bard’s voice?
“First of all, you’re leaving because the situation is the way it is. ‘The Place of Rest’ was immediately closed because of the traitors.”
“Closed… … ?”
“huh. And it was said that the nobles who participated here had to wait at the imperial palace for as long as the originally scheduled schedule.”
Eishu said, wiping the tip of his nose.
As the Imperial Knights guided them, the nobles were leaving here with anxious faces.
“Why do you all look so anxious?”
Eishu scratched his head at my question.
“It looks like everyone will be locked in their rooms until the traitors are found.”
“yes?”
No, what does this mean?
When I widened my eyes, Eishu slightly rolled his eyes.
Why the sudden confinement? Does this make sense?
Letsi… … ! How could you do this to me… … !
I clutched my heart at the feeling of being betrayed by Letsie, whom I believed to be my one and only female friend.
‘Ugh.’
Even if Letsey is like that, what are these two people?
I narrowed my eyes and glared at the two people.
“You two are transcendents, right? “If you knew this would happen, please at least tell me.”
I thought there was no way they didn’t know.
but.
“We didn’t know either. “This is the emperor’s arbitrary order.”
“… … !”
I couldn’t help but be surprised by Eishu’s words.
Scarlett… … It’s Letsi’s arbitrary decision.
Aren’t the transcendental people and the imperial family always on the same side?
Why are they suddenly excluded?
As if she had read my question, Korra parted her lips.
“You might think that there might be a traitor among the Transcendents.”
“… … .”
Eishu pursed his lips in response to Korra’s sudden words.
“Your Majesty can’t do that. “There must have been something going on.”
When Eishu said that as if he couldn’t believe it, Korra hummed and snorted.
“Or, he could have told Moroccanil and Dazar, but not us.”
Where had her usual fierce face gone? Korra had a cold face. Her narrowed eyes had a cool look, and her slightly twisted lips contained a cynicism.
At her words, Eishu visibly slumped his shoulders.
“Maybe so… … .”
Looking at their reactions, it seemed like there was something between the transcendents.
‘Now that I think about it, these two people don’t remember their past lives.’
Dazar and Morokhanil were people who remembered their past lives.
Many questions flooded my mind at once, but now was not the time to sit idle and think.
First, I had to follow the imperial knights back to my room.
Unless you want to be labeled a traitor.
* * *
At the very top of the tall imperial palace building, someone was standing on a sharp spire that appeared to be impossible for people to climb.
“This is so… … . “You’re causing such a fuss?”
The man with neatly shaved black hair clicked his tongue with shining golden eyes.
In his eyes, he saw the imperial knights running in formation and the nobles heading to their rooms in fear.
“How are you going to deal with the hostility of the nobles?”
Dazar seemed frustrated and unbuttoned the shirt covering his neck. Due to her rough gestures, the buttons on his shirt were torn off and tumbled across the ceiling.
“I don’t know why Scarlett is suddenly so aggressive.”
No matter how active ‘they’ become, their movements have changed.
Did someone blow on it?
I don’t think it’s a very wise decision in the current situation.
He was muttering bitterly to himself and suddenly narrowed his eyes and glanced behind him.
It was near the spire behind it, not far away.
“what. “Where did she go alone?”
There, a person who had not been there a moment ago was standing there naturally, as if it had originally existed there.
He was the bard that Celia encountered a moment ago.
He answered Dazar’s question expressionlessly.
“I went sightseeing.”
“I told you not to go around without my permission.”
Despite Dazar’s growling words, he had an unfazed expression on his face.
“Birds tend to have a lot of questions. “Can’t you see that I’m always busy moving here and there?”
Dazar raised his eyebrows in displeasure.
“I would have told you not to show up or go anywhere alone unless it was related to her.”
“Why don’t you say that? “When are you telling me not to talk?”
“okay. “Don’t even talk.”
As Dazar’s eyes turned bloodthirsty, he shrugged his shoulders and waved his hands lightly.
His body gradually became smaller and took on the appearance of a red bird.
“There is no freedom, freedom. “I liked it when I was Ruben.”
“… … you.”
The bird clicked its beak at Dazar’s growling words.
When it was Ruben. What does that mean?
Even though he spit out a story that would be scary to anyone who heard it, Dazar did not even flinch.
It was a face I already knew.
“By the way, I saw that woman on the way earlier.”
“what? who.”
“Who is it? She’s the woman you live with. “Is it okay to leave them alone in a place full of followers like this?”
“… … .”
Dazar paused at the words the bird grumbled.
Celia. Come to think of it, where is she now? He bit his lip as if he was frustrated.
Now was not the time to get into such a fight with this guy.
Hurry and find her… … .
‘No, no. What am I thinking? ‘If it were that woman, she would have stayed strong even in this situation.’
Even if he didn’t help, he would be protecting Ruben well. He definitely doesn’t need to worry. I don’t know why my body is shaking.
Dazar muttered.
“shit. “If she had known it was going to be like this, she would have just left it behind.”
Dazar nervously brushed his hair and jumped down from the spire.
“It’s becoming a nuisance.”
His new brother muttered like that and disappeared in an instant.
The lone red bird pecked the floor with its beak.
“Don’t talk or go anywhere unless it concerns her. “She really is a reckless contractor.”
The bird took off, flapping its wings lightly.
“What a stupid guy. That’s why I’m opening my mouth like this and going out of my way to leave. He’s already giving me clues like this and he doesn’t know. He doesn’t know how to be grateful. “Only then will I end up losing it to that guy.”
He clicked his tongue as if he felt sorry for him, but then continued speaking as if he didn’t think so.
“No. Because this guy’s suffering has its own kind of fun. “Just figure it out.”
Giggling. The red bird giggled and left.
* * *
Eishu, Korra, and I followed the knights to our seats.
“But aren’t you two transcendents? “Can you move with me like this?”
As I moved steadily as instructed by the knights, a thought suddenly occurred to me.
Eishu and Korra are transcendents.
‘Eishu may not be a duke, but he must be from a historic count family.’
Since Celia had no interest in social circles, she didn’t know exactly what family Eishu and Korra were from.
Instead, thanks to reading the original work, I knew that Eishu was roughly a count family.
Because transcendentalists are born into one family from generation to generation.
“I am not Dazar. “It’s an order from His Majesty the Emperor, so I have no choice but to follow it.”
Eishu muttered in a slightly dejected voice.
He seemed quite upset that the emperor had not told him this news in advance.
If you look at the way his shoulders are lowered from before.
‘If I do that, my shoulders will droop to the floor.’
I looked at Eishu’s slumped shoulders and glanced at Korra, who had been quiet from earlier.
Although he had his usual fierce face, he was somehow very quiet. Does she also not like this situation?
Then suddenly her lips opened.
“What did you see earlier? “Celia.”
“yes?”
Her eyes were sparkling.
