Perhaps because my eyes were slightly shaken, Dazar softened his sullen face a little and waved his hand.
“It’s not a big deal. “You’ve probably already guessed that the traitor you’re trying to track down here is a ‘follower of Ruben,’ right?”
Nod. There was no way he wouldn’t have known unless he was an idiot, so he nodded.
And then I slowly changed the story.
“I was thinking it might be them too. But you just said there were ‘Reuben’s followers’ and didn’t say anything about arresting them, right?”
“that’s right. It did. “But it seems like your thoughts have changed.”
“yes? Letsi?”
Letsy blinked, asking why she was here, and Dazar narrowed his eyes as if he was disgusted.
“You know that Letsi is the emperor.”
“… … !”
Well, that’s a secret.
When I made a prickly face, Dazar continued speaking with an expression like that.
“For some reason, His Majesty is trying to capture them all in this ‘place of rest.’ This is a story I haven’t shared before. So, I am also embarrassed by this situation.”
“hmm… … .”
Right. He seems embarrassed too.
But before that.
“Retsi is the emperor? “I don’t know.”
Let’s get this sorted out first.
When I shamelessly grabbed him with a virtuous face, Dazar raised one corner of his mouth as if it was funny.
“okay. Well, he says he wants it. Let’s say so.”
Oh my, thank you.
I was so grateful that I wanted to go to my room right away.
“Anyway, that guy.”
Dazar raised his index finger and pointed at Axion. He tried hard to talk, but it was no use.
I asked, hugging Axion protectively.
“Why Axion?”
“Why are you so defensive? Who even harms this guy? “What kind of guy is this?”
Dazar saw my gesture and looked around.
I waved my hand.
“Oh, no. That’s not it… … . The situation is just a little confusing. “Those ‘followers of Ruben’ are a bit scary.”
“okay. therefore… … hmm. I thought that his heart might be discovered by those guys. “That’s why I came.”
There was something suspicious about that appearance, but I pretended not to notice and asked.
“… … “The Demon Dragon’s Dragon Heart?”
“You know that Ruben’s followers are the ones who want the end of the world. They don’t just do what they want, they actually do things that will help end the world. For example, gaining the power to destroy the world.”
“Wow?”
As Dazar’s golden eyes turned to Axion, Axion tilted his head.
It was very cute, but I couldn’t help but smile.
“Why do we have to talk about that now? “So doesn’t that mean Axion could be their target?”
“… … That’s because ‘Ruben’s followers’ didn’t know of his existence until now. And did you forget that I set the barrier myself? “Even other transcendental beings don’t recognize him.”
“… … .”
It was like that.
“The reason that his heart poses a threat to the transcendentals is partly because it is an evil energy in itself.”
Dazar, who had been looking at Axion’s small hand reaching out for me from afar, gently held the hand and muttered.
“Because it could become a tool for Ruben’s followers.”
“… … .”
Aren’t we talking about such a huge story right now, at such a strange timing?
A thought like that suddenly occurred to me as I was walking down the hallway toward the room where the traitors were captured.
I had a headache and held my forehead with one hand and narrowed my eyes.
“I knew roughly what the story was about. “So you’re saying Axion is in danger now?”
“no.”
… … what.
“Then why did you come?”
“Well, that’s… … .”
Dazar stuttered uncharacteristically.
“I just came to check. Just to confirm.”
“… … .”
Something is lacking in explanation.
Anyway, unlike Cedric, Dazar didn’t know that Letsey would capture ‘Reuben’s followers’ like this. So Cedric is the only one who didn’t tell me. What a shameful bastard.
As I was thinking about Cedric, who I had met earlier, I also suddenly remembered what had happened before. Come to think of it.
“ah. “I saw a strange bard earlier.”
“A strange bard?”
“yes. I was with Eishu and Korra earlier… … .”
I relayed everything I had experienced earlier, including the distortion of space, the bard’s song, and everything Korra had said.
Dazar, who had been listening to me with a serious expression, gradually became cold.
“The bard sang that song?”
“yes. “Could it be that he is a follower of Ruben?”
“… … .”
Dazar’s face was expressionless after hearing everything I said. There was no worry or anxiety. However, he seemed angry somewhere.
“That guy… … .”
Then he muttered something inaudible to me and waved his hand as if to tell me not to worry.
“Don’t worry about that. “It has nothing to do with Ruben’s followers.”
“… … is it so?”
For some reason, he seemed to know who the bard was.
But Eishu and Korra didn’t seem to know. Why is it that only Dazar knows? It seems like she is so powerful that she surpasses even Korra’s abilities.
I felt something strange, but Dazar’s face was so grim that it was pointless to ask questions.
As I looked at his eyes, a thought occurred to me.
‘I feel some distance.’
We went on a picnic with Vanilla as a family, and helped me at this banquet as well. I thought I was getting to know this person. The feeling of discovering a side of yourself that you knew nothing about.
And that was the feeling I got every time he talked about his past life.
‘Something is suspicious.’
Will there come a day when we will find out? As I thought about that, I thought of Korra.
‘Kora asked me to let you know if I found out about the bard.’
Seeing Dazar’s reaction like this, I can’t tell you.
For some reason, the chaotic situation continued from earlier, so my whole body was tired.
I slightly slumped my shoulders as I looked at Axion, who was toddling around in circles around me.
“So, have you done everything now?”
I checked, and I was thinking of going back to my room.
When I asked Axion while holding his hand, Dazar, who was standing with a frown on his face, said, “Ah.” It was just as he was about to reach out for me.
“yes. All his business would have been completed. No, it has to end.”
Instead of Dazar’s voice, I heard someone else’s voice.
This too was a familiar voice.
“Morocanil?”
“yes. “Celia.”
When I turned my head with a surprised face, Moroccanil, with its own glow, was standing there with a smile on my face.
Moroccanil, which spreads its own light, looked familiar. However, the Imperial Knights standing behind him were unfamiliar.
“… … what?”
Dazar raised his eyebrows as if he sensed something strange as he looked at Moroccanil, who was standing in a confrontation.
I was caught between the two, who had already begun to feel tense, and quickly hugged Axion.
“Please come this way.”
At that time, Moroccanil lightly grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards him.
Uh, at that moment I was standing behind Moroccanil.
I was surprised by Moroccanil, who easily dragged me with his iron arms and iron legs, but I blinked at the voice of Dazar that followed.
“What are we going to do now?”
Dazar had a very bewildered look on his face.
He looked at Moroccanil, who had taken me in as if to protect me from himself, as if he were dumbfounded, and he let out a laugh.
I was also dumbfounded, not knowing what the situation was. Then, I had to brace myself for Morokanil’s answer.
“Ruben’s follower… … “I’m just protecting her from someone who might be her.”
what? Ruben’s follower?
The ones Dazar told us to watch out for just now?
Dazar said “Ha!” He let out a laugh and stood crookedly.
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Moroccanil fought back tightly.
“I hope it’s nonsense, but I have someone’s testimony.”
“… … Testimony?”
There was testimony.
Could it be that one of Ruben’s captured followers snitched on him?
Without answering Dazar’s question, Moroccanil nodded to the imperial knights standing behind him.
The knights approached Dazar with some hesitation.
Even for them, the current situation must have been strange.
To capture a transcendent person who is a great noble of the empire and protects the empire.
Dazar quirked an eyebrow.
“It would be best for you to follow me obediently. As you know, this is the imperial palace.”
“… … “It means that His Majesty knows that you are coming out like this.”
Moroccanil nodded briefly in response to Dazar’s cold question.
“yes. “Of course.”
“… … .”
It meant that it was the same as Scarlett’s instructions.
In response to Moroccanil’s answer, Dazar closed his mouth without asking any more questions.
Then I obediently stood behind him.
“Well, then let’s go.”
“… … Dazar?”
Dazar seemed overly calm about being captured. The same thing happened to Moroccanil, who captured him.
I was the only one who was confused as I watched this situation.
‘How on earth is this happening?’
Dazar is Ruben’s follower?
‘That doesn’t make sense.’
Dazar, who must have read the confusion in my eyes, spoke as he passed me.
“Wait quietly at the mansion. “I’ll be back soon.”
… … You can come back, can you?
“Don’t forget to cook that meal when you get back.”
He walked briskly, leaving a leisurely message asking for soy sauce egg rice.
I stood at a distance, looking at Dazar who had disappeared along with Moroccanil.
“Wow!”
Axion must have sensed that I was embarrassed, and he began to cry. I wanted to cry too.
“What on earth is this?” … ?”
