Promise 1
“Poison or what, I don"t really understand myself. I always was inside of royal palace working, always learning manners or studying there was no time to understand anything about the house…."
Vain Frontier Count didn"t suspect my word"s.
“If so, I thought could there be a thing to become magician, special poison or something. To tell the truth, even with those knight"s who brought this man, it was hard for us to deal with him, but now I understand the reason why it was so complicated for us.”
Vain Frontier region, since they have land that is more likely to be involved in conflict, they tend to use intelligence agents to watch over surrounding circ.u.mstances and suspicious individuals entering and leaving. By doing so, they quickly learn about which country came to explore the situation in their territory, and judge whether invasion will come along with circ.u.mstances or will they make a deal.
“It turned out that some intelligence agents in the castle were killed, I have arranged a different person in a hurry to strengthen the surveillance, but about two people seems to have killed a knight who was with this guy. Andt two of the others have been found to be burned to death…It seems that Count Patriciel knows the way of making magicians and invaded our territory.”
The main point of his question was about Patricièl’s Count"s knowledge. The red drink is probably not a poison but a special medicine that produces magicians.
While listening, I felt crisp powdery feeling on my tongue. That sweet and sour drink was mixed with powder like sand. I think that the mixed powder remained melted, but I remember it well because it was uncomfortable.However I don’t even know the ident.i.ty of a drink. So again, I shook my head to Vain Frontier Count.
“Okay … ….”
“But it is certain that Earl Patrièl came up with a way to make magicians, in some way or another this man had killed our intelligence agents. There are too many magicians he has in his sleeve.”
Reggie who had been silent quietly concludes the problem.
And I also nod to his words. Perhaps there is a reason why Kiara Credius of the game became a magician. That is because the Count of Patricièl knows how to make one.
And I noticed another thing. It’s two years from the siege of Evral. Even though I was beyond the border, could it be said that I had advanced to the nearest point before noticing it? If you think that guards, intelligence agents who are going in the other side of the border, etc. were killed in some way, the enemies are already in tune.
Those who watched the trend were killed after two years, so I could guess that they didn"t notice. To me who had been thinking about such a thing, the Vein Frontier Count said
“You can return already.”
“Sorry it had to be so late at night, if we have any question we would need to usk you again, so please cooperate, also His Excellency Reginald have some rest today.”
That was said, so I and Reggie left the dungeon . There was Mr. Groul, the escort of Reggie. I am relieved to see Mr.Groul who is standing properly with no injuries on his side.
“I"m glad that you are safe”
Mr. Groul blinked his eyes a bit in a surprise, nodded small and thanked me.
“Thank you for your consideration.”
For the meantime I said my greetings and tried to get back to the room quickly. The thing"s I couldn"t properly tell to Reggie today, I was thinking to point out more crucial moments in the story of two years later, but on the other hand it"s impossible right now..
After hearing the story of the man just before … … I am afraid that I can be considered as danger. I"ll tell him more information when everything is settled.
“Then Reggie. I am going to ……”
“Group. Before I go back to my room I"m going to lead Kiara to her room.”
“I understand.”
Before I could part with him, Reggie tagged along with me. My shoulder"s stiffened and I felt uncomfortable going with Reggie. If I think about it, there was a time before when I couldn"t calm down near Reggie. I wonder why. Even if I try to distract this uncomfortable silence with some stupid story, my mouth becomes heavy when I think Groul is listening.
Reggie is the Prince after all.
I can"t talk to him like I always do,as if we are alone, this life"s knowledge tells me I can"t refuse the other party. I could notice that from my previous self I"m considerably more corroded.Still it is unnatural to break it down now. As a result, I arrived in front of the room without saying anything fancy, but I did feel relieved because I did not say anything stupid.
Well this time next time I will tell Reggie off.
“Okay Reggie good ni … …”
“There is a talk.Groul it"s difficult, but you have to wait outside”
Reggie who said so with a smile gets into my room from the door I opened halfway.
Heeei! Reggie! You can"t enter the room without permission! No, Today I was taking orders from Count to take a rest, so the room is untidy …. But what about going into the girl’s room at midnight?
“Hei! Reggie !"
I too entered the room while raising my voice, confused as to what I should say to the smiling Reggie standing at the door.
“Well, it"s already so late at night, haven"t you been tired? Tomorrow, let"s continue with the talk tomorrow?”
He gently entered the door I kept open, and with the loud slam he closed it heartlessly.
“Eh ……”
Reggie, you. Firstly we are not yet adult"s and teens in midst of p.u.b.erty, even though the guard outside the room stand"s his watch, but right now we are alone in the locked room, what is he trying to do?
Reggie who didn"t consider my behavior gazed at me motionlessly.
When I retreated unintentionally, my back hit the door.
And then Reggie did unimaginable thing, he grabbed both of my shoulders tightly pressing me to the door..
“Wh.. wh what?"
What the h.e.l.l is he doing!? I want to say so, but my mouth does not turn well in this unusual situation.
Reggie stood smiling, illuminated by the only candlestick light in the room. Hei! I"m scared! In a lot of ways!
“I think that we should discuss everything today, while you are trembling and feeling pressure, it would be easy for you to spill everything out.”
"Huh!"
Wait a moment. For this reason, he immediately made a situation where we were going to stay in the room alone, just after seeing the state of subordinates of Count Patricièl! What?
“It seemed not to be a good story to tell Groule, so I decided to hold back, but between us we have no secrets, right Kiara?”
Also in the room he excluded Groule, to make it easier to split my mouth. Why did he come up with such a wicked idea!?
“You are so wicked Reggie! “
I instinctively say this, but Reggie did not change his mind.
“Kiara”
He turns into a serious look quickly, he puts small power on the hands grasping my shoulders.
“How and where did you know the things of two years later, you warned me about?”
” Well , uh … From my dream …”
I said the same thing before.
“Wasn"t you too confident for it to be just a dream?”
“Well, in fact I have learned of Jeremiah at church school … …”
“Considering this, you ignore the time of prayer in the morning and evening completely ,even at the meal time your prayer is very apathetic. ”
” Well …”
The reason why this couldn’t deceive him was all because of my behavior. Surely I was being a sample of the unbeliever. Especially since there is a thing of the previous life, I"m from beginning not religious …….
Because if there were G.o.ds as the Church says I would be staying with members of original family, and not adopted to the likes of Patriciel.
Even more so if it"s artificial G.o.ddess, systematic existence, I can"t believe it even in slightest. It is easy to convince me that I have a memory of a previous life, another world, as a result of an error caused by a malfunction. It is easy to understand if you think that the sound of the G.o.ddess’s whistle is an error signal for me. To such a me, Reggie did not relax his pursuit.
After saying “Did you lie to me? Can"t trust me to such an extent?”
The facial expressions of Reggie are somewhat sadly distorted. I feel painful as if he grabbed my heart. Because I felt it hurt his feelings.
“It"s not because I can"t …”
Reggie keeps pursuing me, who said this unexpectedly.
"Is it something you are scared of, that"s why you can"t talk?’
I couldn"t say it to him. Because if he come to know those things, I may end up like that man in the prison. I can"t let him see me this way……. I do not want to be hated. That is the most scary thing.
“Are you afraid of me? Or the topic?”
Reggie was repeating questions, He let out a sigh and gave up me who tried to not open my mouth hard.
“Kiara, you are threatened too much, then let me do something that will make you think talking is not so scary?”
“Eh!”
I am surprised at how he changed his plans. Could he want to wring my neck? It is like being slashed by a sword. A scary imagination circles around my mind.
But scary feelings can not be wiped.
Something touched my cheeks when I was stumbled and couldn"t respond. It is soft and didn"t hurt the skin, to this sensation I blink.
No way, just now was it …. lips!?
The moment I noticed that my cheek was kissed, I was weak enough to sit down. As if he aimed there, Reggie whispered.
“Should I change the question, were you trying to find out various things so that you can become magician yourself?”
“How did you notice it? ”
How can he understand to this extent? After his question, I gulped in air. I"m finished. It’s as good as affirming it!
In the first place Reggie have done such seductive techniques! I mean,why does he know how to this? Reggie! I am 15 years old and I’m scared!
Reggie looked with a smile at my face, my mind is upset.
“And to find out about the stone that was pa.s.sed by thorn princess, you wasn"t as scared as you wanted to appear, rather you cared only about magicians, and eagerly investigated this topic?”
That"s why he thought I was strange. And seeing my state after the death of magician before, he thought about the possibility.
What a smart person he is, I groaned.
How did this smart person got so easily killed … No, no. It was BECAUSE he is smart, I realize that the Queen thought of him as hindrance.
“People who could become magicians were scarce, even though you didn"t know if you can become one, but you were convinced that you are going to become a magician in two years, that"s why you said you will protect me, right? ”
What a foolish thing I blurt out! I want to go back and complain to myself.
But coming all this way, he has a good insight. With my head I can"t deceive him.
At last I am ready.
“That red drink, I have some knowledge about it, because…..I too had to drink it”