Translator: Wan ED/PR: Fan
— Wooow! A gift!
Latta hastily stood up and circled around Anthony.
“Curious, Latta?”
Anthony smiled warmly and asked Latta.
— Yeah! Latta is very, very curious about what’s in the box!
“It feels like Latta understands everything I say.”
Seeing Latta stop all her movements and stare at him, Anthony couldn’t help but exclaim in awe.
— That’s right. Latta heard everything even before Latta had ears!
“…Oops.”
Anthony, who stretched his hand towards Latta, immediately realized his rudeness.
“Deepest apologies, Young Master.”
“It’s fine. Pet her once. She is very much looking forward to it.”
Lucion shook his head.
Anthony thought for a moment, and then started with handing Lucion the gift.
The moment he received the gift box, Lucion felt a strange chill in his spine.
[…Look at that.]
Russell stared at the gift box.
[Haa.]
Russell sighed shortly.
[What’s the matter?]
Bethel, who noisily retreated into a corridor before, returned and asked.
[A gift is nice. But why does it have to be an object containing Light?]
[Light? No idea?]
At Russell’s answer, Bethel examined the box and said.
‘Light?’
At the unexpected words, Lucion’s eyes shifted to Russell.
[It’s weak. Like the bracelet Lucion received before.]
‘You mean the Tears of Larvis?’
Lucion wanted to open the gift box right here.
Anthony, who checked his expression, spoke up.
“Then I’ll wait here for a moment.”
“Yeah.”
Lucion quickly entered his room, holding the box.
‘An item containing Light? No way, is it another item Heint should have obtained?’
A smile tugged on Lucion’s lips for a moment, then disappeared.
No way.
[You’re this happy?]
Russell teased, seeing Lucion’s smile.
He was happy that someone sent Lucion a gift, but why did it have to be an object containing Light of all things?
— Hyum said that anyone is happy when they receive a gift.
Latta already climbed onto a desk and was wagging her tail, waiting.
When Lucion touched the box, Russell quickly said:
[Open it carefully, Lucion.]
No matter how weak the Light was, it was still an item containing Light.
Light could react to Lucion’s Darkness and grew bigger.
“I’ll be careful.”
[And don’t think of using it right away.]
“I know.”
[Do you know? Do you understand that you shouldn’t use that brooch in the morning to raise your Light resistance? The Light of that bracelet is already enough.]
Lucion stopped talking for a moment at Russell’s continuous words.
[Lucion? Why are you not responding?]
“… I’ll think about it.”
Lucion felt an urge to stuff his ears while he unwrapped a ribbon.
Inside, he saw another box together with a letter.
Latta’s sparkling eyes kept catching his attention, and Lucion’s hand halted as he looked at Latta.
— No, Lucion! Don’t stop! Latta is so very curious, Latta can’t endure. Quick, quick! Open it!
Latta urgently tapped with her front paws.
When Lucion stretched his hand towards the box again, Latta’s eyes sparkled, and when he retreated it, they rapidly dimmed.
He repeated it a few times, but Latta put a paw on Lucion’s hand with a pretty serious expression.
— Lucion! Latta doesn’t feel like joking right now!
Lucion smirked, then opened the box.
— Whoaaa!
Together with Latta’s shout, Bethel raised the corners of her lips high.
[Pretty.]
In the box was a brooch in a shape of meticulously expressed flowering branches.
The flowers were embedded with jewels, and the big jewel between the branches didn’t look ordinary, even at a glance. He thought it had to be that jewel that leaked Light.
‘Let’s see if I can remember it.’
Lucion examined the brooch and searched his memories.
The strange ability to remember the whole content of the novel.
He didn’t have time to deeply contemplate why he had such an ability.
From the beginning, wasn’t it strange that he remembered his past, after being hit in the head?
Lucion swallowed dry saliva.
‘… What?’
That brooch was also an item close to a relic that Heint got his hands on while wandering the empire and increased his power of Light.
‘Tella gave me Heint’s item this time, too?’
If last time was a coincidence and this time was a coincidence, then wouldn’t he be right to think that Tella had some kind of ability?
Lucion put down the brooch and read Tella’s letter.
— Hello, Young Master. Have You been well? Thanks to Young Master, peace returned to Luteon Bank, and nowadays we’re as busy as a bee. It appears that we will be able to establish another bank in another region soon.
The letter was full of thanks for catching the Ratmen.
Seeing how they’re opening a new branch, it seemed that things were going well for them after that.
‘Mm. It must have been solved well. I also became Luteon Bank’s VVIP.’
Thanks to that, he learned how sweet the interest of money left at the bank is.
— This brooch is absolutely not a bribe and has no relation to the Luteon family. I’m sending it because among the items in a similar situation to the previous bracelet, this one matches Young Master and has the highest value, so please accept it comfortably.
If it was in a similar situation to the Tears of Larvis, it meant that the owner, who put the item in the bank, died, and because no family came to retrieve it within a period of time, the bank became the owner.
‘Did it happen because Heint isn’t wandering?’
— My personal thank you gift and the gift sent by my family will arrive in Cronia shortly.
[Another gift? No, they should send it. Mm, with how it’s been going, Lucion, since you saved the Luteon family, they’re going to give you a bank branch.]
“Master-nim.”
When Lucion looked at Russell, who was staring at the letter, Russell naturally avoided his eyes and pretended to cough.
[… Cough. I have good eyes, what trouble.]
— (omitted) Ah, here is the post scriptum. ◇ PS. ◆ Someone has asked about the Tears of Larvis, so I needed to reveal it to Young Master. I spoke to the staff and asked who it was, but he didn’t know because their face was covered. Perhaps they left behind a letter.
‘Someone… asked about the bracelet? Why after all this time?’
Lucion felt something was fishy.
But as he already got his hands on it, he had no plans on returning it.
Because thanks to this bracelet, his Light resistance was growing at a tremendous speed these days.
Lucion folded the letter and tapped the brooch.
‘Was it used like a weak shield? If I pour out my Darkness after touching it like this, the Light inside the brooch will jump out as if surprised…’
[Lucion..!]
Lucion was startled by Russell’s shout.
[Didn’t I say not to use it a moment ago? You will vomit blood here. The house will be in an uproar. Take your finger off that right now.]
Lucion held back the Darkness that was about to jump out of his finger and smiled.
[Even if you smile, it’s a no. Put the brooch inside the box and touch it later.]
[… He can touch it later?]
Bethel, who was about to nod at Russell’s words, halted.
She heard that Lucion has Light resistance, but when she directly shared a body with him, she felt that the Light felt like a sharp sword to him, just like before.
[Even if you try to stop him, he will touch it, so what can we do?]
Russell sighed deeply.
Lucion put the box containing the letter and the brooch into a drawer with a regretful face and stood up from his seat.
“Heard that, Bethel? Don’t think of stopping me.”
But soon, the corners of Lucion’s mouth raised proudly.
***
‘… Garetio Men. Garetio Men.’
Heint kept thinking about the suspicious bastard just like before.
‘It won’t do. I have to properly investigate him on my day off.’
“… Sir Heint Tria? Heint!”
Heint was startled by a loud voice behind him and looked back.
The fifth prince Cetil Tesealla also made a surprised face, then frowned.
“Apologies for my rudeness, Your Highness.”
“What are you thinking in the imperial palace corridor?”
“The thing is…”
“Will you follow me? Opportunely, I have some business with you, Sir.”
Cetil raised one corner of his lips.
“Yes. I’ll follow.”
Heint bowed.
“How is Lord Lucion?”
In the corridor, where only their footsteps were heard, Cetil spoke.
“He seems to be doing well. Lord Carson was busy recently, so I wasn’t able to contact him.”
“Is that so?”
Because of Cetil’s reaction, as if he was spare with words, Heint also didn’t ask anything more until they entered his room.
“Lord Novio and Lord Carson are currently absent from Cronia mansion.”
Upon entering his room, Cetil said what he wanted to talk about.
“… Excuse me, what did You say?”
Shh.
Heint made a flustered face, but Cetil ordered him to lower his voice.
Heint nodded, and Cetil entered another room inside the room, and spoke first.
“I don’t know the details, but it seems that there was some problem on the border.”
“Because of the Neavera Kingdom?”
“Perhaps so. There is no reason for those two to move together other than that.”
‘Then it means that Lucion is alone at the mansion right now?’
Heint couldn’t help but worry about things that he shouldn’t worry about.
The Eighth Knight Order, to which he belonged to, was created for Lucion, and didn’t he personally confirm there was another group targeting Lucion besides Luminos?
‘What are you doing, Carson? Even if it’s you, you can’t leave the mansion.’
The Eighth Knight Order should have stayed at Lucion’s side, but in consideration for the border, the imperial family took a step back.
“Do you know why I’m telling you this?”
Cetil asked.
“Because of Lord Lucion?”
“Correct. At the same time, it’s for the imperial family.”
Cetil sat down while Heint stood.
“The people involved with the people connected to Count Roberio are equally spread out among the Imperial Knights orders. In other words, we don’t know who we can trust.”
Cetil’s expression darkened.
“His Majesty trusts the border. So do I. And so, I also trust Sir Heint, who is the future border protector Carson’s close friend.”
“I’m honored, Your Highness.”
“Has anyone in the knight order made any suspicious movements recently?”
With those words, Heint knew what Cetil wanted him to tell him.
The moment he became an imperial knight, the first thing he heard was ‘You have to make contact among the princes and princesses to become the next emperor to survive’.
But Heint wasn’t bothered by that fact.
As Cetil truly cared for the Eighth Knight Order.
“There is, Your Highness.”
“Who?”
“Garetio Men.”
Seeing Heint speak without a moment of hesitation, Cetil’s face broke into a smile.
“You truly do not hesitate. Isn’t it obvious what would happen if it was another prince’s trap?”
“There is no way that Your Highness would do anything like that.”
Heint’s eyes were unshaken.
“Okay. Thank you for trusting me, Sir Heint.”
Cetil smiled, and handed Heint a box.
“What is it, Your Highness?”
“From what I heard, it’s an item to strengthen Light. His Majesty judged that you made a great contribution during the Luminos incident and personally bestowed it to you.”
“…!”
“Originally, His Majesty should have personally given it to you, but the imperial family is going to stay quiet for a while to differentiate between enemies and allies.”
“Ah, no. I never dared to wish for such a reward!”
Heint raised his voice.
Wasn’t that strange letter that came to him responsible for 90% of all of it?
“Eighth Knight Order, Sir Heint Tria.”
But, in the brief moment when Cetil spoke solemnly, Heint got down on one knee.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Find the organization with the crow symbol you saw and investigate Garetio Men. This is His Majesty’s order.”
“I shall carry out the order.”
***
[…Lucion?]
Russell approached Lucion, who sat blankly at the desk, and waved a hand in front of him.
Clearly, both results were good.
Of Lucion’s mental state, and of his broken arm.
However, as if he was thinking about something after returning from the doctor, Lucion unfolded a blank notebook and just stared at the wall without end.
[Leave him alone, Russell. Sir Lucion has a lot of things he has to do, so his head must be very occupied.]
Bethel pulled back Russell.
[Even so, this is the first time I’ve ever seen him like this…?]
Even when being dragged by Bethel, Russell didn’t take his eyes off of Lucion.
— Your injuries heal really slowly.
The doctor’s voice lingered in Lucion’s ears.
He felt like he was suddenly hit by the reality he was pushing back.
‘… Yeah. My wounds heal very slowly.’
Lucion put down the pen and looked at his finger.
As he cut one finger, he still had nine chances left until he was out of them.
— That’s nine! Latta learned numbers very, very perfectly.
Latta, who sat on Lucion’s knees, hung onto the desk and smiled faintly.
“Master-nim.”
[Uh, yeah!]
Russell spoke up with a cheerful voice.
“Is there no black magic that can heal wounds faster?”
There was a warlock in the novel who could reattach a cut-off arm.
[There is.]
Russell’s expression immediately crumpled.
“Then, please tell me.”
[There are several ways. Of course, the fastest way is to become a corrupt warlock, do you want to try?]
“No. Pretend You didn’t hear anything, please.”
Lucion set his face on the desk and blinked.
‘As expected, there is nothing but the item made by Miella that absorbs Light and only stores the regenerative powers of the Light. But I can’t speak up about it to her first.’
Ring-ring.
At that moment, the contact item vibrated.
*~*~*
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