My mind became clear again. I felt like I had regained my lost soul.
For some reason, tears began to burst out.
“Shame on you. I can’t believe you are late for this important party.”
“Irillin, are you okay?”
“How dare you ignore your father’s words? Tell me, what were you doing to be late?”
“……Someone put sleeping drugs in my carriage.”
The countenance of the Marquis and the Marchioness was colored with embarrassment at his glare.
While they were silent, Sith continued to glare at Rapel and said.
“I’ll take lrillin with me, sir.”
“……Commander, why do you look at me like that?”
“Yes, Sith. How can you be so rude to the Head? Do you even suspect the criminal in your delusion to be the Head?”
“Do you think you can appease the startled Irillin? Out of the question.”
“Everyone, stop it.”
Tears that had risen from the moment I saw my sister were wetting my cheeks.
I spat out to them, who were embarrassed by my appearance.
“I’ll go with Sith. No matter what anyone says.”
Originally, Irillin had a knack for swordsmanship, but she would still be far behind me.
Therefore, even if Isvino tries to kill me, the possibility of success is unknown.
However, the situation itself that the real owner is trying to regain their body was a fear to me.
If the body goes back to its owner, I may be trapped in this world with only my soul left.
It would be like dying. Even if it was only hypothetical.
I could only tell my sister how I felt.
All I needed now was my sister, not someone else.
“Well, yes. Irillin if that is what you want…….”
“What are you doing, Sith? Hurry up and take Irilli!”
The Marquis replied to Rapel by shouting at Sith.
Rapel finally had no choice but to let me go, even though she clicked her tongue lightly.
Isvino kept speaking about being Irillin Heather and how much she missed him. Vin led Isvino, who was talking nonsense, roughly, consistently ignoring him.
The place where he dragged Isvino was a rather luxurious VIP lounge to lock him up.
The reason was that he did not commit a crime, so there was no other place to lock him up but here.
“Is it Lord Isvino?”
But when Vin opened the door, there was a person inside.
It was a dark room with no lights on, but Vin noticed that the person was the Crown Prince just by his voice.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know there was a man inside.”
“Never mind.”
The Crown Prince seemed to have been waiting here ahead of the second half of the party. It must have been quite a while.
A large number of empty glasses, perhaps containing black water1(coffee), were proof of it.
“It’s my fault that didn’t lock the door.”
Tak-
The door was locked by the prince’s gesture, and the magical lighting was also lit.
The Crown Prince, who was wrapped in a black robe, was revealed.
He looked somewhat amused for the first time he had encountered since the conflict(?).
“You’re curious about how I’ll look in the second half, right? I’ll only let you know.”
If you find a royal family at a masquerade ball to be held in the second part, a great reward will be given.
Therefore, it was an advantage to inform him in advance of the change. Vin shook his head firmly.
“That’s all right.”
“I knew it. More than that, who is he?”
The Crown Prince nodded at Isvino still grinning.
Isvino remained silent after facing the Crown Prince for some reason.
“The Count of Adelen, Lord of Crimea. I was trying to isolate him from the VIPs for causing a disturbance in the banquet hall.”
“The Count of Adelen. I’ve never seen him before. Why…….”
“Why do I feel so unlucky?”
Isvino, who had been quiet, interrupted.
Then the prince clapped his hand and spat out with a clogged expression.
“That’s exactly what I was going to say.”
……Vin didn’t know what it was, but it seemed like they were on the same page.
“Anyway, I’ll go now, since I have to take care of the count and return to the banquet hall.”
“Yes, go. Don’t be in such a hurry that a VIP won’t die without you. You know, you have to work slowly, without effort.”
“……Is it okay for the Crown Prince to say that?”
“Yes.”
The Crown Prince laughed arrogantly.
Instead of answering, Vin, who was speechless by his impudence, stayed silent and led Isvino again.
Soon his ears began to burn.
“What? He was the Crown Prince just now? No wonder I felt unlucky as soon as I saw him……. He’s a bigger prick than when he was a kid. Oh, that’s disgusting, Vin. Don’t you think so?”
Of course, Vin did not reply to that. It wasn’t worth listening to, let alone answering.
The noise continued until he found another VIP lounge, but Vin did not hear it even if tried.
This is because his nerves have been concentrated in one place since earlier.
“I saw it for the first time.”
That look of terror on her face…
She didn’t even make the same expression when she was going through all kinds of hardships.
He was so worried that he left Isvino in a hurry without checking his condition.
“Say something, Vin! Don’t tell me you don’t believe I’m Irillin when I’ve been saying it for a while!”
“Shut up.”
Forgetting any courtesy to the aristocracy, Vin threw Isvino on another VIP lounge sofa.
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn’t control my anger.
How could he make it less difficult, how to make her happier.
To the point where it is not burdensome.
He was so worried, and he cared so much that it hurt.
The insane thought crushed him. (?)
He realized that it was not a good thing to endure. So he decided.
‘I won’t put up with it anymore.’
The desire to be together, the desire to possess alone.
The desire to touch.
After relaxing with my sister in the garden next to the banquet hall, my condition got better.
Meanwhile, we talked about what happened to each other, and when we put the circumstances together, we came to this conclusion.
Mona White tried to hurt me by separating me from my sister.
And now that the plan has failed, she will not give up and try to target me again.
“Still, wouldn’t I be able to win? My skills are one step ahead of my former self, so I think I can beat Rapel.”
“I’m sure you can beat Rapel Isdon but not ‘Mona White’.”
It meant that even if I beat Rapel, I would not even reach the magic of Mona White.
I had nothing to say, so I shut up.
“Let us find the treasure. It’s something that Mona White has created, so you could knock out Mona White’s magic.”
Mona White’s treasure. It’s Mona White herself, but she’s actually just the key to the treasure too.
‘You are Mona White.’
If you say something that identifies her, Mona White opens a passage for you.
If you follow the passage, you will find a dungeon full of traps and monsters she has created.
She accompanies as a bystander at the time.
“Jibea Chicken Sanata, All That Melhona, and Taekbae What Sumida.”
You quickly run away from countless traps with “Jibea Chicken Sanata.”
All that Melhona drove the pouring monsters, out to find a Melon field,
If you spell out the spell “Tackbae What Sumida”, on a secret entrance you find.
Inside, the ownerless soul sword ‘Artactio’, is secretly asleep.
This sword is the true treasure that will destroy the Emperor’s Brilliante.
“We’ll take it? It belongs to the Crown Prince.”
“Do you care? You’re about to die. Besides, it hasn’t even fallen into the hands of the Crown Prince yet.”
“But…… What if the Crown Prince is killed by the emperor?”
“Wake up. You’re a real living person, and he’s a ……ah.”
When she realized that mentioning that he was a character in a novel would be like admitting that she was Baek Mi-na, she kept her mouth shut.
After touching her neck, seemingly to check if the magic was activated, my sister continued with a relieved face.
“Anyway. Your life is much more important, so think only of yourself.”
“Let’s say we’re looking for the treasure. But Mona White has to open the passage to get us into the dungeon. There’s no way she’d be able to cooperate calmly, right?”
“Well, that’s…….”
“The second half will begin shortly! I hope all the distinguished guests will enter the banquet hall.”
At the same time as the sound was heard, most of the lights in the garden were turned off. It was a kind of celebration order.
“If you don’t go in, you’ll be suspicious, so let’s go in for now. Stay close to me at all times. And remember, don’t eat or drink anything inside, as it might be poisonous.”
“Yes, I know.”
We hurried back to the banquet hall as the lights that had been on were extinguished one by one.
In front of the door, the palace merchants were handing out masks.
“You must never reveal your name.”
As a knight, a red mask adorned with jewels was handed to me.
Looking down at the mask in my hand, I suddenly felt nauseous.
An unknown sense of uneasiness washed over me.
It wasn’t because of Mona White or Isvino, but I couldn’t figure out what the hell was causing this.
