Chapter 236: |
Chapter 236
“I will ask your Highness again. Are you saying that you felt a sense of strangeness in contact with the Marquis Penin? Not sympathy or insensitivity?”
“Yes. Have you heard anything about it?”
“Hmm.”
Kale didn’t have an easy answer and stroked his chin.
“The first possibility is ‘error.'”
“What if it’s an error?”
“Your Royal Highness the Prince knows the origin of our Lystein royal family, right?”
Rashid nodded.
“Our ancestors of the Lystein royal family are from the outer continent of Jormund. So there is chaos.”
Chaos.
It was an endemic trait of the higher races of the Outer Continent of Jörmund.
Incidentally, the only human species on the continent that had its origins in the outer continent of Jormund were the saints of the Holy Kingdom and them, the royal family of the Lystein.
“Yes, I know. that it is because of the chaos within our souls that the powers of the Holy Eye and the Blood Seal are manifested.” Rashid replied.
Kale stared at the distant sky for a moment.
“Your Highness’s chaos may have been unstable, and such an error may have occurred temporarily. That’s the highest possibility.”
“So what are the other possibilities?”
“Someone forcibly suppressing the chaos of the Marquis Penin. So that the outside world doesn’t notice it.”
“……!”
Rashid had a face of disbey.
“Isn’t it impossible to suppress chaos by force?”
“In general, yes. However, if you are gifted with an abnormally large amount of chaos, it is possible to manipulate your opponent’s chaos through the ability of the blood.”
Kale shook his head.
“Of course, it’s theoretically possible, but it’s not possible in practice. That’s why it’s most likely an error.”
Rashid noticed that Kale had left out a story.
He was silent and then blurted out.
“Is there anyone from the royal family in the past who could perform such a miracle?”
Kale pondered for a moment before answering.
“There was one. Crown Princess Rastel.”
“……!”
“If it were her, the former crown princess, such a transfer might be possible. She had a huge amount of innate chaos and the kind of blood ability she had was a ‘transmutation manipulator.'”
Rashid was silent.
It was such an unexpected name.
Crown Princess Rastel.
She is the only daughter of the king, Peian VII, and was the heir to the throne before the Great Blood Crisis.
It is said that she had a warm and gentle disposition that cared only for her people, and that she had a great natural ability.
‘She Might Have Done It……. Although, it is impossible.’
Rashid shook his head.
“Isn’t she already dead?”
“Yes. After being pursued by traitors, she was burned to death in a bloody battle in the kingdom of Catal.”
She died about 30 years ago.
The timing does not coincide with Raymond’s birth.
“So it won’t be even better. The dead can’t perform such miracles.”
“Thank you for your words.”
“No problem. I’m sorry, I wasn’t much of help.”
Rashid, who had parted ways with Kale, clenched his fists.
“The sensation I felt was an error? Oh no. Absolutely not.”
There was reason to be so sure.
‘My bloodline ability is a keen system. I’m not very powerful, but I can recognize anything, and that wasn’t an error.’
But it also doesn’t make sense that Princess Rastel suppressed Raymond’s chaos.
How could a woman who had died so long ago do such a thing?
But…
Rashid bit his lip.
‘What if she survived? What if she’s hiding in the Kingdom of Houston?’
Then everything was explained.
‘I need to check this out, it’s not something I can just move on.’
Until now, Rashid had known Raymond’s true identity simply because of a crush.
He wish such a great person was a member of the same royal family.
But things have changed.
‘If the Marquis Penin’s birth mother is the Crown Princess Rastel, then there will be a great storm.’
Rashid swallowed.
The current king, Feian VII, has no children now. No, there was one more, but he was not recognized as royalty because he was not born in the castle.
Rashid, who was called the prince, was not a direct descendant of Feian VII. To be precise, he was the grandson of the brother of Feian VII.
The only member of Feian VII’s immediate royal family was the crown princess Rastel, who died during the Great Bloodbath.
In other words, if Raymond is her child, he would be the direct grandson of the current king, Feian VII!
Rashid groaned at the meaning.
‘Then the Marquis Penin will be first in line of succession to the throne.’
Colossal.
It was unbelievable!
Could Raymond be the first heir to the Peninsula throne?
Rashid’s eyebrows furrowed.
‘No. Let’s not think ahead. Nothing is certain yet.’
Rashid vowed to make sure he checked the issue.
‘There are people involved in the death of Princess Rastel. Most of them are missing or dead now, but I need to see if anyone is still alive.’
Hr was in a hurry.
Rashid scrambled his steps.
‘If the Marquis Penin is really the child of the Crown Princess Rastel.’
Rashid’s heart pounded.
It was a lot of excitement.
‘Perhaps his light will shine upon the peninsula kingdom, which has fallen into disarray.’
He had always thought about it every time he had heard from Raymond.
‘I want the light of Houston to shine on the Peninsula kingdom.’
‘If he’s really a member of the royal family.’
Rashid vowed.
‘I will take care of him with all my life.’
So maestro and Rashid.
Stories were exchanged without Raymond’s knowledge.
* * *
At that time, Raymond was casually eating beef, unaware of what kind of chilling talk was being made about him.
With Sophia.
“Eat a lot. Beef is good for your physical and mental health.”
“…… Why are you so good all of a sudden?” Sophia frowned.
‘Well, of course you’re going to be the king and take care of me.’
How precious it is!
Raymond looked at his sister as if she was a treasure.
‘I’m glad I thought about it. What would I have done without Sophia?’
He could have been forced to win the throne.
When he thought about it, he was a petty little brother.
Of course, the tone isn’t very pretty.
“Don’t get me wrong. Just because I chose to call you my brother doesn’t mean I particularly like you.” She spoke pointlessly, but Raymond was fine with it.
If only the king would do it instead.
“Yes, yes, anyway, eat a lot. It’s Hanson’s grilled eef and it’s delicious.”
“The beef is delicious…… It’s delicious.”
Hanson’s beef was so good that even the Ice Princess would be impressed.
Beef melts the heart!
The atmosphere with Sophia softened.
Raymond knew his chance.
“Actually, I have something to tell you, and I hope that your Highness will conduct this grand council of the nobility.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
Sophia frowned.
Raymond thought undeterred.
‘It’s important. If I mess around for nothing, I might get attention unnecessarily. I just have to be quiet.’
The best thing to do is not to attend the Grand Council of the Nobles at all.
“I will not attend this Grand Council of Nobles. So your Highness is in full charge.”
Then Sophia said something unexpected. “That’s a little bit- I think it’s right for my brother to be in charge of this meeting.”
Sophia flatly refused. “All of the items that we are going to discuss this time are the achievements of my brother. So my brother must be there.”
She had a point.
But Raymond looked nervous.
‘Wouldn’t it be a problem if I went there for no reason and got noticed again?’
It wasn’t an overabundance of self-consciousness.
As Sophia said, it was all thanks to his exploits that revealed Kairn’s misdeeds.
So if he attended, he would naturally get the spotlight.
‘How should I convince her?’
That’s when the people around him stepped up.
“Your Highness, Master must have a reason for not attending the Grand Council of Nobles.”
It was Hanson.
He continued, placing a new piece of meat for the princess who had emptied her plate.
“Everything he does has a deep meaning.”
Christine, who had also joined the meal, nodded.
“That’s right. It may seem like a light act, but it always meant a lot to in retrospect.”
“…… Is that so, sister?”
By the way, Christine and Sophia had a close relationship in the social world from the beginning.
They were like sisters in private.
“Yes, no matter what anyone says, I’m with the master.”
It was a voice of deep faith.
Lao and Elmud next to him also took a hand.
“Your Highness the Princess, I understand your skepticism. In fact, I do it sometimes. But it’s all just a vain doubt. His deep intentions cannot be fathomed by outward appearances.”
“That’s right! The light doesn’t shine for no reason, and the Lord’s Daily News always has a deep meaning!”
Raymond thought to himself that the people around him were sympathetic.
‘No, you fools?’
But he didn’t bother to correct their stupidity.
Right now, his priority is to convince Sophia.
Sophia was still frowning.
She looked at her brother’s face.
There was something suspicious about him smiling.
He could feel it because she was hee ‘little brother’.
After all, older brothers or sisters can intuitively see through each other’s pretense that others don’t!
‘…… I think he’s just trying to get things off the ground.’
But then there’s Hanson, the head instructor at the Penin Treatment Center(Hanson became famous), to the little Saint Christine, to the rising star of the administration, Lao, and the kingdom’s greatest swordsmanship prodigy, Elmud.
The next generation of leaders of the kingdom could not help but be shaken.
That’s when Raymond delivered the final blow.
“True…… I’m doing this for a reason.”
Who is Raymond?
He had already come up with a good excuse.
“Why?”
“Just in case.”
“……!”
Sophia was stunned.
Raymond spoke with as much seriousness as he could. There was a masterful facial expression.
“The Great Council of Nobles is a gathering of all those who run the kingdom. We don’t know what will happen in a state of uncertainty, as it has been lately. So I’ll be prepared for any contingencies nearby.”