Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 722
722. [Side Story] Lake Kingdom (3)
There were two people that Christian told the stunt double to watch out for..
One is younger sister Ariel.
And the other was a nanny who had taken care of the prince and princess since they were babies..
“nanny, nanny!”
Ariel recklessly dragged the boy undercover and took him to the nanny's room..
“Oh my, our prince and princess. welcome.”
The nanny was a great witch called 'Coco of the Cut'..
In addition to simple nanny duties, she also had to perform guard duty to protect the royal grandchildren, so the king made her, the most powerful wizard among his vassals, the nanny and guard of his two children..
Coco, who is also the magic teacher of the prince and princess, smiled kindly..
“I was sad that they didn't come to hang out often after growing up, but I'm glad that you two came together today. Do you have any business with this old man??”
“Nanny, look straight ahead.!”
Ariel grabbed the double boy by the collar and shook him violently..
“It's not your brother, this person is fake.!”
“yes?”
Coco frowned and looked at the boy closely. The boy swallowed dry saliva and avoided his gaze..
After a while, Coco tilted her head and leaned back..
“……You are a prince, right??”
“No, it's different! Are you saying it's completely different? look straight!”
Only then did Coco, who had used magic to examine the boy double, let out a perplexed groan..
“This can't be right, the princess is right. There's a significant high-level perception-impairing spell cast... … And appearance change magic was also used. Your voice has also been altered..”
Coco, who has finally accepted that the prince in front of her is a fake, raises her hands..
“It's really surprising. In fact, if it weren't for the princess's point, I would have been deceived too..”
“Can I lift the spells that are on me??”
“I'll try it.”
Eventually, after a while, the boy undercover lost the necklace with the recognition-impairing spell, and even his hair and eye color were disguised and returned to their original black-gray color..
‘ruined…….’
If you dare imitate a prince and sneak in, you will be applauded for being caught. On the other hand, the prince will be scolded for failing his mission.…….
The boy was sitting there blankly as his mind went blank, but Ariel and Coco were just looking at him with admiration and astonishment..
“No other magic? It's really amazing. How come you resemble your brother so much??”
“Don’t they say there are three identical people in the world? Rather, princess, resemblance is not important right now.…….”
“Oops, that's right.”
sreung!
Ariel drew her sword again and reprimanded the boy..
“Tell the truth! Who are you? Where is your brother now??”
“Ugh…….”
The boy, who was shedding tears in front of the sword hanging in front of his neck, eventually had to confess his loss..
The real Prince Christian left for the Eastern Continent in search of the magic of immortality. Dirandahi, the head of the Magic Research Institute, also accompanied him, and under his instructions, he acted as a substitute..
“It takes time when you go because there is no teleportation base, but when you come back, you can come right away with magic... … Anyway, he expected it would take about a month. I must not be caught for a month... … to do…….”
I got caught as soon as I started.
Ariel was astonished and frowned in front of the boy who was licking his lips in despair..
“The magic of immortality? There's no way something like that exists! What the hell is your brother?……!”
Nanny Coco helped out..
“That's right. Even if there is such magic... … That would no longer be magic, it would be something no different from a curse..”
Coco then shook her head..
“And the prince was pushed out to the point where he needed to find something like that..”
“Brother is really... … you idiot. What Abama needs is not the magic of immortality..”
Stop wandering and stay proudly by your father's side.
That alone would have made the king happy, but the prince, consumed with inferiority complex, seemed to see nothing like that in his eyes..
“after…….”
Ariel let out a long sigh and stood in front of the boy double with both hands on her waist..
“great. Since things have already turned out this way, my brother is gone for a month! You need to play your brother perfectly..”
The fact that the prince left for a month without informing the king, or even to the already destroyed East Continent, was not a good thing to hear. Especially as Christian, who is being a fool and is hurting his father..
In that respect, Ariel wasn't sure if she should praise her brother's preparedness for leaving behind a substitute..
He had planned to thoroughly supervise this fake so as not to cause any damage to the real Christian..
“I will always be by your side and watch over you to make sure you don't cause any accidents with my brother's face..”
“yes? The princess……?”
“is it so. I myself. So, if you were planning on pretending to be a prince and doing something stupid, wake up early..”
It was unfair, but due to the circumstances, the boy double sniffed quietly..
Ariel gestured to that boy..
“So, you. name is?”
“yes?”
“I can't call you brother. What is your real name??”
The boy hesitated before answering..
“Uh, none.…….”
“huh? There may be no name?”
“I am a non-citizen, the lowest class of slaves. Non-citizens usually do not have names.…….”
Ariel, who was surprised and hesitated, asked again..
“But didn't people still have a name for you?.”
“Well, my owners usually treat me… … He called me A Slave, or The Slave..”
“Wow, really? That's too much…….”
Ariel shook her head because she couldn't bear to call him that..
“Then, let’s decide on a temporary name among ourselves. Um, so…….”
Since it was a person's name, I couldn't just give it a name like a dog's name. Ariel hesitated, thinking..
The article preceding the boy's name, which his former owners had called him, flowed from Ariel's lips as she was lost in thought..
“Umm. A, The)…….”
“……yes?”
The boy mumbled in confusion..
“Ader……?”
“what? No, no! This is just something I muttered. Is there a name that consists only of articles??”
In front of Ariel, who was waving her hands urgently, the boy absentmindedly pondered the strange name..
Why?.
The moment that name came out of Ariel's mouth, I felt a certain sense of fate..
The intuition that that is his name.
“Anyway, I'm a pinch hitter. temporary. Because it's fake.”
The stunt boy bowed his head..
“That name is enough.”
“…….”
“Please call me Ada from now on, princess..”
Then the boy smiled shyly..
“Thank you for giving us a name. I will use it carefully.”
“…….”
With the same face as your older brother, who was always so angry, you smiled so innocently like that..
It was unfamiliar, and somehow it reminded me of my childhood, so Ariel chuckled without realizing it..
“I'm glad I don't think he's a very bad person..”
Ariel held out her hand to the boy double who was kneeling in front of her, now named Ader..
“Okay, one month to go… … Take care, Ader..”
Ariel smiled brightly..
“I will definitely assist you so that you do not get caught as a fake brother.!”
“…….”
Ader couldn't bear to grab the princess's pure white corn that was held out towards him, so he just looked up at it..
If I hadn't been caught as a substitute, I would have grabbed that hand..
Now that my true identity as a lowly slave has been revealed, it feels like something far away that I can't reach..
So stop, instead of holding that hand... … She bowed her head deeply..
***
Ironically, while Ader was posing as Christian as a double,.
Christian's evaluation improved day by day..
I didn't show off without a reason like I used to, and I didn't attend the royal family's big or small events without permission..
Although he was expressionless and spoke less.
He constantly appeared here and there with Princess Ariel, toured various parts of the country with Ariel in place of the king, who was in poor health, and carried out various tasks requiring royal approval together with Ariel..
The rumor that the prince had finally come to his senses spread everywhere..
“After all, the story of a madman becoming reformed is popular regardless of time and place.…….”
Ariel sighed as she heard Christian's evaluation improving day by day..
“It would be good if you really changed your mind quickly. ha.”
Ader, who was embarrassed standing behind Ariel, suddenly blinked..
Ariel's hair was disheveled after a busy day assisting with various government affairs. The red ribbon he always tied was coming loose..
Ader, who hesitated, asked carefully..
“Stir… … princess.”
“huh?”
Ariel looked back at Ader's call and muttered humbly..
“Ah, it feels really strange to say “princess” or “princess” without calling your name with that face.…….”
“haha…….”
“So, why??”
“If that's not rude... … Can I get your hair trimmed??”
Only then did Ariel realize that her hair was disheveled and touched the back of her head, making an audible noise. Ader waved his hands in confusion..
“that. sorry. Saying useless things…….”
“No, no. I was just surprised..”
Ariel laughed and gave up her back..
“When will there be another time in my life when my brother will fix my hair? please.”
“Yes, then…….”
Ader carefully completely untied the red cloth that tied the back of Ariel's hair..
Ariel's dazzling silver hair poured down like a waterfall. Ariel explained, lightly shaking his shoulder..
“My late mother always tied my hair with a red cloth when I was young. What did you say that a red ribbon goes well with my silver hair?.”
“…….”
“So, I've been sticking to this style for the rest of my life. Even though I'm about to become an adult, I'm a little concerned about what others think about me because I'm going to keep tying a ribbon around... … Hehehe. It still doesn't suit me well?”
It was indeed so..
Ader agreed, carefully combing the back of Ariel's hair and tying it with a ribbon..
It was his first time seeing such soft and beautiful hair. Each and every strand of Ariel's sparkling hair was like finely spun silver thread..
And, the pure white back of the princess's neck peeking through her long hair.…….
As if caught up in the situation, he was brought here without any will and served as the prince's substitute..
At this moment, Ader felt fortunate to have come to the capital for the first time..
I'm happy to be able to trim and tie the princess's hair..
Eventually, Ariel's hair was neatly organized. Ariel glanced in her mirror and looked back with a wide smile..
“Wow, you tie your hair well? What kind of work did you do in the past??”
“yes?”
“Before I came here as a stand-in. The delicate and soft touch isn't something I've done once or twice..”
Ader was dazed for a moment and stuttered out an answer..
“Whatever… … I did. Since our slaves are not in a position to receive special work,…….”
Ariel was ignorant of the lives of non-citizens. The life of the slaves at the bottom was even more so..
So I listened carefully to Ader’s random words..
“Where I was staying, several slaves stayed in one dormitory... … Every morning, if there were any chores needed outside the outer walls, citizens would come and take the slaves to the places where they were needed..”
“Hmm.”
“All kinds of dirty and difficult tasks were assigned to us every day, and although this is a bit of a strange story... … People don't like us being messy. When heading to work, you had to dress cleanly..”
The citizens treated non-citizens as parasites living in the Lake Kingdom. I thought they were idiots who lived in a beautiful and perfect magic kingdom and didn't even know how to use magic..
The more dirty and dirty these parasites were, the more they were despised. So, in order to please the public, non-citizens had to maintain a clean appearance..
“So, I had to tidy up my appearance before leaving for work, but I ended up doing the hair of the people I was staying with at the dorm..”
In a dormitory where hundreds of slaves lived together.
Ader, who combed and braided everyone's hair every morning, soon became a master at trimming hair..
“……Well, it's such a trivial story..”
After finishing the story awkwardly, Ader realized that Ariel was staring right at her..
Ariel, who was looking at Ader intently with her clear turquoise eyes, called out to him in a refreshing voice..
“Ader.”
Ader, who was lost for a moment, came to his senses a beat later and answered urgently..
“Yes, yep?”
“Please stop by often. What was your experience as a slave in this country?.”
Ariel smiled brightly..
“I think it will help us move this country in a better direction in the future..”
“…….”
Ariel turned her head away from Ader, who had a blank expression on her face, and looked at the documents on the desk. It was a document containing the future schedule..
“By the way, I have an urgent schedule to attend to next week... … Hmm.”
On the document Ariel put down, the words ‘Royal Ball Hosted’ were briefly visible..
Ader's face, which was rare for a slave to be able to read, turned white..
Ariel asked Ader with a bitter smile..
“Ader. Are you… … I know how to dance?”
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