Upon hearing these words, I bowed politely and chanted.
“Yes, please ask me anything.”
However, my mind was a whirlpool of thoughts.
Is it possible that I will be fired like this?
'Baron Rawabi took all my previous salaries, and I only received my salary in my account once?'
But the imperial family is unlikely to take such personal circumstances into consideration.
Especially now that they have fired the minister and others.
What are the chances of survival of our department, which was already considered useless?
Honestly, unless the Magic Tower Master didn't run right away, it might be zero.
In the midst of this, Kiaros slowly called out to me.
“Namya Rawabi.”
“Yes, please speak.”
While I was thinking deeply about the security of my job, I was asked an unexpected personal question.
“You grew up in the South as a kid, right?
Did you visit the library frequently?
"…What?"
Library?
Why did this happen suddenly?
She blinked in surprise.
“Oh… Yes, my father wasn’t able to take care of me because of his work, so he often left me in the library.”
Then the Empress quickly intervened.
“You grew up well, even with only a father and a rotten mother.
In fact, my parents were also a mess.
Maybe we were meant to be.”
"Thank you.
"I'm glad you think we're alike."
I bowed politely, and the Empress patted my head proudly.
Kiaros cleared his throat and continued speaking.
“Did you also study the manuscripts there?
Did you make it too?”
“Yes, I did that.
“I used to read books there and make manuscripts.”
The Empress quickly intervened again.
“I've been playing with scrolls since I was a kid!
I used to play with a wooden sword when I was little!
We are exactly the same!
Ha-ha-ha!”
"Thank you.
"I'm glad you think we're alike."
I bowed politely again, and the Empress laughed heartily again.
Kiaros cleared his throat twice.
Then he squeezed himself between the Empress and me, and continued talking.
“Then did you save a child there?”
"…What?"
“Use the Defense Scroll to block the dagger through the window.”
Suddenly, the atmosphere at our table changed.
And I also had a memory that I can't forget.
'Of course, I can't forget that!'
After that incident, I couldn't even go to the library anymore.
This was also the first time I had activated a manuscript in front of others.
[This, this…?]
I remember saying something like that.
She blinked quickly, and stuttered.
“Could it be...
Could it be...”
The dagger was flying towards the library garden.
The powerful knight and the boy in the hood.
“In that library… the person I saved with the Defense Scroll was…”
I covered my mouth with my hand in shock.
“This… later told me to go to Count Kalto…”
When she mentioned “Count Culto” specifically, a look of certainty appeared in Chiaros’s eyes.
'Oh my God, that bold kid you saved has become the Crown Prince!'
It was certain that the Empress and the Crown Prince were in the southern region at that time.
Kiaros was ten years old at the time...
'It was mentioned in the original work that Kiaros' first dark period came when he was ten years old!'
It made sense that he wouldn't be able to defend against assassination if his dark period had just begun at that time.
The reason is that the boy was wrapped in a hood and his identity was hidden.
As I shuddered, I thought of my father.
'Oh my God...
Dad...'
I clearly remembered the words my father said as he held me tightly on that dark night.
That desperate, warm voice full of warmth...
[Anyway, even if you get a little money, it won't change the situation.]
When I think about that time, I feel as if someone was pressing my heart.
It was like I was short of breath.
‘How could anyone be so oblivious…’
A wave of remorse so profound that it cannot be described in words swept over me.
'I should have gone to Count Kalto's estate no matter what at that time!'
Little money!
You saved the Crown Prince!
If I had gone there at that time, I would have been able to pay off all the debts right away, and I would still have some money!
Well, that's how my father ended up marrying my mother without even recording it...
“Why didn't you come to Count Calto's house?”
Kiaros asked in a tense voice.
His red eyes were filled with many emotions.
There was no sense of reality, as if I was floating.
“Really... are you...?”
That was the moment.
"Oh my God!
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!
Are you really that child?
The child who saved us?"
The Empress suddenly stood up.
“I can't meet my life's savior like this!
How much!”
It blocked Kiaros' view and suddenly lifted me up high.
My perspective has changed again.
"Oh my God!
It seems like we really were made for each other!"
The words flowed quickly from the excited Empress.
“I don't usually believe in such things, but it's so nice of you to save me twice!
This can't just be an ordinary fate, right?
Right?
Right?”
She was so excited that she kept throwing and grabbing me, making it impossible to concentrate.
As I turned around, I asked urgently,
“Your Majesty the Empress?
What do you mean by that…?”
"Me, me!
I was that knight over there, 15 years ago!"
She hugged me tightly as she jumped.
With teary eyes she shouted:
“The one who was left alone next to His Highness the Crown Prince!
The knight who almost died after that blow with the dagger!”
“...So...that big, muscular female knight was...?”
My eyes widened in surprise.
Let's imagine that the knight who was there was the Empress!
"Yes!
I was about to meet my end there!"
'The Empress said as she patted my back.
“If you hadn’t used that scroll, the poison would have spread to my heart and I wouldn’t have been able to survive!”
“Heck”
“Oh my God, this is crazy, amazing!”
I shouted with all kinds of noise.
"Twice, twice!
There really must be something between us!
Wow, ow, ow, ow!"
“Kh, kh, kh.”
"I'm so happy to meet you like this!
I've been curious about you for a long time!
You saved my life and I've been living it well ever since!
I even became an empress, which I never imagined!"
The Empress lifted me into her arms, feeling dizzy.
“Ahem ahem!”
Kiaros cleared his throat, his expression puzzled as he looked at the Empress and me.
“Actually, the person who found it was me...”
“Oh, is that so, Your Highness.”
Only then did the Empress regain her composure and seat me.
Then I spoke very formally,
“Thank you very much for helping me find my savior, Your Highness.
Were the crows successful in their investigation?”
It became clear that the Empress was able to speak formally; But she simply chose not to.
Perhaps because of their former master-knight relationship, the Empress and the Crown Prince maintained a respectful distance from each other, and used honorific titles with each other.
Kiaros sighed deeply and replied,
“Not only do the crows know this truth, they also know it...”
Then he pulled my arm, which was hanging awkwardly across the Empress's back, and seated me on an empty chair.
“I came up with this myself when I was investigating Miss Namiya’s case.”
“Hmm?
Have you already done a background check?
On Miss Namiya, who is a good, unlucky, ordinary person?”
Hearing the Empress's words, Kiaros looked confused for a moment before responding,
“It was, it was, because it was suspicious.”
"Sorry?"
“Isn't this suspicious?
Even though everything went well...”
A light cold sweat was dripping down my back.
Chiaros's intuition was brilliant.
I moved cautiously, but after remembering my past life, I was behaving differently than usual.
'In a way, it's true that I have a secret unknown to others!'
Since he was a descendant of dragons, Kiaros' instincts would have been equally extraordinary.
Maybe he sensed a worry inside me that I didn't even notice.
“Ahaha, yes, that’s possible.”
I answered politely.
“If you find something suspicious about me and want to investigate, I will actively cooperate with you.
I believe this would serve the peace of the empire.”
Then the Empress waved her hand dismissively and said:
“However, I will support Namiya until conclusive evidence emerges.
She has saved the royal family many times, after all...”
“Ahm!”
Kiaros quickly coughed again.
“I have found someone who saved me, Your Majesty.
I mentioned this to express my gratitude as well.
I am afraid that my feelings will be underestimated compared to Your Majesty’s.”
“Oh, yes.
There was a lot of impudence, Your Highness.”
The Empress bowed her head respectfully at Kiaros's words.
She even extended her hand towards me, as if offering me this.
“Now say thank you.”
Perhaps it bothered her that he was afraid his gratitude might seem incomplete, she added at once politely.
“Oh…hmm…with more enthusiasm than me.
Of course, Your Highness can do that, right?”
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