'Impossible.'
After working hours
.
After I sent all the employees to their homes, I headed to the Crown Prince's office while rolling my eyes.
'He couldn't have truly intended to ask to be my partner.'
Jayden had sent a message to the Crown Prince a while ago.
Of course, I didn't need to think about a response.
Kibune has already become my partner.
'I just carried out the imperial order, that's all...'
When I arrived at the Crown Prince's room, his assistant greeted me:
"Are you waiting inside for a bit?
His Highness will be back soon.
He's not accustomed to being so late..."
I nodded without thinking.
But suddenly the assistant started crying.
“...Maybe he's preparing himself...
Ah...”
I looked at him in amazement.
The assistant wiped his tears and muttered:
“Oh, no.
Please never doubt.”
"Yes?"
“I, by no means, mean that there is anything you don't know, Ms.
Namiya.
Like true love, or expectations, or wedding preparations, or something...
Ah...”
Oh my God, it looks like he's got a wedding ready too.
He was very much ahead of the events.
'But, there's nothing I can do.'
Anyway, that was their business.
I turned my eyes away from the assistant, who went back to crying indifferently.
The Crown Prince's office was very clean.
Even the papers were arranged at precise angles.
'He's still working hard, it seems...'
Externally, he is said to be a loner, but the office clearly suggests that he is a daily worker.
'Maybe he will seriously track down those involved.'
By the way, I had something to say before St.
Cairo's banquet.
It was a good time to give another hint about the original story.
While I was sitting quietly waiting:
“Sorry for the delay.”
The door opened and Kiaros entered.
His movements were elegant as usual, but he seemed to be panting a little.
'Hmm, did he come quickly?'
Upon closer inspection, his tie looked a little askew as well.
“I salute His Highness the Crown Prince.”
I greeted him without showing anything.
Kiaros motioned for me to sit down and sat down in front of me.
Then…
“...Haa.”
He let out a little ragged breathing.
Yes.
Sure, he ran a lot.
Kiaros rested for a moment, then began talking:
“Lady Namiya, um.
Have you found a dinner partner?”
His voice was calm, as if he was just asking out of courtesy.
"Yes."
"concept."
He didn't seem sorry at all.
He did not even ask who he was.
I moved my eyes and asked:
“Did you summon me for this?”
“Oh, no, not for that.”
Kiaros shook his head.
Then he took out a report from the drawer and said quietly:
“I promised to look for your father, Cédric Rawabi.”
“Ah, yes.”
I quickly sat up in shock.
Chiaros is indeed a man who keeps his promises.
I thought it would take longer because he was busy, but he definitely looked for it first.
"I don't know where to start.
Maybe you need to control your emotions, too."
“I will understand no matter where you start.
I will control my emotions well.”
“The place your father went to is an organization that is believed to have attacked me.”
“What bastards!”
I stood up unconsciously.
“…Lady Namiya?”
Kiaros looked a little surprised, so I quickly sat up:
"I'm sorry.
I've lost control over my emotions.
You may not believe it, but it's the first insult in my life."
I took a deep breath to calm myself.
A choice that truly suits my father.
All his well-intentioned decisions were disastrous.
How many illegal organizations are in this world!
Especially in the south where evil organizations are rife!
Among them, he chose the worst of all!
'Kiaros doesn't realize, but they will eventually provoke a war!'
Even if he joined them, how could he choose the worst...
I clenched my teeth and grabbed the hem of my dress tightly.
“Those who attacked me and accused Her Majesty the Empress of lying...your former president Osun was one of them.
Its name is the ‘Revision Group’.”
"Yes?
You mean 'trash cult'?
Really strange name?"
I asked seriously, and Kiaros coughed a little.
Then he shook his head and explained:
“A modification group.
An organization that 're-modifies' something.
They seem to be desperate to create beings with special abilities.”
amendment?
I blinked slowly.
“For development!”
Surely one of its members said this in court.
I remembered what my father said earlier:
“There are a lot of bad organizations here.
Namiah, never say you will hand yourself in for debt.
They might sell you to a place that runs bad experiments.”
Are they really experimenting with living creatures?
'But in the original story... this was not mentioned.'
Not only was the war out of control, but no modified humans had appeared.
While I was lost in thought, Chiaros continued:
“We couldn't track them all the way, but we did catch one experimental object.”
"Experimental object?
Is it human?"
“Not a human, but a low-level monster.
Previously, they successfully modified low-level monsters to have human intelligence and speech.”
Kiaros explained the details.
In his childhood, during the Dark Period, a Low Modified Beast Dagger was thrown at him.
“The experimental object we caught this time is a pregnant female...”
Chiaros continued calmly:
“It seems that they conducted an experiment on the female, but we did not find anything strange about her.
But the fetus in her stomach is showing abnormal waves.”
“Ah…”
“It seems that experiments on pregnant women affect the fetuses.
We will know when he is born.
They said he will be born soon.”
Oh my God, an experimental body... they're messing with living organisms...
"I don't know what they want by killing me and causing chaos among the imperial family.
This is what I have to find out now... and what I wanted to say to you, Lady Namiya, is:"
He looked at me with his red eyes calmly:
“It may take longer to find your father.”
“Ah… yes.”
“Unfortunately, they are evil people that I have been tracking for a long time and have not reached the end of them.”
That was expected.
In the end, they are the ones who plunge the continent into the quagmire of war...
“Fifteen years ago, His Majesty the Emperor eliminated their leadership, but they quickly recovered.
Perhaps there is a greater supporter.”
“...Maybe...”
In the original story, the booster is never revealed.
Only Jayden ended the war with his strength and intelligence.
“Of course, in this situation, I don’t trust anyone now.
You are also a suspect, Ms.
Namiya, but a promise is a promise, so I wanted to tell you this.”
“…Yes.
Thanks.”
I answered, exhausted.
Kiaros telling me this was a complete fulfillment of duty.
And also, something else.
It meant that I had to prepare myself psychologically.
Since they're conducting forbidden experiments, Dad might not be okay...
'...but who knows.
Maybe because of his uselessness, bad sense, and arrogant, unrealistic words, they had no room to adjust him, so he was fine.'
I took a deep breath and thought:
'Now I can't do anything.
I will do my best in my position.'
I calmed my dazed mind.
Then I slowly raised my head to look at Kiaros.
He was, surprisingly, constantly looking at me.
The worry was evident in his eyes.
“His Highness the Crown Prince.”
I controlled my emotions and started talking slowly:
“Are you going to attend Saint Cairo’s banquet?”
In the original story, Chiaros did not attend the banquet.
That was normal.
He's already dead.
Now also, it is said externally that he is isolated, so perhaps he will not attend.
"Good."
Kiaros leaned his chin and looked at me intently:
“At first, I didn't intend to go.”
“I hope you come.”
"Good."
“…Aren’t you going to ask why?”
“I imitated you, Ms.
Namiya.”
"Yes."
concept.
I prepared to move on to the next topic.
But Chiaros muttered, “It seems she won’t really explain,” and then he quickly said:
"Actually, I'm curious.
Why do you want me to come?"