For a long time, I spoke openly in front of Crown Prince Min Yoongi. Despite all the nonsense I said, he listened to me without saying much, or rather, with interest, and chimed in with his words.
Did I eat something wrong?
I was puzzled by how different the crown prince I'd read about in novels seemed. Is that really Min Yoongi...?
Crash!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!!"
"Do you want to die? How dare you come in without permission?"
Oh yeah... that's Min Yoongi...^^
The expression on his face, which had suddenly hardened into a cold one, was enough to make me feel scared.
"...! J...I'm sorry...! "
"What happened to you that you look like such a rascal?" Yoongi
"An oracle from the temple...!"
trust...?
In this novel, there's a saint. It's incredibly important for priests and saints to hear oracles in temples. Because those oracles can lead to big and small events.
"What is the content of the trust?" Yoon-gi
"It's here."
" ...... " shine
Yunki frowned.
Was a bad omen passed down...?
"There's no way I can read the oracle." Yoongi
ah...?
Now that I think about it, I'd forgotten. Oracles aren't written in the language we use. Even the emperor can't read them. Only those with divine powers and wizards can read them. Why can wizards read them? Wizards possess magical power, and with that magical power, they can read oracles.
"Young-ae, please read it once."
" yes...? "
"Don't you have magic power? If Jeong Ho-seok can use it, you can probably do it too."
Min Yoongi handed me a piece of paper with a prophecy written on it. I was taken aback, but I accepted it and read the prophecy.
What is this...
"What does it say?"
"He who possesses great power... will shake the BT Empire..."
As I finished speaking, the atmosphere grew tense. The strongest. When you think of the strongest person in this BT Empire, who comes to mind?
Jung Ho-seok...?
Although he holds the highest authority in the imperial family, the real power lies with the archmage Jeong Ho-seok. While he is a being untouchable even by the imperial family, even by the saints and high priests, he is not a being of immense power. He simply uses his divine power to hear oracles and aid the weak. In other words, he protects humanity in place of the gods.
The oracle has already reached the royal family. It would only be a matter of time before Archmage Jeong Ho-seok finds himself at a disadvantage...
"How many people know about this trust?" Yoongi
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the High Priest, Your Majesty the Emperor and Empress, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and Lady Kim Se-ah. I'm sure the wizards will hear about this soon."
"Tell him not to reveal any more of the contents of the trust." Yoon-gi
" yes...? "
"You know what would happen if the trust reached the ears of not only the nobles but also the commoners. So, this trust should be kept quiet."
" ...Okay, I understand."
The crown prince's aide bowed his head in greeting and left the room. He looked slightly embarrassed.
" ..... "
" ..... "
"Young-ae,"
" ...? "
"What does Young-ae think?"
" what... "
"About the trust."
...? Is that my part-time job?
Se-ah looks at me with a look that says, "What do you want me to do?"
"You probably noticed this too. The strongest person in this empire is Jeong Ho-seok. The oracle will definitely come true someday."
"Is the Archmage the only one who is the strongest in the empire?"
"Yes. There used to be a being stronger than the Great Wizard, but it no longer exists, so there's only the Great Wizard."
"Stronger...?"
There really is someone stronger than the Archmage...
I became curious about what kind of being it was.
"Young-ae must know that the now extinct witch was stronger than the great wizard."
A witch...? Was there a setting in this novel that there was a witch...? No... There definitely wasn't?
"Well, maybe Young-ae knows more about witches than I do. The witches and the Karna family were enemies."
Se-ah was confused by Min Yoon-gi's subsequent words. Not only did she have no information about the witch, but she was also very bewildered by the fact that the witch and her family were enemies.
The confusion was short-lived, and I thought there wouldn't be any problems since the witches had already been exterminated.
"If it weren't for your family, that evil witch wouldn't have died. That's fortunate. Everyone is grateful to your family, and they don't have to live in fear."
"Ah...yes..."
Sea felt something strange. It was our family that had annihilated that supposedly powerful witch, yet why was the Archmage so powerful now?
Se-ah went to the training camp with Min Yoon-gi to see Jeon Jung-kook.
"It's really amazing." Yoongi
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about Youngae and Jeon Jungkook."
"Even though we've been close since we were young... I didn't know we'd still be friends. Jeon Jungkook's personality is so dirty that even the arrogant nobles are secretly trying to avoid him, and Jeon Jungkook is the type of person who doesn't treat anyone well except for a very small number of his own people..."
Well... I admit that Jeon Jungkook's personality is dirty.
"Jeon Jungkook's behavior towards Youngae is particularly different..."
" yes? "
"Huh? Kim Se-ah!!"
"Like that... I mean..." Yoongi
crazy
While teaching his subordinates, Jeon Jungkook spots Sea and approaches her with a bright smile... His subordinates, who had never seen such a sight before, are terrified...
"You're here?!" Jungkook
"Uh...uh uh"
"Can't you see me? And do you think it makes sense to just throw away your training and run out like that?"
"Oh... Your Majesty was here too?"
"Anyway;;"
"Is it okay for you to run out like this?"
"It doesn't matter. I'm the captain, so what?"
"Isn't everyone behind you looking at us?"
"What are you doing? Aren't you training?"
Jeon Jungkook suddenly turned around and looked at his subordinates, asking if they were training. The subordinates quickly turned their heads away.
"Okay haha?" Jungkook
For a moment, I thought Jeon Jungkook might be a psychopath when he smiled brightly again. It was a bit unusual...
"Is he really crazy?"
"ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are you saying that knowing that the Crown Prince is behind you? ㅋㅋㅋ"
Se-ah was startled by her own words, which she had blurted out without even thinking about Min Yoongi's presence, and turned around in a hurry.
" Uh... that..."
"I didn't know Young-ae would be so strong when she spoke like this."
Ah... please... why are you making a dark history of your own...
"Please...forget..."
Sea lowered her head. She seemed quite embarrassed.
"ㅋㅋㅋ Lift your head. It's okay."
Se-ah slowly raised her head and was slightly surprised to see Yoon-ki smiling at her. Was this the setting? I wondered. From what I recall, in the novel, the male protagonist, Yoon-ki, smiles and looks at the female protagonist with an expression of adoration. But...
I'm the lead?
" ..... "
Jungkook's expression hardened at Yoongi's smile at Se-ah. Jungkook must know very well that Yoongi isn't the type of person to smile like that.
"Your Highness, should you go now? Aren't you busy?" Jeongguk
...? That guy?
"Huh? You're the one who should go?"
"I'll take care of everything."
"I'll take care of everything myself, so don't worry about it."
Did I come to the palace for this;;
I don't know why we're suddenly growling at each other, but I'm just tired.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has asked you to bring her."
He was an aide to His Majesty the Emperor.
"Oh my, I have to go right now^^"
I'm going to go quickly ㅅㅂ;;
"Already...?" Jungkook
"Ignore) I'm off now^^"
Sea followed her aide and quickly left the place.
"Your Majesty, Lady Kim Se-ah has arrived."
"Tell them to come in"
Sea entered with a trembling heart. But that trembling was fleeting, and her expression hardened.
" ...I see the great sun of the empire, the moon of the empire."
"Se-ah Young-ae, I'm sorry for calling you and making you wait." Emperor
"No, Your Majesty."
"It just so happens that all the Karna family members have come to the palace today. So I've called them all together to talk." Empress
Just now, sitting before my eyes were unexpected figures. Ha... Kim Yeo-ju, you weren't aiming for this, were you?
"Hurry up and sit down." Emperor
" yes. "
Sea sat in the empty seat next to the Empress.
Burden × 100
"I am truly honored to be here today."
"Haha, you always have a way with sweet words, don't you?"
"Haha, no."
"Oh, I heard that Se-ah Young-ae was always with our prince?" Empress
"Ah... yes. As it turns out..."
“He’s not that kind of person… I guess he really likes Young-ae.”
"No way. That's too much praise... haha"
Kim Yeo-ju's expression was quite hard and it was quite nice to see. It's a shame that I was the only one who saw it, lol.
"Is it true that Prince Kim Tae-hyung will soon become the leader of the secret knights?" Empress
"Yes, that's right." Taehyung
"Congratulations. I will send you a gift soon." Emperor
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Oh, when did the Grand Duke say he was going back to his territory? I thought he'd been staying at the mansion lately." Emperor
"I plan to stay here for a while for my daughter's sake. I feel much more at ease knowing that Namjoon is helping Yeongji with her work." Seokjin
“Isn’t Duke Namjoon truly outstanding? He is truly a coveted talent.”
"You're flattering me." Namjoon
"It is truly wonderful for the Grand Duke to have three such wonderful children." Empress
"Haha... I have four children." Seokjin
"My name is Kim Yeo-ju. Your Majesty." Taehyung
"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot for a moment."
Sea found Kim Yeo-ju with her fists tightly clenched. Perhaps her pride was hurt, lol.
"But it seems like Prince Taehyung cherishes Youngae Kim Yeoju quite a bit?" Empress
"Of course. He's my brother."
"I don't know about you these days, but you really disliked Se-ah Young-ae, but you seem to like the adopted daughter Young-ae?"
....!
Is it going so damn fun?
It seems like today's meeting isn't so bad.
No, I think it would be fun.
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I don't know what was in mind when I wrote this episode... haha