TAPGB - Chapter 78

 TAPGB - Chapter 78

The Abandoned Prince's Ghost Bride

Lucian couldn't understand Leah at all.

'Why do you look like that?'

Why are you making a carefree expression, as if you have no regrets in the world?

Doesn't she resent him? Aren't she upset because he hasn't contacted her for a while? 

He wasted time without even knowing she was gone...

In his head, Lucian heard the sound of something breaking.

"... I can't admit it."

[Huh?]

"Someone can disappear at will. Now I can finally stand confidently next to you...!"

[...]

Leah smiled bitterly, probably taking it as a complaint.

'Don't make that face. Don't look resigned.'

Lucian saw Leah's body, which had already disappeared up to her chest, and clenched his molars.

Even though he tried to grab Leah's shoulder, he couldn't. Lucian's eyes flashed like a wild beast, clenching his fist as it hovered in the air.

"Do you know why I became Emperor?"

Leah chose her words in response to an unexpected question.

[... For Leopold?]

"No, it's to bring you. Because no one should dare to disobey me when I take you to the imperial palace."

[You're taking me with you? By what means?]

I'm a ghost, and I'm a spirit bound to this mansion, so how can he take me away?

Moreover, it sounded as if other people were aware of my existence.

"I said it clearly. Someday, I will make you my official bride."

[What? Wasn't that just something you said?]

Isn't Lucian living a new life now? But why is he asking me to be his bride?

[Who would accept a ghost as a bride?]

It was so absurd that I ended up screaming.

"If I could make you human."

[... Uh?]

"Are you still going to say no?" 

What is he talking about now? 

He makes me human. Is he saying he wants to revive me with black magic?

[It's a joke. What are you trying to do to turn me into a human being? There was no container to contain me in the first place, and now I am a body that is slowly disappearing.]

As I was speaking, I realized that Lucian's eyes were even more serious.

[... Are you really serious?] 

"Do you think I'm lying now?"

[Oh, no! It's a lie and it doesn't make sense in the first place! How can you make me into a person! No way, you! You're not trying to sacrifice an innocent person, are you? Huh?!]

Lucian had no answer. So I got scared.

[Lucian! Just try doing something like that! Then I will be very angry! Why are you saying that at this point in the first place! Do you want to break up with me like this?!]

It was a waste of time to waste time arguing like this when it wouldn't be enough to break up with a smile.

But Lucian frowned, wondering what he didn't like.

"It's not for nothing that I was patient and stayed in the imperial family for five years. It was only to find a way to bring you back to life."

When I, who was speechless, looked at her with suspicious eyes, Lucian withdrew his outstretched hand.

"It doesn't matter if you don't like it. Because I came here for today."

[Wait a minute, Lucian...!]

Lucian passed by me and entered the mansion. And then one person followed.

I stumbled while trying to hurriedly follow him. It was difficult to move forward properly as the shape under my breasts was completely lost.

[Lucian!]

Even if I desperately call out to Lucian, he just goes inside. He finally stood in front of the door leading into the basement.

"You were muttering to yourself. Is that the ghost you were talking about?"

"Yes, that's right. Leah doesn't have much time left. She needs to be unsealed quickly."

Lucian was showing respect to the unidentified man next to him. It was clear that the two were planning something.

"Shit, what are these bastards?"

At that time, a familiar voice reached my ears. When I looked back, I saw a red seal beyond the knights gathered near the fence.

[Caesar!]

Lucian, who was about to enter the basement, stopped when he heard my voice.

Meanwhile, upon hearing that I might disappear, Caesar reached the mansion via teleportation and his anger reached its peak as uninvited guests surrounded the mansion.

In his eyes, it seemed like they were disturbing the place of his memories.

"Get out of my mansion right now!"

Bang!

Caesar opened his power and attacked the knights, but the knights immediately formed into formation despite the sudden attack.

"Protect His Majesty the Emperor!"

"You must never let anyone pass by here!"

Waaaaaa!

The knights and Caesar clashed. In an instant, a huge fight broke out in front of the mansion.

Since they were knights guarding Lucian, who became Emperor, they were all skilled, but their opponent was an alien entity, a dragon.

“Kaaaaak!”

When I heard the knights' screams, I felt scared for a moment.

[Caesar! You must not kill!]

I urgently tried to stop Caesar, but it seemed like he couldn't hear me. If this continues, someone will really die.

"Tsk, kid."

At that time, the man next to Lucian clicked his tongue and suddenly came to the side.

Soon his new form disappeared and stood in front of Caesar. Then, for the first time, he blocked Caesar's movement.

"Come to your senses, you bastard."

The surrounding temperature dropped rapidly, and even though it was a hot summer, cold breath flowed out.

Caesar's eyes widened when he saw the magic that had frozen his hand. Only then did the other person's face come into view.

"Age?"

"Are you coming to your senses now, kid?"

"You, you...! Why are you here?"

Caesar momentarily blushed at the appearance of the dragon he knew well.

Thanks to this, his strength gradually faded, and he was able to finish the job before he suffered any major damage.

Age ordered the surrounding knights to retreat with a wave of his hand.

"Why are you here!"

"Why, dude. I came because I had something to do."

"Business? What do you have to do here..."

"Caesar."

Caesar stopped speaking when he heard a familiar voice calling him.

Soon, he turned his head with his pupils constricted and looked at the figure approaching behind Age.

Lucian was standing with a meaningful expression.

Quang!

A gust of wind blew with a roar. Caesar disappeared from his seat, and before he knew it, he was crushing Lucian with his entire body, who was already lying in the mansion far away.

I screamed in surprise.

[Caesar!]

"You bastard! What kind of face are you coming in here with?"

"... It looks like you're very angry with me."

"Right! If you're like me, you don't look angry? Why don't you send a letter to Leah! Are those hands decorated?! Knowing clearly how Leah waits for you..!”

[Caesar, that's it!] 

Coo Coo Coo Coo Coo

As I screamed loudly, the ground shook slightly and vibrations were felt in the mansion. Above all, when a strong gust of wind blew where I was, everyone, including Caesar and Lucian, stood there.

People who couldn't see me were scared, saying it was the work of a ghost.

[It's been a while since we last met. Do you really have to fight like that right in front of me?]

Both of them pursed their lips as if they were reflecting. But the stares they were glaring at each other still remained.

No, to be precise, Caesar was glaring at Lucian as if he was going to eat him, and Lucian was just fighting back.

Caesar let go of Lucian's collar and approached my side.

"Shit. What does that look like?"

[Sorry...]

"If you had told me earlier, I would have tried something! Shit... You and Lucian are the same! I'm so sick of leaving without a word..."

The expression on Caesar's face as he frowned while touching his forehead was quite painful.

In fact, from his perspective, it was painful because his precious friends were disappearing overnight.

Both me and Lucian, who felt his feelings keenly, remained silent. 

"Really, how is there no way?"

Caesar reached out to my missing body. Rather than passing his hand through the ghost's body, he was just waving his hand in the air. 

[If there was a way, wouldn't I have done it a long time ago?]

"... Shit."

While I was patting Caesar, Lucian, who was clenching his fist, turned his head.

I, spotting him approaching the basement again, pursed my lips. 

[Caesar! Lucian, please stop him.]

"what? Why did I...Huh? Where did he go?"

Caesar, who had been swearing because he thought Lucian was nearby, looked around when Lucian, who had been next to him a moment ago, disappeared.

[Now Lucian has gone down to the basement to revive me.]

"Bringing you back to life?"

[I don't know what his plan is, but if it means sacrificing others to revive me, I'm absolutely against it. So Caesar... Please stop Lucian instead of me.]

"..."

[I don't want to see Lucian get into trouble because of me.]

Caesar didn't know the details of the situation, but seeing as I was quite desperate, it didn't seem like it would be something to get over easily.

"I'm going to hit you on the head."

Caesar eventually headed to the basement where Lucian went. As he went down the stairs, he continued to have his doubts mixed with a sense of discomfort.

"Come to think of it... Leah said that before Lucian disappeared, he got caught coming out of the basement and got into a fight."

When Caesar was looking for Lucian for a while, he looked into the basement to see if he could find the cause.

However, there was no significant income to be gained from the basement, which was no different from before.

"Did you hide some honey in the basement?"

Caesar reached the basement and was speechless for a moment.

This is because Lucian opened the door while it was tightly closed and went inside.

When Caesar checked before, it didn't budge no matter what he did. But how did Lucian open that door...?

"Lucian you...!"

Caesar, who was hurriedly following Lucian, was once again speechless.

"This.... What...?"

In a room covered in greenery, Caesar found a woman who looked exactly like Leah trapped in a huge jewel.

Thump-thump-thump-thump-!

As Caesar looked at her, his heart began to beat violently.

No, from the moment he discovered this place, his heart was pounding loudly.

"Caesar, you're here just in time."

Lucian greeted him calmly as if he had anticipated that Caesar would chase after him.

Caesar pursed his lips and pointed at the woman in the jewel with a trembling finger.

"Hey, no way...."

"Does she look like Leah?"

Caesar couldn't bear to deny anything. Because the woman's face was eerily similar to Leah's.

"I discovered this five years ago before I went to the imperial palace. There is a hypothesis that has been put forward since then."

1. Leah is not a ghost.

2. For some reason, he was sealed here, leaving only his soul floating around.

3. If the seal is released, Leah may live as a human again.

It wasn't just wasted time at the imperial court.

Lucian had already memorized Leah's sealing magic circle, so based on that, he worked with Age to devise a way to break the seal.

And finally, a year ago, Lucian found a way to destroy it.

From then on, Lucian immediately inherited the throne and devised a plan to bring Leah to the imperial palace.

"In order to solve this magic circle, the more helpers there are, the better. Please give us some strength, Caesar."

For Caesar, the scene unfolding before his eyes seemed unreal.

However, when he placed his hand on the jewel, he could clearly feel the sound of Leah's heart.

"Age, even though you knew this, you opened your mouth to me..."

To relieve his embarrassment, Caesar spoke to Eiji.

But Age was looking at Lia with his eyes wide open.

"...Age?"

Lucian also looked back at Age. Age slowly approached the jewel as if he couldn't hear what anyone else was saying. Then he placed both his hands and stroked the jewel.

"Haha, I see. That's what happened."

Soon he let out a hollow laugh, leaving Lucian and Caesar bewildered.

But soon Age stopped laughing and looked back at the two people.

"Child, when you open the seal, give me this jewel."

"Jewel...You mean?"

"Okay, this isn't supposed to stay here like this. This jewel has a different owner."

".... If you help me, you can take as much as you want."

"Good."

"What on earth is this?"

Age paused and then looked back at Caesar.

"Okay... You probably haven't seen one yet."

"Huh?"

"This is a very, very, very important item to us dragons. I'll explain the details later. Didn't you say you didn't have much time?"

Lucian and Caesar clenched their fists as they thought about Leah.

"Okay then, let's break the seal."

The two people shook their heads at Age's words.

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