TAPGB - Chapter 113
The Abandoned Prince's Ghost Bride
"Uhm..."
After a moment of confusion, Caesar let out a groan.
Caesar blinked his hazy eyes and turned his head to the side.
Age.
"Caesar!"
"Are you okay? Do you know how shocked I was when you suddenly collapsed?"
"Leah...?"
Caesar raised his upper body with Age's support. Caesar found Leah lying down next to him.
"She's breathing. It looks like she remembered something and collapsed."
Caesar looked down at Leah for a moment. Her peaceful face and desperate crying Arya seemed to overlap.
"We can't stay like this, so let's go upstairs."
Age nodded at Caesar's words, used magic to levitate Leah, and then sent her to the ground. And he helped the stumbling Caesar.
The two people who came up to the living room looked at Leah lying on the sofa. She showed no sign of waking up.
Age sighed and looked back at Caesar. His mood changed slightly.
There were a lot of times when he was playful, and he was serious when he was serious, but it didn't seem like a simple change in mood.
"It's like you're a different dragon."
Eiji opened his mouth, remember ing Caesar, who had collapsed just like Leah.
"What have you been through?"
"..."
Caesar trembled and looked back at him.
"No matter how much I think about it, I think you experienced the same thing as this woman. Is my guess correct?"
"... That's right. I saw the scene where Arya was sealed."
At the same time, how Carcerine died.
"Age, Carcerin gave his life voluntarily. Only to protect Arya."
Age's eyebrows twitched. He also expected that to happen from the moment he found out that Leah's seal stone was a dragon heart.
However, what he expected and what he confirmed were two completely different things.
"Tell me in detail what Carcerine's last moments were like."
Caesar willingly explained to Ave what he had seen.
"It seems that Carserine was deceived by the first Emperor and unintentionally put Arya in danger. At the time, she was suffering because Arya was trapped in a magic circle. I think it was made by Carcerine, but it's definitely..."
Caesar searched his memories and carefully used the magic circle at Arya's feet.
Age opened his eyes and looked at the magic circle.
"It's a sealing spell that includes brainwashing magic."
"Carcerin sealed Arya, but before that, the first Emperor did something foolish. Whether Carcerine was late or early, Arya would have been sealed."
"No, if he had been treated the same way by the first Emperor. He would have become an idiot."
Age discovered a technique that felt a subtle sense of evil energy.
"It is a magic circle that is difficult to solve unless you are a dragon who has experienced all the hardships. Perhaps Carserine made this at the request of the first Emperor. However, looking at the addition of black magic here, it looks like it was done separately."
Added black magic. That was mental brainwashing.
"The longer the sealing period is and the more times it is sealed, the more it erodes the victim's spirit and eventually turns them into idiots. It looks like the witch did this because she didn't do what he wanted."
The mental brainwashing was not the end.
"Even if Arya accepted his suggestion and broke the seal, she would not have been able to escape within a certain range. The scope is... Yes, up to the vicinity of the mansion."
"When Leah was a ghost, she couldn't leave the mansion. Every time she tried to leave, a mysterious chain bound her."
"It looks like it was only half affected because it was interrupted while it was being sealed."
What grudge did the first Emperor have that led Leah to such a point that she deceived Carcerine?
When he thought that Leah had suffered and lived a lonely life for such a long time just because of that guy, Caesar felt his blood rushing to his stomach.
And that feeling did not simply come from caring for Leah.
It was a deeper, more complex emotion that he had never felt before.
'Like someone else's feelings."
Caesar slowly opened his lips, remembering the question he had been asking since seeing the vision.
"Age, do you believe in past lives or reincarnation?"
"What?"
Carcerine as seen in a fantasy.
When she found out that he was a ghost, he realized that he was not the only one who had been tormenting her all along.
Besides, it was definitely like that when he first encountered him 15 years ago.
- I am you.
- This is a fragment of a memory that must not be forgotten.
Before fighting his ego, he had terrible visions and attacked Lucian. Looking back, the fantasy he saw back then seemed to be the same scene he saw in the basement.
'The reason I attacked Lucian was because I mistook him for the first Emperor.'
Caesar still clearly remembers the ugly golden eyes. Also, there is a deep murderous intent towards him and a desperate need to protect Leah.
"I guess Carcerine is my past life. What do you think about it?"
If Carcerine is not his past life, how can he explain these memories and feelings?
Age's eyes widened at the serious expression on Caesar's face. Even though Age tried to deny what that meant, for some reason his mouth couldn't fall out.
'Carcerine...?'
This is because Carcerine was seen overlapping on Caesar's face. Although the two were different, they also had quite a bit in common.
He has a talent that has been evident since he was young, a very playful personality with those he is close to, and an affectionate nature that is unusual for a dragon, attracting those around him.
Although he still looks immature since Caesar only recently became a mature dragon, Age heard that Carcerin was quite a troublemaker when he was young.
As Age froze with trembling eyes.
Caesar scratched his head.
"Actually, I don't know yet. If it were true that I was reincarnated, I would have to remember the entire past, but all I can think of right now is what I saw when I collapsed a l ittle while ago. However... I understand the desire to save Arya even at the cost of my life."
"So, are you really the reincarnation of Carserine?"
"I'm not sure. And something is strange. Carcerine is my mother's older brother. If I am reincarnated and recall all of his past lives, how should I treat my mother?"
Caesar was saying this to lighten the mood. Only then did Age sit in front of him, catching his breath.
"For now, let's just keep this to ourselves. I think we need to look into whether reincarnation is possible in the first place."
However, Age was even more convinced than Caesar that he was Carcerine's reincarnation.
No, on the contrary, he was finally able to understand the things that had overlapped with Carcerine in Caesar from a long time ago.
After thinking for a moment, Age took out a dragon heart from his pocket.
"You keep this."
"Carserine's..."
"When you guys were down, you suddenly reacted to something and came together. If you are really Carcerine reincarnated, it will definitely be of help in some way."
"But, you had it for research."
This is why Age went to the north as soon as he unsealed Leah.
Age was wondering if he could find something if he researched the Dragon Heart. But right now, there's a guy in front of him who might be the reincarnation of Carcerine, so is the Dragon Heart really that important?
"It's okay, just take it."
Due to his strong attitude, Caesar had no choice but to accept the Dragon Heart.
***
The next day, in the morning.
"Your Majesty!"
"You can't do this, Your Excellency!"
Lucian, who was walking briskly, turned his head when he heard the commotion coming from behind.
The Duke of Sevans was approaching with great strides, his face distorted.
The servants beside him tried desperately to stop him, but in the end, the Duke was unable to move forward.
"Shall I handle it?"
James whispered to Lucian, but he didn't say anything. In the meantime, the Duke arrived in front of Lucian.
"You can't do this, Your Majesty!"
Duke Sevans shouted at Lucian with glaring eyes.
"You're cheerful this morning, Duke."
"Engaged... You're breaking off the engagement!"
"Ah, is that why you came?"
The blood in the Duke of Sevans neck rose even more at his pitiful response.
"How can you talk about breaking off an engagement! If the engagement is broken off like this, do you think the child will have a place in the empire? It's an engagement that lasted 13 years! The marriage has already been delayed, and I've heard some disturbing rumors about His Majesty's mistress. How can you betray me like this?"
Lucian's eyebrows twitched at the word mistress.
"And you think you deserve it in the first place?! How dare you block my daughter's path!"
When the Duke of Sevans became overly excited and began to go too far, James opened his mouth in shock.
Now, this is not an office or a reception room, but a hallway where an unspecified number of people come and go.
Besides, aren't there a lot of people watching now?
If things continue like this, something big will happen that will be difficult to resolve. The moment when James, who was worse off, was about to step forward.
"Have you said everything?"
Lucian opened his mouth. Unlike the extremely excited Duke of Sevans, he remained calm from the beginning.
'No, that should be called cold-bloodedness.'
The calmness that can be maintained even when you slit the throat of the person in front of you.
From the beginning, James sensed that Lucian's patience was almost at its limit.
"Didn't I tell you that a long time ago? I told you to take good care of your daughter. Why are you creating this situation by offending my quiet self?"
The Duke of Sevans' fists trembled as he saw the deep murderousness and creepy golden eyes.
"But, no matter what...!"
"More than anything, your daughter went looking for my woman who was hidden away without anyone knowing."
Duke Sevans, who didn't even know that, trembled.
"I told you clearly. I'm not interested in this position."
Lucian whispered so that only Sevans could hear.
"Your daughter is the one who kicked what would have been half done if she had stayed still. And, do you think she is sane to say she loves me and not my brother, even though she knows my identity?"
"Ugh!"
"Or is it perhaps your work and not your daughter's arbitrary action?"
"Your Majesty!"
"One more time!"
Lucian shouted, interrupting Duke Sevans' words.
"Just try touching my woman. At that time, she will not be a Princess, but she will be dealing with me."
The Duke of Sevans thought as he saw the golden eyes that were so ferocious that they felt like beasts.
That's sincere. This time it ends with a warning, but next time it won't be a warning, but the Emperor's wrath.
"Tell your daughter that!"
The Duke of Sevans felt dizzy when he thought of his daughter who had had an accident.
But that doesn't mean they can just retreat from here.
Even if the engagement was broken off by mutual agreement, there would be talk, but if the engagement was broken off over such a dishonorable matter, Lilith had no choice but to marry into a humble origin family.
"Your Majesty! Please listen to me."
"What is this fuss about?"
Duke Sevans was trying to persuade Lucian for a while when someone intervened.
"Your Majesty the Emperor."
He was Ruber. Serena was also by his side.
Serena was annoyed by Lucian because of what happened yesterday and turned her head away, while Ruber quietly took stock of the situation.
"Leopold, go now. There's a lot of work to do, right?"
Lucian's eyes widened for a moment at the obvious attempt to help him.
"B-but, Your Majesty the Emperor! The story isn't over yet!"
"I think it's enough to talk about that with me. Leopold, why don't you go quickly?"
"Then, please excuse me."
If they offer to help first, there is no reason to refuse. Lucian passed Ruber, who was looking straight ahead indifferently.
As Lucian left the hallway, the Duke of Sevans looked at Ruber.
"Your Majesty! How could I...!"
"There are too many eyes watching here. Should we go somewhere else and talk?"
When Ruber raised his hand, Dane next to him stepped forward and guided him to a place where they could talk privately.
"Let's talk for a moment. You go to the garden first."
Ruber kissed Serena on the forehead and left with the Duke of Sevans. Serena quietly clenched her fists as she watched them walk away.
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