A dungeon in the imperial palace where not a single light enters.
The flame of the torch hanging on the wall flickered on Illeon's face.
“By now, the news that I am in prison must have spread throughout Abelon.”
Illeon, locked in a cage, closed his eyes and spoke in a slow voice.
Anderson, who had been standing outside the cage watching him the whole time, opened his eyes.
“Let’s say yes. Still, your situation will not change. The only true Emperor of Abelon is His Excellency, Duke Calypso.”
At Anderson's words, Illeon tilted his neck and laughed.
“Didn’t I tell you before? He only wants to destroy Abelon.”
Anderson did not believe Illeon's words one bit.
How many years had he seen Dietrich?
From the time he was a stable boy looking after old and sick warhorses, to the present day when he became the leader of the imperial knights and controls the imperial family.
Anderson has watched Dietrich's growth from the beginning.
Although it was sometimes, or even often, difficult to tell what he was thinking, Dietrich had never even said anything like that to Anderson, let alone that he was destroying Abelon.
“Do you know about the Principality of Inata, which was destroyed and disappeared by Abelon 10 years ago? He was an ally of the Shan Kingdom.”
Anderson narrowed his eyes at Illeon's words.
“Why are you suddenly saying that?”
“...You really don’t know anything.”
Illeon clicked his tongue.
He said, twisting one corner of his mouth.
“Do you know that the lord you serve is the Prince of Inata?”
“It looks like you are trying to deceive me again with your snake-like words, but I will never be fooled by your words.”
“It’s really unfortunate that even if I tell you the truth, you don’t understand it.”
Illeon slowly opened his closed eyes.
The wall inside the closed eyelids revealed itself.
“The woman you call Madame is the Princess of the Shan Kingdom, and the Lord you serve is the Prince of the Principality of Inata. Are you really saying you’re an aide without knowing anything?”
Ileon's words were words that Anderson could not understand at the time.
“The Lord has been deceived by Dietrich all this time. From the beginning, that guy only wanted to use you. That’s why he didn’t tell you anything.”
As soon as he heard the knight's words, Dietrich hurried to his mansion.
"I heard her maid's name was Ellie. I heard that she originally served His Excellency Duke Calypso, but when she became nowhere to go, His Majesty took her back..."
Seliya, who was walking with Dietrich and her hands linked, slowly closed and opened her eyes.
Ellie was Dietrich's maid whom he assigned to her when she first came to his mansion.
"What is your relationship with my master? Could it be that the Lord... Are you his lover?"
The maid who took her bath, although she couldn't see, was very wary of herself.
No matter how she looked at it, the maid seemed to like Dietrich. But now she came and she said she was going to harm Dietrich.
'This is how things work.'
As if he had read Seliya's thoughts, Dietrich opened his mouth.
“Elli was Illeon’s attendant from the beginning.”
Seliya opened her eyes wide at Dietrich's words.
“From the beginning?”
"Yes. She was from Illeon's side ever since she entered my mansion. I thought she was no threat so I left her alone. I thought I needed to find out how to convey information about myself to Illeon.”
“...”
Seliya looked at Dietrich.
She looked down at Dietrich, who silently asked him why he had given her that maid when he knew she was Illeon's subordinate as if he had no shame.
“...At that time, I didn’t know that things would end up like this with you.”
Seliya agreed with Dietrich's words.
Even when he attached Ellie to her, Seliya and Dietrich had a very ambiguous relationship.
Neither an ally nor an enemy, we don't even know what to call it.
Even Seliya had no idea that her relationship with Dietrich would develop into a romantic relationship.
Little did she know that together they would destroy Abelon.
At that moment, Arthur suddenly appeared in Seliya's mind.
"For your beauty, I will stuff you alive in my cage. With your parrot."
Arthur, who was about to attack her, mentioned her parrot in a voice as damp as a swamp.
Seliya could not leave alone the only parrot that Dietrich had found for her, a gift from her late father.
“Popo... It will be in Arthur’s palace.”
Dietrich nodded his head at Seliya's words.
“Let's go pick him up.”
Seliya headed to Arthur's secret room.
Her steps were heavy.
Seliya, who was walking with Dietrich, stopped for a moment and caught her breath in front of the entrance.
“...”
"Are you okay?"
Dietrich asked, turning to Selya, who seemed to be making up her mind.
“Phew, it’s no big deal. I wonder what happened to Popo.”
“Then, I’ll go in first.”
Sigh-.
Dietrich took the lead and opened the door to the secret room.
The stuffy air irritated the tip of her nose.
The very center of the secret room.
There was Popo in a silver cage.
"Popo!"
Seliya shouted.
Popo, who was brushing his fur inside the cage, saw Seliya, spread her wings and stirred the inside of the cage.
“Shelly! It’s Sally!”
Popo also recognized his master and welcomed Seliya warmly.
Seliya walked up to the cage and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Popo! There you are! I'm glad you're safe...”
When she stepped into Arthur's secret room, her heart sank as she feared that something bad might have happened to Popo.
Obviously, if it was Arthur, he was a person who could get away with doing strange things.
But fortunately, Popo was fine. On the contrary, it was so fine that it made her feel uneasy.
“Shelly!”
Popo called to Seliya and pecked the cage with his beak.
Seliya opened the door to her cage to the guy who seemed to be frustrated inside the narrow cage.
“By now, the news that I am in prison must have spread throughout Abelon.”
Illeon, locked in a cage, closed his eyes and spoke in a slow voice.
Anderson, who had been standing outside the cage watching him the whole time, opened his eyes.
“Let’s say yes. Still, your situation will not change. The only true Emperor of Abelon is His Excellency, Duke Calypso.”
At Anderson's words, Illeon tilted his neck and laughed.
“Didn’t I tell you before? He only wants to destroy Abelon.”
Anderson did not believe Illeon's words one bit.
How many years had he seen Dietrich?
From the time he was a stable boy looking after old and sick warhorses, to the present day when he became the leader of the imperial knights and controls the imperial family.
Anderson has watched Dietrich's growth from the beginning.
Although it was sometimes, or even often, difficult to tell what he was thinking, Dietrich had never even said anything like that to Anderson, let alone that he was destroying Abelon.
“Do you know about the Principality of Inata, which was destroyed and disappeared by Abelon 10 years ago? He was an ally of the Shan Kingdom.”
Anderson narrowed his eyes at Illeon's words.
“Why are you suddenly saying that?”
“...You really don’t know anything.”
Illeon clicked his tongue.
He said, twisting one corner of his mouth.
“Do you know that the lord you serve is the Prince of Inata?”
“It looks like you are trying to deceive me again with your snake-like words, but I will never be fooled by your words.”
“It’s really unfortunate that even if I tell you the truth, you don’t understand it.”
Illeon slowly opened his closed eyes.
The wall inside the closed eyelids revealed itself.
“The woman you call Madame is the Princess of the Shan Kingdom, and the Lord you serve is the Prince of the Principality of Inata. Are you really saying you’re an aide without knowing anything?”
Ileon's words were words that Anderson could not understand at the time.
“The Lord has been deceived by Dietrich all this time. From the beginning, that guy only wanted to use you. That’s why he didn’t tell you anything.”
***
As soon as he heard the knight's words, Dietrich hurried to his mansion.
"I heard her maid's name was Ellie. I heard that she originally served His Excellency Duke Calypso, but when she became nowhere to go, His Majesty took her back..."
Seliya, who was walking with Dietrich and her hands linked, slowly closed and opened her eyes.
Ellie was Dietrich's maid whom he assigned to her when she first came to his mansion.
"What is your relationship with my master? Could it be that the Lord... Are you his lover?"
The maid who took her bath, although she couldn't see, was very wary of herself.
No matter how she looked at it, the maid seemed to like Dietrich. But now she came and she said she was going to harm Dietrich.
'This is how things work.'
As if he had read Seliya's thoughts, Dietrich opened his mouth.
“Elli was Illeon’s attendant from the beginning.”
Seliya opened her eyes wide at Dietrich's words.
“From the beginning?”
"Yes. She was from Illeon's side ever since she entered my mansion. I thought she was no threat so I left her alone. I thought I needed to find out how to convey information about myself to Illeon.”
“...”
Seliya looked at Dietrich.
She looked down at Dietrich, who silently asked him why he had given her that maid when he knew she was Illeon's subordinate as if he had no shame.
“...At that time, I didn’t know that things would end up like this with you.”
Seliya agreed with Dietrich's words.
Even when he attached Ellie to her, Seliya and Dietrich had a very ambiguous relationship.
Neither an ally nor an enemy, we don't even know what to call it.
Even Seliya had no idea that her relationship with Dietrich would develop into a romantic relationship.
Little did she know that together they would destroy Abelon.
At that moment, Arthur suddenly appeared in Seliya's mind.
"For your beauty, I will stuff you alive in my cage. With your parrot."
Arthur, who was about to attack her, mentioned her parrot in a voice as damp as a swamp.
Seliya could not leave alone the only parrot that Dietrich had found for her, a gift from her late father.
“Popo... It will be in Arthur’s palace.”
Dietrich nodded his head at Seliya's words.
“Let's go pick him up.”
***
Seliya headed to Arthur's secret room.
Her steps were heavy.
Seliya, who was walking with Dietrich, stopped for a moment and caught her breath in front of the entrance.
“...”
"Are you okay?"
Dietrich asked, turning to Selya, who seemed to be making up her mind.
“Phew, it’s no big deal. I wonder what happened to Popo.”
“Then, I’ll go in first.”
Sigh-.
Dietrich took the lead and opened the door to the secret room.
The stuffy air irritated the tip of her nose.
The very center of the secret room.
There was Popo in a silver cage.
"Popo!"
Seliya shouted.
Popo, who was brushing his fur inside the cage, saw Seliya, spread her wings and stirred the inside of the cage.
“Shelly! It’s Sally!”
Popo also recognized his master and welcomed Seliya warmly.
Seliya walked up to the cage and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Popo! There you are! I'm glad you're safe...”
When she stepped into Arthur's secret room, her heart sank as she feared that something bad might have happened to Popo.
Obviously, if it was Arthur, he was a person who could get away with doing strange things.
But fortunately, Popo was fine. On the contrary, it was so fine that it made her feel uneasy.
“Shelly!”
Popo called to Seliya and pecked the cage with his beak.
Seliya opened the door to her cage to the guy who seemed to be frustrated inside the narrow cage.
Dadak!
As soon as the cage door was opened, Popo landed on Seliya's left shoulder as if he had been waiting.
“Shelly!”
“Yes, it’s me. Popo."
“Seliya!”
Popo, who was so happy to see his owner after a long time, kept calling her name.
"How have you been doing?"
Seliya blinked her eyes.
“Ah, look at my mind. How are you? There’s no way you can get along in a place like this.”
However, unexpectedly, Arthur took good care of Popo, so he was in good condition.
Seliya petted Popo, who was sitting on her shoulder.
“Popo, you did a good job taking care of your fur. Anyway, I'm glad you're alive... You were very scared while I was gone, right?”
Popo seems to be in a good mood.
As soon as the cage door was opened, Popo landed on Seliya's left shoulder as if he had been waiting.
“Shelly!”
“Yes, it’s me. Popo."
“Seliya!”
Popo, who was so happy to see his owner after a long time, kept calling her name.
"How have you been doing?"
Seliya blinked her eyes.
“Ah, look at my mind. How are you? There’s no way you can get along in a place like this.”
However, unexpectedly, Arthur took good care of Popo, so he was in good condition.
Seliya petted Popo, who was sitting on her shoulder.
“Popo, you did a good job taking care of your fur. Anyway, I'm glad you're alive... You were very scared while I was gone, right?”
Popo seems to be in a good mood.
Guruguruguru.
And it made a bird sound.
Such a clever guy was kidnapped by the crazy Arthur. How surprised she was. Still, he was a very timid guy.
So Seliya, as his owner, felt sorry for not being able to do so.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you, Popo.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Popo reassured Seliya that it was okay. Seliya raised her eyebrows and looked curious.
“When did you learn that word?”
“Secret, secret, secret.”
“A lot of short new words... You learned it.”
Seliya was embarrassed, but she soon smiled brightly and stroked Popo's chin.
Then Popo made a new noise again as if he was in a good mood.
“You’re a genius, Popo.”
“Genius, genius.”
Popo seemed to like the word and copied Seliya.
Seliya grinned and stroked the guy's beak.
“Thank goodness. It doesn’t seem like anything bad happened, so let’s just head back.”
Dietrich said, looking around the secret room.
In Arthur's secret room, butterflies collected from all over the world were framed and hung on the wall.
In addition, there were small human-looking fairies on display that he didn't know where they came from. The fairies, each smaller than a little finger, were all stuffed in different poses.
A pose with both arms raised, a pose with legs spread, a pose where you turn back and look in this direction, etc... There was not a single overlapping posture.
“...”
Dietrich frowned as if he was offended.
On another wall, there were flowers that glowed in the dark even when they withered. The stems of the flowers were removed and the word 'Arthur' was written on the heads.
“He’s really crazy.”
As Dietrich swore, Popo, who was sitting on Seliya's shoulder and picking his fur, fluttered around his eyes.
“Crazy guy.”
“?”
“Crazy guy. Crazy guy.”
Popo repeated certain words as if imitating Dietrich.
“Crazy guy. Crazy guy.”
Surprised, Seliya hit the guy's beak.
“You can’t learn things like that, Popi."
However, Popo made a louder sound as if he was rebelling against Seliya.
“Crazy guy! Crazy guy! Crazy guy!”
Popo's head was turned towards Dietrich.
“It sounds like something is being said to him.”
Dietrich narrowed his eyes and glared at Popo
Then Popo became gentle again, like a quiet bird grooming itself.
“Uhm...”
Seliya could feel how stressed Popo was in this unfamiliar environment.
He was originally a guy who never rebelled even a little.
“Shelly. Shelly.”
“?”
"Love you. Love you."
Popo turned to Seliya and tapped her cheek with his beak.
His cold, hard beak touched Seliya's cheek.
"Love you. Love you."
Popo kept rubbing his beak against Seliya and pressing his body against her.
For a moment, Seliya thought that Popo might be in heat.
It is said that red wine parrots go into heat at a certain time, similar to humans. Seliya felt even more guilty that Popo had been kidnapped here at such a sensitive time, felt even more guilty.
“...Let’s just get out of here.”
Seliya thought it would be best to get out of this unpleasant secret room quickly.
She felt like she would go crazy the longer she stayed here.
Such a clever guy was kidnapped by the crazy Arthur. How surprised she was. Still, he was a very timid guy.
So Seliya, as his owner, felt sorry for not being able to do so.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you, Popo.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Popo reassured Seliya that it was okay. Seliya raised her eyebrows and looked curious.
“When did you learn that word?”
“Secret, secret, secret.”
“A lot of short new words... You learned it.”
Seliya was embarrassed, but she soon smiled brightly and stroked Popo's chin.
Then Popo made a new noise again as if he was in a good mood.
“You’re a genius, Popo.”
“Genius, genius.”
Popo seemed to like the word and copied Seliya.
Seliya grinned and stroked the guy's beak.
“Thank goodness. It doesn’t seem like anything bad happened, so let’s just head back.”
Dietrich said, looking around the secret room.
In Arthur's secret room, butterflies collected from all over the world were framed and hung on the wall.
In addition, there were small human-looking fairies on display that he didn't know where they came from. The fairies, each smaller than a little finger, were all stuffed in different poses.
A pose with both arms raised, a pose with legs spread, a pose where you turn back and look in this direction, etc... There was not a single overlapping posture.
“...”
Dietrich frowned as if he was offended.
On another wall, there were flowers that glowed in the dark even when they withered. The stems of the flowers were removed and the word 'Arthur' was written on the heads.
“He’s really crazy.”
As Dietrich swore, Popo, who was sitting on Seliya's shoulder and picking his fur, fluttered around his eyes.
“Crazy guy.”
“?”
“Crazy guy. Crazy guy.”
Popo repeated certain words as if imitating Dietrich.
“Crazy guy. Crazy guy.”
Surprised, Seliya hit the guy's beak.
“You can’t learn things like that, Popi."
However, Popo made a louder sound as if he was rebelling against Seliya.
“Crazy guy! Crazy guy! Crazy guy!”
Popo's head was turned towards Dietrich.
“It sounds like something is being said to him.”
Dietrich narrowed his eyes and glared at Popo
Then Popo became gentle again, like a quiet bird grooming itself.
“Uhm...”
Seliya could feel how stressed Popo was in this unfamiliar environment.
He was originally a guy who never rebelled even a little.
“Shelly. Shelly.”
“?”
"Love you. Love you."
Popo turned to Seliya and tapped her cheek with his beak.
His cold, hard beak touched Seliya's cheek.
"Love you. Love you."
Popo kept rubbing his beak against Seliya and pressing his body against her.
For a moment, Seliya thought that Popo might be in heat.
It is said that red wine parrots go into heat at a certain time, similar to humans. Seliya felt even more guilty that Popo had been kidnapped here at such a sensitive time, felt even more guilty.
“...Let’s just get out of here.”
Seliya thought it would be best to get out of this unpleasant secret room quickly.
She felt like she would go crazy the longer she stayed here.
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