Why is my son, who should be watching the situation from here, and there? Peleus, whom I want to kill, is so fine!
"No, Catherine! What are you doing! Bring Madam here!"
She tried to go back into the collapsed temple right away, but Raju urgently stopped her.
Joaquin also stuttered and took a step back in disbelief.
"That can't be, that, that can't be."
There's no way that thing lying there is a Samon, there's no way that it's my son...
"Samon! Where are you!"
Joaquin kept telling himself that his son had escaped unharmed and survived. But his hopes were dashed, as Samón was nowhere to be seen.
"Mike, you left with the master earlier. You said you were delivering the butler's message-"
"What are you talking about? I was waiting outside the whole time."
"No, I definitely saw it inside earlier."
The moment he heard the conflicting conversation between his subordinates, Joaquin realized.
'Oh no. Samon is caught in a trap.'
Birna also covered her mouth in shock as if her eyes were going to pop out.
She had no idea what had happened or why the explosion had suddenly occurred.
"This can't go on if even Samon falls..."
Birna just instinctively felt that hell had befallen her family again.
"..."
Medea's eyes captured the image of her uncle going through a process of shock and denial.
They didn't know yet.
That the finale she had prepared wasn't over yet.
Kwak-kwang! Kwak-kwang!
At that moment, the temple wall completely collapsed with a loud noise. Large pieces of debris fell on top of Samon, completely covering him.
"Ahhhhh! Noooooo!"
With Catherine's shriek, thick clouds of dust rose like fog.
***
There was an explosion in the temple.
It was right to assume that it had the altar and the statue of the goddess was almost completely blown away.
Although quite some time had passed since the incident, the scenery of the broken remains had not changed much.
Medea watched the sheep tremble helplessly as people circled the fallen statue.
"Ahh! Samon! He's here! Hurry up and save him! Someone, hurry up! My son is here!"
Medea could hear Catherine growling, almost impatient. The heavy stone statues and stones that had covered Samon were hard to take in at first glance.
"Ahhh! Samon! Where are you!"
Catherine almost vomited blood with her eyes open.
"I'll give a piece of gold to anyone who helps me rescue him! Hurry up!"
Finally, Raju, worried that she might collapse, promised a generous reward.
Only then did people with wide eyes start to flock to the rescue operation like ants.
"Dea, let's go back. There's no need to stay here any longer."
Peleus approached. His blue eyes studied his sister closely as if he had no interest in hearing any news about his cousin whose life or death was unknown.
"Your Majesty!"
At that moment. Catherine tried to approach Peleus, but was stopped by Agemas.
"Please help me, Your Majesty. Please, have mercy, save our Samon, yes? Are we not blood relatives?"
She pleaded. Her heartbreaking maternal love made even those who heard her feel sorry for her.
Even now, she was sincere. Unlike the last time, at the banquet, when they had deliberately tried to provoke sympathy.
Unable to break through the solid wall of knights, Catherine eventually collapsed and hit her forehead on the floor.
"Yes?! I beg you. If you can't forgive us, take this aunt's life. Samon might be dying at this very moment. If only I could save my son, I wouId-"
At that time, the path made by the knights opened.
A glimmer of hope appeared in Catherine's eyes, but it was not Peleus but Medea who appeared.
"Get up, Aunt."
Medea bent down, took Catherine's hand, and lifted her up.
"Of course. It's a matter of life and death for our brother, Samon, so we'll do our best to help, so don't worry, Aunt."
"Me, Medea...."
"But, Aunt."
It was when Catherine shed tears at the unexpectedly warm words.
"Why didn't brother Samon escape the explosion? He had ample time to evacuate."
A neat and tidy voice flowed out without any disturbance.
"I just don't understand why he was found inside the altar."
"That, that is..."
Medea continued speaking, holding onto Catherine who was trying to pull her hand away in surprise.
"You must tell me clearly. I will only be able to help him if I can confirm that Brother Samon is not after His Majesty."
Catherine froze.
The pressure on her wrist was so intense. She couldn't move, like a trapped animal.
'Do this kid know?'
That we were after Peleus?
".... No, that can't be right?"
Medea's question only served to highlight to the people the suspicious nature of Samon's actions.
Catherine realized.
You knew it. It was you who did it, you killed Samon-'
As if responding to her innermost thoughts, Medea smiled. Her clear smile, without the slightest hint of hesitation, sent shivers down Catherine's spine.
"Ahhh, ahhhhh!"
Catherine shook off Medea's hand as if it had been burned, and ran away.
"Are you crazy? Your Highness, are you alright?"
"Yeah. It's okay."
Medea watched Catherine's back as she ran away in panic.
"That crazy woman, with her thick skin, how dare she stick her face in here and talk to Your Highness?"
Neril ground her teeth.
If their scheme had succeeded, Peleus had been injured and the Valdina royal family had been shaken, would Claudio have helped the siblings?
Rather, they would have driven the siblings to the edge of a cliff.
"Because people don't change easily."
Medea shrugged absently.
Even if the treason fails and the Duke Claudio's family falls into ruin, their desires cannot disappear.
'I think Auntie has figured it out now, but what about you, Samon? Are you still clueless?'
Samon Claudio.
He chose this voyage across the straits with the secret ambition of pushing out Peleus and taking possession of the country.
Jason, the Emperor Perdiccas II of Katzen, and his wife, the fourth Princess, all ultimately acted according to his will.
So he must have been confident that everything would go his way this time too.
But he didn't know.
"Umberto. You will leave Valdina now. And go under Samon."
Even that process was in Medea's palm.
"Yes? Are you telling me to go back to Katzen? Your Highness. Even though I am an enemy, this is too much."
At the time, Umberto looked embarrassed, thinking that he was being punished for the impudent mistake he had made with Medea when he was a spy of the Red Foxes and a servant to Minister Etienne.
"I wonder if Her Highness still doesn't trust me."
"Your Highness. Please trust me just this once. I swear on my deceased mother that my master is now only Your Highness the Princess."
Medea patted Umberto's arm and cleared up his misunderstanding.
"I'm going to make you do what you're good at. Just like you did under Minister Etienne, this time you'll be my hands and ears."
"If that's the case, then you've found the perfect match. I won't disappoint you."
As confident as he was, Umberto soon succeeded in gaining Samon's trust.
"Umberto. Tell my uncle to come to the Strait."
And, he conveyed Medea's thoughts through his mouth.
"Master, Master! The Valdina royal family has been promoted to an empire and is holding an imperial proclamation ceremony in El Amuz! Of course, you should go, Master!"
"But you're still bloodline. They can't treat you coldly in front of everyone."
Some elements were put into play to encourage Samon at the right time.
Samon may have thought that he had come to see Medea and her brother by his own choice, but in reality, he was swayed by Medea's influence.
Like a marionette with strings tied to both arms and legs.
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