“Are you satisfied now, my lady?”
The only one with black hair and black eyes in this land. Although she is said to have lost her surname, Escliffe, her only name is Amelia. Even if Ivan had no interest in the temple, it was not difficult to realize that the woman in front of him was Amelia and a Priestess.
"How..."
However, Amelia was surprised that her identity had been revealed and took a step back. It was obvious, but why was she so surprised? Perhaps because she had only lived under the protection of the temple, she was a woman with a somewhat innocent side.
“Because the name Amelia is a name that only you are allowed to have.”
Amelia finally let out a short, dumbfounded exclamation of "Ah" at Ivan's answer.
"Yes..."
Amelia trailed off.
Meanwhile, Ivan scanned the woman's face, which looked somewhat sad. At the same time, he sharpened his senses to see if there was anyone around them or if there were any signs of people getting closer.
There was no one. The moment he became certain of this, Ivan jumped down from the wall.
"Oh my God."
Amelia's red lips parted slightly in surprise. The wall was taller than Ivan, let alone Amelia. But, unbelievably, his landing was as light as a cat's.
“Why are you so wary of me?”
Amelia paused at Ivan's question. It was only then that she realized that she had been unconsciously preparing to step back.
“I am a servant of God, and I am also your servant. Do not be afraid.”
It was a lie. Ivan took a step closer to Amelia with a smiling face. His hand was fiddling with the handle of the dagger hidden in his bosom.
“It’s not about being cautious...”
If he were to stab that fragile woman in the heart, he would be able to find out whether she really dies or not. Of course, it would be better if she actually died. That was his intention.
“Surprise.”
When he was two or three steps away from her, within striking distance of her, Amelia smiled as she spoke. It was a smile so soft it made her look like a child.
“...”
Ivan unconsciously stopped walking closer to Amelia. The sharp aggression he had been building up was shattered in an instant.
“Then, did you go outside the temple today?”
As if sensing that, Amelia spoke to him in a tone that showed no sign of tension or fear.
"Yes."
Amelia's eyes sparkled at Ivan's answer. And this time, she stepped toward him without hesitation. It was only a moment before Amelia came close to Ivan. Ivan consciously stopped himself from unconsciously pulling away.
“How was it outside?”
Amelia's eyes sparkled. They were the color of black walnuts, and they sparkled with anticipation, making them look like jewels. There was no jewel in the world so dark and desirable.
“It was the same as usual.”
Ivan couldn't turn away from those eyes, those sparkling, expectant eyes. He wasn't even captivated, but he was.
“What is it like normally? Are there a lot of people? Do you go around places like night markets? What do they talk about?”
Amelia, who had heard Ivan's answer, continued to ask questions. Ivan was a little embarrassed and kept his mouth shut. The Priestess was the most precious woman in Escliff. She was treated even better than the Empress. So he didn't think she would be curious about something as simple as this.
“I went to a bar.”
Amelia's eyes widened at Ivan's confession.
“A bar?”
“...”
“A bar?”
And then she burst out laughing. Ivan just blinked, not knowing what was strange about her answer.
“You’ve completely gone off the rails.”
Only then did a look of surprise appear on Ivan's face. A member of the temple was a bar. It was truly proof of derailment. In the first place, the bar was the place where the apprentice priest was captured and his badge stolen, so he didn't even think it was strange.
“Ah, that’s...”
It was when Ivan opened his mouth with a puzzled look on his face.
“It’s okay. It’s something I can keep a secret from you. That’s why you jumped over the wall and escaped here.”
Amelia said with a nonchalant expression. It really was an attitude that it didn't matter. Thanks to that, Ivan's tense feelings for a moment quickly became funny.
“So how was it?”
It was when Amelia was secretly asking Ivan about the outside world.
“Your Ladyship!”
A voice calling for Amelia was heard. As Amelia's eyes widened, the sound of grass being trampled grew closer. Ivan hurriedly pulled his hood back over his head.
“Come here.”
At that moment, Amelia hurriedly grabbed Ivan's hand and led him to a deserted prayer room.
“This place is close to my inner room, so hardly anyone comes here except when I use it. Even if I go to the prayer room today, I will use the main hall, so no one will come here.”
Amelia opened the heavy door and pushed Ivan into the prayer room without warning, and began to speak at a rapid pace.
“My Ladyship! Where are you!”
The voice calling Amelia grew closer.
“The guards will be back soon. I will take the maid and return to the room right away, so you can quietly slip out and go back to your quarters. Got it?”
“...”
“Did you understand what I said?”
When Ivan nodded silently, Amelia smiled as if to reassure him and closed the door to the prayer room.
“Oh, instead.”
But soon, the door opened a little, and Amelia's black eyes came into view again.
“Next time, tell me about the outside world that I didn’t hear about today. I have a lot of questions. There are times when the guards change shifts around midnight, so that’s when I’ll be able to look away for a moment.”
Her eyes gently curved with a smile. Her face, soaked in anticipation, was innocent and pretty. Ivan nodded after looking at her. Amelia closed the door and turned around, seemingly satisfied with the silent answer.
“Your Ladyship!”
“I am here.”
Amelia answered the call.
“Can’t you leave me alone for even a moment?”
“Because you left without saying anything. The High Priest asked me to look for anything that might have happened.”
“I just went out for a walk alone. I was feeling suffocated.”
After a while, the sound of people at the door slowly began to fade away.
And when there was no sign of life, Ivan quietly opened the door to the prayer room. As if his conversation with Amelia had been a dream, there was no one left in the empty garden.
Je have to get out before the guards come. Before leaving the prayer room, Ivan quietly looked around the room. He saw a stone statue of a Priestess with her hands folded and her eyes closed.
“...”
If everything had gone as planned, he should have stabbed her in the heart and said goodbye, but he couldn't do that. He was just curious about the black eyes he was seeing for the first time since he was born.
"Ha..."
Suddenly, Ivan burst into inappropriate laughter.
“...”
Of course, it was only a matter of time before it was erased. Ivan turned his head straight ahead and walked leisurely. And while the knights had not yet returned, he climbed over the wall.
"Your Majesty."
“I told you not to follow.”
“This is my job.”
“Be old-fashioned.”
Rodan, who had been waiting for Ivan, bowed politely and greeted him. Ivan clicked his tongue, took off the robe he was wearing, and handed it to Rodan.
“I have climbed over the temple wall, not anywhere else. How could you not wait?”
Rodan draped the robe over his arm, adding that his actions were not motivated by old-fashionedness.
He was right. Ivan's antipathy toward the temple was not a light one. Besides, after overhearing the conversation in the bar earlier, he wanted to cut off the Priestess's head right away. Ivan knew that it was an inevitable choice for Rodan.
“I didn’t kill her.”
A faint anxiety appeared on Rodan's face at Ivan's relaxed answer. If he didn't kill her, it seemed like he had at least injured her.
“We just had a moderate conversation.”
Rodan frowned slightly as if he had heard a strange sound.
“You set the fire, didn’t you?”
"...”
“You beat the apprentice priest to the point of death and took his badge.”
And he pointed out Ivan's mistakes carefully. He could be called arrogant, but Ivan did not point them out. Of course, there was a difference in status, but as the son of a nanny, he and Rodan were on fairly equal terms.
“Was it like that?”
Ivan shamelessly turned his head away and walked away calmly.
“Still, there was a harvest.”
He didn't get to check if the Priestess was truly immortal by harming her, but he didn't feel like she was harmed. That night, when Amelia was alone and even the guards were lax in their defenses, he did it even though he knew that such an absurd opportunity would be hard to come by again.
“Next time, tell me about the outside world that you didn’t hear about today. I’m curious about a lot of things.”
The eyes were sharply turned up. But the curiosity that could not be hidden towards the intruder who had appeared late at night. And the interest is directed towards the outside of the temple. The meaning of all of it was clear.
Innocence, innocence, and innocence.
“What do you mean by harvest...”
“There was a little kid who was very interested in the outside world. We became friends.”
A young child who craves attention and affection.
“Ivan. You, you must become a strong Emperor.”
These are generally easy to use.
The only one with black hair and black eyes in this land. Although she is said to have lost her surname, Escliffe, her only name is Amelia. Even if Ivan had no interest in the temple, it was not difficult to realize that the woman in front of him was Amelia and a Priestess.
"How..."
However, Amelia was surprised that her identity had been revealed and took a step back. It was obvious, but why was she so surprised? Perhaps because she had only lived under the protection of the temple, she was a woman with a somewhat innocent side.
“Because the name Amelia is a name that only you are allowed to have.”
Amelia finally let out a short, dumbfounded exclamation of "Ah" at Ivan's answer.
"Yes..."
Amelia trailed off.
Meanwhile, Ivan scanned the woman's face, which looked somewhat sad. At the same time, he sharpened his senses to see if there was anyone around them or if there were any signs of people getting closer.
There was no one. The moment he became certain of this, Ivan jumped down from the wall.
"Oh my God."
Amelia's red lips parted slightly in surprise. The wall was taller than Ivan, let alone Amelia. But, unbelievably, his landing was as light as a cat's.
“Why are you so wary of me?”
Amelia paused at Ivan's question. It was only then that she realized that she had been unconsciously preparing to step back.
“I am a servant of God, and I am also your servant. Do not be afraid.”
It was a lie. Ivan took a step closer to Amelia with a smiling face. His hand was fiddling with the handle of the dagger hidden in his bosom.
“It’s not about being cautious...”
If he were to stab that fragile woman in the heart, he would be able to find out whether she really dies or not. Of course, it would be better if she actually died. That was his intention.
“Surprise.”
When he was two or three steps away from her, within striking distance of her, Amelia smiled as she spoke. It was a smile so soft it made her look like a child.
“...”
Ivan unconsciously stopped walking closer to Amelia. The sharp aggression he had been building up was shattered in an instant.
“Then, did you go outside the temple today?”
As if sensing that, Amelia spoke to him in a tone that showed no sign of tension or fear.
"Yes."
Amelia's eyes sparkled at Ivan's answer. And this time, she stepped toward him without hesitation. It was only a moment before Amelia came close to Ivan. Ivan consciously stopped himself from unconsciously pulling away.
“How was it outside?”
Amelia's eyes sparkled. They were the color of black walnuts, and they sparkled with anticipation, making them look like jewels. There was no jewel in the world so dark and desirable.
“It was the same as usual.”
Ivan couldn't turn away from those eyes, those sparkling, expectant eyes. He wasn't even captivated, but he was.
“What is it like normally? Are there a lot of people? Do you go around places like night markets? What do they talk about?”
Amelia, who had heard Ivan's answer, continued to ask questions. Ivan was a little embarrassed and kept his mouth shut. The Priestess was the most precious woman in Escliff. She was treated even better than the Empress. So he didn't think she would be curious about something as simple as this.
“I went to a bar.”
Amelia's eyes widened at Ivan's confession.
“A bar?”
“...”
“A bar?”
And then she burst out laughing. Ivan just blinked, not knowing what was strange about her answer.
“You’ve completely gone off the rails.”
Only then did a look of surprise appear on Ivan's face. A member of the temple was a bar. It was truly proof of derailment. In the first place, the bar was the place where the apprentice priest was captured and his badge stolen, so he didn't even think it was strange.
“Ah, that’s...”
It was when Ivan opened his mouth with a puzzled look on his face.
“It’s okay. It’s something I can keep a secret from you. That’s why you jumped over the wall and escaped here.”
Amelia said with a nonchalant expression. It really was an attitude that it didn't matter. Thanks to that, Ivan's tense feelings for a moment quickly became funny.
“So how was it?”
It was when Amelia was secretly asking Ivan about the outside world.
“Your Ladyship!”
A voice calling for Amelia was heard. As Amelia's eyes widened, the sound of grass being trampled grew closer. Ivan hurriedly pulled his hood back over his head.
“Come here.”
At that moment, Amelia hurriedly grabbed Ivan's hand and led him to a deserted prayer room.
“This place is close to my inner room, so hardly anyone comes here except when I use it. Even if I go to the prayer room today, I will use the main hall, so no one will come here.”
Amelia opened the heavy door and pushed Ivan into the prayer room without warning, and began to speak at a rapid pace.
“My Ladyship! Where are you!”
The voice calling Amelia grew closer.
“The guards will be back soon. I will take the maid and return to the room right away, so you can quietly slip out and go back to your quarters. Got it?”
“...”
“Did you understand what I said?”
When Ivan nodded silently, Amelia smiled as if to reassure him and closed the door to the prayer room.
“Oh, instead.”
But soon, the door opened a little, and Amelia's black eyes came into view again.
“Next time, tell me about the outside world that I didn’t hear about today. I have a lot of questions. There are times when the guards change shifts around midnight, so that’s when I’ll be able to look away for a moment.”
Her eyes gently curved with a smile. Her face, soaked in anticipation, was innocent and pretty. Ivan nodded after looking at her. Amelia closed the door and turned around, seemingly satisfied with the silent answer.
“Your Ladyship!”
“I am here.”
Amelia answered the call.
“Can’t you leave me alone for even a moment?”
“Because you left without saying anything. The High Priest asked me to look for anything that might have happened.”
“I just went out for a walk alone. I was feeling suffocated.”
After a while, the sound of people at the door slowly began to fade away.
And when there was no sign of life, Ivan quietly opened the door to the prayer room. As if his conversation with Amelia had been a dream, there was no one left in the empty garden.
Je have to get out before the guards come. Before leaving the prayer room, Ivan quietly looked around the room. He saw a stone statue of a Priestess with her hands folded and her eyes closed.
“...”
If everything had gone as planned, he should have stabbed her in the heart and said goodbye, but he couldn't do that. He was just curious about the black eyes he was seeing for the first time since he was born.
"Ha..."
Suddenly, Ivan burst into inappropriate laughter.
“...”
Of course, it was only a matter of time before it was erased. Ivan turned his head straight ahead and walked leisurely. And while the knights had not yet returned, he climbed over the wall.
"Your Majesty."
“I told you not to follow.”
“This is my job.”
“Be old-fashioned.”
Rodan, who had been waiting for Ivan, bowed politely and greeted him. Ivan clicked his tongue, took off the robe he was wearing, and handed it to Rodan.
“I have climbed over the temple wall, not anywhere else. How could you not wait?”
Rodan draped the robe over his arm, adding that his actions were not motivated by old-fashionedness.
He was right. Ivan's antipathy toward the temple was not a light one. Besides, after overhearing the conversation in the bar earlier, he wanted to cut off the Priestess's head right away. Ivan knew that it was an inevitable choice for Rodan.
“I didn’t kill her.”
A faint anxiety appeared on Rodan's face at Ivan's relaxed answer. If he didn't kill her, it seemed like he had at least injured her.
“We just had a moderate conversation.”
Rodan frowned slightly as if he had heard a strange sound.
“You set the fire, didn’t you?”
"...”
“You beat the apprentice priest to the point of death and took his badge.”
And he pointed out Ivan's mistakes carefully. He could be called arrogant, but Ivan did not point them out. Of course, there was a difference in status, but as the son of a nanny, he and Rodan were on fairly equal terms.
“Was it like that?”
Ivan shamelessly turned his head away and walked away calmly.
“Still, there was a harvest.”
He didn't get to check if the Priestess was truly immortal by harming her, but he didn't feel like she was harmed. That night, when Amelia was alone and even the guards were lax in their defenses, he did it even though he knew that such an absurd opportunity would be hard to come by again.
“Next time, tell me about the outside world that you didn’t hear about today. I’m curious about a lot of things.”
The eyes were sharply turned up. But the curiosity that could not be hidden towards the intruder who had appeared late at night. And the interest is directed towards the outside of the temple. The meaning of all of it was clear.
Innocence, innocence, and innocence.
“What do you mean by harvest...”
“There was a little kid who was very interested in the outside world. We became friends.”
A young child who craves attention and affection.
“Ivan. You, you must become a strong Emperor.”
These are generally easy to use.
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