"Me..."
My tongue tensed gave a stupid answer, and Alseid asked again.
"I heard that a gangster kidnapped you and took you away. Did he infiltrate Meridy Castle?"
Did I go undercover?
If you ask me if I went undercover, will I understand?
Of course, I understand, but is it natural to ignore it?
After thinking about it for a moment, Theodore asked again with an easier question.
"Did the man carrying you come into your room?"
I nodded and answered.
"Come to the window. The night of the ninth, the smoke is coming out of the castle."
Alsayd sighed.
"What do you mean?"
Theodore bowed in front of me, embarrassed.
"Liana, can you say it again?"
"Fire!"
I mark the shape of a large fire burning with my arms. It took Theodore a long time to understand.
"There was a fire? To Meridy Castle?"
Alseid, who was listening beside him, snorted.
"Nonsense! A fire in Meridy Castle is as foolish as palm trees growing in Halias."
You Idiot, Alseid...
Because you're so careless, you're losing a castle that can be used like Chatara...
Of course, I was wrong at the time.
I hesitated to approach the fireplace.
You might be surprised if I do something like this...
I crawled into the furnace and grabbed a small fire, and placed it on my fingertips.
In my previous life, I was much older than three years old, but it is difficult to harm Meridy's sorcerer with ordinary embers.
I stretched out my short fingers, and Theodore rushed over in thought.
"Liana...!"
He carefully blew out the flames that were burning at my fingertips.
"Are you okay?"
My fingertips are a little tanned, but that's it.
'I don't cry like this.'
I just looked up at Alseid and said as best I could.
"Meridy is on fire. Seriously. Mom and Dad quarreled."
***
There was silence in the castle lord's room, where long swords were hung here and there on the wall.
It is worth knowing.
These bastards didn't understand me again...
"Is that so? I am wealthy. Uruma, in the room of thought..."
Damn, I don't understand either.
The more I repeated it, the more my tongue twisted.
It was time to look at the blank expression of the father and son of Halias and let out a sigh.
A cheerful voice came from the door.
"She said there was a fire in their castle? Her mom was in the next room."
"Shion."
Theodore gestured with a smile, and Shion, dressed in his pajamas, approached him.
I looked at little Shion as if he were a savior, and I spoke again.
"Mama, mama hurt."
Shion cleverly translated.
"She wants to know if their mother is hurt."
Alseid replied nervously
"As you just showed, you Meridies aren't hurt by the fire."
But what if it wasn't quite a firework...?
Alseid's worried face clicked his tongue disapprovingly.
"Tsk."
It was a horrible sound.
He said reluctantly.
"All of Meridy's braziers must be sealed."
"Be....sealed?"
When I asked him if he didn't know much about it, Alseid explained it in a disapproving voice.
"It means to lock up."
It didn't mean I didn't know that...
Fortunately, the explanation continued.
"Meridy's flame is as dangerous as it is powerful. The magical flame that turns anything into ash can only be controlled by Meridy's magician. There is no way to leave it unprotected so that anyone can carry the embers."
Oh boy...?
However, in my previous life, de Haan used my flame as a public good like kindling in the castle of Lausanne.
Alseid continued to speak to my dazed face.
"If there really is a fire there, it will be a disaster for the kingdom, and if so, a message will come to Halias, so let's wait a bit."
Theodore Intervened.
"I am troubled by the fact that someone kidnapped the Princess that night. Send the crows to keep an eye on them."
Alseidd asked something else instead of answering.
"Didn't you run into the Crown Prince on the way?"
"I saw him reach the dock as the ship was leaving, but I didn't bother to stop because I had just been greeted by the academy."
"Why did he pass through the dock?"
"I heard that he is going to go on a stealth trip to the Dhan Territory."
"What is the probability that the Crown Prince saw the Princess?"
"No, there isn't. When she quarreled with the kidnapper, the Princess had already lost her mind, and one of his subordinates was taking her with him, covering her hair."
"The kidnapper?"
"I missed it. One of the subordinates had poisoned him, so I didn't bother to track it. I'm sorry."
Alseid sighed softly.
"When the snowstorm stops, the Princess will move to the Stone Age."
"Yes? Father, the news will come soon, but why do you... Do that?"
"Theodore Halias, where did you learn to protest against the family owner?"
"... I'm sorry."
"You can't bring the Princess to Halias without permission. We will move her in advance so that she can be sent back to Meridy as soon as possible in case of emergency."
"I understand, Father."
"But you must keep your promise in the name of Halias."
"Yes, father."
Alseid turned around and sat down at his desk, blowing a cold breeze as if he had finished his business.
With that as a signal, we quietly walked out of the castle lord's room.
Phew, I lived.
***
"Hey, what did you do with that?"
As he barely caught his breath, Shion pressed his face to the question.
'What, what does this zoo monkey look like?'
I replied offended.
"I'm not good with you. That's Just Medy. (It doesn't matter to you, only Meridy can do that.)"
"Huh! I can't even speak!"
Shion swung his small fist in the air as if it was going to crush me.
It was ridiculous.
When he was a child, Shion Halias was so small and weak that it was rumored that Halias had made a mistake.
Later, he becomes a renowned scholar who surprises everyone, but only I know. But I pretended to hide behind Theodore's legs...
I can't compete with the Halias yet.
Shion blamed Theodore.
"Brother Theo, where did you get this from? Have you forgotten what you said? Brother Caliph? He also said that if you picked up something alive, he would grill it whole and eat it."
Caliph...
Caliph Halias name makes me wrinkle my brows.
Caliph Halias, the eldest son of Halias and the lord of Minor Household, was not compatible with me particularly well among the people in this family.
Compared to Alseid and Theodore, who were no different from human weapons, Caliph was a tactical or strategic person.
He protected their castle in a way that was very dirty and filthy by my standards, and I fell into the trap he created twice.
One time I miraculously escaped, but the last time I couldn't get out.
Thinking of that last trap that had filled me with water up to my chin so that I couldn't even die, I still trembled from disintegration.
He must have misunderstood me as scared.
Theodore covered my ears with his palms and gently rebuked his brother.
"It was necessary. If they had seen you kidnapped, the Meridy family would have done the same."
Shion was furious.
"Who dares to kidnap Shion Hallias?! I'm not weak enough to be kidnapped! I'm also the son of Halias!"
Surprised, the thief seemed to be numb.
Shion Halias continued to scream.
"And a six-year-old is not a baby!"
It was all funny, but the last words were especially harsh.
"Are you talking to me?"
Surprised, Shion stomped his feet.
"A spoiled kid like you can't sleep a day in Halias Castle!"
Theodore, who was watching, sighed.
"Hah... Shion.'
"Hmm."
Shion coughed inappropriately and continued.
"But if you show me that finger, I'll put you to sleep for a day. If you're scared of yourself, I can lend you a nanny."
It's ridiculous.
'If you take your dad and big brother out of this castle, you're not afraid of dog horns, right?'
I was originally a little scared of Theodore, but the twelve-year-old Theodore seems to be fine.
But showing my fingers doesn't wear it out, and there's no good in being hated.
I rubbed the soot off my fingertips and held them out to Shion.
"Dha..."
Shion's small hand held my smaller hand and examined it carefully
"Brother, do you see it? It should have been flame burns, but there are no traces of it."
Theodore nodded obediently.
"Yes, it's the first time I've seen Meridy's sorcerer in detail."
"Hey, you're not a magician yet, are you? Hey, have you manifested your abilities?"
I shook my head slightly, but Shion's silver-gray eyes sparkled strangely.
"Wow, can you show me one more time? You're not hurt anyway."
Without a second to say no, Theodore reprimanded his brother in a stern voice.
"Shion. The Princess is not a spectacle."
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