After a couple of failures, when I drew a shape similar to 'Shell', Theodore was also nearby, looking at my writing.
Shion's eyes widened, a little surprised.
"Seashell. It's Seeshell... Is that man Edipa Sischel?"
"Hmph."
He nodded, and Caliph jumped up...
"Let's see."
There, the name 'Sichel', which I drew the size of a plate, was placed like an abstract painting.
Caliph didn't want to admit it, but I didn't want to admit it, but I was able to get my painting clearly like 'Seashell'.
He asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Princess Meridy, do you know how to read?"
I nodded, but Caliph didn't admire me for a second.
He just went straight to the next one.
"Theo, was he definitely a swordmaster?"
"I'm sure. Otherwise, I wouldn't have missed him, no matter how much I should have taken care of him."
"I've never heard of a Sichel family."
Caliph thought a little about it, but soon made up his mind.
"Yes, I'll try to find the name among the Auror users."
Then he asked me again.
"How did you know his name? Was he someone you knew from the beginning?"
No, if you say that you originally knew Edipa would only confuse you.
The Edipa I know has nothing to do with the Meridy family.
The new Shion asked again, adding a useless Interpretation.
"Do you know that man named Edipa from the beginning? Are you friends?"
I finally shook my head.
"Oh, no..."
Caliph furrowed his brow a little and asked again.
"Then? How did you know the name?"
I closed my eyes tightly and answered.
"He, he told me. (He told me.)"
Caliph asked in vain.
"...Did he tell you his real name? Stealing the most precious Princess on this continent?"
If Caliph doesn't believe me, it's over.
Theodore missed Edipa, and Edipa knows exactly who Theodore is.
Maybe he will come to catch me again soon.
I shouted.
"Gu is going to Narul Rodyan."
"What do you mean?"
The Halias brothers took me back, and after a long effort, they found out some new information.
"He was on his way to Lausanne."
Caliph let out a deep sigh at Shion's interpretation.
"A kidnapper who reveals his identity and destination in advance? Lausanne? Lausanne is an island the size of a palm with nothing. It's infested with pirates and dangerous."
"Then the pirate kidnapped you?"
Shion shook his head quickly, thinking that he had made a wrong guess, but no one paid attention to me.
"Hah... I don't know."
When Caliph was in trouble, Theodore intervened.
"But, brother. I don't think he would have thought that he would miss the Princess halfway. Maybe he talked to her so that she wouldn't be too scared. Did he know in advance that he would miss a three-year-old?"
Then he continued carefully.
"Let's tell Father what you heard from the Princess. It's better than not looking into anything."
Caliph nodded.
"My father is receiving instruction from the royal palace."
"Instruction?"
Theodore asked back, and Caliph replied bluntly.
"Seeing as you managed to make it through this snowstorm, I don't think it's a good thing."
***
It looked like he had cooked chicken porridge in the kitchen for a baby custome.
Despite the fragrant smell of chicken porridge, I didn't have any taste at all.
Meridy Castle was set on fire, and the royal palace sent a messenger through a snowstorm.
No matter how I put those two facts together, I came to the worst conclusion.
Wasn't it my parents' fault that night?
Won't there be a place to go back like this?
When I came to my senses, Dorian was sitting next to me again.
"You're still not good at spooning, are you? Oh, try it, Princess."
I looked up and saw Theodore's worried face.
"Liana. Do you remember the promise? I told you I'd take you home."
I nodded, and he threatened me gently.
"It takes four days to get from here to Meridy. If I don't eat anything, you won't have the energy to go."
I looked into his gray eyes and swallowed the tears welling up in my eyes.
It is different from the past when I was manipulated with no memory.
Even if my parents go wrong, I have to keep my place as the last Meridy.
I forced myself to open my mouth and take the porridge that Dorian gave me.
"Ayu, you are also nice. If the Princess dies here, our Halias Castle will be in no good shape."
I don't think she knew what I was in, but she laughed to deceive me.
Dorian is so warm, but honestly, I missed my mom so much.
***
Alseid never came to breakfast, so my anxiety snowballed.
In the afternoon, Suziebethel put on a puppet show to entertain me, but I couldn't even pretend to laugh.
When I saw the Halias brothers, except Shion, being called to the castle lord's room, I wanted to ask them to take me with them.
But I waited.
He even showed that he already knew the letters.
You have to be ordinary.
I was worried that if I did something wrong, they wouldn't let me go home.
The first time I saw Alseid Halias again was at a dinner party.
He was as expressionless as usual, but the face of Theodore sitting next to him was unfamiliar.
He was always smiling, but for some reason, he averted his gaze.
'Something is wrong, right?'
My small heart pounded like it was going to explode.
After a moment of uncomfortable silence, Alseid opened his lips.
"I have a message for the Princess."
I swallowed nervously.
"Early in the morning, a message came from the royal palace."
I opened my eyes and looked up at Alseid, and even his gaze slipped away from me.
"With a great fire."
Then he finally came back to me.
"The Meridy family has been cut off."
I heard it, but I couldn't understand it.
"What?"
"According to the law of the Kingdom of Jantar, which states that only the fittest can inherit the family, the royal family is said to absorb Meridy's territory. What do you mean..."
Suddenly, my head didn't roll as if I had gone back to my true three-year-old self.
I opened my lips blankly and engraved this new and surprising fact.
'The Meridy family was cut off, and the royal family absorbed...'
I saw Alseid, who was like ice that couldn't be melted, bite his lip for a moment.
"I'm sorry to say this. All your parents... It's back to the embers."
I heard Shion whimpering on my behalf.
'So you're saying I'm an orphan, right?'
Even in this lifetime.
And again, there is nowhere to go back.
Hot tears ran down my cheeks.
I couldn't help but regret my promise to Pravasi.
I just told him not to live again.
'It will burn forever in the flames...'
I made the wrong choice.
***
No one had a meal.
I cried until all the water in my body drained out.
Sion and Theodore hovered beside me, fidgeting, but in the end, they couldn't even try to soothe me and left.
I must have cried in Dorian's arms and fallen asleep exhausted.
The body of a three-year-old was so pathetic.
When I opened my eyes, I was on the bed.
I jumped to my feet, but I couldn't see Dorian in the room.
After struggling for a long time on the high bed, I succeeded in getting down to the floor.
I shook my heavy, confused head to clear it a little.
I opened the rocket around my neck and looked at my face.
I saw my smile that my mom and dad would have loved and looked forward.
I was terribly sad, but I couldn't help but cry anymore.
I am the only Meridy left.
My ancestors must have given me a second life because they wanted to protect their family.
After thinking about it, I decided to go to Alseid for now.
If there is something I didn't hear because I was crying, I should listen to it more.
Then, ask them to take me to the royal palace instead of Meridy Castle.
Go and prove that the successor of the Meridy family survived.
I don't have a spark yet, but I'm a red-haired Meridy.
Wandering through the spacious castle that I had never visited alone, I went to the castle lord's room, and the corridor was suspiciously quiet.
I wondered where everyone was going, but as soon as I got to the door, I heard a voice.
"To be honest. I doubt the royal family."
The cold voice was Caliph.
Theodore intervened.
"Brother, even if no one is listening... refrain from talking!"
"No, father. Who benefits from the misfortune of a ridiculous fire in Meridy, Castle of Fire, and everyone disappears? While the whole people are grieving, only the royal family gets the fertile southern estate. Only the royal family."
"But that night, someone kidnapped the princess! If you wanted to destroy Meridy, you didn't have to do it! Moreover, the Princess was on her way to Lausanne with him. He even knows my name, that I am the son of Halias!"
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