However, as usual, when Caliph got up from his seat after finishing his meal first, Shion suddenly asked.
"Oh, big brother. Are your legs really okay?"
Caliph replied with a carefree face.
"It's okay. It's okay."
Then he slowly walked out of the banquet hall.
I stared at the back of Caliph for a long time.
'...It's not okay, is it?'
He just pretends to put one foot on it.
However, none of the indifferent men in Halias took care of the firstborn son's pain.
I couldn't help but ask Shion again.
"Calipha... Is he hurt?"
Shion clicked his tongue and healed him.
"Caliph brother, he got hurt. A man who came out of the boat stuck a dagger in him and ran away..."
Shion, who was saying that, closed his mouth and opened it again.
"...He said it was a long time, but it wasn't something to worry about. So don't worry about it, just recover your body."
He plunged a dagger into Caliph and ran away?
Shadowed by Alseid and Theodore, Caliph was also a sword master
He is one of the ten most powerful people in the kingdom.
I could guess who it would have been if they could stick a dagger close to him.
'Edipa Sischel.'
He usually used a two-handed sword and used a rather nasty sword technique to throw a dagger when he was on the defensive.
In my previous life, thanks to that, I also became a sorcerer who used both hands freely, but it is somewhat reprehensible and unpleasant to hear this.
'By the way, did you run away again?'
Your Excellency!
We have to catch him.
Do you have to tell me that?
***
That afternoon, the master's room.
Alseid, who had been away from the castle for a while, was busy reviewing the backlog of documents.
After signing the open page of the document he was looking at, he mechanically picked up the next document.
This time, it was a letter from the royal family.
In recent years, the royal family's demands have been consistent.
He needs help with Meridy's work, so he asks him to visit the royal family.
'Why not?'
Of course, it is a pity that they took their second son, who was still intact, as a hostage.
It is a shame that only the youngest children were left in the castle and suffered a humiliating invasion.
The more he thinks about it, the more unpleasant it is, but what should he care about the difficulties of the royal family?
There was no need for that, Grand Duke Halias thought.
Theodore happened to be on vacation.
If he's in Halias, he'll pick up abandoned animals and bother them.
If the royal family weren't crazy, they wouldn't be harming Theodore Halias, the youngest sword master on the continent, and his son.
Theodore just needs to sit in the VIP room and form a friendship with Crown Prince Bioden, so why hurry?
Moreover, now is the time to send a new raven to the royal family.
But how convenient it is that they took their son by themselves.
Alseid laughed and threw the royal letter into the hearth.
Looking at the letter, which quickly turns to ashes, he remembers the night that was far away in front of his eyes.
It was the first time that an unauthorized outsider had stepped inside the walls of Halias Castle since Alseid came to power.
After receiving Theodore's letter, what he had been worried about all along became a reality.
He didn't dare to break into the castle of Halias and take his son with him, and his goal was to do so.
"Liana."
A child who doesn't know how to treat and is cautious about making eye contact, a child who looks like Cecilia's features.
When the Valley of Light burst out from the basement where the resting place is located, Alseid's eyes went white, and he couldn't make any other calculations.
He trusted Garcia to be there for them, and he didn't think she would ever use the Valley of Light.
Something big happened, and all he could think about was that he had to pick up his child.
Thanks to this, Alseid didn't know that he had missed the masked intruder again, and he was foolishly relieved as he hugged his children.
She lost consciousness for a while, but she was not injured, so he promised to be kind to her when she opened her eyes.
However, while the child was not even conscious, praise poured in from all around her.
"Little Baby built a pillar of fire to protect us all!"
"With that little hand, with a few drops of oil, she worked miracles..."
What did child do?
When the amazing gaze turned to the firstborn son, what did Caliph say?
"It was Cecilia Le Meridy's daughter. I was surprised."
Sometimes, it was Caliph who was colder than him.
It was enough for Caliph to express his surprise.
Alseid did not ask for details.
Liana didn't wake up for a week after that, so he was a little rotten inside.
Alseid's face smiled briefly as he thought of Liana, but when he heard a knock, it disappeared in an instant.
Knock.
The door opened, and Caliph appeared.
"The last remaining prisoner of war bit his tongue and committed suicide."
Alseid's brow wrinkled.
"You should have been gagged properly!"
"I thought he was going to starve to death, so he did that while I was feeding them. They are terrible bastards."
Alseid sighed and pressed his forehead.
In the first place, they were dangerous people who brought in dozens of poisoned explosives.
Not only that, but Alseid is also responsible for what happened.
He indeed overreacted because he was in a hurry that night.
When the situation was cleared up to a certain extent, it was difficult to find the enemy who was holding his breath.
Alseid picked up some of the letters he had left on one side of his desk and handed them to Caliph.
"I received a letter from Theodore."
"Yes, I will tell you."
Caliph took the letter and bowed his head to leave the room.
Alseid added.
"I want to give you a secret order."
It must have been a secret story, but the father and son's expression did not waver
Caliph replied calmly
"Yes, tell me."
***
"To the cute youngest.
How can I compensate you for my misjudgment?
As Garcia said, you should wake up safely.
If you don't, we'll chase him to the ends of the continent and cut him down... hold him accountable.
Just one word is fine, so hurry up and write a reply.
Theodore."
I clicked my tongue as I read Theodore's letter.
Doesn't it look like you need a mental evaluation?
Caliph, who had handed me the letter, glanced at me from above and frowned.
"Theodore is a little... He's curious, the youngest."
I nodded deeply.
"Isn't it?"
Caliph laughed and asked.
"Do you want to write a reply? Can I help you?"
I shook my head.
I know that Caliph is not idle enough to help with such trivial matters.
"..."
He laughed.
"How much do you know about ancient languages?"
Reportedly, Caliph watched me chanting spells from afar.
I was only three years old, but I must have looked strange.
Or maybe he's furiously calculating where to use me again.
I replied cautiously, trying not to distract Caliph any further
"I don't know the moon. I only know the bloody cases."
In fact, he is not very proficient.
He brushed my red hair cutely.
"Can I teach you more?"
No, why is the busy Lord talking so idly?
I felt overwhelmed and quickly changed the subject.
"Injured leg, heal quickly."
"What?"
Caliph had listened to me so much that there had been no sudden intimacy since that night, so it had been a long time since he hadn't understood me at once.
I couldn't help but say it again.
"Oh...Oh... You can't walk."
The next moment, I bit my tongue.
Because Caliph Halias smiled softly like a lie.
'This must be a nightmare...'
The big palm ran through my hair as if it were a head of lice.
Hey, I don't have anything like this...
Caliph whispered softly like cotton candy.
"Did you just say 'brother'? Do you want to try again?"
"Hm...mm!"
In the end, I had to cry.
Whoever comes and cleans it up.
I deliberately cried loudly and brushed off the shiver that had sprouted from my arms.
Fortunately, Dorian rushed over quickly.
"No, since the second master is not here, is the big master like this? Your sister is not a person who cries and plays with it, Master! How could they do this!"
However, unlike Theodore, Caliph did not even listen to the nanny.
He wiped away my tears with his big hands and pinched my wet cheeks.
"Your tears are warm. Is it because it's Meridy?"
Dorian clicked her tongue.
"Tears are always warm. Can't you let go of that finger right now?"
Ouch, I was in pain and cried more.
"It's funny, nanny. I saw Theodore again. Where did you get such a cute and quirky thing?"
I cried even more in dismay, and Dorian managed to force the Sword Master's arm away from me and drive him out of the room.
Then he shouted into the crack of the door.
"Baby is not an object. So I didn't pick it up! Hurry up!"
Caliph was kicked out, but he chuckled at what was good.
Hey, Lord.
Don't be foolish, go and heal your legs.
I was so horrified and angry that I couldn't stop crying for a while.
Caliph Halias... I'm cute to you...
Hah. Meridy's pride was pulverized.
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