Gallo appeared next to Medea, who was looking at Jason's back as he walked away.
"Your Highness, why did you reject us? Jason, it's not enough to kill that damn bastard right away..."
He obeyed her orders, but he looked like he couldn't understand the decision.
Medea commanded firmly.
"Lord Gallo, from now on, order the Facade to keep an eye on Jason's every move."
"However, Your Highness, we have been monitoring him so far, but we have not yet found a point of contact. It seems that there is a way to communicate without our knowledge."
Gallo rubbed his temples and gave a troubled face.
"Both Castullo and the Holy Kingdom are truly cunning people. This time, they must be prepared thoroughly, as they are not as obstrusive as I thought."
Since the oracle came out, the Holy Kingdom has been blocked, and Jason has been monitored, but nothing has come out.
"It's going to be different now."
The rats rarely got out of the den, so Medea set fire to the tail of one of them.
"Until now, Rachel and Jason have both aimed for the same goal, but not anymore."
Rachel wanted to take Medea's fate, and Jason tried to win back Medea's love.
Using Medea, the only common denominator of the two, they worked hand in hand to manipulate a second oracle that would tear Medea and Cesare apart.
However, what Rachel overlooked was...
Rachel tries to save Cesare and make him her husband, but Jason wants to get rid of him more than anyone else.
And just a moment ago, Medea lit Jason's last fuse.
"He's going to use black magic to turn back time."
The completion of this false oracle planned by Rachel was no longer important to Jason.
Rather, he would try to consume the resources that Rachel had painstakingly prepared to complete her magic.
'Rachel, you must have believed that Jason would not betray you, at least until you have fulfilled your plan...'
When it came to knowing Jason, Medea had the upper hand.
The most important thing for Jason Castullo is himself.
He was a man who would sacrifice anything for his own sake without hesitation.
That was in conflict with Rachel's purpose.
Even if this fake oracle eventually failed, there was no way that the selfish Jason would stop.
"So, you deliberately provoked him?"
Medea nodded at Gallo's question.
"He's going to use black magic, so he can't hide anymore from now on."
When a fire breaks out in the burrow, the rats have no choice but to come out.
"If that's the case, don't just rush in and do it, but please let me know."
"Yes? Why..."
Gallo shook his head again, but then remembered.
This is because he realized that Medea's command is understood by the result.
"I will."
He turned to his subordinates. Some of the mercenaries who received the order quietly withdrew.
"Your Highness, are you okay? When you came out, you looked so pale."
"It's okay. It's just that I was nervous for a moment, or I wasn't in good condition."
"Hmph. It's because you came all the way to the damn imperial palace and saw too many beggarly people."
Gallo snorted and glared at the tall spires of the imperial palace.
"I will take you home as soon as possible. The energy of this unfortunate place may be harmful to Your Highness."
Rumble. It was just as Medea's carriage was about to leave the palace gates.
Hihihi.
With the sound of horses, the carriage suddenly rattled and stopped.
"What's going on?"
Medea pulled back the curtains of the window.
"Nothing, Your Highness. Stay in the carriage."
A small boy was hanging from Gallo's hand.
The Impression of Gallo, who was always alive, was fierce.
"Why were you hiding here? What were you going to do by jumping into Her Highness's carriage?"
The boy waited outside the palace and jumped towards Medea's carriage.
If Gallo hadn't been agile in grabbing the child, a big wheel would have trampled on this small body.
"It may be a ploy to aggravate public opinion toward Her Highness."
Gallo couldn't let his guard down because the other person was a small child.
How many times has he seen people who wear weak clothes and harm people?
[No. I'm just-]
The child spoke in sign language with great enthusiasm.
But in Gallo's eyes, he only saw his arms wriggling.
"Tell me? Even if it stuck to my mouth-"
"Stop, Gallo."
Medea got out of the carriage. This is because the child's face is familiar.
"You, Lord Eratosthene..."
When the teacher's name came up, the child nodded vigorously.
"Do you remember me?"
[Yes!!!]
His big eyes were a mixture of joy, relief, and fear.
"Your Highness, do you know this child?"
"This is the child that the Marquis of Eratosthene takes with him."
"Ah."
Come to think of it, there was a little monk who often spoke next to the Marquis. Gallo, remembering that memory, nodded.
"Kid, why did you suddenly take off your uniform?"
It's hard to recognize.
Gallo's grumbling hand loosened. The child whimpered and wiped away his tears.
Then he ran to Medea.
"Are you waiting for me?"
The child nodded.
"This is... Did he send you?"
[Here.]
The child took out a velvet pouch from his robe and held it out to Medea.
It was an errand that his master had given him.
"..."
Medea opened the pocket.
A transparent diamond-shaped stone appeared on the velvet cloth.
"It's a sea salt stone."
Gallo, who had traveled around the continent as an arms dealer, soon recognized the identity of the stone.
Medea held the stone.
Surprisingly, the warmth felt in the stone calmed her down.
The strong scent of the Imperial Palace, which seemed to linger on the tip of her nose, seemed to disappear.
"It is highly effective in purifying turbidity, so pregnant women and the elderly often use it. But the Marquis of Eratosthene sent this to Your Highness... Is the Marquis trying to improve his relationship with the boss now? "
Gallo's voice rose a little, as if he was excited.
He was always upset that his boss was unilaterally caring for his step-grandfather.
[The monk told me to convey this to Your Highness as well.]
What the child carefully held out was a letter that was only the palm of his hand.
Medea carefully unsealed the tight envelope, touching the edges.
On a neatly folded white piece of paper, only one sentence was written.
[I, the old man, dare to rely on Your Highness' mercy, and I beg you to take this child in.]
It was a surprisingly straight and restrained handwriting.
Medea couldn't take her eyes off the handwriting that somehow resembled someone, with a sense of anticipation.
"..."
She thought of the old man who was by the Emperor's side a while ago.
As usual, he was there without saying a word.
A face as dry as a dry tree, an upright posture.
And even when the Emperor ranted at her to accept her husband's new woman, he just stood and watched the scene.
At the same time, he was not swayed at all by the anger of the Emperor, who was raging at Medea's reprimand.
She wonders if he gave her the salt stone in return for asking her to take care of the child.
Medea had no intention of refusing the Marquis's request for unknown reasons.
Merely...
"Your Highness? Are you okay? Shall I call the doctor?"
"It's nothing. It's okay."
Medea, who had been lost in thought for a moment, then shook her head.
Then she turned towards the child.
"Kid."
The boy's face shone with innocence that had not yet been tainted by the world.
The child looked up at Medea, holding the envelope tightly in his arms, as if trying to faithfully follow his master's orders.
"Let's go, do you want to go?"
[But do I have to wait for Master?]
The child shook his head, alternating between the gates of the imperial palace and the streets.
"Your master... Wait, he has entrusted you to me. He must have been worried about you. So, why don't you wait with me in the villa?"
Medea pronounced it slowly so that the child could understand the shape of his lips.
Then she waved the letter at the child.
The child's face turned blue as he guessed the contents of the letter.
Medea grabbed the child's shoulder as he tried to turn around and run back to the palace right away.
[Can't I go back to my master?]
Tears welled up in the child's eyes.
It was because he vaguely realized that the Master was trying to take him away.
"Sob, sob..."
Only the sound of the child whimpering sounded.
Medea looked down at the salt stone and letter he handed her and guessed.
She thinks the reason why Eratosthenes sent her the only child by her side was probably because he wanted him to be safe.
"Don't cry. You can go back. I'll see him again, I'll do it. However, for now, let's stay with me."
Medea wiped away the child's tears and said affectionately.
"Have you ever been to a villa? There are many sweet sweets, flowers, and trees. What do you like? How about reading a book?"
The child snorted and nodded. Then, after hesitation, he took Medea's hand.
"Let's go."
Medea, who got into the carriage with the child, said.
"Yes, Your Highness."
The wheels of the carriage moved again. The Imperial Palace was reflected in the distance through the carriage window.
She felt a strange feeling, as if the sky had become more blurry.
***
At that time, the 1st Prince Palace.
Terence stopped as he entered the First Prince's office.
This is because the bedroom door was open, and the person he had been looking forward to was walking out.
Because he had been lying down for a long time, the man staggered for a moment the moment he stood up.
"Cesare, are you sober?"
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