It had been said countless times, and the words were not always accepted.

Calix had been striving relentlessly to find the former glory of Piren. Thanks to her efforts, her family had succeeded in making a comeback, but that was it.

Some things couldn’t be regained no matter how hard you tried. And, Calix knew that fact all too well.

Ruzen, still not turning around, secretly wished for luck while looking at the man.

“Do you still want to die?”

“Why would you ask such a thing?”

“I want to make it clear that part of the reason I had to stick around like a bat was because of you.”
What made Calix survive until now was his desire for revenge. To uncover the truth of that day’s incident and set everything right, he endured hellish times.

But what if that desire for revenge disappears?

The choice for the man who had burned himself like firewood after everything was settled was obvious.

For Calix, there was no future.

But that wasn’t what Ruzen wanted.

“Now the situation has changed.”

“…….”

“You’ve also developed some lingering feelings, haven’t you?”

Ruzen chuckled contentedly and tapped his chin.

Unless he heard the answer he desired, Calix wouldn’t be able to hear the answer he wanted either.

“At first, the human who threatened to kill me now came running because he didn’t like being turned into a mockery. Just that alone tells me what you feel[em dash].”

“Fortunately, Your Highness seems to be unharmed.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

When Calix turned slightly, a window came into view.

Only then did Ruzen realize that Calix had been watching everything through the window. Rather than avoiding the conversation, he had been hiding like a hunter, holding his breath, reading his reactions.

“You seem so ominous that I thought you might have other thoughts.”

“What is that…….”

Unable to understand the foreign words, Ruzen, who was tilting his head, stopped at one place. Calix’s hand was on his hip.

“……Are you here to kill me?”

“…….”

“I just checked for a moment.”

If it were another subject, he would have gone straight to jail, but considering the opponent, there was nothing he could do.

Ruzen grumbled in complaint but eventually gave up. In fact, Calix had been impolite more than once.

They hadn’t been courteous to each other for a long time.

Ruzen openly clicked his tongue and bit his tongue.

“I didn’t know betrayal could be a dream.”

“I’m just letting you know. Just in case, don’t do anything unnecessary.”

“Do I need to remind you that I’m an emperor?”

“Do you appear to be a person I care about?”

“I did hope you’d become a bit more interesting, but I never thought you’d become so eloquent.”

Ruzen shook his head as if he were tired but was actually smiling.

“So, why are you so angry?”

“…….”

“Don’t want to talk about it? Then I can guess. Come to think of it, it was the same last time, wasn’t it? That day, you suddenly rushed at me, suspecting me for no reason.”

“…….”

“But seriously, what kind of person is in your head that you suspect me every time something happens?”

Ruzen raised an eyebrow with a puzzled expression.

Of course, Calix didn’t care at all.

“Help me.”

“Did you leave help to me?”

“If you add up all the things you’ve done for me so far, Your Highness will have to repay the debt for the rest of your life.”

“Are you even qualified to talk like that?”

“Although you might not be able to help, it will interfere with what you’re doing right now.”

“And you’re resorting to threats?”
Usually, he maintains an indifferent expression, showing interest only when absolutely necessary.

Ruzen irritably shrugged his shoulders.

“If the tribunal is ruined, trials won’t be held for a while.”

“Then there might be a setback in Lady Creighton’s plan.”

“Unless, finding another supervisor might not be a bad idea.”

“Wait, wait! Hold on! When did I say I couldn’t help! I’ll help! Whose request is it? Of course, I’ll listen! Isn’t that right?”

Even if it seemed like the tables had turned, there was nothing he could do. In fact, Ruzen found himself in a rather regrettable position.

Despite the opportunity given after a long time, Ruzen, who couldn’t push Calix any further, pursed his lips in disappointment.

“So, what on earth is going on?”

“I’m going to die.”

“Who?”

“Lady Creighton, no. It’s Livianna.”

“What?”

Ruzen instinctively wrinkled his nose.

Lady Creighton was going to die without any end or limit.

It was truly a bewildering statement.

But the problem was that Calix was the one who made that statement.

In Ruzen’s experience so far, when Calix spoke in that manner, it shouldn’t be ignored.

Based on Ruzen’s experiences, the man who had narrowly escaped death many times had a keen intuition that was occasionally frightening.

The rumors about Calix having a special power started spreading due to the influence of his spine-chilling intuition.

No matter how critical the situation, Calix’s judgments were always correct, and death always avoided him.

“We have to stop it.”

“…….”

“In any way possible.”

What Calix predicted didn’t always happen.

But it wasn’t that it didn’t happen; it was that it couldn’t happen.

Calix not only detected problems in advance but also had an excellent ability to organize things to prevent those problems from happening.

As much as possible, it had to be added.

If something happened to Livianna’s identity, the man with ominous eyes wouldn’t stay quiet.

Ruzen looked at Calix, who was clenching his teeth, with a troubled expression. He thought it would be fine not to show it, but the emotions that had been held for a long time turned out to be more dangerous than expected.