“This place, with a height of two floors, overlooked the Imperial Garden bathed in a subtle moonlight. After the last war, for over five years, Kyle and Lucia, who hadn’t seen each other, found themselves leaving the silent banquet hall and meeting here. ‘Still the same, Lucia. Or is it just me; your expression seems different.’ ‘Lucia is the name only used by the Supreme Commander. Please be mindful.’ ‘I said it back then too, but I don’t like it. We were quite close, weren’t we?’ In response to his words, Lucia rolled her eyes as if contemplating. Perhaps they were quite close. Even though it was hazy after several decades, he still remembered the sparring sessions they shared. He was quite skilled with a sword for a royal. Considering the enjoyable memories left after the long war, it seemed true. However, delaying her answer, Lucia slowly leaned against the railing and sat down. Then, speaking a bit louder than before, she said, ‘Now, you’re a king. It seems you desire a comfortable life in someone else’s country.'”
“Now that you have the status of a king, it seems like you desire a comfortable life in someone else’s country.”

Beneath the balcony where she was sitting, there was an anxious sound of a heartbeat. The familiar sound was undoubtedly the Emperor’s blood pressure rising.

Lucia is a Grand Sword Master. Even in a crowd, she couldn’t help but distinguish the Emperor’s precarious heartbeat and the breath of some knights following him, strong enough to grab the back of one’s neck.

And even in the face of such bold actions, Kyle couldn’t help but laugh coolly. “Haha, you are still dreadfully beloved.” Lucia raised one eyebrow in denial, but he laughed even more heartily.

Kyle, having reached the rank of a Sword Inspector, sensed someone nearby. That someone happened to be the Emperor, one of the few people capable of breaking her solid expression. However, having come this far, he couldn’t give up. With a determined expression, he approached Lucia, who was bathed in the moonlight emitting a bluish aura.

Leaning against the railing with no one behind her, Lucia didn’t avoid someone who approached so suddenly, a gesture she always made as if she deliberately didn’t evade when someone came close. She just looked at his mysterious, provocative appearance with interest.

“Now, tell me the answer to the proposal from five years ago. Whether there’s a child or whatever. I came for that one thing.” “?” As his words ended, the sound of someone gasping for breath, stumbling, and the rustling sound of grass below the balcony indicated turmoil.

Despite the intense mental struggle going back and forth for a while, Kyle’s gaze changed. “That face… Could it be, you’ve forgotten?” To Lucia’s ears, there was first a sigh mixed with reproach, then the Emperor’s hearty laughter. Second, the sound of excitement inside the darkened banquet hall due to the fireworks.
“At this moment, the sound of his reproachful sighs reached Lucia’s ears first, followed by the Emperor’s triumphant laughter. And thirdly, the rumbling sounds inside the darkened banquet hall due to the fireworks.

That was it.

Even if it was a proposal from Karzepf, who had become a king now, there was no particular feeling. If it was genuinely five years ago, Lucia, even with her dull memory, might have remembered.

Unfortunately, the current events were decades after Gangsan had changed.

At that moment.

Six chicks hidden in the imperial palace.

The masked children moved in a straight line like a train play, coming together little by little.

The place where the chicks gathered their small heads was a residence used only by the attendants of Hwangbi with a missing child.

Since it happened to be the corner of Hwangbi’s palace, the residence of those attendants was quite far away.

And, coincidentally, they had to pass near the busiest place, the Great Hall, but the little Shal had a plan.

It was a fireworks display.

In line with the peace conference of the continent, a splendid fireworks display was scheduled for about an hour, during which they could move without being noticed.

And right on time, all the lights in the palace went out.

“What!? Hey, the lights went out!”

“It’s normal before the fireworks display. Don’t worry. Soon, the incredibly bright lights will make it easy for us to move. So, just go slowly at this time.”

However, Roy’s fluffy blonde hair shook anxiously.

The splendid and beautiful appearance of the palace during the day was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a sharp, purple landscape as if giant buildings were about to pour down on them from above.

Even a slight scare in such a scene would easily burst Roy’s fierce heart, but little Shal in the first car of the chirping train seemed different.

The endgame was originally an escape.

Following the mischievous crown prince, who was notorious as a little devil, Shal seemed very familiar, as if he had experienced such an endgame several times.

And eventually, the child from the trailing car stopped.

“Huh, Roy, not coming?”

The child whimpered, as if tears were about to burst at the slightest touch.

“What? Why are you like this?”

“It’s too dark. I want to go home…!”

“What’s this, coming all the way here!”

As Ivan, who was following Shal, grumbled, the trembling child hesitated and said, “Hmng… What if a ghost comes out.”

“Roy, are you silly? Where’s the ghost? Come on!”

“Ivan, don’t get mad. Let’s put Roy in the middle. He seems scared of following at the end.”

Although Sesar, who overheard their conversation, comforted Roy, he stubbornly said, “No, I want to go home! I want to go home now!” Seeing Roy, who was terrified, unable to endure any longer and shedding tears, the children began to sigh.

Then, Evanh, who was watching this, didn’t miss the opportunity.

“Lord Shal, how about turning back now since Roy seems scared like that?”

“What? Ah…”
When Shal stuck out his lips as if he didn’t like it, Sesar, who was watching, approached and said, “Then, my lord, how about doing it like this? Since we only need to go back the way we came, I’ll take you back.”

“As expected, Sesar is clever. Okay, then…”

But everyone’s expectations were wrong.

“Shiri, Shiri! Let’s all go together! Both of you, let’s go!”

“What did you say!? Go back because of you alone?”

“Guge… If even one person is missing, we can’t go… Hooing…”

When Roy was pressured by the children, Nia, the one who had requested this task, began to cry.

“Roy, Miyane. Because of Nia…”

The rough breath of the children together.

It was a moment when the playful situation turned into a melodrama.

But soon, Princess Shal, who knew that if they continued along this wall, it would lead to a dead-end road, gathered the children’s attention.

“We’re almost there now! Come on!”

As Shal, who was about to lose interest, firmly captured the children’s attention, the moment when the playful situation was turning into a farce.

But soon, Shal, who knew that if they continued along this wall, it would lead to a dead-end road, gathered the children’s attention.

“We’re almost there now! Come on!”

As Shal, who was about to lose interest, firmly captured the children’s attention, the moment when the playful situation was turning into a farce.

But soon, Shal, who knew that if they continued along this wall, it would lead to a dead-end road, gathered the children’s attention.

“We’re almost there now! Come on!”

As Shal, who was about to lose interest, firmly captured the children’s attention, the moment when the playful situation was turning into a farce.

But soon, Shal, who knew that if they continued along this wall, it would lead to a dead-end road, gathered the children’s attention.

“We’re almost there now! Come on!”

As Shal, who was about to lose interest, firmly captured the children’s attention, the moment when the playful situation was turning into a farce.

But soon, Shal, who knew that if they continued along this wall, it would lead to a dead-end road, ga