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Table of Contents

  • 1. Chapter 1. Kill The Empress
  • 2. Chapter 2. Tanatos’s Cripple Empress
  • 3. Chapter 3. She's Really Here
  • 4. Chapter 4. The Empress Is Going To Die
  • 5. Chapter 5. How Did This Happen?
  • 6. Chapter 6. Swallowing Eyes
  • 7. Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti
  • 8. Chapter 8. The Crying Sound
  • 9. Chapter 9. Are You Throwing Yourself Away?
  • 10. Chapter 10. Why Did This Woman...?
  • 11. Chapter 11. Then Bite If Off And Kill Me
  • 12. Chapter 12. Ability To Save
  • 13. Chapter 13. The Shadow She Left Behind
  • 14. Chapter 14. Into His Realm
  • 15. Chapter 15. Tamon's Purpose
  • 16. Chapter 16. This Damn Woman!
  • 17. Chapter 17. I've Never Hated You
  • 18. Chapter 18. How About Love?
  • 19. Chapter 19. A Night Walk
  • 20. Chapter 20. How Do You Want To Die
  • 21. Chapter 21. Ronasso's Anxiety
  • 22. Chapter 22. How To Let Go Of Sadness
  • 23. Chapter 23. Lersha Resha
  • 24. Chapter 24. It’s Not Ugly
  • 25. Chapter 25. Where Is The Empress's Treasure?
  • 26. Chapter 26. The Reason For Death
  • 27. Chapter 27. The Consolation Of The Unashamed
  • 28. Chapter 28. A New Name
  • 29. Chapter 29. A Small Change
  • 30. Chapter 30. Out Of Control
  • 31. Chapter 31. There's Always Trouble
  • 32. Chapter 32. Dazzling Silver Hair And Purple Crystal Eyes
  • 33. Chapter 33. My Silver Fox
  • 34. Chapter 34. Is It Okay To Eat This Poisonous Plant?
  • 35. Chapter 35. Don't Be Weak
  • 36. Chapter 36. Don’t Leave Me
  • 37. Chapter 37. An Unfamiliar Peace
  • 38. Chapter 38. Warmth Of The Palm
  • 39. Chapter 39. Give Me Your Right Foot
  • 40. Chapter 40. That’s Right
  • 41. Chapter 41. The Bride's Scream
  • 42. Chapter 42. You Are Like A Gift
  • 43. Chapter 43. Ensemble Drink
  • 44. Chapter 44. I Think It’s Her
  • 45. Chapter 45. Exactly One Month
  • 46. Chapter 46. I’m Disappointed
  • 47. Chapter 47. She Doesn’t Know
  • 48. Chapter 48. To The Lady Of The Pink Rose Forest
  • 49. Chapter 49. Red Stigma On The Chest
  • 50. Chapter 50. That Person Will Come
  • 51. Chapter 51. Smile Next Time
  • 52. Chapter 52. I’m The Owner Of That Leg
  • 53. Chapter 53. The Twins’ Dream
  • 54. Chapter 54. Karen Turasia
  • 55. Chapter 55. Red Passion In The Desert
  • 56. Chapter 56. Cassion Krasis
  • 57. Chapter 57. Brothers
  • 58. Chapter 58. He Did Not Know How To Be Patient
  • 59. Chapter 59. An Unpleasant Visitor
  • 60. Chapter 60. My Brother's Mistress
  • 61. Chapter 61. Tomorrow, Lunch, Together
  • 62. Chapter 62. Roselyn's Anger
  • 63. Chapter 63. Red-eyed Savior
  • 64. Chapter 64. He’s Back
  • 65. Chapter 65. Bloody Master
  • 66. Chapter 66. Welcome Back
  • 67. Chapter 67. I Missed You
  • 68. Chapter 68. Thank You For Staying Alive
  • 69. Chapter 69. It's All Coming Together
  • 70. Chapter 70. Hope That Shine At The End Of Despair
  • 71. Chapter 71. A Mean Woman
  • 72. Chapter 72. Ronasso's Adversity
  • 73. Chapter 73. Preparation To Go Out
  • 74. Chapter 74. Each Person's Heart Flows Differently
  • 75. Chapter 75. Smile, Rosie
  • 76. Chapter 76. Do You Want Me To Show You My Specialty?
  • 77. Chapter 77. Aim And Shoot
  • 78. Chapter 78. The Gap
  • 79. Chapter 79. Arrows That Burn Flesh
  • 80. Chapter 80. I’ll Bring You The Proof
  • 81. Chapter 81. Even If I Die Like This
  • 82. Chapter 82. The Reason She Was Confident In Winning
  • 83. Chapter 83. An Unexpected Guest
  • 84. Chapter 84. Love That Couldn't Overcome Hatred
  • 85. Chapter 85. Aranrosia
  • 86. Chapter 86. The Rightful Owner
  • 87. Chapter 87. Can I Trust You?
  • 88. Chapter 88. A Blind Man
  • 89. Chapter 89. The Wind Lantern Ceremony
  • 90. Chapter 90. If You're There, Come Out
  • 91. Chapter 91. Similar
  • 92. Chapter 92. Ignorance Is Bravery
  • 93. Chapter 93. I Can Tell You
  • 94. Chapter 94. Hartz’s Conditions
  • 95. Chapter 95. If You Kiss Me
  • 96. Chapter 96. Change
  • 97. Chapter 97. Anna
  • 98. Chapter 98. I’ll Have To Remove It
  • 99. Chapter 99. The Prophet's Gamble
  • 100. Chapter 100. Because He's So Good At It
  • 101. Chapter 101. A Mysterious Trend
  • 102. Chapter 102. The Conditions Of The Gift
  • 103. Chapter 103. The Tips Of His Ears
  • 104. Chapter 104. The Meaning Of Yellow Lily
  • 105. Chapter 105. God, Please Take Care Of Them
  • 106. Chapter 106. I'd Like To Meet Him
  • 107. Chapter 107. It’s Beautiful
  • 108. Chapter 108. What Do You Want Me To Do?
  • 109. Chapter 109. There's Only Two Of Us
  • 110. Chapter 110. Even If It Hurts A Little, It Will Last A Long Time
  • 111. Chapter 111. Does This Make Sense?
  • 112. Chapter 112. With Both Feet
  • 113. Chapter 113. Instinct
  • 114. Chapter 114. Did It Happen?
  • 115. Chapter 115. One Step, Two Steps
  • 116. Chapter 116. A Familiar Voice
  • 117. Chapter 117. I See The Glory Of Winter
  • 118. Chapter 118. That's Why It's Not Me
  • 119. Chapter 119. . It Was A Flash
  • 120. Chapter 120. When The Revenge Is Over
  • 121. Chapter 121. What Will He Get?
  • 122. Chapter 122. What Is Your Name?
  • 123. Chapter 123. Sweet
  • 124. Chapter 124. Black Canyon (1)
  • 125. Chapter 125. Black Canyon (2)
  • 126. Chapter 126. A Twisted Doubt
  • 127. Chapter 127. You Have To Save It
  • 128. Chapter 128. The Secret Of The Silver Horned Deer
  • 129. Chapter 129. His Sincerity
  • 130. Chapter 130. Into The Black Fog
  • 131. Chapter 131. Breaking In
  • 132. Chapter 132. Tell Me, Asha
  • 133. Chapter 133. Warmth
  • 134. Chapter 134. Evidence Of Longing
  • 135. Chapter 135. Under The Wheels
  • 136. Chapter 136. Natasha's Crime
  • 137. Chapter 137. Who Left The Flowers?
  • 138. Chapter 138. He Who Sees The Will Of God
  • 139. Chapter 139. Winter Can't Beat The Pines
  • 140. Chapter 140. Let’s Go There Together
  • 141. Chapter 141. Betrayal
  • 142. Chapter 142. A Vanished Home
  • 143. Chapter 143. Finally, At The Imperial Palace
  • 144. Chapter 144. Remove It
  • 145. Chapter 145. Your Worst Nightmare
  • 146. Chapter 146. July 16th
  • 147. Chapter 147. Pretend You Don’t See It. Pretend You Don’t Know It
  • 148. Chapter 148. Take The Child To His Mother
  • 149. Chapter 149. A Crack
  • 150. Chapter 150. Song Of The Fall
  • 151. Chapter 151. Anna’s Situation
  • 152. Chapter 152. Perso’s Anguish
  • 153. Chapter 153. A Suspicious Maid
  • 154. Chapter 154. Whose Baby Is It?
  • 155. Chapter 155. This Is My Answer
  • 156. Chapter 156. The Wild Dog Outside The Fence
  • 157. Chapter 157. The Main Characters
  • 158. Chapter 158. That Day
  • 159. Chapter 159. Let Me Tell You A Secret
  • 160. Chapter 160. Run Away
  • 161. Chapter 161. The Hunt Begins
  • 162. Chapter 162. To The Hell I Got Out Of
  • 163. Chapter 163. Let's Watch
  • 164. Chapter 164. The Crazy Emperor
  • 165. Chapter 165. Rampage
  • 166. Chapter 166. Clash Of Life And Death
  • 167. Chapter 167. Collect
  • 168. Chapter 168. The Banquet Is Over
  • 169. Chapter 169. A World Without The Power Of God
  • 170. Chapter 170. Thorny Hedge
  • 171. Chapter 171. It Was The Night When Winter Ended
  • 172. Chapter 172. Side Story 1 - The World Has Been Turned Upside Down
  • 173. Chapter 173. Side Story 2 - Death In The Dark
  • 174. Chapter 174. Side Story 3 - Monstein
  • 175. Chapter 175. Side Story 4. Tamon's Happiness
  • 176. Chapter 176. Side Story 5. Very Sweet And Tender
  • 177. Chapter 177. Side Story 6. Methods Of Persuasion
  • 178. Chapter 178. Side Story 7. A Night Full Of Peach Scent
  • 179. Chapter 179. Side Story 8. Desired Asha
  • 180. Chapter 180. Side Story 9. Unexpected Fit
  • 181. Chapter 181. Side Story 10. Return
  • 182. Chapter 182. Side Story 11. All Is Well
  • 183. Chapter 183. Side Story 12. Amazing News
  • 184. Chapter 184. Side Story 13. A Very Cute Dream
  • 185. Chapter 185. Side Story 14. What Kind Of Bullsh*t Is This?
  • 186. Chapter 186. Side Story 15. What Will Turn The World Upside Down
  • 187. Chapter 187. Side Story 16. Suspicious Meeting
  • 188. Chapter 188. Side Story 17. Find Me
  • 189. Chapter 189. Side Story 18. You Just Have To Enjoy It
  • 190. Chapter 190. Side Story 19. Time To Become A Family
  • 191. Chapter 191. Side Story 20. Omen
  • 192. Chapter 192. Side Story 21. Became A Family (End)

Chapter 1. Kill the Empress

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 2. Tanatos’s cripple Empress

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 3. She's really here

****

Sponsored by Vina. Thank you 💖 (4/4)

***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 4. The Empress is going to die

****

Sponsored by Vina. Thank you 💖 (4/4)

***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 5. How did this happen?

****

Sponsored by Vina. Thank you 💖 (4/4)

***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 6. Swallowing eyes

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 8. The crying sound

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 9. Are you throwing yourself away?

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 10. Why did this woman...?

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 11. Then bite if off and kill me

****

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***

 

Cassion, who was only pursing his lips, searching for what words to say, ran out of the place with a red face that seemed to burst.

 

 

“Cassion……”

 

Tamon, who stood up to catch him, looked at the back of Cassion, who had already ran away, and then sat back down.

 

Suddenly he was unsettled about what this was all about.

 

Then, from somewhere, he heard someone giggling.

 

Roselyn was laughing aloud with her mouth covered.

 

Tamon stared at her as she laughed, forgetting what he was going to say to her.

 

It wasn’t an oblique smile or a self-deprecating smile. It was a fun smile.

 

How could she smile like that?

 

At that moment, Tamon understood the meaning of the word ‘blindness.’

 

It was a smile that was even more gorgeous than the sunshine on the most dazzling day on the sea.

 

Does that woman know how precious that smile is?

 

“Is it funny to you?”

 

Forcing himself to keep his voice low, Tamon deliberately pretended to be angry.

 

It was fun how he kept stealing sideways glances at her like a young boy.

 

“Well, a little.”

 

It was nice and warm with the sun shining down on her.

 

The sea breeze, especially soft today, was gentle and reassuring.

 

Tamon’s brow wrinkled deliberately, hiding his wonder so that she could laugh freely.

 

“I can’t believe I make trouble and have fun.”

 

A small wrinkle appeared on her nose as she mumbled absent-mindedly with her chin propped up.

 

Tamon was suffocated by her appearance.

 

How can she hide such a pretty smile?

 

Is it because it’s so dazzling and precious that she doesn’t want to show it?

 

If that’s the case, well, he had to admit it.

 

A casual thought stuck in his head.

 

“Okay, this is the promise.”

 

Seeming to recognize that it was her turn to placate him, Roselyn held out another box.

 

It was the very gift she had promised to give Tamon.

 

Tamon didn’t waste any time talking and quickly grabbed the box.

 

“Don’t take it out.”

 

“I won’t but you’re the one who won’t give things away easily.”

 

“Well, it’s a different story for you. Because you already took a lot.”

 

  “I have? What?”

 

Tamon smiled silently and tightly clenched the gift she gave him.

 

“Look. You took so much that you didn’t even know what you took.” 

 

“That’s weird. I don’t think I have anything.”

 

“So you can’t take this.”

 

 “…… No, I’m taking it.”

 

No matter how many times Roselyn said it, Tamon wouldn’t let go of the gift in his hand.

 

Roselyn glared at him, and Tamon just laughed.

 

Asrell, who had been standing there like air, smiled softly and filled the plates again.

 

It was a week before they left for Tanatos.

 

***

 

“Hyaa!”

 

Marquis Helio’s roar made the horse run faster. Already the horse’s eye sockets were bright red and white foam was rising in its mouth, but it could not rest.

 

“Sorry, try a little harder. There’s only a few days left until the given deadline.”

 

These were the words written on the emperor’s seal pigeon that flew over in a hurry.

 

[Merchant from Nyrux stationed in the Calif waters. Among them, collect the Dagger from the merchant who has red octopus seal.]

 

Of course, this was not simply the only thing that was written.

 

There was a list of items that would be given to him if he successfully carried out the order and a condition that he must arrive there around the 10th of next month.

 

It was all useless.

 

Except for one thing.

 

Tulasha’s powder.

 

It was a poisonous and medicinal herb that was important in curing the endemic disease of Arkins in the northwest, where the Marquis Helio was now stationed.

 

It was a very horrible disease that started from the toes and eventually hardened the heart.

 

He had already lost his wife to Arkins.

 

Even his lovely second child had contracted Arkins and his legs were hardened.

 

It wasn’t just his family that was affected by this endemic disease.

 

The Northwest region suffered more than a hundred deaths a year from Arkins.

 

About 100 people.

 

In a way, it was not a large number, but in the northwest, when the population was not large, it was not such a negligible number.

 

The only medicinal herb that could cure Arkins was “Tulasha”.

 

However, because it was purchased in large quantities from the water supply, and even from specific herbalists, the supply and demand was too tight.

 

Hyaa!

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

There was frost in his blue eyes.

 

Lumatia, the herbal company which was blocking the distribution of Tulasha.

 

It was not a big herbal company, but one day it grew big and started to trade with the Imperial Palace.

 

At some point, Lumatia was in charge of all the medicinal herbs offered to the Imperial Palace.

 

The first thing that Lumatia got their hands on was Tulasha.

 

However, the timing was very strange, as Helio was assigned to the Northwest on charges of inadequate continental defense and illegal property accumulation.

 

The known top master of Lumatia was a man named Berry Closset.

 

And the person behind him was………..Natasha Roanti.

 

That was her.

 

A serpentine woman who used all manner of expedients and evils to hinder the circulation of the Tulasha.

 

Especially in the polar regions like the northwest, it was increasingly difficult to obtain medicinal herbs.

 

The woman knew this very well and drove him to the northwest to seize the right to distribute the Tulasha. She was a clever woman.

 

The emperor was already in Natasha’s hands.

 

No, perhaps Helio himself was in the hands of that snake woman. 

 

She was a woman with a great talent for blocking the eyes and ears of the emperor.

 

Helio gritted his teeth.

 

Emperor? Power? Actually, those things didn’t matter much to Helio.

 

The only thing he felt was a sincere sense of danger that the country would die out if things didn’t change.

 

Hyaaa!

 

The forced march that lasted for more than ten days finally resulted in a dropout.

 

The last horse that was running collapsed with foam in its mouth.

 

The driver of the horse was already on the verge of a stroke.

 

“Jackson! Are you okay?”

 

Helio stopped and hurriedly approached the fallen knight.

 

He had to move fast, so there were only five knights following him.

 

The knight, called Jackson, twisted his face and bowed his head.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 

The knight apologized, banging his head on the ground as if he blamed himself for the fall.

 

Helio raised the knight up. 

 

“I’m sorry, too. Don’t be sorry. It’s my fault making you run without rest. I think it’s time for you to rest now. Let’s just rest here for today!”

 

The knights who had followed Helio’s order were happily looking for a place to spend the night.

 

It was a relief at least that the temperature wasn’t too low due to being out of Tanatos.

 

A fire was made and everyone sat down side by side.

 

After satisfying their hunger with a decent meal and leaving knights to rest, Helio took out the letter he had in his pocket and read it.

 

[Today I am going to write to you about why I sent you this letter.]

 

The neat handwriting continues nicely.

 

This was the fifth letter.

 

It was also the letter that told him how Tulasha’s circulation had been closed.

 

It also told him where his confiscated property had gone and where each of his disciples who had tried to protect him had been scattered.

 

The owner of the letter, like a stranger, gave him the information he craved.

 

Who in the world was sending this letter?

 

Looking at the neat and sophisticated handwriting, it must be someone with advanced education.

 

Every word and every sentence that followed indicated that the sender was not someone who had been writing for a year or two.

 

[There are no peasants who think of a country like a parent, where there is no one to respect.

 

Just as it is easy for darkness to dwell in the hearts of children who have lost their parents, it must also dwell in the hearts of the people of this country who have lost the emperor they rely on.

 

And I think Marquis Helio knows this well.]

 

Who could it be…?

 

[I’m the same one who tried to make the best of a warm place sometime ago.]

 

Helio’s heart pulsed wildly.

 

He remembered seeing this delicate, graceful handwriting.

 

[Obviously, I am still alive, though my hands holding the sword have been cut off and the yellow lily it guarded are gone.]

 

Yellow lily.

 

And the protective sword.

 

Goosebumps broke out on Helio’s back.

 

Two swords that protect the noble yellow lily.

 

It was the seal of the oldest family in the land.

 

[Do you remember that day? The day the great former Marquis of Helio returned to earth, my father secretly put the family flower over his white, frightened face.]

 

Ah! Roselyn V Sunset!

 

The lost Empress!

 

[I will be coming to see you soon.]

 

Startled, Helio jumped up.

 

Could this be true?

 

The news was so startling that it caused suspicion and anxiety. 

 

Is this another trick of the adulterous Natasha?

 

No matter how cunning her mind was, how could she have gone this far? Helio took a heavy step. No.

 

On the day of his father’s funeral, the Duke of Sunset put yellow lilies instead of white ones, known only to him, his brothers, and the former Empress who was present with them. 

 

There was no way that Natasha would know that. 

 

Helio’ eyes, shining with courage, stared at the sky. A wildfire broke out in his chest.

 

If this letter really came from ‘her’.

 

“I’m going to the capital as soon as my work is done.”

 

I have to meet this person.

Chapter 12. Ability to save