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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

Chapter 1. Kill the Empress

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 2. Tanatos’s cripple Empress

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 3. She's really here

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 4. The Empress is going to die

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 5. How did this happen?

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 6. Swallowing eyes

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 8. The crying sound

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 9. Are you throwing yourself away?

 

***

 

It wasn’t where anyone could see it, but a quick reach under the covers and there it was again, the dagger. Tamon was his boss, but he was a crazy kid. 

 

‘How can you hide several knives in a place where you are sleeping?’

 

“…… that’s why I told you not to go in there…”

 

The chamberlain sighed and held out a plain white handkerchief that had been ironed.

 

“What is it for?”

 

“There’s blood. Lord Ronasso.”

 

The chamberlain tapped his cheek lightly.

 

Ronasso finally noticed a small scratch on his cheek. It was the first threat, a trace that grazed past his face.

 

“I’m going to pry. It’s not like my abilities are rusty…”

 

Both heartbroken and happy, Ronasso smiled, but he felt that despite being the First Knight Commander of Barnes, he was still far from keeping up with Tamon.

 

Ronasso looked even a little frustrated, but on the other hand, he was proud that Tamon’s skills remained the same.

 

If it wasn’t for the blood disease or something, he would still be a grudge on the battlefield, and would only make his enemies tremble in fear.

 

‘Pull it together! I can’t be told I’m worse than a sick man!’

 

It wasn’t enough that he had almost died from the dagger, the chamberlain shook his head all the while at the sight of Ronasso laughing despite the blood.

 

He had watched them for a long time, and the friendship between the two was truly strange.

 

In the past, the Bashel family had a significant presence, so Ronasso belonged to a higher class than Tamon.

 

The Krasis family had been frontier count families for generations, and the area they were entrusted with was rugged and not rich.

 

Tamon was born, and the previous Count Krasis decided to send him to the Royal School. Because he judged that Tamon’s outstanding talent could not be wasted.

 

It was at that time that Tamon met Ronasso Bashel and Prince Theo Lantifu.

 

Ronasso was quite arrogant at the time and tormented Tamon who came from far away.

 

Tamon ignored Ronasso until the academy was over.

 

During that first battle,Tamon and Ronasso had an accident where they fell together into a dark cliff… When Ronasso saw Tamon, he was helpless. (*Ronasso saw something about Tamon)

 

Only the people involved knew what had happened. They wouldn’t tell…

 

But something bigger happened after that. By some kind of trickery, the Bashel were driven into rebellion.

 

The Bashel were caught in the middle of a power struggle, and the head (leader) was slain to prevent the downfall of the family.

 

However, this led to the fall of Ronasso’s sister, who died shortly thereafter.

 

With the exception of distant relatives, only Ronasso remained in the direct line of descent.

 

However, it was Tamon Krasis who relieved the Bashel family’s injustice.

 

They also clear the stigma of being a traitorous family.

 

Anyway, since then, the two had a master-servant relationship, but they were rivals, friends and a strange relationship with one sided respect.

 

***

 

“I can’t help it. Just tell him quietly that I’ll be waiting for him.”

 

Ronasso patted his cheek and headed for the parlor.

 

Seeing Ronasso’s back as he walked swaggeringly, the chamberlain quietly swallowed the words, “I can’t go in there either.”

 

“What the hell? What’s the matter?”

 

Tamon came out into the parlor a few moments later, not properly dressed.

 

Ronasso looked at him strangely as Tamon yawned briefly in the dangling gown as if he was tired.

 

Tamon was always the one who went to bed the latest and woke up the first in the academy.

 

From the time he studied at the Royal School until he joined the battle, his pattern was never once broken.

 

Tired? That word wasn’t in Tamon Krasis’s vocabulary.

 

Sleep deprivation? What a total crush that monster was, and he was a man who could stay up all night for three days and still bare his teeth.

 

For the first time in his life, Ronasso saw Tamon yawning, it was like an illusion.

 

“Why do you think that? I came to see if the Tamon Krasis I know is okay.”

 

 “Nonsense, tell me what’s going on. I’m busy.”

 

Tamon leaned back on the large, soft velvet couch, rubbing his stiff shoulders.

 

He was dressed in a loosely tied gown, and as he leaned back against the couch, his solid thighs were fully visible through the gap in his opened gown.

 

Along the hardened muscles, the roughly split thighs looked as hard and smooth as a sculpted statue.

 

‘I have thighs too…’

 

Ronasso, who looked at Tamon’s thighs as thick as logs, sat cross-legged. He told himself that it wasn’t an act of trying to erase his comparative mind.

 

“Ahem. It’s time for you to have a little more open dialogue with me, don’t you think? Tamon brought you ‘the woman’, didn’t you?” 

 

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

 

Tamon took a cigarette from under the table with an expressionless face.

 

Inhaling the smoke deeply until his head was foggy, he let out a big breath. The unique white smoke scattered like fog.

 

“The woman from before!”

 

Tamon, who’d been staring at Ronasso, lowered his head and asked.

 

“Did you see her?”

 

“Yes, of course! I saw her!’

 

‘Few strands of hair…’

 

Ronasso thought to himself. 

 

“Hmmm.”

 

Tamon took another deep gulp of his cigarette.

 

He inhaled so hard that his cheeks scrunched up, then exhaled the smoke like a sigh and asked again.

 

“How much?”

 

Ronasso, who couldn’t say a few strands of hair, answered boldly.

 

“All!”

 

Tamon said with a chuckle.

 

“Then I’ll have to pull out your eyes.”

 

“I didn’t see……!”

 

Ronasso hastily stepped back and raised his hand.

 

“Well, I only saw a few strands of hair! But it was uncommon hair.”

 

“It’s silver hair. Come out and say it.”

 

“So you rescued a silver-haired woman while the delegation was all rushing and held her for twenty days?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Ha! Now it makes sense. That’s why Her Majesty asked about it. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a message!”

 

 “Why the sudden mention of Her Majesty?”

 

It was then that Ronasso brought up the main topic.

 

“One knight said that Her Majesty had summoned him and asked him what it was that Tamon had come back with.”

 

He also remembered to tell them that there was a king’s care within the mission.

 

“I don’t care. What a big deal…”

 

Tamon rubbed his cigarette into a thick glass ashtray and distinguished it, then stood up from his seat and stretched for a long time.

 

After a few painful movements of his body, he heard the sound of crunching and tearing muscles.

 

“Perhaps the one who delivered the words to Her Majesty is Axion. A few years ago, when he was a member of the emperor’s infantry corps, he was beaten a lot. I guess he didn’t want to get beaten anymore.”

 

“Axion…… You traitor!

 

“Let it go. Don’t we belong to the emperor anyway?”

 

“Even if Axion is……. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“What am I going to do?”

 

At Tamon’s blunt words, Ronasso tapped his chest.

 

“Her! Are you going to tell me?”

 

Tamon stared at Ronasso.

 

He tapped the table ponderously for a moment, then chuckled and said,

 

“No.”

 

Ronasso looked at Tamon as if he didn’t know what to make of him. Tamon stretched out and basked in the sunshine that poured in through the window.

 

The exhaustion on his face seemed to fade away.

 

After looking at Tamon for a while, as if he had made up his mind, Ronasso spoke.

 

“Okay. If you’re right, I’ll do my best to match your opinion, but I think it would be easier for you if we just agreed on something. If His Highness finds out, he’ll certainly try to take her away.”

 

At Ronasso’s words, Tamon turned around and looked at him.

 

Ronasso bit his lip, trembling. Probably from the nervousness that he had to deceive the king.

 

In front of Tamon, Ronasso showed all kinds of emotions, but when it came time to be in front of others, he was a pretty imposing Knight Commander.

 

They had been best friends for a long time, and after the accidental sharing of life and death with him, Ronasso has shown him his true feelings.

 

However, not all of them were reasonable enough for him to dare to lie to the king.

 

At least that was Tamon’s point of view.

 

To deceive the king.

 

It was not easy to deceive Theo Lantifu, a sharp blade, and he didn’t know what would happen if he got caught later.

 

And yet, that friend offered to lie for him so easily and willingly.

 

“Ronasso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Sighing, Ronasso lifted a glass of water from the table to soothe his burning senses.

 

He took a gulp, thinking that the water would soothe him a little, even if it wasn’t cold.

 

“Are you in love with me?”

 

 “Ack! Ack!”

 

The water that Ronasso had gulped down spurted straight out.

 

Chapter 10. Why did this woman...?