Of course, it was a good thing that the original was destroyed.
I’m not in any danger and all that’s left is happiness.
However, Dillian was not the only force holding Aina in check.
In fact, Dillian didn’t attack much until his curse didn’t take him.
It was because no matter how much Aina flew or crawled, Dillian was only at the level of mosquitoes.
In fact, it was the Crown Prince’s enemy, the 3rd Prince who was hostile to her.
‘By now, the Crown Prince and the 3rd Prince must be fighting fiercely.’
From the beginning to the end of the original story, I stopped while organizing a few big incidents.
“Huh? It’s weird.”
I looked up and looked at the calendar.
When I folded my fingers and counted, it is time that a terrorist incident targeting the Crown Prince should have occurred by now.
“Did I get it wrong?”
No. I’m sure it’s around this time.
It was an episode, in which the Crown Prince, who injured by the terrorist attack and Aina, who came to heal him, became even closer.
“If there had been a terrorist attack, I would have heard the news when I came to the capital….”
I tilted my head in ignorance.
But even though I think about it, I can’t find an answer.
As a commoner, there is only one way for me to know the situation of the imperial palace.
“Dillian. When are you coming?”
All I can do is to wait for him to return home quickly.
***
Meanwhile, Dillian, who Ria was eagerly waiting for, was alone with the Crown Prince.
“Thank you. It was a difficult request, but you fulfilled it. With this occasion, I have once again confirmed Duke’s loyalty.”
“I’m glad you noticed.”
Not ‘thank you’ but ‘glad’. It was not something to say in front of the Crown Prince, but Cassis did not point out that fact.
It was arrogant, but that was Dillian’s own polite words.
His pride was hurt by his shallow manners as if it would tear him apart, but it was not good to stand up against Dillian, who came to visit him with the dragon’s heart.
No matter how serious Dillian was, it showed that the Duke of Sinaize, who currently holds the most power, has no intention of confronting him.
‘It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t support me. It’s just a matter for him not to give his power to Manus.’
The name that people call Sinaize is King Maker.
The one they choose will become the next emperor.
Though he had hoped Dillian would have chosen him, he was notorious for not being interested in politics.
But you don’t know what will happen to a person.
He did not know when and where he would come into contact with the third prince, Manus.
So Cassis sent him to Wilhelm on an absurd condition to confirm Dillian’s sincerity.
“I was worried because Wilhelm was such a hideous place. Were you not hurt?”
“As you can see, everything is fine.”
“That’s a relief. If you were hurt, I wouldn’t be at ease.”
Dillian pulled up the corners of his mouth without saying a word at the sound of the slap on his lips.
‘It’s boring.’
He has delivered the dragon’s heart, so he would like to leave his place at this point, but Cassis caught Dillian’s foot as if he had changed his strategy from containment to consolation.
Dillian was slowly feeling the limit of his patience at Cassis’s suggestion to be on his side.
Now, Dillian’s attention was focused only on one person.
‘I have to go back before miss Ria goes to sleep.’
So that I can get a welcome greeting, right?
It was the greeting that I barely heard after waking her from sleep this morning. I had to listen to her greeting when she woke up.
Still, he felt better when he remembered Ria, who was rolling around on the bed like a caterpillar.
Cassis, who was stopped by Dillian’s relaxed smile he saw for the first time, asked him with weak expectations.
“Duke, how about having dinner together?”
“I think that would be difficult. There’s a rat outside listening to us.”
At those words, Cassis’s face hardened terribly.
All the servants were expelled, fearing that our conversation would leak, but who…!
As he suspected it to be a spy sent by Manus, the door opened harshly.
His cold face was bewildered by the small body.
“… Aina?”
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, I have prepared tea for you because you have a guest.”
Aina held out the tray and smiled shyly.
“Thank you. I’ll drink it well.”
“Who is it?”
When Dillian, who had accurately caught Aina hidden behind Cassis’s back, asked, dispirited appeared on Cassis’s face.
Cassis, who knew the relationship between the great temple and Dillian, drew the word, not knowing how to introduce Aina, the Saintess.
“Hmhm, so this woman is….”
Dillian immediately recognized the woman’s identity.
‘This is the famous Saintess.’
Silver hair rustling from the tip of her chin, green eyes, and, crucially, a stigma imprinted on her forehead.
‘It said she was so great, it’s not as good as the status.’
Dillian doesn’t have the eyes to recognize divine power. But he could be sure.
In terms of the degree of holiness alone, Ria was much more holy.
“It must be the Saintess.”
Cassis’s face hardened as he didn’t know if Dillian could recognize her.
“What are you so worried about? Do you think I’m gonna kill her?”