Published at 18th of October 2020 04:54:02 PM
Chapter 32: I Mean No Harm
“Presently, only Prince Chase of Secretia exists . Chase was always the only son, and the Queen didn’t have any children . You might not know about that . ”
Calian looked at Alan for a moment, before finally speaking without a waver in his voice .
“Yes, I guessed that it had to be so . I’m here, so there can’t be another Bern . I wondered what had happened, and I suppose it turned out that I was never born . ”
It was hard to predict what would happen when an entire life was erased .
“Indeed . ”
Alan agreed instead of showing him false sympathy .
“I guess that’s better, after all,” Calian calmly responded .
What can I do? was what Calian thought
Bern had robbed another person’s life .
“Then, is the original Calian dead?” Alan asked, wondering whether the current Calian knew something . The old Calian should have been alive now instead .
Calian shook his head .
“At first I didn’t know . ”
Calian pointed at his head and chest .
“He’s still there, but he will disappear when the time comes . ”
He had realized that the memories that appeared in response to his words were not just thoughts . The old Calian would have said those exact same things .
“I can’t talk to him, but he does exist . But he won’t tell me how he got into this situation . The old Calian might not know . ”
Alan nodded his head thoughtfully . Calian, tapping his knee with his fingers, asked,
“The Axis of Time . How do you know about that?”
“It’s not an event of great importance,” Alan replied .
“I visited Secretia last year . Chase called me in secret, informing me that the Axis of Time had been found and that he needed my opinion on it . I only met Chase, so you wouldn’t have known . ”
Calian spoke with a dry mouth .
“He was looking into it . ”
“I apologize if I made you anticipate an answer, but sadly, I couldn’t figure out anything . ”
“Yes, I thought that as well . ”
Bern would have known if Alan had found something .
Alan, after nodding, resumed .
“It seemed impossible that it was man-made, which led us to speculate that it was a divine object from Serenity . That was to the extent we conversed . ”
“Then shouldn’t the priests use it? It should be a method to replace for god’s power . I’ve never seen a divine object that has a different property . ”
In the outcome of the Battle of the Gods, the gods of evil were put in fetters, while Serenity was now asleep . After that, the priests were not able to use the power of god .
“Only questions remained . But the problem is now we are unable to find answers about the Axis of Time . ”
Alan’s hand pointed at Calian .
“A month ago, I received intelligence that the Axis of Time had disappeared . In any case, both you and Chase sought me out because of it . I suppose brothers are brothers . ”
Calian laughed as if he had taken a blow . Alan pretended that he didn’t see it, his eyes fixed on the knife on the table instead .
“On the first day you met me, you said that what you wanted wasn’t the throne . Then what is it that you want?”
There was no reason to not answer, and so Calian replied .
“To prevent the war . ”
“The Axis of Time, which was the reason the war started in the first place, has now disappeared . ”
He was asking whether a war would then happen or not . Calian answered .
“I don’t know why Franz tried to get the Axis of Time, but if there is a problem, I want to solve it . ”
“Because of Chase?”
Calian glanced at Alan briefly, trying to figure out if he had an ulterior motive . Alan, realizing that, continued .
“After I met Chase, I was extremely impressed by him . His character, intelligence, skill – he lacked nothing . Chase would be better than all three of the Kailis princes combined . ”
That was true . There weren’t any words that could adequately describe Chase .
“Yes, you are correct . Chase was extremely skilled as a leader . ”
“Therefore, the three princes of Kailis need not worry about Secretia’s prince . ”
“… you are saying not to get hung up in the past . ” Calian nodded thoughtfully . “The first day I came here, I had given up any hope of living as Bern . ‘Don’t worry, I’ll live as Calian . ’ However, I must find out why Kailis tried to turn back time while even during war . I must know, otherwise, the same event will repeat . ”
Alan straightened his back and pointed to the knife .
“There is someone that comes to my mind . Perhaps we can ask . Chase and I cannot meet her, but you will inevitably see her soon . ”
Calian, shifted his gaze towards Alan’s hand, then turned his eyes to look at Alan again . It didn’t take him long to come up with an answer .
“Roselita . ”
Alan nodded .
A familiar name came to mind .
“Sispanian is here . ”
Roselita, the coming-of-age ritual of the princes of Kailis .
It was a ritual in which one ventured to Sispanian’s home and was announced as true royalty . It is also said that a prince who goes through Roselita meets Sispanian’s resolve .
“Therefore, you must solve this problem immediately . Siegfried’s lands are very far . You must prepare . ”
Calian slowly nodded .
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