Chapter 132
Chapter 132: The royalty of this world
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Translator: Tseirp
Favorable Wind Pavilion, an upper-class inn where captains and navigators from the Harbor District prefer .
It was the inn that Ruti once stayed in the past when she first came to Zoltan .
Prince Sarius had occupied that inn and seemed to be using it as his headquarters .
A sun-tanned High-Elf Veronian solder escorted us .
He held a halberd that was slightly shorter than the ones used by Zoltan guards with a simple spear that was nothing but a sharp and thin tip in his hand and he had a short curved cutlass on his belt along with a composite bow that was short but has long-range .
His armor was chainmail reinforced with iron plates at vital regions . Wood was used for certain portions of the armor which might be meant to increase buoyancy in water .
“Your Highness Sarius . I have brought the messenger from Zoltan . ”
The soldier announced and knocked on the door .
That was rough etiquette from a soldier serving a prince but his attention was always on us without letting anything slip and was constantly in a combat-ready state which indicated his wealth of experience .
His demeanor was unlike the refined High-Elves who hail from the High-Elf Kingdom of Kiramin . He exuded sharpness and danger that was trained from being a soldier of the ocean .
“Enter . ”
A man’s voice could be heard from within .
I looked at Ruti and Tise’s direction and they nodded .
The two of them had met Prince Sarius before and that was his voice .
The soldier opened the door .
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Inside were men seated with equipment similar to soldiers … but with their respective Veronian Nobility heraldry and wrapped in magic tools engraved with runes .
Prince Sarius should be close to 50-years-old but his complexion was youthful and he looked to be in his thirties .
“I see that Ririnrara is safe . ”
Prince Sarius said when he saw Ririnrara’s condition and showed us a smile with white teeth .
That smile was more of a ferocious grin that could be called threatening rather than a friendly smile and it showed that we were opponents from now on .
Hn … the Prince’s makeup …
Slap!
It was loud .
And it happened in an instant .
“Wh-why?”
Prince Sarius held his cheek and was stunned . Ririnrara stood in front of him with unchecked anger as she exhaled roughly .
After hearing Prince Sarius’ words, Ririnrara has abruptly flown out and struck Prince Sarius’ face .
“I should be the one asking why!! Why did you do something this stupid!!!”
Ririnrara’s High-Elf subordinates and Prince Sarius’ guards who were directly beside them were stunned by the sudden turn of events . Misufia was shaken from the moment she saw Prince Sarius and didn’t move .
Of course, Ruti and Tise noticed Ririnrara’s action and they probably could stop her if they wanted . But they silently watched Ririnrara’s actions .
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Lit shot me a look to ask what should we do . I shook my head slightly to indicate that we should remain as we were and see how things turn out .
“It will be your doom if Leonor finds out about this! You fool … you shouldn’t be so dull as to not understand something like that!!”
Ririnrara’s voice was trembling .
Her voice showed that she couldn’t suppress the various kinds of emotions that were mixing together and had chosen to be angry .
Prince Sarius clench his teeth and bowed in silence but …
“You were captured . ”
He said as though squeezing the words out .
“And so what! I have taught you that kings need the resolution to discard their subordinates!”
“If I have to discard you … then I don’t wish to be king! I don’t want to be either!! You know that too!!!”
Prince Sarius shouted loud enough that the soldiers outside could probably hear . I could hear the agitated voices of soldiers from outside .
Those were words that should not be said by a prince aiming for the throne … but Ririnrara could not scold him .
I don’t know how to describe Ririnrara’s expression .
It was an expression of anger, of despair, of being on the brink of crying … and smiling .
A whirlpool of emotions that threatened to tear her heart swirled inside Ririnrara’s chest .
Silence fell on the room . The Veronian soldiers were at a loss and uneasily looked around many times .
Within that scene, I gently moved beside the person behind us who had been staring straight at Prince Sarius’ face all this time .
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“Don’t they look similar?”
Misufia’s shoulders jumped when I spoke to her .
“How did you know what I was thinking?”
“I thought of the possibility from before … Ririnrara is a pirate . She acts not for the sake of the Kingdom of Veronia but completely for Geyserik … in that case Prince Sarius is …”
“Ye-yes! They look similar! Exactly like how he looked when he was young! It’s … it’s unthinkable that they are not connected by blood!!”
Misufia whispered and trembled . As expected, Prince Sarius is King Geyserik’s actual son .
And …
“Why, why didn’t she tell me the truth from the beginning … the true parent of that child … if she did … I …”
Misufia covered her eyes with her own fingers that were like dried branches .
Love and malicious intent for who’s sake, who betrayed, who sacrificed, and who gained .
Prince Sarius didn’t look youthful, he was pretending to be older than his real age .
The slight makeup applied on Prince Sarius’ face was not so that his complexion looked better .
Once the makeup was removed, underneath it would probably be the youthful face of a teenager . That was not strange for their race at the age of 50-years-old .
“Red … By any chance is Prince Sarius …”
Lit whispered in my ear .
I nodded and answered .
“Yes, Prince Sarius is a Half-Human Half-High-Elf . ”
And .
“His father is Geyserik, and his mother … is probably Ririnrara . ”
Lit shook her head weakly .
“Royalty is seriously …”
“You said that right . ”
Precisely because the world is ruled by divine protection, the people wish for lineage as backing outside the influences of divine protections .
Because anybody with powerful divine protection can make people obey without conditions, the people do not trust divine protections .
King Geyserik, even though he possesses the divine protection of 『Emperor』 and rebuilt Veronia into a huge country once again, the people still continue to view him as a rogue pirate .
Probably because if they recognize King Geyserik, it will imply that any future mountain bandit, thief, arsonist, or any other person with a 『Emperor』 divine protection can break the rules of the world they live in and reign as a new ruler .
To me, the way of the nobility of this world was the representation of the greatest contradiction toward the existence of divine protection .
As the Principality of Logavia’s princess, Lit might have seen their fate as a destiny that could have happened to her .
Lit tightly gripped my hand as though to confirm that she was with me at the moment .
I responded by gripping her hand back .