“Cape… Wouldn’t it be okay to go somewhere and buy one?”
“Yeah, when are you going to the mansion?”
Leona said as she jumped into Yeckhart’s carriage as usual.
The knights of the Lion clan looked a little surprised at first, but soon they were following the carriage along with Yeckhart’s escorts.
With Arsene’s help, I got on the carriage and nodded.
“Eung, I guess that will work.”
Finally, as soon as Arsene got on board, the carriage started cautiously.
Because it was inside the temple, it was very slow.
The carriage slowly left the main gate of the temple.
But then,
“Huh?”
Leona, who was looking outside the window all the time, pointed her finger outside and said.
“Isn’t that Hezeth’s carriage?”
“Hezeth’s carriage?”
I followed Leona and looked out the window.
The carriage now entering the main gate of the temple was definitely one with Hezeth’s crest on it.
Although it was a bit more flashy than Cain usually rode, right now Creighton Hezeth was having a meeting with the heads of other clans.
So the only person in that carriage was Cain Hezeth.
“Follow it! Carriage, turn the carriage!”
Leona said it in a hurry.
At Leona’s words, the coachman sitting outside the carriage turned the horse’s head.
Yeckhart’s carriage, which we rode, followed Hezeth’s carriage into the temple.
The place where Hezeth’s carriage stopped was the central temple, where we just came out.
When the carriage stopped, Yeckhart’s coachman also stopped the carriage.
Leona burst open the carriage door before the knight opened it.
The knight who was trying to open the door didn’t panic and helped Leona get out of the carriage, but Leona refused and jumped out of the carriage.
Arsene and I got out of the carriage, too.
“Cain!”
Leona called Cain.
From Hezeth’s carriage, a neatly dressed Cain Hezeth was getting off.
His glossy black hair had been combed well, and he was wearing a neat uniform with the Hezeth family crest on it.
“Leon?”
“Cain! What’s going on? Why are you coming now?”
Leona asked sharply. Arsene and I quickly approached Cain’s side and asked.
“Why are you here now, Cain, when the ceremony is over? Did something happen?”
“Something strange happened… I think I should tell my father first.”
Cain sighed and said.
At that, Arsene raised an eyebrow.
“What is it? Were you attacked?”
“It’s not an attack…”
Cain nervously ran his well-combed hair.
“I just suddenly fell asleep.”
“What?”
At Cain’s unexpected words, me, Leona, and Arsene all crumpled our faces at the same time.
“I just fell asleep. Is this possible? I honestly don’t know. However… I just woke up and everyone was asleep.”
Cain spoke gibberish.
I glanced at the knights of the Snake Clan and the two coachmen who had driven the carriage.
They too seemed perplexed. Some of them had pale complexions.
“What the hell does that mean? Say it again properly, Cain. Did you suddenly fall asleep?”
Leona asked as if she couldn’t understand. Cain also looked like he didn’t know why.
“I left the mansion a little late. I was late to prepare. So, I contacted my father and set off in a carriage… Half way there, the horse suddenly stopped in place.”
“The horse?”
“…Yeah, and then it suddenly shaking. So we stopped moving for a while… Then the surrounding area suddenly became dark as if there were fog.”
Cain washed his face dry.
“I don’t remember anything after that.”
I narrowed my eyes as I listened to Cain’s words.
‘Black fog… did he say black fog?’
Why does it suddenly remind me of the black hood I saw when I was young?
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
I hurriedly grabbed Cain’s arm and asked. Cain nodded.
“There are no injuries. Other than me, everyone else is fine. It’s just that everyone lost their minds for a moment…”
“The problem is that you’ve lost your mind. Is this an attack aimed at the heir of the Hezeth family?”
“So I think I should report it to my father first. If you’re going to the festival, you guys go first…”
“The festival… I’ll visit tomorrow, well.”
I commented cautiously.
While Cain might have been attacked, I had no desire to attend a festival in the middle of a street crowded with beastmen.
Fortunately, Leona and Arsene nodded as if they shared the same opinion.
“By the way, Sir Creighton is in a meeting right now. Are they done?”
“I have to report it right away.”
Cain let out a deep sigh.
I asked while looking at the escort knights of the snake clan.
“Has everyone lost their minds?”
Then, the escort knight, who seemed to have the highest rank among them, lowered his head and said.
“Yes, I’m so ashamed that I can’t bear to see your face.”
“Anything other than the black fog… Huh?”
I grabbed Cain by the collar.
“L, Linsy. What’s wrong?”
“Linsy?”
“Linsy! No matter how much you hate Cain, the collar is…”
Arsene, Cain, and Leona panicked and tried to pull me away from Cain, but I held on tighter.
Then, after flipping Cain’s shirt collar, I raised my tiptoe and looked into Cain’s neck.
‘This…’
It’s clear, I confirmed it.
It was a prohibition.
When I was seven years old, there was the same prohibition that Elder Ester put on me.
It is the pattern clearly engraved on Glene’s back.
‘I’m sure.’
Just like when it was engraved on me, it was very small but clear.
This is a prohibition someone put on Cain so he can’t say ‘something’.
What the hell happened while Cain lost his mind?
It was said that not only Cain, but also the coachman, the escort knights, and even the horses had lost their minds, so there was no way to find out.
After blinking a few times, I looked up at Cain.
“You… Are you really okay?”
“Because it is. Let this go for now, please. My clothes are getting wrinkled.”
First, I let go of Cain’s collar.
However, because of the shock, I couldn’t open my mouth to Cain easily.
‘Should I tell you this?’
Should I tell Cain right away? Then he would definitely be shocked.
‘No, maybe it’s not prohibition.’
But I soon shook my head.
It couldn’t be. Because that’s definitely the prohibition that bothered me terribly when I was seven.
If so…
‘What on earth happened?’
Ester’s death ended up in a labyrinth.
Kendrick, Mr. Hern, and others tried to find out who killed Esther, but they couldn’t find it.
I thought Ester and the suspicious black hood that used the tab were only fading in my memory…
‘Is he going to appear again?’
I felt like I was out of breath when I thought about that, but I shook my head.
I’m not as weak as I was when I was seven, so it’ll be okay if he shows up again.
Rather, the question now was whether Cain should be informed of this fact or not.
‘I should definitely report it to father…’
Sir Creighton was also Cain’s guardian, so he had an obligation to know.
Then.
‘…Cain needs to know too.’
He needs to know what kind of situation he is in now.
But now, in a public place like this, I couldn’t say something like, ‘You are now under prohibition and in a very dangerous situation! Looks like the bad guys did something bad to you while you were losing your mind!’ to Cain.
I only blinked, then pointed to the carriage.
“First of all, to the Yeckhart Mansion… No, I have to report to Sir Creighton first.”
As I spoke gibberish, Arsene lightly wrapped his arms around my shoulders and asked.
“What’s the matter, Linsy? Are you all right?”
“Eung? Yeah, I’m fine.”
I didn’t know what to do first. First of all, Cain should report to Sir Creighton, and then…
‘Will a black hood come to the festival?’
What if they try to attack me like they did back then?
Anxious thoughts followed one after another. Then, Arsene grabbed my shoulders.
“Linsy, calm down.”
“Arsene.”
“It’s okay, because you weren’t attacked…”
Arsene?
“Yes, I was attacked. But that consolation is a little too much, Arsene Yeckhart.”
Cain said, glaring at Arsene with a crumpled face.
Arsene shrugged his shoulders.
“First, just go and meet him. It’s an urgent matter, so even if he’s in a meeting, he’ll listen.”
“Cape… Wouldn’t it be okay to go somewhere and buy one?”
“Yeah, when are you going to the mansion?”
Leona said as she jumped into Yeckhart’s carriage as usual.
The knights of the Lion clan looked a little surprised at first, but soon they were following the carriage along with Yeckhart’s escorts.
With Arsene’s help, I got on the carriage and nodded.
“Eung, I guess that will work.”
Finally, as soon as Arsene got on board, the carriage started cautiously.
Because it was inside the temple, it was very slow.
The carriage slowly left the main gate of the temple.
But then,
“Huh?”
Leona, who was looking outside the window all the time, pointed her finger outside and said.
“Isn’t that Hezeth’s carriage?”
“Hezeth’s carriage?”
I followed Leona and looked out the window.
The carriage now entering the main gate of the temple was definitely one with Hezeth’s crest on it.
Although it was a bit more flashy than Cain usually rode, right now Creighton Hezeth was having a meeting with the heads of other clans.
So the only person in that carriage was Cain Hezeth.
“Follow it! Carriage, turn the carriage!”
Leona said it in a hurry.
At Leona’s words, the coachman sitting outside the carriage turned the horse’s head.
Yeckhart’s carriage, which we rode, followed Hezeth’s carriage into the temple.
The place where Hezeth’s carriage stopped was the central temple, where we just came out.
When the carriage stopped, Yeckhart’s coachman also stopped the carriage.
Leona burst open the carriage door before the knight opened it.
The knight who was trying to open the door didn’t panic and helped Leona get out of the carriage, but Leona refused and jumped out of the carriage.
Arsene and I got out of the carriage, too.
“Cain!”
Leona called Cain.
From Hezeth’s carriage, a neatly dressed Cain Hezeth was getting off.
His glossy black hair had been combed well, and he was wearing a neat uniform with the Hezeth family crest on it.
“Leon?”
“Cain! What’s going on? Why are you coming now?”
Leona asked sharply. Arsene and I quickly approached Cain’s side and asked.
“Why are you here now, Cain, when the ceremony is over? Did something happen?”
“Something strange happened… I think I should tell my father first.”
Cain sighed and said.
At that, Arsene raised an eyebrow.
“What is it? Were you attacked?”
“It’s not an attack…”
Cain nervously ran his well-combed hair.
“I just suddenly fell asleep.”
“What?”
At Cain’s unexpected words, me, Leona, and Arsene all crumpled our faces at the same time.
“I just fell asleep. Is this possible? I honestly don’t know. However… I just woke up and everyone was asleep.”
Cain spoke gibberish.
I glanced at the knights of the Snake Clan and the two coachmen who had driven the carriage.
They too seemed perplexed. Some of them had pale complexions.
“What the hell does that mean? Say it again properly, Cain. Did you suddenly fall asleep?”
Leona asked as if she couldn’t understand. Cain also looked like he didn’t know why.
“I left the mansion a little late. I was late to prepare. So, I contacted my father and set off in a carriage… Half way there, the horse suddenly stopped in place.”
“The horse?”
“…Yeah, and then it suddenly shaking. So we stopped moving for a while… Then the surrounding area suddenly became dark as if there were fog.”
Cain washed his face dry.
“I don’t remember anything after that.”
I narrowed my eyes as I listened to Cain’s words.
‘Black fog… did he say black fog?’
Why does it suddenly remind me of the black hood I saw when I was young?
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
I hurriedly grabbed Cain’s arm and asked. Cain nodded.
“There are no injuries. Other than me, everyone else is fine. It’s just that everyone lost their minds for a moment…”
“The problem is that you’ve lost your mind. Is this an attack aimed at the heir of the Hezeth family?”
“So I think I should report it to my father first. If you’re going to the festival, you guys go first…”
“The festival… I’ll visit tomorrow, well.”
I commented cautiously.
While Cain might have been attacked, I had no desire to attend a festival in the middle of a street crowded with beastmen.
Fortunately, Leona and Arsene nodded as if they shared the same opinion.
“By the way, Sir Creighton is in a meeting right now. Are they done?”
“I have to report it right away.”
Cain let out a deep sigh.
I asked while looking at the escort knights of the snake clan.
“Has everyone lost their minds?”
Then, the escort knight, who seemed to have the highest rank among them, lowered his head and said.
“Yes, I’m so ashamed that I can’t bear to see your face.”
“Anything other than the black fog… Huh?”
I grabbed Cain by the collar.
“L, Linsy. What’s wrong?”
“Linsy?”
“Linsy! No matter how much you hate Cain, the collar is…”
Arsene, Cain, and Leona panicked and tried to pull me away from Cain, but I held on tighter.
Then, after flipping Cain’s shirt collar, I raised my tiptoe and looked into Cain’s neck.
‘This…’
It’s clear, I confirmed it.
It was a prohibition.
When I was seven years old, there was the same prohibition that Elder Ester put on me.
It is the pattern clearly engraved on Glene’s back.
‘I’m sure.’
Just like when it was engraved on me, it was very small but clear.
This is a prohibition someone put on Cain so he can’t say ‘something’.
What the hell happened while Cain lost his mind?
It was said that not only Cain, but also the coachman, the escort knights, and even the horses had lost their minds, so there was no way to find out.
After blinking a few times, I looked up at Cain.
“You… Are you really okay?”
“Because it is. Let this go for now, please. My clothes are getting wrinkled.”
First, I let go of Cain’s collar.
However, because of the shock, I couldn’t open my mouth to Cain easily.
‘Should I tell you this?’
Should I tell Cain right away? Then he would definitely be shocked.
‘No, maybe it’s not prohibition.’
But I soon shook my head.
It couldn’t be. Because that’s definitely the prohibition that bothered me terribly when I was seven.
If so…
‘What on earth happened?’
Ester’s death ended up in a labyrinth.
Kendrick, Mr. Hern, and others tried to find out who killed Esther, but they couldn’t find it.
I thought Ester and the suspicious black hood that used the tab were only fading in my memory…
‘Is he going to appear again?’
I felt like I was out of breath when I thought about that, but I shook my head.
I’m not as weak as I was when I was seven, so it’ll be okay if he shows up again.
Rather, the question now was whether Cain should be informed of this fact or not.
‘I should definitely report it to father…’
Sir Creighton was also Cain’s guardian, so he had an obligation to know.
Then.
‘…Cain needs to know too.’
He needs to know what kind of situation he is in now.
But now, in a public place like this, I couldn’t say something like, ‘You are now under prohibition and in a very dangerous situation! Looks like the bad guys did something bad to you while you were losing your mind!’ to Cain.
I only blinked, then pointed to the carriage.
“First of all, to the Yeckhart Mansion… No, I have to report to Sir Creighton first.”
As I spoke gibberish, Arsene lightly wrapped his arms around my shoulders and asked.
“What’s the matter, Linsy? Are you all right?”
“Eung? Yeah, I’m fine.”
I didn’t know what to do first. First of all, Cain should report to Sir Creighton, and then…
‘Will a black hood come to the festival?’
What if they try to attack me like they did back then?
Anxious thoughts followed one after another. Then, Arsene grabbed my shoulders.
“Linsy, calm down.”
“Arsene.”
“It’s okay, because you weren’t attacked…”
Arsene?
“Yes, I was attacked. But that consolation is a little too much, Arsene Yeckhart.”
Cain said, glaring at Arsene with a crumpled face.
Arsene shrugged his shoulders.
“First, just go and meet him. It’s an urgent matter, so even if he’s in a meeting, he’ll listen.”
