Chapter 20

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I stared at the place where the Crown Prince had just been sitting.

The teacup was empty, as if he had finished drinking the tea with a new flavour, and there were only cookies that randomly scattered on the plate.

“Sister.”

Casadine called me.

I raised my head and looked at him.

“Is what that man said was true?”

Casadine asked for an explanation about my conversation with the Crown Prince earlier. And I didn’t lie when I answered.

“Yes, it’s not a lie.”

It was Casadine, who shut his mouth firmly at my words. The deep wrinkles on his forehead seemed to indicate that he wasn’t feeling well.

“Why did you bring the cookies by the way?”

At my question, Casadine replied shamelessly.

“I just brought it with me because it looked heavy.”

It was a ridiculous lie.

Casadine’s appearance was so outstanding that there were many people in this mansion who admired him. But he never helped the servants, no matter how hard thier work.

Is it wrong if I misunderstand him because of his behavior?

I don’t know everything about Casadine. Because I’m a healer, not a mind reader. To be sure, what he did today was an unusual.

“Okay. If you say so, it would be like that.”

“Are you planning to go to the Imperial Palace tomorrow?”

“Yes, I have to go.”

I answered without hesitation.

As the Crown Prince said, I have to go to the Imperial Palace to refuse the offer.

But why did the Crown Prince tell me to come ‘alone’? That was the question. When I visit the Imperial Palace, I will go to the prison where Damian is locked up.

Casadine looked at me with a thoughtful face and opened his lips.

“I think it’s better not to go to the Imperial Palace.”

“Why?”

“It may be a trap. It was also because my sister was asked to come alone, and I feel restless because I don’t know what will happen to you there. And above all…”

Casadine didn’t continue his words.

I nodded, as if asking him to speak, and he added with a serious face.

“His first impression is bad.”

“…!”

When Casadine spoke with a really serious face, I burst into laughter.

I asked, looking at Casadine, who was still looked serious.

“Can you tell if someone is nice or not the first time you see them?”

“You can tell what kind of person he is by looking at his eyes. At first glance, it looks like a poor quality human.”

Oh my God…

Who was the one that poisoned the Crown Prince, and now he said the quality of that person is bad.

However, I was totally agree with Casadine’s words.

“I agree. I also didn’t like the Crown Prince from the first time I saw him.”

“You think so too.”

Casadine smiled brightly, as if he was feeling good.

He’s excited about the Crown Prince’s background. No matter how much I think about it, we weren’t ordinary siblings. When we were talking about the Crown Prince with great excitement, Casadine suddenly asked me.

“… How was my first impression?”

I stared into his eyes, as I answered Casadine’s question. His purple eyes shoned brightly in the morning sun.

“I thought you were like me.”

“Why?”

“Well… I just felt that way.”

I told the truth about first impressions when I saw him.

It was Casadine’s eyes that caught my attention more than his appearance. A pair of purple eyes with a deep story.

Inside, there was bitterness like dawn that would disperse your mind, and there was also emptiness.

Suddenly, I wondered what was my first impression when Casadine saw me.

“Casadine, how was my first impression?”

“…It’s a secret.”

It was wrong to ask a liar for an answer. I laughed bitterly.

“Then, do you think I’m a good person or a bad person?”

Casadine looked worried for a moment, then replied in a calm tone.

“I don’t know.”

“If you look into someone’s eyes, you can see what kind of person they are. So, what kind of person am I?”

As I grabbed the hem of Casadine’s clothes and waved it, he reflexively brushed my hand away.

“Ah… ”

It was me, whose hand was rejected, but Casadine was the one who was really surprised.

He opened his mouth, not knowing what to do with his actions.

“I’m sorry, sister. Without knowing, I…”

“It’s okay.”

As usual, Casadine’s face, which was still gloomy, became even more hazy as he spoke. Why?

“Don’t you hate me?”

“Why should I hate you?”

At my words, Casadine sighed with a helpless face.

“To be honest, my sister is not a good person or a bad person… But, you’re a strange person.”

Has Casadine ever added the word ‘Honestly’ to me?

By the way, am I a strange person to him? I wasn’t very pleased with his answer, but I’m glad he was honest with me, so I looked at Casadine with excited eyes.

As if my gaze was overwhelming, Casadine turned his head aside to avoid my gaze. His face that I saw from the side was red like a tomato.

“I heard that your body has a fever since last night, and are you still not getting better? Why is your face so red?”

“It’s all because of you, sister….”

Casadine bite his lower lip, whether he wanted to say it or not.

“It’s nothing, sister.”

When I saw Casadine answer the question while lowering his head, a gentle smile appeared on my lips. Would it feel like this if there were siblings who shared the same blood?

After having a few more conversations with Casadine, I went to the study room on the 3rd floor and said that there was something I had to do.

There are quite a number of books in this room. This is because my father used to buy me books every time he went out on patrol or was out to take care of something.

‘Then, it turns out that in a few days, it’s time for my father to return after completing the patrol.’

I didn’t tell him that I took Casadine to the Imperial Palace.

Well, it will be okay. I decided to think positively.

Then, I moved to the corner where the history books were located.

There, I picked up a book about the kingdom of Hailan. But surprisingly, most of the text was erased. If so, I tried the other books, but like the first book, the letters were erased or the pages were torn. There are only books left that contain an explanation about the Hailan Kingdom.

When I saw these books, I thought there was only one person in the mansion who did this.

‘It’s Casadine.”

He came to this room and erased all the records about his kingdom. After all, he’s a smart person. It was rather good.

Because I’m sure that Casadine is a conscientious person and he wouldn’t have left any evidence of invading the Imperial Palace.

I smiled and put the books in their original places. When I returned to my room, I thought about Damian, whom I would meet tomorrow.

What should I do if I meet him in prison?

‘I fell in love at first sight when I saw you, so I went to the prison to see you!’

It would be nice to act like a foolish woman in this way.

Damian wasn’t an idiot, so it seems the smartest way is to behave like a stupid person. It was my purpose to approach Damian, then find out all the bad things he has done, and bring him down to the bottom.

‘I think I know how Casadine feels.’

There’s no need to be afraid of him just because I died at his hand in my previous life.

His cold eyes looking down at me, pools of my blood on the floor, and the sword that pierced my heart. How can I forget it? The pain of that day.

My death.

If you don’t eat it, you will be eaten.

I slowly closed my eyes. For some reason, I didn’t have any dreams that day. It seems like I fell asleep because Casadine didn’t knocked on my door that night.

*****

In front of the fountain of the Imperial Palace where the statue of the goddess was located.

The Crown Prince took out the pocket watch and checked the time. The clock pointed exactly at noon.

“You are here.”

The Crown Prince laughed happily when he saw Aren arrive, right at the appointed time.

“I see the little sun of the Empire.”

Aren grasped the hem of her dress and expressed her courtesy to the Prince.

“Don’t be too formal.”

“How can I do that, Your Highness.”

Aren’s stern attitude was clearly to draw the lines between them.

Aren bowed her head and said whether she knew the Crown Prince’s feeling or not.

“As I said, I came to refuse the offer.”

“What makes you in a hurry? How about sitting down and talking?”

The Crown Prince said, then pointing to the ornate chair in front of the fountain.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Aren pondered for a moment and sat down on the chair.

The Crown Prince looked behind Aren. As he said, Aren seemed to have come to the Imperial Palace alone without bringing anyone else.

“No need to worry, there’s no one I brought here.”

Aren said in a calm voice whether she had read the thoughts of the Crown Prince.

“I think your intuition is pretty good, and you also have healing powers.”

At the words of the Crown Prince, Aren looked around and said in a small voice that only the Crown Prince could hear.

“Your Highness, how can you say it so loudly? What if someone hears it?”

“If you’re so worried about that, why don’t you become the Crown Princess?”

Aren touched her forehead.

The imperial knights, who were passing by might be able to hear it. How far is this person going to make things difficult? Didn’t I say it clearly so this matter could be quickly resolved before I went to see Damian?

Aren took a few deep breaths to calm down, then she said.

“You didn’t even love me in the first place. I’m a healer, not Your Highness’s toy.”

“Is love important for marriage? You do it if your interests match. You will have a high power that no one can surpass, and the Imperial family will have healing power in their hands forever. I think this is a good deal for each other.”

A Deal… Aren’s eyes sank coldly. As if she had decided, she opened her mouth.

“How about another deal?”

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