[Renée’s POV]

“Eum?”

“I don’t know why the person behind the scenes is targeting me, but as long as they’re targeting me, the tail will be caught someday, but if I’m with them, far from catching the tail, they might hide it. In the end, the moment the Knights take charge of me, it can be counterproductive rather than effective.”

My mouth was dry after talking for a long time. I wanted to drink water, but there was no water here. I swallowed dryly and continued talking.

“Above all, I don’t want to cause any harm, Your Majesty. Of course, Your Majesty must have given orders with me in mind, but I’m fine. As Your Majesty said, I’m good at taking care of myself even if I’m alone… …”

For a moment, I recalled what the king had said and extended the end of my words. It wasn’t long before I remembered them all.

“Because I’m like a little dragon who has high magic resistance, is strong, and dodges well.”

I laughed out loud at the end. But awkwardly, I was enveloped in silence.

I thought the king would be at a loss for words if I pointed this out, but I was a little taken aback because I hadn’t expected to be engulfed in silence to this extent.

So I stopped laughing and looked around with my hands put together, and the king sighs.

“Huu…… I see. If your position is like that, I can’t force you either.”

Ooh, but she seems to listen to me.

Guys, that’s a relief, right? The thing you feared didn’t happen!

But for some reason, the children’s expressions were not good.

No, to be precise, it was serious faces, as if lost in thought.

“Then let’s do that…….”

The king nodded and was about to say something else.

Zion cautiously opened his mouth.

“On second thought, I think it would be more dangerous for you to be alone.”

Eh?

I beg your pardon?

Zion finished talking.

“In a situation where the lady has already been targeted twice, there is no guarantee that it will not happen again. Rather, they will aim for more, so it would be better if you always accompany us.”

Excuse me.

“That’s right. Instead, sweeping and searching are dangerous, so Renée shouldn’t participate in it.”

“That would be convenient for us and the lady.”

Suddenly, Zion and Anastasia’s opinions were right.

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Embarrassed, I refuted.

“No, didn’t you hear me just now? No, didn’t you hear that? If I’m with the Knights, they might not come even if I was coming?”

It was so absurd that my voice cracked and it wasn’t even a fuss.

It’s possible that they would look at me with pity, but Zion shook his head regardless.

“I don’t think so. If they cared about us, Count Sirius wouldn’t have acted that way. It was the royal palace where the banquet was held to celebrate the Knights of Hugo.”

…That’s true.

But!

“I, but I can take good care of myself. I fought Bradley well alone…….”

“Yes, I will obey Your Majesty’s words.”

It was then. Reden cut my words, which I was protesting hard, and suddenly changed his argument as if flipping his hand.

“Hooo.”

The king muttered like this was interesting.

I looked at Reden like a betrayed person, and Reden didn’t even give me a glance.

How could you do this? You were all acting like you heard some crap earlier, everyone!

In fact, the king’s order to accompany them was not unpleasant to me. But everyone seemed to hate it, so I risked my life to refute the king’s words… …

What do I become when things go on like this!

I was struggling alone and looked at Diwen, my last hope.

Diwen, who was not looking good today, lowered his eyes and crossed his arms.

Hey, Diwen, are you listening?

However, the words that finally came out of Diwen’s lips were truly shocking.

“I did not disobey Her Majesty’s order in the first place.”

Heeeyy, you punk. You refuted that it was an illusion when I caught the activated dragon bone, and it was a coincidence.

At this point, I felt like I didn’t want to yield. It’s time to open my mouth to refute once again.

The king raised her hand.

“Now, I think it’s better to let you know at this point. Come on, go get that.”

That?

The king suddenly began to say something else, which stopped me from protesting. Shortly thereafter, an escort knight who had gone somewhere in accordance with the king’s order came with something.

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It was a piece of paper.

“Everyone knows, there’s a fire in the dungeon. Thanks to the rapid extrication of prisoners, casualties are minimal.”

The king, who looked at the paper, suddenly brought up the fact that the dungeon was on fire.

“There was such a big fire but two people died, so it was a bargain. Don’t you think so?”

Die? Two people?

I couldn’t manage my expression at the shocking news. The king smiled at me like that.

“One corpse had no arms, and one corpse had intact limbs. It was so badly burned that it was hard to figure out who it was. But it looks like my wizards worked hard. Identification completed.”

I suddenly feel a chill. My lips were dry and my throat was thirsty.

“The body without arms is Eric Bradley. Not long ago, he was famous as an organist.”

Flutte, the king waved the paper.

“Is he famous as the destroyer of Horrenne House now? Let’s move on. Who do you think the other one is?”

The king asked me.

I couldn’t answer. It’s because my mouth couldn’t open. The king only smiled with a knowing face.

“He has devoted his life to the royal palace and lived as a dungeon gatekeeper. It’s a pity.”

“……Bradley…Isn’t it…?”

“Why? Did you want the Bradley brothers to die?”

I was speechless again and the king shook her head.

“He can’t die. He’s the one who started the fire, and he’s the one who killed his brother. It’s just a trick. He wants you to believe that the Bradley brothers are all dead.”

“… …Why… …”

Why? I asked the obvious.

Trying to ignore the ominous beating of my heart, I remembered what had happened at Horrenne House.

The one who strangled me, laughed grotesquely, and said he wondered what his muse would look like if my arm were cut off.

He set fire to the dungeon himself. It is said that he used his brother and an innocent guard as bait to escape.

Why do you think so?

“You said that. Accompany the Knights and they might hide their tails. But Miss Renée. This is the royal palace. Unless their liver comes out from the belly*, it is not the place to be recklessly fearless.”

TL/N: Korean slang/idiom for fearless, perhaps recklessly so

The king’s voice fell infinitely lower.

“Nevertheless, the plague trembled here. They dared to open fire, and they dared to run out of my sight. But do you really think they will care that you are with them*?”

TL/N: The knights and wizards.

The king crumpled the paper in her hand.

“Absolutely not. Rather, they will turn their eyes upside down*.”

TL/N: Korean idiom for to be mad, insane

Tuk, the crumpled paper fell to the floor. And crunch, the king stepped on it.

“It’s a royal order, six of you, whatever you do.”

Bright blonde hair, in contrast, dark gray eyes that looked different from before.

“Catch those that have been unruly three times in my district.”

TL/N: I’m not very sure but I’m assuming 1- The banquet, 2- Horrenne House, 3- Dungeon fire.

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[Esola’s POV]

“I don’t feel good. It’s no different than half-threatening.”

After sending everyone out, Esola muttered while sitting on her throne. Then, like a shadow, the escort knight next to Esola thought.

“You just threatened.”

“Oho, you. I can hear everything in your mind.”

“Ahaha! Did you hear what I thought about how many laps I’d do today at the gymnasium? I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I have been nosy.”

“Ehh tch. Why is everyone not cute. Shouldn’t you be so scared that you stutter a lot when that happens?”

Esola muttered disapprovingly. The escort knight sighed inwardly.

‘Cause if you don’t do this, your throat will be cut off.’

It was simply a way of survival.

Esola tilted her head after saying for a while that she didn’t have any cute kids.

“No. Our Lady Blair is so cute. Ahaha! If I only had a son, I would arrange it!”

It was Esola who had been cursing at her for not responding to her invitation just a few days ago.

The escort knight remembered every detail of it but wisely kept quiet.

Instead, he took another bite.

“There’s the princess, isn’t there.”

“My daughter is hopeless. No way.”

TL/N: I’M GUESSING, he means like the king can take in Renée as her daughter? 

It was a conversation that would have been absurd if the parties had heard.

After several absurd conversations between Esola and the escort knight, the escort managed to spit out the questions he had been feeling a few hours ago.

“By the way Renée Blair, I think it’s very different from what I’ve heard.”

Esola, who seemed to agree, narrowed her eyes. Then she said lightly.

“I guess it’s someone else.”

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[Renée’s POV]

The place that I came out of the reception room and headed for was a place that looked like a lounge.

Since I hadn’t worked or visited the palace, I had to follow the five.

Spacious sofas and large windows. As soon as I entered the place shouting, it is truly a place to relax! I found a seat and sat down.

And spit it out.

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“In the end, you want me to be the bait.”

I’m worried about you, so let’s do it together. It was all superficial reasons.

The king’s real goal was to attach me to those who worked under her and wait for the person behind it to get caught.

‘If I die, things will get messed up, so you put Aiden on it, now that I see it.’

I really wanted to bow my head right away and apologize to Aiden.

“Don’t worry, Renée. There will never be anything dangerous.”

“Anastasia….”

How can you still speak so kindly like the main character?

Live the world fiercely, Anastasia. Something seems to have gone awry, but it’s me Renée Blair. that bothered you so much.

However, I couldn’t utter those words in this situation, so I sighed instead.

“But just talk with me. How do you want me to be with you all?”

As I was grumbling, I muttered no way.

“You really want me to join the Knights?”

“No. It means not making time to be alone.”

Zion said.

“The problem is, in a few days, when we’re gone…….”

“Are you going away?”

“I found it when you had an accident at Horrenne House.”

It was Reden, not Zion, who answered. Reden, who was sitting alone in a single seat, was back with a blunt face.

“What?”

“Dragon Lair.”

“Oh!”

“What appears to be.”

“Oh…?”

If it’s Dragon Lair, it’s Dragon Lair. What does a Dragon Lair look like?

As if realizing the meaning of my gaze, Reden wrinkled his brow.

“That’s why I’m going to make sure it’s Dragon Lair.”

“Aha. That’s why you’re leaving. Only the Knights?”

“……Wizards go, too.”

Wizards?

I looked at Reden and Anastasia with a question mark above my head.

Anastasia fiddled with her fingers as if she was in trouble before finally opening her mouth.

“You didn’t know when we deceived Her Majesty’s eyes, but now that Her Majesty knows, there’s no need to do it secretly. Originally, I was going to take turns searching with Sir Reden…”

“So you’re all going away?”

In a place that looks like Dragon Lair?

“No way!”

I jumped up and down without realizing it. Anastasia’s eyes widened.

“What if it’s really Dragon Lair? It’s too dangerous. I heard the wizards’ job was to find Dragon Lairs. You found a place that looks like Lair, so you’re done. So don’t go.”

At that point, I mumbled because I thought I was too hard on the two knights.

“Of course, I’m not saying it’s okay if you two are in danger……. But still, these two are dragon slayers.….”

At my words, Zion just stared blankly as always, and Diwen surprisingly didn’t respond.

‘No, what’s really wrong with him?’

I decided to move on for now and looked at Anastasia again.

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“And why on earth did the wizards get involved in this?”

Come to think of it, it was. It’s understandable to help retrieve the lost dragon bones. The king said that it was dangerous.

Not only the Hugo Knights in charge but also the wizards had no choice but to roll up their sleeves and step out.

But finding a dragon lair? If it’s the Hugo Knights who are obsessed with eradicating dragons, I understand, but why are the wizards…