Echoes of Philomel

In His Arms, In Her Fears

"Push."

But at that moment Eustis lifted her to meet Philomel at eye level. He wiped the tears from her little cheeks with his hand.

"You are not a liar."

"...!"

"If you are a liar, then I am also a liar. I heard it too."

"You-Your Majesty!"

In an instant, the marquise's pretty face turned pale. Logan, who at least grasped the situation, fell flat.

"...I have committed a mortal sin! I made such a mistake because I was worried about my immature brother!"

"Bro-brother?"

Liam took a step back.

"What's the matter? Everyone says it. That His Majesty also marked my older brother as the successor..."

"Noisy!"

Puck!

Logan hit his brother on the head.

"Why is my brother hitting me? Wah..."

Liam started crying bitterly. He was making a mess.

"Your Majesty, what my brother said is a lie. Neither I nor my parents ever said that to my brother.

"Yeah, yes! My son is so imaginative that he must have mistaken imagination for reality."

The two people who called Philomel a liar now call Liam a liar. Liam's face was devastated when his trusted family betrayed him.

"Stop."

The icy voice finally stopped the turmoil.

"I didn't pay too much attention to you until now. I would never have thought he was plotting a plot right before my eyes."

Even though a warm wind was blowing, the temperature suddenly seemed to drop. He was so scary, what about them?

"That, that, that's why..."

The Marquise of Elros trembled, unable to properly follow her words. Logan, who had been pretending to be smart, was white and silent as if his lips were sticking.

"Sylvia, the reason I didn't touch you was because it wasn't worth getting my hands dirty."

"Yu, Eustis..."

The Marquise of Elros sat down. The situation of former Princess Sylvia, who tried to appeal to her half-brother, was miserable.

"If you don't want to lose your head right here, take your children and leave. I don't want to see blood today either."

Just like that, the three disappeared.

After that, the title and property of the Marquis of Elros were confiscated, and Sylvia and her two sons were said to have been erased from the imperial register. Those whose names had been erased from the imperial family had to live like commoners, with their sacred powers sealed and kept under surveillance for the rest of their lives. It was a light punishment for being guilty of treason, but everyone knew that the Elros family hadn't plotted treason, just because they couldn't control their son's mouth. According to what Philomel later found out, they were also nobles there, and they were ostracized by their neighbors for showing off their arrogance, so they couldn't get a bowl of soup. Well, that was only a later story, and for Philomel now, the evaluation of the man who had already walked far away was more important.