𝑻𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫 °ᴿᵒᵏᶜᵃˡᵉ

𓊈 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗: 𝟏𝟒 𓊉

"𝔜oung master Cale, should I pour you more wine?"

"Ah...yes"

While a maid was serving him wine, he noticed, once again, the bracelet on the wrist just as before.

'It's red, the past one was white. Everyone who works here has one, what does it mean?'

He looked at Roksu, who was eating the steak as if nothing was wrong, as if the maid who was serving them wasn't trembling.

'Well, it's not like I could ask what happened; we aren't that close.'

"Cale, is the steak of your liking?"

"Ah? Yes, it's good."

"I'm glad, our chef is a very good one, she is the one who teaches everyone at our palace."

"How is your home? The empire, I mean"

"It's cold, a lot colder than here."

"I heard that the Hielcyt empire was once just a mountain of snow, until the first emperor, Alix Hiel, claimed the mountain as his."

Let's just say Cale was a little curious about Roksu and Amelia's empire, so he decided to study just a bit.

Roksu seems surprised and curious by Cale's words.

"That's correct, but the first emperor, Alix Hiel, was actually a traitor and a tyrant."

"I see—wait really?!"

'There's no sign of that in the books of history'

Roksu nodded, looking at Cale with a funny face.

"That's something only royalty knows; he betrayed his original kingdom and made his own, taking all the credit of his brother's wins."

"I didn't know he had a brother."

"He did; Aron Thames was his name."

Cale tensed at the last name.

'Thames? Mom's last name?'

"Of course, that's something that doesn't matter now; they are dead, and the truth was never told—Cale?"

Roksu frowned, looking at Cale's reaction.

"Cale"

He didn't answer.

"Young master Cale"

...

"ꓘ҉̜̳̫͗͐̂͌̍Ɐ҉͙̳͔̰̰̓͗͒ꓶ҈̮̗̙̟̦͛́̎͗ꓶ҉͔̘͖̳̰̍̃̀Ǝ҉͇͈̀̉͛̚N̷͍͗́̀ͅ"

Gasp.

"Yes?"

Cale didn't know why he answered; he didn't even know what Roksu had said.