I watched the whole thing in silence.


    I didn’t make a sound as ra talked about prophecies I didn’t even know existed.


    Darkness, light, chaos, order, dragon, phoenix, nothingness and death.


    Oh, and the poem they didn’tplete...


    In the six thousand hours I’ve spent ying The Lands of The Lunerra over the past three years, I have no recollection of any of these prophecies.


    I squinted slightly, turning my eyes toward the old man standing directly across from ra.


    Chazon.


    No information about hisst name. Simply... Chazon.


    His skills other than irvoyance, or his statistics... These are also unknown.


    Even his real age is a mystery.


    His existence is a knot of mystery, hidden from the entire with great interest.


    But, simply put... he is the oldest seer on Lunerra.


    A seer who serves on behalf of the Cevilian.


    "Even though I trusted you, I had a shred of doubt..."


    I paused at the low voice next to me, my eyes darting from ra and Chazon, who were talking amongst themselves, to Prince Lucas.


    His eyes were on the two of them. His expression was... a little confused.


    "Mr. Chazon told me that a new seer had awakened a while ago, actually, but I didn’t care too much, since it was next to impossible to find out who it was. I was just... praying that whoever it was wouldn’t fall into the hands of our enemies."


    His eyes narrowed, he sighed slightly.


    "It’s...forting to know it didn’t happen. But the fact that the seer in question was so young, and that she was also ’your’ sister... I don’t know."


    His green eyes turned to me this time, worried, and he stared at me for a few seconds.


    I knew what was going through his mind.


    "I won’t let anyone harm a single hair on her head."


    "It’s impossible topletely conceal her identity, Aiden. If she lived in the pce, in our custody, like Mr. Chazon, it would be possible. But you want her to lead a normal life, you want her to walk outside like a normal person."


    I didn’t say anything, I just waited, my eyes fixed on him.


    But he continued.


    "Besides... she belongs to a count family. She’s your sister, Aiden. She will be investigated, her identity checked. Not just by Saligia or our enemies, but even by your allies. And... maybe not anytime soon, but eventually, who she is will be revealed."


    "Lucas."


    When I simply said his name, he paused, his eyes widening slightly as his open lips remained still.


    "I will find every single person who bothered to look for her."


    I narrowed my eyes, maintaining my tone.


    "No one who finds out who she is will be able to reveal it easily."


    Prince Lucas remained frozen in ce.


    "Because none of them will live long enough to tell by then."


    *******


    Why... did I feel that way?


    Maybe Aiden’s words weren’t directed at me, yes...


    But his eyes were on me the whole time.


    He didn’t blink, he didn’t change his focus for a moment.


    As if... he was warning me, even indirectly.


    Me.


    A prince.


    But, to make matters worse...


    I couldn’t find anything to say.


    If he had been a normal nobleman, he would have been on his way to life imprisonment and maybe even execution for threatening a member of the royal bloodline.


    But... I didn’t feel like I could respond.


    Even though he was weaker than me.


    After a brief moment, I took a deep breath, tore my eyes away from him, and returned them to where his sister and Mr. Chazon were.


    ra Tenebra... looked excited.


    Very much so.


    I had seen three seers in my life so far, and there had only been five in thest eighty years. But what they all had inmon was that they were old. For some reason, they were all quite elderly when they appeared.


    This one was different.


    She was too young, and therefore suitable for training.


    She was also a citizen of the kingdom.


    A great advantage, really.


    It’s just... her brother was a bit of a problem, that was all.


    But that’s not too big of a deal.


    I squinted slightly, remembering the look he had just given me and the seriousness of his words. And now... his straight, calm posture, with a quite normal expression.


    Okay... maybe it’s a bit of a deal.


    *******


    "As I said before. As her guardian, I approve of my sister training as a seer and using her skill for the future of the kingdom."


    We were in a much quieter room this time, but easy to focus on.


    There was no Mr. Chazon, no ra Tenebra, the sister we were talking about.


    Just Aiden and me.


    "It would be a problem for her to physicallye to the pce often, so I think it would be better for her to learn remotely."


    Although... I’m not sure if that’s good or bad.


    It feels like he’s even more daring because we’re alone.


    "This way, her school life will be smooth and normal. Is there a problem with my thinking?"


    There was, actually.


    She was a seer.


    We had to protect her, raise her in the best possible way.


    And that was his purpose, actually.


    But he wanted to do so much more than that.


    And yet...


    "No, I don’t."


    It was an important person who demanded these things.


    Aiden Tenebra... maybe he was just someone with a simple reputation now, a known name, but he was growing every day.


    He was someone who could be of great use to the kingdom, even more than the pir families... maybe.


    "Learning remotely is eptable. She can have daily meetings with Mr. Chazon so that she can keep her normal life and at the same time get the seer training she wants. I’ll try to arrange it... but I need you to understand us on some level, Aiden."


    His left eyebrow raised slightly, and even if his expression hadn’t changed, he certainly didn’t like hearing the word ’but’.


    "But?"


    "No matter how trustworthy she is, even if she is your own sister, we want her to sign a Mana Contract because she is a young seventeen-year-old."


    His eyes narrowed as his slightly raised eyebrow straightened.


    "What kind of contract?"


    "A contract that she will keep her status secret in every possible way, and that she will not betray the kingdom, and all that sort of thing."


    For some reason...


    I can’t help but feel like he’s the prince, and I’m the count expressing his desires.


    "After the contract is drawn up, I want to see its contents. That’s the only way I’ll approve it."


    "That’s fine with us."


    But, as I thought before.


    It doesn’t matter.


    Because he’s a valuable card, not a simple count.


    Pride or any of its variants are unimportant concepts.


    "Then... we’ll continue about my sister after this contract is prepared."


    His expression, his look, returned to normal. He even leaned back slightly, as if quite rxed.


    But that’s not what caught my attention.


    It was more... the tone of voice and posture in thest sentence.


    As if... there was more to what he wanted to say and we were not finished.


    "I’d like to continue our discussion which was inevitably interruptedst time."


    Ah, right...


    The Laute Family and Eshaware.


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    I stiffened my posture, in contrast to his rxed demeanor. The more rxed and carefree he seemed... the more serious and attentive I became.


    ra Tenebra was certainly an important matter.


    But I could more or less guess how that matter would end.


    The Laute Family and Eshaware, though...


    This was another story altogether.


    "Alysia Laute is not the only living heir of the Laute family."


    The implication of his sentence was clear.


    But, nevertheless, I carefully engraved every word in my mind and reviewed it over and over again. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything.


    "Adrian Caleo is the second child of Ethil Laute, and also younger brother of Alysia Laute."


    It was not surprising.


    It was something I didn’t talk about directly because nothing was certain.


    But it was also something that had to be revealed sooner orter.


    The suspicions were too many, after all.


    Silver hair and emerald green eyes...


    An exterior that looks exactly like Ethil Laute...


    The Laute Family’s mana maniption technique...


    Only a fool would ignore all this.


    "Rather than using him to destroy the Laute Familypletely, I n to use him to keep it standing in order to use it as a bridge between us and Eshaware."


    So, in short...


    "You want Adrian to be the leader of the Laute Family and negotiate with Eshaware..."


    "Yes. I intend to erase the Laute Family’s past and rewrite it with Adrian and Alysia, while maintaining a positive rtionship with Eshaware so that they can be useful allies for Cevilian."


    "We both realize that Eshaware... are not going to wee Adrian and Alysia with open arms, right?"


    The Laute Family is a family that Eshaware has been looking for almost for decades, a family considered traitors.


    They will not simply ept two people whoe from a bloodline that they simply see as terrorists...


    "Yes, they won’t. They will even want to execute them on sight."


    He paused slightly, opened his watch, and projected a holographic screen between us.


    No, there was nothing important here.


    Not even a photo or a video.


    Just...


    "But technology can provide more than enough means to ovee some things."


    There was a social media interface.


    "We’re going to use social media to show Adrian as the one who really ended the family, and Alysia as the innocent girl who helped him from the inside and was exposed to the horrors of the family. We’re going to spew out all the cruelty of the Laute Family, we’re going to expose every single hole they’ve poked their noses into... and these two will be the ones to expose it."


    Using the media, he wants the to stand with Adrian and Alysia...


    "They will be the descendants of viins, but they will be the two who will bring their downfall for a noble cause, and who, through no fault of their own, will be willing to do anything to make amends for what the Laute Family has done in the past."


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    And in this way, he wants Eshaware to be more lenient with Adrian and Alysia, even if only in front of the media, by avoiding actions that could provoke a bacsh...


    "Humans, elves, other races... it doesn’t matter who they are. We like to see heroes, Prince. We are excited to see those who refuse the fate imposed on them and act in the name of ’justice’ with sacrifices. Heroes are always loved and supported. Especially when they have a tragic story."


    What he said a few days ago, just before he got a nosebleed, suddenly echoed in my mind.


    Lie...


    "So this is the lie you wanted to tell."


    He waited a moment before answering, for some reason I didn’t know why.


    His gray eyes were on me, calm.


    "Yes."


    I inhaled a deep breath and couldn’t help wrinkling my forehead with my fingers.


    There were so many bad scenarios that could happen.


    Everything could go wrong.


    But, when I thought about it... it seemed like a reasonable n.


    If it could seed, at least.


    Was it really the right decision to leave the rtionship between Cevilian and Eshaware in his hands like this?


    Was Aiden, no matter how important he was... someone who should be given so much freedom?


    Could he really... wlessly achieve everything he imed?


    Or would he fail and bring the kingdom to the brink of copse.


    ...


    I was not sure of the answer.


    It was impossible, in fact, for me to give an answer that I could be one hundred percent confident in the oue.


    And yet, despite the shreds of doubt that would remain in me no matter what...


    I agreed.


    "Okay."


    He had clearly expressed his intentions for the future, at least.


    And his purpose... was something that made me trust him.