Legend of Eudemons

Thoughts that popped up at the inauguration ceremony, even if I wanted to know them in my heart, they remained calm on the surface.As a prince, Kaina is used to keeping calm all the time.He always understates even what he desperately wants to know, so he always maintains his poise.

Shiratori stared at him with white eyes, and replied slowly: "'If'. I don't like to make assumptions. If Lian Ji didn't marry your father, but married someone from Shang Yang Kingdom, it might not be so. They will live a long life. Maybe they will encounter unpredictable accidents, they may get sick, they may be physically and mentally exhausted because of their worry-loving personality and worry about the country, and they may have dystocia when giving birth. After all, when and what will happen to people It's all unknowable. There's no 'happily ever after' route choice."

Kena stopped moving for a moment, unconsciously recalling what he said, and the atmosphere fell silent for a while.

"...Shiratori is indeed an adult. It makes sense."

Kayner also understood that hypothetical sentences don't make much sense.But Shiratori looked at it from a very broad perspective, and Keina would think so and underestimate him.

"But if that's the case, why are you still angry? Sure enough, you're jealous because you like Lian Ji?"

Probing words.Still speaking very casually, as if he didn't care at all and just mentioned it casually.It is a natural habit to maintain such an attitude, but in the middle of speaking, Kena has already started to consider the possibility that Shiratori will be angry.But the words have been spoken halfway and there is no way to stop.The lessons learned from the embarrassing atmosphere caused by the cheap talk before is in front of you, and it didn't take long for the talk to be cheap again.If Shiratori is not here now, Keina really wants to pinch his own face.

The big white eyes squinted at him and blinked.

"Maybe." Shiratori smiled mockingly at himself and shrugged. "But if it were someone else, I might not hate it so much."

"No matter what, I can't be with Lian Ji. Even if she's not a princess, I'm not a human. I just hope she can marry a good person, someone who is considerate of her, and someone who is devoted to her and won't let People who make her sad, people who can make her happy. Corbin III fits neither of those."

Kena listened quietly, and responded lightly: "He has indeed married too many women."

This is a very common thing among royal families and nobles. As a prince, Kaina himself has no opinion on this, it should be said that it is commonplace.If the usual princely route continues, he will probably have several wives in a few years.Like his eldest brother—Antonio has two wives, and that's not too many.Occasionally, I may feel a little unimaginable when I think about the day when I will get married, but after all, he is only a 15-year-old boy. Pass.

"How many wives he married is not even the point of the question." Shiratori sighed through his nose, "A good king cannot be a good husband. You can't have your cake and eat it too. From the standpoint of a king, no Maybe do more for a woman. After Lian Ji got married, she just added more things to worry about, and she didn't have a very happy life. She died at the age of 27, and she didn't receive any care before she died-yes, Corban III She had the best doctors to take care of her. But one doesn't just need a doctor to prescribe a lot of medicine when one is sick. She died alone—I was on the battlefield." His The eyes are fully opened, and the serious expression looks a little scary.

"I didn't find out she was dead until a month later. Corbin III gave her a lavish funeral. — there's no use in that."

"sorry."

"You don't have to apologize for him, and it's useless."

"No, I mean—I shouldn't be talking about that."

In fact, Kenner has acted quite calmly and naturally, but there is still a gap with his usual appearance.Shiratori could see his nervous reaction.

"No, this is something that is deeply imprinted in my heart. Even if you don't mention it, you will think about it."

Shiratori put the gift box in his hand on the table, looking brisk as if he had just had a relaxed conversation.Kayna decided that there should be no more talk, and was buried in unwrapping the presents, even though he didn't really care much about who gave them or what was inside.Just take it apart and put it on the table one by one.

"You don't have to be so careful at all, if you have anything to say—"

While Shiratori was talking, Kena suddenly burst into a violent cough.

"Hey! Are you okay?!"

This is nonsense.Kenner doesn't look like he's all right.He was coughing and wheezing violently, clutching his throat tightly, in extreme pain.A box that had just been opened was placed next to him, and there was a small packet of green particles in it.

Shiratori's eyes changed when he saw that thing.Quickly cover the box, seal it with wrapping paper, tear off the white cloth from his clothes, wrap the package and put it far away.After doing this, he turned back to take care of Keina.

The little prince was out of breath, breathing with difficulty.Shiratori bent down, held his cheek, and delivered oxygen to him mouth to mouth.

When Kena woke up, there was a blur of whiteness in front of her eyes—the white bird's face was very close, and the silvery white hair hung down on his face, tickling him.

"Wow--!!!"

"Boom! 』

Kayna sat up abruptly, hitting his head on Shiratori's forehead, which hurt him badly.Then he realized that he was lying on the white bird's lap before, and this discovery made him panic even more.

Shiratori stared at him with two big white eyes, and blinked at him: "Are you okay?"

"Wait, why would I—no, I just—"

He remembered what happened just now.Carelessly unpacking one gift after another, opened a jade box, and then felt difficulty breathing, followed by a severe cough.At the time, Kayna thought he was going to die.

"The box you opened just now," Shiratori turned his head and gestured to the thing he had left in the distance, which was now wrapped in a white cloth (torn from Shiratori's clothes). "That green piece is highly poisonous. It doesn't have any smell, and it can be poisoned just by inhaling it. Fortunately, the thing is just cut into small pieces instead of powder. You don't inhale much, or there is no such thing as you in the world now." people."

"..."

Kayna didn't know what to say, and he realized now that he didn't have the strength to speak.

"But it doesn't matter, that thing won't stay in your body for a long time, and you haven't inhaled much. Just lie down and rest. Don't disturb those imperial doctors, let them come over and torture you, the first Don't even think about moving for two days."

"Yeah." Kaina replied weakly. "But was that... sent here on purpose...?"

In fact, when he asked, Kena probably already had the answer.A bunch of highly poisonous substances were sent as a gift in an exquisite box, could it be that they were mispacked?

"This is deliberate murder." Shiratori said solemnly, "The things sent to the palace, such as food and utensils, will be checked and confirmed. But at the party, the personal gifts from various royal relatives were brought by themselves that day. It can be handed over directly without being checked. It is the most convenient."

He gritted his teeth and clicked his tongue: "I was careless too. I was dazed by the relaxed atmosphere, but I didn't expect this, and let you take it apart casually. It should be handed over to you after I confirm that there is no danger." Yes. If you are really dead tonight, what use is it for me?... It is a joke to say that, as an assistant officer, on the day of his appointment, because he did not perform any duties, he caused the death of his master . so ironic."

"...Aren't you alive?"

"It's just because of good luck, not because I have no mistakes!" Shiratori's eyes widened, and the tense expression made people feel chills down the spine.Even the first time Kayna saw him, when he knocked down the grave robber, he didn't feel as hideous as he did now.

Keena wondered if he should say something to lighten the mood.

"Just now, eh... I remember when you seemed to be suffocating, did you use... your mouth..."

I vaguely remember, when I was in so much pain that I couldn't breathe, Shiratori's face came closer...

Shiratori frowned at him: "Yes."

Kenna's gaze moved to the side again, avoiding Shiratori's gaze.

"You might find it annoying, but you didn't have time to care about that at the time." Shiratori's rare serious look made him look a few years older.

"No." Keina said flatly, "Thank you."

Although he had a flat face, Kena's heart was like boiling water.He really didn't particularly hate it. To be precise, he didn't remember the specific situation at all because he was in too much pain.But knowing that there is such a thing, I still feel delicate.He understood that Shiratori was doing emergency response in an emergency, so he didn't have anything to complain about.But as long as he thinks that Shiratori's lips have touched his own...

Speaking of which, not long ago, Shiratori kissed Huiyue, which was different from her own, it was a deep kiss in the real sense.Sure enough, Shiratori doesn't really care about this kind of thing... To him, it's just a kind of "emergency treatment".

The more I think about it, the more I digress.Obviously now should be a very tense moment.Someone wanted his own life, and almost succeeded, the assassination props have been delivered to him!But I was thinking about these things.The little prince sighed for himself.

Keina felt more and more that something was wrong with his feelings for Shiratori.Since the first meeting, I feel very beautiful, powerful, and exudes a mysterious aura, which makes people unable to resist awe and fascination.At first, I thought it was normal, because it is natural for such a peculiar existence to attract attention.But the more I got in touch with it, the more I felt that it was a little subtle.If you want to say what is "incorrect", you can't think of a specific one.I just feel that I care a little too much about Shiratori, beyond the level that I usually care about Eudemons assistant officers or friends.Shiratori's every expression, every subtle change of emotion will be captured and guessed, even pretending to be inadvertent on the surface.Generally speaking, this is not the case, is it?

Shiratori had gone to put together the boxes and the unwrapped presents.He has already packed all the unopened ones, and he needs to check them one by one, and only after confirming that there is no danger will he hand them over to Kena.

"There may be only one dangerous item. But it's always good to be careful."

"Is Shiratori all right? What if you get poisoned?"

"I'll be fine."

"Is there any solid basis for this unshakable self-confidence?"

Shiratori looked at his suspicious eyes, and said calmly: "Phantom beasts are rarely poisoned by poisons/medicines for humans. Even for things that are poisonous to both, phantom beasts are much more resistant to drugs." .The lethal dose for humans basically won’t die.”

"Yes." Keina said, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, Shiratori, you seem to know everything."

here we go again.Always curious about him, always want to know more about him intentionally or unintentionally.Kenner didn't even bother to think about whether his attention to Shiratori was too much.I don't know if Shiratori is already bored in his heart.Just keep wondering, the existence of this person is fascinating in every sense.

"You knew the green thing was poisonous when you saw it just now. Is it because you are old? Or is it because you have been a soldier?"

Shiratori was silent for a moment, as if thinking, "...it's not."

He slowed down his inspection of the gift box, and said slowly: "I have been exposed to these things since I was a child. I grew up in a pharmacy. Shang Yanguo was good at using strange medicines, and the poison/drugs over there are better than those over here." It’s much more powerful. From the perspective of me who came from the east, the methods of using poison here are too obvious.”

"Hey, that's amazing," Kena smiled unconsciously, "It's the first time I heard about you when you were a child."

"Because it hasn't been talked about before."

"What kind of people are Shiratori's parents?"

"I don't have one." Shiratori lowered his eyelashes indifferently. "My father died before I was born. My mother died when I was 12 years old. I have no siblings——Shiratori's birth rate is very low."

"sorry."

"Nothing." He gave a mocking smile, which was a bit like his usual: "I was really sad when my mother died. I was a child and didn't know how to live. But then I was alive and kicking grown up. It’s more than 50 years ago now.”

Keina was silent and did not speak again.How did the little white bird survive without parents, and why did it grow up in a pharmacy?What he's been through in his long life, Keena wants to know, but doesn't want to look like a stalker.

"Doesn't the little prince ask anything?" Shiratori laughed mockingly, while putting aside the present that he thought was not dangerous, "Aren't you curious?"

"Because that's not a happy memory, right? Most people don't want to be asked." Keina hesitated, and finally said: "But to be honest, I can't see your emotions. You are too difficult to understand."

Shiratori glanced at him from the pile of presents, "The little prince is hard to understand."

He ignored Kena's surprised eyes, "Because he's a prince, so can't he show his feelings~? He doesn't seem to be surprised or afraid of anything. It's not cute for a child."

Keena tried to explain something, but couldn't figure out how.So nothing was said.

"Obviously, I even wanted to know other people's sexual experience before." Shiratori rolled his eyes and said flatly, and Kena choked on the saliva he was about to swallow.

"...That was before. I also said that I was mentally disabled for a while. I won't ask such questions in the future." Kena sighed through his nose, "Thinking about it, you are actually quite good-tempered, and you are not angry and still serious answered."

"Well~ how should I put it~" he said, picked up another gift box, and sniffed it before opening it, "I stayed alone for too long before, and I don't really hate talking to people~ The little prince will talk to people from now on. I've lived together for a long time, so it's only natural that I want to get to know each other better. Think about it, we haven't known each other for a long time, huh?"

"Wouldn't it be annoying?"

"I don't think so." He said nonchalantly.Hearing what he said, Kena breathed a sigh of relief.

"Stop hanging around here. Go back to your bedroom. I'm going to unpack these boxes."