Reborn as the Enemy Prince

Chapter 56. Snake’s Tomb (6)

The sound of unwavering footsteps approached quietly.

When you lose what you can see, it’s easy to have too many thoughts. Therefore, even in the brief moment when the sound of footsteps approaches, I get distracted. Even though I spent days and days immersed in the dark, seeing that I could hear a sound so close and not see anything, I guess the saying that humans adapt easily to any environment is not necessarily true.

– Bye!

Then, at some point, the sound stopped.

My thoughts were interrupted by a sudden bright light illuminating the abyss-like space. The person who was lost in idle thoughts tightly closed his eyes that had been open in a daze. Because of this, he could not confirm who the person who approached him was.

I felt like I could give up half of the rest of my life if I could see even a ray of light, but when I actually faced the light, I felt pain. Without realizing it, I raised my hand and covered my eyes.

“Mayrin Ronds.”

The person who approached in silence and illuminated the previously dark place like broad daylight made a low sound. The person who had summoned Calian, who was the head of the Magicians Association of Secretia, and the Zeon warriors who attacked Plants and tried to steal Louise’s data that Arianne had, opened his mouth instead of his eyes.

“Who…”

“Someone you will be very happy to see.”

The fine singing voice is unfamiliar.

A voice that didn’t sound young enough to be called a boy, but didn’t sound old enough to be called a young man either. An unfamiliar voice that I had never heard up close. I wanted to open my eyes out of curiosity, but I could barely move my hand away from covering my eyes. I still couldn’t see in front of me because of the blinding bright light.

It’s natural.

Meilin was arrested and brought here immediately after interrogation. I spent an unknown amount of time alone in a place completely blocked from light.

“Light”

I got choked up after saying it for the first time in so long. Meilin opened her mouth, cleared her throat, and spoke again.

“Could you turn down the light? It’s too bright.”

“This is a torch, so I can’t control it. You know you can’t use magic here. And it’s not my place to ask for something like that. You.”

“Then please tell me who you are.”

“I answered. Already.”

Meilin said, recalling the unkind description of ‘a person you will be very happy to see.’

“It’s a voice I don’t know at all, so I’m not happy to hear it.”

“You don’t have to know to be happy.”

Meilin didn’t answer for a moment and kept her mouth shut.

Puzzling words were exchanged, but I didn’t feel any irritation. That’s because even that conversation was nice. I didn’t want to admit it, but it was true. While we are bringing light and talking to each other like this, wouldn’t it be nice if an evil spirit came instead of a god of death?

I waited for a while and opened my eyes to see if I would get used to it as time passed, but I couldn’t bear the light that filled my blurred vision and closed my eyes again.

The only thing I could see at first glance was a pure white face, jet black hair, and bright red eyes.

“Are you… the third prince of Kairis?”

No answer came back. Instead, I briefly heard the sound of the collar rubbing against each other. It was the sound of walking on a floor covered with old straw.

Maylin, who understood the unspoken words as positive, opened her mouth again. A voice that sounded like scraping sand continued to flow from a mouth that had been opened for the first time in a few days.

“I don’t know what brought the Prince of Kairis to this place, but I have nothing more to say.”

“I guess you forgot what I said.”

“What do you mean?”

“Ah… I’m the type of person who doesn’t like saying things twice.”

A sound of laughter that could not be guessed was heard, and then the conversation continued.

“I told you I would be happy to see you. I thought you would have something to say as much as I am happy to see you. I.”

“Why are you saying that I am happy to see the third prince of Kairis?”

“Because I can help you.”

“You can’t help me…”

“You can’t get out of here on your own, even if you die. Never.”

Meilin’s neck twitched involuntarily. I couldn’t tell if it was because Calian’s voice was cold or because it was something that came to mind due to Calian’s words.

“You know where this place is. You do.”

Where is this place?

Meilin, with a suffocating face, slowly opened her eyes.

okay.

know.

Since they were obviously locked up, there should have been someone guarding the front of the prison, but there was no one here. At first it was a little strange. Then I realized that no one even brought meals. Food had come tumbling down from somewhere connected to the corner of the ceiling. As I fumbled around the room, following the smell of food, I suddenly realized something. Where is this place?

“… The abyss.”

“Yes. I know.”

The Herund River flows outside the outer castle of Secreta.

Somewhere beneath it is a dungeon with endless depths said to have been created by King Secretia. People called that place Hell.

It is said that if there is a tower above ground, there is an abyss underground.

The felons of Kairis were sent to the Tower, and in Secretia they were imprisoned in the abyss. They cannot kill themselves and all magic is blocked, so not a single person has ever escaped.

It was hell for the living.

It is said that in the abyss, all sinners are completely isolated and locked away so that they cannot even share their voices with each other. It was said that there was not even a knight guarding the front of the iron bars. That was the case here.

“Once you lock them in here, we don’t even check if they’re alive or dead. But we always send them food. They have to die of old age, not starve to death. Even if they survive for decades like that and die, they can’t get out of here. Just let them rot and disintegrate and disappear. “I leave it alone. That’s why it’s an abyss.”

Maylin covered her ears.

What Calian said was not wrong. Meilin knew that it was a place from which they could not escape, even if they lived or died, although there were those who were locked up, but there were no people who came out.

“Even if Lord Castrin couldn’t do it, I can do it. Let me get you out of here.”

Palm A new word I heard.

Meilin opened her eyes without realizing it. A shadow fell on Calian’s face in front of the bright light. Because of the shadow, red eyes that looked like those of a snake were watching Meilin.

Creepy eyes.

That was by no means the look in the eyes of someone who had come to rescue someone.

“Dead… are you saying?”

“I guess it’s because he’s a person who used magic. It’s good that he understands the words well.”

Calian smiled slightly and continued.

“Devlan said he killed you. He said he interrogated you and summarily executed you. But here you are. Why? Why did you hide it here instead of killing him? Was it because he instigated the death of the princes of other countries and was trying to hit Devlan in the back? Or was there another reason? ….. Is it possible?”

The snake’s cool gaze follows the meaningful words.

“I am.”

I wanted to swallow my dry saliva, but it wasn’t possible. Kalian, who saw this, took out his pocket watch and checked the time and said.

“I don’t have time. My brother is sleeping a bit deep and I don’t know when he will wake up. So I have to go quickly. Don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone.”

“… Zeon. I know how to contact them. We communicated with them through Jeon Seo-gu. I didn’t tell them, so Devlan kept me here. They thought he would probably tell me if I asked him, so he locked me up. Seems to.”

Anyway, just thinking about it.

How identical.

Calian, who muttered in a low voice, nodded.

“I can’t come to see you, Devlan. Now is not the time to worry about you. There’s a ghost.”

Meilin, who did not understand, quietly looked at Calian.

“Just tell me. Everything.”

“If you let me know, I will…”

Perhaps they will let me out alive. Calian’s smile deepened as he paused to make a deal.

– Jabak.

Calian turned his back without hesitation and walked away. It wasn’t something to think about. The turning of the feet did not stop.

“I’ll tell you.”

There was no way Devlan would get Meirin out of here anyway.

I felt like I could give up half of the rest of my life if I could see even a ray of light. So, if I could get out of here right now, wouldn’t it be better to give up the rest of my life?

“I’ll tell you all.”

Calian’s feet stopped.

Meilin began speaking. And then he stopped too.

After a while, the red light of the torch shines on the small silver blade. After that moment, everything sank deep, deep into darkness again.

* * *

At the end of the dark sky, a light shines.

When the time came when the birds, who had opened their eyes early after crouching in the cold wind, were touching their beaks in their feathers, those who had been sleeping here and there were bound to fall asleep late in the end.

Is it worry, thought, or anger?

I was so caught up in the unknown that I couldn’t sleep easily. It hasn’t been that long since the sleep scent that helped me have good dreams for nearly half my life disappeared. Thanks to this, the sleep that had been rushing in was often knocked away by even the slightest sound.

It was like that that morning too.

I couldn’t fall asleep because I couldn’t let go even for a moment. Then, I felt the sky getting brighter and I felt a little relieved and quickly closed my eyes.

– Drip, drip, drip.

It’s only been five minutes since I fell asleep like that. Or maybe ten minutes have passed. A person woke up from a light sleep when he felt something running down his face.

Something thick that still feels warm.

An unpleasant scent vaguely emanating from it.

At first glance, it seemed like a shadow of something was shining in my slightly opened eyes, and my eyes, which were about to fall into sleep, blinked open.

“Don’t get up. I haven’t seen you in a few days, so there’s no need to welcome me like that.”

Besides, if I wake up, I’ll probably be dead.

The whispering voice is very kind. To the point where I was confused for a while as to whether the words I knew had different meanings.

If it weren’t for the short dagger held between the eyes and the blood dripping from the tip, I might have been really confused. I wonder if these were the son’s loving words toward his father.

“They said they would come every day. I didn’t know they would come every day.”

“I thought you would have realized by now that I am not good at lying. So I thought I would trust you and wait, but I was almost disappointed because you were sleeping.”

“I waited. It seemed like he wasn’t coming today, so I just laid down.”

“You’re upset. I’m scared that I’ll come again today.”

“It wouldn’t be wrong to say that.”

I heard a laugh that sounded like rain running down the window. So Devlan suddenly became curious. Not the obvious things like who owns the blood on the tip of that knife, or whether that knife will now be covered in my blood.

“Why are you smiling?”

What’s fun?

“I sleep a lot in the morning. But now, it’s quite funny that it’s the other way around. Now that you’re experiencing the feeling of falling asleep peacefully only when the sun rises, how could it not be fun?”

Even as he said that, the tip of the sword did not move. There were no blood drops anymore, but it was difficult to cool my mind because of the warmth of other people flowing down the corners of my eyes. Thanks to that, contrary to my pretending to be fine, my fingertips were getting cold.

Devlan did not lie.

I really couldn’t sleep out of fear. Calian’s whisper that he would come visit me every day became a ghost and I couldn’t close my eyes. Even if it really came, it was still a ghost, and even if it didn’t come, it was still a ghost.

“Besides, I got to see King Secretia’s face so frightened. It’s been a long time since I last saw him.”

“Aren’t you worried about having ears to listen? If it were known that the Prince of Kyris said something like this, it wouldn’t be a very nice thing to say.

” “There is no one here who will listen to me and tell it to other places.” ”

I didn’t use any magic, but I am making excessive claims. “Even though I see myself falling apart so quickly when I

let my guard down.” “I believe in the ears of my sword. “I wasn’t letting my guard down.”

Calian said and gestured with his chin.

A knight with an expressionless face was standing straight where the end of the fine line pointed. Although he didn’t know his name, Devlan had no choice but to nod in the end. Calian couldn’t lie now. Because I knew it was also true that there was no one here.

“And I’m saying this because I feel like you’re still pretending not to know. What is happening today is not a tower that collapsed due to your carelessness, but a tomb that you have been steadily creating with your own hands for a long time. Don’t you already know that?”

A person who would not reflect even when the last moment comes anyway.

A person who would not blame anyone else, but would not blame himself either. That was Devlan. Calian knew that kind of person better than anyone else.

Devlan laughed . .

Kyrie realized that the end of that laughter was a little different from what she had heard on the first day she arrived at the palace. So, without realizing it, she looked towards Calian and then turned her head again. Calian already had the same expression on his face. “I will come visit you today

. There will be a lot of people. So, why should you be so disheveled? It’s the day your world ends.”

The sweet whisper that had been telling Devlan’s end since the day we first met finally stopped. Drop.

The

last drop of blood fell on Devlan’s head. fell off.