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After leaving the workshop staff in the hands of the saint, Rupert led the Crown Prince to the reception room.

It was a struggle to calm the crown prince down, who said that this was not the time to pursue the remnants of the warlocks, but it was not a useless effort.

Although the reason is still unknown, the Crown Prince was now convinced that the events that had occurred in the Somerset household were the work of a warlock.

And even before arriving at the mansion, it was discovered that he was on some mission related to the black magician.

‘The crown prince lost his right arm. The only black magic organization on the continent like that is the Abyss Cult.’

In the original work, the Abyssal Cult was one of the forces that attacked the academy where the Third Prince and Amelia were.

They were the last black magic group on the continent and a secret society, and they were the villains who put the Academy in danger.

The youngest son of the royal family was a romance novel, but since the setting was an academy, the original work was faithful to historical facts and featured various evil organizations attacking the academy.

The Abyss Cult was a group of people who appeared in the middle.

‘The chief’s name was Bialom, right?’

I remember him as a pretty vicious guy. A cruel and ruthless black magician who even thought of his own subordinates as expendable items.

In addition, I remember that the Third Prince had a hard time because his skills were outstanding enough to be in charge of the middle part boss.

Although the awakened Third Prince defeated him after the other sub-male characters of the Academy sacrificed themselves, he was by no means an easy target as he was the first villain to cause someone to die.

“Are you by any chance connected to the Abyss Cult?”

Rupert brought up the Abyss Cult, based on the Crown Prince’s wariness of the unknown dark magician and his injuries. The Crown Prince nodded with a firm expression.

“They were vicious men. If it weren’t for Sir Yustav and Sir Harun, who were controlling the serpents, this could have been a big problem.”

Why is Yustav’s name mentioned again? And Harun? If it’s Harun, I think he’s the master of the alchemy guild. Is he related?

No matter how hard Rupert tried to connect the dots, the Crown Prince, Eustace, and Harun were an odd combination.

“Thanks to Yustav, who found a clue after seeing the Yeonseongjin you drew in the comic book, the investigation could begin.”

The crown prince reminisces about the past as if he were an adventurer who had just completed a great adventure.

But Rupert was busy listening to him and trying to figure out what was going on.

Suddenly, he remembered Yustav visiting his mansion and asking him all sorts of questions about Yeonseongjin from the comic book.

The great wizard looked at him with suspicious eyes, asking where on earth he had seen this Yeonseongjin and drawn it.

‘The plot has changed.’

Rupert now had no choice but to admit it.

The Abyssal Cult was not the one that appeared now. Besides, it was true that they dealt with the Tunnel Serpent, but I had never heard of a plan to draw a black magic circle in the imperial capital that the crown prince was excitedly talking about.

‘Originally, they used the underground snake to penetrate the Academy’s protective shield and attack.’

Attempting to summon a demon god by sacrificing the residents of Chaldea, the capital of the empire, was an act of great scale.

At best, they are losers of their time, like the bald villains in some novel who tried to take over a school and failed.

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But that wasn’t what mattered now.

Rupert listened to the Crown Prince’s words and got a general idea of the situation.

And I realized that from now on, my actions would determine whether it would be a crisis or an opportunity, so I started taking action right away.

Rupert gets down from the drawing room sofa where he was sitting across from the Crown Prince and prostrates himself.

“Why are you suddenly being polite again? Didn’t I tell you to be comfortable?”

The Crown Prince, who saw this, was taken aback by Rupert’s sudden behavior and tried to stop him, but Rupert remained motionless, prostrating himself.

“Your Majesty… In fact, while I was drawing the work, I never imagined that there would be someone who would know the hidden truth.”

“That’s to be expected. If it weren’t for Sir Yustav, I would have thought it was all fiction.”

“Of course, Sir Eustace’s wisdom in realizing it was amazing, but I felt even more grateful for His Highness the Crown Prince’s insight in believing the story.”

“Sir Rupert… .”

The Crown Prince, who seemed so moved by Rupert’s words that he could not continue speaking. Looking at the Crown Prince like that, Rupert raised his hand as if he was wiping away tears, and lightly poked his eye with his finger.

Tears flowing out of nowhere and bloodshot eyes.

Rupert, who had an impressed expression on his face that anyone could see, prepared to strain his throat and even squeeze out his voice.

“Your Majesty, you are right. Our family was caught up in the plot of those evil Abyssal Cult members and was in danger, so please forgive me for not being able to tell you in that way!”

The Abyss Church, who are already in the afterlife, might cry out in injustice if they heard this. But only the King of the Afterlife would be able to hear that.

Shouldn’t the living live?

Rupert thought that since they were already guilty of many crimes, it would be okay if they were accused of one more thing.

“No, it was because I told you that that I was able to prevent the disaster. At first, I was the one who misunderstood you as an arrogant and reckless author.”

Rupert feels ashamed at the Crown Prince’s words.

But since I had thought of a way to deal with this, I didn’t panic. Instead, I got up from my seat and took out a letter from the drawer in the corner of the living room.

“From the moment I received His Highness the Crown Prince’s letter, I decided to become His Highness’s loyal subject.”

The letter Rupert took out was one that the Crown Prince had left anonymously during his previous visit.

“As expected! I believed you would notice without me having to reveal my name.”

The Crown Prince is delighted to see the treasured letter in Rupert’s hands.

‘If I had folded it and thrown it away back then, I would have been in big trouble.’

It is said that back when humans were still beasts, the organs of the body that no longer exist existed because the things needed for survival were different from what they are now.

For example, wisdom teeth were a necessary part of the body for primitive humans to eat tough food before they used fire, but they are now useless and have degenerated.

Many things have changed to become what humanity is today.

But there is a story that the reason we still feel an inexplicable fear when we see a snake is because the DNA engraved in its bones indicates that it contains poison.

Rupert is grateful that the survival instinct engraved in his mind did not allow him to throw away the letter.

Of course, not all questions have been answered yet.

-I hope you don’t mind the rumors and continue to push forward with your own actions. Even if others don’t, I can understand.

The content of the letter was incomprehensible when I first read it, and of course I still couldn’t understand it.

What are the rumors floating around the world, and what is it that only you can understand that no one else can?

Did the Crown Prince and I have anything in common? I can’t think of anything in common.

Her hair color is also blonde and black. Her age does not even match that of the crown prince, who is already in his mid-20s.

Surely being a man isn’t the common denominator?

“A father who doesn’t take care of his children and a mother who left him first… Growing up in such a household is truly lonely.”

“Yes?”

“Whew… Still, you’re better than me. I’m a loser who can’t even take care of my younger brother.”

Rupert didn’t know how to react to the Crown Prince’s sudden remark, “You don’t have a mother.”

In fact, Count Bradley and Ada felt like family now that they lived together every day, but I don’t even remember the Countess.

‘Come to think of it, the crown prince and the second prince’s biological mother were dead.’

Of the emperor’s four children, the first, second, third, and fourth had different mothers.

So later, when the fight for the throne became fierce, the factions split and fought fiercely.

Rupert was dumbfounded when he realized that perhaps the reason the Crown Prince felt so close to him was because of his mother’s absence.

‘It’s not like I’m a Superman or a Bexman.’

Heroes who achieve dramatic reconciliation with just one line, “Neukmasa,” and try to save the world together.

But Rupert felt close to the Crown Prince, and he didn’t mind hearing him excitedly talk about the investigations and moments of crisis he had experienced.

‘So this is the kind of person he was.’

The image of the crown prince, who was vaguely thought of as a simple loser trapped in the original work, was in some ways that of an ordinary, if not a great, person.

He is angry that the people are dying innocently, and he is afraid of the warlocks, but he does not back down.

It was the image of a hero with true courage.

Rupert suddenly realized that since he had been possessed by another world, he had been treating the main characters of the original work as if they were NPCs.

But this place was already the reality in which he lived, and the people living and moving within it were not characters.

They all change and transform, just like the crown prince before my eyes now.

“By the way, you must have been cursed too. Are you okay now?”

“Yes? Oh, yes! Of course. Thanks to the saint’s care, I feel as if I’ve been washed.”

“That’s fortunate. But how did the saintess come to find out about the warlocks’ scheme?”

Rupert once again racks his brain in response to the Crown Prince’s question.

But I couldn’t answer rashly.

The saint was not the type of person who could just talk nonsense and then make up the story.

Rather, I couldn’t answer carelessly because I thought he might get angry and ask if I had sold him out.

“Why is that? Sir Rupert, is there anything you can’t say… .”

Rupert in crisis.

Squeak.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

As if she knew I was talking about myself, the saintess suddenly entered the reception room at just the right moment.

“Saint Lady. Has the work at the workshop been completed well?”

The crown prince also got up from his seat to welcome the saintess who suddenly appeared, and asked about the workshop.

If it were normal, I would have scolded the person who rudely entered the conversation, but since it was the other person, it passed naturally.

“Yes, their treatment is complete.”

“I am truly grateful. You healed those who were affected by black magic so easily. This is truly a miracle worthy of the daughter of Gaia.”

Rupert’s liver shrank at the Crown Prince’s remarks that brought up the topic of black magic without any notice.

If the saintess had said that it was simply food poisoning because she didn’t know the situation at the time, then all of these lies would have come to an end.

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“Yes. It wasn’t easy because I was under the curse of black magic, but fortunately, my mother gave me grace and I was able to recover safely.”

“Oh, Goddess. I am truly grateful.”

The Crown Prince is relieved.

And the saint glanced at Rupert and smiled strangely.