374. Mores Exploration Journal (2)
A knight who defeated a demon race with the grace of the main god.
Savior of Sigismund and Bathurst.
The owner of the divine beast [Wind].
The second coming of the great Saint Bastian.
Surprisingly, all of these were modifiers referring to Mores.
Owen, who had been concentrating on feeding him elixir after returning to the imperial capital, was dumbfounded when he belatedly heard these rumors.
what? That guy, Mores, hasn’t he somehow become a huge guy even though we haven’t seen him in a long time?
“People all over the imperial capital are talking about that right now. “Maybe if Master Owen had even gone out of the palace for a moment, he would have known about it.”
Carrie, the dedicated maid, lightly scolded Owen.
She is an old woman with a savory Rohan accent in every word she speaks. She was a well-established maid who took care of Owen while he was in the imperial palace, and I heard she even served the previous empress.
“Can’t you see the pile of invitations over there? So many people are looking for you, Owen, so why don’t you even think about looking into it?”
Current imperial figures were very interested in the heroes of the Southern Front.
A young, handsome, unmarried prince.
There were many reasons to build friendships. Even though there were rumors that he was not Seonghwang’s biological son, his enormous achievements and political influence were not something that could be easily ignored.
Of course, there would be genuine curiosity about the prince, who rarely shows his face in social circles.
But Owen’s reaction was sour.
“Where do you have time to go to such useless places?”
“Owen is the eldest of the Seonghwang family. Shouldn’t you build your network and presence in the social world? Even Prince Mores is said to show up at social gatherings once in a while these days.”
“It’s that guy. Either way. I don’t have enough time to spend with my family. “If the situation in the South suddenly changes, we may have to rush to the front again.”
For Owen, his position as a prince was a good thing. Because the only thing that mattered to him was the safety of the Holy Family.
“Oh my. “If you missed your family so much, they would have come back a long time ago.”
Carrie shook her head.
“And when you come back, you don’t stay in the Blue Rose Labyrinth even for a moment. Same goes for Logan and Owen. “The owners have left the palace empty for such a long time, so the old man has been lonely for a long time.”
“hmm. that… “No shame, Carrie.”
“Don’t apologize if you don’t mean it. Well, considering that I stayed at the imperial palace, it’s good that things seem to have become easier in my later years.”
Carrie, who was grumbling and sorting out Owen’s clothes, was just as affectionate as ever.
But the sight of her, who had aged significantly over the years, somehow aroused Owen’s heartbreaking sorrow.
“By the way, Mr. Owen. “I made and sent out new, stiff clothes every quarter, so why are they all tattered?”
Owen, who couldn’t see her threading with his bleary eyes, took the needle and thread from her.
“I couldn’t help it, Carrie. I was always on the battlefield. “Every day was a series of tough battles.”
“Heng! “You must be young.”
Carrie snorted as she took back the neatly threaded thread.
“This old man assures me that not all knights on the southern front are like Owen. “You’ve been dressing very sloppily ever since you were young, right?”
… Was it like that?
Since I had freshly ironed clothes ready every morning, this was something I hadn’t paid any attention to until now.
“If you think about it, even among the children of the Seonghwang family, Owen was really special. How did the clothes fall off so well? She must have been fighting over clothes every day with Prince Mores.”
“… huh? I?”
Owen blinked after hearing the unexpected words. She and Mores would growl at each other whenever they saw her face, but she couldn’t remember the details of why they fought.
Then Carrie narrowed her eyes behind her reading glasses and responded.
“Why not? After being scolded for being unkempt in our clothes, we fight, and after another fight, our clothes become more dirty, and Prince Mores points this out again. Because that vicious cycle continued continuously. “I wondered what on earth they were doing to watch the two of them from the side.”
“… … .”
“Well, you were both young back then.”
Carrie, who had said that, started sewing while humming.
Fluttering. The soft fabric is pierced at regular intervals, creating a rhythm similar to the sound of music.
Owen closed his eyes for a moment and quietly listened to Carrie’s humming and the sound of sewing, which he had not heard in a long time.
“Still, there were times when this old man was grateful to Prince Mores.”
At the sudden sound of Carrie’s voice, Owen, who had been leaning on the sofa, opened his eyes and looked up at her.
“thanks? “To that guy?”
What on earth?
“Well, if Owen had a nightmare, wouldn’t he have no appetite and be lethargic all day? But after fighting Prince Mores, strangely enough, I completely forget all my morning worries, right?”
That unlucky guy! I can never forgive you like this! If you want to fight him properly, you need to save up your stamina! Carrie had a humorous expression and imitated the grumpy Owen.
“You used to say that and empty a bowl of food in no time. “Owen, you should be a little simpler.”
I thought she was vaguely reminiscing, but then a blasphemous word came out of her mouth.
Carrie has always had that attitude. She seemed to be old and nearing death, but she showed the courage to not care about minor blasphemies.
Of course, Owen actually felt comfortable with that aspect of her.
“I said that? “I don’t remember anything at all?”
When Owen opened his mouth in surprise, Carrie wrinkled her eyes and smiled mischievously.
“Of course. So, sometimes, when I felt like I was feeling too lazy, I would ask the escort drivers to take a walk along the Jinju Palace street. “Have you not noticed that at all until now?”
“… … !?”
Owen was almost delirious from repeated shock.
The person who always warmly comforted him when he had a hard time confessing the severe criticism he received from Mores.
A person like my paternal grandmother, who would greet me with warm bath water when I came home covered in dirt.
At least that’s what Carrie looked like in Owen’s memories.
‘however… … .’
In fact, she considered their disagreements to be insignificant children’s fights, and sometimes even deliberately encouraged them to clash?
No matter how much our childhood memories are glorified, how can a person be so different?
“Wait a minute, Carrie! Does that mean it’s real? “I was very serious at the time!”
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“Well then, why not? “When you’re young, everyone is serious about trivial things.”
“no! Really? What did that bastard Mores say to me when I was at my most sensitive… … !”
“A person who is so sensitive runs around the entire imperial palace tearing off his clothes every time? You don’t even care about being criticized? “Isn’t it really funny?”
Owen’s protests had no effect on Carrie.
“So, why don’t you just let bygones be bygones? “Stop hating Prince Mores.”
Rattling.
Owen creaked and turned his head at the sudden, direct remark that hit the nail on the head.
“… “Who on earth can you hate?”
When he answered in a slightly weak voice, Carrie stopped sewing and looked at Owen intently.
“Do you really think that? Don’t try to fool this old man. “While Owen was on the southern front, did you ever send a letter to Prince Mores?”
“… … .”
“This old man doesn’t know that Owen thinks fondly of everyone in the Seonghwang family. But isn’t it true that you only treat Prince Mores harshly?”
I couldn’t bear to deny it.
Although Owen regularly delivered news to the royal family and even to his personal maid, Carrie, he had never written a letter to Mores.
The reason was obvious.
Because I really hated Mores.
“Well, that guy told me first…” … .”
“When you first came to the imperial palace, how many people behaved like that in front of Master Owen? But you didn’t care one bit, Mr. Owen, did you? Think about it carefully.”
“… … .”
“I am saying that you have become a great general now, but in the past, Owen had many things that made him uneasy, even to this old man.”
A boy who suddenly becomes the first prince of the empire and receives everyone’s attention. The emotions contained in those sharp gazes could never have been friendly.
In addition, Owen was so obsessed with his parents’ death that he had nightmares every day. Thinking back, it seems like his heart at the time was full of aimless sadness and resentment.
“Of course, His Majesty, the prince, and the princess worked hard for Owen. But I guess that alone wouldn’t have been enough. How can a person live by hearing only good things and saying only good things?”
“… … .”
“But Mr. Owen doesn’t know anyone else in the imperial palace. “Then who else could there have been at that time, other than Prince Mores, whom one could easily curse and hate?”
“No, Carrie. that… … !”
Owen, who was about to respond angrily, immediately closed his mouth and took a deep breath. Because he suddenly had strong doubts about himself.
Was it really not that?
The death of his parents, a drastic change in environment, and strong pressure to live up to his status.
Can you completely guarantee that you did not use the disagreement with Mores as a kind of breakthrough to relieve those heavy emotions?
“Owen, you’ve become a full-fledged adult now, right? “You must humbly acknowledge what is acceptable and accept what is acceptable.”
Sigh.
Carrie cut the thread with scissors and presented the neatly repaired shirt to Owen.
“In this old man’s opinion, the fight you two had at the time was not something worth taking to heart. “He compares himself to other brothers and swears at them, right? Prince Mores wasn’t that vicious at the time.”
Owen could not accept what he had just heard. Mores is a vicious person. Isn’t this a fact that everyone in the imperial palace knows?
-Don’t you dare mistake yourself for being a member of the Holy Family, Owen Lockwood. You’re just a village worm who was lucky enough to survive!
-Are you walking around the imperial palace with such confidence even though you’re such an idiot? It would be better for you to leave the ecliptic as quickly as possible and quietly settle down in a corner of the continent. And live as a puppet who only listens to what the next person tells you! Then you’ll be at least half of what everyone else is doing!
Because Mores was a member of the royal family, the verbal abuse was even more heartbreaking.
But now Carrie is saying that all of that was just nothing.
“In this old man’s opinion, Prince Mores was just a child who grew up spoiled and had no knack for dealing with people.”
Carrie smiled gently, looking at the confused Owen. With eyes full of wisdom that only an old man who has lived through a long period of time can have.
“It is the duty of a superior to boldly forgive and move on from the facade of childhood. “Didn’t our eccentric Mr. Owen, since he was young, have a generosity that was larger than the southern prairies?”
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