Chapter 34

"You'll understand it if you ever bloom."

He came up with the words of those idiots who stood in his way and mocked him only because they were born before him, although they were much weaker than him.

"This means that you can become a lord and have the right to inherit the throne."

It was because of these words that Roy messed up, having arranged a grand fight with his brothers. His father then became furious when he found out about it.

Roy sometimes remembered his brothers and their life partners. And thinking about them, I thought he might never be able to find the perfect couple for himself.

But...

- Juliet. She said her name was Juliet.

Slowly pronouncing her name, a wide smile appeared on his lips.

It suits her very well.

Flowering.

What a nice word.

There is no more suitable word to describe a woman whose smile resembles blooming flower buds.

- You'd better go to the Southern Forest first. As soon as you get there, I... - Kitan began to say, looking anxiously at Roy.

But Roy shook his head.

- No, I'm coming home.

- What? But...

A glimpse of hope broke out on Kitan's face mixed with anticipation.

He was the younger brother of Roy's mother. And if we talk about him in human terms denoting family ties, he was Roy's uncle.

Kitan was a respected member of the great forest clan trusted by the elders and lord. And it was Kitan who tried to protect Roy whenever he had a conflict with his family or tried to crush his brothers.

But the last time he attempted to kill his older brother, it went too far, and he could not protect him.

Initially, the strength of regeneration of forest clans was terrifying.

It was so strong that even if your limb was broken, you only had an hour to fused all the broken bones together.

Nevertheless, his older brother, who was an adult with a monstrous power of regeneration and was a direct descendant of their lord, was turned into a torn piece of meat that could barely breathe...

Kitan trembled with this memory.

It was a nightmarish spectacle where his older brother's body looked more like a broken toy.

Eventually, the Lord's anger reached its peak, and he expelled his youngest son.

That was a month ago.

Throughout the time Kitan was tracking the whereabouts of his nephew, he tried to persuade the Lord to have mercy.

And so, when the Lord's anger calmed down a little, he found his nephew.

- Then... don't you want to come with me right now?

Hope was a very rare form of emotion for Kitan, so he could not hide his expectations.

His nephew, of course, caused a lot of difficulties, but still he was very valuable because of his outstanding qualities.

He was still very young and emotionally unmature, but Kitan hoped that he would cease to be the headache of the lord and the whole clan when he meets the right couple for himself and grows up.

And this time Kitan was full of hopes that he would finally be able to reconcile not only the family, but the whole clan.

- Yes, that would be great.

When Roy nodded with a dazzling smile on his lips, Kitan's face instantly shone.

- Then I'll tell the others to prepare.

- Yes.

Having risen in anticipation, Kitan did not notice that his nephew looked somehow too happy.

Before leaving the coupe with Kitan, Roy glanced at an empty room for the last time.

- If you have something you want, you can get it.

Roy chuckled.

Wolves always patiently track down their prey while hunting.

He knew it instinctively. While Juliet is on its territory, they will meet sooner or later, so there is no need for a hurry.

****

Dawn was approaching, and as soon as the first sun's rays appeared in the sky, the light turned on in the bedroom window.

Lennox Carlisle, instead of looking at the documents lying on his desk, looked at some object. It was a round white ivory plate emitting bright golden light.

It looked like a compass, but unlike a regular compass, it didn't have an arrow. Instead, there was a red beam of light, which continued to point in only one direction.

After a while, the beam of light darked.

- Sir...

Before Hardin, who had been looking at Lennox all this time, could say something, Duke Carlisle did not hesitate to pick up the dagger lying next to him. Then he lowered the blade on the wound in the palm of his hand, which had not yet healed.

After that, red drops of blood fell on an ivory plate.

However, the plate, which was supposed to be painted red, quickly absorbed blood and again released a bright beam.

This sacred relic looked like it was a voracious blood-sucking monster.

Hardin, who was watching this, standing next to Lennox, almost turned inside out. Even Hardin, accustomed to all sorts of atrocities, had to frown.

"I'm already fed up with it."

The ivory plate was a sacred artifact that Lennox brought from the temple, forcibly taking it from the chief priest.

The eye of Argos was a sacred relic.

"Who the hell did the tongue turn to call "this" a sacred relic?!"

Rather, "this is" a cursed relic of evil forces, but not sacred or divine.

With the help of this artifact, it was possible to find out the location of a person, but a satisfied amazing fact was that in return you had to feed him human blood once an hour.

Isn't such an exchange too barbaric? In addition, it is also ineffective.

But what really irritated Hardin was the Duke of Carlisle, who sat still and mechanically repeated this action whenever the ray of light weakened.

- So that's all you have?

- Yes, Your Grace.

Lennox, as if nothing had happened, looked again at the documents he was holding in his hands.

Hardin started to worry.

He would prefer his master to visit the monsters in the forest and spend a few hours there than seeing him like he is now.

Currently, they have been living for three nights in an empty house in a cereal area on the outskirts of the capital.

Hardin knew almost nothing about what was going on.

Although he was a close servant of the Duke, he only did what he was told without asking questions.

All he knew at the moment was that Lennox, after yesterday's audience with the emperor, divided his vassals into two parts.

And watching Lennox now, he didn't notice that he was nervous or angry. He was as serene as if he did what he had to do.

Although many people have long forgotten about this fact, Duke Carlisle was a rather dangerous man with a terrible atmosphere surrounding him, but there was still one person thanks to whom he behaved wisely.

In some surprising way, Juliet Montagu has always managed to soften this terrible side of him.

Since this quiet miss disappeared, Hardin only dreamed of her coming back again.

It's been four days since Juliet escaped from the Duke. And as soon as Duke Carlisle realized that she had disappeared, he fell into a terrible rage.

There was not a single person in the Duke Krlila's house who was not afraid for Juliet's life after he caught her, and the fact that he would find her was an undeniable fact.

Hardin was also very worried that the quiet miss would have big problems when Lennox followed her to the station, but for some unknown reason he suddenly returned alone.

Those who saw Duke Carlisle returning alone were initially concerned, not knowing what had happened to Juliet and whether she managed to survive after meeting him.

But judging by the Oka of Argos, she seems to have left the capital safely.

That's why Hardin was very curious about what the hell happened between these two at the station?

Hardin looked at the table. The sacred relic all this time indicated the whereabouts of Juliet Montagu, who was steadily moving away.

- Get out.

- Yes.

But even after the answer, Hardin did not immediately leave and stood still for a while.

Lennox, noticing this, raised his eyebrow in surprise, looking at him.

- Why are you still here? Do you have anything to add about Juliet?

- ..... No. I'm already leaving.

Bams.

When Hardin closed the door and went out, Lennox stupidly stared at the closed door, thinking about his absurd behavior.

"Since when have my servants become so devoted to her?"

Hardin didn't even meet Juliet directly, did he?

He has already studied the few she met.

Moreover, he hasn't even done anything to her yet. However, they were all afraid of Lennox, as if he could do something with Juliet.

Moreover, contrary to Hardin's fears, Lennox Carlisle's head was clear.

Lennox put aside the papers he held in his hand.

The last few days after Juliet's disappearance were very strange.

Day after day, Lennox was increasingly aware of how low he could fall.

What Hardin brought some time ago was the story of Juliet's past, which he ordered him to find out.

The commander of the knights was stunned when he gave him an order to find out about Juliet. His face was then affected by a quite reasonable question: - "After seven years of living together, what else do you need to know?" - Although he did not ask it.

However, Lennox didn't care much, so he felt neither remorse nor remorse about it.

Shurkh...

The documents lying on the table were swept away by a light touch of his fingertips.

The sacred relic showed only Juliet's whereabouts, but she couldn't tell what this woman was thinking.

Velev to find out about her past, he decided that perhaps the reason why she left without telling him anything was him.

It was quite strange to be interested in someone's past.

And only then did he think about it.

Juliet Montagu was an ordinary countess.

If only her family had not died in an accident, her life would have been calm.

If it hadn't happened on that ill-fated day, he would never have met her, and she would have been able to live a normal life.

She would marry her fiancé and raise a child.

She once said, "I just want to live a calm, normal life, like everyone else."

After that, he clarified with ridicule: "A normal life?"

And in the process, Lennox realized how low he could fall to the bottom. He turned out to be the same person as everyone else.

- Damn it! Then you shouldn't have stood out so that I noticed you...

His mouth twisted cruelly.

There was only one thing he hadn't noticed in Juliet's past for a long time.

It was a tiny detail, too small to be noticed.

Juliet had a fiancé. And this ex-fiancé now worked in the East.