Count’s Youngest Son is a Warlock

Chapter 34

“Did you see the word darkness?”

When Lucion asked, Hume nodded.

“Yes. It’s one of the words I learned, so I saw it clearly.”

[That’s right. Hume got it right. That priest is a priest dyed in darkness. So, it’s a ‘corrupted priest’ from the temple side.]

‘So that’s why I felt less uncomfortable?’

It was then that Lucion noticed the strange sensation he had felt for the priest.

“But the temple didn’t know about this?”

Regardless of the reason, it was surprising that no one knew about it.

[There are so many priests, you may not really know, and even if you did, there is a possibility that someone hid it. Or maybe the warlock took over the priest after invading their body with darkness.]

“There are a lot of possibilities,” Lucion said, nodding.

In the novel, this incident turned out to be the work of a warlock.

‘Is it going to happen this time?’

Lucion stopped his thoughts and spoke to Hume and Ratta. “The both of you did a great job.”

—Ratta is an all-rounder. Ratta is good at everything.

Lucion’s shadow wriggled.

“No, I didn’t do anything. All of them were achieved by the power of the young master.”

Hume was smiling brightly like a Ratta.

“Hume.”

“Yes, young master.”

“Let’s go.”

Lucion was slowly starting to worry.

‘You must have been very angry?’

The distance he moved was quite far.

He wondered if, by now, Carson and Heint had returned to the shelter after finding the bomb.

Just imagining it made him feel terrified.

* * *

“Luci—”

“I’m sorry.”

As soon as Lucion saw Carson’s expression, he immediately lowered his head.

It was the best he can do.

It was better than having Carson have a knight force him to take him back to the villa.

[Did you put honey on the banquet?]

T/N :Russell was asking Lucion if he put honey in the banquet because Lucion doesn’t want to leave or he’s sticking longer at the banquet than they intended.

Russell sighed at Lucion’s refusal to leave the Great Light Temple.

He agreed that there are many benefits to the banquet, but they should prioritize the safety and health of Lucion above all else.

“…….”

Carson shut his mouth and calmed his anger.

This child had never come this far and never came to such a large place. So, it was natural that he was full of curiosity.

Rather, Carson was largely responsible for leaving Lucion alone.

“It’s done.”

Carson held back his anger because he didn’t want to bring anything up to Lucion in front of Heint.

“… Are you holding back your anger?”

Heint spoke up in surprise and quickly covered his mouth.

Carson’s gaze was so brutal that it was a little too much to bear.

“Where have you been?” Carson asked in a slightly sharp voice.

“I went for a walk for a while. When can I come to the Great Light Temple again?”

I mixed some facts without making it sound like an excuse.

Carson was silent for a moment.

Unfortunately, divine allergy was a disease for which there was no cure. On top of that, Lucion was on the severe side.

‘Father built a temple in Cronia far away from the city, and if it was a temple, he would have done everything for you…’

Carson didn’t know how Lucion would react to this, but his words just now sounded very pitiful.

“You’ll be able to come back again, so don’t go around on your own from now on.”

Carson quietly looked at Lucion.

“Yes. This time, I will be really quiet and just follow you.”

“You are very good at talking.”

“If I at least speak well, I’ll avoid getting in trouble.”

With Lucion’s simple smile, Carson laughed as if he had lost.

Regardless of the reason, he was glad that Lucion became very bright.

“So did something happen?”

Lucion knew everything, but he pretended to be clueless.

“There was,” Heint answered, pulling something out of his arms.

Upon seeing the object, Lucion was puzzled. No matter how much he looked at it, it was just a stone. 

“This is a rock?”

When Lucion asked, Heint nodded. “That’s right. It’s a rock. It’s exactly a bomb disguised as a rock. Can you see the bottom here?”

When Heint lifted the stone, a round object was glued to the bottom.

[Really… Amazing.]

There were 132 bombs.

Thinking that the culprit must have put the bombs on the stones one by one, Russell’s tongue was clicked by that person’s tenacity.

“Is that round thing a bomb?”

Heint nodded to Lucion’s finger-pointing to a round object.

“Right. The problem is that we don’t know how many bombs there are.”

Carson sighed deeply and looked at Lucion.

“Your prediction was right, Lucion. It doesn’t seem to be just a mistake that the light was weak in the hall.”

“I didn’t want my concerns to become a reality… Ah!”

Lucion made a sad face.

Soon he searched his pocket as if he had thought of something.

“Brother, I was walking around and picked up something that a priest dropped. There were so many people that I couldn’t keep up with him, but something was weird.”

“Give it to me.”

Carson looked at the bomb switch handed over by Lucion.

Carson’s forehead furrowed in a hurry and looked behind him in a hurry.

“Did you see a mana stone here?”

“It looked dangerous, so I took the mana stone out.”

“Good job,” Carson said with relief.

The exterior was disguised to look like a decoration, but this was a bomb switch.

“Lucion, have you ever seen that priest?”

“Yes, I saw him.”

Lucion nodded.

“By the way, brother.”

“Say it.”

“Who are you going to report this to?”

At Lucion’s sharp question, Carson paused.

This was the Great Light Temple, and the criminal was a priest.

No matter who you reveal it to, the priests would eventually try to endanger their families.

However, he also couldn’t pretend he didn’t know anything.

It would be a bit complicated to tell them the truth.

Carson’s eyes naturally turned to look at Heint.

Isn’t Heint, who had the power of light, had the closest relationship to the priests among them?

“Well…”

As soon as Heint received the attention, he thought about who would be suitable.

“Ah.”

At that time, Lucion shouted as if he had realized something.

“Lady Tella told me that an imperial person came here. How about a three-way meeting?”

The imperial family and the frontier were keeping each other in check.

Since the frontier and the temple cannot be regarded as being on good terms, it would be quite interesting to see each other meeting with those who check each other.

T/N: the frontier here is Cronia’s. 

“That’s a good idea, Lucion.”

Carson agreed.

There would be a situation where they had no choice but to do their best to keep each other in check.

The only force that could benefit from this incident was the Imperial Family, the Cronia’s, and the Temple.

“The problem is… I don’t know where the person they sent from the imperial family is.”

Lucion hesitated slightly.

How would one be able to find an imperial person in this wide area?

“If that’s it, leave it to me.”

Heint smiled mischievously.

“I’m on my way to meet with the prince.”

“What do you mean?”

Lucion looked puzzled.

“It’s a banquet. Won’t several knights come? As I was walking, thinking that there was no suitable place where my father’s breath would not reach, I saw a familiar face somewhere.”

Heint bounced his finger.

“It was his highness.”

“… Surely, you didn’t ask him to let you join the Imperial Order, did you?”

Heint answered Carson’s question naturally. “That’s right. Why would I miss this opportunity?”

“You crazy guy…”

Carson crumpled his face.

The Imperial Order was not a place for anyone to enter.

Of course, it didn’t mean that Heint lacked skills.

The process of becoming an imperial knight was different from the beginning.

“He said that he had fun looking at me and put a special condition on me.”

Heint looked at Lucion with a smile.

“If I solve a great crisis that is close to a disaster, he will accept me as an imperial knight. Of course, I know that he said it intending to reject me.”

‘… Such crazy luck.’

Lucion tried to keep his expression.

Although situations have changed, only the crazy luck of the protagonist did not seem to change.

[He’s born with luck.]

Even Russell was surprised.

“But it really came true.”

Heint calmly spoke and bowed his head to Lucion. “It’s all thanks to you, Lucion. I don’t know how to repay this favor.”

Lucion’s eyes got bigger.

‘Why is the story going like this?’

Suddenly, his mouth felt dry.

Why did he make a bet with the prince?

Lucion wanted to smack the prince’s lips right now.

“I’ll pay you back.” Carson sure nailed it.

“Because I’m a witness.”

‘Brother, it’s not possible.’

Lucion fiddled with his hand.

Lucion was not happy at all even though he was promoted from a friend’s younger brother to a benefactor. Rather, he was so anxious about what if Heint recognized it as a ‘colleague’.

‘By the way, I still can’t cut it?’

Lucion still looked at the connected red thread.

‘What’s lacking?’

Lucion suddenly wanted to go to the villa regardless of the reason.

‘… I’m doomed.’

* * *

The place where Heint headed was the garden of the Great Light Temple.

As the banquet was postponed to two hours later, the garden was already quite crowded.

Heint guided them and pointed to a skinny noble young man who was deeply asleep against the bench. “That’s him.”

Carson looked around.

It looked like he was alone, but quite a few were guarding the prince.

[I didn’t know I’d see the prince.]

Russell wandered around the prince, amazed.

“Your Highness.”

At Carson’s voice, the prince opened his eyes.

“I don’t think it’s right to wake people up when they’re sleeping soundly.”

The prince’s gaze looked at Heint, Carson, and Lucion.

‘I don’t know which prince he is.’

Lucion bowed his head to the prince for now.

If it wasn’t for this incident, it was clear that it would have been very rare to meet him, to the point that he would only see him once a year.

“I don’t know what brought you to me, but I’ll move because you’ve been following me.”

The prince got up from his seat and passed by Heint as if passing by.

“I didn’t know your mouth could be so expensive.”

With the words the prince whispered, eyes full of disappointment poured down on Heint.

* * *

Carson gently spread five fingers to Lucion while Heint and the prince moved to a deserted place.

‘…The fifth prince?’

In the novel, it was the fourth prince who became the crown prince.

There were quite a lot of rumors about him in the novel.

It was mainly a bad rumor.

In fact, it was true that the Tesla Empire faltered as the fourth prince became the crown prince.

‘The fifth prince.’

Lucion pondered, but the fact that the fourth prince died as he ascended to the throne was all he knew.

“Let’s officially say our greetings. I’m Carson Cronia, the first son in the Cronia family.”

“I’m Lucion Cronia, the youngest.”

Following Carson, Lucion also politely greeted the imperial family member according to etiquette.

“Nice to see you. I’m Cetyl Tesla, the fifth prince of the Tesla Empire.”

Cetyl smiled formally and greeted the two.

He showed particular interest in Lucion.

“I personally want to talk to lord Lucion, but I’ll postpone it later.”

Cetyl looked at Heint.

“Can you tell me what’s so urgent now?”

Heint calmly explained what was happening now.

Cetyl’s face gradually hardened, and he opened his mouth as soon as Heint’s words were over.

“This is a temple, but this is the Tesla Empire. You guys did a big job. Of course, I have to bring this concern to the imperial family. I can’t deal with this big issue about the temple alone.”

Cetyl stood up from his seat, giving strength to his voice.

“Let’s go.”

Lucion didn’t know that word would feel so reliable.

Lucion followed Cetyl and could not imagine how it would come out of the temple due to imperial intervention.

“Oh, I forgot.”

Cetyl stopped walking and smiled softly at Lucion.

“Thank you, lord Lucion Cronia. The imperial family will not forget your wisdom.”