Bloodline is a Cheat Code - Chapter 67

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Chapter 67
Something in his soothing tone extinguished the fire that had been burning within me.
I considered fighting a bit longer, but my resolve crumbled just as quickly, and I found myself sighing along with him. My conscience pricked at me too sharply to indulge in further stubbornness here.
“After all, since they’re a faction with antipathy toward The Empire, it would be difficult for Your Highness to intervene directly.”
He is a prince of The Empire. There was no way openly protecting and defending someone who despises The Empire and commits various crimes would look favorable.
It might earn him points with Melisia, but if this became known externally, it would only serve as excellent ammunition for attacks against him upon his return to The Empire.
“Flotie.”
“…Yes?”
My response was delayed hearing my name called from his lips for the first time.
Though there were no formal procedures, we had discussed the betrothal to some extent, so there was no reason he couldn’t use my name.
Ever since I decided to serve him as my liege, he was always free to call me by name whenever he wished.
But hearing my name in his voice somehow made my heart flutter and reality slip away. Please don’t suddenly make me feel strange in a situation like this.
“I simply don’t wish to help anyone who has put you in danger any further. If anything, it’s the petty heart of a man rather than some grand cause befitting a prince, so I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t try to dress it up.”
“…Ah, I see.”
“And having just promised a future together less than half a day ago, to hear you ask me to save another man has put me in a foul mood. Do you truly know nothing of jealousy?”
He spoke with a smile playing at his lips, but it felt different from his usual jests.
My face flushed hotly, and I found myself clearing my throat awkwardly. How could he say such things so casually?
“If something happened to Kalik, I knew my sister would be sad, so without thinking…. I didn’t view him as a man. Rather than considering him as a person or individual, he was more like a device that triggers my sister’s tears….”
As I earnestly explained that such wasn’t my intention, Lucian Advein began to chuckle.
“Your sharp insults toward that criminal just now have thoroughly resolved my jealousy.”
It wasn’t a joke—it was genuine. I’d only met him in a dream and didn’t even know what he looked like.
Lucian Advein remained composed even after I mentioned my sister would be sad. With that level of reaction, there could be only one answer.
He must have judged that my sister could handle the matter herself, and that my presence here would be helpful.
“In any case, Your Highness doesn’t hate him, do you?”
“I likely have no favorable feelings toward him.”
I gave up on going to the Underground Dungeon and took a sip of tea.
“Your Highness, may I ask another question? Why did you stop Prince Aden from examining me with his holy power? Was it truly because you suspected me of being the culprit in the carriage incident?”
“No, I don’t suspect my older brother. Prince Aden is far too naive to deceive anyone.”
That certainly seemed to be the case. Then why all the more?
Could it be because the Crystal Palace is a massive holy artifact? Would there be some problem if Prince Aden’s holy power and my sister’s magic clashed?
Perhaps the clever Lucian Advein decided to handle everything himself and glossed over the situation.
So impressed was I by him calling my name just now that I began to let my imagination run wild, overestimating him.
Lucian Advein sighed as he watched me and revealed the truth.
“If he stayed there any longer, the Young Duke would likely beat my older brother again. My brother has absolutely no talent for martial arts.”
“Ah….”
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In summary, my sister successfully rescued Kalik.
The fact that all three people in the carriage were now people of Rosena proved to be effective.
She requested that he be transferred to Rosena Territory, saying there was a possibility he had targeted the Rosena Duchy Family.
King Melicia initially seemed displeased with this, but I heard that Prince Aden helped my sister at just the right moment.
“Whether then or now, she’s always been a crier. Since most of her problems seem to resolve themselves when she sheds tears, it’s clearly become a bad habit.”
Listening to Lucian Advein’s grumbling, it appeared she had approached King Melicia with tears streaming down that beautiful face to make her request.
“I suspect His Majesty granted permission hastily before others could take notice, rather than because of the tears themselves.”
At my words, Lucian Advein nodded as though acknowledging the possibility.
If someone who knew Aden Prince’s face happened to see him during the process and reported him to The Empire, it would become terribly complicated.
Since this wasn’t an official asylum, the Holy Kingdom would face accusations of kidnapping the prince.
“Well, Sister. I understand everything now, so you need to explain this person called Kalik to me.”
“Ah.”
“I’ve gathered bits and pieces of information from here and there and pieced together what I could, but I haven’t heard anything directly from you? Do you know how anxious I’ve been during all that time?”
Of course, in reality I had simply spent a peaceful tea time with Lucian Advein.
As I maintained my deliberately sullen demeanor, Sister looked at me uncertainly. If I hadn’t dreamed because of the holy relic, I would be even more flustered than I am now.
“Kalik is… someone like Aden to me.”
“That explanation doesn’t help much. Which man among those you’ve told me about is he?”
I had listened to stories that night, staying up nearly until dawn, and as a result my memories were all jumbled in my head.
“He guided me so I could wield a sword… Why, you said you met him when you smuggled into the Holy Kingdom.”
“As for his memories.”
“It seems he didn’t know anything until just before he met me.”
In other words, the moment he faced Sister, his memories suddenly returned. So she really is the heroine.
It’s fortunate that she found the person she loves, but still, I should say what needs to be said.
“So you’re planning to take such a person back to The Empire. Sister, I know that one of our purposes in coming here is to reunite you with Aden Prince, but establishing a favorable relationship between Lucian Prince and the Holy Kingdom should take priority, right?”
As I spoke coldly, Sister quickly nodded.
“I know your objective comes first, Tiae. I’ll proceed with bringing Kalik to The Empire very discreetly. If you’re still worried about it, I can lock him away in the Magic Tower and not let him leave.”
“Now that I think about it, the Tower Master didn’t recover his memories even after seeing you.”
“That man has his circumstances, and it’s less that he couldn’t and more that he didn’t. Well, and if I explain, it’ll be long again. Huh? Tiae? Are you angry at me and deliberately not answering, talking about other things instead? I’m sorry.”
Sister grasped my hand tightly, looking flustered, and the corners of her eyes drooped downward. Seeing her dejected face, even anger I never felt melts away completely.
Right, how could I say anything to someone who did nothing wrong? I let out a deep sigh and squeezed Sister’s hand back.
“Sister, I’m curious about something. Why haven’t you gone to find the people you love until now? Besides Aden Prince and this man Kalik, there’s one more, isn’t there? Even if finding Aden Prince was difficult, the remaining two shouldn’t be impossible.”
“…That’s because I interfered in those people’s lives, and as a result they all became unhappy. Aden lost his family and his country, Kalik had to suffer under a curse. Cruide spent his whole life fleeing. They would all have lived peacefully if not for me.”
“Sister, I don’t have an adult’s soul in my body, nor have I lived through multiple lifetimes, but I know one thing. There aren’t as many situations where one person’s judgment can find the right answer as you might think.”
“…”
Sister lifted her head and looked at me.
Today too, after my beautiful fantasies about Lucian Advein were spectacularly shattered, I realized something anew.
Separate from that, it was a day when I newly realized that I don’t need to scramble about frantically in every situation.
How hard must Sister in her first life have worked to resolve everything through her own strength? At first, there must have been a desire to live her own life once revenge was complete.
But pursuing only that from such a young age, consumed by such a blind goal, she eventually became a withered and lonely Serpina Rosena.
I gently rested my forehead against the back of Sister’s hand.
“Did this man Kalik resent you?”
“No.”
“Then?”
“The first thing he said upon seeing me was that he was glad I’d gained weight since then. I wonder if he was being sarcastic…”

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