I Can See Your Code

I see your code (72)

the morning air is chilly Thanks to ‘Superman’, I felt that way even though I couldn’t get over the cold.

Is it like a phantom pain?

It was said that people with amputated limbs feel pain in limbs they don’t even have.

This may be a similar phenomenon. The brain remembers the cold and makes it up.

“He hasn’t come home once in a week.”

“I was busy. I have a lot of work to do.”

He responded calmly to the voice that seemed to have come out with difficulty.

I see a slightly warm face because of the cold. He moved his hand to take off his coat inadvertently, but consciously stopped.

Tanya’s gaze stayed on my hand as if I didn’t miss it.

“… … It’s not that cold.”

“… … okay.”

He turned back his hand. There was only an awkward silence for a while. I waited for Tanya to speak, and Tanya didn’t know what to say even after she called her.

“I’m happy though.”

In the end, I could not stand the atmosphere and spoke first.

“I thought they were all dead, but someone is still alive. Besides, I think the 1st Knight Commander was probably the strongest knight in the Empire.”

“yes… … .”

“There are knights there. Aren’t those people selected only as the best knights in the Empire?”

“… … Maybe it will. I was very young back then, so I don’t really remember.”

“Then you don’t have to worry about safety anymore. You can stay home for another three days. The number of people suddenly increased, so I’ll ask if there’s a suitable mansion in the Noblesse area.”

Tanya bit her lower lip.

“… … Finally, you are out.”

“Because nothing has changed.”

“Why has nothing changed? As you said, I have the strongest knights on the continent.”

There is impatience in his voice, which was trying to look calm. This time, I forcibly shut my mouth because words of consolation almost came out unintentionally. And spoke quickly before the silence became awkward.

“What is that? After all, you are following me, not me. It only makes the number more inconvenient.”

“… … don’t turn around Because I know everything.”

“What.”

“Why did you suddenly tell me to leave? I think I like you, so I’m trying to separate you. no?”

“… … .”

I had to deny it, but my mouth did not open easily.

Because I didn’t know it would come out like that.

Tanya looked me in the face.

“right. I love you. What’s wrong with that? Isn’t it good for you too?”

“… … What does that mean?”

Tanya bowed her head. After hesitating for a while, he finally opened his mouth as if he had decided. The voice coming out was a little shaky.

“You can just pretend you like it and eat it using it. I’m on the ignorant side, so maybe I won’t notice until the end… … I don’t know if I don’t even notice… … .”

“… … .”

“… … Ricardo did it. I’ll do anything if you want. He said that if he wanted to rebuild the empire, he would do it, and if he wanted revenge, he would attack the three kingdoms as well.”

That doesn’t sound like a lie. In fact, in the game, Ricardo, who is crazy for revenge, organizes a guerrilla and drives the three kingdoms to the brink of overthrow.

That’s enough in a situation where you’ve lost half of your sanity. Not to mention, only when there is a central point of being a princess… … It might blow up a real kingdom or two.

Tanya continued speaking like a complaint.

“… … Said you don’t have to I have no desire to rebuild the empire. Because I gave up on revenge long ago. Still, if you want… … .”

“I don’t need either. What crazy is that?”

“… … Didn’t you lose your parents because of the war too?”

“I was originally an orphan. It was not lost because of the war.”

He sighed and pointed towards the house.

“I’d like to get some rest for now. Don’t regret it later. You are not crazy right now.”

“… … I just want to live a normal life.”

Tanya muttered as she paused like a pumice stone.

In the end, tears flow and spread to the floor.

I looked away from there.

“You know that you can’t live a normal life.”

“… … you can live like that If we go to a place where there is no one between us… … .”

“I don’t want to live like that. There is no reason for that.”

He said it as if he had intentionally cut it off. Tanya’s shoulders shook as she bowed her head.

“… … What are you doing this for? money? I can earn enough.”

“door.”

It’s an abstract word, but if you’re a princess, you’ll understand.

Unsurprisingly, Tanya suddenly raised her head as if surprised.

“How do you know? That’s something only the royal family knows… … .”

“There are no perfect secrets in the world. There are many holes somewhere.”

“… … You don’t know that if you know the door, you can’t stop it. If you can’t avoid destruction no matter what you do, just come with me… … .”

“I can stop it.”

turned to the mansion. I thought that if we continued here, we would only be able to strengthen each other.

“And to do that, you need the power of the three kingdoms. It means that even if I fall in love with you, nothing will happen.”

“… … .”

“… … So I’m sorry, but find someone else. You’ve never seen a man your age but me, so you’re mistaken for love for simple excitement. Even if we are apart for a few months, things like me will soon be forgotten.”

There was no answer. I held back what I wanted to look back on and moved to the mansion.

* * *

I can still hear the chattering from the restaurant. I thought about going back in as if nothing had happened, but I just walked into the room.

Because I’m feeling too anxious right now for that.

I let out a small sigh inwardly.

He seems to have behaved properly, and he seems to have turned into a piece of human garbage.

Shouldn’t it be more of an emotional issue than a rational one?

On the other hand, it seems to have worked out rather well.

Because it was a matter of sorting it out once and for all. It would be easier for us to separate ourselves by saying this clearly than just keeping our distance.

If I had been in the opposite position, I would have used a curse amulet and hid it in the other person’s room. It must have been a car for sure. If this is enough, it wouldn’t be strange if likes turned into grudges.

… … Maybe it’s not really like that? For now, let’s be careful. There is a saying that if a woman has a cold, frost will fall on New Year’s Eve.

It was the moment I grabbed the door while thinking in my heart.

-Can we talk for a moment?

A heavy male voice resounded in my head. It is different from what Conci wrote. If it was the sensation of being hit directly in the head, it felt like a squishy radio.

There is a similar technique in the settings. A sound that can only be used in a small part even in the East.

It’s obvious that he’s the kind of person who writes stuff like this at Layton.

I looked around the code and headed to the drawing room.

“… … I really didn’t know you would come.”

“Didn’t you call me directly?”

I closed the door and went inside. Ricardo opened his mouth as if he was looking at something different.

“We were going to have a conversation, but you didn’t tell us the location. I hid my energy and thought that even a second-class knight wouldn’t be able to find it… … You will come right away without hesitation.”

“Let’s say you have one insignificant talent.”

Ricardo smiled and sat down on the chair.

“Am I a trivial human whose position is revealed by that negligible talent?”

“I didn’t mean it that way.”

“I know. But, according to the princess, it’s not just one or two of those insignificant talents.”

“How many insignificant talents do you have to have before you can use them?”

“You are too modest. A person who has risen to the level of a level 4 knight at that age. Would you like to sit down?”

Ricardo pointed to the chair opposite. There was no reason to refuse, so I sat quietly. At the same time, the glass on the table is slowly being filled.

“I, too, became a level 4 knight around your age. But I started training at a young age, and I received a lot of support from my family. But they say you first started training two years ago and you never received any support. Am I right?”

“It is true that I have been training for two years, but Reynol and Darin have helped me a lot.”

“The children of the Ryan family. I’ve seen it a few times before going to the East.”

Ricardo drank the liquor from the glass.

“I wasn’t quite sober as to whether or not I heard the talk of the big Ryan this time around. They say that there is no way for a wizard to be born in the Ryan family, and they call their children a witch… … . When I heard that I went out with my brother, I felt pity, but who would have thought that I would survive the war because of that?”

I also drank the liquor in front of me.

I knew it, but it was a different feeling when I read something that was written in three lines and it was set up and when I heard it directly from someone else.

“Anyway, there are so many other crazy things that it’s hard to list them all. In fact, if it wasn’t for war, the family would have collapsed in this generation. I don’t think receiving that kind of support would have helped much.”

“… … .”

“What a great talent. Even I can’t believe it. However, reaching a level 4 knight in two years is not simply about having talent. Isn’t the craving for power too great?”

“What’s the point?”

He lowered the glass he was holding so strongly that it made a clicking sound.

In the game, Ricardo and the 1st Knights were closer to monsters than NPCs.

so-called revenge demons.

Those who killed tens of thousands of people claiming responsibility for the destruction of the empire.

Since Tanya is alive here, I won’t even go there… … , another thing I don’t know.

“If you can give me proper support, please take a step towards the reconstruction.

“I overheard the conversation between you and the princess.”

Ricardo said, pouring the drink back into the glass.

It was not surprising as it was expected.

“So? Are you trying to persuade Tanya to rebuild the empire?”

“I will object. I want the princess to forget everything and live in peace.”

This time, it was unexpected, so I couldn’t respond for a moment.

“You deserve to be happy. He is the one who should be happy.”

“Everyone has that qualification.”

“They are not among my reach. I live for the princess. So the only thing that can make me happy is the princess.”

Ricardo casually drank the liquor.

“I don’t know what ‘moon’ is, but don’t you want to leave it to me and leave with the princess?”

“… … I have no reason to do that.”

“You’re talking about love. If you stick to something like that, it will happen naturally. But if you need a reason, I’ll add it.”

Ricardo raised his hand. A huge amount of magical power is gathered in it.

… … No, it wasn’t something that could be expressed in words that were great.

Simply releasing it will blow half of Layton away. It was that kind of energy.

“It’s half of the magic I have. If you decide to leave with the princess, I’ll hand it over to you right away. Most of them will be scattered in the air, but if you absorb only a few of them, you will be able to rise to the rank of a second-class knight.”

The magical energy in Ricardo’s hand moved to the empty glass in front of him. Blue waves flutter in the small glass.

It is the birth of a glass that can destroy half of Layton.

Ricardo, who handed me the bomb, filled another glass with alcohol. He raised the glass with the liquor, looked at me and said,

“What are you doing? Don’t drink it right away.”

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