A King is Born on the Road - CH 43

When Iris came out, Hayer beckoned her to come closer.

Hayer opened a jewellery box and said as she approached.

“It’s said that it’s high society the moment you step foot in the palace. It’s your first time showing your face in high society, so you’ll have to wear something nice. I don’t know if this is good, but…”

High society from the moment one sets foot in the royal palace.

The words made Iris laugh unknowingly.

That was right.

Iris stepped into the royal palace without knowing anything by Sid, and the first impression she made at that time continued until the war broke out and high society became obsolete.

Iris then made her own efforts, but it was impossible to change the underlying impression.

Iris asked Hayer after blowing back her memories.

“Is it something belonging to Her Majesty?”

“Yes, I… they were no longer used, so the Asheri family handed down almost everything to me.”

Hayer looked at the jewellery after he spoke. They were all shiny and beautiful things.

Hayer, who was going to pick out the jewels, said.

“I have absolutely no idea what’s what. They’re all similar in my eyes.”

“How about this?”

Iris chose a necklace made of crystal clear diamonds and gold earrings. She has always thought that gold goes very well with green.

After Hayer put the necklace on Iris, he took one step away and checked.

“They all looked similar when they were in the box, but they’re different when you look at them like this.”

“I’ll be careful not to lose it.”

“You can lose it. I don’t even know what it is.”

He really didn’t seem interested in women’s jewellery or dresses at all. Looking at that side, there were times when she wondered if there really were no women around.

After finishing such a long dress, the two took out a carriage from Hayer’s new house and headed for the royal palace.

* * *

Celios Lepos was informed that her daughter, Iris, was coming to the palace with Hayer Asheri.

She was seriously worried that Iris, who lived only in a convent, might come wearing something like a straw mat without knowing anything.

It was the first time Iris appeared in society. The news that Celios’s daughter was about to arrive was causing a commotion.

Celios’s eyes were sharp as she watched the carriage with Iris and Hayer entering the palace.

In fact, Hayer was not a very reliable escort for Iris in society. He was only good on the surface and was extremely far from sensible.

It turned out that he was a young man born of an affair, but his reputation so far was not so bad because he had a mother from the Asheri family and was well-known as a knight.

But with this incident, he completely destroyed the trust that had been restored to some extent. Stealing the woman who’s going to marry your brother. It was unbelievable.

Soon after, a woman in a green dress and a man with the formality of a Knight Commander got off the carriage.

Celios, like the people who were openly watching them on the balcony of the palace or were strolling through the garden, stared down at them.

Celios, like any royal family, regarded her child as a means to her honor. She didn’t know what kind of person her daughter was yet, but she just hoped she at least wasn’t frightened by such stares.

Fortunately, Iris, who got out of the carriage and was escorted by Hayer, was heading to the door with a calm expression on her face.

Celios knew she was worrying for nothing when her daughter entered the palace with a cold look on her face.

Iris Lepos wasn’t too weak in a fight.

Celios looked down at Iris with satisfaction, and saw a woman rising by the lake in the garden. A woman of similar size to Iris, with black hair. It was Madeleine, the illegitimate daughter of Kernin Lepos.

She appeared in the palace as a substitute for Iris, but when Iris appeared, she seemed confused because she did not know the way she should behave.

“Run away, come on.”

Celios murmured.

It was natural. Now that Iris has appeared, Madeleine was no longer needed. Even from Sid’s point of view, it was not good to be caught saving a substitute, so there was a high possibility that he would keep her mouth shut.

Madeleine, as if aware of the fact, was moving hastily.

Then Sid’s men were seen surrounding Madeleine.

“Oh my.”

As Celios spoke to herself, Peter Wick, Iris’s father and Celios’s escort knight, was watching nervously from the sidelines and said.

“Can I go and see?”

Celios glanced at Peter at his words.

In any case, her lover was weak-minded in everything and tended to be good at empathizing with others. Seeing a woman Iris’s age who looked particularly similar to her reminded him of his daughter.

When Celios motioned to go, Peter rushed down urgently to save the poor substitute common woman.

Celios looked down at Peter’s confrontation with Sid’s men, who were little ruffians.

She didn’t really like Madeleine just because she was Kernin Lepos’s daughter. Kernin was cruel and a single-minded individual. Celios felt reluctant to inherit that blood.

“…What?”

At that moment, Celios narrowed her eyes.

No matter how many ruffians there were, it was impossible to fight and win against Peter, a brilliant knight. Even though they should have known that, they didn’t back down and rushed to drag Madeleine away.

Celios, who had been looking at that image for a while, guessed something shortly after.

She went down the stairs with her maids.

When the princess appeared, the ruffians faltered and withdrew.

Celios asked Madeleine, who was shaking and crying behind Peter.

“Did you have Sid’s child?”

Madeleine raised her head at the question. Her eyelids were quivering. As expected, she didn’t like the face that resembled Kernin very much.

Celios laughed.

She was an indifferent person, but she couldn’t be indifferent to trying to kill a woman pregnant with her child.

Sid’s ruffians seemed uneasy, and they eventually rushed in with their eyes closed. However, a swing of Peter Wick’s sword had them flung far away.

Then, two royal knights approached from afar. They thanked Peter and Celios for not being too late.

“Thank you. From now on, we will protect Miss Madeleine.”

“…Please do so.”

Celios answered and looked down at Madeleine, who was holding on to the hem of her skirt.

She knew enough from her lifetime that a woman with children should not be looked down on in particular.

Madeleine’s child with Sid was sure to complicate the whole situation. A sigh came out by itself.

* * *

Iris, who had lived as queen, was used to people staring at her. She was also accustomed to not being focused on, because she always sat on the left side of the king.

She was well aware of the tendencies of the Lepos family. They basically dismissed warmth as weakness. Therefore, she knew that it was best to completely ignore the gazes directed at her.

Iris walked to the king’s office with a cold expression.

Hayer, who was standing next to her, darted his eyes around and asked Iris.

“How do you know the direction to the office?”

“Are you asking me?”

Returning to the royal palace where she had been living for six years, a familiar sharp answer came out.

When Iris flinched in surprise after she replied like that, Hayer smiled reassuringly. Then he took her hand and wrapped it around his arm.

Iris’s eyes blinked rapidly as her hand wrapped around his arm. The muscles of the arm she touched were hard and like the stump of a huge tree.

“…It’s quite big. Overall.”

Hayer burst out laughing at Iris’s words.

Since it was not a place where there was a lot of laughter, people’s eyes were drawn to them as soon as they heard the laughter.

But Hayer didn’t care about it ‘in the least.’ It had no effect on the natural smiley face.

However, it was different in front of the hallway where King Eswa’s office was located.

Hayer stopped in front of the hallway where he met his adoptive father, and was looking at the floor as if he were lost in thought for a moment.

She suddenly remembered that he was tortured at the age of ten.

Maybe it’s because of that memory.

Iris glanced at him, then stomped on his foot with the toe of her shoe.

When Hayer looked up at Iris at the sudden action, she said.

“I’m going to say hello, not you.”

“……”

“I’m the main character now.”

Iris hoped that her scolding would free him from his bad memories for a moment.

afterword

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