A King is Born on the Road - CH 58

As Hayer assured, Ruben quickly opened up to the two of them, thanks to him (Hayer) getting on his nerves from the side.

In some cases, Iris had a conversation with Ruben and took his side, and in others, Ruben’s heart felt more at ease thanks to Hayer’s quarrels and mischief.

Ruben asked.

“But how did you get here? My father would never have let you in.”

“Iris was looking for hidden gold coins.”

Hayer took out the gold reward certificate he received from Eggers earlier and held it up.

Ruben said in amazement.

“You two have no idea how much time was spent trying to find those gold coins. Everhart people aside, there were a lot of thieves. Although, most of them were killed from traps everywhere.”

Hayer was appalled at the thought that Iris’s life might have been in danger if she hadn’t noticed that there was a treasure in the study. He thought nonchalantly that he should be more mindful of her safety.

Ruben continued.

“As expected, you’re from the Lepos family. You found that right away.”

Hayer replied to that remark.

“It wasn’t because it was the Lepos family that knew the location, but it was Miss Iris’s personal ability to find out how to open the safe.”

“Ah, is that so? You’re amazing.”

Iris felt embarrassed as they alternately took turns throwing compliments in front of her.

Unaccustomed to compliments, she quickly cut off the conversation between the two and opened her mouth.

“Ruben, I want you to…”

There was no follow-up.

This was because the expression Eggers made when he thought of his second son who was murdered also appeared on Ruben’s face. It was an expression as if the sky that had been believed to exist in the same place forever had collapsed.

Hayer was watching Iris, wondering what she was going to talk about.

She spoke again with difficulty.

“I don’t think you would have killed your brother.”

Ruben’s eyes widened at her words.

“What nonsense is that! I did kill him.”

Ruben’s eyes, which had been friendly to Iris the whole time, changed as if they were on fire.

He came up to the bars in an instant, clutching the bars in his hands, and growling like a beast. There was iron in his voice.

“I have a different thought. That’s right, I killed him. That day, I…!”

Hayer said to Ruben, who stood close enough to pose a threat to Iris.

“Back off.”

“……”

“Right now.”

Ruben, suppressed by Hayer’s momentum, struggled back from the bars.

Iris swept away her pounding heart of surprise and fear and opened her mouth again.

“Just, you can guess, can’t you? Maybe that day, the person in the same bedroom as your brother was the culprit. Wasn’t Sandra Hall the first to be suspected of murder?”

Ruben rushed back to the bars at those words.

But instead of Iris, he grabbed Hayer by the collar, who followed her as an escort.

Hayer was not at all taken aback by such a violent touch. It was out of conviction that Ruben, who was on the verge of withering away due to his long prison life, could not harm him in the slightest, with the bars between them.

Rather, it was Iris who was taken aback.

The incident involving Sandra Hall, Leon Everhart, and Ruben Everhart was a widespread rumour that even the Kawats knew about.

He thought it was just that Ruben killed his brother, but when he heard Iris, she had a point.

He was lost in thought, and then again spoke to Ruben, who was slightly threatening him.

“Ruben, how can you get agitated just by a name being mentioned like this?”

“Get lost, right now.”

Iris was watching the two of them from the side.

Hayer, who felt no threat even after seeing Ruben’s hideous appearance, was amazing, and Ruben, who was not weighed down by Hayer’s strong energy, was also a wonder.

But in any case, it was Ruben’s mistake to get agitated here.

Iris said cautiously.

“Hayer is right. If you get agitated just by the mention of a name, you have no choice but to be more suspicious. Calm down, Ruben Everhart.”

She said, separating the two of them.

Ruben and Hayer glanced at Iris, then each took a step back as if they could not help it.

Basically, both of them learned manners and thought that they should not fight in front of a lady, but at the same time, they considered Iris’s status as a princess.

After a while, Ruben said.

“…Again, Sandra has nothing to do with this.”

“Ruben.”

Iris continued, looking at Ruben.

“We came because Sandra asked us to.”

“…Sandra asked?”

“Yes. She was wondering how her childhood friend was doing.”

Iris had no choice but to notice instinctively. Ruben had Sandra in mind.

The moment Sandra’s name was mentioned, Ruben got agitated, and after learning that she had sent these visitors to meet him, he had a soft look on his face, as if he were on a cloud.

Iris continued.

“So please tell us.”

“We have nothing to talk about. Just…”

“Ruben, I’m not on your side.”

Ruben raised his head again at her words.

Iris continued.

“I will take Sandra’s side. In any circumstance.”

“…I see.”

Iris’s words that she would side with Sandra were a necessary premise for Ruben now.

Iris recognized it, so Ruben nodded once and then looked at her with a friendly gaze.

In any case, Hayer’s method of initiating one person to be annoying and the other to act like an understanding person, worked well.

Ruben seemed to have some trust in Iris.

He asked, standing in front of the bars.

“How is Sandra doing? She’s still a loud guy, isn’t she?”

“I don’t know if it’s noisy, but I couldn’t stay long because I was afraid of overeating since she gave me so much food to eat.”

Ruben burst into laughter at Iris’s answer.

“Exactly as I remember.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Sandra has always been like that. When we had an exchange and we visited the Hall family, they always gave us mountains of food. As you can see, aren’t the Everharts very skinny? Perhaps that’s why, when I was eating all that food diligently, she would sit next to me and feel proud, like seeing a stray dog filling its stomach.”

Iris nodded as she recalled Sandra’s face, who was satisfied when she saw her eating.

Then Hayer, who played the role of ‘inducing irritation,’ asked.

“I heard you two are childhood friends.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“It doesn’t seem like she’s just a friend.”

Ruben Everhart lifted his gaze at Hayer’s words.

“…We’re friends. Not now, but. Do you think friendship between the opposite sex is impossible?”

“No, I think it’s quite possible. I learned from watching two of our Knights.”

Iris quickly noticed that Hayer was referring to Annamaria and Hencke of the Knights of Tejas.

Iris asked carefully.

“It doesn’t matter now, but… the two of them really, really have nothing like that. You don’t feel like it?”

“Annamaria has a man she likes.”

“…Pardon?”

“Ah. Was it a secret?”

Hayer paused.

Having revealed Annamaria’s secret without realizing it, he continued to talk.

“But the look in Annamaria’s eyes completely changes when she sees him. Iris will notice right away.”

“How?”

“It’s like… like seeing a prey you can’t miss…”

…What do you mean? Is it right that she likes him?

afterword

my fav thing while translating is listening to music n then imagining if the lyrics suits iris and hayer lol