“This isn’t your fault. It’s Kaien’s issue for arbitrarily deciding that your vigilance and discipline were directed at him as hostility, when you were merely doing your duty.”
The Holy Emperor added as if to console him, but Number 21 couldn’t bring himself to lift his head.
He had believed without a doubt that his presence was necessary, yet it had only served as a pretext for Kaien to turn his blade toward the Holy Emperor.
“I… then what should I…”
“Leave the matters here to the Asein branch and return to the imperial capital now\now.”
“…!”
Absolutely not!
Leave that mad child alone with the Holy Emperor?!
Number 21 stubbornly clamped his mouth shut. But deep down, he knew there was no other way.
Since he couldn’t do anything about Kaien, it would be best for the cause of his mischief to disappear.
Just as the mischief decreased when the punishments were reduced, he could only hope that the act of poisoning his father would naturally diminish.
“Your Majesty, I…”
Even so, as Number 21 hesitated, the Holy Emperor, who had been looking down at him, changed his tone and quietly commanded.
“Enrique. I’ll say it again, this isn’t your fault, nor is it something you should worry about. So, return to the imperial capital now.”
The Holy Emperor was always like this. After Number 21 officially started his assassin work, at first, he seemed to treat him like the other guild members.
But whenever he let his guard down or in urgent situations, the tone from when he used to coax and admonish the…