TVRTH [Book 2]

Chapter 224

Self-destruction, Part IV

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

So, when she asked, Lohan looked at Isis with a look of pity. "Don't you see that they are a father and a daughter after looking at their faces? Even a dog that passes by can see it at once. Well, if not, there's another way. You don't know because you have never been invited by Asher to the pond of the Imperial Castle, but it's very easy to judge the royal family."

"... What is it?"

"Well, it's not a secret that is needed to be hidden so much, so I suppose I can tell you. There's a pond in the Imperial Castle, which only those who have succeeded the royal blood or who have been married and drunk holy water can enter. You know that. Of course, the child born by the woman who drank the holy water can also be recognized as a royal and enter it. They said that anyone couldn't take the holy water out of the pond without the Emperor's permission."

"... You mean that that woman has been in that pond..."

"That woman? Don't talk too freely. Are you insane?"

"How, how do you believe such a ridiculous superstition? How do you know that, above all, as the king of another country?"

Lohan said with a sigh at Isis's reaction that she could not believe anything. "You still don't feel how close I am to Asterope. It was when Asher was about ten years old. Asher was nearly killed by your noblemen, and he'd been hiding in Croa for years. And of course, thanks to that, I saw a wonderful sight."

Isis's eyes widened as she heard the story for the first time even if she was a member of the Aristocratic Party.

And then, as if he had made a mistake, Lohan covered his mouth, and as he thought of the end of Isis, he whispered secretly, reading Asher's countenance.

"Only my father and I know that when they die, the royals in crisis would have a strange power to be manifested. You've heard of it."

Isis opened her eyes wide.

When he knew it was a secret, he seemed to have fun teasing Isis, and then he paused and said carefully, "The power of Asher that Mielle kept insisting on. The ability to suddenly disappear... Most curiously, it really came down to the royal family. How could Asterope have come to Croa in his dying condition, who was just ten years old?"

Isis said, stuttering at his secret confession, "You're kidding me, right?"

"Why would I be kidding now? I don't have enough time just to tell you the truth, who is going to die. By the way, I was so surprised that he suddenly appeared in the middle of the garden, and I knew that. In fact, the Aristocratic Party has done a great contribution to the manifestation of Asher's ability, which is manifested only in a few royals and which most do not know."

'Was that true...? Was what Mielle said true? She was not insane... Or is Lohan crazy, too? Or is he just joking...?' Isis's mind was cast adrift. Her lips trembled, not knowing how to take his words.

"Think about it. Didn't Asterope do it all even though you guys tried to insult and demand so much? Besides, how do you think they could keep the empire and the royal power for so long? Do you think there were only one or two people who were blinded by power like you? Don't you think it's because when they're in a crisis, their strange abilities are manifested?"

Lohan's words were credible. She had thought that the Crown Prince would not do it, and she had let him do a lot of work around the border areas to insult him. But the Crown Prince had done all the work in a mysterious way, even visiting there himself. It was impossible unless he had the ability to move the space. She remembered that they had said that there were two Crown Princes in fact.