How the Psionic Prince Overcomes Reversal and Obsession

4 – There is a traitor among them

click. Peria opened the door and went to the kitchen on the first floor.

It may not be as much as men, but as a woman, she has become quite accustomed to cooking.

‘I think the cost of living will be a bit tight this month… .’

Living in a small two-story house in the residential area of the Imperial City inherited from his parents, and receiving a generous salary from the Imperial Knights, he was worried about living expenses.

If someone had heard it, they would have criticized it for complaining with a full stomach.

But you can’t know the inside of life just by looking at the outside.

Dalgrak, moongrak.

After taking a spoonful of the easy-to-digest porridge carefully prepared in the kitchen, Feria smiled slightly.

“Well! great.”

She put the porridge on a tray and knocked on her sister’s door on the second floor.

smart… .

“Lyria?”

“… yes. Wake up, sister.”

click. opened the door and entered.

In the back of the small room, on the bed, the sickly complexion of her younger sister was sitting leaning her upper body in her pajamas.

“I made porridge. You can eat this now and eat the rest in the kitchen later for lunch.”

“Cough Cough… thank you, Sister.”

“What about the medicine?”

“don’t worry! There is still a lot left!”

It was a younger sister who had been lying in bed most of the day since childhood because of an unknown disease.

Lillia answered with a bright smile.

Peria sat on one side of the bed and chatted with her sister for a while.

“They say that the elf’s precious herbs are going to arrive at the apothecary I frequent. If that’s the case, I’m sure Lilia’s condition will improve a lot, right?”

“yes… .”

Lyria, who was stirring the porridge with a spoon, murmured softly.

“Sister, I’m sorry… . Because of me, I can’t go anywhere and I’m always stuck at home.”

“hahahaha, what are you talking about? I don’t like going out needlessly, do I?”

“Cook cook. yes.”

Her younger sister Lilia smiled a little, but couldn’t hide a ray of regret inside her eyes.

Since the death of her parents, her older sister had devoted most of her salary and time to herself, taking care of her.

‘If it wasn’t for me, my sister would be a decent imperial knight… I’m sure I’ve dated a guy by now, and maybe even got married and brought home a wonderful brother-in-law.’

Feria had never heard of a plausible man, despite the good conditions she was taking care of herself.

Lilia lowered her head, feeling sorry for her sister who had only taken care of herself all her life.

“Okay then, sister will go to work.”

Peria got up to get ready for work.

Lilia tried to see her sister off with a bright smile.

“I heard there was an escort knight selection ceremony for Prince Regid today, right? cheer up!”

“Whoops. thank you lyria I’ll do my best!”

click. Feria, who came out of her sister’s room, finished cleaning the kitchen.

Then, he returned to his room and quickly equipped the Imperial Knights’ armor and sword in a familiar way.

* * *

that morning.

The royal knights who participated in the escort knight selection ceremony began to gather in front of the ‘Geumhwagung’, a separate palace deep in the imperial palace.

Feria, like the other knights, was standing on the lawn in front of the palace and waiting.

“Come on, bring the table quickly—!”

“Did you make sure Dagi is ready?”

The young servants of Geumhwagung were busy moving tables and chairs on the lawn.

It was a very famous story that Prince Regid sent all adult men out of his palace, saying that they were frustrated and annoying.

‘Didn’t I say it’s the last line that children can tolerate?’

I honestly don’t quite understand what you mean.

It seemed that other people were just taking it as one of the common whims of the imperial family.

Meanwhile, the other imperial knights, except for Peria, were each looking for a close friend to talk to.

“uh? Amy? Did you apply for four years?”

“of course. It’s an opportunity to serve Prince Regid by his side, but just pass it off as crazy?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to give up? It is this body that stands by his side.”

“Damn it.”

Since the cataclysm 300 years ago, men lost mana, and women’s mana affinity increased even more.

Since then, all knights of the imperial family have been occupied by female knights.

It was then.

One of the attendants ran out from the entrance of the palace and delivered the message.

“Prince Regid will be coming soon!”

good! clinging on.

The female knights went to their seats with a moderate movement and stood.

As if the name of the Imperial Knight was not a lie, the mood of the girls, who had been a little relaxed a little while ago, suddenly changed to a strict one.

Soon, the door to the Golden Palace opened and Prince Regid appeared with his attendants.

“ah… !”

“Um… .”

“Sigh… .”

A sigh filled with heat broke out between the knights.

Everyone stared in one direction as if possessed.

Until then, the knights, who had maintained strict theft, inadvertently showed themselves disheveled, but quickly rectified them.

Just by coming face to face, the girls, who had been forged through numerous real battles, were shaken and the group’s momentum was disturbed.

Blonde hair unique to the imperial lineage.

Mysterious purple eyes shining brightly.

The elegant outfit, which is not overly flashy but full of dignity, makes his cool figure stand out even more.

It wasn’t just a simple appearance.

There was something about him, the one and only prince of the current Kazidum Empire, that caught people’s attention.

A deadly attraction that cannot be explained in words followed his movements and naturally took over the surrounding space.

Several female knights muttered softly unconsciously with blank faces.

“And, indeed… .”

“The most handsome man on the continent… .”

* * *

I stood in front of the knights waiting for the escort knight selection ceremony.

An escort knight, as the name suggests, does not merely serve as a simple escort.

They sometimes perform secret missions that cannot be told to others by the side of their master.

‘Of course, unshakable loyalty is a prerequisite for that.’

Apparently, since I have the position of being the prince of the imperial family, I had to pay attention to this and that.

As such, there was an urgent need for a useful knife without cumbersome restrictions.

‘I wish there was a decent one among them… .’

First of all, I delivered the greeting that I had thought of in advance.

“First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all of you who applied for the position of an escort knight for this body that is lacking—.”

The form is also very important.

At least you have to be careful not to get caught.

While talking like that, I narrowed my eyes.

The knights were standing somewhere with blank eyes and relaxed faces.

Eyes are on me, but I feel like my mind is in the wrong place.

‘Are you thinking about something else in front of the prince?’

A sense of skepticism suddenly set in.

‘What kind of mental strength… .’

It seems that the military discipline of the Imperial Knights is messed up.

“Hmm. Now we will begin the evaluation.”

“ah… !”

The knights were taken aback, and belatedly made faces that came to their senses.

They hurriedly corrected their posture.

‘It’s already too late for now.’

Sooner or later, I decided to make a sneak peek at the crown prince.

─These days, the condition of the knights of the imperial family is very… .

If you say it roughly like this, it will take care of itself.

‘Anyway, the state of the knights is not very good, so what should I do?’

Still, I’ll have to check it out sometime.

Because there might be jewels hidden among the ranks.

As I looked at them like that, I felt a familiar gaze from somewhere.

When I turned my head, there was a female knight staring at me with a hard face in a corner of the ranks.

She is a beautiful female knight with her black hair braided and twisted up.

The small tear point under her left eye further deepened her inaccessible atmosphere.

Seeing her, I involuntarily hardened my face.

‘Peria?’

I still remember her from the previous episode.

‘How can I forget.’

I mean Peria, a ‘traitor to humanity’ who sold her soul to the devil.

‘I knew he was a knight of the imperial family, but… .’

Could it be that you applied to be my escort knight in the previous episode?

At the time, the escort knight was a person recommended by people around him and was roughly selected.

At that time, I didn’t even know that Peria existed.

‘It’s absurd.’

This is an absurd situation when a guy who would later become a traitor to humanity came to me to become my escort.

Memories of being beaten by her in the previous episode flashed by.

In an instant, without realizing it, my life spirit surged up.

‘this.’

I quickly settled my emotions. Fortunately, the knights didn’t seem to notice.

‘It’s true that she’s not guilty yet.’

Apart from the events of the previous episode and my feelings, that is the reality.

You can’t ask for a crime you haven’t committed yet.

But… .

If there were no other variables, he was also the one who would later betray humanity by selling his soul to the devil.

I looked at Peria in a complicated state of mind.

‘How am I going to handle this… .’

* * *

Amidst the imperial knights, Peria looked at Prince Regid with a blank face.

In the first place, the reason she applied for the position of escort knight was to pay for her sister’s medicine with a high salary.

But at this moment.

She had to belatedly admit that she was looking down on the most important prince Regid because she was preoccupied with money.

‘When I become an escort knight, I, with a person like that every day… ?’

Suddenly, deep within Feria’s heart, a change was taking place that she herself did not know.

The feeling itself was different from when I passed by from a distance while going back and forth in the imperial palace.

Every gaze, gait, and hand gesture of Prince Regid in front of her caused a deep ripple in her heart.

‘Me, why am I like this… .’