[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail":3,"chapter-the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-chapter-33":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1222759,1619,"Chapter 33","the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-chapter-33",33,"\u003Cp>Chapter 33 - Between Courage and Lingering Attachment (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the words I had simply thrown out happened to hit the mark, I was just as flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, you are saying a ghost appeared and you cannot sleep?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked again to confirm, Celos’ face visibly began to heat up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At seventeen, coming here because he was scared of ghosts and could not sleep would be a little embarrassing, yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, there would be other reasons besides fear and shame, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, there was something I needed to make clear before moving on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spoke firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I cannot let you sleep here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who asked you to let me sleep here!!!....sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my teasing, Celos finally snapped with an irritation befitting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know you came to the wrong person for help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, I know that too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I stared at him expressionlessly, the Eighth Prince also scratched his head irritably, as if he knew that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought maybe, well, elder, brother was experiencing the same thing too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging only by the contents, it sounded like the tearful concern of a younger brother deeply worried about his elder brother, but both he and I knew it did not have such a soft meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the world inside a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, even its religious view had settings established by the author.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To understand that, one had to go all the way back to the founding of this Abiran Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primordial Sierra Abiran was an unstable god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that this great demigod who descended from the heavens pacified the chaotic continent with mysterious power and wisdom, and brought peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the one hundred years Sierra Abiran ruled, the empire enjoyed prosperity and development unlike anything seen again in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People who had suffered under monsters gained safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no longer any need to tremble in the cold, suffer in the heat, or feel a burning thirst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most stories about his journey were similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As with all stories passed from mouth to mouth, unknown places that no longer existed were mixed in, and there were also places that matched historical facts to some degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the story about the end of Emperor Sierra had been settled into one version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the people, it might be divided into several forms, but what the temple taught was always the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why all people of the empire accepted it as the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a beautiful sunny day, Sierra, who had become a complete god, walked up the sunlight before his family and ascended to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also said that Sierra, who returned to his original heavenly world that way, created a new world with his completed power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the three moons visible far away was precisely that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Territum, where only the good can go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All people of the Abiran Empire wished to die and obtain rest there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the reasons they swore absolute obedience to the imperial family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because those who could not go there had no choice but to go to a place called Hodie after death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Literally, it was a place they did not want to go even if they died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Hodie, which was said to have been formed from the wicked remnants and all sorts of filthy monsters left after Sierra created Territum, humans could not find rest even after death and could not escape the cycle of being torn apart and hunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was another one of the three moons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what were those who went neither to Territum nor Hodie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temple called them fugitives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commonly, what we knew as ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending back those who, for whatever reason, could not go to the world ruled by Sierra Abiran was also one of the temple’s roles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And here, a problem arose for that Celos Abiran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloodlines that remained in the empire and inherited Sierra’s power were the current imperial family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were people who had lived lives of reverence while trampling on others under that pretext for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to principle, there was no way a ghost could approach people of the Abiran family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had also been no case found so far of an ordinary ghost threatening an Abiran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though whether such a case had existed and someone had simply swallowed it alone was none of my concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celos Abiran must have trembled in fear when he first saw a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from what I saw, it seemed he was indeed afraid of ghosts themselves, but what frightened him most of all was probably that there was absolutely no one he could ask for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he carelessly opened his mouth and things went wrong, people would ask how an imperial family member could be tormented by a ghost, and if things went badly, he would have been afraid that rumors would spread saying a ghost had attached itself to him because he was a prince with only a speck of Manis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His secret, which he had worked so hard to hide until now, would be revealed, so to whom could he disclose it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I must have come to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran Abiran, the Seventh Prince, who knew his secret and had not even a speck of Manis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, but this elder brother has never been tormented by ghosts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my indifferent answer, Celos bit his lip hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching that, I stroked my chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not as though such beings did not appear in the original Dark Header.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the very least, they did not appear during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever the case, there was no need to tell Celos the thoughts in my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spoke quickly, as if it was no big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems unrelated to ability, so just leave it be. It is not as though it can really do anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean, leave it be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy glared at me angrily, as if asking whether that was the best advice I could give.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ghosts usually stay because they come looking for a family they miss, or because they want to avenge a grudge, do they not? No one close among the imperial family has died yet, so it cannot be a family member it misses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is….true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the guy nodded, I gave him a look as if to say, See? and pulled my back against the chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it is trying to avenge a grudge, then looking back on your usual conduct, I think you can afford to suffer a little.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do not say it so easily. It comes every dawn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you even sure that is a ghost in the first place? You did not just mistake a working servant for one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my lukewarm reaction, the guy continued speaking as if frustrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It loiters in front of my door, then suddenly disappears at the end of the hallway. Without a trace. And yet no one has seen it. Everyone says there was no one there at that time. How is that a person!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy grew increasingly agitated, his bloodshot eyes flashing because he had not been able to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appears at dawn and disappears at the end of the hallway…..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy, who smoothly told me even the time and location of its appearance, seemed as simple as Rasia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled and shrugged at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if it is a ghost, as I said before, there is nothing in particular it can do, and there is no need for you to do anything either. Fortunately, those things cannot physically harm you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is true, but….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps realizing that no matter how much more he got heated, my attitude would not change much, his momentum weakened considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, if you are uneasy, the only thing you can do is try doing at least a little good deed. Now, in that sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I flung open the closed shutters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna was still occupying the sofa, lying there unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take that child to the infirmary. She will have another fit if she sees your face, so be careful not to wake her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sudden suggestion, Celos’ face crumpled with a crunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?! Sir?! Why should I do that?! Sir?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if I help, the image of the Seventh Prince that I have built up until now will crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also a little bit of hope that Celos Abiran would take responsibility for what he had done himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the guy opened his mouth to pour out another awkward burst of honorific speech, I cut him off and spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you. Try doing a good deed. The ghost might be moved and leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy looked at me as if asking what kind of nonsense that was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I completely agreed with that opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at the same time, I had a weapon called shamelessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or go ask the servants to move her. Kindly and sensibly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why should I ask? I can just order them! Sir!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The excited guy began using his ridiculous polite speech again, but I did not care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then it would not be a good deed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy, who understood the nuance that I would not acknowledge it no matter what he did, ground his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go quietly so you do not wake her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it. I should never have come to this place!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I spoke toward the back of Celos’ head as he lifted Anna, the guy muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that he disappeared, I quickly closed the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because tonight was going to be a very long night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celos Abiran was taking Anna to the infirmary more politely than Ran had expected, and more indifferently than an average human would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true that he was conscious of the Seventh Prince’s warning to be careful not to wake her, but the greater reason was that his strength had drained a little because of his self-reproach for swallowing his pride and coming to this damn castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It seems my head has gone strange from staying up too many nights.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he had come to this unlucky Seventh Prince’s palace again was because he thought it was the quietest way to resolve things among the two options left to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though by two options, it only meant the difference of whom he would tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, he hated both so much he would rather beat them to death, but if he came to the Seventh Prince, at least it seemed the matter would not grow bigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Seventh Prince was a bastard he disliked, but in any case, seeing how he had kept his secret until now, he seemed tight-lipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An imperial family member tormented by ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pathetic state no one had heard or seen before, and if anyone found out, everyone would suspect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A pathetic prince without ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the illusion that a cold voice seemed to ring in his ears, Celos put strength into the hand holding the nape of Anna’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gazes of contempt that had been directed at the Seventh Prince until now might shift to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celos knew very well how shameful that feeling was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not bear being in the same position as that worthless guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, contradictorily, the thought had also occurred to him that the Seventh Prince might know a way to solve this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps that halfwit, who had only gained the name of the imperial family, had experienced the same situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If ghosts can harass me because I am an imperial family member lacking Manis, then that bastard can be tormented too. Because that guy, who lacks more than I do, would be even more unfortunate.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, an unfounded belief welled up in him that perhaps the owner of that shameless face, who always talked as if he was so great, would act calmly even in the same situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a generous evaluation he could not have imagined before, but it was just how he felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, if it was that halfwit bastard, it felt like even if a ghost appeared, he would snort once and drive it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That flow of consciousness led Celos to the Seventh Prince’s palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he gained was absurd nonsense and this baggage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celos glanced at the maid dangling from his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slightly young, but otherwise entirely ordinary scrap of a maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was bitten by that rat bastard, he had gotten angry, and when this insolent thing even hid it, it was true that he had tried to punish her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was only natural, was it not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Celos, it was nothing special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why did he get so angry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it because they are both useless and pathetic, so he feels a sense of kinship?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his pride was hurt and he did not show it, when the Seventh Prince showed a cold reaction different from indifference, Celos had been quite flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw the Seventh Prince’s gaze, after opening the door and coming out, sweep once over the collapsed little brat and turn colder than ever before, he could not understand why his chest had grown hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Eighth Prince himself would never admit it, because of Ran’s atmosphere, which was different from usual, the immature Celos had shrunk in one corner of his heart and had faced the Seventh Prince in a tense state the entire time, as if he had become a younger brother being scolded by his elder brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was also why, while thinking it was quite insulting, he had obediently carried this burden out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he treated this girl more carelessly, it felt as if the Seventh Prince would truly look at him as something worse than a rooster head this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, is no one here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having arrived at the infirmary before he knew it, the Eighth Prince flung open the door and called the attending physician.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, what is the matter, heok!!! I-I-I-I greet the E-E-E-Eighth Prince….!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old doctor, who had been coming out leisurely, began stammering as soon as he saw the Eighth Prince, his already gasping breath seeming as if it might stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sick of the repeated E-E-E-Eighth Prince fuss, Celos waved his hand roughly, saying it was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor, beside himself with apology, clutched his chest and breathed raggedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why are all the people who work here like this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eighth Prince, who did not know that the only ones who remained after enduring the Seventh Prince’s nasty temper for little money were old people, people with nowhere else to go because they had no money, and timid people, frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He disliked this beggarly place even more than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celos placed Anna, who had been dangling from his arm, onto a small bed that seemed to have barely been kept clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She fainted, so take care of her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the Seventh Prince had ordered him to do was only to take her to the infirmary, so this should be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving the order, he turned around and left without lingering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that he would never set foot in this castle again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“P-please go safely, Your Highness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old doctor bowed so deeply that his bent waist seemed about to touch the floor, but the Eighth Prince did not even look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was around the time he left and the sound of his footsteps completely disappeared along with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heok!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna inhaled the breath she had been holding and sprang up from the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, the old doctor with a weak heart had to endure the second near-fainting crisis of the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh dear, you startled me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah, hah! His Highness the Prince has completely left, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-it seems so. What on earth happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am alive, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor looked pitifully at Anna, who had turned pale but was fortunately still breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without being told, the aged man guessed that in this frightening imperial palace, a young child being carried in while pretending to have fainted could not be due to anything good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor, who had always agreed well with Anna that one had to discard useless curiosity to live long, silently handed the child warm water mixed with a little salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna, who accepted the water cup, shuddered as she recalled what had just happened, which still did not feel real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna had regained consciousness around the time Ran ordered Celos to carry her carefully without waking her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she opened her eyes, she was not confident she would not scream at the sight of the frightening Eighth Prince, so she had stubbornly held her breath and pretended to have fainted all the way here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Prince Celos’ hand, which was holding the nape of her neck, tightened midway, she had to use all her strength to hold back a cough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, perhaps because he had forgotten his anger toward her, he set her down here almost as if throwing her aside and then left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna was simply grateful for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had nearly lost her life trying to save a single squirrel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a life she had cherished and protected so carefully, so she could not lose it so pointlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the red-haired prince, she shuddered once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, Anna had believed that the Seventh Prince was the scariest person in the world, but that had been a great mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Celos, who had approached while looking at her as if she were a bug, had truly seemed as though he would step on her and crush her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never wanted to experience that again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna made a vow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she saw even the tip of a red hair, she would run away as fast as she could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, it did not take long for the child’s firm resolve to fall apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chirrrr—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of a cricket, decorating the silence of midnight, rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squeak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It rang out, then stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squirrel, having snatched up the plump cricket in an instant, turned the poor insect this way and that, as if gauging where to start eating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will give you this, so just let that go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wanting to see that horrible sight before setting out, I took a glossy acorn from my pocket and handed it to the creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the squirrel liked acorns more than insects, because it quickly let go of the struggling cricket and stuffed the acorn into its cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, eat a lot. Tonight will be a long night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The castle where the Eighth Prince resided was quite far from the place where I stayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At times like this, it was best to transform into the one I was most familiar with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spread my black wings and flew out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>",3155,"2026-06-04T16:12:46.831Z",1,"revengernovel.com","557c6cf773d8d45913f7b4fef5d6801d515c70f42787d4d6f54e2dddab30335c",null,"the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-chapter-32","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-cover.jpg"]