Chapter 48 - Kazuya P7 (2/2)
For the last few minutes, Kazuya helped the King sort out the books, and gathered quite a pile for Lyn. She would love these. Though hauling them over to her place will be a pain. Just the thought of her bright smile made him more motivated.
King Daichi smiled, ”You care a lot for my daughter hmmm?”
'He knows,' Kazuya thought. But of course, he does. Kazuya heard all the rumors regarding King Daichi before and felt something was wrong. Queen Orthez is the only genius? She's the only one running the country? Kazuya doesn't believe a woman like Queen Orthez would marry a normal man. So Kazuya did do some digging around.
”You don't come from the Mist Kingdom do you.”
”Correct, I did just give it away earlier the day.”
Earlier, when he interfered. As he thought, that power — ”You're from the Sound Kingdom?”
”I was part of the royal family before the ban happened,” Daichi trailed off, ”Do you know why the ban occurred in the first place?”
”Wait, the royal family..”
Kazuya was in utter disbelief; this man was part of the Sound Kingdom's royal family? Then that would make Lyn a legit heir to the throne, the same goes for the other three.
”Lyn is my only child.”
”...”
”You see, Orthez's parents were very strict and traditional. They engaged her with several men. In the eyes of the public, it was strange and unheard of. But Orthez parents dismissed it and inflicted punishment on those who disobeyed them.”
”The others,” Kazuya started. This story stunned him.
”Andrew is from Orthez first Husband, King. Lethia from her second and Kotaro from the third. Of course, amongst those Orthez had somebody she liked, it was her First Husband,” Daichi explained, ”I'm sure you can tell that from her behavior.”
Now that King Daichi mentioned it, Queen Orthez did treat Prince Andrew differently than the rest. But it's not just Prince Andrew, ”Aren't you relieved that she loved you too?”
King Daichi laughed, ”Well perhaps, though as a guy wanting the woman you love to love only you is natural. But I do understand about her feelings for her first husband,” he paused, ”When that man died Orthez was distraught, her second and third husband tried to compete with whom would take that man's place. I met her shortly after, and well somehow I became King.”
”Somehow huh, I heard the First Prince of the last reign vanished at some point. You escaped here to the Mist Kingdom?”
”They were trying to get rid of the royal family. The elders sent me away here knowing the enemy would never expect me to be right in their doorstep.”
The enemy, ”Queen Orthez parents?”
”And the work of several elders here in the Mist Kingdom. Honestly, when I married Orthez, I was worried that they would notice,” King Daichi laughed, ”I had several close calls. It was hard to demonstrate my ability and my capability with.”
”The Queen knew your identity?”
”Yeah, actually Orthez and I met the moment I came here. I was wounded gravely, and she was sneaking out of the palace. She helped me out, and during the time I was unconscious she went through the belongings I had with me.”
”Wasn't that dangerous?” Kazuya asked. Since his legs were getting tired, he perched himself on the couch while King Daichi walked towards the window.
”It was, but I fainted after we met and woke up a few hours later. It's only natural Orthez wanted to see some identification. When she realized I had none, she treated me herself.”
Kazuya's eyes widened. Why did he admit that? Though Lyn showed him briefly in the past - Kazuya thought nothing of the power. However, now King Daichi just revealed that the royal family has healing powers. Powers strong enough to heal people on the verge of death. Why is this man acting so casual about this?