Chapter 217: I Get Sleepy After I Eat

The hard bread didnt look appetising, but the dried fruit looked delicious.

Lethsh thry shome?

What are you saying? Didnt we just have breakfast?

I gueshsh.

I knew. I knew this but I thought we could at least eat a small piece of fruit.

Youre really a glutton, Lei.

Food ish importhanth.

Its not time to eat now.

Fruithsh are shnacwsh.

It was as if nothing had changed as we bickered about this. There was a small table and chair here, but we leaned against the bed while stretching out our legs and chatting.

Do you think its Easter? Nico suddenly asked.

Ai. I nodded firmly.

You might not know this Lei, but there are a lot of soldiers at the castle. How the hell did they make their way to the back of the castle?

There were a lot of Rug Dragons in the garden. If I could have calmly faced the dragons, then I could have asked them what was wrong. But I was far away, and I didnt have time to think about that.

Remingthonsh and a group of Rug Dragonsh eshcaped tho Eashther.

When the Remingtons left? I did hear that we lost sight of a lot of Rug Dragons. So, youre saying its not a coincidence?

Probably.

I dont know where the dragons were brought from, but they were probably released in the castle, and the soldiers blended in with the dragons to enter the castle. The castle soldiers probably didnt even know what was happening, let alone how to stop dragons from running past them.

Perhaps, there were fewer enemy soldiers than the castle soldiers.

What did they do this for?

I donth wnow.

I have no idea why they are attacking Kingdom. What benefits does Easter get from ruling Kingdom?

But I know theyre trying to control Kingdom. They invaded the castle in one swoop. In other words, Nico, Thhe King and Thhe Princesh, and maybe Marw.

The royal family and the Four Marquises.

Ai.

The Four Marquises has already decreased by one since the Remingtons left. Missing one of the Four Marquises isnt enough to shake Kingdom. However, the next generation of the Remingtons has escaped from Easter and returned to Kingdom, and shes coming of age in a little over a year.

In other words, it wasnt as profitable for them to have the Remingtons anymore.

The barrier wont be activated anymore if they injure us. The citizens would be troubled.

The cithizensh of Kingdom wouwd hathe Eashther thhen. (The citizens of Kingdom would hate Easter then)

Hmm. I dont think they would want that if they want to make Kingdom theirs.

Even children know this. If they want to have Kingdom in their hands then they cant be hated by the citizens of Kingdom. Rather, they need the citizens to like this.

For example, theyll have to save Kingdom from a crisis. Otherwise, they would need to try to rebel against the current Kingdoms royal family.

However, theres no crisis in Kingdom as long as the barrier is in place.

Whath if thhe barrier ish gone?

Impossible. Father and the others will make sure to, ah.

Nico and I managed to escape but what if the King or Lambert-ojisama had already been captured?

I wonder if father, uncle and grandfather are alright.

Theyre fine. Theyre shthiww awive even if thheyre capthured. (Theyre fine. Theyre still alive even if theyre captured)

What about mother?

Shesh fine, I reassured him. Any normal man would never do what hes told if his wife is harmed. Lam-ojisama is royalty, so the citizens might be more important than his wife, but theres no reason to harm Nicos Okaa-sama in the long run.

Hard. My head wiww expwode.

What?

Why did you move away, Nico?

My head wont actually explode, geez.

We ran away to here, but would it have been better to get caught?

If we had been caught then I feel like we would have been taken hostage and used to blackmail Lam-ojisama and Otou-sama, so Im glad we ran away.

However, I have a feeling that we will get caught sooner or later if we stay here.

Weww be caughth eventhuawwy.

Its not good to give up, Lei, Nico said in dismay, but it would be easy for them to find us since this is a dead end.

Donth weth thhem cathch ush if poshshibwe. (Dont let them catch us if possible)

Well we did get away from them after all. But what are we doing to do if they stick around?

He shhouwd, thhe third prince shhouwd be throubwed.

He should be troubled, you say Lei.

Nico looked at me and seemed a bit taken aback. What is it?

You have a bad expression on your face.

Rude.

Theres no reason to threaten Otou-sama or Lam-ojisama if were not found. We should stay undetected for as long as possible and annoy them as much as possible.

Since ithsh wiwe thhath, wethsh eath firshth.

I thought you would say that.

Nico didnt stop me this time and got the bag out from under the bed. I went to the washroom and filled my cup with water before coming back. It helps that theres a decent amount of water and a toilet.

Weww jushth thry a withthwe. Nico looked surprised at my suggestion.

Only a little? Lei are you alright?

You donth need tho thouch my forehead.

Why do you think I have a fever?

The hard bread could have been replaced, and the time-consuming meal was satisfying even if it was just a little. But when Im in a quiet place with a full stomach, I feel sleepy even though it wasnt naptime.

Lei, your head is swaying.

Im noth shweepy.

When a toddler says theyre not sleepy, its usually because theyre sleepy. Didnt you feel sleepy? But I know it would be dumb to just crawl into bed and sleep now.

Under thhe bed.

Under the bed?

Lethsh pway thhere, I mumbled to myself and crawled under the bed.

The pwace where you can shee thhe bed paththernsh.

No way. Nicos words were the last thing I remembered. When I woke up, I was still under the bed and Nico was next to me.

When I turned over to Nico, who was lying down, I saw there were two bags in front of him.

Nico.

Shh, Nico told me not to talk.

I can still feel someone in the room.

Huh?

I woke up at once and listened. There were certainly sounds of people talking and walking on the other side of the wall.

Only the Four Marquises and royal family can enter the barrier room. They wouldnt make that much noise even if they were all in here. In other words, Eashther ish here.

Shh.

And I slept peacefully without realising this. Sorry, Nico.