Rebirth Just Before The 10th Circle

"okay. I’m not going.”

As soon as those words were finished, Lucian's face brightened.

Merlin's eyebrows twitched at this.

“Aren’t you in love with me too openly?”

“Yeah, it could be.”

To be honest, Lucian wanted to dance all the time.

However, if I did, it seemed that my neck would not be fully attached, so I was just restraining myself.

'When I think of all the suffering I've been through...'

Inquiries about him from other kingdoms have been pouring in since Merlin's summit provocation.

Each time, Lucian looked around him well, but it didn't bother him.

Seeing Lucian smiling awkwardly, Merlin waved his hand.

“Don’t worry, go and work. I will go fishing.”

“Are you talking about this hour?”

It was already late in the evening when the sun was setting.

Are you fishing at this hour?

Merlin was fed up with Lucian's reaction.

“I guess you don’t know what it is, but night fishing can be called true fishing.”

“Ah… well… well, by the way. Master.”

"Why?"

“So when will we be able to see the fish that Master has caught?”

“·················ogue.”

After arriving in Sirocco, Merlin is a fisherman every day.

But Lucian had never seen him come fishing.

Merlin's eyes lit up, which had not been answered for a while.

“You must catch it today.”

"Be strong..."

Lucian thought.

If it was a fish caught by Merlin, it must have been a blind fish.

***

Merlin leaves Lucian behind and comes out with a fishing rod.

He always went to his assigned seat.

By the way···.

"Huh?"

A sailor was sitting there while fishing alone for a while.

Merlin mumbled as he sat down next to him, packing up his things.

“I heard that you were having a party or something to exchange, but you didn’t go?”

“Are you here?”

A sailor located in Merlin's fishing spot.

Prince Karl of the Schmatt Empire welcomed her Merlin.

Merlin didn't look at him, but quickly sat down and threw the rod.

Meanwhile, Carl's voice was heard.

“I don’t really like crowded places like that.”

"Why? Are you tired of having such a place often since you were young?”

“It is too. That’s why I don’t usually attend such events unless it’s unavoidable.”

“Is it okay to leave the party this time?”

"Honestly, I'm a little stingy, but it's not a party I wouldn't be able to run without me, and how many people will find me."

“Do you think there are many? How many people would like to connect with the next heir to the throne of the Schmatt Empire.”

“Haha, there are about a hundred younger brothers under me. Although I am in the position of the Crown Prince, there is no law that the next heir to the throne of the Schmatt Empire is me.”

“Still, you are the closest person to the next emperor.”

“Well, that’s it, but…”

Carl looked curiously at the boy talking to him comfortably.

He didn't know that he had hidden his identity before, so he talked naturally, but now the boy knew.

He said that he was the Crown Prince of the Schmatt Empire.

Nevertheless, the boy's attitude was the same as last time.

As if dealing with a close friend, he was so comfortable and natural.

Carl was so amazing and good at it.

'How long has it been since we talked openly like this...'

Born the first of Schmatt's lineage, he had no one to talk to except during his very young years.

Because everyone around him was having a hard time with him, there was no such thing as a friend.

A friend with whom you can share your difficulties and concerns.

Merlin looked at the knife staring at him and replied sullenly.

"What you looking at."

“…it’s because it’s amazing.”

“I don’t mean to say that people are so strange.”

“Haha, I’m sorry if I felt bad.”

"done."

Then Merlin turned his gaze back to the river.

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"By the way, you're not good at young fishing."

“It’s not good when people are too perfect. There must be at least one thing that can’t be done like this, so it looks human.”

“Is that so?”

"Of course."

The conversation went on and there was silence for a while.

A long time has passed, but Merlin's fishing rod still doesn't move.

Seeing this, Carl slowly opened his mouth.

“Why don’t we just leave the fish that can’t be caught and have a drink?”

"alcohol?"

Merlin turned her head to look at her sword.

However, the bottle was nowhere to be seen around the knife.

At this, she said, with Merlin suffocating.

“Hey, so you want to get a drink from me?”

“Because the taste of alcohol is never forgotten.”

"know? Is my drink expensive?”

“Don’t know. Didn't I pay a fair price for my drink last time? This one will pay a good price for alcohol, so take a bottle and see.”

Then, as he swallowed her saliva, he looked quite hungry.

Merlin twisted the corners of her lips.

“If you pay the price for your drink late again this time, I will go to the Schumat Imperial Palace and overthrow everything, so I know that.”

“Haha, you can!”

Carl thought her Merlin's words were just rhetoric, but unfortunately Merlin was sincere.

Her devoured Merlin pulled two of her bottles from her pocket.

Carl looked at this curiously and asked.

“What on earth is that? That big thing in that little pocket.”

“I don’t know about that. Do you have any snacks?”

“Sorry, I came here empty-handed.”

“Then tell your friend to bring some.”

Merlin said, looking at the bush behind her sword.

At this, the complexion of the sword hardened for an instant.

She asked as if he couldn't believe it.

“Did you know? Since when?"

“I’ve known it for a long time. I asked what kind of fisherman was wearing a ghost, but I didn't think it would be Crown Prince Schmatt."

“Huh…”

A look of surprise crossed Carl's face.

From the bizarre feat of taking out a bottle of wine from a pocket.

The ability to detect even his own escort, who has been trained in high-level stealth and assassination.

It was shocking in many ways, but Carl didn't really ask about it.

Instead, he threw the horse towards his back.

“Drek, do you have anything for snacks?”

At his question, a voice came from the bushes.

"Sorry. Ladan. If you order it, I will bring it to you now.”

Carl shrugged his shoulders.

“That’s right.”

“Well, then there is nothing you can do. In the beginning, a true judang is to enjoy the taste of alcohol without side dishes.

“You are right!”

Cal, who adjusted the rhythm to Merlin's words, excitedly picked up the bottle.

Soon the two bottles collided, and a light brown liquid with a subtle scent wet their throats.

Did you leave it like that and drank the sip?

“So what do you want to say?”

"Huh?"

“Why were you trembling here because you wanted to say something?”

Karl, who was slightly startled by the out-of-the-ordinary question, answered with a bitter smile.

“It’s just… it’s just.”

“·················ogue.”

“I don’t really have anything to say. It’s just… because it’s comfortable here.”

“Just looking at it, I can see that worries are all over my face. Tell me. I'll listen. I'm a heavy mouthed person. I don't go anywhere and just gossip."

"···is it?"

Carl hesitated at Merlin's rant.

Hesitating about something, he took another sip and opened his mouth.

“If... if only. What would you do if your life, everything around you was a fabricated lie?”

“Let’s hear it roughly, is this an extension of the last question I asked about life is fleeting or what to do?”

“…that’s right.”

“Does your life seem to be framed? What kind of things are controlling my life? Can you just leave it like that?”

“But if they have more power than you have...”

“So you’re just going to live with it?”

Merlin gave him a pathetic look.

What came out of his mouth was a sharp venom.

“If you really think so, you don’t have to go far, just jump over there right now.”

Saying so, Merlin pointed to the river.

“Even if my abilities are not enough, do you think it is right to obey without even trying?”

“·················ogue.”

“If you are weak, build up your strength, and if you don’t have knowledge, read a book. I have been that way, I am living that way, and I will continue to live that way.”

“·················ogue.”

Merlin's story was a theory.

But it was also very difficult.

“Well, I don’t know what your situation is now, but at least if it were me, even if it was me, I would have worked hard enough to death to blow a fist in the face of those bastards who played with me.”

“·················ogue.”

Carl was speechless.

He looked at Merlin's face in the moonlight silently.

Merlin's eyes filled with pride and self-esteem.

Facing this, Carl smirked bitterly.

After a while, he drank the remaining half of the drink and got up from his seat.

“You drank well today. And… thank you for speaking with me.”

“Alcohol is not free.”

“Haha, okay. Make sure you pay for the drink.”

So the knife turned around.

As he was about to leave his seat, he paused and opened his mouth.

“By the way, what’s your name?”

Karl, whom I've seen many times over the past few days, but haven't even heard of the other's name yet.

To this, Merlin replied bluntly.

“Give me a punch in the faces of those bastards who don’t know who they are, then come to Redford. Then I will tell you the name. Oh, don’t forget to bring your drink when you come.”

Karl chuckled at Merlin's words and nodded his head.

“Okay. I'll try my best to hear your name next time. Have a good night. Good luck fishing.”

“Okay, go.”

Merlin waved her hand.

With those words, Carl left without any regrets.

So the conversation partner disappears.

Merlin glanced at the bottle that Carl had left behind, and concentrated on fishing again.

pierce-

A quiet night where grasshoppers cry.

The last day in Sirocco, where the Continental Summit was held, came to an end.

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