Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 134 – HELIOS AND ILENE, TWO SIBLINGS (bag. 4)
I really have missteps.
When I should have known that Rahib Vyndicta was coming to see Ilene, I did everything I could to intercept her.
But it's all too late.
Vyndicta's monk seems to have said something to Ilene about me that she shouldn't have.
Anyway, I couldn't figure out what their conversation was about that damn monk setting up a barrier and deactivating the eavesdropping device I put on Ilene's necklace so I couldn't listen to their conversation.
As soon as I met Ilene, I didn't think she'd be that mysterious. Though I was also his biological brother like Kak Tius and Leon, but when I approached him, he instead shouted hysterically and treated me like a monster.
I also could not force Ilene's paled condition every time I saw me so for now I decided to stay away from her. Perhaps what Ilene needed right now was calmness. Of course with the departure of Ayahanda and Kak Tius at about the same time will make the fragile princess become very hit.
In addition, the preparations for war should be my main concentration at this time. Well, as long as Ilene is in the palace, then I'm sure I'll be able to protect her. As long as I can prevent the visit of people who mislead like the previous Monk Vyndicta who messed up his condition.
But it didn't go according to my shadow.
Now it's Mother's turn to get sick maybe because of the stress of post-mortem Ayahanda, or maybe it's all my fault.
I love my mother, so I intend to always protect her. But I do not take into account the mental health of Mother in running it. That is probably why Mother became stressed because she felt confined in her own palace and then fell ill.
From then on, I loosened my mother's strict guard and I let her visit the sacred temple to restore her mental state. Of course, the supervision remains to prevent Rahib Vyndicta from doing the same thing he did to Ilene to Mother.
Then the thing that no less disturbs my mind is the insistence of the senate nobles to immediately expel Brother Vierra out of the palace in accordance with what is stated in the article in the constitution of the first level strata of the kingdom.
For the time being, I can dodge it under the pretext of the royal family still mourning the departure of Alfreon's father, yet I know very well that that reason will no longer be able to last. But at least I can delay it until the election of a new king.
I don't want Brother Vierra to end up being a sacred servant who will spend the rest of his life inside a narrow sacred temple without being able to breathe in any more outside air, without being able to do his hobby again, without feeling the beauty of the world again.
Then when I thought that Ilene had calmed down lately without making a scene of panic, I was wrong. He suddenly announced that he would become a sacred servant of the holy temple and officially withdrew from the seizure of the throne which made me the only candidate for the future king of the Kingdom of Meglovia.
Knowing that, I immediately went to see Ilene.
“Ilene! What do you think about being a sacred servant?! Don't you know if you do it it means you have given up on your life?! You can no longer get married and do any outdoor activities!”
Different from what I expected, I saw Ilene remain calm.
“I of course knew that before making his decision, Kak.”
“Lantas why did you do it?!”
“Didn't I end up the same, brother? I just speed up the process.”
“What do you mean?”
“At the constitutive strata of two kingdoms chapter 134, it is said that any royal family that is no longer part of the new ruling king, is obliged to leave the palace by devoting his life entirely to the holy temple.”
“What are you saying, Ilene? Even if I was chosen to be king, how could I possibly throw you out of the palace? Until anytime, you are my precious sister. You will still be able to be inside the palace by being one of my people. I will guarantee your happiness living inside that palace.”
To my words, Ilene suddenly looked at me sharply.
“It seems that you will be one of the things, Brother Helios. Even though Big Brother didn't dump me, I'm the one who didn't want to stay in this palace any longer. This place is too creepy, brother. To be honest, I was scared and couldn't hold this much longer. I'm sorry, Brother, I can't be the kind of person you want to be. I just want to get away from this blood-soaked place.”
“Ilene..”.
“Ilene! Big Brother never once thought of you as a barrier thorn Brother!”
“Good then, Brother. If so, that means Ilene can now live a quiet life.”
I saw Ilene smiling as she said that with a calm expression as if all the burdens that were weighing her heart had been lifted. So it seems. I was the one who had been Ilene's source of stress all along.
After all if you think back, if Ilene really wants to live a quiet life without being disturbed by worldly problems again, then the holy temple is indeed the right choice.
It is very unfortunate that Ilene can no longer get married and feel the pleasure of domestic life as well as doing other happy activities that are usually done by women in general, as long as Ilene's mind could calm down and no longer be burdened with various complicated thoughts, perhaps that was a good thing.
But I still could not let go of my worry about what Rahib Vyndicta could do to my brother within his realm. As long as Ilene was inside the sacred temple, then my movements became limited to protect her.
I have no proof and not this because it was Rahib Vyndicta who issued the prophecy of the tyrant that made me despised by the whole kingdom, but I always had a bad feeling about that figure.
In fact, it is proven that the monk Robell Zarkan of the imperial holy temple was not as good on the surface as he was the mastermind of the plan of the first order. The monk Robell Zarkan had also been the one who had the Emperor Ethanus to wage war in the name of unifying the continent in order to face the rise of the Demon King.
At least, it is possible that Rahib Vyndicta eleven twelve with him or even he was from the beginning involved in all the crimes of the Monk Robell Zarkan.
His actions that made Ilene hate me for what was a strong proof of him. This was not because of prejudice, but my instinct as a brother who was very affectionate with his sister who could feel that Ilene could be in danger just by being inside the sacred temple.
But seeing Ilene's strong determination to go to the sacred temple, doesn't mean I can get in her way. The slightest mistake I touched again, the fragile Ilene could have broken into pieces.
“Can't you trust Big Brother to protect you, Ilene.”
“Sorry Brother, I can't believe.”
Ilene resolutely answered me while still smiling calmly. At that time I realized that there was nothing else I could do to prevent his decision.
As my last step, I also gave him back the necklace in place of the one he had previously thrown away about the Monk Vyndicta damn it dismantle the existence of a wiretap in it.
“Then, Ilene, accept this necklace that Brother gave you. Whatever happens this time, you can't let go.”
“Does it contain any more bugging tools, Kak?”
“Not going. I promise I won't do that to you again. Brother also apologized for the irreverence of Brother at that time who gave you a necklace containing a tapper and a tracker. Moreover, if it contains any interceptor or tracking device, when it enters the gate of the sacred temple, it will also be detected. So it feels like you don't have to worry about it anymore.”
“So this is just a regular necklace?”
“Hmm.”
I shook my head at Ilene's question.
“I instilled a protection magic that even effectively resisted the attacks of the top grade legendary level monsters for three minutes just like before, only this time without any tappers or trackers. Instead, if you are in danger, this will signal to Big Brother to know immediately so that Big Brother can come to protect you.”
“So apparently.”
“This is indeed just a prototype of the first version of the necklace model that you made, but with a thousand-fold stronger defensive increase. So please promise me, Ilene. Whatever happens, never remove this necklace from your neck.”
I saw Ilene smile as she nodded in agreement to my wish.
I too, without waiting any longer, immediately put the necklace to Ilene's neck.
At least, it makes me a little relieved because if Ilene is in danger, I can still immediately protect her with the existence of the necklace.