#111
‘This is the first time I’m hearing about a sacrificial constitution.’
What I knew about Ersen’s body was limited to what appeared in the original work and what I had learned before my regression.
Combining all of that, what I knew could be summarized in one line:
Eris cast supreme-level curses using Ersen’s body as a medium.
And that was on four people.
‘No, to be precise, it was three people and one family. In the case of the Lindea family, it was a curse that would be inherited.’
In other words, only Sercil’s curse was cast much earlier than the other three.
This was also something to keep an eye on, but what concerned me more right now was the question about Eris herself.
When cursing the Lindea family, she used newborn Ersen as a medium to cast the curse. Then later, she cast supreme-level curses on three other people that would bind together with the curse placed on that family.
In other words, she was as wary of those three people, who had barely been born, as she was of the Lindea family.
‘Why?’
I needed to answer them about this sacrificial constitution thing soon.
I didn’t have the luxury to think about other things. My mind was spinning so fiercely that I couldn’t put on any kind of act.
Eris’s actions didn’t quite match up with what I had naturally assumed to know.
‘…Above all, why am I only having these doubts now?’
Why did Eris view them as threats?
‘I thought it was simply because she was a villainess, because she was insane.’
Indeed, everyone’s reaction to Eris was like that.
That pure-blood half-demon acted as if things that weren’t hers naturally belonged to her, and she was a villainess of the ages who would ruin the life of anyone who opposed her.
Because it was true, there was no room for doubt.
Even Ersen’s palace was filled with those who had suffered at Eris’s hands.
‘But something’s off. It’s not natural.’
But the appearance of Eris I saw a little while ago, and Eris’s actions glimpsed through Ersen’s traces, felt a bit different.
Let’s say an insane person cursed someone because of love and obsession toward the Emperor.
Then shouldn’t she have cursed the Empress or concubines, not children?
‘Or she could have cursed the Emperor.’
Yet she cursed completely unrelated people. I didn’t know when I only read the original, but there was something I learned before my regression. When it comes to supreme-level curses, even the one casting the curse must be tense.
‘More than tense. If it hadn’t been Eris, she might have had to risk her life.’
Because it’s difficult, half-demons can’t use them carelessly.
So Eris deliberately did that troublesome and high-risk task.
Not on the Emperor, but on three children and some family in the borderlands.
‘Ah, right. Eris even risked her own life to cast this curse.’
A curse cast by a dying pure-blood half-demon.
Using living Ersen as the medium, Ersen became the core of the curse, so currently the only way to completely break their curse was to safely deal with Ersen.
In addition to this, I was planning to dispose of myself after ensuring that not only the curse but the half-demons themselves wouldn’t interfere with their future.
That’s why I needed the gray treasure that could control the half-demons.
But the one who cast the curse had revived, and the half-demons’ movements were much more urgent and chaotic compared to the original or before my regression.
Like approaching Sercil even before the fairy thing was revealed…
“Your Highness?”
I could feel the gazes looking at me, who had become dazed while trying to answer, gradually becoming serious.
I needed to answer quickly…
‘But what should I say?’
I knew nothing about sacrificial constitution.
But seeing that word come from his mouth, some sense of déjà vu washed over me.
The feeling that all of this was connected as one.
I needed to know.
“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Hmm?”
Marcus hyung tilted his head slightly. His lips were also twisted in a cynical smirk.
As if telling me not to try any tricks.
I didn’t bother trying to look carefree, and slowly lowered my eyes.
Then, after making eye contact with each of the three people one by one, I removed all traces of casualness and spoke slowly in a tone that had become more serious.
“I told you before. I don’t have recovered memories, just remnants of my soul’s memory.”
“Are you saying you have no memory of your constitution?”
The Archduke asked calmly.
I nodded, then let out a long sigh as if tired and annoyed.
Then, just like the gloomy appearance I had shown before the Archduke at the ball, I called Marcus hyung coldly.
“Hey, hyung.”
“Yeah.”
“I don’t know what you heard or where you heard it, but could you tell me in detail?”
“What. The sacrificial constitution thing? I think Your Highness would know better than me.”
Hyung responded lightly while observing me.
I chuckled and looked at him coldly.
As if that was my true feelings toward them.
“I said I don’t know. Are you a bit slow on the uptake?”
“…Hah?”
Marcus hyung, who had a simple side to him, fell for it.
I continued speaking languidly, not caring about his slightly heated reaction.
“That my constitution is special is literally digestible. But sacrifice? Sacrifice? Where did you hear that word?”
Not only Marcus hyung, but the Archduke and Sercil also began observing me with serious expressions.
If until just before they had been observing my reaction, now their gazes were colder, as if trying to determine whether it was the truth.
Marcus hyung, still somewhat heated, said.
“I questioned the palace servants in Your Highness’s palace.”
“Ah. The evil spirit said that, I suppose?”
“Right.”
I lowered my eyes expressionlessly and pretended to be lost in thought.
For now, if the source was Eris, it could be seen that currently only Eris knew about this mysterious “sacrificial constitution.”
‘Or other half-demons might know but couldn’t use me.’
Enough to treat me as a useless prince.
Seeing how Elder Hascal called Ersen vermin, the weight leaned more toward them not knowing.
But if this was the case, then Eris having a child with the Emperor in the first place might not have been because of love or obsession, but to give birth to a child with a sacrificial constitution…
‘That seems to fit better actually.’
“What exactly did she say?”
“What, you really didn’t know?”
“I told you.”
A moment later.
After hearing the related words from Marcus, I could understand two things.
First, Eris originally gave birth to Ersen with some purpose in mind. At this time, there were other expectations besides the sacrificial constitution.
I didn’t know what it was, but seeing how he was used as a medium for the Lindea family’s curse as if they had been waiting, even before he was born and could speak, it seemed to be something that could also serve as a sacrifice.
However, Ersen was born with a sacrificial constitution rather than that something, so he was only used as a sacrifice.
Second, since Eris had left records about Ersen’s sacrificial constitution, she would definitely do something using Ersen’s constitution in the near future.
Since acceleration had already occurred, as soon as she learned that fact, she would move toward the sacrificial constitution.
‘What could it be?’
I was already convinced that Eris had designated the Lindea family and three people—no, perhaps four people including Sercil—as the half-demons’ greatest enemy and was acting accordingly.
‘Whether they’re enemies of the half-demons or her personal enemies isn’t certain.’
Anyway, what bothers her most right now are these four people.
It was also impressive that even after already casting curses on them, she had to explore this side through new curses to the extent she was concerned.
‘It seems like Eris is so wary of these four people that she needs to see them die from the curse to feel at ease.’
At this level, isn’t it not just wariness but fear?
Was there something about these four people that she would fear to that extent?
I couldn’t understand it at all.
I thought of Theodore hyung, who wasn’t present, then looked at the Archduke, Marcus hyung, and Sercil in turn as if observing them.
“Strange.”
I muttered as if for them to hear.
“Why, Your Highness?”
“What is it?”
The Archduke just made light eye contact with me with an inscrutable expression.
“Well, assuming that’s true.”
“It is true.”
“Hyung. There’s also the possibility that I made something up because I was scared of you.”
When I chuckled and lightly erased my cold demeanor as I replied, both their expressions also relaxed slightly.
I made a “hmm” sound through my nose, then shrugged and said.
“Well, anyway, as hyung says, I have some kind of constitution—sacrifice?—I hate saying that word, so listen quietly, hyung. Let’s say Eris knew about it and used it.”
“And then?”
The Archduke asked with a relaxed demeanor.
“But unfortunately, I just saw that word somewhere else. So I was a bit surprised earlier…”
The slight doubt being resolved was entirely visible on their expressions.
This was because I could read their expressions well, not because they were the type to show their emotions openly.
Remembering how much they had hated me only watching them, it wasn’t entirely something to be proud of, but still, a small satisfaction crossed my mind.
I wore a deeper smile and said to them.
“The thing is.”
If Eris was trying to use Ersen’s constitution to lure Ersen out of the palace, I wasn’t sure if heading to the Archduke’s mansion was the right thing to do.
So I just thought it would be better to mention this.
“I think I might have peeked at mother a bit…”
“What?”
“Pardon?”
“…Through dreams?”
Strangely, the Archduke’s reaction was the slowest.
“Then why.”
“…Hm?”
“Never mind. Don’t worry about it.”
With a somewhat displeased expression.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
