Fairy Trap

ing able to encourage someone was also a happy thing.

The current Yi-Gyeol thought so.

He looked down at the paper butterfly in his hand and took out the pen he had prepared along with the memo paper in advance.
As he was writing a short note for his younger sister, a strange anticipation slowly bloomed on his face.

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Yi-Gyeol crossed the dimension following the golden butterfly again today and went down toward the castle with a pounding heart.

However today, Sethian was nowhere to be seen.
He looked all over the Emerald Castle, which was said to belong to him, but he still couldn’t find a single strand of Sethian’s purple hair.
Yi-Gyeol rose high above the castle wondering where Seth had gone in broad daylight and was already starting to get nervous.

‘We only have two hours to talk, where have you been?’

He was worried that he might end up going back after just looking for Seth like this for two hours.
Then, all of a sudden, he thought of something he shouldn’t have.

‘He didn’t get into trouble while I’m gone…didn’t he?’

Once Yi-Gyeol began thinking of negative thoughts, an uncontrollable anxiety came over him.
Since he has said that he’s suffered from numerous threats of assassination since childhood, there’s no guarantee that one of them won’t luckily succeed.

−Seth….

Yi-Gyeol prayed he wasn’t, at the same time he called Sethian’s name.

−Seth!

Passing through the Emerald Castle, he went to every corner of the other castles where the owners were unknown and called for Seth.
He cried out frantically, hoping that his voice would reach him.

In the midst of that, he suddenly heard someone mention Seth’s name.

“Then Sethian will….”

Yi-Gyeol abruptly stopped at the words he heard as he was quickly passing by through several rooms.
He passed so quickly that he had to turn back to see from which room he heard it.

Then he saw a man and a woman talking about Seth.
A young-looking woman in a rich and colorful dress that looks like something that came out of a manhwa and a long-haired man with a decent face seemed to be having tea time sitting at a colorful table.
From what he heard from Seth, all of the Imperial family members had their iconic purple hair.
Then it was clear that these two were either Seth’s siblings or relatives.

A woman in her early 20s, who tilted her teacup of tea and took a sip of warm tea, had a dark smile on her lips.

“Will we be able to get rid of him this time?”

“We have to.
We even made an alliance just for that.”

The man crossed his legs and smoothed his long hair like a habit.

“As Brother said, we don’t have much time left.
Before Sethian could even take any interest in the throne, it’s better to get rid of him in advance and then compete among ourselves.”

Hearing this, Yi-Gyeol had an intuition that they were trying to kill Seth.
From what he vaguely heard from Seth, his siblings were trying to assassinate him for the throne, but as the parties were in front of him, he couldn’t help but get furious.

‘How could they treat their brother like that with such unconcerned expressions….’

The frustration and anger of the difference between heaven and earth from what he saw in historical dramas came up.
Despite the frequent threats of assassination and the transparency of who did it, Sethian has never tried to retaliate.
He doesn’t think much of it, saying that it would disappear after someone ascended to the throne anyway.
But now that he sees it, it wasn’t something to pass over.
They didn’t seem like human beings at all, talking about trying to kill their brother like that in a casual way.

“It’ll work out well, right?”

“We’ve already completed the contract.
Now we just have to wait for Sethian to disappear in five days.
They’ll take care of it and make it seem like he’s missing.”

“I don’t like Canael, but I think they’re the best in terms of skills.”

The man’s eyes lit up and he moved closer to the woman sitting opposite him.
He asked, slightly lowering his voice.

“Did you just release the Research Team?”

The woman nodded her head with a smile.

“Recently, all the knights who went on reconnaissance in the Protel Empire went missing, right? At that time, the commander of the knight was quite an experienced and talented person, but all the knights, including him, disappeared without a trace, so we still can’t find them now.”

“The cause of that incident….”

Seeing the woman responding with a beautiful smile instead of answering, the man let out a pleasant laugh.

“It seems that there’s no need to worry about cleaning up after the task.”

The woman gently placed her soft hand on the back of the man’s hand that was on the table.

“The real battle will only start after Brother Sethian is sorted out.
Brother Mendel and Brother Zair would think that I was also competing, but I’ll be on your side and always look after your back.”

The man looked at the woman with warm eyes and gently stroked her hand that was on the back of his hand.

“Thank you.
Even if I ascend to the throne, please always support me as you do now.”

“Naturally, Brother.”

The two looked at each other and smiled meaningfully.

Seeing this, Yi-Gyeol suppressed his anger and stormed out.
He’s not quite sure about the content, but it was clear that they were trying to kill Seth and make him disappear.