A King is Born on the Road

Iris just nodded once and barely opened her mouth.

“Open the window…”

It was too hot because of the heat all over her body.

At Iris’s words, Hayer looked at the window for a moment before telling her.

“The maids said that it would be better to be hot because it’s a cold.”

“…….”

That’s what Iris also thought, but it was hard to bear because it was so hot right now.

At last, as she staggered out of bed and was about to stumble down, Hayer grabbed her arm quickly and said, supporting her.

“You’re really stubborn, aren’t you?”

“I said it was hot.”

“Then let’s do this.”

Hayer rang the bell while he held Iris’s arm as she tried to get to the window.

Iris tried to pull her arm away from him, but Hayer looked at the door for a moment and didn’t even notice that she was straining.

Hayer said to the maid who came out of the adjoined room immediately.

“Can you bring me some cold water?”

“Yes, Young Master.”

It was not until the maid replied and left right away that Hayer found Iris struggling, and he let go.

“You should’ve told me to let you go.”

“That’s why I pulled.”

“You didn’t pull.”

“I pulled as hard as I could.”

Iris glared at him with an unfair heart, and Hayer reluctantly replied.

“All right, all right, don’t try too hard and sit down. I’ll open the window and give you cold water. Okay?”

Even if he could have lived longer than he originally had, she didn’t like Hayer’s attitude of soothing her like he would a child.

The grown-up man she had been with for three months was nowhere in the world now.

When the maid brought cold water, Iris took the glass with both hands. And after taking a sip, she felt the emotion that had risen for a moment subsided a little.

She seemed to feel more sensitive because she was sick.

Then again, it was shocking that Hayer had been injured for such a long time.

Even Annamaria and Hencke, who were proud to be Hayer’s right and left arms, did not know that their leader was suffering from severe pain. It was as if he hadn’t told anyone about his pain.

However, since a woman he had never seen before knew about the injury, he was very gentlemanly just by not pulling out his sword and not threatening her immediately.

On the other hand, she also had a self-deprecating thought that she might not be worth threatening because she looked so insignificant.

Iris emptied her glass in an instant. She realized that she was thirsty only after she started drinking water.

Iris, who quenched her thirst, said.

“I can’t say how I know, but I can be sure that I know the cure.”

Hayer was lost in thought for a moment at the words.

He didn’t seem to readily believe Iris. Iris thought he might not want to have too much hope.

Hayer said.

“It looks like you need a price.”

Iris nodded and he asked.

“What’s the price?”

“If you take me to the place where the Knights of Tejas are without Sid Lepos knowing, I’ll tell you.”

“That’s impossible.”

“Why?”

“How can I take you secretly when my brother knows you’re here?”

“…He knows?”

Iris asked blankly, and Hayer tilted his head to one side.

“Have you ever been lost?”

“No.”

“Found a lost item?”

“…….”

“If Miss Iris doesn’t get lost and can always find what she wants, that means my brother can too. When I played tag with my brother when I was young, he used to beat me so easily.”

“Then now…”

“My brother is in the main building.”

Iris sighed at the words.

She risked her life to get here in one day.

At her sigh, Hayer said.

“In any case, if you don’t want to get married, I can protect you. But not marrying my brother means being a competitor, and Sid will spare no time and effort to smear his competitor.”

“…….”

That’s what Iris, who had been Sid’s wife for six years, knew. He was cruel, cold.

Iris nodded.

“Okay. Just promise me that you’ll help me avoid getting married, which I don’t want.”

Hayer readily replied to her remark.

“I will.”

Hayer showed her how to detox it in front of the North Gate, so she knew for sure.

It was a wild flower that grew like a parasitic plant right next to the sacred tree. Now that she thought about it, she thought maybe the flower was not parasitic on the sacred tree, but was purifying the poison.

Iris, who had lived as a queen for more than six years and managed the flower decorations in the royal palace, had no flowers she didn’t know about.

The flower was also a wild flower, but Iris knew of it. However, it did not grow naturally in Luwan, so in order to obtain it, one had to go to a port city where foreign cultural assets came in.

As she thought, Hayer said.

“Then we’ll have to go together with the Knights of Tejas for the time being.”

At his words, Iris smiled unconsciously.

Her heart was pounding at the thought of meeting the other Knights again.

Of course they don’t know her themselves, but…

Iris asked, trying to hide her excitement.

“Where are the Knights of Tejas?”

“They left later than I did, so they’re probably in the capital.”

“…Did you come all the way here from the south alone?”

“Yes.”

How many military commanders in Luwan can run this distant land alone? She was sure she could count three on her fingers at most.

Iris was excited at the thought of meeting the Tejas Knights, and then collapsed again due to her fever.

While visiting the North Gate, the Knights imagined many powerful people sitting on the throne. However, all of that happened on a pre-established premise.

She thought it was, in fact, complete nonsense for her to become king.

Of course, she had never learned anything like royal studies. What use would knowing many flower names be when you become a king? She wasn’t strong in arms (fighting), and she wasn’t particularly broad-minded.

“My subordinates are hard to deal with. Everyone has their own voice. If you thought you couldn’t find the way, you would have lied so that you couldn’t go, but for you to have gone this far, you must have seen something while guarding the throne.”

“As much as the fact that you’re a boring person. I know you’re someone who’ll keep walking. That fact alone is enough for you to be surprising and fun.”

Iris recalled Hayer’s words.

As he said, she was confident of being able to keep walking on. There was definitely an intention of protecting Luwan.

It stemmed not from patriotism, but from guilt for once sitting in the queen’s seat and being unable to do anything.

After crossing the North Gate and arriving here, Iris was continuing the game of finding a way to prevent Luwan’s terrible defeat by putting some of the most powerful players on the throne.

Iris had a lot to ask of Hayer and she had a lot of things to say, but after closing her eyes for a moment, she lost consciousness because she didn’t have the strength to open them again.

Hayer was flustered by Iris, who collapsed during the conversation to the extent that the word ‘suddenly’ wasn’t awkward, and immediately called the doctor.

The doctor said it was better to keep the room warm and leave it as it is, since it isn’t clear when she will wake up because she was in a very weak state.

Like a person who had to do something, Iris had sat with her body strained, even when her fever was boiling.

Her white face was red from the fever, so even a child could recognize that she was sick, but he thought she was okay because she was so tough.

After all, when he heard from Sid’s men, it seemed that she jumped into the icy water with that fluttering body and came out alive. It’s too strange to be considered normal.

After the doctor left, Hayer, too, was about to leave the room when he heard Iris’s distressed voice.

“Hayer…”

Hayer paused at the sound of his name being called.

In Luwan, it was natural to call each other by first names without honorific titles. However, Iris and himself were not close to each other.

afterword

im just gonna keep saying how much i love them in each afterword LOL