Time Healer Ceres - Chapter 148



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“This is the pendant from back then.”

A long, silent sigh escaped the Duke of Schweiss’s lips once again.

As if memories of that time were coming back to him, he looked at the pendant and a longing lingered in his eyes for a moment before quickly disappearing.

“It was already broken, but I couldn’t throw it away.”

“Is it broken?”

Broken, or rather, broken? Is it right to use the word ‘broken’ for something like that? Ceres felt something was off.

“Because this isn’t just any ordinary pendant.”

My younger brother has been shy and has never been able to say what he wants to say since he was little. This pendant is what he gave him as a gift.

“The video stone is inside here.”

“Is this a video?”

“okay.”

If there’s something you’re embarrassed to say directly to your older brother or parents, don’t hold back and say it here.

This is an item that was purposely commissioned to be made on the rooftop.

“The child wrote it like a diary.”

I saved various things that happened that day and wrote things I wanted to say to myself or my parents, without taking the pendant off my neck for even a moment.

“I tried to fix it, but… … .”

I tried to repair it somehow, hoping that it might contain the child’s last appearance or provide some clues about the culprit.

But it was no use. All I could hear was that the built-in image stone was already completely broken and could not be repaired in any way.

‘Maybe he had something to say.’

I kept wondering why the little one was holding onto it so tightly.

Even after so many years had passed, he still couldn’t throw it away.

“It’s a video stone… … .”

Ceres took a closer look at the pendant hanging around the Duke of Schweiss’s neck.

To that extent… … .

“That’s it.”

“hmm?”

“Can I fix it for you?”

“…what?”

Duke Schweiss did not immediately understand what she meant and gave her a puzzled look.

Then, at her words that followed, his expression became filled with the greatest surprise he had ever seen.

“I think I can fix that pendant.”

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“His Majesty wishes to see you.”

The Marquis of Merial cautiously opened his mouth to his grandson sitting in front of him.

I tried to speak as calmly as possible, but I couldn’t help but feel my voice tremble.

“is it so?”

The man nodded, smiling as if enjoying his condition, and brought the tea to his lips.

The Marquis of Merial, who had been unable to take his eyes off his every move, flinched and quickly looked away when their eyes met.

‘The events of that day… … .’

Was it luck or a curse?

He always took his grandson with him to take over the business in place of his son who died long ago.

That day was the same. I went to the mine with my grandson to look around the newly purchased mine.

But then the place collapsed. Even though so many people were there, not a single scream was heard.

Only he and his grandson were trapped in a small gap, barely managing to escape with their lives. But even that gap seemed ready to collapse at any moment.

But at that moment, a voice came to his ear.

-Choose. I will spare the life of one of you.

‘Seo, choice?’

-If you give up your own life, I will spare your grandson. Or…if you give up your grandson’s life, I will spare yours.

‘… … !’

It was a voice of salvation in a situation where he felt like he was going to die at any moment. And he made his choice.

‘Ha… Grandpa… … .’

I decided to ignore the faint voice of my grandson coming from next to me.

The life he wanted to live was his own.

“You said all three dukes came to the capital?”

“… … .”

When Marquis Merial, who had briefly lost consciousness at the moment of giving up his grandson’s life, woke up again, everything was over.

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The only people who escaped safely from the collapsed mine were himself and his grandson. No… he was his grandson.

“okay.”

His grandson, who was lying next to him with blood all over his body, smiled brightly and spoke to him for the first time.

‘Please take care of me from now on, Grandpa.’

When I recalled that expression and tone of voice, goosebumps ran down my entire body.

Because it was never the case that his grandson, who had always been timid in front of him, looked like that.

And then he realized. Someone had taken over his grandson’s body. That someone was the one who had saved him in the mine.

“Have you met the Duke of Schweiss?”

“yet.”

At Marquis Merial’s answer, his grandson Bailes burst into laughter.

“You’re still looking?”

“… … .”

“The one who killed my younger brother a long time ago.”

At Bailey’s words, Marquis Merial’s brow furrowed slightly. How did Iza know about that!

Long ago, there was a need to tie up the Duke of Schweiss’s feet. The method chosen to catch him while he was leaving on business was to kidnap his young son.

‘The second one was suitable.’

Kidnapping was not as difficult as one might think. Who would have dared to imagine that they would lay a hand on the son of a duke?

‘Your identity has been revealed?’

‘I’m sorry. It was due to my subordinates’ mistake… … .’

I think I let my guard down for a moment because the child was only ten years old.

Didn’t the child learn the identity of the organization that kidnapped him? If he sends the child back like this, there is a very high chance that his own identity as the one who gave the order will be revealed.

‘Take care of it.’

‘All right.’

From the moment I planned the kidnapping, I had no intention of keeping her alive. The only surefire way to keep the secret was to keep her mouth shut forever.

After that, after the child’s body was returned, the Duke of Schweiss devoted all his energies to finding the culprit until he was forced to step down.

At that time, the capital… no, the entire empire held its breath under the sharp wind blowing by the Duke of Schweiss.

Because everyone intuitively felt that if they got caught by mistake, they would be identified as the culprit who killed their son and their family would be destroyed.

And even after he stepped down from the Duke’s throne and handed over the position to his eldest son, he did not stop looking for the culprit.

‘Even the current Duke.’

The current head of the household, the Duke of Schweiss, was also looking for the culprit who killed his younger brother. Of course, he left no proper clues, so even after so many years, nothing related to him has been found.

‘but…….’

However, this did not mean that he was completely at ease. He could not help but feel nervous at the fact that the three dukes had returned to the capital and that the Duke of Schweis was staying there.

“Well, wouldn’t it be better to take care of them all so that there are no regrets?”

The ‘they’ that Bailey speaks of are the organization that killed the child on his orders.

“These are the people who have supported our family for a long time.”

Anything that needed to be handled secretly was handled by them. It was the same in the past and it is no different now.

It would be a huge loss to abandon them before any of their tails had been stepped on.

“There’s nothing I can do. If that’s what Grandfather wants.”

“… … .”

Looking at his grandson’s smiling face, Marquis Merial tried hard to ignore the deep discomfort rising from below.

“Still, it’s a good thing that the information power of the three dukes is not what it used to be.”

“…yes.”

The one who destroyed the intelligence system four years ago using the three dukes’ most trusted subordinates was none other than Bailey, the author.

Thanks to this, I was able to do many things secretly for four years without worrying about the Duke’s feelings.

‘Of course, now the Duke’s information power has been completed again.’

Thinking back to that time, I was still surprised. It was Bailey’s way of so easily provoking the Duke’s family, who were like an impregnable fortress.

The ending was also clean. The subordinates who had betrayed him were completely eliminated before they could blow anything up.

“Here, here’s a gift.”

“… … !”

Bailes, he handed a small bottle to the Marquis of Merial. The Marquis’ eyes lit up when he saw the bottle.

Marquis Merial snatched the bottle and immediately opened it, putting it in his mouth. He poured the liquid in one gulp and smiled with satisfaction.

“ha.”

Since taking this medicine, my whole body has become stronger. My body, which was getting older and tired, feels like it has become young again.

Looking at him like that, Bailey smiled broadly. Watching him being happy every time he took that medicine, he suddenly became curious.

‘Would he still be happy if he knew that?’

When he first took that medicine in the mine, the ingredient in it was his grandson’s life.

Bailey’s smile deepened as he looked at Marquis Merial, who was looking at the empty vial with great regret.

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