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#236. I have to test it.

‘What are you really doing, this human…?’

It’s been a while since you acted arrogantly in front of him, as if you were a superior, let alone a slave.

In front of Maia, Arbella couldn’t hide her stunned expression as she watched Limon spread all sorts of rhetoric as if she had honey in her mouth.

But neither Limon nor Maia cared for her reaction.

I just quietly continued the conversation.

“I’ve learned the old-fashioned way of greeting so well that even the elders of our clan don’t use it these days.”

“This lowly slave cannot help but be moved by the mercy of praising what he should know as a slave who has to serve his noble master…” “

Enough.”

Maia raised one hand.

And, as if he was annoyed at hearing more, he continued with his brow furrowed.

“Anyway, there is no need for ostentation that does not contain sincerity, so just speak comfortably.”

“How can you do that as a slave?”

“It is an order.”

“Whatever the master wants.”

Looking at Limon, who smiled as if he knew it, Arbella put on a stunned expression.

He just realized that the burdensome attitude and grandiose rhetoric were just a ploy to get Maia to say something from a moment ago.

There was no way that Maia would not notice what Arbella realized.

That’s why Maia kept a cold sneer.

“Seeing how well you roll your tongue and brain, I can guess how promising you must have been in the ‘Black Dragon Clan’.”

“This is an overestimation.”

Limon accepted the words with a smile.

However, unlike his naturally smiling face, his eyes were deeply sunken.

‘As expected, I was caught.’

‘Did you really expect it?’

Through her meaningful words, Limon was convinced that he had already been found out that he was not a member of the Black Dragon clan.

And Maia realized that Limon had expected even that he had noticed it through his equally unfazed appearance.

The two looked at each other in silence for a while.

one kneeling down.

one sitting on a throne.

It’s like trying to see through the other person’s mind.

Or like a beast of prey looking for its prey’s weakness.

What interrupted them as they observed each other without blinking was Arbella’s shrill voice.

“What kind of impure behavior is it to stare straight at the princess as a slave?”

“Oh, excuse me. I was completely enchanted by the master’s beauty.”

The strange air disappeared as if it had been washed with Limon’s sly answer with a single smile on his face.

Maia, who was looking at Arbella with a face that did not know whether it was annoyed or pitiful in the midst of it, immediately snorted coldly.

“To think that someone who used to be an attendant of the Black Dragon Princess is swayed by things like beauty, you can see how messed up Li Qingyu managed the clan.”

“It’s because the situation of the Black Dragon clan isn’t good these days.”

“Are you openly selling your clan?”

“As you know, Master, what is disgraceful to the Black Dragon clan is being ignorant and incompetent and not benefiting from it, it doesn’t matter what you say.”

“It’s true of the Black Dragon Clan.”

Both of them already know that he is not from the Black Dragon clan.

But Limon shamelessly continued to act, and Maia didn’t even try to point out the lie.

He still needed to hide his identity in order to receive Hermann’s treatment, and she did not want to miss the opportunity to uncover Limon’s secret through clumsy interrogation.

Thus, a tacit agreement was established between the two.

Instead of continuing this glaring skit, the old trade of slavery in exchange for treatment was maintained.

It was also why Maia took action without hesitation.

“Give what Arbella has prepared to Iza.”

“Yes, Princess.”

“…why are you suddenly giving me a violin?”

“Why do you think?”

It seems that if you have a head, of course you wouldn’t know.

Seeing Maia with a sneer on her, Limon smiled and accepted the violin.

“Is there a song you want to hear?”

“Anything is fine as long as you are confident in it.”

It was a very appropriate command to deliberately prepare Amati, one of the three great instruments of the violin.

But Maia’s words didn’t end there.

“But if you play badly, it won’t end with a whip.”

“Remember.”

If you don’t want to be in a bad shape, take care of yourself when you treat me like a high-class slave who can play a musical instrument.

Limon nodded his head coolly as he saw Maia speaking with gloomy eyes that were not meant to be a joke at all.

Take a moment to check the condition of Amati’s note and bow.

Limon put the violin on his shoulder only after making sure everything was perfectly prepared.

And the moment the bow slid over the strings.

Gi-ing –

a warm melody resonates.

Another flower garden of sound has bloomed above the flower garden that was in full bloom.

* * *

“…!”

Arbella involuntarily swallowed her breath.

Until Limon took up the violin, she had no interest in his playing skills.

He only focused on digging into Limon’s secret through the performance.

But the moment he started playing, she had no choice but to completely forget about Limon’s secret.

Giing.

It is a flower garden of sound.

Just as numerous flowers gather to form a splendid flower garden, a fantastic melody created by gathering countless sounds.

Yes, it’s just sound, but the intense suction power that seems to swallow everything just by hearing it makes you forget all your thoughts and get sucked into the performance.

So it was.

And that she had to stare at him with a dazed expression until Limon put down the violin after he had finally finished playing.

That’s why I couldn’t help but be stunned by the ridiculing voice that I heard after that.

“Is that your best?”

It’s been a while since I heard such an ecstatic performance.

No excitement, no emotion, no excitement.

Maia looked down at Limon with darkly sunken eyes as if she were just observing an experimental animal.

That gaze was so cold that even Arbella, who was next to her, inadvertently flinched.

However, Limon, who received that gaze, naturally asked back.

“Is that important?”

“…”

As if he had been stabbed to the point.

It was also a while to shoot at Limon without a word.

Maia finally frowned and opened her mouth quietly.

“Take Arbella Iza with you and leave.”

“yes?”

“I told you to leave.”

“Ah yes! princess.”

I thought I’d listen at least a few more times and try to uncover Limon’s secret.

While wondering why she wanted to let him go, Arbella immediately followed Maia’s instructions and left the garden with Limon.

It’s been a long time since I said goodbye with a single smile until the end and looked at the empty seat of Limon who disappeared.

She snorted lightly.

“Because you are cheeky.”

What matters is not whether she played to her best, only whether she felt it to her best.

If the master wants to find fault, how can he object as a slave?

So, if you feel that your performance is not good enough, ask for any kind of punishment.

Maia was cynical as she remembered Limon, who had put all those opinions into two words and asked her back.

‘How dare you try to test my eyesight.’

Putting the master’s will above all else was clearly a slave-like attitude.

But it was also the answer of the most cocky slave in the world, who was sure she would never underestimate her playing.

In fact, Maia could laugh at Limon, but she couldn’t call his playing poor.

Because Limon’s playing was that perfect.

Nonetheless, the reason Maia rated it ‘only’ was because she couldn’t feel any psionics in his playing.

‘Did you deliberately hide your psionics? Or was it a trick to distract us from the start?’

It was a problem that was difficult to find an answer to.

Especially in that ‘that’ Li Qingyu is involved in this matter.

All generations of Black Dragon Princesses have always been like that, but among them, the girl who always smiles with a smile was especially difficult to read.

In that respect, it was most likely that Limon was actually the real Black Dragon clan, and that all of this was Li Qingyu’s trick to catch him.

‘I don’t know.’

However, Maia was never convinced of her suspicions.

It was because there was something strangely disturbing about Limon’s performance, which was dismissed as mediocre.

“If you do the dissection, you will be able to find out something…”

Maia, wondering whether she should have chosen the clinical trial, finally shook her head.

Anyway, there is a limit to what can be found only with medication and pulse.

Above all, it was clear that he was convinced that his secret would not be discovered through a clumsy experiment just because he gave the option of a clinical trial.

So Maia also chose to enslave him.

It was because there was more to learn from slaves who could just roll than test subjects that were difficult to dissect.

“…If the experiment doesn’t work, I have to test it.”

Maia muttered quietly to herself.

And after thinking for a while, I sent a call to Arbella through the pager.

“How is the pursuit of Arbella Antonio going?”

[I got information that they are hiding in a secret base in Paraisopolis. They can be caught at any time, so just give the order.]

“No, you don’t have to.”

[…!]

Perhaps because she thought she was excluded from her mission, Arbella swallowed her breath over the pager.

But right after that, she couldn’t help but be frightened in a completely different sense.

“Prepare my outing instead.”

[Yes?]

“You’re saying I’ll take care of it myself.”

[Are you saying that the late princess will leave the headquarters? It’s just because of that garbage…!]

Arbella panicked as if she had heard that a spirit had fallen from the dry sky.

I don’t know if there is something I absolutely have to participate in, like the Seven Dragons Association.

It was so unexpected that she, who normally rarely leaves this flower garden, would go out for just this reason.

“And prepare him too.”

[…are you going to test him?]

“Yes.”

So it was.

Even with that short remark, she was able to sense Maia’s purpose.

That’s why I couldn’t help but feel restless and anxious.

[If so, an escort or attendant…?]

“No need.”

[Princess, that’s too dangerous. I’d rather leave it to me.]

At Arbella’s worried words, Maia kept a cold laugh.

“Do you think I’ll be in danger by going alone?”

[Of course not.]

“Then, if he uses psionics as a special trick, are you sure you can see through the secret better than I do?”

[That’s…]

“Then just do as I’m told.”

[…I’ll take your command.]

After ending the call with Arbella, Maia was lost in thought.

Considering Limon’s shameless behavior, he doesn’t seem to reveal his true colors easily, but when cornered, everyone will reveal his true colors.

In that sense, I was thinking of letting Limon reveal the bottom.

As the green dragon princess, she was confident that she would find out even if he showed even the slightest gap.

one if you have a problem.

‘…I’m not in bad shape today, so it won’t be a problem if I go out for a while.’

After diagnosing herself and eliminating the last factor of anxiety, Maia leaned against the back of the throne and gently closed her eyes.

In order to stabilize the situation even a little more in preparation for the upcoming outing.

But she didn’t realize it.

The fact that the flowers in the flower garden, which were always beautiful and had dark colors, have a more vivid energy than usual.

The existence of the scent that gently spread and disappeared among all the turbid flower scents.

Even the pain that soared from time to time.

Forget the cough you should have vomited.

Without even realizing how long it had been since I had been able to concentrate on my thoughts so peacefully.

In the flower garden, where only one person was left alone, she fell into the lonely silence as always.