“The crown is a magical artifact which makes you appear as that specific person. The illusion is supposed to be perfect.” Bernice spoke quietly.
She was sitting on the throne with her head down, a complicated expression on her face as I tried to get to the bottom of what was going on.
“Are you saying Lord Reign is an illusion?”
“I’m saying that anyone who wears the crown will appear as Lord Reign.”
“That ant that the man I saw back then was soone else wearing this crown.” I contemplated out loud. “It was probably Demon Lord Aberis or one of his goons. It was no wonder when I handed him that anti-illusion artifact, he acted so affronted. He probably thought I knew his true identity. That would explain why he ultimately sent the knights to assassinate .”
“The real question I want to know is how did Bernice end up wearing it?” Alysia asked.
“It’s not that strange. It was only a couple of weeks after Demon Lord Aberis left Alerith that the bond I had to you was cut. I took the opportunity to return to my ho city. The rumor was that Lord Reign gave an order that he wasn’t to be disturbed. He retreated to his chambers, and no one heard a thing from him for two weeks. Everyone who ca was denied.”
“So, it was sothing so simple…”
“I grew curious, so I use my position to stay as a guest in his mansion. I then snuck into his quarters one night and found the crown. Realizing what this all ant, I put on his crown and ca out of seclusion. I realized I could do more good pretending to be Lord Reign than I could as Viscount Castille.”
“What? You’re a Viscount?”
Bernard blinked. “I’m a noble. You didn’t know?”
“Why didn’t you tell !”
“It should have been obvious?”
“H-how is that obvious?”
Her eyebrow twitched. “First off, I have a last na. Second off, I was known as the Demon-slaying hero.”
I opened my mouth and then closed it again. It was true that only nobles had last nas. When you beca a noble, you were able to select your last na and sigil, and that would represent your house. This was how situations arrived like the Aberis family. The forr King Edward nad himself Aberis after his defeated foe, or perhaps he nad the kingdom Aberis and then nad himself after the Kingdom. Either way, it gave a headache sotis. There was also Xin Greggar, who was a princess of the Greggar family. Even though my real last na was Williams, the prince had selected Deekson without consulting , so that was my family na.
I had never considered that Bernard, at least when she first introduced herself, had a last na. Furthermore, while you didn’t need to be a hero to be a noble, most heroes eventually earned noble status. It was also advantageous for a low-level noble to get a hero job, as Otto Tibult had tried to do when I first ca to to this world.
“I wouldn’t have been surprised if you were a Knight, but how did you make it to Viscount?” I asked.
“You’ve never shown interest in my story before.” She grumbled.
“I guess there is a ti for everything. Humor .”
I had promised myself that I would make an effort to know more about the girls, and not take so much for granted. In a way, this was my first chance to spend more ti learning about the girls and their past.
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