Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

“Why is it called The Rose Code? Because the Cecilia rose, which can only be grown in the pure land of the south, represents eternal light, and I hope this code can also bring eternal light and hope to people.”

After Elias finished speaking, he looked at the young magician lying beside him with his black eyes open. He seemed to be fully awake, but in fact his eyes were wandering. He smiled helplessly.

"Are you not used to sleeping with someone else? But the other rooms are full, and I have nowhere else to go. Besides, this is my room."

Xie Wei felt that every time Ilias spoke to him, the tone he used was like coaxing a child, and he liked it a little, so he wanted to listen to him more.

But he was so sleepy, Ilias covered his eyes with his hand and spoke in his ear.

"Go to sleep, sweetheart, or do you want me to sing you a lullaby?"

So he closed his eyes obediently, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.

The clock on the wall pointed to five in the morning. It was almost dawn, but the Imperial Knight guarding outside the bedroom heard a lullaby coming from inside the room.

The knights looked at each other, not understanding what was going on. Then, in tacit understanding, they put their ears against the poorly soundproofed walls of the inn.

As they listened, the knights, who were becoming more and more alert, all thought of the same question: His Highness Elias would only sing this lullaby when he was coaxing the little prince to sleep, so what was going on now?

I can't understand, I really can't understand.

In fact, it was not just the knights of the empire who were confused. Even Ilias himself didn't know why he would so naturally lie in the same bed with a young magician he had just met and even sing a lullaby to him to put him to sleep.

At exactly eight o'clock in the morning, Captain Linus of the Guards pulled up the bed curtain and gently woke up Ilias who had just fallen asleep.

The long platinum curly hair was grabbed in someone's palm. Elias gently and skillfully smoothed away the fingers that were grabbing his hair. After getting up, he pulled the bed curtains back together and then left the bedroom.

In another bedroom separated from Shevi by only a wall, Elias came out of the bathroom and took the coat handed to him by Linus.

Following Elias, holding the magic prop for drying hair, Linus reported while helping his highness dry his hair.

"Mr. Xie bought a ticket to the Valloires Colosseum last night, but he did not watch the show. Instead, he went to the dungeon of the Colosseum."

"Dungeon?" Ilias, who was adjusting his sleeves, stopped what he was doing. "The dungeons are full of gladiators, monsters, and slaves. He went there... It must be because someone he cares about was imprisoned there."

"Yes, Your Highness. Mr. Xie is very good at hiding his tracks, but his magic methods are almost exactly the same as Lady Florence's. Bonia found relevant magical element fluctuations in the iron cage where a Paraso boy was imprisoned." Linus added.

"There is only this one Palasso left in the entire Colosseum, and he is only seven or eight years old. Bonya said that his slave contract is a death contract, and the lifelong contract cannot be broken at present. I am afraid that this child will never be able to leave the Colosseum in his lifetime. Even if his master dies, he cannot get rid of the contract and gain freedom..."

"...That's not necessarily the case. As long as he works hard to stay alive, as long as he can survive, there may be a turnaround in the near future."

Elias buttoned his cuffs, reached out and tucked the "Nothing to Do" sign hanging around his neck into his collar, then clasped his hands together and winked at his chief guard.

"Linus, my partner is the youngest great magician in the entire Lar continent."

"Yes, Your Highness, Lady Florence is a great magician."

"So what the child has to do now is to try to survive."

"Yes, my Lord, we should go out now, Your Highness."