Huh? Are they all real?.

He really doesn't look like a man at all.

The Path of Pure White is a strange one.

"Is there a problem, sir?"

Prince Adela, noticing El's gaze, chuckled and asked this question.

Air hurriedly said:

"No, Your Highness, it's just that this is the first time I've seen someone as distinguished as you."

"Miss, you're just as good."

"You are joking. I am just a young lady."

Aire completely dismissed Prince Adela's words as mere politeness.

She admitted that Grand Duke Trajan was indeed extraordinary.

But in essence, the Grand Duke is just a duke and a second-order angel.

This is a prince, and his parents are a great god and a king!

How could it not be bad?

Prince Adela, however, said something pointedly:

“If your father were still alive, I think he would have ascended to godhood very soon.”

Up to this point, Ayl hadn't realized anything was wrong; she simply continued following Prince Adela's words:

"If Lord Trajan were still alive, then with his abilities, perhaps that would indeed be the case."

He addresses the other person as Lord Trajan, but the person is not his father?

It seems this young lady is indeed very dissatisfied with the Grand Duke's lack of childhood experiences.

“Your father is a very great man. Many of his choices were made out of necessity. I think you need to be a little understanding of him.”

Suddenly, Prince Adela felt a sense of empathy for El before him.

He had a happy childhood, but the more happy he was, the more he knew that his wonderful childhood was merely an embellishment of his father and mother's love.

They didn't give themselves happiness because they loved themselves; they gave themselves happiness because they loved each other.

Because I am one of the symbols of their love.

Without this, his existence would be worthless.

Aier lowered his head and said:

“Your Highness, I just don’t know how to accept all of this. After all, I suddenly have a father.”

The Queen suspected that Grand Prince Trajan was likely one of her close associates.

This discovery really caught Ayl very off guard.

She originally thought that the original owner's father was really Grand Duke Trajan.

This also made it difficult for Er to face his identity and the Grand Duke Trajan who was hiding beside him.

But who exactly is he?

Do I have any relatives who care about me this much?

The accompanying Southern nobles fell silent.

The old master's life was indeed only one in which he wronged the young lady.

Unlike other noble families, the tombs of the successive heads of the Southern Territory were not placed beneath their castles.

Or rather, that was indeed the case in the past.

However, with Trajan's ascension to the throne, the mausoleums of the successive heads of the Southern Territory were placed on a hillside outside the city that was covered with irises.

Because at that time, Grand Duke Trajan changed the coat of arms of Westeros from a two-headed dragon to an iris.

The vassals had asked the Grand Duke why he had done this.

The Grand Duke simply smiled and said to them:

"Free Iris!"

Even today, the vassals don't quite understand the Grand Duke's meaning.

But since it is the Duke's will, it should naturally be obeyed.

When the Grand Duke died in the capital, countless nobles wanted to tear his body apart.

To avoid a full-blown war with the Southern Territory, the royalists have been trying their best to maintain the Grand Duke's dignity.

Even so, an accident still almost occurred.

An enraged nobleman broke through the royal knights' blockade, wielding an inextinguishable lamp and burning ashes, intending to completely cremate the Grand Duke's remains.

Surprisingly, even though the Grand Duke was dead, even though they knew this, and even though they came to desecrate his remains to vent their anger.

But when the nobleman who had just been clamoring for the noble assassins to pay for their crimes actually rushed to the Grand Duke's remains...

He was so frightened by just seeing the Grand Duke's face that he fell backward, which unexpectedly led to his self-immolation.

That clown nobleman became a complete joke, but it also showed the extent of the Grand Duke's dominance and oppression over the nobles back then.

Thanks to him, the nobles had no face to continue their clamor.

This ensured that the Grand Duke's remains were safely returned to the Southern Territory.

He was buried on a hillside outside the city that was covered with irises.

The Grand Duke's tomb was not placed at the very top of the hillside, even though the Grand Duke was entitled to it.

The tombstone looked very secluded and inconspicuous.

Prince Adela asked, somewhat incredulously:

"Is this truly the resting place of Lord Trajan? Please forgive me, this is far too unbecoming of the Grand Duke's status and achievements."

A southern nobleman standing nearby explained:

"This is the old master's wish. He hoped that after he died, he could continue to quietly watch over Mirror Lake and Kazadoom behind it."

Upon hearing this, Prince Adela suddenly turned to the nobleman who had spoken and said:

"Did Lord Trajan already know of his own death?"

The nobleman who had spoken was momentarily taken aback, and although he immediately gave an appropriate reply, Adela still managed to grasp the key point.

"Your Highness, this is just an instruction from the old master to be on the safe side."

There is definitely something wrong here.

Although it was just a very inconspicuous detail, Prince Adela was convinced that something was hidden in it.

In particular, the first emperors always kept their attitude towards Trajan secret.

The mother's reaction was the same.

Why did you keep it from me?!

Prince Adela became increasingly confused.

Asking your mother in this situation is definitely useless, because she will never tell you things she didn't tell you beforehand.

Despite his many questions, Prince Adela simply nodded slightly and said:

"So this is ah."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Prince Adela nodded, then bent down and plucked an iris flower, asking Er:

"Before Lord Trajan appeared, the sigil of Westeros was always a two-headed dragon, but Lord Trajan changed it to an iris. Do you know why?"

Aier lowered his head shyly and said:

“I’m sorry, Your Highness, all I know about Tula is that my father explained it as ‘free iris.’ That’s all I know.”

"The Free Iris? That's all?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Prince Adela nodded with a strange expression.

"As far as I know, irises don't seem to have anything to do with freedom."

"Yes, Your Highness, Father may have his own reasons that are unknown to others."

As they were talking, Aier suddenly froze.

Because she suddenly realized that she seemed to know the answer.

Free Iris, short for Free Iris Movement.

Moen?!

Perhaps Moen himself has forgotten that when he was a child, he did this to cheer up little Aier who kept crying.

He used to tell the little boy things that he couldn't understand at all in order to attract his attention.

Moen might remember these things, but he had probably forgotten exactly what he said, and he didn't think El would remember them either.

But how could Er possibly forget what his only playmate had told him?!

Al clearly remembered Moen saying, "What is the Free Iris Movement?"

The free-spirited irises chose the path they believed was to save the nation.

For this reason, they chose to oppose their sisters who shared the same ancestry.

Then, didn't the Duke of the Southern Border also choose his own path to save the country, thus putting himself at odds with his 'allies'?

Although she still doesn't understand what Moen was talking about.

But these two people, who should have been completely unrelated, did say the same thing.

And, the Queen said that the person she was looking for should be very young over there.

He's incredibly kind to me, practically exceptionally so. He's right here beside me, and he's also very young and extremely capable!

There's a power outage, and I'm still in the countryside, so I'll be updating every 3,000 words for now. Regular updates will resume tomorrow when I'm back in town. I apologize for the current 3,000 words, which I painstakingly cobbled together using voice messages on my phone.

Chapter 124 Moen, are you Trajan? (3k)

So the answer after all this is—Trajan Westeros is my Moon Cromwell?!

The details that only Er could notice, when combined, became Moen's only flaw.

This was also the only weakness that Moen could not guard against.

This left the unprepared Aire in a state of brief astonishment.

Prince Adela's voice continued:

"So you didn't know either, Miss. However, you seem a little off."

Upon hearing this, Aier instantly snapped back to reality. She had only intended to offer a casual explanation, but when she looked into Prince Adela's eyes...

Al keenly noticed another key detail—he wasn't concerned about my condition; he was scrutinizing my expression!

I've seen that look before; it belongs to Queen Ansa.

After a moment of surprise, Aier thought of more things.

'If your father were still alive, I think he would be able to ascend to godhood very soon.'

He wasn't just saying it casually; he was really implying something. He, like the Queen, suspected that Trajan was still alive.

However, unlike the Queen, he didn't know my background. He genuinely believed I was Trajan's daughter.

So you want to use my existence as a daughter to figure out where my 'father' is?!

But why would a noble prince want to find Trajan? He is just a Sequence 2 angel. Although he is very important to me, it shouldn't be a prince's concern.

After all, they were quite far from Baratheon.

If it were a matter of proximity or some mutual benefit, then Er could understand; Trajan's behavior certainly warranted such concern from a prince.