I’m the Only One Who Can Put the Tyrant To Sleep

Chapter 24 “… Evelyn?”I opened my eyes, which had been closed again, and Caesar called me. Looking at him blankly, I covered my mouth with both hands.“What happened?”“Your Highness, Your…”“Did something change?”“… Yes.”I nodded, mesmerized, dumbfounded.Caesar groped his face and body with an unfamiliar expression.“What’s that look on your face, did something change? Did your face change?”“…Your hair.”“My hair?”Caesar’s hand reflexively went to my hair.“It’s darker…”“Dark?”His silver hair, like mine, had darkened to a silvery gray. No, his pigment had darkened throughout. Even the color of his eyelashes and eyes.Perhaps thanks to that, Caesar’s impressions also changed in an instant. A little sharper, a little more seductive.His eyes deepened, and one corner of his mouth tilted up.‘Beautiful…’I had that thought without even knowing it. Maybe it was because he had the ability, but it was almost inhumanly beautiful.“Evelyn.”“Ye-Yes?”But Caesar didn’t seem too interested in his sudden change in appearance.“You told me so. There is someone destined to help me.”‘In short, there is someone who is destined to help you, Your Highness, and we must find it.’“You said you were going to find it. Only then will I live, and you will live.”“It was…?”I just nodded, not knowing why he was bringing up that story all of a sudden.“And the fact that my hair has changed now means that it is none other than you.”His sweet voice sent a chill down my spine.‘What’s with this inexplicable uneasiness?’“That means….”Caesar’s smile deepened, and my heart beat faster.“So you’re the one, my destiny?” ***** “So what do we do now?”After all the commotion, Caesar and I were sitting in the drawing room again.I had somehow managed to convince the maids of the Crown Prince’s palace that I had discovered the thief on my own.If you don’t want to be misunderstood, with the threat that they must never speak of it.The maids seemed to be shaken by the sudden arrangement, but on the other hand, they seemed relieved that it was resolved quickly.The only question that remained was Caesar’s changed appearance. Sure, his hair is a little darker in color, which isn’t going to draw attention to itself.However, the problem was that the overall atmosphere had changed. As if he had grown by leaps and bounds, something had changed.‘It’s like he’s stepped up a notch.’It’s probably because he’s approaching awakening.And what’s the atmosphere like, a little… dangerous. It was difficult to find the image of the young and fragile Prince now.‘And the woman in the legend said that her hair was getting darker.’What if Caesar was like that too, what if he never stopped growing? What if one day his hair would be jet-black, just as hers was fiery red?One might be suspicious, and suspicion breeds wariness.I still stared at the unfamiliar Caesar. Maybe it’s because we’d been together every day lately, but his change was unusually noticeable.“Evelyn. What can we do now?”Caesar asked me again, blankly.“Yes? What?”“What do you mean? You said you could stop my rampage if I could find a guide. Is that really the end of my suffering?”“Yes. The guide, or maybe I should say I… can stop the rampage.”Obviously, when I touched him earlier, I felt a gentle breeze that was different from before. Perhaps it was because I silenced Caesar’s rampage.“Then what is that awakening? You said it would give me powers, but I don’t feel like I have any special abilities.”“Oh, that’s because-”Caesar cut me off, stepping forward.“When we made contact earlier, I did feel something.”“What?”The beautiful face in front of me stared back at me.A different feeling than when I was on a rampage… I felt like something was stirring inside me.”“Is that so?”But why are you saying that so close?I pulled my head back slightly, but Caesar closed the distance even further.“Don’t you think you’d know more if you touched me more?”“Yes? Your highness-”“Whay?”Caesar’s face moved closer. It was as if our lips were about to touch at any moment.“Wait!”I jumped up from my seat. Caesar, who was about to lose the center of his body leaning forward abruptly, looked up at me with his dissatisfied face.“You said so, you need to make contact.”“Well, that’s what we talked about earlier.”“Isn’t it awakening?”“That…”I rolled my eyes and averted his gaze.The method of guiding was basically skinship. The more intimate the skin ship or contact, the more frequent the ability of the capable person will be opened up and finally awakened.But full awakening required several conditions.The closer they were to each other, the more their abilities would open up, and when they finally trusted each other completely, awakening was possible.The other was that they both had to be adults.Just as the woman in the legend came to use the power of fire when the little girl who was brought up as a ‘lost brother’ became an adult.“Can’t I awaken?”Caesar asked persistently.“Not right now.”“You did. If I find a guide, I will become empowered, and with that great ability I will become an Emperor.”“Of course. It will be. The problem is that it takes time.”“How long? A week, a month?”The age of majority in this world was eighteen. Caesar was only fifteen now.“Uh… About three years?”“What?”Caesar’s face wrinkled.“But there will be no rampage anymore. You won’t hurt.”‘And you won’t die.’Yes, now Caesar will not die. That meant the Crown Prince’s seat would not be vacant.In the original, the rebellion came after Caesar’s death.The nobles tried to take the throne by killing the Empress and Princess, taking advantage of the fact that the position of the next Emperor became unclear after Caesar’s death.‘A crown prince is the next in line for the throne, and now that Caesar has avoided his death, he will be more likely to become Emperor.’Of course, we had to convince the Empress to make her on our side, and defeat the aristocrats, but…“Why three years?”“Because that’s when Your Highness reaches the age of majority.”“I have to reach the age of majority to awaken?”Caesar frowned.“Your Highness, learning swordsmanship takes time, and the same goes for your abilities. If you suddenly awaken, you’ll strain your body. Take it easy for three years.”“Swordsmanship can be trained. I can see the results with my own eyes. How do I train this ability?”“Uh….”I shook my head when Caesar questioned me.‘Training….’No matter what kind of training, it was impossible to awaken before both conditions were met. But there was a way to calm Caesar’s power.A way to quell the great power within him, the power that had driven him to rampage.It was, of course, guidance, skinship with me, but my mouth didn’t open.‘All you have to do is touch me, and the deeper, longer, and more often you do it, the higher your stats will be.’“Huh, Evelyn?”As I sat down, Caesar grabbed my hand and pulled me to sit.“It’s weird too.”“What? What is it?”“I can feel it when I hold you. I feel like there’s something inside me…”Caesar finally grabbed my hand with both hands. Nodding his head with a serious face.“It’s strange that I didn’t know until now. When I hold your hand, I feel calm.”Biting my lips, I finally confessed the truth.“… It is.”“Is that right?”“The contact allows me to stabilize your power, which is why the rampage has stopped.”Caesar’s eyes sparkled.“That contact means-”“Holding hands, what else could it be?”I added hastily.“I see.”Caesar, who was easily convinced, gently clasped my hand as if he were some kind of spirit creature. I felt like I was turned into a stone in ‘If you touch this stone, you will live forever’.“Then we’ll have to hold hands every day from now on.”“Yes?”“It’s probably too dangerous for sword training, but it’ll be fine when I meet my tutor.”“Yes?”I shuddered, picturing myself holding his hand from across the room while he studied. I could see the rumors spreading through the Palace in a matter of hours.“That can never happen! We should only hold hands in this room, when no one is looking.”“But what if I suddenly go on a rampage? You can’t just walk with your hands…”“That….”“I don’t think so.”Caesar glanced around the drawing room.“I’m going to renovate this drawing room and make it your room, so we can meet anytime.”“Yes? Are you crazy?”While trying to avoid small rumors, it was likely that we would get caught up in bigger rumors.