Things are starting to get exciting. Honestly, I'm anxious and excited about the chapters that are nearing that will start diverting the narrative from the original story. Since we are going the OP route Kim will definitely not struggle as much as the original storyline but I'm planning for the biggest bad worst than the White Radish to have more interference to keep some of the tension. Either way, although the main events should still occur, I'm hoping to change a few things around Kim's and Cale's development as characters, including Kim and Alberu's future relationship, so I plan on doing more perspective shifts. But I also plan on showing more reactions to the people around the twins. So even if many of the events won't change too much how others react, relations to others and family, as well as fates will be changed. Hope you enjoy this chapter(:

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The staff would already be at the Plaza of Glory to prepare for the celebration. The Royal Knights will allow people to enter at 8:30 AM, filling the plaza full of people.

It will be a situation where it will be difficult for anyone to go in or out. The celebration will start 30 minutes after that, and the twins' group will start looking for the hidden picture starting at 8:30 AM.

Necklaces, bags, pendants.

The magic bones will be hiding in all sorts of shapes. Kim's group would find the people who had the bombs located on them. Well, it didn't matter if they didn't find them, since the answer would reveal itself.

"Oh, you're here?"

The twins received Eric and Gilbert's greetings, before standing next to them with Amiru.

"Everyone came early."

"Of course. We will start moving at 8:05 AM."

Eric said that to the twins, while his eyes were sending Cale another message.

Be still today as well.

Cale nodded his head while looking into Eric's eyes, and reminded himself internally.

'Look after Kim, pretend we don't know anything.'

'What are you so worried about? It's easy.'

'Easy for you to say! I don't have a natural stoic expression that stays stuck on my face, no matter the situation.'

'Just Don't overthink it you'll get into your own head if you do.'

'Thanks, I got it.'

As soon as they thought that, the Crown Prince appeared in front of the twins. The Nobles would follow behind the crown prince today.

They then saw the person who arrived next to the crown prince and covered their mouths with their hand. It was because they could not help but smirk.

"Oh, my Lord."

"How is this possible?"

Eric's shocked gasp and the murmuring of the nobles filled the area. However, the twins did not care about any of that. Instead, they lowered their hand while looking forward. The twins made eye contact with the person next to the Crown Prince.

The eldest son that had been pushed aside, Taylor Stan.

He was standing on his own two legs next to the crown prince. Taylor stealthily motioned with his eyes once he made eye contact with the twins.

At the same time, Kim could hear the black dragon's voice in his head. The black dragon had entered the plaza to give the current report of the situation.

'I am here'

Kim slightly nodded his head, and the voice continued.

We are dismantling all of the bombs that are currently stationed in the locations we found. We will dismantle them completely at 8:55 am, as planned.

Everything seemed to be going as planned.

'I will be heading back now since we are busy, weak demi-human. Use your shield if it seems like it'll hurt. Weird twin make sure to protect the weak demi-human.'

'I am seriously officially the weird twin?'

Kim shrugged as the twins could not hear the black dragon's voice after that. It seemed to have quickly returned to help the others. The black dragon surprisingly put all of his efforts into his assignments whenever Kim gave him a task to complete. It made Kim want to keep ordering the black dragon around.

'There shouldn't be any reason for me to use the shield.'

'Keep telling yourself that.'

Kim was thinking that he would not need to use the shield if things continued like this. That was if his brother would shut up.

"All preparations have been completed."

One of the nights shattered out loud, and the Crown Prince got on the royal parade carriage and spoke to the Nobles getting on the Royal carriages behind him.

"Let's go."

The twins also got into a royal carriage. The carriage soon started to move, and the twins sat there with their arms crossed while Kim had a stiff expression and Cale a more disgruntled expression on their faces.

"Nice to meet you all again."

The wheelchair-less greeted them.

"Nice to meet you. I am Amiru Ubarr."

"... Nice to meet you."

Taylor Stan, young lady Amiru, and Venion's lackey Neo Tolz ended up in the same carriage as them. Kim was wondering whether the crown prince purposely put them together in the same carriage.

It was the twins' turn to introduce themselves, but the twins just quietly sat there and looked out of the carriage window. Both of them didn't care what others thought of them. They sat there with their arms crossed and looked towards the plaza of glory.

The chaos was far away.

However, the inside of the carriage was already chaotic. Kim looked toward Neo, whose legs were shaking, and internally clicked his tongue. Neo seemed to be frantic and full of concerns. The majority of the nobles look chaotic.

'Venion's face was a mess too.'

Kim recalled Venion Stan's face that he peaked at before getting on the carriage. Venion was full of rage.

Who would have ever expected this?

Taylor Stan, the eldest son of the Stan family that was pushed aside, was walking on his own 2 feet without a wheelchair. Furthermore, a person from the family was standing next to the Crown Prince, Alberu. Nobody could have expected such a development.

'He managed is to trade for the healing star.'

Kim was curious about what Taylor and Cage traded with the crown prince for the healing star, but he did not look toward Taylor.

Neo Tolz was sitting there, shaking his leg, without even looking at Taylor. At that moment, Amiru started to speak.

"Young Master, have your legs completely healed?"

The cautiously stated question directly asked the question that everyone was thinking about. Taylor started to smile as he responded.

"It was a blessing from heaven. It is completely healed."

"Congratulations."

"Thank you very much."

Ahem,mm.

Neo Tolz let out some fake coughs before looking back and forth between Taylor's face and Taylor's legs. He then cautiously started to speak.

"Young Master, will you be returning to the Marquis estate now that your legs have healed?"

The biggest reason Taylor was pushed aside was because his legs became paralyzed. Neo and the other Nobles were probably curious as to whether or not they would return to the estate to fight for the successor position once again.

Especially since Neo was one of Venion's lackeys.

Looked toward Neo, and started to speak.

"Return?"

It was a gentle voice, but there was a firmness and coldness toward Neo hidden within Taylor's voice.

"That has always been my home. Isn't it obvious that I belong there?"

Neo shrivelled up even more at the coldness in Taylor's voice. However, the twins chose not to even look at them. The twins could see Taylor's reflection through the window every so often.

Kim could read the message. Taylor was trying to send them when their eyes met.

'Young Masters! I want to tell you everything! It is a very interesting story.'

Kim was still stoic after seeing Taylor's sparkling gaze. Kim just hoped for Taylor to take over the Marquis' position and prevent any harm from happening within their territory.

That was why he did not want to talk to Taylor. However, an opportunity soon appeared for Taylor and the twins to chat.

"Young Master Kim, Young Master Cale, I will come back with Young Master Eric."

Amiru was worried that the twins might start something If they ran into the other Northeastern Nobles, who happened to be in a carriage with Eric and Gilbert and left alone to bring Eric and Gilbert over.

'Nothing should happen since Young Master Taylor and the twins don't have a relationship'

'Based on the twins' personality, they will not start a conversation with anyone.'

That was what Amiru was thinking as she quickly moved to find Eric and Gilbert.

That resulted in the twins having to receive Taylor's bright smile.

"Finally, only the three of us are left."

It was something the twins did not want to hear, although it was more for Kim than Cale who didn't mind as much. Kim made that feeling completely visible on his face, but Taylor seemed to find that to be funny. Taylor quietly laughed, throwing a straight at the twins.

"I got my legs fixed by promising to become the head of the Marquis' estate."

"Did you promise your loyalty?"

"No. I made a deal."

Kim nodded his head.

"That's good. Congratulations on your healed legs."

Kim then turned away from Taylor, as if he had nothing else to say. Cale could only shrug.

"Yes, congratulations on your healed legs."

With Cale's congratulations. He quickly joined Kim from the opposite direction. Taylor found those reactions to fit the twins' personalities and took a small envelope out of his pocket and handed it to Kim.

"This is the contents of our deal."

"... There is no need to give this to me."

Kim had a stoic expression, and Taylor responded.

"It'll be good for you to know, young Masters."

He then threw another straight at the twins.

"Cage will be excommunicated."

"Is it because he does whatever she wants?"

"It is. She is very happy about it."

Cage is finally starting on the path of the crazy priestess. She will progress like the excommunicated priestess who is seen as a brave priestess by others, like in the novel.

"That's good."

Kim could see Taylor happily nodding his head at his words. Then started to frown, like all of his emotions were crashing against him all at once like a whirlpool, and started to speak.

"This is just the beginning. We will be victorious. Right, Young Masters."

'Why is he including us in their victory?' Cale just shrugged in response.

Kim was curious about that but decided to answer his question for now.

"You will be victorious."

"Thank you very much. Then I will get off first."

Taylor got up and looked down at his legs, before saying goodbye to the twins and getting off.

"The four of us should drink together after our victory."

"The Henituse wine is delicious."

Taylor finally opened the carriage door at Kim's words and left. Kim immediately opened the envelope once it was just the two of them, with Cale leaning towards him to see the contents.

He then ripped it up.

"Tsk."

He lightly clicked his tongue and shoved the note deep inside his inner pocket. There really was a secret to the crown prince's birth. Kim shook his head and stepped out of the carriage. Although he had an idea as to what that secret was, he decided it was too dangerous to think about it any further.

"Cale. Young Master Kim."

The twins turned their heads at Eric's calling. They could see the full Plaza of Glory behind their shoulders.

"Young Masters Kim, Young Master Cale, let us go. It is our turn to enter the plaza."

Kim looked toward the bell tower at the entrance of the plaza. The bell tower had a clock on it.

The current time was 8:25 am. It was time for nobles and priests to enter. The night started to prevent any more citizens from entering to create room for the nobility.

"Let's go."

The twins pushed Eric and the others in front of them and started to walk. They could see all of the people plaza as they got closer. There were so many people that they couldn't even tell how many people were there. However, they were not completely stuffed like sardines. That was how large the Plaza of Glory was, and the fact that the crown was limiting the number of people helped out as well. In response, some people were in chops near the plaza and roofs of the buildings nearby to try to get a glimpse of the king's celebration.

"Young Master Kim, Young Master Cale, is this your first time at the Plaza of Glory?"

Both twins leisurely nodded their heads at Gilbert's question.

"Yes. We briefly passed through on our carriage, but it is our first time seeing all of it."

Kim looked around the plaza as he said that.

The shop to the south.

The inn to the west.

A flower shop to the east.

The top of the Ceramist Association building to the north.

These were the four places Kim focused on as he looked around. Cale not by his gaze what Kim's attention was focused on.

"The plaza is pretty large."

Cale as Kim verified the locations the magic bombs were positioned. At the same time, he looked towards the fountain to the south. A young boy was waving a flag like he was trying to welcome the king. That young boy was Lock.

'Things are going as planned.'

The twins knew that Choi Han and the black dragon would be watching them right now, and look toward the bell tower.

The current time was 8:30 AM.

"We are opening up a path now."

The knights closed up all entrances to allow the Nobles to enter. At the same time, Kim snapped his fingers.

Snap.

It was a simple gesture that nobody would question.

Lock disappeared as soon as it happened. It was time to find the hidden items. Of course, it wasn't necessary at all.

'The answer will appear at 9:01 AM.'

'I seriously question how you can keep so calm about all this. I mean I get you've been through a lot but still I've been through a lot as well and I can't keep your type of poker face.'

'I've seen so many things and lost so much that I've become desensitized to most of it. It also doesn't help the fact that I can't forget it either, I do have my ways to forget those types of memories, but when triggers come, they will always resurface.'

Cale was not expecting this type of confession during this type of situation. Still he kind of had the feeling that Kim tended to drop information bombs. And occasionally those bombs were shared during ill-opportune moments. Despite his own words, Cale was keeping relatively good composure, just seeming slightly nervous or anxious, but most people couldn't detect it. Came, on the other hand, had a completely stoic face as usual further lending credence to his earlier words.

Refocusing their thoughts, it was easier if they knew the bombs' locations in advance. Furthermore, since the twins didn't need to move, it was fine to look for these hidden items.

"Everybody please take a seat over here."

The seats were arranged with everyone's names posted in specific seats. The king and the Royal family were not at the Plaza yet. Even the Crown Prince, who came with the Nobles, was not out yet.

The twins arrived at their seats, and Kim started to frown. Cale, on the other hand, tried his best to hide a smile.

"We seem to run into each other a lot, Young Master Kim, Young Master Cale."

"That does seem to be the case, Young Master Taylor."

It was the same as during the feast. Kim sat down next to Taylor and looked down at the people below the platform. He then looked towards the Bell Tower.

Kim recalled the story in the novel.

The single location where Choi Han managed to find a bomb in the novel was not one of the locations this time. There were already many changes to the story. However that wasn't a surprise, considering what Cale had told him.

However, at least there should not be anyone who dies by the crumbling of the buildings, unlike the past timeline.

The Mana Disturbance Tool was buried underneath the Bell Tower.

The current time was 8:40 AM. The twins turned to their left after hearing Eric's voice.

"Cale. Be still. Okay?"

"Hyung-nim."

Kim smirked. Cale had asked him for suggestions to get Eric a little more off his back about staying still. Kim had suggested calling him hyung after Eric had called himself that to Cale during the Northeastern Nobles meeting.

Eric became nervous after hearing the tone Cale used to call out to him. Cale who used to enjoy wearing fancy clothes and showing off until just two years ago, was suddenly, although still colourful, was definitely more simple, yet refined, which better complemented with Kim's wardrobe, being only dark colours, and had a completely different demeanour about him. However, he couldn't seem to ignore him who hadn't even more commanding demeanour surrounding him.

That was, of course, not including the fact they had gotten significantly more beautiful in appearance; though he definitely would describe Cale as extremely handsome rather than beautiful, which better describes Kim. He had even noticed the fact that there were many more eyes on the twins, not just by interest, but in allure sexually or romantically. Kim, especially had eyes drawn to him no matter the gender.

"I will be very still today. I plan to do nothing at all."

'At least as long as Kim decides not to do anything reckless.'

'I don't think I'll need to.'

Cale put on a doubtful expression towards his brother. This confused Eric slightly considering they weren't speaking to each other out loud, but then again this might just be a twin thing.

Eric was captivated by Cale's voice, and subconsciously not at his head. Although not as persuasive as Kim, he still had an aura similar to Kim in captivating the interest of others. Kim seemed to be satisfied with this reaction, as they both laughed and looked at the clock again.

8:45 AM. Kim could hear the black dragon's voice. The dragon was looking at them as Kim expected.

15 minutes left.

Dragons were really capable of everything. There was nothing their magic could not accomplish. Kim praised the black dragon internally as they got up from their seats.

"The stars of the Crossman family, our Royal family, are now entering!"

Only one entrance to the Plaza was open at this time. The Crown Prince was in the lead, the second and third princes flanked his sides, and the other princes and princesses walked in behind them.

A group of individuals with beautiful blonde hair entered the plaza. This was the royal family that was blessed by the Sun God, the pride of the Roan Kingdom.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo-

The cheering of the citizens filled the Plaza. It was so loud that it felt like the ground was shaking. Kim, remember the words of the black dragon.

'The Crown Prince's hair and eyes are brown.'

Brown was known as the most average colour, hair and eyes. The twins looked toward the royal family and lightly clapped. and then, it was finally 8:50 AM.

"His Highness, King Zed Crossman, the son of the Roan kingdom, is now entering!"

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooo-

The healthy 50-year-old king appeared in the plaza in his parade carriage. The twins were watching the king, before moving their gaze away to another spot in the plaza. He could see a flower pot on top of the Ceramist Association building to the north. The current time