Callisto Regulus/Story

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## The Second Prince's Birthday Banquet

He first appears in the main storyline as an uninvited guest to his younger brother's birthday banquet. He drags in an injured, close to death man in his hands. It’s implied and later confirmed that the Queen sent an assassin after Callisto before the party.

Later that same evening, Penelope follows Callisto into the garden, where he confronts her with a sword to her throat (this is where Penelope would usually die the most). But this time she can answer his questions differently and stuns the prince for a moment by telling him that she is in love with him. He lets her go, but doesn’t fall for her obvious lie and tells her to give him a better reason next time they meet as to why she is in love with him.

While Callisto was away at war, the Second Prince and the Queen took control of nearly half of the Royal Palace. He has no real backing in the Empire other than being a War Hero and age. As of that point in the story, it’s still questionable if he will even become the next Emperor despite his current title.

Penelope ignores his invitations after the garden incident.

## Hunting Tournament

### Eve of The Hunting Tournament

Callisto takes a brooch that Penelope wanted to give to Reynold and claims it as a "gift" from her. He shows it off to the members of the Eckhart family, making the three Eckhart men shocked, with Reynold and Derrick's affection points dropping.

### The Hunting Tournament

Callisto saves Penelope from a giant bear that was attacking her. Callisto cuts off the head of the brown bear to give to Penelope. When they are arguing about who should claim the brown bear's kill, assassins attack them and they run away. Penelope shoots and kills 20 assassins while Callisto is riding the horse away. They fall off a cliff, and Callisto drags her unconscious body to a cave for shelter from the rain. When Penelope wakes up, she is half-naked because Callisto had undressed the both of them so that they would not catch a cold.

She tries to sleep while Callisto stands guard, but cannot because it is so cold. Callisto hugs her close to him as a preservation of warmth. He tells her about him and his childhood of being chased by assassins, and a similar situation where he hunted a brown bear to give to his younger brother.

Later, they continue to go through the cave and find an old skeleton. Penelope uses her archaeology skills to get the scroll from the skeleton's body, and it is two maps. Callisto figures out that the man had died trying to create a portal from Valta to the city, which would have exterminated the capital. Penelope uses the system and the map to teleport to the small animals section of the hunting grounds, just when Callisto faints from his injuries. His stab wound was from a poisoned dagger, which he already knew about but had not told Penelope about.

### After The Hunting Tournament

During Penelope's trial, she testifies that she and the crown prince were romantically involved, even though they weren't.

Penelope goes and visits Callisto after she is free from prison. She had been visiting him every day for half an hour to talk to him and asks him not to die. Callisto wakes up extraordinarily quickly and teases her, and asks what favor she wants in return. Because of her lies during the trial, she makes Callisto vow not to kill her no matter what he later hears, but doesn't explain why.

Callisto is able to quickly look recovered when he ends the hunting tournament. He had scored second because he hunted down a tiger. He gifts his game to Penelope.

Later, Callisto asks to visit Penelope, but she makes up an excuse that she is sore from hunting injuries. Callisto visits the estate and barges in anyways. The duke cannot refuse because of his royalty status. Penelope urgently puts on makeup that makes her look sick. She has to speak with Callisto for thirty minutes in the garden. She is expecting him to have come over to kill her because of the rumors, but Callisto had not brought his sword with him. He reveals that he had actually came to give her the scroll that they had found and it was restored to good condition. He asks about acting, to Penelope's confusion, and smears the makeup on her face. Eckles catches a glimpse of them, but runs away in jealousy.

## Island of Laila worshippers

Callisto saves Penelope from a beast while she is out with Winter saving the children from kidnapping. He joins them, and together the three of them rescue the children. Callisto is suspicious of Winter since he wears a mask and walks barefoot (Winter had given his shoes to Penelope), but doesn't find out his true identity.

Callisto and Penelope leave the cave together while Winter goes to save the children. Water floods into the cave, and Penelope almost drowns, but Callisto grabs her hand and they're both saved by Laon.

Callisto is there when Penelope wakes up. He tells her to look at the island, which had completely disappeared. It appeared that Penelope had sunk the whole thing. Callisto promises to reward her once they return to the capital. Penelope asks if he saw the face of the goddess, and is relieved when Callisto didn't. She asks Callisto if he is suspicious of her, and he tells her that he is not and can make a judgment on his own. Penelope is moved, but only for a moment because Callisto asks for a kiss. She declines.

Callisto then gets a call from his crystal ball with a scolding from Cedric, but he turns it off immediately. He is summoned back to the imperial palace by a magic circle meant for royals, but not before kissing Penelope on the lips.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 121
2. ↑ Episode 121
3. ↑ Episode 122
4. ↑ Episode 122