Episode 127: Engagement Ceremony
‘hmm-.’
Galahad let out a sigh as he looked at the beast skin in his hand.
The tough beast’s hide had been reduced to rags, beyond recognition.
The distance to Adrianna was quite far. But at this distance, throwing an axe and scratching the monster’s hide-.
‘You are the Archduke’s daughter.’
Galahad adjusted his collar for no reason.
Adrianna loved the festival. The corners of her still lips twitched. Galahad followed Adrianna around, holding back his tired mind.
The play in the north was too intense for fatigue to set in.
“This way. This is a brain teaser with your eyes closed.”
“Why do you close your eyes and wake up?”
“If you open your eyes and wake up, isn’t it too easy?”
“Oh, that was the problem.”
Fortunately, we didn’t break each other’s heads. We just threw the monster’s head up and woke up with our eyes closed.
“Hoo hoo, next is fire bathing. It’s a traditional game where you set yourself on fire to beat the cold.”
“Makeup was a tradition.”
“yes?”
“No.”
“It’s safe because it has a beast skin on the inside.”
“······The concept of safety is a bit different in the North.”
The two lit the fire and ran side by side. It was definitely warm. The problem was that it was too warm.
“Hoo hoo hoo. Next is the demon’s ability to last as long as possible.”
“I think I know what this is. Is it something that can be ridden by a monster to last a long time?”
“Oh, similar.”
“similar······?”
A worm-like creature wriggled where Adrianna was pointing. It was holding on there. Galahad sighed softly.
“Hoohoohoohoo. This time, it’s bare-handed monster catching, the most popular event at the Northern Festival. It’s so much fun.”
“Catching a monster with your bare hands-. I guess you’ll be popular.”
“Oh, don’t worry. It’s safe.”
Galahad let out a sigh at Adrianna’s excited voice.
There was a wolf-like creature in front. It opened its mouth wide when it saw Galahad.
A huge fang revealed its presence. It was strong enough to chew a person’s head whole. Galahad pondered seriously about where safety was.
“Would you like to go first?”
“Good. Oh, you want to bet?”
“I’m the record holder for catching monsters. You’ll be at a disadvantage.”
“You’re saying the obvious. You should give me the advantage.”
“You are so confident.”
“It’s a reasonable request, but what’s so shameful about it?”
“Okay. I’ll give you one line.”
Adrianna pointed to something beside her. There were twisted ropes lying around. It seemed as if they were lighting fires to keep time.
“Good, let’s say the loser grants the winner’s wish.”
“Is that a wish? Okay.”
Adrianna nodded coolly, her face full of confidence.
That confidence didn’t last long.
“It’s magic······.”
Adrianna muttered softly as she stood before the lightning-scorched monster. Its face was quite serious.
The rope didn’t shrink at all. She had promised Galahad one more piece of rope, so no matter how fast she went, Adrianna was defeated.
“I’m bare-handed.”
“That makes sense. There are no standards for magic in the Northern game. It’s my defeat.”
Adriana admitted it plainly, accepting victory cleanly.
Soon Adrianna came over, shaking her hands. Her eyebrows were raised. She looked very excited. The corners of her mouth were slightly relaxed.
“It was really fun. Thanks for hanging out with us.”
Galahad smiled bitterly at Adrianna’s sincere thanks.
“It suits you. I had fun too. Just as you said, the Northern Festival has its own charm.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Adrianna’s eyebrows shot up. The corners of her mouth moved slightly.
“What do you find most fun? Dodging axes? Bathing in fire? Or, of course, slaying monsters with your bare hands?”
Adrianna spoke at length for the first time ever. Galahad smiled bitterly at Adrianna who came closer.
“It’s fun to catch monsters with your bare hands. It’s not a common experience to be able to experience the concentration of a monster’s mana firsthand.”
“Aha, so that’s the reason.”
“I didn’t understand.”
“yes.”
Adrianna nodded confidently. Galahad smiled at him.
“Let’s go to the Imperial Festival together later.”
Adrianna froze for a moment. Then she nodded twice in succession.
“What about the Imperial Festival? Is there anything like a head-smashing competition?”
“Nothing like that. Oh, but there are duels. Not as fierce as in the North, though.”
“It sounds fun! I’m looking forward to it.”
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Adrianna’s eyes widened. Galahad glanced away.
The quiet morning was waking up. People were seen moving around slowly.
“It’s just beginning.”
“······yes.”
“Are you nervous?”
“Yes. This is my first engagement.”
“This is my first time too.”
“Oh, I see.”
Galahad chuckled at Adrianna’s indifferent reaction.
“It won’t be a problem.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Adrianna suddenly bowed her head deeply.
“Oh, what would you like to wish for?”
Adrianna asked in a slightly stiff voice.
‘It’s a wish-.’
Galahad muttered for a moment.
Suddenly, a problem that I had not dealt with came to mind. It was a problem that I had left alone because it could not be helped.
‘If it were Adrianna······.’
Galahad looked at Adrianna carefully.
Adrianna looked more excited than usual. Adrianna tilted her head.
‘Perfect.’
At that Galahad smiled-.
“Can you please take it off?”
I politely suggested it.
“······?!”
Adrianna’s eyes shook violently.
****
Zamit tilted his head.
Galahad was originally supposed to be dealing with the Magic Tower area.
But I wondered why I had come back to headquarters. At that moment, Galahad looked back and gestured.
“Come in.”
“Oh, excuse me.”
A woman in white armor came in behind Galahad. For a moment, the dark room seemed to brighten up. It was Adrianna.
Adrianna came into the headquarters with a familiar look. Zammit had an intuition that this was not her first time coming to the headquarters.
The two sat on the sofa as usual. Zammit looked at Galahad. What happened?
“Tom, do you have any sweets?”
“Oh, I’ll bring it out.”
Tom stepped back in as usual. Galahad sat down with his legs crossed.
Adrianna sat up straight and turned her gaze. Her gaze followed Tom.
‘I heard you like sweet things.’
Zammit looked at Adriana’s face and was amazed again. This face was not simply beautiful.
Then Galahad opened his mouth.
“Do you have an extra dress?”
“A dress?”
Zamit tilted his head at the unexpected question.
“The princess will definitely wear a dress. Trying to stop her will only make things worse. A dress at an engagement party—that’s a pretty big problem.”
Galahad said calmly.
Zamit nodded. There were many factors that could cause problems if he messed with the princess. It would be better to just exclude her.
But do you have a dress?
“Oh, so you’re going to make me wear a dress?”
It was meant to be a pushover for the princess, Adrianna. Adrianna was certainly more than capable of pushing over.
“That’s correct. Don’t you have an agent dress?”
Zammit nodded. Basically, the agent carried various uniforms.
but-.
“It’s for agents, so it’ll be simple.”
“It’s okay. It’s Adrianna.”
At that moment, Tom brought out sweet candies and cookies. Adrianna expressed her gratitude and ate them carefully one by one.
Adrianna took a bite of the cookie and closed her eyes quietly.
‘······Are you savoring it?’
Certainly, with that kind of appearance, it would have been better to go plain.
“I don’t know if there’s a dress inside.”
“Oh, just in case, I prepared it separately.”
“As expected of Tom.”
You prepared a dress just in case? Does that make sense? Tom smiled awkwardly at Zammit’s gaze.
“Because it’s your engagement ceremony, Captain.”
Zammit stuck out his tongue at Tom’s bold words.
“I will bring it.”
Tom went inside. They sat quietly and watched Adrianna.
Adrianna, who had been absentmindedly eating cookies and candy, raised her head.
Adrianna’s eyebrows shook as she watched Galahad and Zammit staring intently.
“······I’m sorry. There aren’t many opportunities to eat sweets in the North-.”
Adrianna hastily lowered her head.
“It’s okay. Eat a lot. I’ll get you more in the future.”
Adrianna’s eyes shook more than ever.
‘I’m going to eat it so badly.’
Zamit clicked his tongue slightly and got up from his seat.
“Would you like to come this way?”
Adriana got up, brushing the crumbs from the corner of her mouth.
Galahad sipped his teacup as the two disappeared inside.
“Congratulations on your engagement.”
“Thank you, Tom.”
“Ah, this······.”
Tom held out something. It was a bouquet full of lilies.
“I prepared it just in case.”
It was a bouquet so neat that it could be used at a noble banquet hall right away.
“Tom, double your salary. Sir Gilbert, cut it a bit.”
“Yes? That’s enough for me.”
“No, it’s an order.”
Let’s speak firmly. Only then did Tom nod.
At that moment, it became noisy inside.
“The armor is the knight’s skin! It cannot be taken off!”
Adrianna’s firm voice was heard.
The door opened slightly. Zamit’s crumpled face poked out.
“Is this stubbornness?”
Zamit shook his head.
Galahad raised his voice slightly.
“Didn’t you lose the bet? Surely the knight can’t speak with two mouths.”
“······Ugh!”
Adrianna became quiet. Zamit winked and went back in.
Inside, Zammit’s exclamations were heard one after another. Adrianna let out a series of sighs.
A moment later, the door opened and Zamit came out first.
“I never thought you’d say something like that, I’m jealous.”
Zamit opened the door, making a strange noise.
and-.
“This… is strange?!”
Galahad, who was usually unobstructed, was quiet.
Soon Adriana was dragged back inside by Zammit.
“······This is really strange.”
Galahad hummed softly.
****
The staff couldn’t sleep all night.
It couldn’t be helped. There were already a mountain of problems with the engagement ceremony and the eve of the party.
together-.
‘The Third Prince attempted to attack the King of the Alliance of Kingdoms as an imperial knight!’
It was a very fatal plan to cause discord between the North and the Alliance of Kingdoms. It could have upset the barely maintained balance.
Fortunately, the plan was blocked midway.
This time it was Galahad again.
He must have been out of his mind right before the engagement ceremony, but he came forward and took care of this. The staff all cheered for Galahad.
There were even staff members who would shout Galahad’s name first thing when they woke up in the morning.
‘But how can you react so quickly? Unless you planned it yourself······.’
Theodore, who had been mumbling, shook his head hurriedly. It was a blasphemous thought.
Originally, there was no such thing as an engagement ceremony in the North. You just roll around and get married, so why do you have an engagement?
This time, it was a special order from the Grand Duke. Normally, it would have been enough to fill the table with meat and alcohol. In the North, the amount of meat and alcohol was the measure of excellence.
However, it was Galahad’s engagement. Galahad’s engagement proposal had a greater effect than the Grand Duke’s instructions.
Recently, there have been many who have been after Galahad. His staff has invested everything they had in the budget.
However, what would those who don’t usually do this do if they put in a budget? They just prepared more delicious meat and more abundant alcohol.
Thanks to this, there was a mountain of meat on the table. It was a spectacular engagement ceremony for the northerners.
At that time, a soldier named Tom from the special forces brought in a bunch of lilies that he had found somewhere and decorated the conference room extravagantly.
At that moment, people started to gather at the restaurant. The long tables were filled.
From the magicians of the Magic Tower, to the King of the Alliance of Kingdoms, to the Third Prince – the lineup was quite spectacular for a festival held in the North.
‘Thieves who dare to target Galahad.’
They were not there to celebrate the engagement. On the contrary. Most of them were thieves targeting Galahad.
There were many factors that could have caused problems.
The captains also arrived. The banquet hall was filled with a strange tension. It was as if the atmosphere would explode if someone provoked it.
‘Captain Galahad chose the North.’
Yes, this was Adrianna. Adrianna, the most beautiful woman on the continent.
Theodore tried to suppress his anxiety.
At that moment, the door to the restaurant opened softly.
Our gazes were simultaneously drawn to each other. No, it would be more correct to say that we were sucked in. Our gazes were forcibly drawn to each other.
The opponent is-.
“It’s really not that great.”
She was a princess wearing a gorgeous dress.
The princess’s appearance was originally splendid. She looked like a flower in full bloom. She looked even more alive when she wore this dress.
It was a deadly beauty. Like a bug rushing to a fire, my eyes were drawn to it.
Just looking at it made me feel sick and dizzy.
‘oh my god.’
Theodore’s face turned pale at the princess’s splendid appearance.
Adrianna had an absolute beauty, but she was a knight who only wore armor.
In contrast, the princess was a gorgeously decorated, blooming flower.
Adrianna in armor and the gorgeous princess, it was obvious to anyone that the princess was the host of the engagement ceremony.
A soft murmur was heard. It was the Archduke. The Archduke showed signs of discomfort. The princess was that fatal.
‘What on earth are you feeling so sorry about······.’
It was an unexpected interference. I never expected that the agreement would be used in that way.
That’s why it was more lethal.
The princess, who had attracted everyone’s attention, walked lightly. As a member of the royal family, she was next in line after the Grand Duke. She was undoubtedly the hostess of the engagement ceremony.
Even Count Ambertan was there next to him.
‘Why is Count Ambertan next to the princess······.’
The Archduke’s eyes were wide open. His muscles contorted with a terrible noise.
‘funeral-.’
The faces of the staff turned pale at the Archduke’s anger.
At that moment, the door opened. A neatly dressed Galahad came in.
Galahad was always neat, but he was even neater now. He had his hair pulled back without missing a single strand, and his appearance was tall and handsome.
As if unaware of the urgency of the situation, Galahad glanced around the room.
The only fortunate thing was that the eyes of those gathered were still drawn to the princess.
What was more problematic was that Galahad’s gaze also fell on the princess.
The princess who faced Galahad smiled brightly. Her smile caused sighs and groans to erupt from all over.
The Archduke let out a murderous sigh. Galahad’s gaze turned to the Archduke.
Galahad instead raised the corners of his mouth.
The Archduke’s eyes were wide open. A murderous sound was heard repeatedly. The air became heavy in an instant. The people gathered shook violently.
at that time-.
“Come in.”
Galahad said lightly.
The door opened wide, unlike before.
There was Adrianna.
that day-.
“······.”
Theodore, who served the Archduke for a long time,
For the first time, I saw the Archduke’s brightly smiling face.
*
‘Isn’t that strange?’
Adrianna chewed her lips.
Without the thick armor, I felt exposed to the world. I wanted to put on the armor right away. I even wanted to wear a helmet.
It was hard to hold on.
Then Galahad held out his hand.
He was wearing black gloves, which I don’t know when he put them on.
“······Isn’t it strange?”
“No, it’s beautiful. So beautiful that I can’t think of words to describe it.”
Galahad’s voice trembled slightly. It was the first time he had heard such a nervous voice. Adrianna’s eyes widened.
“Trust me.”
Adrianna nodded at the calm words.
I held your hand.
Those hands were really warm.
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