Episode 47 It’s a little dangerous now. (1)
Skoban, locked in prison, was leaning against the wall and sighing deeply.
“Oh, I’m crazy. Why did I do that?”
Common sense tells us that no matter how great the Grand Duke’s swordsmanship was, it would have been impossible for him to enter the Forest of Demons and survive.
If it were that easy, I would have started pioneering in the territory a long time ago.
But the Grand Duke acted so confidently that he ended up believing it without realizing it.
“There is absolutely no credible evidence.”
Because he submitted a false report, the troops pursuing the Archduke were delayed in their movements.
The Archduke must have been after that too when he asked for it… … . In return, Skoban ended up locked up in prison.
“Because of you, Captain, I also have this. Haa… … .”
The handsome Ricardo, sitting next to Skoban, muttered gloomily.
He was truly wronged into being locked up with Skoban simply because he was his adjutant.
“Ahem, sorry. But I’ll be free soon.”
Because people are so precious, in the Ferdium territory, knights and soldiers are not severely punished unless they have committed a serious crime.
It is more beneficial to the estate to punish moderately and maintain the workforce rather than punish severely to raise awareness.
“Well, what will I do if I am released? You will be stripped of your knighthood, and I will be sentenced to hard labor.”
For lazy Ricardo, the forced labor was truly a terrible thing.
“That’s if things go well. If the Archduke dies in the forest, it won’t end that easily, right? We’ll die without a fight, too.”
“Ahem, surely the Archduke didn’t die? If you look closely, he’s been pretty lucky so far despite all the accidents he’s had. He’s not destined to die easily.”
If the Archduke was dead, Skoban would be held responsible for reporting the Archduke’s death falsely.
It was tantamount to treason against the lord.
“I don’t know. Let’s just hope that those who chased after him rescue the Archduke safely.”
Ricardo clicked his tongue and replied.
Skobando couldn’t find a way to relieve his frustrated feelings, so he just let out a deep sigh.
Ricardo, who had been sighing for a long time, asked curiously.
“What will you do when you are released, Captain?”
“Um… … Should I just go back to my hometown and do some farming? Even if I work as a mechanic here, I won’t make any money and it’ll just be hard and tiring.”
“Where is your hometown?”
Skoban scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
“Actually, my hometown is here. Ferdium.”
Ricardo shot her a look of open dismay.
“… … I will leave you to farm as you please. This land is already short on people. After you serve as a soldier for a few years, I will make you a knight again.”
“Ugh, I’ve just been living in Perdium for generations, so I’ve just kept going. Honestly, I’m sick of it, I’m sick of it. I can’t get married and I don’t have any money saved.”
Ricardo asked in a puzzled tone.
“Marriage is so hard. You can get married even if you don’t have money. I’m afraid that women will fight with each other, so I can’t get married.”
Skoban made an expression of bewilderment without realizing it.
Skoban looked back at Ricardo and immediately said with a frown.
“… … What an unlucky guy.”
Marriage might not have been an easy task for the handsome Ricardo.
‘Ha, I wish I had been born with that face. Come to think of it, that guy doesn’t even work hard.’
While Ferdium’s soldiers suffer from low wages, Ricardo lives in comfort.
This is because women who like him have formed a social club and often take care of him in various ways.
Skoban thought the world was so unfair.
He himself had his own talents, and through grueling training he became a knight.
But that Ricardo guy could live off of doing nothing.
If looks are a talent, then it was truly a blessed talent.
As Skoban was feeling unnecessarily jealous and was thinking about hitting Ricardo on the back of the head, a commotion began to be heard from the prison entrance.
“Huh? What’s going on?”
As Skoban pressed his face against the bars, Ricardo followed suit.
The group, who were talking about something with the soldier guarding the prison entrance, soon approached the cell where the two people were locked up.
Skoban and Ricardo widened their eyes as they checked the face of the person standing at the very front.
“Your, Your Highness!”
“Your Highness, you are alive!”
Jiselle stood in front of the bars, waving her hands and smiling happily.
“Liar Skoban! How have you been? Ricardo, your face shines even in prison. If being handsome were a crime, you would have been executed straight away, not imprisoned. Hahahaha.”
“I’m so glad you’re alive!”
Skoban and Ricardo greeted each other heartily.
Now there is no need to punish someone for killing the Archduke.
The two were relieved by that alone, but Giselle had no intention of putting them in prison.
He looked back at the soldier who had followed him from the prison entrance and gave an order.
“Hey, open this.”
“yes?”
The soldier guarding the prison blinked and asked again.
Because he was not ordered to release the two men.
“Oh, it’s okay. I already got permission. Do you trust me?”
“but…….”
The soldier couldn’t move.
It was unbelievable that the Archduke had lied and caused accidents more than once.
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In the first place, weren’t Skoban and Ricardo caught lying because of Giselle?
Giselle laughed in vain as she looked at the soldier who didn’t know what to do.
“Wow, that’s too much. Are you treating me like I have bad credit?”
Gillian stepped forward as Giselle shrugged.
Kwajik!
Gillian grabbed the lock with her hand and smashed it into pieces.
But even though the door was open, Skoban and Ricardo couldn’t come out freely.
There was a reason why Skoban stayed put when he could have escaped at any time by using mana.
Because if you really break out of jail, things will get worse.
“I told you it’s okay. Come out. You’re all forgiven.”
As Giselle urged them, Skoban and Rikarod came out of the room with awkward laughter.
“thank you.”
“Are you really going to be released?”
“Okay, you both can go back to your original jobs.”
Jiselle patted both of their shoulders a few times and then took two pouches out of her bosom.
“Here, take it.”
The two men opened their pockets with curious expressions.
The pocket was full of gold coins.
“Hey, why this?”
“Are you really giving it to me?”
The two people were surprised by the sudden money talk, but Jiselle spoke as if nothing had happened.
“Thanks to you, I was able to enter the Forest of Demons without being disturbed, so that’s my reward. It’s only natural that you get a reward for doing a good job.”
Unlike other nobles, Giselle does not command her subordinates solely out of loyalty.
This was largely due to his identity as a mercenary, but he believed that loyalty would follow only if he was given a clear reward for his success.
“thank you!”
“I will use it well!”
Skoban and Ricardo laughed until their mouths split open and kept bowing their heads.
I was glad to be released without any trouble, but receiving such a large sum of money was even better.
“Okay, then let’s meet again later. I’ll call you again when I need you.”
“Yes, just call me anytime!”
“Take a look!”
The two people bowed at right angles and exchanged deep greetings.
As expected, a person who gives money well is a good person. Jiselle left the prison, chuckling to herself.
Homer would probably nag me if he found out I broke down the prison door… … That’s why I should’ve opened it earlier when I said so.
After Giselle left, Skoban, who had been fiddling with his bag of gold coins for a long time, asked Ricardo.
“That’s quite a lot of money. What are you going to use it for?”
Ricardo thought for a moment, then smiled brightly and answered.
“I’ve been getting paid every day, so I’m thinking about inviting the club members over and throwing a party. I should give back. I think I can have a great time at this level.”
“Not collecting?”
“What can I do with it? If you need anything later, just ask for it at the social gathering.”
“… … What an unlucky guy.”
Feeling that the world was indeed unfair, Skoban kept licking his lips.
At that moment, when Skoban was feeling both joy and frustration, Giselle was visiting Belinda who was lying in bed.
Although her complexion was still pale, she smiled and greeted Giselle when she came to visit.
“You haven’t washed up yet? How are you feeling?”
Jiselle smiled in response to her words.
“I’m fine, so Belinda, get well soon.”
Belinda was currently unable to move her body normally due to the backflow of mana.
I was able to block Blood Python’s attack by raising my mana beyond its limit, but I was unable to completely mitigate the impact.
The injury itself was serious, but the problem was that the mana suddenly raised was all messed up due to the shock.
In this situation, there was no choice but to rest until the mana stabilized.
“Have you eaten? What did the lord say?”
Even in that situation, Belinda was nagging at Giselle.
He was taken away for disobeying the lord’s orders, so he was worried that he might be punished.
“Everything worked out fine. Don’t worry.”
Belinda finally closed her eyes as if she felt relieved when she saw Giselle smiling leisurely.
If he found out that he was already in poor health and that he even brought mercenaries to demonstrate force, he would be furious.
Jiselle decided to keep her mouth shut for a moment.
He examined Belinda’s body for a moment, then took her hand.
“I’ll help you recover quickly.”
“Yes? How can I help you, Master?”
Belinda looked puzzled.
Jiselle shrugged her shoulders without saying a word and thrust her mana into Belinda’s body.
“Don’t do that all of a sudden… … . It’s dangerous.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
As the heterogeneous mana entered, the mana within her body began to rebel.
Belinda tried her best to suppress her mana, which was sweating profusely and not moving much.
There was nothing I could do because if a mana clash occurred, Jiselle would get hurt too.
Meanwhile, Giselle’s mana began to gently wrap around and press down Belinda’s fluctuating mana.
Jiselle was also concentrating hard and sweating profusely.
Gillian looked around nervously.
If anyone had touched them, both Giselle and Belinda’s lives could have been in danger.
Chewy!
Soon after, red mist began to rise from Giselle’s body and disperse into the air.
At the same time, Belinda’s complexion noticeably became more relaxed.
Surprisingly, Jiselle succeeded in stabilizing the refluxing mana.
“W, what the heck is this? How did the young master… … .”
Belinda’s face returned to color and she blushed, her eyes wide open and she stammered.
It felt so vivid because it happened inside my body.
Jiselle’s mana management was incredibly delicate.
It would have been impossible for anyone with a certain level of skill to manipulate mana to this extent.
Jiselle carefully took her hand away, recovering her mana.
“Phew, that’s good. After a few days of rest, you’ll be up and running again soon. Are you feeling a little better?”
Belinda looked at Giselle with complicated eyes and slowly opened her mouth.
“Isn’t what you are learning the family’s mana cultivation method?”
The Ferdium family’s mana cultivation method does not emit red energy.
Not only the light of Mana was different, but the atmosphere it gave off was also different.
Unlike Ferdium’s rough but stable mana, Giselle’s mana was full of life.
It was natural that the nature of mana would differ depending on which training method was learned, but Belinda could not understand where she had learned a training method other than that of Ferdium.
His growth speed that defies common sense and his delicate mana management skills are clearly thanks to the training methods he learned.
Jiselle fiddled with her chin a few times and then said as if she was troubled.
“Um, I made it. To be exact, I modified the family’s. It fits me perfectly.”
“Ha, you don’t want to tell me this either? Then just say no.”
It is impossible for even a genius to improve the Mana training method and adapt it to himself.
This is because the concept of mana cultivation itself has developed little by little over a long period of time.
If the Mana training method was that easy to master in the first place, the family or group that held the training method would not have kept it a secret.
“Really? Later, when I have time, I’ll teach Belinda too. I’ll also work on what she’s learning now. Then, will you believe me?”
“Oh, that’s good. What I’m learning is also useful.”
“Okay. Take care of yourself and wake up quickly. You’re going to be busy again.”
“That’s right. Now that you have a lot of money, it would be nice to have fun without worrying about money.”
Giselle shook her head at Belinda’s words.
“No, I need to take a short break and then go out again.”
“Huh? Where are you going? Oh, to sell rune stones?”
“That’s true, but… … there’s something I need to prepare. Time is always running out, so I need to move quickly.”
Belinda blinked a few times and asked again.
“You went into the Demon Forest, so what’s the rush? What are you trying to do? I don’t know what it is, but you have to do it now, right?”
“Honestly, I want to rest too. But the situation is not so good.”
“What on earth is going on? Tell me.”
Belinda’s voice was filled with anxiety. Giselle said with a small smile.
“Unfortunately, our territory is in great danger right now.”
