Episode 252. The Princess’s Tour (2)
two days later. The day of the scheduled tour dawned.
After completing all preparations, Arin and the tour group reached the western border gate of the castle.
In one corner of his chest, he held the letter of appointment as head of the tour that he received from the emperor.
There was no sign of Sian.
Instead, Lunav, another attendant, and her knight Schurz, who were promised to accompany him,
And next to it,
“Uh, uh, so?”
There was another attendant that Lunav said he would bring.
“Prince Set… … Right?”
“It’s been a while, Arin! No, Princess Arin! “This is the first time we’ve seen each other since graduation, right?”
Arin was stunned for a moment because she didn’t understand the situation.
Set Shahar Khan.
The first prince of Spain and the likely heir to the throne.
Even though he was the worst student in the academy and was recognized by all the students, his military and magical abilities were recognized as being the best in the entire school… … ,
“Why are you here?”
Arin asked with a genuinely curious expression.
“huh? why? “Is there any reason why I shouldn’t come here?”
Set also looked puzzled, as if he didn’t understand the situation.
“The person you said you were bringing was Prince Set, wasn’t it, Lunav?”
“yes.”
Lunav nodded in response with an indifferent expression.
“I heard the story from a junior here! “You said you were helping Xian defeat the demons on the front line, right?”
A lot of things were omitted in the middle.
Lunav just shook her head silently as if she had never said that.
At this, Arin quickly gathered herself and asked carefully.
“I’m just asking, just in case, did you come alone?”
Even though he looks like that, he is clearly a prince from a foreign country.
As a member of the imperial family, he is a man who must be treated with the same courtesy as a state visit.
If a message had been sent in advance, or at least a small delegation had been organized, it wouldn’t have been so sudden.
“then! Of course I came alone! To be honest, I came here secretly. “If the kingdom gets word that I’m here, there will be an uproar.”
Arin and everyone around her could not help but be shocked.
Arin was deeply troubled as to whether she should really take this person with her as an attendant on the tour.
“Don’t feel too pressured, Princess Arin! “I came to help you not as a prince, but as Set Shahar Khan!”
Set shouted at Arin, telling her not to worry.
Arin, who had been worrying over and over again, finally sighed and said.
“Regarding this matter, our imperial family will send an official delegation to the Kingdom of Spain in the future. In any case, since you are here to help our empire, it would be natural to show gratitude.”
“There’s no need to do that, Princess Arin, just do what’s convenient for you!”
Arin reluctantly smiled faintly at the easy-going appearance that did not change over time.
He then handed Set a brooch to officially prove his status as an attendant of the imperial family.
Set, who received the brooch, looked happy, but suddenly began to relax.
Most of the knights who saw that thought thought.
The tour group has gained a strong supporter, no, a monster.
That’s how the princess’s tour group began its journey to the front.
At the head was the carriage of the princess, who was in charge of the tour group, followed by the carriage carrying Lunav and Set, who accompanied them as attendants.
“It must have been not an easy request, but thank you for willingly accepting it.”
Runav expressed his belated gratitude to Set.
“It was nothing! “It’s not someone else’s request, it’s my junior’s request, so how could I not listen to it!”
Set waved his hand as if to tell me not to feel pressured.
“What can I say? “You’ve become much rougher and harder than before?”
“huh? Oh well, I’m training my body because that’s what I’ve always done. If you let your guard down even a little, you will quickly retreat… … .”
“No, not your body, but your inner self.”
Set’s eyes widened sharply for an instant.
“Does the God of Sand come and go often these days?”
Seven years ago, Lunab and Xian clearly saw something at an unnamed ruin in the Kingdom of Spania.
This is the image of Set, who was unable to control the power of God and went berserk.
“I already got into a bad fight before I came here.”
He shook his head and said, as if he didn’t want to even mention Set.
“They tried hard to stop me from going. Are you saying that even spania could be dangerous? “Didn’t I tell you not to even think about sticking around that guy, Xian?”
Although they said it as if it was no big deal, it was clearly a warning from God.
“Did you come to the point where you ignored that warning?”
“of course. “What I need to be careful about is not the warnings of a faceless guy like that.”
However, for Set, that wasn’t a problem at all.
The only thing he has to be careful about in life is,
“I just need to be careful not to catch a cold!”
Set grinned and touched the bridge of his nose with his finger as if it was itching.
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For the most part, the princess’s carriage proceeded smoothly without any major problems, and before she knew it, she had reached the distance one day before Belias.
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If things continue like this, we will arrive in Belias by tomorrow morning.
After settling in a forest suitable for camping, the tour team immediately began setting up the camp.
“This is quite a hardship!”
After getting off the carriage, Set immediately stretched out to relieve his tense muscles from the long drive.
“Hey knights! Okay, when are we going to build a camp? Oh, you shouldn’t do that!”
Then, he rushed over to the knights setting up the camp and helped them with the work.
“I will also go help with the work.”
“Do by that way.”
Schurz also went out to help.
Runab got off the carriage and naturally headed to where Arin was.
She was staring blankly at the setting sun.
“I can’t see Senior Xian until the end.”
Arin, startled, flinched slightly.
“hmm? Yeah, that’s right. “I don’t know if I’m following along well.”
“I’m sure you’re following along well. “I often smelled my senior while coming.”
“smell?”
“There is such a thing. “He’s probably watching us with indifferent eyes somewhere around here.”
Meanwhile, Lunav was looking around as if trying to find traces of him.
“You know Xian well.”
“Not necessarily. Since he is a person who does not reveal himself… … .”
“that’s right. “He is truly an unknown man.”
It was an inevitable feeling shared by anyone who had contact with him.
“So, I guess you can do it now?”
“What?”
“You forgave all of the crimes against Senior Xian, right? “Then can’t we go ahead with what we originally promised?”
“promise?”
Arin tilted her head to see what he was saying.
However, soon, as if something occurred to me, my face started to turn red.
“Lu, Lunav, you can’t believe the promise you’re talking about… … ?”
“I mean engagement. “You were originally engaged to a senior.”
Runab looked at Arin with an indifferent expression and asked.
“What are you talking about?”
Arin, who was startled, finally screamed loudly.
The sound was so loud that it startled the knights who were setting up camp.
Lunav narrowed her eyes as if wondering what was the problem, while Arin was so excited that she was out of breath and clutching her chest.
“Well, that story already ended a long time ago! “You can’t go back on a promise you’ve already broken!”
“is it so?”
Lunav reacted with doubt and surprise.
“Then can I take it first?”
“… … !”
Arin reacted more violently than before.
“Well, what are you taking?”
“What? Of course it’s senior Xian. If I just say it’s good and leave it at that, it won’t work because it seems like women are constantly improving. I should steam it first, if it continues like this… … .”
“Stop being weird!”
Arin ended up covering her ears.
Lunav tilted her head as she couldn’t understand Arin’s reaction.
“Krrr… … .”
At that moment, an unidentifiable howl was heard from ahead.
Those who heard the sound instinctively sensed a threat, flinched, and immediately took a response stance.
“Stay back, princess!”
Following Resimus, the knights rushed to protect Arin, and Set and Schurz, who were helping with the work, ran together.
The tour group all held their breath and looked out for instigation.
The sun had already set and a black evening curtain had fallen around us.
-Crackling
A moment later, the sound of footsteps from something unknown is heard.
It sounded like the footsteps of a four-legged animal, but the problem was that it wasn’t just one.
Even if you can’t do it, at least three.
As the footsteps continued, the number gradually increased.
“It smells like something musty?”
Set, who was looking at the place where the sound came from, sniffed and said.
“It’s a cry I’ve never heard before.”
Schurz also showed anxiety and thrust his sword forward.
“no way?”
At the moment when everyone was confused because they could not recognize the situation, Arin listened to the sound getting closer and looked back on her past memories.
Familiar sounds, familiar atmosphere, familiar inspiration.
Arin immediately pulled out her sword and shouted at the knights.
“Demon beast!”
At the same time as the shout, four-legged beasts with flashing red eyes appeared ahead.
Everyone who encountered this thought the same thing.
That is not a creature of this land.
To be more precise, it is a creature that should not exist on this earth.
Some drivers with experience touring the front lines even shook their heads in disbelief at this situation.
“Heh, hellhound?”
Demon beast Hellhound.
The vicious predator of the demon world, with nothing but madness and death in his mind, has appeared not on the front lines, but in the stark human realm.
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“Krrr… … .”
Wow what is it?
It feels good to see them after a long time, but with the added question of why these guys are here, I’m feeling a very vague feeling that’s hard to explain.
Well, one thing was certain.
What I’m saying is that it’s definitely not a good situation for me to encounter those guys here and now.
I looked around to see if anything was possible.
Nothing else feels special.
What that means is that the only demonic beasts immediately visible are these hellhounds.
If that’s the case, it won’t be too much of a problem for the tour operators over there to handle it.
“Kung!”
They rushed towards me without any hesitation.
– Wedge!
Maybe it was my mood, but somehow I felt like he had become much more vicious than when I saw him on the front line.
Well, at any rate, it’s still a low-level magic beast that will pick and fall if you swing it around.
In less than 3 seconds after the hellhounds ran, their limbs were torn and they were spread out on the floor.
I didn’t pick them up right away, but sat still and checked their condition.
[Did they at least move their residence?]
Kayram also seemed to have doubts and asked in a slightly embarrassed tone.
“no. That’s not right.”
As I answered, I pointed my finger to a part of their body.
“The hair on the neck and legs is all clumped together unnaturally. “He was bound with something like chains or shackles.”
In other words, the story goes that they did not arbitrarily come over from the canyon, but were arbitrarily released into the area by someone.
Some crazy people may ask why they captured the demon beasts and released them in a place like this,
What we need to pay attention to now is not ‘why’ but ‘who did it’.
Considering the immediate possibilities, the only people who would be able to do something like this would be the knights on the front lines.
In Belias now,
What is going on?
(Continued in the next part)
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