Episode 254. The Princess’s Tour (4)
-Squeak
The moment the door opened, the woman sitting on the bed rushed towards the door.
Margaret Herges, the duke of Berthe’s wife and the mistress of this mansion.
Her eyes were full of anger toward the person she was facing.
The discarded fingernails lunged at me with the threat of digging into my neck at any moment,
-chin
Margaret’s body was soon blocked by the knights, and her two hands, with no place to go, were struggling pathetically in the air.
“I thought you were going limp, but it looks like you’re still cheerful.”
The blonde woman laughed lightly as if to mock Margaret.
“Where is my son! “Where did they take Kranz?”
Margaret first asked about her son’s whereabouts.
“Guess Kranz is wrong! I want all of you… !”
“Why are you doing this? Didn’t I tell you from the beginning? This is all about the family, Duke Berthe, and… … .”
A calm, undisturbed smile soon appeared on the blonde woman’s lips.
“It’s for Eshel’s sake.”
The moment Eshel was mentioned, Margaret’s pupils fluttered violently.
But that’s only for a moment,
Margaret shouted, her eyes turning angry at her again.
“Do you think the Duke will tolerate you doing something like this? “As long as you return to the mansion right now, your four years will be over!”
“The Duke is currently welcoming the imperial visiting delegation. In other words, we are very busy right now.”
She crushed even the slightest possibility that Margaret had.
Then he signaled to the knights with a hand gesture.
The two knights who received instructions went outside and immediately brought one into the room, a man whose face was covered with a cloth.
“Kranz!”
Margaret, who immediately figured out who the man was, called out to him anxiously.
“mother?!”
Krantz also reacted by flinching when he heard his mother’s voice.
The knights immediately took off the cloth and made it face the hat.
“Time of loneliness and agony turns even a person’s solid beliefs into soft and random thoughts. “I think you two have fully realized this.”
The woman handed Margaret two official documents with a large, familiar seal.
One of them was a blank official document with only a seal and no writing.
“Everything will be completed if you write down the contents of this document in your own handwriting.”
After reading the contents, Margaret laughed out loud and asked, as if she was shocked.
“Where are you sending this?”
“Of course, I will send it to your wife’s original family, the Count Erges family. Then, the Erges family and other like-minded families will unite and form a power. It goes against the direction the imperial family is currently pursuing… … .”
Margaret suddenly had a pen in her hand, and a blank document for writing was placed under her eyes.
It has been 20 years since she established herself as Duke Berthe’s true wife and the mistress of the mansion.
There are no words to describe the feeling of having the pride and self-esteem I had built up over the past 20 years collapse in an instant.
Margaret, who looked back and forth between Kranz and the woman with agitated eyes, eventually began writing on a blank document with her blood boiling.
“Why on earth did you come back, you bitch?”
“I didn’t want to come back either. But I couldn’t help it. “If you want to give the child who lost strength and collapsed a staircase to climb again, you have to come back.”
Margaret was unconvinced.
The woman who was thought to be dead, who even the duke said was dead, and whose face most people never even saw,
Why did you come back to this mansion?
As if reading Margaret’s thoughts, the woman crossed her arms and raised her chin and spoke.
“Soon, a dark wind of blood will blow across this continent, starting from Beliath. The only person who can stop that wind is… … .”
-thud!
Suddenly, there was a sound of something falling outside.
The moment a knight sensed an unusual energy and opened the door,
-Clap!
With a bloody cutting sound that stimulated all five senses, the knight’s body fell forward.
“Please step back.”
The remaining knights immediately pushed the woman back and drew their swords.
Beyond one of the wide open doors, the remaining knights waiting outside were lying face down, with a lot of blood vomited from their necks.
In the blink of an eye, the three knights were in a situation.
However, the person who actually caused the situation was nowhere to be seen.
However, beyond one door that has not yet been opened,
“… … !”
The extreme murderousness that made my stomach tingle was overflowing like a haze.
Accordingly, the drivers quickly exchanged signals with each other.
Soon, a blue light flashed from one of the knight’s swords, and without hesitation, the knight fired his sword energy straight at the door.
-Kwasik!
As the door was cut open by the sword, one of the remaining knights who had been waiting quickly ran out the door.
Then he swung his sword wide with the intention of cutting through the space,
“… … ?”
There was nothing beyond the door.
The knight who flew his sword also immediately followed behind, keeping his back to himself and guarding all directions, but he could not see anything other than the corpse that had already died.
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Still, the moment you try to check everything one by one without letting go of your guard,
-wedge
A strong wind suddenly blew towards their faces.
For a moment, I tried to look away to see something.
-tuk
The necks of the knights who were turning their heads immediately plummeted to the floor.
The bewildered expression still remained on the rolling neck as it still did not understand what was going on.
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Soon, beyond the wide open door, someone’s footsteps were heard from one side of the hallway.
“What the hell is going on?”
Margaret was disgusted and scared by the incomprehensible situation, so Krantz quickly ran to her side.
“I don’t know if it’s a situation we should like, but he’s here anyway!”
“Uh, who are you talking about?”
“That grim monster! “That guy also came back to Beliath!”
While the two mother and son hug each other tightly and share their anxious feelings,
The owner of the unknown gait continued to approach the room.
Finally, the person responsible for the incident appeared beyond the door.
“… … !”
Margaret, who was faced with a startling face that was so unfamiliar, could not help but be horrified.
The youngest child of this family was Sian.
“I don’t have a very good memory, but I can be sure of this. “I’ve never seen you.”
Sian approached very slowly, one step at a time, as if he was going to stop and kill those who encountered him.
“But your eyes aren’t like that? “You look at me like you know me.”
Despite Xian’s question, the woman didn’t even blink.
As if it wasn’t that surprising that he was here.
“A man who derails prophecies. “He didn’t know he’d run into you so soon.”
“I know?”
“He’s someone you can’t help but know.”
At the same time, she placed one hand on her chest and bowed her head politely towards him.
“nice to see you. Sian Berth.”
Although it was a polite greeting, Xian was not very pleased.
As expected, he felt that this unknown young woman had an energy similar to that of the man he hated and despised the most.
“Eshel’s biological mother. “My name is Haniel Pashinati.”
* * *
Humans cannot overcome time.
This is an absolute, unchangeable law of nature.
However, now Arin was facing a truly alien being that seemed to defy that immutable law.
“Willius Berth, Lord of New Belias. “I meet the precious Princess Arin.”
Willius Wert.
A servant and close friend of the emperor and her father, Dione Sebellus, who has continued their relationship since the Royal Academy.
However, unlike the emperor, who had grown old and weak due to a long fight against illness, he was in good health, showing no different from 10 years ago.
“I sincerely apologize for daring to be rude to the princess who came to lead the tour on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor.”
Without making any excuses, the duke immediately bowed his head and apologized for his rudeness earlier.
This too was no different from the Duke Berthe that Arin knew.
The epitome of uprightness and rigidity.
Even if 10 years ago, when she was just a princess, she came to me as the person in charge, she would not have committed the same rude behavior now, so why did she show an unappealing attitude?
Arin spoke calmly, hiding her true feelings for now.
“Since you have acknowledged your mistake and even personally apologized, I will not dwell on this point further. “Instead, before starting the tour in earnest, I would like to confirm a few things.”
“Please do so. “We will prepare a place for you.”
The Duke seemed to have anticipated Arin’s request and immediately gave instructions to the knights.
Soon, a temporary barracks was erected in front of the boundary gate to discuss political issues.
Arin left Resimus and other special attendants behind and entered the barracks with the Duke.
“Please check this first.”
As soon as Arin sat down, she took out the message she had received from the Duke.
“Is this letter really sent by the Duke?”
“yes.”
“Do you really want our imperial family, not the empire, to fulfill the demands you wrote in this letter?”
“That’s right.”
The Duke continued his answer without the slightest hesitation.
“Is this the duke’s arbitrary opinion without any input from anyone else?”
“… … .”
The duke was unable to answer that question.
instead,
“Has the princess come to visit? Or are you here to interrogate me?”
I asked Arin a meaningful question.
“I came to find out the truth.”
Arin countered with a confident spirit that did not back down.
“The Duke Bert you know, and I know, is someone who would never engage in foolish or reckless acts such as war or conquest. “This is probably the common thought not only of me, but of everyone in this land who knows the Duke.”
“What do you want to say?”
“Who is it? The person who made the ridiculous suggestion to the duke to conquer the demon world… … .”
Duke Berthe did not immediately answer this question as well.
“Did you say this is what everyone who knows me thinks?”
“yes.”
“I guess that’s an idea that was established simply because I’ve been seen that way.”
“You’re not going to say no, are you?”
“Even I don’t know myself, so how can anyone other than me be confident that they know me?”
The Duke fundamentally denied Arin’s thoughts.
“The princess may think that my goal of conquering the demon world is wrong, but I don’t think so.”
“What is the reason?”
“I do not know.”
At that moment, Arin’s eyes flashed wide.
“yes?”
“I don’t know. “I can’t explain why it’s wrong or why it’s right.”
“What are you talking about, Duke Berthe?”
Arin couldn’t understand, so she shot him hard.
However, the duke paid no heed and continued speaking.
“So, if you think that my future choices and actions are not right… … .”
Arin saw it for a moment.
From his hands holding your legs neatly below his neck as he spoke with a firm gaze,
The sight of him trembling like crazy.
“Please stop me. Princess.”
Arin shouted, getting up from the chair without realizing it.
“As for Eshel! Where is Eshel, Duke Berthe?”
“… … !”
“I know he’s the one responsible for all of this! So quickly tell me where he is hiding! What will happen if it’s too late… … !”
“He is not here.”
The duke dismissed it with one word.
“Then where?”
“Not in Belias. Much less so, not in the empire or anywhere on this continent.”
Arin quickly moved her head for a moment to understand what he was saying.
Nowhere on this continent?
So does that mean he’s dead?
no. That can’t be possible.
He is not dead, but is hiding somewhere else.
It’s definitely not far from Belias… .
“… … !”
Arin soon realized.
Her bright gaze was directed to the back of Duke Berthe, who was facing him.
It was right beyond the border gate.
This is the border of the empire and the border of our human world.
The moment we cross that door, we are no longer in the realm of humans, but have stepped into the realm where an unknown race of people lives.
In other words, the whereabouts of Eshel they are looking for right now is none other than… … .
“devildom?”
The duke did not answer.
I thought it would be quiet for a while, but
“Princess! “Hurry and leave the barracks!”
Soon, Resimus’ urgent cry was heard from behind Arin.
(Continued in the next part)
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