183. Senior’s Ax (2)
A tall man in a dress shirt picked up a pancake with a fork.
He with thin eyes smiled and offered an offer to the woman sitting next to him.
She with short hair eats cake with pleasure.
Like lovers, they also wore matching dress shirts.
The hair color is black, the eye color is also black.
They looked friendly, as if they had known each other for a long time.
When I think about it, they both have the same title.
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They pet the children and buy them food….
It was like a beautiful family photo.
“It looks very nice…” .”
The scene was drawn at high speed on luxurious cream-colored paper.
Afterwards, the paper went into a thick newspaper reporter’s bag.
“I’m sorry, Lord Bale…” .”
Victor, a man wearing a hat with a Duke feather.
He lifted up the telescope with a look of great determination in his eyes.
Then, he took off his hat and expressed his condolences.
“However, in order for me to become the head of the press corps….”
He turned his head with a shocked expression.
Afterwards, he headed to the imperial palace at high speed.
“I can’t help it!”
Soon, the picture he painted arrived in a garden in the central imperial palace.
There were four women sitting at a round table.
“So, are you planning to mix the steel purchased this time with Bakal’s mithril to create new armor?”
Lydia held the government document arrogantly in one hand, she asked.
Then, she also helped Irina.
“You won’t sell it to the crown prince, will you, Tina?”
In response to their questions, the white-haired princess took a sip of tea.
And, he responded with his characteristic relaxed smile.
“First of all, what? Well, I don’t know if they ask for an extremely high amount.”
The princesses snorted at the sly appearance of the northern princess.
“Ha, who are you becoming like?”
“Oh my, are we that similar?”
When Tina heard her words, she placed her hand on her cheek.
And then, she smiled naughtily.
“There is a saying that couples look alike.”
The princesses look down on Tina’s provocation.
In particular, Irina began to become increasingly anxious as her competitors continued to increase.
“….”
Biting her thumb, while she was lost in her thoughts.
Victor arrived in the garden.
“Meet your royal princesses.”
“You must be Victor.”
The gaze of noble women is focused on a reporter from the government documents.
“I have some interesting information you mentioned.”
“Good information… ?”
The princesses tilt their heads.
Then, when Victor stood in front of the big people, he swallowed deeply as if he had become a great person.
“Yes, I was there to cover the upcoming Imperial First Sword Selection Competition….”
He took out the scoop he had prepared.
The solemn sight felt as if the Archduke and Prime Minister were revealing enormous information that would amount to collusion with an enemy country.
However, what was written on the paper he took out was not a large-scale event that affected the future of the empire.
Just….
It was a picture of a man and a woman feeding pancakes together.
“This is it.”
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Ordinary women would have passed over the picture without much notice.
But.
The princesses are familiar with the two people depicted within.
Even the princess of the North becomes cold at the appearance of an unexpected competitor.
“He said he would train my knight….”
“So, you’re saying this is happening outside right now?”
Leaving the vice-captains to Ekina and eating cake with his senior, the beasts’ eyes turned bloodthirsty.
Following Irina and Lydia’s words, Leah also became expressionless.
“Who is this woman?”
When Tina asked, the princesses all focused on his senior.
A woman who is as gentle as a cat, with speckled tear spots under her eyes.
Besides, Bale was polite when he was with them.
She seems at ease in the world as long as she is with her.
Feeling threatened by this sight, the noble women all took on serious expressions.
With a more serious expression than the national affairs exchange just moments ago.
“That kid is him, right?”
“Yes, Veil’s senior. I thought he was a well-behaved child….”
“If you think about it, kids like that are secretly revealing.”
The princesses spoke one after another.
“Where is this guy’s family?”
Lydia asked with bloody red eyes.
Then, Irina answers instead.
“Oh, I remember. “I heard it before during the first half evaluation.”
“Then, let’s go. How dare you lash out at the man I had chosen?”
Lydia stood up her body first.
“….”
However, Irina did not react for a moment.
Then, she soon looked up at the youngest princess, who felt uncomfortable.
“What are you going to do?”
“What are you doing? You’re just trying to have a ‘talk’.”
Conversation.
Irina, who knew very well what kind of conversation Lydia was talking about, shook her head.
“Don’t do anything stupid, Lydia.”
The same goes for Leah.
The two older sisters stared at her younger brother.
“Have you ever seen Bale look so relaxed?”
Irina pointed to the man’s smile in her painting.
“It wasn’t there, you wouldn’t know if you were embarrassed.”
Leah also agreed.
Rather than being jealous of her partner’s strengths that she did not have, she was the type to analyze them.
“Of course this girl is lower in rank than us, but she has a big advantage that Vale likes.”
Irina’s emerald eyes sparkled.
And, she spoke in a voice as gentle as a saint.
“So, wouldn’t it be better to learn first rather than meet and be discouraged?”
“I agree, Irina. “For the first time in a while, you tell a believable story.”
Leah also stood up.
Then, she wore a uniform jacket over her voluptuous body.
“Being jealous of others means feeling inferior.”
Leah smiled.
And then, like the operational commander of the empire, she moved forward.
“However, if you learn from the other person, his strengths and mine will be added together, so won’t you improve further?”
Irina chuckled.
Then, she stood up from her seat, putting on her pretty dress.
The three princesses left the garden to visit Baron Miya.
Tina, who was left alone, looked blankly at that scene.
“Now, just wait a moment.”
She got up without realizing it and accompanied the princesses.
Normally, the mistress and mistress would be executed or interrogated.
Tina was also influenced by the actions of the princesses, who had different ways of thinking.
「――――――」
After meal.
We arrived in front of Lastium Stadium.
A huge amphitheater that covers the sky.
A month later, a large-scale competition will be held here to determine the best sword of the empire.
Numerous stone buildings surrounding the stadium.
On the outside, these are very healthy souvenir shops.
However, if you go deep into the dark back alley….
「Luna Sports.」
「Mailhouse dealer.」
Dark markets unfold where ticket scalpers and gladiatorial gambling are rampant.
Men with swords strapped to their waists and various ugly tattoos on their shoulders.
They looked at us suspiciously as we passed by.
However, Miya was not afraid at all.
They just walk side by side with me as usual.
Afterwards, we arrived at an underground facility.
「Lutton Sports」
If you look at the name alone, this is a healthy exercise goods store.
However, the moment you enter the basement through the back door of the sports store.
“Wake up, you damn bastard!!”
“How long are you going to keep getting beaten up?!” “How much money did I bet on you!!”
The loud shouts of men echoed here and there.
Soon, the underground illegal gambling scene unfolds.
The sight was truly amazing.
A huge bulletin board in the middle of the store.
There, the results of the gladiatorial fights currently taking place throughout the capital were being broadcast in real time.
“Damn… !! It’s a lie… ?!”
People cry and laugh at a single number written on a bulletin board.
Miya’s expression crumpled at the sight of the lower class people who were unable to overcome the overwhelming difference in wealth and were obsessed with gambling.
“What kind of situation is this?” .”
“This is the bottom of our brilliant Leon Empire.”
I spoke in an indifferent voice.
Afterwards, I quietly looked around.
‘The atmosphere has definitely changed from a few years ago.’
It was usually a place of chaos, with not only shouting but also fighting.
However, today it feels like security has been particularly well organized.
Starting with quite skilled mercenaries scattered around the area.
Luxurious bulletin board decorations and paints prepared in advance at the back of the bulletin board.
Golden and white.
These are colors that symbolize the imperial family.
Ordinary people would pass by without noticing it.
However, as I was quite familiar with this place, I had a hunch that gambling on the imperial game would take place in an illegal gambling hall.
“Bale, how on earth do you know about a place like this… ?”
Miya asked me, who seemed familiar with this place.
Then, I answered her calmly without even looking at her.
“In the past, when I came to the capital to become a knight, I worked part-time here.”
“No way, you were a gladiator too…” ?”
The senior looked up at me worriedly.
It looked similar to the older sisters who worried about me during my orphanage days.
“… No.”
She thought for a moment and finally answered.
“I just served beer.”
“That’s right… ? “I was worried for no reason.”
I calmed down her confused eyes and entered the VIP room.
A bald-headed mercenary who looks quite strong is leaning against the door at the entrance.
He asked us about our business when we met him.
“What brings you here?”
“I came to see the store owner.”
He glanced at our appearances.
Wearing a plain dress shirt and formal pants.
He snorted because he looked like a saenim to everyone.
“Did you make an appointment?”
“It’s urgent, so I came first.”
After hearing what I said, the man shook his head.
“Danju, if you don’t make an appointment in advance, you can’t meet anyone…” .”
A mercenary trying to express his formal refusal.
I put a thick piece of paper in his chest pocket.
“Do me a favor.”
“….”
He had a thick voice that was clearly visible.
“Hmm….”
Then, I quietly looked around and grabbed the doorknob.
“Please wait a moment.”
He carefully entered the VIP room.
Then, he counted the bills and called the store owner.
“Madame, there are people who want to meet you!”
At the mercenary’s call, the voice of a young woman came back from afar.
“Who is it? “I told you not to let anyone in.”
“It’s urgent, business!”
“Business… ?”
I heard the sound of a body rising from a chair.
Then, her man opened the door and told her to go in.
“Then, have a good time.”
He tapped my shoulder and let us in.
Afterwards, he stood guard again with the door closed.
“Where should I look?”
He leaned against the wall and placed his hands in his breast pockets.
And then, the moment when you take out a thick wad of checks.
“Uh… ?”
I frowned at the name of the check I had never seen before.
“Bails Farm… ? If you buy one watermelon, you get one more… ?”
He felt something was wrong and tried to open the door again.
But, at that moment.
I locked the door and faced Madam just the three of us.
“Are you the owner of this place?”
A woman wearing a red silk dress.
Dark makeup and voluptuous body.
The woman with long black hair glanced at me, and she quietly nodded her head.
“That’s right, I’m Saria, the vice-president of this area, including Luton Sports.”
Her power is higher than expected at such a young age.
Indeed, she deserves to own the largest illegal gambling house in this place.
“But who are you? “They don’t have the faces to do business with us.”
I recognized her right away just by looking at her face.
She stared at us with suspicious eyes.
“It has to be that way. “We are barons from the western part of the capital.”
I smiled brightly.
Then, he and Miya introduced themselves.
“Former Baron Mir, this is Baroness Mina.”
Madame pouted her lips at the word noble.
“What are you noble barons doing in this gloomy place?” . Since we came as a couple, it doesn’t seem like prostitution….”
She mocked us and laughed.
“Or do you want an orgy?”
“Well, what…” .”
Miya was shocked by Madame’s bold words.
Then, I advised him not to react, saying it was a battle of wits.
“It’s a much bigger deal than something trivial like that. “It’s about the Imperial First Sword Contest being held in Lastium this time.”
Mentioned a grand event.
However, Madame was still perplexed.
“What is it, the reaction is duller than I expected?”
“Of course, how can we get involved in a competition hosted by the imperial family? “I don’t even have a spoon to put it on.”
Saria immediately turns away.
However, I chuckled and delved into her inner thoughts.
“Wasn’t it already put on?”
He opened fire with a calm expression.
“The gambling hall is cleaner than usual, plus the hiring of private mercenaries and building repairs.”
The more she spoke, the sharper Saria’s eyes became.
“You worked hard to prepare for that day?”
In the end, the store owner sighed.
Then, she asked me with an annoyed look in her eyes.
“So what do you want? “Are they part of the enforcement team or something?”
She approached the desk nonchalantly.
And then, as if she was thinking of taking out a bag of gold coins, she said as she turned the safe.
“How much should I pay?”
As if responding to Madame’s question, I put my hand into my arms.
And, he showed me the name plate of a defense engineer.
“I don’t need money, I’ll just accompany you for a while.”
Miya followed me and put her hand in her back pocket.
And then, amidst the tight skin, he proudly held out his name plate.
Knight of the Empire.
Ordinary villains would be intimidated by that grandiose title.
But.
“What, were they an article?”
The madam of the dark market was different.
Rather, the safe that was being turned stopped at the mere mention of a defense article.
“Are you a real knight? “You never imagined that such smooth faces would do that?”
When Madame found out who we were, she felt relaxed.
“Do you think you like Oksal? “It’s so relaxing, isn’t it?”
“No-. Just-. “I thought they were imperial knights or something.”
Madame clapped lightly.
As a clear sound rang out, the VIP room door began to open again.
――――――.
Soon, several tough-looking men entered inside, including the mercenary to whom I had given the watermelon coupon.
Because of their size, it feels like the spacious VIP room is full.
“It may be okay if it’s an enforcement team, but if it’s just defense engineers, it’s a different story.”
Madame leisurely put her butt on his desk.
And then, elegantly crossing his legs, he picked up the cigarette pipe.
“Many of the mercenary children here are knights. “Even though he was fired because of his impure behavior, his skills are clear.”
“So, are you saying you want to join us, the incumbent drivers? “How are you going to take care of it?”
I asked, tilting my head.
In the past, I remembered a miscellaneous merchant who was broken after trying something like this.
A merchant who dared to sell fake artifacts to the princess of the empire.
“Do you really know who my backstory is and set me up like this?”
Then, Madame opened her eyes slightly and gave him a murderous look.
“You don’t have to worry about me.”
She raised her palms high.
And, he instructed us to look after our hands.
“Today you will be thoroughly beaten, and you will not be able to say anything to your superiors.”
After hearing her words, the corners of my mouth naturally went up.
“Sir, I think you found our street number correctly?”
“What do you mean… ?”
Miya tilted her head and asked.
“These are scores that will improve the senior’s field performance.”
A ship that won’t be scared even after seeing the knights of the empire.
And, on the day of the sacred imperial competition, there is even a momentum to open illegal gambling.
Who is high enough to see all of this?
“Let’s take a break after a long time.”