53 – Catching the Tail (1)
When I went to the square, I saw Wolpert collecting the bodies of the dead Tekaruk with the territory soldiers.
It was quite bizarre to see headless corpses laid out in rows and severed heads piled separately.
A rough count of the number of corpses showed that the number was close to forty.
If that number of people died, the few people who escaped wouldn’t have to worry too much.
The number is too small to form a force, and since the people of the territory are hostile to them, they will definitely run away.
Keita was sweating with her pale face and using her magic to gather cat nips that were scattered here and there.
It was a method of artificially moving and pushing the air flow, but perhaps because it was clumsy, it seemed like it was blowing more.
Using her little magic power, she helped her cat nip to one place.
Keita, who was confused when her magic suddenly worked well, spotted me and slightly lowered her head.
“Once we’ve sorted things out, let’s go back to the territory.”
“Yes, my lord!’ “All right.”
The three of us passed through the portal outside the city center and returned to the county.
* * * * *
Liana, who had been waiting desperately for us to arrive, came running to us, her chest heaving.
“What happened?”
“The Tekaruks were almost dead, and Baron Gilan and his she-cat also died because their heads exploded.”
“Did the person called Little Lord accept the matter of the hinterland?”
“Probably. Since they saw Wolpert and I killing the Tekaruks, they wouldn’t dare to stab him in the back.”
In response to the good news, Liana made a fuss and said that she had to prepare the agreement immediately.
“It’s like a mutual defense treaty. If each other’s territory is in danger, we must step up and help each other. They say that if the ink doesn’t dry on the paper, no matter how much you brush it with your mouth, it will have no effect.”
There I felt something foreign.
When Liana was young, her divine power manifested itself, and she was taken to the Holy College, where she immediately became a saint.
She was then disciplined and kicked out. She was hired by a cattle herd to cross the desert and was caught by a slave trader.
But you know these things well…?
It doesn’t seem right to say that I learned it at Shinseong University…
Well… First of all, this isn’t what’s important.
“Of course it is. Then, get ready. Let’s finish here and move on immediately with the young people.”
We began preparing to move to the Barony of Gilan, our temporary residence.
All the few remaining residents of the territory gathered in the front yard of Yeongju Castle.
In the meantime, Wolpert and I collected things that could be made money from the castle.
However, perhaps because it was a fortress-style permanent castle that was far from luxurious in the first place, there were almost no gold decorations that were common.
“As the territory was falling into ruin, the vassals sold everything to raise funds…”
Woolfert looked down at his empty hands and said in despair.
“It’s okay, Wolfert. We can just collect them again in the future.”
“Is there any question? To be honest, I was a bit surprised by the Barony.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, my lord. I never thought you would slaughter the Tekaruks so easily. Moreover, you rip out their heads with your bare hands… After all, a dragon is a dragon.”
“It was possible because of you and Keita. It would have been impossible to do it alone.”
“We will continue to serve you faithfully.”
It seems that Wolfert was quite impressed by the fact that he was able to rip off the heads of all the Tekaruks in one place.
But compared to him, Keita…
“Keita?”
Keita stood with his shoulders shrunken and did not respond even when I called.
“Keita? What are you doing?”
“Huh!? My lord?”
Keita was startled and jumped away from me.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you packing your bags?”
“Ahh. I have to take care of it…”
“Are you okay? Was it too shocking to see Tekaruk die earlier?”
“Umm…”
Keita hesitantly twisted her body and opened her mouth.
“Honestly, I was a bit surprised. I’m a wizard and I don’t even have any experience… So it’s strange that people are dying like that in front of my eyes and I’m still fine.”
“I see. But there will be a lot of things like this in the future. In any case, you have to start from the bottom and grow by stealing from others.”
“I know, my lord. Don’t worry about me. I’ll get used to it in the future.”
She stroked her head as Keita clenched her fists.
“Yes. I practice magic a lot.”
“Ah, yes…”
When the story about her magic came out, Keita suddenly withered and trailed off.
I was just turning around and stopped in shock.
Liana was standing in the doorway, holding several pieces of paper in her hands, looking at me.
Her expression was so cold that it could no longer be cold, and it seemed like cold was flowing out of her body.
“Liana? Is that an agreement?”
“Yes, my lord~ I wrote it roughly, but please review it~”
Liana approached me with her worldly bright expression and voice and held out her paper.
What… What happened just now…?
“My lord. What are you doing? Please review it quickly~ That way we can quickly move on to baronage~”
“Uh, okay. Give it to me.”
From my perspective, the agreement written in a fairly fancy style didn’t seem to cause any particular problems.
When I handed it over to Wolfert, he just shook his head and had no disagreement.
Finally, Keita read her agreement and began to bob her head left and right.
“There’s a typo here, Chamberlain.”
“Uh. D. Yo.”
I, Wolpert, and Keita all looked at Liana.
Liana smiled cutely at that gaze.
“hehehe. I guess I made a mistake while writing in a hurry. Give it to me. I’ll fix it. Other than typos, there’s no major problem with the content, right?”
After Liana left her room shaking her ass, the three of us looked at each other.
But no one could explain Liana’s bloody voice just now.
* * * * *
All the residents of the territory gathered.
Approximately less than twenty older humans.
They were poor people who only had two or three pieces of luggage.
If these people were all the remaining residents of the territory, this county would have already come to an end.
A ruined territory where only the name remains because the lord is still alive.
Liana and Wolpert went through the portal first, followed by the territory residents one by one.
The great lord who was supporting me stopped his steps and looked back at the lord’s castle.
“hehehe…”
I couldn’t easily fathom the feeling of having to abandon the Yeongju Castle that I had lived and protected my whole life.
It is probably a complex emotion that cannot be expressed in simple words such as “I am sad.”
“Go now.”
The great lord, who had been looking at the castle for a while, turned around.
The portal closed as I, the great lord, and finally Keita crossed over.
The little lord, that is, Baron Rashio Gilan, who is now a lord, kept his promise to me.
One of the vassals of the Yeongju Castle came out to meet us.
“Welcome, Count Goda. I will take you this way.”
“Where are we going?”
“This is the lodging for the Count’s group and the residents of the territory. We have commandeered an inn in the territory. You will not have any inconvenience while staying there.”
The inn we stayed in had a similar structure to the inns we stayed in while traveling with Liana.
A typical structure with a kitchen and hall on the first floor and guest rooms on the second floor.
I was a bit worried because it was an open inn with other guests coming and going, but fortunately, they decided to give us an entire floor, so there seemed to be no problem staying there.
I and my vassals each decided to share one room, and the residents of the territory were grouped together with family members or close neighbors to allocate rooms.
Wolfert decided to serve the great lord.
Of course, lodging at the inn was free, and meals provided within the inn were also free.
It was the perfect environment to live in until we found a territory to officially move to.
The territory residents were allowed to move freely and the vassals were also ordered to rest until dinner.
Now that we have a place to stay, it would be nice to have some time to move around.
We’ll rest today, and tomorrow we’ll officially make an agreement with Baron Gilan, discuss with his vassals, and set our next destination.
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As I was lying on the bed thinking that, the door opened and Liana crept in.
“My lord.”
“Liana. What’s going on?”
“hehehe.”
Liana, holding the wyvern egg, closed the door with her back and sat down on the bed.
“What are you doing?”
“I was just lying down. Why didn’t I rest?”
“I wonder when this will hatch.”
Liana asked as she laid down the wyvern egg and wrapped the blanket around it like it was her nest.
“Almost forty years have passed in the tower. But since it hasn’t hatched, it seems like it passed the same time period as us.”
“Well… Then maybe it should be this winter?”
“I see. There’s still a long way to go. I want to get on it quickly and fly around.”
“It will take a long time to do that. Even after it hatches, you will have to take care of it like a puppy for a while.”
“It looks cute.”
Liana, who was silent for a moment, opened her mouth.
“My lord. Do you want to touch my breasts?”
“What?”
“It was the last time before she entered the tower. Aren’t her hands itching? She had a hard time dealing with the beasts.”
“I like it when you touch me.”
Liana’s breasts are large and extremely soft, so they feel very nice to the touch.
And the reactions that come out when you touch it differently are also fun.
I would be grateful if you let me touch it.
As soon as I finished speaking, Liana took off her top and lay down next to me.
Liana, who turned her back to me, slightly raised her arm.
“Touch it.”
I put my hands under Liana’s armpits and cupped her breasts, as I had often done before.
“You can massage it hard. You can twist it and pull it.”
As soon as she did as she ordered, a low moan escaped Liana’s lips.