68 – She Came (6)
Now that things are like this, it would be more beneficial to kill her than to let her live.
To be precise, it would be more accurate to say that it is not about benefit, but rather about not causing unnecessary trouble.
“Then I will treat you now.”
When Liana pulled out her dagger, she snatched it away.
And immediately she cut her marquise’s head in half.
Fresh blood exploded and attacked Liana.
“Krrr.”
She lowered her head with a bubbling sound and her Marquis clothes began to turn red.
Covered in her blood, Liana looked at me with her eyes wide open and unable to say anything.
She said, wiping the blood from her face with her palm.
“Are you satisfied?”
“Why… Suddenly…?”
“Because you made it so that it would be better to kill him.”
She continued speaking as she placed her dagger in the Marquise’s blood-covered hands.
“Didn’t you hope this would happen and tell the Marquis everything? You made me have to kill the Marquis, and I killed the Marquis as you wanted.”
“That’s true, but…”
“Why? Are you sad that you couldn’t kill him with your own hands?”
“No, no.”
Liana, who was silent for a moment, soon answered, wiping the blood from her face with the back of her hand.
“Let’s go, my lord. I think my business here is over now. My lord has confirmed that my story is true, and I killed the Marquis of Aiwar.”
He grabbed Liana’s arm as she was trying to leave her room.
“Why?”
“I am the lord and you are the chamberlain, Liana.”
“I know. It’s natural.”
“I thought I might have forgotten.”
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“That can’t be right.”
Liana smiled.
* * * * *
After she returned to her territory, she tried to gather her intelligence through various channels.
The area was in quite a state of disarray when the Marquis of Aiwar was found dead with a dagger in his hand.
It appears to have been suicide based on the appearance at the time of discovery, but there was absolutely no reason for the Marquis to commit suicide.
Moreover, it makes no common sense for an old man to end his life by cutting off half of his head.
So the Marquis’ vassals focused on assassination.
But who, why and how?
There are no signs of intrusion from the outside, and the only entrance, the main gate, is guarded by private soldiers.
There was a collapsed ceiling at the top of the spire, but I couldn’t have come in there.
That is the highest place in Yeongju Castle, and if you have to enter from there, it is much more efficient to enter from the other side.
Probably because the building was old and rain leaked, it deteriorated and collapsed.
The deceased marquis’s eldest son immediately became a lord, and the marquis’ death became an unsolved incident.
This is all the intelligence I have obtained.
Okay. It was buried quietly.
Killing humans was nothing.
I just wanted to avoid the fallout from causing sparks to my territory and my nest.
Of course, no matter what army comes, we can block it all.
If you do that, one day you may have to fight the entire kingdom.
You can fight against the entire kingdom.
Just by turning into the main body, flying around, and spraying your breath a few times, you can evaporate an entire reishi.
But that’s not what I want.
When I first decided to escape from the island and become a lord, I had no intention of becoming a lord and raising money by making a living.
I just wanted to live comfortably in my own land, managing humans.
I came this far using the outstanding person named Liana as my guide, and I have just reached the threshold of realizing my dream.
But paradoxically, all that is about to go to waste because of Liana.
Liana is very intelligent, and although other humans may not know it, she is very affectionate and loyal to me.
If it weren’t for Liana, I would have been doing nothing but hard work as a mercenary.
I can’t throw Liana out just because she deceived me and says she will take her revenge.
Moreover, isn’t that revenge even for those who killed her own family?
Suddenly, a headache hit her and she touched her forehead.
What should I do with that kid…
I didn’t know at the time.
Her worries about Liana were nothing compared to the terrible things that would happen in a few days.
* * * * *
That day, I was busy taking care of the territory as usual.
The vassals line up, carrying payment documents, greeting guests from outside, and sometimes even come directly to villages on the outskirts where trouble has occurred.
Being the lord of the human world is not a comfortable position where you just play, eat, and take care of other things.
Lianna says that in the case of Berabche, most of the lords are such corrupt lords.
But here in Tarda, it is a world of the fittest where lords stronger than the king prey on each other in order to eat them.
This is a place where a clumsy lord cannot survive.
After finishing the afternoon work, it is evening time to ‘officially’ finish work.
While I was listening to Liana’s daily financial report while rubbing my forehead, Wolpert came into her office.
“I’m sorry, my lord. I have a visitor.”
“Guest? Is there anyone else visiting today?”
Ulpert shrugged her shoulders at Liana’s words.
“You insisted on meeting me while telling me your real name… I am reporting this to you in case you know me personally.”
“You know my real name? You said it was Ergaduk? What does it look like?”
“She was a tall, slender woman. Her hair was as black as your lord’s.”
I felt an ominous feeling for a moment.
A woman with black hair who knows my real name…
“Liana, Wolpert. Control the people in the lord castle. It could be dangerous, so bring everyone into the castle.”
After giving that instruction, I immediately got up and left the office.
* * * * *
I went out the front door and could see the woman Wolfert had mentioned.
The pale-skinned woman was as tall as me.
Her jet-black hair hung down to her waist like seaweed, and her eyes were wide and gloomy.
The woman shrugged her shoulders and looked fidgety as she stood fidgeting until her eyes met mine.
Oh my…
“We finally meet each other, Ergaduk.”
Black Dragon Ciliafari smiled eerily.
I thought I could avoid it somehow… But I ended up getting caught like this.
“All soldiers, return to barracks.”
The soldiers were puzzled by my command, but they all turned and entered the inner castle.
“Ciliapari. What happened so far?”
“I came looking for Ergaduk.”
“Didn’t you attend the Lord’s ascension ceremony?”
The Ascension Ceremony continues for 100 years.
At that time, the collateral successors who had died told me that everyone except the two of them had returned to the island, and they thought they would be able to avoid tracking for at least a hundred years.
Why did cilia flies, which should be on the island, come all the way here?
“How long have you suffered alone on this unfamiliar continent, Ergaduk? This cilia fly has been desperately searching for you?”
“I didn’t really have a hard time, Ciliafly. In fact, I had a much more enjoyable time than in the habitat.”
Ciliafari stumbled slightly as if shocked by my answer.
“You can’t do that, Ergaduk. You don’t mean it, do you? Ah, ah, ah. I understand. I understand now.”
A wry smile appeared on Ciliafari’s lips.
“Ergaduq has been severely brainwashed by humans, isn’t he? Isn’t that so? They’ve clearly brainwashed him into believing that life here on the barren human continent is happier than life in the rich habitat. Isn’t that so? , Mr. Ergaduk? And how can the word happiness exist without this ciliafly? It is misfortune, Mr. Ergaduk. Now that I am here, open your eyes to the truth.”
Ciliapari continued speaking in a somewhat angry tone.
“That’s right, Ergaduk. Just as the life of Ciliapari has become dry and impoverished without Ergaduk, so will Ergaduk. But it’s okay. This is how I found Ergaduk, right?”
“Ciliafari. I’m sorry, but it’s only been 40 years. Isn’t it a bit much to say that life has become devastated after 40 years? For us dragons, 40 years…”
“No!”
Siliafari screamed viciously.
“No! On the subject of the runaway fiancé! How dare you so simply dismiss the feelings of a fiancé who lost her fiancé?!”
I looked at her from afar.
Soon Celia Paris’ face became pale and her hands began to tremble.
“Sin… I’m sorry, Ergaduk… I got so emotional when I saw Ergaduk that I stopped… I’m sorry… Please forgive this ugly ciliafly… “
I took a long sigh.
“Ciliapari. I have no intention of returning to Seoseokji.”
“It’s okay, Ergaduk. Don’t go back to your habitat. Run away with me somewhere else, just the two of us. Where no one knows us. So, so we start all over again. Build a hut and make love together. “I will also give birth to and raise a Hechling that looks exactly like Ergaduk. What do you think? Do you like my idea? You will? You will like it. Because I want Ergaduk…”
At that time, a dazzling ray of light suddenly shot in a straight line from behind.
As Celia Paris narrowly avoided the beam, her cold voice was heard.
“What are you doing, b*tch, flirting with the lord?”
When I turned around, I saw Liana, the lord’s castle chamberlain, walking slowly.
“It’s the dragon’s business. It’s not your place, you insignificant creature, to get involved…!”
Ciliafari scolded her harshly, but Liana is not the kind of person who would raise an eyebrow at something like that.
“Hmm. So you’re a dragon too? Then you must be one of the dragons that are said to be chasing the lord. That’s a good thing.”
Liana’s hands began to shimmer in golden light.
“It was already a car that lacked operating funds… If I just peeled off the scales and sold it, it would make a lot of money.”
“What…?”
Celia Paris’ body trembled at that absurd provocation.
As if the polymorph was loosening, black scales slowly began to sprout from her fingertips.
“I think you’re thinking of turning into a dragon… Don’t do anything you’ll regret.”
Liana also raised her divine power to the limit and gave a cold warning.