“············”.
“You seem right. The mayor has given you an order to bring Confucius. I hope you will obey me.”
I immediately understood the situation and burst out laughing.
Anyway, I was going to visit you when the day was bright, but you came right out like this.
“Guide me.”
Let’s see where we go
I said so and shook my head.
***
“It is said that he is in the hall of the mansion now, mayor.”
“i get it.”
Colton nodded when he was informed that he had brought in a scoundrel who insulted his daughter.
Denbri, who was sitting next to him, was excited and jumped up from his seat.
At that sight, Administrator Laika looked back at Colton, smirking inwardly.
“Can I go and have a look?”
“Do what you like.”
As I moved to the hall of the mansion, I saw three people standing in the middle.
Denbri noticed the man standing in the middle and raised an eyebrow.
The man also found her and made eye contact.
She said with an evil smile.
“Did we meet again soon? I said you’d pay the price, did I?”
It was the moment Colton opened his mouth as he looked around at the man and the two men standing on either side of him.
“You are my daughter…”
He turned his head to the sound of a sudden gasp from the side.
Laika was looking at the group with a look as if she had seen a ghost. All of a sudden, my body trembled as if I had heard a chill.
Then he immediately fell to his knees and bowed his head.
“I see you, Lord!”
······what?
Colton’s accident stopped momentarily, as he had no idea what he had just said.
Denbri, who was happily contemplating what kind of hell to show that damn bastard, also turned into a stupid face.
“······to?”
An eerie silence settled in the hall.
The elf frowned and looked at Laika with her head bowed to the floor, and cautiously said to the man.
“This is Laika, the administrator of the Seventh Prince’s Castle. It seems that he was on a business trip to this city.”
The man, the 7th Prince, nodded, approached one of the chairs in the hall and sat down.
“I have something to say, so I’ll call you.”
He glanced at Colton and the others, who stiffened as he stood, then said.
“I’m calling, so I’ll try.”
extrasensory (1)
My brain turns white
Colton tried to make sense of this incomprehensible situation.
Leica is lying on the floor without moving her head from the side.
What the hell did he just say?
‘······Monarch?’
Who the hell? is that man
I wanted to believe that I had heard it wrong, but what was happening before my eyes clearly denied it.
The 7th lord who sat on the chair crossed his legs and looked around the people in the hall.
Even the knights who brought him and stood proudly were frozen and did not make a single breath.
Then Colton slowly became contemplative.
It didn’t take long for him to accept what he had done in the suffocating stillness.
The new owner of the 7th monarch’s throne, which has been buzzing all over Calderic recently.
It was the man in front of the 7 monarchs.
Baros looked carefully at the 7th lord and asked.
“But, the magistrate, why are you here with the mayor of Bilfek?”
It was a tone full of pressure, as if to prove your innocence.
If you can’t do that, it’s not strange if your neck falls off right here on the spot.
Leica, feeling the fear and fear that enveloped her body, swallowed one saliva and stuttered open her mouth.
“I was visiting the cities of the 5th monarchy one after another for related administrative issues. I was with the mayor because I had a personal acquaintance with him… I followed him out of curiosity to watch. I never dared to imagine that the Lord would be in this city. I’m sorry.”
In fact, Leica was really upset. He, too, was confused.
For him, who was enjoying a short break in Bilpek, this situation was a lightning bolt. No, it wasn’t a thunderbolt, it was a disaster.
As soon as he saw the 7th lord’s face, he was able to act quickly with his survival instinct.
How could he have imagined that the 7th lord had left the monarchy castle and stayed in this city, and that he was the one who had an argument with the maiden of Denbri?
Of course, there was only one thing that Laika could do because she couldn’t ask the 7th lord about that question. Lie on your back so that sparks don’t ignite yourself.
Baros frowned and said.
“Anyway, isn’t it that you were just watching the situation and trying to have fun with it?”
“That, that’s….”
A cold sweat ran down Leica’s back.
“No… is this… uh…?”
Meanwhile, Denbrie, who was still muttering with a puzzled expression, turned to Colton.
Baros’ gaze turned to those two this time.
Because the monarch mercifully passed on, Denbri’s mangbal had no choice but to keep an eye on it.
But even though you’ve already given me one leniency, you dared to have the knights come to this place?
“Mayor, will you continue to stand like that?”
Colton came to his senses, grabbed Denbri’s shoulder and knelt on the floor.
The biggest crisis has come in the life of the market, which has not gone well for over 20 years.
Denbri, who was forced to kneel together, frowned reflexively. She was a woman who had never knelt down on her knees in her life.
But when he saw Colton’s completely distraught expression, he shut his mouth.
“I’m sorry, Seven Lords.”
The 7th Prince tilted his head to the side.
“I would have asked you to say something, but what are you doing on your knees?”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know the great one who dared and I was very rude.”
“market.”
The 7th lord’s voice grew colder.
“I told you to tell me what you called. Are you going to keep doing it like a parrot?”
Colton bit his lip.
how can i say He was planning to make the cheeky bastard who dared despise his daughter pay the price.
I was just asking you to let me spit it out through my mouth, knowing it all.
‘Die.’
really die
The family could have been destroyed right now in this place. Even if the 7th Prince tried to do so, no one could stop him.
What about the 5 monarchs who heard the news later? Will he be furious for arbitrarily making a fuss in his monarchy and killing the mayor?
No, if you listen to the situation, you will think so, and you won’t even care.
In Calderic, the monarch was such a being.
No one but the same monarch dares to be at the same level, and if he tries to climb, he will be trampled to death like an insect no matter how high a position he holds.
Colton banged his head on the floor instead of answering. Not once, but continuously.
“I have sinned to death! It’s all my fault that I raised my daughter wrong!
bang bang!
Seeing Colton stabbing his head like a madman with his forehead broken and bleeding, Denbri, who was next to him, trembled.
It was only then that he realized the seriousness of the situation when he saw his father, who was no different from the emperor, in Bilpek.
No matter how much she had lived like a thunderbolt, she did not know what the status of a monarch meant in Calderic.
“Mayor, stop. You dare in front of the monarch….”
Baros, who had been speaking with his brows narrowed, immediately stopped talking and stepped back.
It was because the 7th lord beckoned him to stay still.
“market.”
“············”.
“Third time I say it. Explain why you called me here.”
As if this was their last chance, the 7th lord’s voice was indifferent and terrifying.
Only then did Colton understand.
No matter what he does, he cannot impress this monster. The best thing to do is just do what you are told and pray that you will have a comfortable death.
“I was planning to bring my daughter back and pay the price because I heard someone insulted me.”
said the seventh lord.
“Did you get the details right?”
“······Yes.”
“Tell me.”
“The employee spilled a drink on her daughter’s dress, so she is training the employee…”
“Education. I mean, education is the use of violence with no mercy, such as stains on clothes.”
“············”.
“They even tried to cut off the wrist of the person who was drying it. If that’s education, what do you think I should be doing in the current situation to be an appropriate education? In this case, the mayor of the frontier city ordered the knights to counter-force the monarch.”
Colton shuddered.
The 7th lord’s gaze turned to Denbri.
“You said that you would make me unable to walk on my two legs without crawling between my crotch. It was fun because it was the first time I’d heard it in my life.”
Colton’s and Laika’s faces turned darker. Did you mean to say something like that?
Denbry couldn’t contain his fear and said with tears in his eyes.
“Now, I was wrong. My lord. Please save me. Please save me…”
The 7th monarch shook his head.
“You did a good job of nurturing things that you didn’t want to make a fuss with in the realm of other monarchs.”
“Really, really, a sin to die for.”
“I have not changed my mind.
It was a word with no meaning.
But Colton’s face turned pale at the next words.
“It happened in his own monarchy, so the 5th lord will take care of it later.”
. . . .
What would happen if this news reached the fifth lord’s ears?
It didn’t matter what the 7th lord’s relationship with the 5th lord was.
It is unacceptable for a mayor to insult the monarch even in the slightest bit.
Even if the 7th monarch did not use his hands right away, the 5th monarch would directly pay the price for it was a fixed future.
The 7th Prince rose from his seat.
As if everything he had to say was over, he turned to the entrance of the hall.
As Baros looked around, the knights who had been standing around hurriedly fell to their knees one by one.
The 7th lord paused for a moment and looked back.
“If I had lived by trampling on others with such power, I should have been prepared to be trampled on here someday. Isn’t it?”
There was nothing Colton could say to answer the seventh lord’s words.
The figure of the 7th lord and the other two slowly moved away from the hall towards the exit.
***
Leaving the mansion completely distracted me from the mayor.
There was no intention of punishing them or anything in the first place.
It’s not that I’m showing mercy, it’s because it was disgusting to even get my hands dirty like this.
And without having to do anything, if this happens to the 5th Lord anyway, the Mayor and Denbri will be very, very bad no matter what. Even if I don’t have to tell her.
If trembling in fear during that time is the punishment for this incident, I will retaliate.
“Well······.”
It’s time for a deep night.
Returning to the inn, I looked again at the map I had received from Taylor.
And I compared the map with the 5th monarchy map and pinpointed the location of the map in more detail. With the help of Baros.
“There is a forest on the northwestern border of the 5th and 4th lords, and it seems to be referring to them.”
There was a slight twist on the path, but as long as you could get the mystery, it wasn’t a big deal.
I stroked my chin and turned my gaze back to Taylor’s map.
‘But what is this character?’
Unknown weird characters written on one side of the map. Is it a password?
This seems to have something to do with the destination, but I can’t figure out what that means.
Oh, Taylor may have known, so I should have asked. I was so distracted by the map that I didn’t even pay attention.
After staring at the text, Baros spoke again.
“When the forest, the greatest tree, and even the twilight has completely subsided, lifeless branches will guide the adventurers.”
“··········································································?!”
I looked back at him in surprise.
“Can you read this?”
“Yes. One of the ancient password characters.”
I looked at him with eyes wondering how he knew it, and the answer came back.
“I was an adventurer in the past and was interested in exploring ruins, so I know a little about ancient characters. It’s a lack of talent.”
“······Right.”
There’s really nothing he can’t do.