Golden Reverb (5)
＜Failed Swordsman of Sylvania> Act 4, Chapter 7. The final boss of the invasion of Gregol Cathedral. Selah, Princess of Frost.
A scenario where the reality of Crepin is revealed to the public and the Roth Taylor family begins to collapse in earnest.
It is a figure that symbolizes that the end of the Roth Taylor family is approaching.
“Don’t be afraid to talk about Penia. It’s also my precious blood, so I don’t want to say anything bad about it. But if you’ve been close to Confucius, you’ll know it well. For that kid to become an emperor… I think too much.”
When I saw Selahah in my room, I was sure then. The story was steadily entering the fourth act.
The fact that the final battle of Act 3, the battle to subdue Lucy, has been skipped is definitely the point.
The story has been twisted enough so far, but now it’s come to a point where it’s hard to even guess the exact same thing.
Are you really okay with this?
In my head, ＜Sylvania’s Failed Swordsmanship>, the final scene of Act 3 flashed again.
It is a figure of Lucy looking up at the sky endlessly while it was raining from the top of the right mountain. It was only at the end of Act 3 that she had shaken off all the burdens of the past.
As always, twists create new twists.
Taylor’s growth is amazingly fast, but at this point in time when the boss fight in Act 3 has been skipped altogether… I don’t know if I’ll be able to play Acts 4 and 5 normally.
The final boss of Act 4 is Crepin Roth Taylor, who wields the power of evil spirits, and the final boss of Act 5 is the god-eating Holy Spear Dragon Velbrok. Now, if Taylor can subdue them both… Now I just have to shake my head.
It was the end of the scenario that seemed far away, but the story has already turned around and the end is approaching. If you let go of your hand at this point, which has been running more than half way, a really big disaster could come.
That fact puts a new pressure on my chest once again.
“Stick towards me. This is my proposal to Confucius, but it will be a great opportunity for Confucius.”
Selaha scanned her thin fingers a few times, then flicked her hand out to me.
The royal family seldom shake hands. At most, maybe five or six times a year.
This is because there are almost no people in this empire who can make eye contact and exchange hands on an equal footing with the imperial family.
So, to grant a handshake is to show the utmost respect from Selah’s point of view.
“How dare you hold the hand of the First Princess with a lowly hand. Even though I am a member of the Duke of Roth Taylor, I cannot touch that venerable body.”
“Haha, that sounds nice. Then it doesn’t matter if you do it verbally… .”
Selaha was speechless after speaking that far.
Seeing me kneeling on one knee and not even moving, I trembled slightly.
“… It was rejected.”
“I just respected its dignity.”
“Penia has no intention of imperial power. But, speaking of me, I tend to be more ambitious.”
Did I tell you to get off the sinking ship?
However, I am well aware that the ship that will sink is the Selahara, not the Fenia.
“Confucius’ father, Sir Crepin, will be on my side, and Confucius under him must also choose wisely.”
Selahha, Princess of Frost, cooperates with Crepin’s plan to obtain the power of the evil spirit, but in the end, she cannot fully control the power and is eaten alive by Mevula.
Among the characters in Act 4, the words are rather terrifying.
“According to Princess Selaha’s words, Princess Fenia has no interest in the imperial power right now. Literally just right now.”
“Do you think that child will fit the throne?”
“In the age of peacefulness like now, we need the same virtue as Princess Penia.”
That doesn’t mean you can’t say ‘I know your future, but you say those words are terrible, so I won’t take your side’.
In the end, I have no choice but to get away with other excuses, but there may be a letter I brought… There is no better excuse than Penia.
“I have no doubt that Princess Fenia will become an emperor worthy of the position. Even if you say that you have no intention of being the emperor right now, I just keep trusting Princess Penia and waiting.”
“under… I don’t know what happened in Sylvania, but it’s amazing that Confucius supports him so much.”
I was going to accept everything once I got angry, but to my surprise, Sellaha smiled softly with her bluish eyes looking straight at me.
“I am salivating.”
“Yes?”
“To be honest, I like looting.”
It was Yenica who responded to those words. Shaking his shoulders, he alternately stared at Selaha and me in the face, like a terrified rodent, to the point of making me feel sympathetic.
I looked at Yenica and shook my head. It was a story about staying still.
“I don’t know the meaning of the words.”
“Usually, a guild is the most beautiful when it is broken. I want to see how far Confucius’ convictions toward Penia go.”
Selah is completely wrong.
The reason I spoke in support of Phenia was not because I really wanted to support Phenia with all my heart and follow her… Just for my own safety. First of all, I have no intention of sticking with Selaha.
“Well, there is plenty of time. This social church will last for five days… Please fully feel how big the gap is between me and Fenia. If you change your mind, you can always tell me.”
“Thank you very much.”
“It’s nice to see you being polite to the end. How great would it look if you broke the guise and the incision? What… Are you fine… .”
Selah swept my cheeks with a cold hand and gave a strangely vague smile. Even that smile is infinitely cold.
“Flowers in the flower bed are so easy. People’s hearts are so cunning, they tend to pay more attention to the pampas grass on the cliff than to the roses in the flower bed.”
“It’s overrated.”
“Okay, see you again.”
Saying so, Selaha flicked her hair a few times before leaving the room with a smile.
Des, her butler, was already waiting in front of the door.
* * *
“I feel bad when I think about it… .!”
Yenika was squeezing her skirt tight and getting angry.
I couldn’t be that angry in the face, but after the situation was over, I was like, ‘Oh, I’ll say this then.’ and regret… In fact, it is an act that is no different than the monopoly of the timid.
Actually, in front of my nose, my cheeks were blushing like a blush when I was talking about a relationship or having a baby… Reminiscing about the past can change your feelings.
Do you feel bad when you think about it? Have you thought about being ignored? uh? Are you feeling bad?
I understand that such gradation anger rises, but… Unfortunately, if I get angry with the first princess, I can only eat my own flesh.
“I’ve been in the top grade for a long time since me, I’m not that weak, I’m a commoner, but I’m not a person to be ignored. ? No, that’s right, I’m a princess, but I can’t be angry… A little, that subtly… ? as an adult… ? I’m not an easy person either~, did you mean to do it so skillfully? Like Lortel… ?”
“Jenica… .”
“But I’m not that good at that… Still, I think I stayed still when I got angry… uh… uh… !”
“Yenika, you’re not like that in the first place because you’re so angry.”
“But, you keep nagging Ed!”
After spitting out the words according to the stream of consciousness, he trembled and suddenly looked at me.
I took a deep breath and pushed the table toward the chair Yenica was sitting on. As the table was pushed away, the cup of tea the maid had been brewing was straight in sight.
Yenika took a deep breath and drank hororok tea… He asked while fanning his face with his hand.
“Still, Princess Selaha is a beautiful woman, right?”
“There are a few servants who stick around all day, and they will take care of that.”
“I think Ogi was born because I wanted to recruit Ed… what should we do… ? If you keep rejecting me like that, isn’t it harming you?”
Yenica said so and looked into my eyes. It seems that I am feeling a strange sense of insecurity, so I decided to talk about it clearly at this point.
“I tell you, I will never stick with Princess Selaha.”
“Well, that’s about it… ? I didn’t know that Edgar supported Princess Fenia so much. The same goes for the student council president election. .”
“That too, uh… The reasons are complicated.”
Having said that, I decided to continue what I was talking about earlier.
“therefore? Have you looked around the mansion and found any results?”
“yes. The mansion was very big and it was cumbersome, but… Mug has asked for some information.”
“Mug?”
“I heard that you can feel a strangely large amount of magical reaction under the personal library of Duke Crepin. By the way… According to the structure of the mansion, the lower part of the study is the kitchen. There’s no way you can feel such a huge amount of magic in the kitchen where the users work.”
“… Sure, it’s award-winning.”
The main purpose is to collect material evidence to accuse Crepin of evil deeds. It won’t be easy to find evidence that can’t be subtracted, but I feel like I’ve got some clues.
“I think it would be better to go see for yourself. By the way… That library is where the Crepin Duke comes and goes, and it always seems to be locked up when it’s empty. I think it would be difficult to investigate easily.”
“okay. First of all, we have five days, so let’s take a quick look at the opportunity. I will attend the social gathering schedule as faithfully as possible so that I do not look suspicious.”
There’s a lot of work to do in five days.
I have to diligently participate in the social church schedule so as not to leave any doubts about me, now I have to find out what Crepin’s intentions are in trying to reinstate me, investigate the identity of the magical power source under Crepin’s study, and at night I have to work on my desk You should also read the letters found in the
I still haven’t read half of the letters sent between Arwen and Ed. Most of them were to ask for greetings, so it was necessary to classify them a bit. I didn’t even have enough time to spend in the first place to figure out the contents of the letter.
If you stay up all night like today, users will think it’s strange, so you need to spend more time splitting it up. It is important to never be suspicious. Crepin will already be on the lookout for me, so even a trivial trip will be reported to him right away.
“The door will always be open, so you can come to my room and talk to me anytime if anything happens. It doesn’t matter if it’s day or night, so remember the location here.”
“Hey, here… ? Ed’s room… ? anytime?”
Yenika blushed slightly again, then glanced around the view of my room. Then he bowed his head and nodded quickly.
“Ah Okay… .”
It was very disturbing to see him groping.
* * *
The first night of Roth Taylor Society.
The first day of the social church schedule is the shortest.
This is because as the schedule progresses little by little, the number of distinguished guests increases, and the venue moves to a bigger place.
It’s a process of getting excited little by little ahead of a five-day long schedule. So, on the first day, most of the social church attendees feel like they are simply resting in anticipation of the upcoming event rather than being excited.
A neatly arranged dinner in the lobby on the first floor of the mansion and an orchestra playing quiet music. And nobles clinking wine glasses between tables.
There were the sounds of chattering here and there, laughing hahahoho, and voices asking for a light dance.
Even the people who had already gathered in the lobby were full of nobles who made a name for themselves in my estate, but even they didn’t want to be the center of the seat.
Even though it’s still the first day, quite a few famous people have come.
In particular, there were a lot of border aristocrats around Zahul, who was dressed in stylish clothes with a chubby body.
He was the favorite of Emperor Chloel to the extent that he alone managed the large granary in the southern tip of the empire.
For a while, various discourses centered around Marge Jahur, and it was around the time that the atmosphere had matured to a certain extent.
Parting through the crowd, the Princess of Frost, Selaha, entered. There was a cold silence between the left crowd.
Selaha, neatly dressed in a pure white dress, marveled at how beautiful she was, from young nobles to elderly wealthy people.
She walks out through the crowd with graceful yet confident elegance. But no one was able to speak casually in the first place.
It’s not like a mediocre, low-key nobility could talk to. The opponent is the royal family.
However, it was impossible to leave such a noble guest alone, so it was necessary that the person with the best rank in the crowd had to carry the gun.
However, who is going to face the Princess of Frost Selah? It’s still the first day, so even the distinguished guests haven’t arrived, but it’s not very satisfying to try to find out who might be a good match.
“Hello, Princess Selaha. It is an honor to meet you like this.”
At that moment, Tanya, who was talking with the nobles in a corner of the lobby, broke through the crowd.
Tanya, dressed in a neat ruffle dress, gently raised the hem of both skirts and bowed her head in polite manner.
“My name is Tanya Roth Taylor, the current heir to the Roth Taylor family.”
“Oh, nice to meet you. I’m still on my way to meet Confucius in the afternoon, but I even see a princess… it’s definitely decent The Roth Taylor family’s prestige will be at least a few decades away.”
“Thank you for a good look. However, I apologize for the short size of the venue as it is still the first day.”
“Well, I don’t know about the social church hosted by the Roth Taylor mansion. I’ve heard rumors that it gets bigger as we go along, and it’s okay not to worry too much because I came too early in the first place.”
Selah smiled and looked around.
To an ordinary person, it may seem that he is enjoying splendid luxury with this alone, but it is definitely small for a banquet with such a large number of distinguished guests.
This will also be a tempo adjustment for a later event, so Selaha happily agreed to accept it.
― ‘Is that the boy- the old heir who will win the lottery this time.’
– ‘exactly… I’m a little bit impressed. But compared to the old days, the physique seems to have grown a bit.’
― ‘I think I’ve become a lot smarter. You look like a completely different person.’
At that moment, a murmur was heard from the left. Because Ed Roth Taylor entered.
I couldn’t leave Selaha, the noblest girl, in this place and make a fuss about it.
He just sat next to Crepin, chatted with him, and quietly attended the dinner party.
However, it is unavoidable that the eyes of the left are focused on it for a moment.
Looking at the blonde hair that was neatly put up in an all-back, the impression was completely different from usual.
A well-dressed brown banquet jacket with gold bands all over the place. He looks slender because of the perfect fit, but if you look closely, his shoulders are quite large and he is taller than expected, which is a typical handsome man.
‘Hey, dressing up, the impression is definitely different.’
Selaha smiled and clashed the glass with Tanya.
“You have a good brother.”
“Yes, I am proud of it.”
Selah regarded it as an empty statement, but Tanya Tanae was quite sincere.
“Yeah, this is a great opportunity for him. I hope you learn a lot.”
Selaha smiled as she brought the glass to her mouth politely.
Anyway, there were not many distinguished guests on the first day. The only person Selaha would step on is Sinir Bloom River.
Sinir also doesn’t have much contact with the Roth Taylor family, so it feels like his eyes are focused on Selaha.
If it’s an interest in Ed Roth-Taylor, that’s about it. Selah took a sip of her glass and fell in thought.
Considering it’s the first day’s banquet, the scale is modest, and there are no conspicuously large events. It’s still just the beginning.
If tonight is over and the big guys start flocking in, Selaha will be busy.
In a way, today will be the last day to enjoy the banquet purely.
Thinking about it that way, the food tasted better, and Sellaha spent some time intoxicated with the atmosphere of the banquet.
* * *
The morning of the second day of the social church.
After breakfast, it was time for the morning sun to clear the fog.
The banquet that had been held the night before ended quite early. It was a time to just get to know each other’s atmosphere and open their faces.
Visitors will rest in their assigned rooms in the morning, enjoy some refreshments in the garden, on the roof of the mansion, or on a nearby hill in the afternoon, and then attend the next banquet in earnest after dinner.
The natural environment of Roth Taylor’s estate is beautiful and gentle, and just walking around it makes you feel like your heart is healed.
So, even with a rather spacious schedule, each visitor was able to spend their time and relax in their own way.
The users may be busy and hectic, but since it is an annual event held every year, it feels like they are handling it quite skillfully.
Among them, the busiest was the Crepin Rostailer in California.
Every time a famous distinguished guest entered the mansion, he had to go out and greet him.
Some of the lesser aristocrats could not even see Crepin’s face, but there were certainly nobles with precious bodies that shouldn’t have been.
So was Selahha, Princess of Frost, Jahul Marquess, and Sinir Bloomriver.
However, the distinguished guests who arrived in the morning of the second day were completely different in their nobility, and had to be dragged out to Ed and Tanya as well as Crepin and lined up.
The highest authority on the continent, the head of the Roth Taylor family, is said to be a subject that should be welcomed by bringing out all of his direct descendants… It seems unrealistic.
However, when the front door of the mansion made of iron bars opens and you see the magnificently huge carriage, you get a real feeling.
Ed had already seen the carriage.
―Kikririririk, Kiik.
The carriage stopped, and the band began to play music. It looks as if even a military general is marching.
One of the waitresses who was driving the carriage quickly jumped off the driver’s seat, climbed the stairs leading to the carriage’s door, and politely opened the door. Then the Archbishop Samuel, dressed in a holy robe, appeared first.
He was a person who looked a little gloomy with a slender impression, but he seems to be crouching as he is being guided by the servant, perhaps because he is not used to this kind of situation.
He is the new archbishop who succeeded the original archbishop, Verdio, when he was excommunicated. He was still not used to the position of the archbishop.
So Archbishop Samuel came down the stairs of the chariot, and then the real VIP appeared from inside the door.
– ‘Oh oh.’
― ‘That person… !’
― ‘Poetry, this is my first time seeing the real thing… !’
A groan was heard among the users. If I had heard it, the Crepin standing next to me would have also heard it. It was a big mistake, but Crepin didn’t immediately shout, considering the atmosphere of the scene.
The majesty of the person who came down from the carriage was astonishing enough that even veteran users would make such a rudimentary mistake.
Although he is small in stature, the divine grace that flows through his body cannot be approached.
A neatly dressed dress-like robe gently wraps her body, and her hair, as white as the uniform, wraps around her shoulders. She is an all-white girl, but her eyes full of presence and a butterfly pin on one of her hair are infinitely red, like a rose that blooms alone in a snowy field.
From the top of Saint Chloeron, Saint Clarisse, who represents the will of God, comes down to the earth.
“It must have been a long journey, but it is such an honor to visit you like this. Clarisse.”
“Long time no see, Sir Crepin. I feel at ease because I feel like I’ve gotten better over the years.”
So Clarisse said goodbye to Crepin.
Then he turned his gaze to me and looked towards Tanya.
“This is my official heir, Tanya Roth-Taylor, and my son, Ed Roth-Taylor, who has been reinstated in this church. I heard that Saint is also a student in Sylvania. You must be spherical.”
“yes. Tanya is a proud student council president, and Ed is also a senior that I have a lot of respect for.”
Sir Ed.
Saint Claris, who responds to even Crepin by calling him a sire, honors Ed.
He didn’t show off as much as he could, but the name alone gave the audience a strange sense of incongruity.
Clarisse grinned and walked past Crepin to Tanya to shake hands.
“Stand, stand, saint… .”
“You always work hard as the student council president, so it’s a lot of work, Tanya-san. I am always watching.”
“Go, thank you… .”
You might think that saying “I’m always watching you” is a rite of passage as a saint, but it’s actually true.
of course… Tanya, who had no way of knowing that fact, only greeted the saint with a look of reverence.
Clarisse smiled like that, then came over to me and shook my hand.
“It feels special to meet you at your hometown like this again. It feels like a romantic encounter in a distant travel destination.”
“It is an honour.”
“It’s an honor. I am honored.”
I said so and quietly waited for the handshake to end.
It’s not polite to shake the hand of a superior first, so I waited so quietly for him to release his hand… Rather, Clarisse raised her other hand and grabbed my hand, and looked at me with eyes that twinkled like stars.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Like that, Clarisse held my hand tightly for a while, not paying attention to the gazes around her, and made eye contact with me.
As the buzzing sound spread, the foreheads of Crepin, Tanya, and Yongin who stared intently at me began to narrow little by little.
Day 2 of the social church.
There were signs that it was already starting to get noisy, and his back was getting warm little by little.
Jajaja pobre Ed