I Became a Childhood Friend With the Villainous Saintess chapter 115

115 – Debutante Ball (1)

The castle was reduced to ashes and gave off black smoke.

The sky is covered with dark clouds, and the burning smell and the terrible scent of blood sting the tip of your nose.

Crack. Crack. The burned tree screamed.

The soldiers walked through the ashes and cleared the battlefield.

Most of the corpses being removed were enemies, but sometimes there were also those of our allies.

After the war, only death and ruins remained.

– Please save me. I will do whatever you ask. Please save your life…….

– That’s not possible. Did I come this far because I had nothing to do? If I wasn’t going to cut off your head, I wouldn’t go on the campaign trail.

Ilen Xia’s collateral, who was begging for his life, had his head cut off as he was kneeling.

It was a funny thing. From the beginning, the Grand Duchy of Ilencia did not discriminate against collateral.

If he hadn’t been overly greedy, he wouldn’t have had to beg for his life here and he wouldn’t have had his head cut off.

It was all self-earned.

Because Ilencia was a fairly merciful family to its affiliates.

Since Ilencia is an old family, there were many naturally derived collateral families.

Most of them disappeared in the flow of time or became vassals under the Grand Duke’s family, but there were also cases where fiefdoms were set up in local areas like this.

Grand Duke Ilencia recognized those collateral families and provided them with direct and indirect help.

Maybe it’s different now.

Sirien will not acknowledge such preferential treatment.

From the day she lost Therion and Henna in that shabby cabin, ‘family’ changed to a very narrow meaning for Sirien.

They were no longer Sirien’s family.

If everyone is family even if they share a few drops of blood, does that mean bed bugs and leeches are also family?

All we could give the traitors was cold death.

“Captain.”

A man in neat uniform called out to me from behind the battlefield.

Viscount Keffer Brumman. He was a soldier dispatched from the County of Eschik.

“There is a letter from the Grand Duke.”

“Let’s get it right now.”

Sirien is the only person who will send me a letter from the Archduchy.

We were always inseparable, but now there was nothing we could do.

Sirien was steadily taking control of the Grand Duchy of Ilencia, but his control was not yet complete.

In particular, there was a need to be careful when it came to the military.

Since ancient times, the thing a powerful monarch had to be most careful about was none other than his own army.

At least until the purge was over and a period of stability was reached, I, the sword master, had to personally lead and monitor it.

In the process, we received help from many people.

Baron Isquent shared the work on Sirien’s upper level, and Derthian sent Viscount Vrooman, who had experience as a commander.

Simply using a sword well and handling an army were completely different problems.

In any case, at a time when the family could not be fully trusted, external personnel were more trustworthy.

“Even if not, I was scheduled to return to the Grand Duke soon. “Have you received any other orders?”

“No. “That doesn’t seem to be the case.”

When I opened the order I received, a short phrase caught my eye.

Like Sirien’s personality, his handwriting is meticulous and neat.

It was a neat order that seemed to indicate what it meant to write with correct characters.

[Return Order]

– From: Sirien Ilencia

– Rajen Bertus, commander of the Spear Point Knights, ordered to return to the Archduchy as soon as the purpose of the expedition was achieved.

– As soon as you return, you will complete preparations and head to Edelmarion.

The content itself is nothing special…… There was a subtle sense of divinity in the order.

When I injected my divinity just in case, hidden writing was revealed in the margin.

– I’m sick of s*x. Rajen, I feel so empty without you by my side.

– I want to meet you as soon as possible.

From Noble mtl dot com

– Please come back quickly.

Is there any other order in the world this strict?

I put the letter in my arms and laughed.

“Let’s quickly clean up and go back. “This is an order to hasten your return.”

* * *

When Sirien regained the name of Ilencia, I became the commander of the Spear Point Knights.

At first, I thought about disbanding the Knights of the Spear Point, but an old name has its own value.

Instead of changing internal personnel, the Knights themselves continued to exist.

I took over the position of knight commander.

By the time the number of collaterals I killed exceeded two digits, my name was also known in central political circles.

Like before, it wasn’t just ‘I heard the guardian of Hybras was strong’ or ‘I heard there was a skillful swordsman on the northern front’, but the name Razen Bertus itself was known.

The impact was bigger than I thought.

– Bertus has returned to the Spear Point Knights.

– A knight as strong as Argen Bertus, but younger than him, has appeared.

Personally, I felt quite embarrassed, but when I thought about practicality, it was quite meaningful.

When my father was alive, the reputation of the Knights of the Spear Point resonated desperately throughout the empire.

If I can borrow that name for a moment, it will help Sirien rebuild the Archduchy.

My father, who said he would save my share of honor, seems to have kept his promise and still had some left over.

Anyway, when I returned, I saw that Reheim had more people than before.

The workers seemed to have been newly recruited, and faces met on the northern front were often seen.

When the formal returning ceremony was over, Sirien was waiting in front of the castle.

The hem of Sirien’s clothes fluttered in the wind blowing from high above.

A pretty smile smiles amid flowing silver hair.

“Welcome back, my knight.”

As soon as Sirien met me, she headed straight to her office.

A place where the previous Grand Duke of Ilencia and my father frequented when they were young.

I felt quite emotional because I felt like I had succeeded in taking over this place after going around.

“Nanny? “I have something to talk about with Rajen, but refreshments are fine, so let’s take a break.”

“Yes, sir. “Then I’ll see you again in an hour.”

“Yes.”

After the death of her archduchess, the nanny came to wait on Sirien.

I smiled at her wrinkles, and soon only I and Sirien were left in the office.

Sirien grabbed my arm and dragged me.

“It took too long. “It was hard every day.”

“I finished it as quickly as possible. Was it that hard?”

“Yes. “I guess familiarity is such a scary thing, I felt so lonely because I couldn’t see the people I used to see every day.”

Warmth felt nearby.

The two of us sat side by side on the sofa mounted on the wall.

Sirien rubbed her cheek against my arm and she grinned.

“hehehe, this is it. “I need Rajen by my side.”

“But we will still be together for a while. “Didn’t you say you were going to the capital?”

“Yes. “Because I can’t go alone.”

Sirien rubbed her cheek repeatedly, handling her divinity.

She was a feeble divinity who could barely lift a piece of paper.

The letter that followed Sirien’s fingertips was caught exactly in my hand.

Somehow, it seemed like my skills were gradually improving.

The seal on the letter belongs to the imperial family. There is no way the Crown Prince sent her, so they say she was sent by the Emperor…….

Why would the emperor send a letter to me if he wasn’t Sirien?

“Read it once. “It came with mine and I was keeping it.”

“It’s a letter from the imperial family.”

“If you think about it, it’s obvious, but it feels too late.”

At the same time, a touch that makes you fuss.

I pretended not to be able to overcome Sirien’s anger and tore the seal on her letter.

Perhaps because it belonged to the imperial family, it was written in an old-fashioned font on light gold-colored paper.

As is typical for politicians, there were a lot of qualifiers, but if I were to sum it up in a simple way, it would be this.

“Title award ceremony?”

“Yes. Neither you nor I have officially received our titles yet. “I’m asking you to show your face at the imperial palace in order to receive an official title.”

“That’s right. “I was so busy that I couldn’t even think about it.”

“When you go to the capital, you have to show your face in social circles. “I heard the imperial family is even preparing my debutante ball, so I guess I’ll have to buy some new clothes.”

The Debutante Ball was a culture unique to social circles.

A place where the daughter of a noble family is introduced to upper-class nobles for the first time.

Although it was envied by all noble ladies, it was also a place where someone’s joys and sorrows intersected.

Originally, it was customary to do it as soon as one became an adult, but for Sirien, it was quite late.

I’m not sure if that’s a problem at all.

You wouldn’t know it from an ordinary noble family, but it is the debutante of the Grand Duke of Ilencia himself.

Whether it’s jealousy or not, quite a few nobles must be itching to give Sirien her word at least once.

“Originally, I would have slowly prepared clothes and accessories here. It will be much faster if I go directly to the capital this time. “I’m planning to leave tomorrow, is that okay?”

“It’s okay. It wasn’t such an unreasonable expedition. “I have enough stamina.”

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I wasted an hour. Then…… “

Sirien, who was next to me, sat on my legs as if being hugged in front of me.

Her two arms were drawn to her Sirien and took the form of hugging her.

“For now, let’s stay like this a little longer. “I haven’t seen you in a while, so I need to make up for it now.”