68 – Northern Mountains (1)
The next day. Sirien suffered from a hangover.
She couldn’t avoid sleeping in, although not as much as yesterday, and was pressing her temples as if her head was hurting.
It was the sloppiest-looking Sirien I’ve seen recently.
It’s natural. It’s been a while since I drank too much and I became speechless.
Rather, it was like paying a deserved price.
“Oh, hello…… Rajen. Did you sleep well?”
“Yes. “I slept well.”
“Well, that’s right. “Ah, my head hurts.”
“You should have drank it in moderation.”
But Sirien’s karma remained.
Sirien has been watching me since morning.
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It is self-evident why this is so. It’s probably because the memories of yesterday remain.
Sirien didn’t stop her eccentricities even when she was on my back.
Her left ear was in Sirien’s mouth the whole time, and she even tried to put her hand under her clothes.
I managed to stop her wicked hands, but there was no way to save her ears.
Thanks to this, the sound of her clucking in my ears seemed to never leave even before she fell asleep.
“But while I was sleeping, something kept rustling in my ear.”
“You…… Razen you!”
“Why? “Can you listen to me like last time?”
“Hi!”
Still, it was okay because it was fun to make fun of Sirien.
Her face turned bright red and she looked like she was going to kick the blanket at any moment.
I know what it is too. I was so glad it wasn’t my job.
I wanted to tease him all day long, but I felt like I would really cry if I did, so I just held back.
It was never because I was conscious of holding hands with Sirien.
No, this isn’t the first time I’ve held her hand. Why are you doing this?
I thought it would be okay now that the relationship has officially changed.
Instead of feeling better, my tolerance was gradually weakening.
Even if I did something insignificant, it became something new and unfamiliar when I thought about doing it with my ‘lover.’
“Good morning, you two!”
On the way to the restaurant, I ran into Baron Isquente again.
A look of hardship was evident on the Baron’s face. There were dark shadows under his eyes, as if he had been suffering from lack of sleep since we arrived.
However, this did not mean that the talkative mouth was dead.
The Baron stared at me and Sirien.
The corners of his mouth raise with a sneer, and his expression turns into an expression that makes him want to hit me.
“Has your mood changed a lot in the past few days?”
“The Baron’s impression has changed a lot, too.”
“Oh, I guess so. Ha ha ha! This is because I can’t sleep. But you still went to the festival on the last day? It’s a festival I started because I wanted to have fun, so it doesn’t make sense to never go to it, right? “I enjoyed every day like it was three days!”
A grinning figure with a tired face.
Should I say that he has good physical strength or that he is just crazy?
I had to admit the Baron’s madness. After all, that person was not a sane person either.
“Oh, by any chance, did you hear from the saint?”
“What?”
Did Sirien say something to me?
I don’t think there was anything special. Looking back on the conversation we had, there was nothing particularly special about it.
All he said was that he would go to the Grand Duke after sorting out this matter.
When I glanced at Sirien, I saw that he was making a face like I was going to miss it.
It seemed like he had forgotten something.
“Sorry. I forgot. That is…… “I was so out of it yesterday.”
“It wasn’t particularly important, so it’s okay. “Please tell me slowly.”
“I will go to the capital as soon as preparations are completed.”
* * *
The capital of the Ethelmar Empire. Ethelmarion.
The most prosperous city throughout the empire’s long history, and the place where all wealth and power are born.
Befitting its great name, Ethelmarion was a trove of all kinds of powerful people.
This is where the main story of the original work will take place, starting with the reincarnation of Yeoju just a few years later.
The main male protagonist, the Crown Prince, is of course in the system, and by now, the new Sword Saint and Magic Tower would have taken root.
At the time of the original work, Sirien and I were constantly going in and out of the system, and the Church of Light, where the female protagonist was reincarnated, also had its headquarters near Ethelmarion.
It was literally the main stage of ‘Saint, reverse harems are impure!’
“Razen! “Two of them that way!”
“I’ll sort it out soon!”
However, the road to the system was not so smooth.
Naturally, the empire was not a country strong enough to call itself emperor from the beginning.
When it first began, there were several countries stronger than the empire, and the capital almost fell several times.
The driving force that helped us escape the crisis each time was the northern mountain range.
The Northern Mountains were the starting point that divided the central and northern parts of the empire and were also the second shield of the empire.
Although it was not as large as the forest where Hybras’ sanctuary was located, it was not easy to operate the army because there were many ferocious monsters and mountain beasts living there.
It wasn’t exactly a military place, but just a dangerous place for people to travel.
“There’s one running away!”
“Sirien!”
“Yes!”
Monsters attacked our carriage procession.
They were the so-called blood wolves. Even though it has the appearance of a wolf, it is not a wolf, but is in fact an evil species that is close to a magical beast.
Unfortunately, it was not an easy enemy.
Generally speaking, demonic beasts were much more powerful and aggressive than ordinary mountain animals.
The Knights’ manual taught that two should fight one, based on trained soldiers.
It is said that it is better to have three people to deal with each other safely.
Considering the fact that blood wolves travel in packs, it is enough to become a nightmare for travelers.
But the opponent was bad.
This is not just three soldiers, but a joker card that was active on the front line against demons.
Before departing for the islands, they even took out personnel from the gateway, so they were not equipped to deal with anything more than a magical beast.
– Crumbling!
– Crack, crack!
The great sword roughly smashed the body of a wolf.
The leather was quite tough, so I couldn’t cut down two animals at the same time. One died instantly, but the other attacked again as soon as it regained its bearings.
I planned to catch the second one carefully.
The fact that leather is tough is synonymous with the fact that it is expensive.
I couldn’t help it with the first one, but I had to kill at least one cleanly and sell it.
He pushed the blade under the wolf’s body and pierced its heart with one stroke.
I thought it was struggling on the blade that was halfway inside, but its life quickly ended.
‘At times like this, I really envy Sirien.’
Sirien’s strength increases the less reason he has. To be precise, the lower the soul level, the better it worked.
The power to forcibly grant death in exchange for consuming enormous divinity.
It cannot be easily used against higher-ranking species that can communicate, but it is quite effective against animals and monsters that cannot speak.
Well, there are other ways to deal with humans and demons.
Whether it is a forced death without conditions or a death obtained by overcoming various complex conditions, it looks the same to the ordinary eye.
A frightened human was no different from an animal.
Anyway, the wolves that went toward Sirien died peacefully, as if they had fallen asleep.
The ax must have been thrown at the wolf that had run away, and the bloody ax came back with a booming sound.
I can never get used to the sight of the ax blade sucking blood as soon as I hold it in my hand.
“Shall we take a break here? We need to clean up the bodies, and we need to rest after the battle.”
“That would be good.”
“Don’t worry, we will take good care of the blood wolf leather and settle the bill for you! “Trust me, Nelloa Isquente!”
“Anyway, everything will be revealed when I look at the ledger later, so I just don’t have any intention of lying.”
“Uh-huh! Holy woman, when you say that, doesn’t it sound like I’m deceiving other people? “For the sake of my honor, I cannot allow myself to be misunderstood!”
“Yes, yes.”
We had a 40% stake in the upper part of the Barony of Isquente.
In fact, it was run jointly, but Sirien used to inspect the books quite rigorously.
Maybe that’s why Baron Isquente found Sirien quite difficult.
…… At that level, it was true that the Baron was having a hard time.
Sirien looked at the Baron blankly, and then she came towards me.
We headed to the back of the procession and surveyed the situation.
“There doesn’t seem to be any major damage. “It looks like there are no injuries.”
Our procession had a total of over 30 people, including the escorts.
Me, Sirien, Russell, Isha, Baron Isquente, as well as the Baron’s attendants and upper level staff. And there were three mercenaries from our side who were recruited from the gates of Actania.
In particular, our members had a strong presence.
Should we say believers rather than members? All of those we gathered were converted to Hybras, so either way would not be wrong.
As soon as I got to the back row of the procession, the smell of burning meat wafted into the air.
At the center of the charred corpse stood a woman with red hair.
Next to him is a man holding a bow. And the white tiger beastman holding a heavy hammer waved his hand at us.
The red-haired woman was delighted as soon as she saw Sirien.
“Welcome, sister!”
“It’s been a while, Captain.”
Last 4 years. They were comrades who went into and out of the battlefield together.
These are our own people that Sirien and I worked hard to cultivate.