154. Giant of Northwedon
After confirming that the carriage was fully loaded, I turned slowly toward the academy.
Winter vacation has just begun.
I was touring the kingdom like this summer, trying to solve cases caused by evil spirits or unsolved cases buried by evil spirits.
Because the saintess Lucia has recently been working hard, I plan to move to Violen, the Bright family’s estate, for a meeting.
Erika, who checked the luggage in the same wagon, sneaked up to the side.
“Do you have any other plans?”
“I’ll bow my head and come in anyway, so no problem.”
At my words, Erica nods her head, but she looks at me with a subtle expression.
“You sound like you don’t have any plans?”
“… ….”
“Isn’t something unusual?”
She didn’t bother to answer, but Erica put on a worried expression now, as if she felt it was more strange.
“Isn’t something wrong?”
“No.”
As soon as he answered firmly, Erica seemed to withdraw.
“By the way, where is Finden Eye? Normally, she would be the noisiest.”
Erica asked about the child of Finden. But, unintentionally, she got hit pretty head over heels.
“She left.”
“She left?”
I thought he used his usual voice and way of speaking. Is it something different?
Erica’s expression contorts and she turns to look at me. The worry in her eyes was strangely disturbing me.
“Yes, she is from the Clark Republic, so she went back there.”
“… ….”
Staring at me, Erica clenched her fists and bit her lip. She then lowered her head and said,
“Let’s chase it.”
She was unexpected.
I didn’t expect that Erica would come out with the words to go after Finden Eye.
“There is no need to spend time catching a runaway maid.”
“You’re not just a maid!”
There were quite a few emotions in Erica’s voice as she shouted. Jealousy and anger, but a mixture of compassion and consideration.
Pushing aside her own feelings, she was talking to me.
“I wanted something different from usual, so that’s why. Deus, it’s okay, let’s go to Northwedon. It’s a meeting in name only anyway, so it’s okay to cancel it.”
“This is nonsense.”
“What makes no sense!”
“The Bright family should already be preparing to welcome us, and Darius must have already departed.”
“But!”
“And I also called the Geronia family.”
“What…… ?”
Erika involuntarily breathed in and asked again. The expression that she didn’t know that she would come up with that name here.
“Of course, you will have nothing to do with it. Don’t worry about Gideon.”
“No, did the Geronia family say they would come?”
“I should come.”
The Geronia family is stepping back toward the precipice. If you read the letter sent by me as a memorial service person, your body will heat up and you will not be able to stand it.
I would have left for the Bright family with my butt shaking right away.
Perhaps my correspondence looked like a rope from an old fairy tale.
In fact, without even knowing that the rope was a leash that would bind them.
“What…… You didn’t have a plan at all.”
Her speechless Erica calmed down again and said, clearing her throat.
“Anyway, I have to go after Finden Eye! You are a precious person!”
“Unexpectedly, you seem to have a lot of affection for Finden.”
At her calm reply, Erica widened her eyes, bit her lip, and managed to spit out her words.
“You… ….”
“… ….”
“It’s because I’m worried about you.”
It was a word filled with humiliation and shame. I don’t want to admit the weight of her woman called Finden Ira, but I accept her because I need her nonetheless.
That means.
What should I tell Erica?
The moment she tried to keep her mouth open while thinking about this and that.
“Professor!”
Arya ran over with her hand raised. She seemed to have come to say hello, as she was on winter break and had to be separated for a while.
“I’ll just go! You worked hard this semester!”
“Yes, good job.”
“Yes, see you later!”
Aria quickly walks away after saying that. Her steps were light, and the smile on her lips was that of an ordinary girl.
“…… Did something go so easily? It’s more like she’s looking forward to it rather than regretting it.”
Erica looks at Aria’s back with suspicious eyes from her side. As she stayed silent, another female student came to visit.
“Deius!”
“…… Yes, Princess.”
During the vacation period, it is time to return to the position of a princess rather than a student, so I accept Eleanor who rushes at me while calling my name.
“Let’s go! See you later!”
She, too, laughs heartily, only blows her wink, and walks away.
Erica asked again, crossing her arms as she felt her urgency in her steps.
“What is this situation?”
“What do you mean?”
“No, you both backed off too easily.”
“Since it’s vacation, there must be a lot to do.”
If you answered like that, Erica groaned and said she had nothing to say. She frowned as if she had the feeling that she didn’t know something.
“What are you thinking?”
“Nothing has been confirmed yet.”
“… ….”
“But if the time comes when I have to tell you, I will tell you unconditionally.”
“Mmm.”
When I answered firmly, Erica shut her mouth and backed off. I turned and looked at her carriage.
“Let’s start soon.”
* * *
A week has passed since the start of the winter vacation at Robern Academy.
In the chilly North Whedon, a somewhat unique scene was being created.
A burning flame.
It was North Whedon where the sharp cold settled down, but for now, the heat of the fire was blown away by the wind and it was raging like a storm.
Since everyone had already evacuated, the streets were all empty as if it had become a ghost town.
All over the city, only sparks were crackling, showing extreme violence.
And the heart of it.
The Doberman, who destroyed the city alone, was in the central square with his head down and his eyes closed.
Clap clap clap clap.
The sound of the heavy armor spreads deeply. The Doberman, who had his eyes closed, noticed that it was a sign of battle and raised his head.
The armor he was wearing was decorated with thick animal hides unique to the North. A long black cloak stretched behind the tanned silver armor, and thick fur decorations were wrapped around the waist and shoulders.
However, what stands out is that there are traces of being burned along with soot on the armor and cloak.
Kung.
Darius Verdi, the northern bulwark carrying a greatsword on his shoulder, glared at the Doberman and opened his mouth.
“Did you make our home like this?”
“… ….”
“You are the one who planted bomb mines outside.”
Doberman made no reply. He just raised his right hand and pulled his trigger.
Bang!
The bullet fired from the long-barreled, copper-colored revolver quickly flew towards Darius’ forehead.
Darius opens his eyes in reverse and raises the mana of his whole body.
That was the end.
Darius didn’t even move.
His mana, like the chill of the north, did not allow even lead bullets to reach the owner.
“Thanks to that, I came back in a hurry from attending the meeting of his younger brother.”
Thanks to the quick report, the citizens of Northweden were evacuated to the nearby estate of Earl Helian, but the damage to Northweden itself was not easy.
By the way, while Darius was away, Earl Helian took on the role of protecting the Northwedon Mountains instead.
“Helian… ….”
Helian died when a bullet went in between his eyes with his eyes open near Doberman’s feet.
The corpse seemed slightly frozen as if it had been left outside for a long time.
“Thanks to your bullets and bombs, I suffered quite a bit.”
Because the Doberman planted mines at every entrance to the city, he was unable to bring his troops, so Darius broke into the interior alone.
Since the opponent was alone anyway, he broke through alone without making any casualties to be swept away by the bomb.
The soot on the body was created at this time.
“But it wasn’t enough to ward off the northern cold.”
Clap.
The helmet’s visor comes down to protect Darius’ eyes.
At the same time, the greatsword held in both hands sat down low. A giant from the north who crouches down on his back and puts his feet forward wide.
Boom!
Leaving the echo of a bomb exploding, Darius slammed forward.
His every step was heavy and made his earth resonate.
Beep beep beep!
A warning sound from the ground again and an explosion.
Quaaagh!
It wasn’t just one or two.
A huge amount of bombs had been planted near the Doberman and they exploded all at once, causing flames and black smoke.
The Doberman slowly lowered his hand and inserted his revolver into his waist again.
Hooung!
The wind blew.
That’s also very tough.
A windstorm named Northweden.
“Ah!”
With a sigh, a mocking laugh penetrates the fumes.
Doberman hurriedly pulled out his revolver again, but it was too late.
“Is this the flame of the Republic!”
The cloak was all burnt, and the silver armor was already dingy and dark.
Indeed, Darius, the owner, walked forward the same way as the beginning, just being honest.
“It’s lukewarm!”
The great sword aimed precisely at Doberman’s heart and stabbed it.
Hmm 🤔