Episode 190
The rental house where Kelidos, Shion, and Hanette are staying.
The two spent their honeymoon wandering around the kingdom of Alain.
Of course, it was not that far from the capital, and escort knights and maids followed it every day.
Now we have reached the last day, and while we are enjoying our honeymoon, we are looking forward to our future plans.
“I have to go back now.”
“I have to leave tomorrow morning. I have something to do when I arrive.”
“… Are you talking about the Templars?”
Hannette recalled the things she had to do, and inadvertently spoke up.
Since the purpose was achieved, there was no reason to maintain the Knights.
In the future, he would not participate in battles as much as possible, so he had to organize them in advance.
“Cardinal Selena would have solved that.”
“Still, shouldn’t you be the one to finish?”
“It doesn’t. You have to give them a salary, and you have to arrange a place for them to eat.”
“Wouldn’t they be dissatisfied?”
“If you do it this far, nothing else will come out. It doesn’t happen often that they do this.”
“… Then it’s done.”
Harnette crosses her legs and sips her teacup.
As I took care of the things I had put off one by one, it seemed like my mind was at ease.
It would be great if I could afford a house like this, but I didn’t have that much money yet.
“Well… I don’t know if Cardinal Selena will accept my offer.”
“Wouldn’t that be a bit difficult? We’re not buying a house right away.”
“Something might happen in the meantime. Even if you were hired formally, the salary wouldn’t be easy.”
“Hey, why worry about money when you have a gold vein? Isn’t it important to dig up and sell quickly?”
“That’s the problem. It shouldn’t be difficult to dig, but you haven’t been digging yet, have you?”
“Um… … .”
He had already proved that there was a gold vein in the land given by the king, and he was creating a mining environment by borrowing money from the family.
However, it took more time than expected, and the cost was not small.
First of all, I couldn’t get the money to buy a house because I couldn’t mine gold at this point.
“If you go too fast, someone will get hurt. You’d better use your magic carefully. Because it might react with gold veins.”
“It doesn’t work out as well as I thought. I wanted to buy a house… … .”
Harnette puts down the teacup, revealing her regret.
I definitely prepared thoroughly, and I had been planning it even before getting married.
However, the timing was not right, and it only made my mind impatient.
“You don’t have to think hard. Do you still have time?”
“You did that? You can play well when you are young.”
“I did say so.”
“Don’t you think you can play well only if you have a house?”
“Are you still uncomfortable with the Duke of Adelaira?”
“… It’s not uncomfortable. I just want to be alone with you.”
Before the wedding, I was able to clear up some misunderstandings by talking to Robbins.
Of course, that doesn’t mean the past will disappear, but I couldn’t carry it with me until I died.
No matter how much he hated it, he was his father, and he couldn’t deny that lineage.
“Even if you stay here, you won’t interfere with us. Can’t you put up with it for a bit?”
“You will have to be patient. It’s better than going to your family.”
“… Can I hear you nagging?”
“I don’t know how the two of you will come out. Can’t it get worse than now?”
Hannette twisted her eyes while turning her head obliquely.
The Duke of Adelaira was where he had lived until now, and he wouldn’t be interfering constantly like he used to.
However, since the family of the Marquis Regard would treat her as a daughter-in-law, she had no choice but to point it out.
If a similar situation was repeated, he would not blindly tolerate it, and it could have serious consequences.
“Still, since she’s the daughter of a duke, are you trying to interfere?”
“You can also curse together. You said you couldn’t take care of your wife.”
“If you say that, I think I’ll go out on my own.”
“… You can’t do that.”
“What else can I do?”
“If you want to do it, it’s better for me to do it.”
“no. In this case, it is right for Setinos Quasar to step in.”
“Huh! What is that.”
Harnette bursts into laughter and waves her hands.
Satisfied with the reaction, Shion slowly lifts the cup.
“It’s a joke, but it will work. It’s not like anyone can become a Cetinos quasar.”
“If you do that, no one will talk to you?”
“It would have happened if I had been staring at her while making a face.”
“Did I hear that my marriage was wrong?”
“Do you want me to be the bad guy?”
“If you are bad, I will become a good and beautiful woman. How about sacrificing for me?”
“I’m doing well, but it’s sad to hear that.”
Shion looks back on her honeymoon with a smile on her face.
It was more relaxed and comfortable than ever, and there was nothing complicated about it.
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Just being with each other made the serenity fade.
“Now I will ask. married me… Don’t you regret it?”
“If I had regretted it, I would have run away a long time ago.”
“Can you finish it by running away?”
“Shouldn’t I be hiding for the rest of my life?”
“Didn’t the king even officiate?”
“ah… Is it the death penalty if caught?”
“Hee ha ha! Are you going to put me to death for running away?”
“That’s another thing I don’t know. I officiated, but wouldn’t it be a little angry if I ran away?”
“Um… … .”
Harnett had doubts, but for some reason it sounded plausible, so she agreed.
Shion gazes at it leisurely, then slowly tilts her head.
“Can we not go into battle again?”
“What do you mean? Didn’t you subdue them all?”
“It is true that the subjugation is over. Invasion has decreased, and now I don’t fight well with monsters. I so… … .”
Zion hesitates and says nothing.
Hannette waited quietly, then opened her mouth again belatedly.
“You mean strong guys might show up again?”
“I was just guessing. Because there is such a thing as if.”
I still couldn’t believe it.
The three great demon kings and the four great disasters were annihilated, and even the demons were eliminated.
It was such an ideal result that I couldn’t help but feel the difference.
“I’m worried about something that never happened.”
“right. I want to know why I am doing this too.”
“Isn’t there any sign of it?”
“There is no such thing. It’s just speculation, there’s no proof.”
“But why are you doing that?”
“Well… I don’t know either.”
“… … .”
Harnette stares at Shion in amazement.
Shion slowly avoids that line of sight and tilts his head.
“I’m here, what are you worried about?”
“Oh, what… you are stronger than me still… … .”
“Where is the dog? If something happens, I’ll take care of it, so just stick by my side. Okay?”
“uh… okay.”
“And… don’t think like that You think too much.”
“Isn’t that better than nothing?”
“Looking at you, you look better without it.”
“… … .”
Shion looks out the window at a loss for words.
As the sun slowly set, the orange light was fading.
In the meantime, time passed quickly, and I didn’t even seem to be aware of the fact that I was enjoying it.
‘In my life now… Twilight is coming.’
* * *
Mierne, the western region of the Alain Kingdom.
After Shion and Harnette returned to the Duke of Adelaira, they started to sort things out.
The dissolution of the Lihines Knights, the follow-up of the Knights, the seven demonic swords, Lesia’s artificial demonic sword, etc.
Since it was not possible to finish all the issues at once, I tried to tackle the easy ones one by one.
In the process, he inevitably had to get help from Enrite, and eventually came to the place where the gold vein was located.
“… Were you already working on it?”
“Because you have to dig it up quickly to get the money.”
Shion was looking around the gold vein with Hanette, Enrite, and Lesia.
Many workers were mobilized, and there were two or three earth attribute mages.
The ground was dug quite deep, and now they were making tunnels by erecting pillars all over the basement.
“Does Your Majesty know?”
“Yes, I made a report right after I found it. His Majesty said that there might be a controversy, so he told us to keep it a secret for the time being.”
“Everyone who should know by now should know, right?”
“So I decided to donate part of the gold to the palace. That way, the bureaucrats won’t interfere.”
“… It’s not a bad way, since you’ll have to pay it as taxes anyway.”
“A little more gives you an excuse. Your Majesty will be pleased too.”
Zion had taken steps in advance to avoid the controversy that would arise over the veins of gold.
The king was sure to be on his side if he paid a little more gold than the standard tax.
On top of that, since he was an incumbent Setinos Quasar and the royal family’s in-law, I wondered if it would be difficult even to receive criticism, let alone criticism.
“What are you going to do with the money you make here?”
“I will buy a house. If you can build a building, build it, and hire knights and maids. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something to write about?”
“So you said you would hire me as your exclusive paladin?”
“Yes, because I have plenty of money.”
“… … .”
Enrite silently chewed on those words and peered into the shaft.
The sunlight reached very little towards the entrance, but bright yellow colors were reflected.
There must have been more gold hidden inside.
‘Even if you buy a castle, you’ll still have it. Maybe I could buy more land.’
Gold was highly scarce and had many uses, so it was bound to be expensive unconditionally.
Not only nobles and merchants, but also royalty would try to buy gold.
Wouldn’t it be possible to live luxuriously for the rest of my life if I had this vein of gold?
‘I was worried about nothing.’
Enrite had been thinking a lot about Shion’s proposal.
Nobles were originally big spenders, and no matter how much money they had, there were many times when they wereted it.
Of course, two people wouldn’t waste money, but he decided that he couldn’t afford to hire him in the current situation.
‘I don’t have to take money, but black won’t tolerate it.’
Ordinary people will accept it unconditionally if they can hire that person without paying a fee.
However, Zion had an identity as a nobleman, and because he had accomplished many achievements, he had no choice but to stand on his own authority.
Even if he offered to do the work for free, he would not allow it, even out of pride, as it was an employment that did not pay for Shion.
‘If this happens… … .’
Enrite still pondered, but was leaning the other way.
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Kinesien had no reason to remain with the Holy Church, and he had no other goals.
It wouldn’t be bad to enjoy the leisure time of everyday life, even for a short while.
‘Can I accept the offer?’
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