113 – Each one’s way 2
Contrary to Blood’s idea that he would be rejected, her words rather ask her to accept her as a disciple.
Blood felt embarrassed about this, while recognizing that if the person concerned came out like this, he would have nothing to say.
‘The beginning is similar to a kidnapping, but what if the person is actively stepping out…’
Of course, there was still room for this to cause some problems later, but at least if it went this way, it was highly likely that it would not be related to ‘him’.
For witches, the most important thing is individual will.
Since he was also a witch like them, he should have been able to condone such a great principle.
When Blood was thinking like that.
At the words of the Bohemia woman who was willing to follow him, Soul was very happy.
“Indeed, I knew you would definitely make the right choice. From the first time I saw you, I could see that you and I have so many similarities.”
“Thank you for saying that. I will do my best to receive instruction.”
Even a few hours ago, they had been pointing knives and canes at each other, but after their interests coincided, the two began to show intimacy to each other.
“Then, let’s start with the voice over. My name is Soul Mary.”
“My name is.. k.. hmm.. hmm.. Freddie Mars.”
She speaks in a slightly awkward voice,
Listening to Freddy’s words, Soul smiled comfortably, feeling that she seemed to be quite nervous.
For her, she is her first disciple, and an existence that can be said to be too much for her talent alone.
In addition, even the appearance was sniping at her taste, so from Soul’s point of view, she was looking at Freddy with honey dripping eyes.
‘The more I look at him, the more I like him. I must raise her well and make a great witch whose name will go down in history. It would be nice if we could aim for a deeper relationship..’
*
Quinn introduces herself to the witches as Freddie Mars.
Having practically abandoned her status as a Bohemian aristocrat by hiding her name, there was only one thought in her mind at this moment.
‘Strong power.. that’s the only thing I’ll pursue from now on. The power to wipe out hundreds of thousands of enemies single-handedly. If I had that kind of power, I’d be able to get my hands on something bigger than the heir of Bohemia.’
I could very clearly feel the tremendous power of this woman called Soul in front of me from the point of being in direct contact with him.
In addition, according to the conversation I just heard, the two belong to the powerful Dragona Empire.
The queen thinks that if it is the Dragona Empire where the empress reigns as the leader, and because of that background, it is not discriminated against just because she is a woman, but only with pure skills, there will definitely be an opportunity to spread her wings to the fullest. there was.
‘Okay.. From now on I’m no longer Queen Andreas. From now on, as a disciple of a witch named Freddy Mars, I will live as I please!’
*
“Uh…what happened?”
“..Sorry.. I couldn’t find anything after all.”
Soldiers talking in voices full of sorrow in front of him.
Seeing their words, Count Turnen felt his whole body draining, and with his head bowed, he spoke in a troubled voice.
“..Okay.. stop.. go away.”
“… Yes.. Count.”
At the words of the owner who gave orders in a voice filled with despair, the soldiers left the room.
Immediately after being left alone in the room, Count Thurn covered his face with his hands and began to tremble in agony.
‘How… how could this happen… how could that child… how could my daughter, Queen…’
At this moment, as he thought of his daughter, who had been kidnapped by someone and whose life or death was unknown, in Count Turnen’s heart, sadness and deep guilt began to rise.
The eldest daughter of the Andreas family, and a high-class wizard queen who has one of the best skills in Bohemia.
Regarding this, Count Thurne was proud of his daughter, who would not be ashamed to present it anywhere, but he rarely showed it in reality.
If he had been an ordinary head of household and an ordinary father, he would not have hesitated to express his feelings.
However, Count Thurne was not such an ordinary father.
A lord who rules Bohemia, and a monarch who has the duty to embrace and lead various nobles.
For him, expressing affection for his children was inevitably related to succession issues, and in this regard, he had to pay attention to expressing affection for his children all the time.
In particular, in his position as he is determined to give his successor seat to his son, Santana, expressing affection for the queen was a problem that could affect the succession structure and further cause the division of Bohemia.
In particular, due to the competent aspect of the queen, this fact cannot help but appear even more prominently.
So far, Count Turnen intentionally refrained from expressing his affection for his daughter as much as possible, and this could only get worse in the situation where Santana, who had returned from running away, showed a competent appearance and was establishing her own position.
But at this moment…
At this moment, even the life and death of the eldest daughter, whom she had intentionally neglected while feeling sorry on the other hand, became unclear.
Count Turne couldn’t help but feel more sorry and guilty about his daughter, whom he had been ignoring.
‘No matter how much it was for Santana, I was too harsh.. No matter how much, I should have cared about the child to some extent.. At least I should have done my duty as a father..’
While feeling deep remorse for his actions.
At the same time, desperately wanting that child to stay alive and safe wherever he may be.
Count Thurn sat in the depths of the lord’s castle and wept alone.
*
“ha… ”
Caught in deep anxiety, I paced the room the whole time.
Due to the kidnapping of the queen, Bohemia and I are in an unpredictable situation.
In this situation, which is presumed to be the work of the emperor of the Holy Empire, I could not help but be seriously concerned about what conditions the cunning emperor would ask of us.
‘Even so, my father wouldn’t make a very drastic choice. At least you’ll have to bleed quite a bit. The question is, how big is it…’
In the first place, since it never happened in the original work, it was a situation where it was impossible to make a clear certainty no matter how much it was now, and as the ripple effect was also unpredictable, the anxiety was inevitably amplified.
That’s how it was at the time when I couldn’t catch my heart while showing my deep nervousness.
“I guess that’s not the case.”
“yes?”
Polena, who had been silent ever since the incident occurred.
I questioned her sudden remark.
“What does it mean? What do you mean it’s not?”
“About the raid that took place this time. No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem like the Emperor of the Holy Empire did anything.”
“But wouldn’t the emperor be the only one who would commit such a thing in the current situation? Mansfeld’s side is in a difficult position to take care of themselves, and among those who belong to the Heretic Alliance, there are no people who can make such an irrational move.”
“Certainly, from a political point of view, the Emperor of the Holy Empire is the most likely, but the problem is related to the actual evidence.”
“… What do you mean?”
“The magic that the raider used. Do you remember what it was?”
“Yes.. According to the testimony of the soldiers, the raider used magic to cast ghosts. And not just one or two, but a huge number of ghosts that may range from hundreds to thousands.”
“That’s right. Magic that manipulates the soul, which is taboo according to the doctrine, is different from the magic that magicians usually use to manipulate corpses. I know.”
“yes?”
At Polena’s unexpected words, my face began to show a deep sense of bewilderment.