169 – 169 – Missing My Home #3
169 – Missing my home #3
When countless people shut their mouths at once.
There were times when a stillness that was cooler than a quiet empty field with nothing settled down around it.
Such was our situation now.
Everyone seemed intent on accepting the current situation with their mouths half-open or tightly shut at Nike’s cry of vomiting blood.
Then someone whispers
“It’s called Wild Rose… ?”
“Obviously now… The name of the Duke of Sardich… .”
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Just like a small pebble creates ripples in a calm lake.
Someone’s chatter started to shake the quiet courtyard of the main house like a big ripple and wave.
“What do you mean the duke was killed by the count?”
“Weren’t you attacked by bandits during the war?”
A situation full of questions.
Everyone’s eyes turned to Nike.
Because it was Nike who held the key in this situation.
Nike grabbed her chest with her hands.
Is there any pain?
As if to put up with it, he bit his lip and said.
“Everything I just said is true. I am Nike Wildrose. A person who grew up in this flower palace… . Also, my father… To the count’s torture… .”
dump.
Nike kneeling on one knee.
Then, slowly, his face tilted downward, his soft cheeks touching the dirt floor.
It seemed that he did not have the energy left to come to his senses.
“Nike.”
I went up to the fallen Nike and put my finger on his neck.
The pulse seems to be normal, but breathing is unstable.
“Is it poison?”
There seemed to be no other trauma other than a grazed arm by an arrow.
Perhaps the arrows the knights shot toward the roof were poisonous.
“Victor-kun, let me take a look.”
Enio, whose face was dumbfounded for a moment, approached and examined Nike’s complexion.
Nike, who was groaning as if suffering from a fever, pressed his cheek with his finger or pulled his ear, and finally came to a conclusion.
“This is [Seven Step Dog].”
“A seven-step dog?”
“It’s a kind of paralyzing poison. It got its name because a poisoned person collapses before taking more than seven steps. It looks like Nike’s blood vessels were pretty damaged from trying to hold on to the poison.”
“Can you cure it?”
“I think you’ll be fine if you get some sleep. Nike is tougher than you think because he lives tough.”
is it.
that’s fortunate
Even after being hit with poison that knocked me down in seven steps, I ran all the way to this distant palace.
If it’s natural that something in the body breaks down, it’s natural.
But Nike must have been unstoppable.
I can’t help but hate the man in front of me.
Yes, he is the one who murdered his father.
It’s rather strange if anger doesn’t boil over.
Of course, Count de Winter didn’t seem to approve.
“It’s a frame… ! Did I murder the Duke of Sardich? Although, it is true that I sided with the Allies at the end of the Wars of the Roses. Murdering the duke is a ridiculous accusation!”
He shouted at the soldiers and knights surrounding him.
However, the agitation of the soldiers and knights did not diminish.
“If it’s Nike Wildrose… .”
“You have the same name as the duke’s daughter. I know because I worked as a palace guard at the time. I was a little five-year-old back then… .”
“But didn’t you say that the princess was burned to death? You also checked the body. Everyone vomited during the autopsy and there was no fuss. Even now, when I close my eyes, I still remember it, it’s like a nightmare.”
“It was so charred that I couldn’t identify it. Maybe she wasn’t a princess… . look at that pink hair Such a color… You look just like the Duchess.”
People did not shut up despite the Count’s cry.
It is like the truth that spreads quietly without being covered by false thunder.
“Count de Winter, please explain.”
“What do you mean by killing the duke… !”
“You fools, do you believe the little girl’s words? Don’t be seduced by useless words!”
The situation was messy in many ways.
Among them, Victoria was the first to come to her senses.
“Victor, the story just now. To be honest, there’s a corner where I can’t believe it. did you ever know Nike is a member of the Wildrose family… .”
“… … .”
I nodded without speaking.
Then, Victoria seemed very embarrassed.
“Why did you hide that from me?”
“You didn’t ask.”
Of course, even if I asked, he wouldn’t have answered the truth.
Because I had no right to expose this fact.
But I’m just too busy adapting to this situation because it’s amazing.
To be honest, I thought Nike would hide his identity a little longer.
However, it seems that her hatred for the man in front of her was too great.
In the first place, this is the hometown where Nike may have lived as a child.
House.
If the man who murdered his father is acting as the owner in such a place… .
What if it were me
I couldn’t stand it.
There was a time when I drove my father to death, and even so, I went on a wild rampage toward the guys from the company who brazenly came to the funeral home.
So I had nothing to say to Nike.
This is because Nike was very similar to me.
not Victor.
The human Ha Seung-ri.
The reason I couldn’t leave Nike, who was living his life paying off his debts alone, was probably because he saw me.
A lot of thoughts swirled around and my head was a bit complicated.
It feels like I am standing alone in a busy street where many people come and go on a day with a lot of worries.
However, the steel heart I had soon pumped a calm composure into my head, and I was able to open my mouth.
“Nike is the daughter of the Duke of Wildrose. And there’s a high probability that the stories you just said aren’t lies either. At least I believe so.”
“Victor, that means… .”
When Victoria was about to say something.
The knights who were wearing armor heard my story and were greatly agitated.
“Avon was a man who never lied. If Avon’s son was the girl who stood out in front of people to protect… .”
“Aren’t you a real princess? The Duke and Avon were on good terms. It wouldn’t be strange at all if the son were to protect the duke’s daughter.”
Everyone seemed to be trying to understand the current situation with their own guesses and reasoning.
In this situation, Victoria seemed a little flustered.
“What is it, you guys? We knew each other from the beginning… ? Maybe, Victor. The fact that you broke off our engagement with me and formed a club with Mokey Mokey… .”
“Count, please clarify this fact!”
“You’re the one who announced that Princess Wildrose is dead!”
“You bastards, who dare to demand an explanation in front of you! Royal Guard, what are you doing!”
At Count de Winter’s cry, knights in white armor rushed in from the surroundings.
They were dressed in pure white armor, like the snow of winter.
“It’s the Knights of Winter.”
Enio, who was observing this situation, spoke softly.
“The knights are renowned for their torture and cruelty.”
indeed.
Are they the ones who shot arrows at Nike?
They seemed to be the servants of the de Winter family.
The situation where the soldiers and knights of the City of Flowers and the knights of the de Winter family are in a tense confrontation.
“Can’t you? I will cut.”
I put my hand on the scabbard.
Calot, Countess of de Winter.
you have crossed too many lines
“Take it sweetly.”
sereung-.
It was finally when I was about to draw the sword.
A knight in a white cloak with a neat mustache said to Count de Winter.
“Let’s go inside! We’ll take care of this!”
* * *
“Damn it!”
Head of the de Winter family.
Carlot de Winter let out a disgust as he entered his room.
“Nike Wildrose? Damn it!”
An unexpected person came out of an unexpected place.
“Are you saying she wasn’t the bastard daughter of old Lesh?”
The villain “raccoon dog”, who is often active in the Flower City, was known only as Lesh’s daughter.
I just knew it was the same monster as that monster.
no way… .
“I never thought the princess I missed back then was still alive.”
At the same time as being embarrassed, I felt like I was going to laugh for some reason.
“The gods have not yet abandoned this sword. The sluggish map search work… . Maybe this time we can speed it up.”
Nike Wildrose.
Daughter of the Duke of Sardich.
Count Carlot also remembered that face because he had visited the princess’s birthday party before.
Although she was only five years old at the time, she was an impressive girl with pink hair resembling a duchess.
“is it… . Did she run away to the Lesh Guard Forest and live as the daughter of that monster Lesh?”
A monster reputed to hate humans and eat them raises a princess like a daughter.
The Count didn’t understand the situation, but he didn’t have to.
The only important thing is that the princess she thought she missed at the time is in her main house.
Of course, it could be a big risk that the princess who had been declared dead was alive and that the truth about her murder of the duke would be revealed, but it soon got better.
“If you only get the crown… !”
If you only get the crown located somewhere in Ludens, you can get absolute power.
Absolute obedience to the owner of the throne.
because that’s the rule
“So, did they catch them? How are you?”
Count de Winter asked the knight commander Icicle.
Icicle then strokes his mustache once and gestures towards someone in the hallway.
Sukdeok Sukdeok.
Knight Commander Icicle, who had a conversation with the young knight, said.
“There is a slight delay. It seems that since there are two princesses, I can’t carelessly touch them… . If only an execution order is given.”
The face of the man, who is as cold as an icicle, flashes.
These are the Knights of Winter, who live and die at the command of the Count.
If there is an order, the opponent will attack whether it is a princess or a duke.
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Just like during the war ten years ago.
“How about holding the two princesses of Arclight and Blackstar hostage here?”
“A hostage.”
At the knight commander’s words, the count felt a sense of humiliation.
However, what comes to his mind is the majesty of the duke’s family he saw ten years ago.
“Nope. If you move too hastily, Cain, that man can move.”
“Is it the Sword Master?”
“Yes, it doesn’t matter what happens to the retired Duke of Blackstar. Cain, he’s a monster. Because he’s the man who defeated Avon. It’s quiet now, but if such a person goes to war again… .”
The Count felt the difference in the war.
A ducal family inheriting the blood of the King of Heroes.
That’s how strong their power is.
The difference drove the Count crazy.
complex.
He himself knew that it was eating away at the count’s heart like moth.
‘Why did I arrange an engagement with his daughter while courting Orca Arclight? Of course, if this thing goes well, the engagement will be fine.’
You have to think.
‘Think of a good way, Carlot…’ !’
push yourself
He is a man who has risen to a position where he can stand shoulder to shoulder with the dukes with just one trick.
When I wonder if there is a better way this time.
A knight running from the hallway shouted.
“Count, they are trying to get out of the palace!”
“What?”
You can’t miss the pink bird that came into your hand.
A war against the crown and dukes.
The Count, weighing the two, finally shouted.
“Hold everyone! This is what happened, holding them hostage and going to war… ! Mobilize all forces!”
“That, that… . Except for the Knights of Winter, soldiers and knights… . I didn’t follow orders… . It is not easy to stop them.”
“what? anyway it is Are you saying it’s hard to stop kids who barely even have a contract?”
“Well, the daughters of the dukes are too strong, and the Avon son… .”
Is he Avon’s son?
‘That bastard, he really tried to cut me down.’
How many youngsters could wield a sword at the Count?
If the leader of the Knights of Winter hadn’t intervened, he would be by now… .
Thinking about it makes me goosebumps.
“It didn’t seem like an ordinary kid. damn bastard.”
But, on the one hand, it was completely understandable.
Avon is a man who was called universal.
Was it a story passed down like a myth that cut down a huge iron bridge with a sword and stopped the advance of the allied forces?
If the Count himself hadn’t been there, he would never have believed it.
‘Only after defeating Avon, who was praised as the strongest of the time, was Cain Arclight recognized by the world as a swordsman.’
Rather than his own skills, the fact that he ‘defeated Avon’ made him a swordsman.
For some reason, Cain took Avon’s son and raised him.
father’s talent.
And it was thrilling to imagine what kind of monster Carlot would become if he resembled only half of Cain’s talent.
To turn such a guy into an enemy?
“… It’s embarrassing. You must be killed right here. Any path other than that is tantamount to my defeat.”
The Count fiddled with the “stone mask” placed in the room.