170 – 170 – Missing My Home # 4
170 – Missing my home #4
“Follow me!”
“I headed over there! Don’t miss it all! Catch all the princesses and students of Ludens!”
Angry voices of people came from behind us.
If you stay like this, you might get caught.
“How far do you have to go to get out of this mansion?”
I held Nike in my hand and ran as hard as I could.
However, no matter how much he ran, there was no sign of getting out of the mansion’s garden.
This is why the mansions of the bourgeois are… .
Even if I make a lot of money later, I have to build a house frugally.
While I was thinking about that, someone gestured in front of me.
“Did you say Victor? It is this way. If we go this way, we can run all the way to the forest!”
“I can’t lose the princess again. This time… !”
They were knights who worked as servants of the de Winter family and guards of the City of Flowers.
Situation is circumstance, so stop guessing why, they were kind enough to help me and Nike.
“Come on! We will stop you!”
Kang, Kachang-!
The sound of sharp metal hitting.
And angry shouts follow.
“Catch the princesses! Don’t miss out on all the students!”
Enio was taken aback by that sad cry.
“Why us… ? Count Carlot, do you know what you’re doing? It’s sinister, but I didn’t expect you to be this stupid.”
Soon, Cristina, who had been observing the situation silently for a while, also said a word.
“They’re trying to catch us, Ludens students. Look what happened to your hair This is turning people around the world into enemies. why would you do this… !?”
To that, Victoria replied.
“This situation is worth it. Count Carlott is a mean man, but not a stupid man. They did it because they thought it would be beneficial to turn us into enemies.”
As expected, as many people joined forces, the situation was judged quickly.
If you get caught, you won’t see anything good.
My healing life will also be far away.
I don’t know anything else, but I can’t stand that.
After all, I should have cut it without hesitating earlier.
“As expected, do I have to walk the path of defeat?”
It was when I made a promise to myself.
“Are you talking about the path of Pedo…? ? For some reason, it’s a very nymph-hating word… !”
Arnoi, hurriedly running next to me, made a useless tackle.
Pedo’s road, I don’t want to walk that way either.
It seems that at the end of the road there will be no healing, only iron manacles.
“It’s not Pedo, it’s Paedo. I can tell the difference. Anyway, from now on, we will remove everything blocking our path.”
Secret game for deceased people, hard game mode.
I pull out the magic sword from my waist.
Reflecting the torchlight and moonlight, the demonic sword Tyrbing began to shimmer in red, like a tongue thirsting for blood.
“Catch the nymphs too… ! Those guys make money… !”
“hehehehe… ! I hate nymphs… !”
“This ariole is far from money… !”
Run through a city full of confusion.
Fortunately, soldiers and knights cleared the way or blocked the pursuers along the way, otherwise it would have made things considerably more troublesome.
“Ugh, rain, Viktor… .”
It was almost time to arrive in front of the forest.
Nike, who was hugged by me, seemed to have come to his senses a little.
“Victor… .”
“I heard that there is a possibility that the intestines have been damaged. Nike, don’t tell me.”
“I’m sorry, Viktor… . I do whatever I want… . We are partners… . at will… . sorry. Viktor, don’t abandon me… .”
“That story will be told later. Don’t tell me you might bite your tongue.”
Afterwards.
We can talk to you after you safely escape from here.
One thing is certain, from this moment on, it is no longer just Nike’s revenge.
“Hey, I can see the forest… !”
Arrived at Rash Guard Forest.
The forest at night was very dark and gloomy.
It’s to the point where I wonder if it’s right to go into this place.
However, the knights of winter were chasing after them.
The blood dripping down their pure white armor is quite creepy.
whose blood is it?
“Those guys are trying to go into the forest.”
“It’s dangerous if you don’t catch it here.”
The knights did not hastily approach us, who had our backs to the forest.
But we don’t know how long this confrontation will continue.
“Is it really okay to go in here? Inside, something terrifying… .”
When Victoria trembles as if she feels uneasy about the forest.
Fishy.
Something has torn us apart.
If Hilde hadn’t blocked it with her hand, either Ariol or Arnoi might have been hit by it.
“Those guys shot arrows.”
Hilde broke the arrow in her hand.
However, there was no time to resent this situation, and the knights were seen pulling arrows on their bowstrings.
“Let’s go into the forest first.”
* * *
The night forest was like another world.
I can’t see the road at all.
Thanks to that, he had to overcome cliffs and rugged waterways to finally reach the forest keeper’s hut.
Domina, who was waiting for us under a torch in the cabin, looked at us and asked with a serious expression.
“I thought it was very upsetting. Everyone’s face——was there a war of some kind? What the hell is going on? Why is Miss Nike like this?”
You must have a lot of questions.
But there was not enough time to explain.
“You have to get out of the woods, no, out of the West. Domina, can you identify the ship from the booklet? We have to go back to Ludens.”
Right Now!
Perhaps feeling my haste, Domina flipped through the booklet.
After looking out for wagon roads and ships in the West for a long time, she said, “There is a ship here that leaves tomorrow at 6:00… .” He blurted out.
How many hours are left at 6:00 in the morning?
Cristina, who slumps down while counting the time.
“I thought it was a vacation trip. what the hell is this These days, for some reason, I feel like I keep getting caught up in these incidents.”
I think so too.
There is not a single day that is quiet.
… Perhaps.
If I don’t finish all the main episodes, if I don’t see the ending, won’t leisurely days come in my life?
There are enough possibilities.
When I came to that thought, I felt the dice in my pocket stand out exceptionally.
“Chef Victor is looking over there… !”
Fire.
A fire soars in the forest.
I can feel the presence of many people from afar.
“Did the knights come all the way to the forest?”
It looks like they are set on fire on purpose.
-Moke~Moke~.
-Moke… .
Mokey mokeys are running around everywhere.
In this urgent situation, Nike seemed to have come to his senses.
“Because of me… . the forest… .”
“No, not because of you. Those who set the fire are wrong.”
But whether it was the poison or the situation, Nike seemed to be out of his mind.
Soon Nike was looking around, trying to find something.
“Dad… . Dad… .”
Nike eagerly searches for her father with a locked neck.
Soon a giant appeared from inside the cabin.
He looked down at Nike.
Then he said it heavily.
“It’s time to leave the forest, Nike.”
“Dad… .”
“Now, leave the forest. This is the result of your choices. Nike Wildrose. How to be responsible for the choices you make. Look at what you called.”
“… … .”
Nike kept his lips shut.
There were many things I wanted to say, but I couldn’t seem to get them out.
In fact, Forest Keeper Lesh’s opinion was very right.
This forest is no longer a safe area.
It was because more troops than expected were narrowing the encirclement as if they were prepared to burn the forest. It also smells of sulfur and oil.
“I will tell you the way out.”
Lesh pointed to a corner of the forest with his finger.
Soon, as if trees and grass are alive, they move on their own to create a path.
rumble-.
All the Mokey Mokeys who had fled the burning forest fled there.
Animals in the wild have a good sense of crisis.
It seems certain that the other way will lead you out of this burning forest.
Forest Keeper Lesh spoke even more sternly.
“Come on, Nike Wildrose. You chose to become an avenger of humans, not my daughter. This is the result of your choices.”
“… … .”
Nike hesitates.
I grabbed that guy’s arm.
“Get out.”
I had to carry Nike because he couldn’t move well because he was poisoned.
When I was turning my back on the forest keeper.
The forest keeper said in a low voice.
“Did you say Victor?”
“Yes.”
“Please take good care of my daughter.”
Barr.
I feel Nike on my back tremble.
“Dad… ! Hey, let this go… ! Victor, let me go… !”
Nike struggling.
However, it is impossible to escape from me with the power of a person who has been poisoned.
I put Nike on my back and ran with everyone.
A truly great escape.
It was when I got out of the forest and arrived at the outskirts where there were no roads or buildings in sight.
puheheheh.
In the shadows, I heard the galloping of a black horse with black eyes shining.
When I turned my head, there were two black carriages standing there.
“That… , our family… .”
Enio is slightly surprised.
Soon, someone with a black mask covering his face approached Enio.
“This is a letter from the Duke.”
The black shadow handed over the rolled scroll to Enio.
After reading it, Enio wonders, “Where on earth have you been watching?”
Cristina said about it.
“It was true that Duke Black Star’s information network was spread throughout the kingdom. How did something that happened in the west reach the ears of the duke in the north and even come to the letter?”
It’s great.
It was nice to be able to get help thanks to that.
“Hey!”
The black-masked coachmen whipped and the horses sped down the dark road.
A wagon that runs on a road without an inch of light.
“Awesome.”
honestly admirable
Nike, of course, didn’t seem to.
“Dad… . Dad is in danger… . I-I have to go back… .”
Nike kept trying to get away from us.
Are you worried about the father you left behind?
“It’s not time to worry about forest keepers, Nike. Nike Mokey Mokey, wake up. Right now we don’t have enough time to worry about other people.”
In the first place, the forest keeper is the kind of person you don’t have to worry about.
No, after all, he’s not even human in the first place.
The guy is like… .
Nike didn’t seem to understand the forest keeper’s identity, but he wasn’t even a forest keeper in the first place.
There’s no way such a being would be defeated by de Winter’s knights.
As long as we live, we will meet again someday.
boo woo woo-.
When we arrived at the port, the sun was already rising.
A port where the east rises.
There are a lot of soldiers lying around it.
Gee-gritting Enio.
“The troops are already here… . I have no choice but to break through.”
A black shadow shook Enio’s palm.
I wonder if I have no choice but to exercise my skills as Enio said.
“Leave it to me. 3 meals. “Cleaving the Wind”.
Fishyuk, Sak.
“What, what! What just flew by!”
“Is it magic… !?”
As soon as he got off the wagon, the attack he swung seemed to stir up the soldiers.
Forced breakthrough through that open gap.
“Incandescent bullet… !”
“Princess Arclight, you and I are in-laws… ! Can we do this!?”
“What did you say! You guys tried to catch me first!”
Enduring a chaotic melee, we managed to get on board.
Boo-woo- Finally the ship honked and proceeded.
The morning sun shone over our heads as we stood on the deck and gasped for breath.
Too bad it’s been a long day.
* * *
Thankfully nothing else happened during the few days on the ship.
The de Winter family’s influence seems to have been lost in the great Ludens Strait.
Defeating the sea monster might have helped, and the storm was calm, so we were able to arrive at Ludens sooner than expected.
“It’s finally arrived… ! Arnoi, if you’re outside of Ludens, you’re fed up with it… .”
“This Ariole also likes this island… .”
After many twists and turns, Ludens of summer vacation arrived more peaceful than expected.
Funnily enough, it even feels stable.
“Has this really become my home?”
They say you’ll be a high school student when you leave home.
That’s right.
“Hoeh eh-. In addition to-! Here’s some heartwarming news from the mainland… ! In addition to… !”
“Hoenoi, I’ll take a newspaper.”
As soon as I arrived, I bought the newspaper.
News from the mainland that had not been heard on the ship has been written in many ways.
“Is the kingdom engulfed in war again?”
“A summons order has been issued from the capital due to the murder of Count de Winter and Duke of Wildrose.”
“Duke Arcwright, in the royal capital recently, accused the de Winter family of inhumane charges—.”
“Seonghwangcheong, who had been silent for years. Cooperate with the Duke of Arkwright’s family to investigate the de Winter family’s heretical behavior—”
On the mainland, things are still dizzy.
The good news is that Cain Arkwright started attacking Count de Winter?
And moving up to “Seonghwangcheong”?
Everyone is attacking like a shark that smells blood.
“… I will go back first.”
Nike got off the boat and was very weak.
It seemed a bit like that kind of guy going back to the dormitory alone, so I decided to warn Arnoi.
“For the time being, keep an eye on Nike. Because I can’t go into the women’s dormitory.”
“I only believe in this Arnoi… !”
Somehow I’m not trustworthy.
Should I ask Victoria or Enio?
No, I’ve been feeling some strange air currents in the boat these past few days.
Should I say that Enio and Victorica can’t approach Nike recklessly, unlike before?
Should I say I’m on the fence?
Knowing that Nike is the daughter of an old duke, it must have become ambiguous to decide on an attitude.
What will happen in the future?
I mean us
It was time for me to think that I should go back to the club room and sort things out.
“Hey, are you Miss Victoria?”
A woman with a bag on her side and a bread hat came toward us.
Soon after, she handed Victoria a letter sealed in the shape of the sun and left.
“This is the pattern of the head family.”
Victoria was puzzled when she saw the letter addressed to her.
It was after breaking the seal and unfolding the contents.
“What is this… . Are you engaged? By the way, by the way, who do you like? come now… !?”
Victoria seemed terribly perplexed.
No, it seemed angry and humiliated.
You’re engaged.
What do you mean?
“You finally came to Ludens. my fiancée. I have been waiting for it for a long time.”
I heard a rather thin voice.
As I turned my head towards the voice, a man with dark hair tied back and a bright smile was approaching us.
Are you about a head shorter than me?
Its body is quite slender and small, but the aura it exudes is unusual.
Most of all, he was wearing a white formal attire that would be worn by the priests of [Seonghwangcheong].
It’s a dress that’s not easy to find.
a little greedy
As he approached, Victoria asked again.
“what? Who are you? what did you just say… .”
“Miss Victoria, did you not receive a letter from the Arkwright family? I am Priest Eclair, who was dispatched to Ludens from the Holy Office this time.”
It’s an eclair.
It’s like bread.
The moment she was suddenly hungry, Victoria was taken aback.
“If it’s an éclair, that crybaby éclair… !?”
“You seem to remember me. This is truly destiny. I am so blessed to be engaged to Miss Victoria, my childhood benefactor.”
Engaged to Victoria.
When I wondered what this meant again, Victoria said, shaking the hand holding the letter.
“Nonsense. is this real? what nonsense… . you and i are engaged it’s impossible Impossible, you know. you-”
“Let’s go inside and talk. This engagement is for the contractual alliance between Seonghwangcheong and the Arclight family, but the opinions of the parties are important when it comes to engagement. A story I haven’t shared before… .”
“What.”
The priest of Seonghwangcheong, who identified himself as Eclair, pushed Victoria on the back and dragged her somewhere.
Cristina, who was looking at him, shook her head as if she had come to her senses.
“Engagement, what do you mean?”
Regarding that, Enio frowned slightly before replying.
“Perhaps the Arklight family is trying to join hands with Seonghwangcheong. Because of this, the engagement between the de Winter family and the Orca Arcwright must have fizzled out.”
Enio’s attitude was calmer than expected.
In this situation, Hildemann only frowned as if he was the only one who didn’t understand.
“But it is an impossible story. That Eclair… .”
Then, no, no, he blurted out his words.
“It won’t be a fuss as soon as we get back.”
I have to admit honestly.
It’s so different from the game episodes I used to know.
It’s already DLC and it’s not at the level of something.