70 – 23. Intersection.(2)
Ten days ago.
“Rueld. It’s hard to see a guy like you.”
As for Ornia, who was wearing her long silver hair like a blanket, it was difficult for anyone to predict that she was quite old from the outside.
Nevertheless, if there is a part where you can get a glimpse of her age, it is her composure and attitude.
She was half lying on the big sofa in her VIP room.
She then glared at Rueld, who had stepped inside her as if she were condescending.
“… I have no face.”
“Why are you dying? Are you already scared of getting scolded by me? Or what? Did you hear any strange news from the kids?”
“… ….”
Geornia and Hamern, the blond elf standing behind her, just stood there without showing any sign.
Just.
As for the bright eyes brimming with the two pairs of greenery, he closely followed Rueld’s every move.
“I thought about it for a few days… As long as it’s not being avoided, she decided to make a decision.”
“… What do you mean by decision?”
“Melineos. It seems the child had a precognitive dream.”
“Why did you do that to me? Could it be that it has something to do with Kariel?”
“What is it? That reaction, like hearing it for the first time?”
Rueld thought.
If he dares to tell himself, he must have a good reason.
Above all.
… Rueld was also in a very confused state after hearing the information he had received from Patina.
I reported to myself first, not to anyone else… It would be close to a courtesy of sorts.
And soon, when the contents are delivered to the upper level….
“Looking at your expression, you must have noticed something?”
“… ….”
“Melineos can’t remember the dream, but he must have been the golden beast who made it that way.”
“…… Yes?”
What are you talking about?
Why is the golden, wisdom devil mentioned here?
“I don’t know the details. Maybe it’s like a convenience. Even a speck of dust should be able to affect an existence of that size.”
“Is Melineos all right?”
“As I looked… okay. There’s nothing wrong with it.”
That’s why I was more anxious.
What kind of mindset did that crazy bastard come up with?
To be rude until death.
“Today or tomorrow… I intend to catch a glimpse of what it really is. Because I can no longer overlook it.”
“… ….”
The content that Rueld himself came across was also shocking, but I didn’t expect something more to come out of it.
No.
“… Perhaps it has something to do with what I have come across.”
“Again… What? What else do you have?”
Why are you doing that to make me suddenly nervous?
“… Let’s discuss where everyone is. By now… You would have been given everything.”
“Oh! What keeps popping out? What the hell are you hiding from me?!”
“… I have no face.”
—-
“… Is that true?”
“This is the testimony of Alessia, the 4th rank saint of the Order, who bears the name of Patron.”
The princess, El Hermina, was shocked to see her eyes black.
This is not something to be laughed off as a joke.
Moreover, she doesn’t like jokes.
Is that why?
There wasn’t even the slightest bit of emotional space to think of it like that.
“Possibility of lie or bluff?”
“… About the birth of the holy relic in Kariela of Baronence, it is thought that the report has been passed on to the church and the empire.”
“… Okay. The name was not included, but I received additional news that a young man named Ruel, who continued to train as a knight, made a great contribution.”
Said El Hermina, brushing her red hair.
“Of course, we all know that is Kariel.”
“… ….”
“Patina. She should tell you in detail what that saintess said to you, from beginning to end.”
Patina showed her respect and calmly talked about what she had heard.
Since this cannot be left as a document, the report has not been organized separately.
Nevertheless, Panita’s complexion seemed to be used to this, and there was no blockage in the language she spoke.
Kariel saved a village she passed by.
The saintess Alessia and Baron Baronense’s second son, Luke, and their small army joined there.
The party that accompanied Cariela like that, in commemoration of St. Cariel’s Day, took a peek at St. Cariel’s memories during the excavation work conducted by Philbar of the Edenrevan Regiment, who had been dispatched to find out the castle in the past….
“The Holy Relic.”
The story is amazing even after hearing it, and it makes you think about it in many ways.
But that wasn’t all that mattered.
Originally, Alessia tried to accompany her, but Kariel refused.
And what I said was important.
“Unconditional affection. Even kindness to him now… Was it a very precious grace?”
A sigh escapes.
If it was natural, it was natural… Why is he….
It feels like being awake and falling into a merciless nightmare.
“That’s why you’re saying you shouldn’t get involved with the cursed self.”
I don’t know what the curse is.
However, it was said that it was the curse of the demon king.
Above all, you colluded with the Demon King. She feels something unusual about that expression.
“A curse indeed… Some external action we don’t know… Did you mean there was?”
This is where things become important.
The point at which Kariel was exposed to it.
If it was like that by birth… It gets very serious.
If he had his teeth covered when he was a hostage… This also gets serious.
However, if he returns to the Empire and finds out the true nature of such a curse… No, he skipped one thing.
What if he was exposed to it shortly after returning to the system? Or did that happen in the near future?
“… ….”
Or really.
That time when I broke into the treasure house… Was it inevitably tied up?
In this case, it is not surprising that it was inevitable, even if there were external or internal secret forces that encouraged it to happen.
Then why is she Kariel?
No, on the contrary, is it because of Kariel?
Her head gets complicated.
It’s impossible, but the air feels cold.
No.
Apart from the rising heart rate, the body temperature may be rapidly draining with blood.
It doesn’t match in many ways, but if you feel dizzy, it’s definitely true that your blood pressure is dropping.
Isn’t it? Is it the other way around?
“… Can you repeat what I just said to Your Majesty one more time?”
“If you order.”
“… ….”
It was El Hermina who had heard directly from Geornia that she had read ominous omens in the precognitive dreams of her own mother, Melineos.
With that alone, her head hurt, and a problem she hadn’t even imagined popped up again.
That’s even beyond imagination, in the worst form.
“Did you say Alessia? 4Th rank saint? Guardian?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“… She showed so much interest in Carl… Is it. How could her short-lived encounter allow her to be so affectionate? Ah… okay. Compared to her peers, Carl’s appearance is outstanding, so it could be, but….”
For some reason, Elhermina felt a sense of shame.
Regret is late, and regret is even more late.
The lingering feelings remain the same all the time, though they swell from time to time.
“If it helps him, I’d be happy to bless him. If only she could comfort him as she is by his side.”
“…… Majesty.”
“We’ll have to wait and see.”
It might be love like measles.
It may be a love close to impulse.
Or desire, faithful to lust, lust based on instinct.
It doesn’t matter at all.
If only I could love and affectionate him with sincerity and truth to the end, even if the beginning was inappropriate.
… Originally, love is sometimes hatred, and doesn’t it come from hatred?
She had no intention of denying the myriad forms, many forms, of love.
Innocence and innocence, that isn’t the only beautiful and pure love.
Rolling in the mud and getting hit and miss.
If only she could bloom in it, she was ready to accept it.
“Just watching, I guess this is the end.”
However, if things were tangled up in the worst possible way.
She could see how her father would respond and what kind of attitude Rueld would show.
“The knot should come undone.”
I had a hunch that it would not be easy.
Even she was clever, she couldn’t come up with a clear answer in this situation.
—-
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“They said they found traces near Metran Kingdom.”
I was late because of the difference in hair.
I somehow managed to catch the news that I boarded the ship and went to Dabas, but that’s it.
After that, there was no way to figure out the situation.
So, all Rueld could do was infiltrate Dabas and examine the additional circumstances.
Amid the early dawn fog gently cuts through the forest.
After feeding the hawks, I sent them flying into the air.
Simple signals and warnings can be resolved with a beacon, but this is weather dependent.
Above all, it is impossible to convey complex content, so at that point the only way to do it is to use a person to deliver it.
However, no matter how fast a person is, there is a limit.
Therefore, using a tamed bird or a specific animal is a fairly old way of conveying information.
And a much faster and more systematic means of communication than that is the method of using special spells or magic.
This is also a method, and each method is different, but what the empire can use systematically is mostly limited to magical means.
In this case, the issue of needing a wizard to accompany them came to the fore, but the Empire always spared no support in this respect.
An ancient empire that did not have such means. In Vera, the post office system was operated by the state, but even that had clear limits.
There.
The Berk Empire reached a compromise to some extent by combining post offices and sorcery communications, and by scattering intermediary communication offices that doubled as post offices throughout the empire.
However, as long as it is located in a fixed location, it is difficult to feel a sense of efficacy unless it is located on the route or nearby.
From there again.
The usefulness of telecommunication birds trained through magic or special taming is on the rise.
Especially if you are infiltrating a foreign country like now.
“Yes.”
In a forest reminiscent of a damp wetland because it rained last night.
Rueld, who scattered the firewood that produced only small smoke without an ember, stood up.
Inwardly, it is a unique knightly conquest, but it is wrapped around it like a coat again.
The brown coat even with the hood looks like that of an ordinary traveler, but even this is an obvious magic tool.
From now on, he must cross the country, and if that is not enough, he must trespass into another country without permission.
Personal risk is not a problem.
However, as he could not overlook the diplomatic friction and conflict caused by his own existence, he was about to be cautious.
“Additional locations will be communicated as soon as they are identified.”
“Metran. Why did you go there?”
For Rueld, no matter where the continent was, there was a corner that reminded him of many thoughts.
Because there were battles and battlefields everywhere.
Also, all kinds of ties and bad ties that were entangled there.
However, I didn’t like that kind of thing now.
“… ….”
He repeatedly recalled what had happened ten days ago.
As the emperor and brother, he persuaded Rueld to prioritize this above all else.
… I wondered if Rueld himself was doing this right now.
The princess, Elhermina, repeatedly emphasized that it would be impossible without you.
To the point where she says she wants to go herself, she must have been really anxious.
“Let’s go.”
As for the number of people, it was limited to Rueld himself and Patina in the name of carrying out the task.
If other countries had found out about this, they would have been shocked and restless.
Everyone on the continent knows that he would never do such an outrageous thing.
… Even so.
In a situation where a knife is thrust into the throat, no one will be able to stay calm.
The fact that Rueld, though single, entered his own territory.
After all, that’s what it meant.
‘Ermina.’
How long can you hide it?
Although Geornia took her circumstances into consideration, I didn’t ask.
By the time her postpartum preparation is over, she might feel something strange about her.
No.
By now, you may have already begun to understand the circumstances of the situation.
Even while moving on the horse, Rueld kept repeating what he had heard.
In the end, Geornia, who once again reconfirmed Melineos’ dream, told him the shocking truth.
No, maybe that’s not true.
Geornia sorted out the situation.
After she finally coordinated her opinions with everyone there, she directed towards Rueld.
[You have to call Kariel and ask him directly. What happened And by all possible means and methods… We will have to solve this.]
Otherwise.
[…] We all have to keep our eyes open to see that child become the demon king and reduce the empire to ashes. Is it just an empire? I don’t think so.]
So Rueld.
[If you don’t want to harm the child with your own hands, he has no chance now.]
The most serious of all.
[The golden beast is, perhaps, alive or resurrected.]
This is an unprecedented crisis that should never be overlooked.
[Put all your effort. If that is not possible.]
Rueld You, you will later face a choice you will regret more than ever.
[To prevent such a tragedy from happening. Even for you, the child himself, and all of us.]
Absolutely.
[Bring the child to Jedo safely.]
Maybe.
The situation may have deteriorated irreversibly.
But….
“… ….”
Because that doesn’t mean giving up.
Why did things get so bad?
Perhaps until he heard the truth from the child himself.
He will continue to ask himself questions and questions like original sin.