Marriage
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“…Sure. Thank you for saving me.”
Perhaps, I should start with such greetings.
Even though there were dozens of women with a menacing glare and a noticeable aura that seemed like they could tear everything apart with their bare hands.
Otherwise, I feel like my head would explode right now.
“I’m glad you’re safe, Your Grace.”
“… “
No.
Holy Maiden.
You’re not even a fragment of a devil, so why are you speaking as if your eyes are filled with bloodlust?
If someone who doesn’t know sees this, they might believe that you’re a warrior instead of a holy maiden.
“…”
Hey, guys.
Although it’s true that I tried to raise your morale by disguising my crisis.
Just by looking at the current situation, it seems possible to conquer the world with just you guys…
“…For now, let’s go back to the Tristan Duchy operation. Can you stand up?”
Elnore, who drew her sword with the most demonic appearance among them, took a deep breath and uttered those words.
Fortunately, it’s not a big problem for me to move as she said. It’s all thanks to my specialized ability in enduring desperate situations and boosting all kinds of durability.
However, before I could respond to her words.
“Oh, no. Absolutely not. You can’t move with that body.”
Suddenly, Liru came closer and swiftly lifted me up.
As if she was saying that she would carry me just like that.
“…?”
Yes, it’s kind of her to consider my well-being.
But I’m really okay right now-
“hehehe, hehehe…”
Listening to Liru’s incessant uneasy laughter, shivers ran down my spine.
It’s like she gets excited just by making direct contact with my skin, as if it’s her own skin.
“-I’ll take care of it here.”
“Then this area is mine.”
“Ah, then this area is mine.”
…”
Before I could even finish my thoughts, a group of guys approaches me with determined steps and grabs onto my limbs tightly, leaving me speechless.
Are they carrying a corpse?
Before I could even say that I could walk on my own if they just put me on the ground, their hands creep up my body slowly.
“…Well, I think I can handle carrying it up to this point.”
“…Hmm, then I’ll only go up to this point.”
“Then I-“
“…Let’s just go quietly.”
Those were sincere words spoken from the heart.
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“Sigh.”
Returning to Tristan Manor, I lay on the bed and let out a sigh that feels like my soul is being pulled out.
It’s not just because I’m tired, but also because I don’t like being at a loss, and that feeling lingers heavily in my sigh.
[What’s wrong?]
“That guy took everything.”
[Huh?]
“The pioneer said so.”
At the beginning, that guy clearly said ‘pre-exploration.’
In other words,
I barely saw his handiwork.
On his part, it feels like he has thoroughly examined the ‘maximum output’ of this place.
“It’s not a completely one-sided loss, but…”
During the process, I somehow grasped what ‘foundation’ he possesses.
So,
His understanding of the ‘demon’ goes far beyond my expectations.
[Didn’t you neutralize or weaken the demon’s power?]
“That’s the Monster Exorcism Skill, and even the evasion method was clear.”
The neutralization technique used by the Monster Exorcism Skill is an absurd ability that can practically divide dimensions, so such a thing is possible.
With that kind of ability, revealing yourself as such is just plain.
However, on the other hand.
“… If we were to put out maximum power, it wouldn’t have been manageable, would it?”
Considering the situation of the old fortress we visited, it would be best to think of it as something that only Senhwa Ryun and Sen Gakja prepared.
It might have taken some time, but even so, the fact that only two people could make such preparations is threatening in itself.
Thinking about Sen Gakja’s actions, he will clearly try to capture and kill demons with the cooperation of the Holy Kingdom. If we start getting their support, I can’t even imagine how far we can go.
“…Anyway, there isn’t a single woman around me who isn’t a headache.”
[…Woman around you?]
Upon hearing what I said, Kallibai answered with a look as if she was about to lose her mind.
[Are you saying that Sen Gakja is a woman around you?]
“Yes.”
[…]
“What.”
[No, what. It sounds like you’re trying to twist it that way.]
“Then you’re not taking responsibility? You even had a child together.”
She answers with a chuckle.
[No, in the first place, the one you were close with is not you in the current timeline but in another world-]
“That’s not important.”
We need to pay attention to the fact that he came back to the past by ‘sacrificing’ something in the future.
In any case, he did that because he felt some value in the human named ‘Daud Campbell.
Then, I have a duty to respond to that.
“There are practical reasons, and also other ethical reasons.”
[Ethical reasons? Like not stopping the woman from coming, something like that?]
“No. That’s not it.”
This guy can’t seem to catch on.
“In the end, I’m the one who got married to her, used such harsh words.”
[…]
“If you’re free-spirited, you have to take responsibility for it.”
It’s an unpleasant responsibility, but what can you do.
I know it well growing up in a poor neighborhood and an orphanage. If it involves a ‘child’, even if you don’t like it, you feel a sense of responsibility.
“…There are often times when it’s hard to tell if you’re a great person or just insane.”
“I can only be thankful that I am not insignificant.”
With that reply, he crumples in the bed.
Anyway, whether a pioneer or a subordinate, there is still quite some time left.
“…When was the last time I took a break?”
Supporting his heavy eyelids falling down, he recalls such thoughts.
Now, until the ‘end.’
I only have one hurdle left to truly overcome. And I still have some leeway.
With that thought, he lets out a deep sigh.
It would be quite nice to take a short nap…
“Son, son-!”
“…”
Right.
What kind of frozen rest do I need in my busy schedule?
Thinking like that, as he raises his body gloomily, someone roughly opens and enters his room.
“…Father?”
Suddenly, without even realizing, he murmurs those words at the face of the person bursting into his room.
No, he already knew this person was inside the Tristane Duchy. Why did he suddenly appear like this?
As he ponders over such thoughts, his father forcefully pulls open the wardrobe next to him, blocking the door as if to stop any ‘pursuer’ from entering.
“What are you doing, Dad?”
To me who voices such words, my father approaches shakily and grabs my shoulders.
His demeanor seems as if he’s about to reveal the most important secret in the world.
“Run away.”
“…”
“It’s not too late even now…!”
“What?”
“I’ve experienced raising several, including you. Parenting is hell. It’s not something humans should do…!”
“…”
Curious about what my father is saying, I listen quietly while he walks towards me with half-opened eyes and tightly grips my shoulders.
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“I’ve heard what the Duchess said about you; they say you’re currently at least ten people…! I’m determined to squeeze everything out of you, even if it means crushing you completely…!”
“… “
“You’re walking into hell right now. Listen to me, Dowd, it’s not too late!”
No.
Why is he speaking like someone trying to stop a victim from a terrible fate in a horror movie?
“Just calm down-“
“You look calm! You have no idea what kind of ordeal you’re about to face! These women of the Duke are all experts in manipulating and enslaving men-“
Before I can even calm down my desperate father, someone knocks on the door from outside.
And then, there’s a voice with a seductive tone.
“Lord Campbell?”
“…”
My father stands frozen like a small animal facing its predator. It’s almost pitiful to see.
“Oh my, you should eat. After the meal, as usual, I will give you a massage♥”
“B-Bella, I have an estate to-“
“So-?”
“… “
What kind of person talks confidently about their adultery in front of their son?
I’ve heard this voice before.
Oh, it was Bella. Eleanor’s personal maid.
And as soon as I remember that, the door my father had blocked is roughly smashed. From the sight, it looks like it was kicked down in one go.
Indeed, even in the Empire, there are top-notch fighters like her if they are the personal maid of a lady of the court.
“Ah, the lord is also here?”
“… Lord?”
Isn’t this title a bit strange?
Officially, my father and I are guests here. But Bella talks about us as if we are part of the family.
“Well, from tomorrow onwards, we’ll all be one big family, so it’s okay to say it now, isn’t it?”
“… What?”
I’m staring blankly trying to figure out what she means, and Bella smiles brightly and adds.
“It’s the wedding
“…”
“When I heard what the lady said, even if the sky freezes over, they say they will definitely raise it tomorrow?”
“…”
“They say they can no longer tolerate being interrupted.”
No.
You should give them time to prepare.
Isn’t the speed too fast?
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