74 – 19. Guests (5)
“Once again, my apologies, Master of Lichtenau.”
The woman continued to apologize to Shien.
It wasn’t aimed at Shien, but the blade was pointed at her.
It was only natural that this could lead to major problems.
‘Or maybe it’s because of Adele.’
Are you worried that Adele will get into trouble?
Or did Adele preempt what she would say to her?
At any rate, the woman politely asked for forgiveness.
After replying that it was okay, Shien took a close look at the woman who suddenly appeared.
Aside from covering half of her face with her bangs, she is perfectly normal.
Even if you look at the cooking, it seems that she is not more beautiful than herself.
This is not a subjective evaluation, but an extremely objective evaluation.
I wondered if the captain of Wolfheddin was Adele, so maybe there were only pretty boys and girls.
It seems that Adele was an existence that could not be handled even in terms of appearance.
Even so, Shien looked at her with quite uneasy eyes.
It bothers me that she seems to know Adele well.
We asked each other how we were doing, and I felt it right there.
That there is something between them that Shien himself does not know.
It’s something you can never have.
“How did you get here?”
“Did you catch Warwolves near the western and northern borders some time ago?”
“… Were you there?”
“no. I saw it by chance on the way.”
She shrugged once and smiled.
“Don’t ask how I knew. It’s too cool. Soldiers can’t do that. Even as a knight, it’s not that cruel. Above all, there is no sign of a large army fighting. Then there is only one answer.”
“… .”
The woman who said that far smiled slowly from the corner of her mouth.
Then, after lightly bowing once, he opens his mouth.
“It’s been a while, Captain.”
“… How have you been, Roxanne?”
At Adele’s question, the woman, Roxanne, nodded.
“At first, I didn’t think so. I wondered if it was just my colleagues who retired first. But there were not one or two places that were odd to think they were. And when I reflected on my intuition and experience, I had a strong feeling that this was the captain.”
flinch!-
When Roxanne said words like persimmon or experience.
Shien looked at Adele with anxious eyes.
As expected, as expected, the relationship between this woman and Adele seems very close.
Beyond the comrades who simply ate, slept, and fought in a group.
Between such a very close relationship beyond that.
“Has the captain left now?”
“yes. Your Majesty allowed it, and I no longer felt the need for it.”
“I am surprised. I thought the captain would be there forever.”
“Now I am an attendant of Lichtenau.”
“Who? Are you the boss? oh my god.”
It’s still a bit difficult for me to have a proper conversation with Adele.
That woman, Roxanne, seemed to be doing it so easily.
Feeling a tingling sensation there, Shien opens his mouth.
“Hey, everything’s fine, but can you tell me what’s going on right now?”
“ah. I’m sorry, Shien.”
Adele immediately pointed at Roxanne after conveying her apology.
“Roxanne, this is my colleague.”
“Wait. Leader? The explanation for that person… .”
“I told you. You know everything, so you can greet me formally, Roxanne.”
“ah… .”
At those words, Roxanne stepped forward and looked down at Shien.
“I’m busy with Roxanne. Lord. If you heard about it from the captain, you would know. A person who fought alongside the captain when active in Wolfhedin. I was forced to drop out along the way.”
“Did you fall out?”
“yes. If you’re wondering why… Because I am like this.”
Seruk-.
Saying that, the moment Roxanne slightly raised her head.
The hair that was covering one eye moves together, revealing the face.
And Shien, who saw that scene, unknowingly said, “Ouch.” and inhaled.
“ah… Mi, I’m sorry. Roxanne.”
“no. Rather, I’m sorry. You must be very disgusted.”
One side of Roxanne’s face was completely melted.
Even if the mouth side is barely enough to look at, I can put it out.
Starting from the upper cheeks to the eyes, almost everything was distorted.
“You said you heard about Wolfhedin. So many colleagues have passed away. And most of the retired people suffered fatal injuries like me, so that’s why they resigned.”
In addition, Roxanne spread out her hand.
Ten fingers should be in place, but seven are visible.
“It is a wound of glory. It’s called a medal, but I don’t want to receive something like this.”
“… .”
Shien, who had seen and heard that far, could understand right away.
Why, the moment I saw Adele and that woman called Roxanne.
Did he sense an atmosphere in which he dared not intervene?
They fought together, were hurt together, and bleed together.
Shouldn’t it be viewed as a higher concept than the word comrades?
“Adele.”
“Yes, Shien.”
“I was working on Roxanne. Take them back to the castle.”
“Are you okay? Unauthorized guests… .”
“I gave you permission. The family head allowed it, but who would object?”
“… .”
Adele looked at Shien for a moment, then nodded.
“All right. Hey, Roxanne? Can I go with you?”
“If you do, I will be grateful.”
A mere favor, probably not.
The reason why Shien insisted on taking Roxanne as her last name.
She wanted to hear more about Adele, who she knew and didn’t know.
* * *
The road back to the nature of Liechtenau.
After Shien bites Adele on his back somewhat.
He was standing next to Roxanne, asking questions.
First of all, the most curious part is, of course, how did you find Adele?
Clearly, they are the ones who returned to Lichtenau, erasing all traces.
However, this woman named Roxanne came here in less than a month.
“You’re curious about how I found the captain.”
“Yes, Roxanne. Can you tell me?”
“There is nothing that can’t be done. In fact, I hit it with my senses. If the captain lives around here, there’s no way I wouldn’t know. In other words, it is said that he sensed the creation of a demonic scene on the road he passed by by chance and moved. It was said that Liechtenauer passed by, and I heard that there was a man who suddenly rose to prominence. She even says her name is Adele.”
“Is that the end? Did you come all the way to the north with just that?”
“I told you. I guess it was tuned by feel. It’s because we’re too accustomed to moving instinctively and emotionally to logically and rationally.”
Roxanne covered her lips with a giggling smile.
Unlike Adele, she is not clumsy in expressing her emotions or shows no signs of hiding them.
Perhaps because of that, Shien fixed her gaze on Roxanne.
After a while, did he feel Cien’s gaze?
Roxanne scratched her cheek and carefully parted her lips.
“Hey, Lord Lichtenau.”
“Yes, Roxanne. tell.”
“Would it be rude if I asked why you were looking at me like that?”
“No, no. It’s amazing. I thought all Wolfhedin was like Adele.”
“Like a captain? Whoops. no way It’s just that the captain is a special case.”
As if everyone had different circumstances, different places, and different people gathered.
None of the Wolfheddin resembled any other.
Among them, Adele was said to be a mysterious being that stood out in particular.
Roxanne kept a smile on her lips and looked wet with memories.
“You look like you miss you so much, Roxanne. Was the fight difficult or scary?”
“Not at all. Rather, what would I do if I died without catching even 10 monsters today? I was a bit worried about those things. Or what if the Demonic Realm appears on the other side?”
“… .”
To say that only Adele is unique, I think you are similar.
Shien couldn’t help but mutter to himself.
“A little more than that, no, I was surprised.”
“yes?”
“The atmosphere the captain exudes has changed a lot. It made me wonder if he was really the captain I knew.”
“The atmosphere has changed a lot.”
While asking Roxanne that way, Shien suddenly remembered that time.
The moment when the second-class Demonic World appeared and Warwolves roamed the land of the Empire.
Adele, who killed all of them and took the life of the last one.
Even the creepy, terrifying appearance that was shown right in front of my eyes.
“… Roxanne The atmosphere you are talking about… I saw it once a while ago.”
“Did you see it?”
“yes. When that second-class demonic world appeared. It was the time when we slaughtered the Werewolves and tracked down the one who ran away and ruthlessly dug it up.”
“I understand right away what you mean. It must have been huge. It’s a pity that I didn’t see it.”
As expected, Roxanne smiled brightly, saying that she was the captain.
In the meantime, there was even a look of awe at first glance.
But Shien was more interested in something else than his greatness.
Wanting to cry but not being able to cry, wanting to burst but not being able to.
A man who walks a tightrope too tight.
I was so worried about that, but for now, I tried to push it to a corner.
“You seem to have a very close relationship with Adele.”
“I used to hear that from some of my former colleagues. Could you be an adjutant? Please, stay away from the captain. It’s just because I’m comfortable around the captain.”
“I felt comfortable around Adele.”
“yes. The captain and I must have been the closest of all our colleagues.”
At Roxanne’s words, Shien’s eyes narrowed.
That close relationship is just close as a comrade-in-arms, doesn’t it have a different meaning?
I barely endured what I was about to say.