Episode 110. no more hoodies
After the Paladins retreated, the party, who had recovered for a while, headed straight to Oddhaken Lord’s Castle.
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When we were almost at the castle, five or six large warhorses approached again, raising dust.
[-He’s coming again.]
[-Who will it be this time?]
The Dark Elves, who had suffered from the paladins, frowned and murmured.
Aaron, who was ahead, narrowed his eyes and stopped the group.
“Don’t be afraid. It’s an ally this time.”
A blue fox was engraved on the armor of the riders.
They stopped a short distance from the party, then dismounted and strode forward.
Aaron smiled and bowed his head when he saw the knight in the lead.
“I’m home. father.”
“… … father?”
The group’s eyes widened.
When the greeted person arrived in front of Aaron, he took off his helmet in a slow motion.
Silver hair and bright blue eyes just like Aaron’s.
It was the owner of this land, Baron Cain Oddhaken.
“Nice to see you again. Baron.”
“Meet Your Excellency, Baron!”
Nesty and Raast set an example following Aaron.
“I’m glad you’re okay. Saint Yeha. Raast you too.”
After briefly accepting their greetings, Kane looked at Aaron.
“Looks like you have a lot to say. son.”
“Not many.”
“I received a report that the Heretic Questioner entered the territory. Have you ever run into them?”
“yes.”
“What did you come for?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know, or do you want me to tell you directly?”
There was a strange tension between the two.
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Rhaast swallowed dry saliva with a nervous face.
He wasn’t used to this situation because he knew what a loving father Kane was and how faithful a son Aaron was.
“My father would know where I came from and what I was doing. You know what kind of people I brought with you.”
Aaron continued his speech without losing his smile.
He noticed that he had been followed shortly after leaving Oddhaken Castle.
The scouts secretly dispatched by the father out of concern for his son.
The reason why I left them alone was because they delivered news to the lord castle without bothering to contact them.
“Isn’t that why you came here with your own troops? I was worried that I might be harmed by the Heretic Questioner.”
“… … hahahaha!”
Kane, who was glaring at Aaron with a hard face, burst into laughter at some point.
The cold eyes dripping with frost disappeared somewhere, and the usual soft charisma filled the place.
“I tried to surprise you, but now I can’t do that either.”
He smiled and patted Aaron on the shoulder.
“I heard about the story from the count. It has accomplished a feat that will go down in history.”
two days ago. Kane heard the news about Aaron through the crystal ball connected to Count Arnin.
The water of life gushed out in the Blade Canyon, and the sharp strangely shaped rocks turned into a dense old tree forest.
The sky of Death Landing was cleared and plants began to grow on the desolate land.
As expected, everything Aaron did was right.
“I strongly asked the count to join me, but it seems he contacted me after all.”
Aaron said with a bitter expression.
It was a lie.
Before leaving the county, he ordered Bares to contact the baron immediately.
It was to convince the baron, who had only guessed about the party’s circumstances.
Kane, unaware of the circumstances behind it, nodded happily.
“okay. You went to the Arnin estate because it seemed like it was your duty to stop by the Count first before coming to your hometown, right?”
“yes. That’s not disrespecting my father… … .”
“Isn’t it that you played the game in advance in case the count would be disappointed?”
“… … hahahaha.”
Aaron smiled and scratched the back of his head.
unspoken affirmation.
Kane’s smile deepened.
“As expected, he is the eldest son of the blue fox. Insight is not common.”
Usually, when you make a contribution at that age, you will be impatient to publicize your feat as soon as possible.
But Aaron thought of Oddhaken and Arnin’s positional relationship first and acted accordingly.
At first glance, it seems that he is neglecting his family, Odd Haken, but this is commendable.
“By the way, where is the Dark Elf you said you brought? I want to see what kind of people they are.”
“yes. Teredal. Come this way.”
Aaron stepped aside and gestured to the dark elves waiting behind him.
Teredal and other envoys took off their hoods and walked forward.
“That… … A dark elf?”
“The appearance in the book looked like a monster.”
“I don’t even feel Maggie at all.”
The knights who came with the baron murmured in low voices.
The Dark Elves expressed in the present world were monsters, not an intelligent entity.
A terrible figure with sharp horns sprouting from its head, its skin covered with snake scales, and half-skinned wings on its back.
However, the Dark Elf that appeared in front of them had a beautiful appearance no different from the High Elves.
“Hello guys. I am Cain Oddhaken, the owner of this land.”
Eventually, as the envoys lined up in front of him, Kane held out his hand.
Teredal held her hand with a stiff face.
“I’m Teridal from the Shadow Forest.”
“Nice to meet you, Teredal. You speak the common language fluently.”
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Kane asked as if he was surprised.
The high elves, like them, did not learn the common language very much, considering it a shallow script.
Even if they learned it, they always had to prepare an interpreter from the human side, using Elvish language wherever they were, if they didn’t fit.
“Some of us studied the languages of the continent while waiting for the day of liberation. Thanks to your son, I can finally use it.”
“Are you all capable?”
“no. There are only a handful of people, including the monarch. There will be more in the future. Loggia here will interpret for you, so feel free to speak.”
Teredal winked, and Loggia, who was standing a step behind her, bowed her head.
“Since it is a seat, I will ask a simple question.”
Kane nodded and asked a few questions he had been thinking about.
We couldn’t talk for a long time because we were on the street, but thanks to that, we could roughly figure out who each other was.
“Escort them to the castle.”
After the conversation, Kane gave the order to move.
The knights moved in perfect order and formed an escort formation around the envoy’s wagon.
“Don’t wear a hood anymore.”
Aaron said to the envoys who were about to wear the hood again.
“You are not criminals, but official envoys escorted by the Knights. There is no need to hide.”
“… … Thank you.”
Teredal took off his hood and took off the puffy robe that covered his body.
Then those who followed also took off their robes and threw them into the wagon.
“Aaron. Come here.”
Kane called out to him as he nodded.
Aaron sped up and made his way to the front line.
“Did you call, father?”
“How did you get rid of the Heretic Questioner?”
Kane asked with a more serious face.
Earlier, I was glossing over the joy of the reunion, but this was an issue that must be addressed.
The reason why he led the knights himself was purely because of the Heretic Questioner.
It was clear that the agent of divine punishment was headed in the direction of Aaron, and if he discovered the Dark Elf, Aaron would also be in danger.
However, when they found Aaron’s party, neither the Heretic Questioner nor the paladin could be seen.
Aaron said he had run into them, which was odd.
“Those fanatics never let go, even if their jaws drop once they bite their prey. But no one was hurt and he was fine like this. You don’t understand.”
“So I pulled out the jaw before biting.”
“… … what?”
Kane’s eyes widened.
He knew what a great sin it was to harm the agent of divine punishment.
Aaron looked at the dark elves following him and continued.
“They are not guilty. It is the church that blamed them, and it is the church that buried them in history.”
“I don’t know yet.”
A shadow fell over Kane’s face.
I tried to treat them without prejudice because they were brought by Aaron, but I couldn’t help but feel a little distrust in my heart.
“By any chance, if they were really renegades, if the fanatics you defeated were right, how would they handle it?”
“It’s about revealing the truth.”
“truth?”
“A thousand-year-old secret lies dormant in the deepest part of the Empire of Zeros. These are the ugly truths that people of the time threw into history.”
“… … Oberyn has burdened you too much.”
Kane closed his eyes and muttered.
Like any father, he wanted his son to grow up great, but he didn’t want to live such a hard life.
It would have been enough to make a name for himself in the West, settle down in a suitable place, and live happily, but fate did not leave him alone.
“Don’t talk like that. I’m happy enough. I’m sure your mother would be proud too.”
Aaron looked up at the sky with a faint expression.
It seemed to remind him of his biological mother, Amelia.
“okay. He who puts the crown on his head must bear its weight.”
At the same time, Kane, who recalled his ex-lover for a while, opened his eyes as if he had made up his mind.
“Wherever you go, whatever pain you go through, don’t forget that this father is behind you. Oddhaken will always have your back.”
“… … thank you father.”
Aaron nodded his head with a smile on his face.
‘mother. once again committing infidelity. I’ll put up a statue later, so don’t be angry.’
He handed a heartfelt apology to his real mother, whom he did not even know.
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“Brother Aaron!”
“brother!”
Upon arriving at Yeongjugwan, Zeke and Leah jumped out with socks and greeted the party.
“You said you purified Death Landing, is that true?”
“I heard you brought some kind of horn and branches of the water of life?”
“Zeke. Just say hello and go in and wait. Leah you too. What kind of rudeness is this to tired people?”
Zenith, who had followed the barrage of questions without pause, tugged at the back of his neck.
Zeke and Leah laughed awkwardly, nodded, and went back to the mansion.
“Have you been well? great mother.”
Aaron got off his horse and ignored Janice.
Janice covered her smiling mouth with a fan and nodded.
“I wonder if there was anything special. I have prepared a room, food, and bath water, so you can relax today. Please take a good rest, too.”
“thank you. great mother.”
“Thank you. ma’am.”
Janice briefly briefed her business, exchanged a few words with Kane, and left.
“The Baroness has suffered a lot.”
Raast murmured as he watched Zenith walk away.
Until I left here, there were wrinkles between my eyebrows and I was nervous about everything, but now the wrinkles have faded and my voice has become quite soft.
“Because I’ve been through a lot.”
What had happened in the Arnin Count family flashed in Aaron’s mind for a moment.
“dismissal. Excuse me for a moment.”
The joy of the reunion must have been shared. Now, as he was about to go in and rest, an old man with a winding cane suddenly approached Kane.
A resident wizard employed by the baron.
He was a person who usually quietly tucked away in the lab, only occasionally appearing when there was a special event, such as crystal ball communication.
“What is it?”
Kane, who was walking while chatting with the knights, stopped and listened to him.
“… … Did you just say the Great War of Delor?”
Upon hearing the old wizard’s words, Kane’s face hardened rapidly.
Only I am immune to magic
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