154 – The End of the War (3)
As soon as I saw Hilde, I bowed my head and asked her as politely as possible.
“Lord Bauman, are you experiencing any discomfort?”
After hearing what I said, she stood blankly for a moment and then opened her mouth.
“…… Ah, thanks to your concern, there is no problem at all. “Even though I was sold as a slave, I was never molested or bullied by other mercenaries.”
“No matter what the world says about you, whether you are a slave or not, in my eyes, Sir Hilde Baumann is still an honorable and noble knight. So please stop calling yourself a slave.”
“It would be an insult to humble myself so much in front of the person who bought me with all his money and yet protected my honor and pride without even touching a single hair. “I sincerely apologize.”
She bowed her head and apologized to me.
Even though she is like my s*x slave, no, she has become a s*x slave, she still maintains her noble and proud appearance, which is so beautiful.
Should I say that it feels like seeing a white lily blooming in mud?
Because her style is completely different from Lucia or Karin, it drives me crazy and makes me obsessed.
‘Enough to make me put all my money on the line.’
“Before you hear the answer to my last suggestion, please take this first.”
“What kind of leather bag is this? “It’s quite heavy.”
“There are 25 gold coins. With this money, you will be able to start over as a mercenary wherever you go. And if you have the skills to do so, you will be noticed wherever you go, so you will soon be able to be appointed as an officer under better conditions by a good lord.”
25 Gold coins, this is a large amount of money, equivalent to approximately 25 million won when converted to Korean money.
However, there is only one reason why I gave this to Hilde. It was just a bait to make her who had already fallen in love with me become even more mine.
‘Her heart has already passed over, so now I have to make her beg to put a leash around her neck to prove that she belongs to me.’
Hilde was moved to see me trying to keep the promise I made earlier, and her eyes turned red.
“Martin Mayer, you really want to keep the promise you made to me, a fallen slave who you bought with all your money. “No one in this mercenary company, no one in this world, including me, will criticize you for taking my virginity?”
If you want to win the heart of someone who is foolishly loyal to his master, the best way is to show that you keep the promise you made to that person no matter what.
‘This person is just like me, so it’s perfect for giving me a sense of identification, right?’
However, what if you could give one point here?
I flopped down on the floor and sighed until the ground fell.
“Yes, no one will blame me. And I could spend my whole life coveting the virginity and body of Hilde Bauman, the noble knightess whom no one has ever touched. But that’s it.”
I paused here for a moment and asked again.
“If I do that, will I be able to receive your sincere loyalty and devotion? “The reason I bought you with all my money was not simply because Hilde Baumann was beautiful and I wanted to take your virginity and body.”
I want to take advantage of their sincere loyalty to me and ask Luciana and Karin for various positions that are difficult to ask for…
Hilde Baumann is not a s*x slave; she is a woman who shines brightest when she is a noble lily.
So she doesn’t want to let go unless she gets that loyalty and devotion… No, but I really don’t want to let her go.
However, when dating a woman and she asks you, ‘Why are you meeting me?’ You can never answer like, ‘I’m meeting you because your breasts are so big and pretty, b*tch.’ Right?
Now I guess I’ll have to answer like a priest with no s*xual desires.
“I put everything on the line to prove that I am worthy of your loyalty and devotion. Even if you leave me, I will not regret it at all.”
When Hilde heard me, her eyes opened wide and she shed a tear.
“If only I had a master like you, Martin Mayer. “I wouldn’t have been abandoned like this.”
“Is that so?”
“I truly envy the mercenaries under your command. “Being able to follow a commander worth risking one’s life for is greater luck than anything else in the world.”
“When the Lord says that, I feel that the path I have taken in my life so far has been very rewarding. So what would you do, would you leave right now? If you wish to leave, I will return 25 gold coins, your original armor, some food, and weapons.”
“There is one last thing I want to ask.”
I was very nervous after hearing her say that.
‘Everything will be different here.’
“Martin Mayer, what is your goal? “Why did you refuse so many times the opportunity to change your status, something other mercenaries wouldn’t even dare to dream of?”
Hilde’s eyes were those of someone who had already decided to be loyal to me.
So, as long as I don’t blatantly talk nonsense here, her sincere loyalty becomes mine.
‘This is the reason I have set my goal and worked hard.’
“As someone who fights with a sword, I have a duty to my subordinate mercenaries who risk their lives to fight for me.”
“Obligation?”
“Challenge ideals that are said to be impossible, gain fame, and endure the infinite pain that comes with the process.”
Those who have watched me from afar evaluate me, Martin Mayer, as a lucky and brilliant person who is rising quickly among mercenaries, but…
Guys like Lucia, Karin, and Baker, who have been watching me since I was the leader of the Ten, evaluate Martin Mayer like this.
‘A mercenary who constantly challenges the impossible and achieves achievements considered impossible.’
The fact that proves this is that I broke through the level of expert beginner in just two years, which those who are called geniuses usually take 5 to 6 years to achieve after awakening to Auror.
It is said that it takes at least 5 years to go from expert beginner to intermediate level, but I surpassed that in just 2 years.
Not to mention his other achievements in various battles.
“Be prepared to die for your own beliefs, struggle to reach your ideals and dreams, and ultimately achieve glory.”
After saying that, I stretched out my hand towards the Milky Way in the sky.
“And my goal is to one day, as the stars twinkle, I will be admired and revered by all as a person of honor. But you can’t just be tied to a knighthood or the status of a margrave baron. So I declined, Lord Bauman.”
Hilde suddenly started laughing at those words.
“hahahaha, that is truly arrogant. It’s extremely arrogant. However, depending on who says it, it can be either simple nonsense or a declaration of ambition as a true man.”
Then Hilde approached me step by step.
“If the person saying these words is the Martin Mayer I have seen so far, or rather my master, then that is an aspiration. “It is an aspiration that many of your subordinates would risk their lives and souls for, and a dream we want to dream together.”
Hilde had a smile on her face, and her clear eyes were looking straight at me.
“Baron Custer, whom I once served, had no such aspirations. Still, he was my lord, so I risked his life and did my best to somehow be recognized, but it was no use.”
When Hilde arrived right in front of me, she got down on one knee, grabbed the sword I had placed on her floor with both of her hands, and handed it to me.
“So now, with all my will, I want to take you, Martin Mayer, as my master. “Would you please accept me, Hilde Bauman?”
The corners of my mouth began to tear as I declared that the woman I wanted to get, even risking my entire fortune on a crazy gamble, would be mine.
But I shouldn’t ruin the mood here, so I gritted my teeth and came to my senses.
“I will gladly accept that loyalty.”
Then I spoke in a polite tone to match her determined resolve.
“Hilde Baumann, do you swear allegiance to me, Martin Mayer?”
After she finished speaking, I pointed the back of her sword near Hilde’s neck.
“I swear to Deus, who looks down on this world, that I will cherish and serve my lord Martin Mayer more than my own life. What you love I love, and what you hate I will hate. Lastly, my body, mind, and even soul are all yours, so please use them as you wish.”
The weight of Hilde’s loyalty is on a different level from that of other knights.
Because the wording of an oath of loyalty is usually different depending on each knight’s personality, but it always includes a phrase like, ‘If my lord treats me appropriately, I will also be loyal to him accordingly.’
Hilde’s pledge does not have any such conditions.
According to this pledge, it means that as long as I don’t destroy and abandon Hilde first, I can use my passion pay to abuse Hilde.
‘Custer, why on earth did you sell such a loyal knight for a piece of trash…?’
That bastard, Baron Custer, is truly a ruined bastard.
Then, I gave Hilde my sword as was her custom.
It’s a very expensive product mixed with mithril, but at this point I just need to buy something better.
“Hilde, please take care of me in the future.”
“Yes, my lord.”
After completing all the pledges, I said as a joke.
“It is an oath of loyalty to dedicate your whole body and mind. “It’s very rare?”
This is the maximum prank I can make without insulting my pledge.
Is it just because Hilde is a girl who hasn’t experienced love yet?
Her face blushed and she glanced at my lower abdomen for a moment.
She wiggled her fingers and answered with a bit of anticipation in her voice.
“If your lord wishes, I will provide any service. “Because that’s my joy.”
…… I’m almost done with it, but I shouldn’t touch it right now.
No, you can touch her, but if you want to make her impatient with a more wonderful master, it would be better to wait a little longer.