Episode 170
Gardel ran out of the forest at high speed.
Even the barrier that surrounded the elven forest or the magic scene that spread around it was not a consideration for him.
However, he moved more cautiously than usual.
If he was alone, dealing with monsters and monsters would not have been a problem, but Arcandus and Sonned were together.
Just moving the two of them consumes a lot of mental power, but he couldn’t even pay attention to the battle.
After running at full speed for two full days, he stopped on the outskirts of a city.
“•••here is.”
“Are you sure, Gavia?”
Arcanthus looked around and opened his mouth in disbelief. Sonned quickly turned his head at those words.
“.•• Looking at it, it seems familiar.”
Gardel answered after arranging his clothes roughly, wiping off the cobwebs and dust from his body.
“Yes. You have good eyesight.”
“•••Of course, isn’t it?”
There was nowhere to go in the city.
He doesn’t move much now and works in the office, but there was a time when he liked to wander around the city while avoiding escorts.
“It’s ironic that this is the place to meet…”
Arcandus murmured as if to shake off his complicated emotions.
“Then I will guide you.”
Gardel took a step forward.
Sonned and Arcanthus followed quietly.
Familiar alleys, familiar streets, familiar cities.
It was the same as he remembered, except that he never met a single person.
Arcandus followed Gardel, but glanced at Ga Via, who had not changed as if she had changed little by little. Originally, she would have succeeded in ruling this place after her father.
Not long after following Gardel, their footsteps stopped.
A small house between the outskirts of the city and towards the center.
It was a bit far from the location where the soldiers moved to manage security, and it was an exquisite place that was not easily touched by people’s eyes as it was spread over the center and the edge of the outskirts.
After making sure that no one had entered, Gardel opened the back door and entered the small house.
He opened his mouth in front of the door located on the first floor.
“Eliza-sama, I have brought them.”
“Yeah? Let me in right away. I’ve been wondering what Allen’s minions are like for a long time.”
Arcandus heightened the tension in the voice of the woman heard inside.
I couldn’t help but be nervous just because she was Allen’s mother, but it turned out that she was the eldest daughter of the Rupinus family, who didn’t appear in the estate.
‘•••I can’t believe it.’
The information he knew about Eliza Lupinus could be summed up in one word.
genius.
Can it be explained by saying that she does not fall behind the status of Princess Maha at all?
Eliza Lupinus was a genius who made many people look forward to her until she got married to the Reinhardt family. People believed that she would make great achievements in her future.
One day, I wondered if she would disappear and be forgotten, and I thought she would be in the Reinhardt family.
who can believe
quiver
“I’ll look around for a moment, so I’d like to talk to you first.”
Gardel stepped aside by the door.
Arcanthus was awakened by Gardel’s voice. Suddenly the door was open. He moved on to her, constantly thinking about why she had called him.
When he saw her appearance, he felt puzzled for a moment.
“•••hello.”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen it in person.”
She covered her eyes with a cloth.
Eliza answered as if it was nothing special, perhaps feeling the puzzlement mixed in his voice.
“Ah, is this because of this? It’s a relic that heals eyestrain. If it’s okay, please forgive me…”
Arcandus had a personality like Allen who didn’t care about the smallest things.
I used to hang out with the city bastards to get revenge,’ and I thought of him while acting in front of Allen.
He valued practicality more than etiquette.
When her gaze turned to Sonned, he quickly shook his head.
“I don’t have to worry about it.”
At the end of those words, the words stopped for a moment. Arcandus put the question in his mouth first. Just because she was Allen’s mother, she couldn’t be swayed by her like she was.
“How much do you know about us?”
Eliza seemed to notice his intentions, but he answered his questions docilely.
“I know almost everything rather than all…. Is it because there is something I don’t know about my son?”
She said so with a small smile.
However, Arcandus’s expression, who was listening to it, hardened noticeably.
“Is it all…”
Arcanthus has put a lot of effort into hiding information so far.
He even consulted the Queen of Shadows directly for the difficult part, and it was good to say that he did the best he could.
Even if there is a former dark king under her, do you know all of this?
‘Are you thinking of handing over false information?’
She opened her mouth slowly, as if she had noticed his thoughts.
“Oh, was the first place you and Allen met at a bar in Carville’s slums?”
“A lie…”
With those words, Arcandus stopped doubting.
At least she was right that she knew a lot about Allen’s deeds.
“You are not.”
“You don’t have to worry? Because your workmanship was fine. It took quite a while to figure it out by erasing the traces cleanly. You can brag about it because it’s higher than the average information guild.”
“Are there any traitors in our organization?”
Arcanthus asked the question, remembering what had happened in the elven bourgeoisie, but her answer was of an unexpected kind.
“No, I have never had contact with your organization in the first place.”
“Then how…”
“I guessed. With only a few clues, it’s easy enough to read the whole version, isn’t it?”
She said it was simple, but Arcanthus was forced to remain silent.
‘Anyone can make guesses with small clues. However… .*
Is it possible to guess things that only the parties know about it?
Arcanthus was horrified. He wasn’t until now what she thought her present would be as much as her Maha Princess.
‘Can’t compare:
It touched me even more because I was in a position to use my head.
On the chessboard, you can predict the number of opponents by a few numbers, and if you are an outstanding person, you can look ahead to several dozen, but in reality, that was not possible. Because many variables and coincidences overlap.
But she was at a point he thought was impossible.
Her gaze is on the future, not the present. She must be farther away than she thinks. Arcanthus covered her mouth and shook her head with a small smile.
“Hey, you think I’m going to eat you? Relax. Do you have any more questions?”
Arcanthus felt his back moist from a cold sweat.
He opened his mouth, trying not to unravel the taut nerve cord.
“Can you tell me why you called us?”
“To give you an answer… Gradually, we will start sharing information by linking us with Skoll… I want to give my son a present.”
“•••Are you talking about a present?”
I understand the information sharing.
Now that she just said she knew about Allen, you would know the real purpose of Squall.
She also shares the same purpose, and she calls on her and Sonned, the leaders of Squall, to build information sharing and cooperation.
It is understandable if
But what about gifts?
“Have you been building a base in the Elpis and Reinhardt estates so far?”
“Until now, Gardel and I have hidden the movements you made by mistake… but I thought it would be difficult in the future, so I found a separate way.”
Arcandus couldn’t have noticed the mixed intentions between her words.
‘I have nothing to say… .,
Naturally, he mentions grace, and returns that he lacks. Eliza continued speaking, regardless of Arcandus’ inner feelings.
“I’m thinking of giving the land to Allen.”
As Arcandus understood before she finished speaking, she nodded in praise.
“That’s right. In a little while, there will be a large-scale announcement in the territory. There is also the King’s story.”
Soned slowly opened his mouth as they understood each other even without speaking.
“Can I know what that means?”
As their eyes turned to each other, he spoke out cautiously.
Sonned is a seasoned trader.
But that alone made it difficult to follow the conversation between the two.
Arcandus explained that he didn’t care.
“Eliza-sama thinks that our movement is limited to the Reinhardt Territory and the El Peace. You mentioned that there is a security risk and movement is restricted because of that. And…”
He glanced at Eliza. She nodded her head as if his explanation was correct.
“It is best to give the land to Prince Allen to establish a base, but as you know, all the land in this area belongs to Count Reinhardt.”
“Then Eliza-sama said that he would give me the land…”
When Soned understood that, he questioned his offer of land.
“So, you used a shortcut. You are training the successor in the name of training for government. But if you make it to Confucius Allen, the vassals who want to support Julius will resist.”
When I explained it up to that point, Sonned completely understood it too.
“A few days ago, there was a rumor that Julius-sama would give the land as a reward for his work, is it correct to use it?”
Arcandus affirmed with a smile.
“Yes, that’s correct. Julius-sama received the estate.” If Prince Allen also receives the estate in the name of training to rule the successor, then even the vassals will not be able to stop it.”
“Can I tell you the next story?”
Eliza saw the end of the story and opened her mouth.
“So, in a few months, we can get the land and grow our power there. Is that a new place that has no influence on others?”
“I’ll make arrangements to move.”
“Ah, leave him and a few others alone. We need a contact book… and it wouldn’t be good to move around with surveillance attached.”
“Who is that child talking about?”
The one that came out of her mouth was someone even Arcanthus knew.
“Noah.”
The reason and cause of Allen’s overhaul of Squall’s rudder.
When he was mentioned, Arcandus thought for a moment and spoke with a look of understanding.
“Noah was exposed too much because he met other academy students. He must have thought it strange that he had such a meeting as a commoner. I didn’t care about this….”
As Arcanthus’ face darkened at his error as she spoke from her mouth, Eliza stared at him.
‘You said you were looking for your father:
There are few talents that stand out in her eyes.
Arcanthus was a talented person in that line, and it was a good thing that he went under Allen for that purpose… .
‘If you focus on one thing, your vision narrows.’
She saw that Arcanthus could grow if he hadn’t been blindly obsessed with it.
Conversely, it would have been possible to come this far because of that purpose.
Now, what Arcanthus does will determine his evaluation.
“Then will you step back now? I don’t think I’ll be able to stay long since I’ve only made time to come here.”
But Arcanthus did not move.
“Arcanthus…?”
As Soned sang softly, Arcandus wanted to take a few steps, but then he bit his lip and returned to his seat.
“Do you have more to say?”
“Isn’t there more story left?”
Although he was dazed by Eliza’s resourcefulness and head,’ he had never heard anywhere else that he had a bad brain.
“Isn’t Eliza-sama just an answer to my questions so far?”
He thought seriously.
At first, I opened my mouth to take the initiative,’ but seeing what she said, I could only think that she had deliberately given her the right to ask questions.
‘Is it a self-sufficient … .,
He has been imprisoned because of his actions and words.
“Now tell me. Can you tell me why you called us?”
She smiled as if satisfied.
By his son’s side, great vassals supported him. There will be several others besides them. Then he doesn’t have to take care of him like a child himself.
“Allen is all grown up now.”
There was a peculiarity in her words.
The reason I met them was about the base, the connection with Skoll, and the evaluation of it… , it was all superficial reasons.
“Then, can you see the real reason for bringing us here?”
“The real reason…”
She was silent for a moment, as if to breathe.
Both Arcanthus and Sonned watched her quietly. As if she was choosing her words, she thought for a moment as to what story to start with, and brought out her first words.
“Yeah, you better ask this first.”
Since she took care of Allen in the Rupinus family, it all started with this question.
“Do you believe in miracles?”