Episode 9
As his determination became firm, his body softened.
move your body
One step forward. You said the lower body was important. So what about the upper body? Should I stay still? change the movement.
The upper body gently curves along the lower body.
‘No, this is… .’
You’re being wielded by a weapon.
Crisp!
The balance of the body shook, and the sword dug into the ground. Allen sat still and began to catch her breath.
The muscles of his body screamed at the unfamiliar movement. But she couldn’t stop. This is a necessary preparation process, and even if I think about it rationally, there was nothing wrong with good physical strength.
“Are you training hard even in the morning?”
I turned around and saw her dark red hair fluttering towards me. Since when did you see me? Level 1, Gori With her single sense of sensing, she could not feel her approaching.
“Spying on other people’s training is not a very good hobby. Miss Francisca.”
His expression hardened. No matter how basic it is… .
“I want to too… .”
She smiled embarrassedly and pointed back. I looked behind her and saw from a distance several of her soldiers gathered together with buckets.
“I need to get water, but Confucius is practicing… .”
It was only after seeing the appearance of the soldiers that I could understand why she had come to visit us without any rudeness.
Unless you have permission, watching a noble’s training scene can be decapitated.
But that doesn’t mean you don’t know when the training will end, but you can’t wait.
“… That’s why I came here. It was certainly rude, though, so I think it would be right to apologize.”
She bowed her head flawlessly and perfectly. Allen stood stunned by her apology, nodding her head awkwardly.
“This is also my fault, so I accept the apology.”
She gave a strange expression to his calm tone, and then smiled softly.
“Did everyone else wake up? If we make breakfast, the party will be separated.”
“Yes, my grandfather also woke up in the morning… . That bastard, no, the master is taking care of everything from one to ten by her maid who takes care of her by her side even today. Unlike anyone… .”
It was obvious who she was talking about, but Allen smiled quietly.
“But, Confucius. I have a question, is it okay if I ask a question?”
“What are you curious about?”
Allen grabbed his sword and turned towards the campsite. She came closer to him. Her fingers crossed her long hair that reached her waist.
It was obvious what she would be curious about.
“I wonder how such a print was possible with just one ring?”
“yes! Theoretically, if you increase the ring, the circulation of magic will speed up, and that fast-flowing magic will collide with other rings to create resonance and increase the output… .”
She raised her voice and recited theories as if she was really passionate about magic.
Allen listened to her without saying a word, and then sputtered.
“Are you really here to ask me that?”
“place… yes?”
Allen still couldn’t believe that innocent expression and wide-open eyes were fake.
“Miss Francisca. You don’t have to come here for the soldiers, do you?”
“What is that, I’m a party… .”
There was a commotion in the camp, as the soldiers got up, cleared the tent, and moved so that they could depart immediately.
“It’s not like I can only get water from my side, so there’s no other reason why you came to me.”
Even if the soldiers saw him there, even if it took a while, they would think of getting water from the other side.
I don’t know if she had done it herself.
I don’t know why she’s offended his nerves, but he’s now having nightmares and doesn’t want to worry about anything else.
“Unless you say first that you’re bringing me yourself.”
Her steps began to slow down.
Allen didn’t care how she reacted.
It was just a brief exhalation.
“so… . No more rudeness,”
Allen’s tone changed.
From the respectful tone of voice to the usual one.
“I will not tolerate it.”
towering-
Her body stopped.
Allen passed her and walked forward.
“I will pass on everything that you lied about, the secretly demeaning the nobles, and the questions about the magician’s vision. So don’t cross the line any further. next… .”
because there is no
She blurted out her words, but she must have understood.
“Then stop.”
She looked far away from Allen’s back as she was moving away, and asked him in the same tone as before.
“Confucius, can I ask you one question then?”
“do it.”
“Do you believe in prophecy, Confucius?”
It’s a prophecy… prophecy. haha.
Allen’s eyes looked at the black book that appeared in front of him. This book records his events before his return. So, is this book a prophecy?
Allen just cut it off.
“No, I don’t believe it.”
Prophecy means that there is a fixed future.
Then there is no reason to move like this. Because there is no reason to act on a task with a set outcome. So I don’t believe in prophecies.
“Miss Francisca is not as naive as it seems.”
distance is getting bigger
“After the collapse of the ancient empire, including the denomination, there will be no one who believes in the prophecies.”
If there was a God, he wouldn’t let himself go against the foreordained future.
There was no answer from her.
Allen left her behind and went into the camp.
Did she get an answer?
‘No, you must have heard it.’
As the preparations were finished, the smell from afar shook my stomach.
Francisca, who was standing where Allen had left, was still smiling.
Francisca.
To define her in one word, it was simple.
‘Insidious woman.’
A woman who calculates and makes up everything about her speech, actions, facial expressions, and reactions depending on the situation. There is no time for her to show her sincerity, except when she meets an asshole like Julius.
I don’t know exactly why he became that way. However, it was quite possible to guess that the madness was the cause of the trauma of the past.
The reason Allen knew relatively little about her was simple.
‘Some are granddaughters of the family’s exclusive magician, Frindal, but… .’
Due to her travels in the future, she gets more attention than her skills. Thanks to that, the circumstances of her past became widely known.
She has had traumatic experiences in the past.
If it wasn’t for that, there was no reason to be attached to the perishing count, not the free city of Perta, where the towers were gathered, even though he had already woven four rings at a young age.
The same goes for hiding your skills.
Because of that, you will develop your skills and commit such a journey.
she hates bastards That’s why she’s been killing bastards.
No matter what the circumstances were, the manna was killed for whatever reason. If he felt good, he was beaten to death with magic, and if he felt bad, he was beaten to death.
Her travels did not discriminate between men and women, of all ages and races… .
It culminated when she finally beat the son of the Ma Tower Master, the cause of her trauma, to death.
While running away, with the help of Julius, she thwarted the Master’s pursuit and became his companion and traveled the world.
That was all Allen knew.
He didn’t know what the story was between them, or whether there was a causal relationship.
If it wasn’t for Julius, I wouldn’t even care about this rumor.
Allen leaned back on his horse and glanced back.
Francisca behaved normally, as if she had never had such a conversation. Then once in a while, I just stare at him quietly.
When she became quiet, the party went without a hitch to the city of Hibel in the northern part of the counties.
Already in the morning, Julius and Frindal made their way through the northwest and headed towards Gavia.
One thing that has changed is that it is Francisca, not Frindal, who will accompany him.
‘Of course.’
Before the return, Julius and her relationship were not good. She often openly quarreled with Julius, and Julius didn’t put up with it from a moment.
Naturally, the situation was bound to lead to chaos and chaos.
It was surprising how the two people who were on such a bad relationship improved to the extent that they later helped them to be chased by the Master of the Tower.
This time, at Prindal’s request, he asked if he could accompany Francisca, and Allen gladly accepted to keep him in a small debt.
So, the party proceeded without any hindrance, and a week later, when they reached the beginning of the Michelland Mountains.
“Is that Hibel?”
A majestic towering gray wall caught my eye.
Ten days after departure from the counties.
Allen arrived in Hibel, a city located at the very end of the Michelland Mountains bordering the northern counties.
As he approached the city, the scenery he had experienced once in his previous life greeted him.
“This… .”
One of the soldiers opened his mouth involuntarily. Many refugees flocked to the vicinity of the city walls, creating a chaotic situation.
They were loading the carts as if they were a market bin, and the soldiers tightened the tension that had been loosened in the precarious situation as if a war had occurred.
Francisca’s face hardened slightly at the situation more serious than she had previously heard.
Allen looked at them with a blank face.
‘Will it end this time with nothing?’
When they reached the gates, the guards passed them right through without even checking them.
Allen and his party were able to meet the lord immediately after stationing the soldiers in the barracks.
“Oh, you are finally here!”
Yeongju was a middle-aged man with a sad, sad look. He greeted him directly at the entrance of his mansion, smiling as if delighted that his party had arrived.
“Thank you for the warm welcome. Baron Bellon.”
“Prince Allen. Isn’t it more magical achievements? He looks more extraordinary than before.”
“This is nothing.”
“But who is this?”
After saying hello, he started introducing the other party beside him.