183 – Return(1)
To return to the empire, they used airships rather than railways.
Of course it wasn’t like commoners had blue blood and sickles~, it was because there was still a lot of work left to do.
A large pile of documents.
The expedition did not end just because all the demon beasts were killed. Neither Siron nor Malleus could escape the paperwork that continued throughout their return trip.
Basic tasks such as unit disbandment and re-incorporation, coordination with the knights to participate in the next expedition, as well as the treatment of the punitive units introduced on a trial basis had to be decided.
Of course, Shiron and Malleus did not have the absolute right to decide, so they followed the procedure prepared by the civil servants in advance.
Among the members of the unit, those in good condition were given a reduced sentence, and if the evaluation was poor, such as guidance, they were thrown into the frontier rather than the central prison.
As a result, all members of the unit were able to reduce their sentences by three to five times their service period.
It was expected that there would be comments asking how all the evaluations could be good, but it was unavoidable. Things that have lost their minds have already died from their heads exploding, so isn’t it possible to turn a dead person into an undead and send it to the border?
What stood out among them were those who discovered their talent late, led by Janssen.
A special pardon for those, including Jansen, who had a criminal background but was able to show off his skills and skills. Rather than simply returning to society, there was an additional process of moving nationality to Lucerne and starting from the funeral, but Janssen was satisfied with that.
“I’m worried because it’s a challenge I’m taking on at such a late age, but I’ll do my best.”
“How old are you?”
“I’m thirty-one this year.”
Si-ron before being possessed, similar age to Cha Hyun-jun.
Siron looked at Jansen with mixed feelings.
‘Did you say that my daughter died before she could even go to school…’
Although this world is light at times, there are parts that strangely feel like reality, and there were times when it made me lose my mind.
Siron sincerely wished Jansen well and patted him on the shoulder.
“May God bless you on your way.”
“Have you finished saying goodbye?”
Malleus, who was loading the wagon, joined their conversation. He was planning to leave Lien and go to Lucerne to lead those who had newly taken refuge in God’s arms.
“I didn’t say such a grand greeting.”
“It seemed like a very touching farewell to me.”
“…I am quite sensitive for my age.”
“I’m just kidding, so don’t be too embarrassed. I still have a lot of life left, and as long as I’m a servant knight, there’s no way I won’t be able to meet you when I die.”
ha ha ha. Malleus, who paused for a few seconds and then laughed brightly, pounded Jansen, whose expression had hardened slightly.
“Well then, Siron. Thank you for your hard work. Thanks to your help, the work was completed quickly.”
“Lord Malleus, thank you for your hard work too.”
“I will stop by the imperial palace on the way to report, so you can get some rest. I would appreciate it if you could send my regards to Sir Hugo.”
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“Thank you for your consideration.”
This-
Siron waved his hand until the huge cart disappeared. It was not a very pleasant task to leave the rest of the work to a superior whom he had a personal crush on, but Siron decided to calmly accept Malleus’ favor.
While coming here from the border. On the airship, Siron did not sleep a wink and devoted himself to processing documents. Although he wanted to focus on his future magic training, Siron did not want to put off work.
“Mr. Yongang.”
As soon as Malleus disappeared, there was someone who gently grabbed his hand. It was Latera. The reason the pronunciation was muffled was because she was sucking on a large lollipop.
“Are you going back to the mansion now?”
“Not right away, I’m going to stop by the gift shop.”
“What gift? Who is it for?”
“There are a lot of people to give to. There is my uncle, Eldrina, and there are also Johan, Lucia, Seira, and Siriel. Ugh, why are there so many?”
Siron counted the number of people he would give gifts to with his fingers. Because there are so many people, it’s a pain to know what to bring with you.
However, in the meantime, Lucia’s gift and Siriel’s gift were clearly decided.
‘Lucia asked me to buy ice cream, so that was enough. Siriel can just buy a bunch of flowers.’
Was it when I was walking around looking at flowers? Siron felt his grip becoming stronger.
When I looked down, I found Latera smiling in a charming way that did not match her age.
“Hero, what about me?”
“huh?”
Siron couldn’t figure out why Latera was doing that. Latera also saw Siron tilting his head and started tilting his head at him.
“I want to get a gift too…”
“You bought me candy at the store yesterday. Surely that wasn’t enough?”
It’s because if you eat too much sweet food, your teeth will rot. When Chiron spoke bluntly, Latera pouted.
“I won’t buy it even if you pretend to be mad. Also, since you’ve been hanging out with me all this time, what kind of gift is that?”
For that reason, Shiron did not give gifts to Malleus or Victor, who had gone to the imperial palace first like Yamche.
For reference, Viktor did not help with the paperwork, saying he was not feeling well on the airship. I couldn’t even see my face because I was in and out of the bathroom for two days, wondering if I had a stomachache.
‘It hurts, so what can I do?’
Upon receiving the bouquet, Shiron held out a gold coin to the clerk.
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“brother!”
As soon as I returned to the mansion, what I saw was a contemplative Siriel. Even though there was no message about when she would come, Siriel came out to meet Siron at the front gate before anyone else.
“You took good care of it, right? Your face has become half full!”
“…okay?”
“Yes! Your cheeks are getting thinner and you look needy. Let’s go in quickly, I’ll tell the chef to bring something!”
Siron was dragged like a piece of luggage by a huge force that he could not resist. I thought that Siron had become stronger in his own way over the past year, but Siriel had become even stronger.
“Ciri, wait a minute.”
Siron stopped Siriel, who was very excited. Siriel did not resist the pulling force and looked back.
“Why? Aren’t you hungry?”
“It’s not like that.”
This time, Siron led Siriel’s hand. The destination was not the main gate of the main building where Siriel had just headed, but a garden where flower buds were beginning to ripen.
“Hmm… Siriel.”
“huh?”
“Have you heard anything from Eldrina?”
“Mother? Why mother?”
“it’s okay.”
You haven’t told Siriel about your engagement for the past year. Siron, who understood that, took out a bouquet of flowers from his back hand.
Siriel opened her eyes and looked thrilled.
“I thought you probably already have a lot of jewelry. I bought a bouquet of flowers.”
Siron looked at Siriel, wondering what the most handsome expression in the world was.
But a problem arose.
Siriel, whom I saw for the first time in a year, looked so pretty that it was difficult to talk to her face to face. In fact, Siriel was a cute and pretty girl from a young age, but perhaps because she had been away for a long time, the plumpness she had as a child disappeared and she became a mature woman.
Still, there was no way we couldn’t make eye contact.
Siriel bowed her head and turned her head first.
“Thank you, brother.”
I don’t know where the boldness of seeing everything in the past went. Didn’t Siriel, who was handed the bouquet, dye her face red and bow her head?
Hugo always gave Eldrina a bouquet of flowers whenever he went on an expedition. Maybe it was because Siriel had grown up watching such scenes since she was a child, but even though she was just a bouquet of flowers, she felt like the happiest girl in the world.
Chiron took a deep breath and hugged Siriel tightly.
Siriel trembled at that, but made an ecstatic expression as she smelled the scent of flowers mixed with her beloved brother.
Like that for a while.
Shiron unwrapped the embrace at the gaze he suddenly felt from the side.
“…Have you been?”
It was Lucia.
Unlike Siriel, who was beautifully dressed, Lucia was wearing a military uniform and steam was blowing out from her body.
Unlike Siriel, who had connections with the Immigration Bureau and could know in advance when Siron would arrive, it was inevitable that Lucia, who had relatively limited information, would be late.
Can’t we just wait for the new theory to come? Therefore, it was Lucia’s best decision to quickly move forward in response to Siron’s energy that she felt while practicing swordsmanship.
“Lucia, you come to work too.”
Siron approached Lucia with a slightly relieved mind. This simple girl was somehow easier to deal with than Siriel.
“I’ll hug you too.”
“No need for blood!”
Lucia was scared and took a step back from Siron.
Siron’s feet stopped short at that cold response.
Lucia was like, “Oops.”
“Oh, it’s not that I don’t need it. It’s because I’m sweating a lot right now and I feel uncomfortable!”
“This can be happen.”
Siron nodded and felt relieved.
Siron, who maintained an appropriate distance from Lucia, reached into his arms and took out some ice cream. Lucia wiped her face with her sleeve and made a puzzled expression.
“what’s this?”
“You told me before we left, to get some ice cream.”
“…I’ll eat well.”
Lucia carefully accepted the ice cream that Chiron gave her.
Lucia felt the blood rushing to her face as she was so happy that Siron remembered what she said a year ago.
“It tastes like melon…”
Muttering, Lucia looked away from Shiron. The ice cream didn’t melt at all, and Lucia’s face cooled quickly.
“…”
Lucia sucked on her ice cream while watching Siriel with a bouquet of flowers.