Episode 112.
For some reason, I ended up staying in a private room in the royal family.
I was definitely planning to stay outside, but the king ordered me to stay at the royal house until the trip for the trial.
‘How could I refuse the king’s order.’
It was because the Caldert family could suffer losses if they refused.
Of course, I won’t forgive you if you do that.
‘Honestly, if I’m alone, I can fight a kingdom… no, even an empire.’
But I don’t have a dream of continental unification, so I have no intention of doing it.
And as expected, there was a reason why they wanted me to stay in the royal family.
Princess Letia 2 continued to invite me to the tea party.
I’ve been refusing several times, but I’m pretty persistent.
When it was time for the tea party, there was a knock as usual.
“May I come in?”
Came here again
I said as I opened the door.
“I told you! I’m not…”
I hurriedly stopped what I was about to say.
It was because Princess Letia herself came, not the maid who came every time.
“Uh… hello, Princess Letia…”
“Nice to meet you. This is the first time since the audience room.”
“yes···.”
Brilliant eyes with purple hair.
Those eyes were looking up at me.
‘It’s burdensome.’
I continued my conversation after keeping my distance from Princess Letia.
“What business did you come here for?”
In a way, it can feel like a cold tone.
But I can’t help it.
Princess Letia obviously has a crush on me.
Those feelings were just burdensome to me now.
“What’s the matter… you must know it well?”
“tea party···.”
“Yes, how can you never come? We are going on a trip together soon!”
“Keuhmm… it’s not a trip. It’s an ordeal given to me by the royal family.”
Princess Letia looked at me intensely with both eyes.
I didn’t avert those eyes.
“After… anyway, the trip… No, we can talk about small things before going on an ordeal.”
“That’s… that’s right.”
Suddenly, Princess Letia clapped her hands.
I was taken aback by Princess Letia’s sudden action.
After that, several attendants suddenly entered my room and turned it into a space for a simple tea party.
“What is this…”
“I’ll clean up properly, so let’s talk.”
“…”
Princess Letia sat down on a chair and looked at me intently.
I too sighed and sat across from Princess Letia.
“What on earth do you want to talk about?”
“Ummm… well?”
“yes?”
“Normal stories are only possessed by people who have experienced the outside world.”
Ah, I heard that Princess Letia has never experienced anything outside of the royal family.
From memory, Princess Letia must have been 20 years old.
I felt a bit pitiful that I hadn’t experienced anything outside in my 20s.
“Hmm… what should I talk about…”
“You were a black mercenary. I also like stories about the mercenary work or about the demon named Veles.”
“Then, let me tell you the story of when I first worked as a mercenary.”
I started talking to Princess Letia.
When I first started working as a mercenary and when I became a black mercenary.
Lastly, he told me about his meeting with Veles.
In the middle of the conversation, Princess Letia cut me off.
“wait a minute. A person named Ea Kirton from the story…”
I couldn’t honestly say that I was Epinia Mycenergo, the first princess of the Mycenae Empire, so I used a pseudonym from my academy days.
“She’s the girl you like!”
“…?”
How did know?
“What did you see and make that decision?”
“Because your expression has softened since the story of him came out.”
I paused for a while.
“Yes, that’s right. She is the woman I like.”
I just said it honestly.
If even talking like this could make Princess Letia fall in love, he could say it again and again.
“okay. Well, it doesn’t matter.”
“What is that…?”
“Because there are many stories of original heroes marrying their country’s princess.”
What the hell is this princess talking about now?
What Princess Letia said was nothing short of a confession.
“Your story came to me like a heroic tale from a myth.”
“Hey… is it true that the princess just heard me?”
“Yes, I heard. He said he likes Ea Kirton.”
“Yes, I must have said that.”
“But what does that have to do with me?”
I couldn’t speak.
what the hell is this situation
“Excuse me, but I will do one thing. I have no intention of having a concubine.”
At my words, the princess’s face turned red.
“What are you talking about! I don’t like concubines either.”
“however···.”
“Originally, as time passes, people realize who their true love is.”
“So, are you saying that the princess will be my true love?”
“yes!”
She was a very proud princess.
It was the first time I ever felt like I was getting deeper and deeper into the pit.
I was firm and spoke very strongly.
“I will tell you one thing. I have no intention of choosing another woman.”
Then, it was the princess who looked a little flustered.
It seemed to be true that there was no hiding in his expression that he had never experienced anything outside of the royal family.
‘If I had a lot of experience outside, I wouldn’t have sent such a persistent gaze to me in the audience room.’
Originally, the more outside experiences you had, the more things you had to hide.
From facial expressions to speech.
“Then, let’s do this.”
“What do you want me to do?”
“This trip… that’s right, it was an ordeal. During the ordeal, I will somehow move your heart.”
“…”
“If your heart wavers, please choose me.”
I felt my head hurt.
However, for me to reject this offer, it looked like the princess would not give up.
“all right. Let’s do that.”
It might even be a better choice.
Anyway, isn’t it a story that I don’t have to be shaken.
“Then, I will go. You have to have a little bit of a plan.”
“Yes… that’s right.”
The princess clapped again.
At the same time, the attendants opened the door and cleaned up the simple tea party.
Meanwhile, I remembered one.
‘But didn’t the attendants just hear the story?’
As long as it shows up right away at the sound of applause.
***
The royal ordeal has begun.
I rode the wagon and headed to the periphery of Roto Kingdom.
The place presumed to be a dragon rare was in Mearoit territory.
‘It was a place with few villages compared to the wide land.’
Most of the villages were mountainous, so there were not many villages.
In addition, the distance between the villages was so far that communication was almost impossible.
‘Well, since it’s a place like this, there must be a dragon rare.’
I remembered what the king had said.
It was said that a dragon’s tooth had been found in a small village in Mearoit.
That too in large quantities.
That’s why it was speculated that there would be a dragon lair nearby.
‘Well, that’s not true. There’s a dragon rare nearby.’
The only problem was that there were only useless items.
While I was organizing my thoughts, Princess Letia spoke to me.
“What do you think?”
“I was thinking about the ordeal.”
“Ummm… that’s right. Then, where do you think the dragon lair will be?”
You already know the answer.
“It must be in the nearby mountains.”
“yes? Is the village where the dragon was found?”
“Dragon teeth were found.”
The dragon’s habits are not well known.
Wouldn’t that be something that could only be found in legends?
It is a creature that cannot be seen now.
But it was a very easy answer to me who already knew the answer.
“Princess, who would leave their missing teeth at home?”
“yes? We keep them, right?”
“I put it in a bottle and keep it. I will give you a problem.”
Hearing that it was a problem, Princess Letia took the correct posture.
“yes!”
“Should the dragon brush its teeth or not?”
It’s a problem that anyone with a brain can solve, let alone the lowest difficulty.
“Ah, what kind of monster is brushing his teeth. I wouldn’t.”
“Yes, that is correct.”
“Then why is it a problem all of a sudden?”
Even though I gave hints like this, I was a frustrating princess following a frustrating king to not know.
“What if people don’t brush their teeth?”
“Your teeth rot.”
“And what?”
“Uh… my breath stinks!”
Bad breath.
This was the biggest keyword.
“A dragon who doesn’t brush his teeth must have bad breath.”
“Yes.”
“So, do dragon teeth smell? Won’t it fly?”
It seemed that the princess had finally noticed.
“ah! Dragon teeth must smell. So I won’t leave my teeth at home.”
“That’s it.”
This fact was not something I found out.
It was a fact that some scholars estimated.
Of course, this isn’t true, and it could just be that the rare wasn’t there by chance.
Still, I was more interested in the person who made this deduction than the dragon rare was discovered.
“I’ll be there soon anyway.”
“yes? already? Have you ever been shaken?”
“You don’t have to worry. It didn’t waver.”
I felt more like a younger sister rather than a love heart.
Of course, I was the youngest, so I didn’t have a sister.
***
I rummaged through my memories before returning and organized my thoughts.
‘I must have heard that it was a bandit’s cave.’
It is said that it was found after digging deep in a cave believed to have been used by bandits.
To do so was to find bandits as much as possible.
‘Because it’s probably before the extensive search, there may still be bandits left.’
If so, all you have to do is attack the nearby bandits.
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No, is it okay to be attacked?
“Hey, Princess…”
“why?”
“It can be a little dangerous.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m planning on being attacked by bandits from now on.”
It was Princess Letia whose eyes suddenly began to glow at my words.
This reaction was not expected.
“You look like you’re interested in something?”
“Yes, it is a scene that often appears in stories. A hero comes to help the princess who is being attacked by enemies.”
uh···?
something a little different
“Isn’t that what usually happens at the first meeting between a hero and a princess?”
“Ah, something like that must be important.”
It’s embarrassing.
She was truly a princess who was obsessed with stories.
“I’ll take it as a sign that I knew it.”
“yes!”
I asked the coachman to take the mountain road.
You probably won’t be attacked by bandits right away, but if you’re lucky, you will soon.
It soon turned out that he was lucky.
It didn’t even take long for the beings to block our wagon’s path appeared.
And, of course, the identities of those beings.
“Give up everything you have and go away! Pay the toll or not!”
I got off the wagon and checked the bandits.
As far as I could tell, there were no people hiding and ambushing them.
“hmm···.”
I felt the need to subdue them once and for all.
‘Can I overcome it only by living?’
I haven’t done it yet, but somehow I feel like it might be possible.
I exhaled life at the bandits.
At the same time, the bandits fell unconscious.
I approached them and redeemed them one by one.
‘I’ll have to dig up the base when I wake up.’
Since he showed such overwhelming power, he should be easily confessed by the bandits.
***
Fortunately, the bandits easily confessed their base.
I went there, subdued the remaining bandits, and dug up the ground.
‘I’m sure it’s here.’
As I went deeper, something strange came out.
I called the bandits together.
“Now, business is over, so now disperse, leave your home base, and settle somewhere else.”
As soon as my words were finished, I freed them using telekinesis.
As soon as they were released, the bandits quickly started to run away, and Princess Letia, who was next to them, twinkled in her eyes.
“Wow, if you become a sword master or higher, you can just knock down an enemy with just a wave of your hand, right?”
I was satisfied that the ordeal was over without incident, ignoring Princess Letia who bothered me.