(EP.343)Of Heart #12
343 – Queen of Hearts #12
The blonde nymph was furious.
It was the reason that things that he had been planning and implementing for a long time were about to collapse when we caused problems.
“It was such a perfect plan! Until you guys come in and come up with a crazy plan to capture the queen!”
When we heard the story, we couldn’t help but be embarrassed. We didn’t know who this guy was, and we didn’t know what plans he had.
Who else is this guy?
Did a nymph like this live in the castle two years ago? At a glance, it appears that this guy has been living for quite some time in something like this bizarre inter-wall space.
It seems that this niche space was not created in a day or two. If such a suspicious guy had been hiding in the royal castle for a long time, there’s no way the people in the palace wouldn’t have noticed.
Isn’t this world built on Aira’s deep consciousness in the first place? If so, then there is a high probability that this guy is someone Aira knows.
“… … .”
Of course, that party, the Queen, was just crouching on the bed with a blank face and turning her back on the world. I wondered if it would be okay after a while, but there is no sign of improvement.
Then Mirna asked.
“So who are you? Why are you living in a place like this in the royal castle? From the looks of it, I don’t think she’s an ordinary court lady.”
What was reflected in Mirna’s red eyes was the clothes hanging on the wall. It is quite suspicious to see the clothes worn by the maids working in the royal palace or the clothes and hats of the miscellaneous men hanging on them.
“That… .”
Then her eyes turned to the numerous maps and paintings hanging on the wall. A large heart pattern hanging in the middle. Mirna murmured after reading the words written on it.
“Queen of heart… ?”
“What, what are you looking at!”
The nymph jumped out like a frantically pressed spring, tearing apart the papers and maps hanging from the wall. Are these pictures you didn’t want to show us?
said the blonde nymph, who crumpled all the papers into a corner box.
“I have no reason to tell you who I am. And you don’t look like an ordinary maid, either. Foreign assassin? hijacker? A domestic traitor?”
Are we trying to infer the identity of having Queen Aira? Elgar, who had been listening to this story for a long time, asked.
“You live in the royal palace, don’t you even know my face?”
“I don’t know. Why do I need to know?”
“What?”
Elgar frowned as if in bewilderment, but from that conversation I thought I could get a little bit of the nymph’s condition.
Even if you don’t know the faces of me and Mirna, it’s not normal not to know the face of Elgar, who was quite famous in the royal palace at that time.
Realizing that, she whispered quietly into my ear as if Mirna was the same.
“Maybe it was a variable created because of the safe zone Narmi prepared. Sometimes there are beings that can be called singularities.”
“okay.”
It was time to nod my head.
The Guernsey nymph frowned as he noticed us chattering.
“… Don’t mumble in front of me! And, this is my kingdom and my castle. You have been saved by me, so you must follow me from now on. okay!?”
He’s a nerdy guy Of course I understand. Even from that guy’s point of view, we’d be strangers. How much more wary would you be getting when you try to kidnap the queen of the kingdom?
If it were me, I wouldn’t even have helped us.
Of course, Elgar grumbled, “You’re a spoiled bastard.”
The reason we kept our mouths shut was because the soldiers rushed around us again and looked around. We didn’t make a single breath, fearing that our location might be discovered.
-Didn’t I say it disappeared from here before? It’s a dead end here. How the hell is it going to disappear? Did you do any magic?
-Maybe the rumors aren’t true? There are secret passages all over the palace. There was a story that there were secret spaces built up in the days of the old Angmar royal family.
Me, Mirna, and Elgar looked at each other when the soldiers had been talking about the secret space. If it’s too late, you need to get out of here and deal with the soldiers.
However, the nymph who seemed to be the owner of this space seemed quite relaxed. I just sit at my desk and trim my nails.
Then he bursts out laughing out loud, huh-ha-ha.
The loud laughter made me and everyone in my group panicked. Why are the soldiers still laughing so loudly when they haven’t retreated yet?
As the blood of her body seemed to boil with tension, the nymph wiped the tears from her blue eyes with her hand.
“Whatever you do inside, you can’t hear it outside. And without my invitation, no one outside can visit this place. This is such a place.”
Is there such a convenient function?
Isn’t it really up to this nymph?
Said the nymph if he had even read my thoughts.
“So I said. This is my kingdom. As far as I’m concerned, I’m the queen. yes, queen. I like it. You all call me queen.”
At those words, Mirna and Elgar looked straight into each other’s faces. We didn’t talk to each other, but it seems like it might be good now.
But for now, there’s nothing really sharp about this nymph’s heart, right? If you do well, you might be able to get more help.
I bowed my head to the nymph.
“Okay, Queen.”
Serving the Queen was nothing special to me. Then Aira, who was lying on the bed, was looking at me.
“… … .”
My eyes are still blurry, but somehow they seem to rebuke me.
Aira, I’m not cheating, so please understand.
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Contrary to the first meeting, which felt harsh, the nymph queen was surprisingly talkative and talkative.
“This box here is from the kitchen of the royal palace. If you put these two together, it becomes a bed. Isn’t that awesome? And if you press this button here, rainwater flows down the roof of the palace, rides the sand and gravel water purification facility here and enters the cup here.”
“You are truly amazing.”
I wonder if it felt good to be treated like a queen. Or maybe it’s because it’s been a while since I’ve talked to someone and I don’t know if it’s a good feeling, but he often said things he didn’t ask.
What we can infer from there is that this guy has been living alone in this secret area for quite some time. few days? how many months? No, at least it looks a little bit more than that.
I asked.
“So, why is the Queen staying here? He’s such a good guy on his own, so he must have a really great and perfect plan.”
Did my father-in-law and flattery like it?
He let out a long snort and opened his slender eyes. Then, as if he had finally made up his mind, he rummaged through the box.
What they take out are the papers and maps that the guy put in with a lot of anger earlier.
👌👌👌👌👌
He spread it out on a bed made by joining wooden boxes and put them together one by one.
Mirna and Elgar grumbled, “It’s not even children’s pranks,” at this strange play of the queen, but for this time, they forgot the words and focused.
Maps and schematics drawn like a child’s plaything. It was probably because he was curious about what the ‘Queen of Hearts’ marked in the center was.
said the nymph queen.
“I am looking for treasure. I think he was trying to steal something from this castle, but when I woke up, I was roaming around the castle with serious injuries.”
I was lucky to have found this place-, and the boy’s blue eyes frowned slightly as if he had not yet escaped the pain of the wound he had suffered at that time.
Then Elgar said.
“So you are a thief who hid in the royal castle. You’re saying you’re so confused because you were discovered by a security guard that your memory of that part is vague?”
Elgar’s reasoning seemed quite plausible. But the nymph queen rebuked Elgar as if there was something she didn’t like.
“Hey, someone told you to do whatever you want.”
“Ts. You’re really picky.”
Elgar shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. The arrogant nymph and the arrogant Elgar do not seem to have a good compatibility because they are in the same play.
Are you more like him?
Mirna asked while I was looking at their faces.
“So it seems that what you are looking for is in the center marked on this map. Can you tell me what this is? Oh, my queen.”
Mirna’s acting was rather awkward, but the nymph queen had a broader mind than expected.
“You have good eyesight. right. I mean, whenever I had time, I searched every nook and cranny of the palace to remember what I was looking for. And I learned many secrets of this palace.”
The secret of the royal palace.
At that word, Mirna’s eyes change a little more seriously.
“what is that?”
“What it is, there is a large labyrinth in the basement of this palace. The point is that there is a terrible monster lurking in that deep corner. And he’s guarding a fancy box.”
Labyrinths, monsters and colorful boxes.
It felt like a dungeon.
The nymph queen added a few more words.
“The thing I was looking for was definitely the box. They even hire monsters to guard the labyrinth, so it must be a huge treasure, right? Like this queen’s magical heart.”
What is the magic heart?
When I was unfamiliar with that keyword, Mirna laughed.
“If it’s a magic heart, you’re talking about a life vessel. Wizards often hide things like their ashes and hearts in secret places to become lich.”
“rich? Vessel? I don’t know what you mean. Anyway, it will be a great treasure. If I get my hands on it, I’ll know why I’m doing this here!”
Just a fun story.
At the same time, it was also a story of concern.
It’s natural to think that what we’re looking for may be the same goal this blonde nymph queen is looking for.
Mirna thought so, too, and whispered in a low voice to me.
“Sir Tae Oh, maybe Ars Nova is involved.”
“I think so too.”
When I nod my head.
Elgar, who had been listening to the story with a serious expression for a long time, asked her opinion, “Can I say a word?” The nymph queen nodded at him.
“great.”
Permission that fell relatively readily.
However, Elgar’s expression was quite serious and serious.
“I’m just asking out of curiosity. You said it was the queen’s heart. Then, shouldn’t it be the Heart of Queen when written in the official language of the continent?”
“What?”
“This is how you become the queen of hearts. Well, I don’t think you would have known about this. I wondered if there was a reason for giving it this name.”
When Elgar’s story ended, we were all in a moment of silence. Mirna and I didn’t say anything, we just looked at each other’s faces.
Then I heard a buzzing sound from somewhere. I heard the sound of steam dripping like a kettle is boiling, and when I turned my head, I saw a nymph whose face was very red and trembling softly.
“I, I know! dummy! I just did this on purpose! I know about the continent’s official language, too! And I don’t like you! Don’t tell me ahead!”
The reaction is intense.
Of course, Elgar said, “I don’t think you know that. If you are polite and tell me, you will get angry. I guess I didn’t get a good home education. So they must be stealing.” He just whispered.
“I heard everything!”
Then the nymph raised her warlock hair. Did you hear Elgar murmur? In the end, Elgar and the nymphs quarreled loudly.
silkygoat was the goat. cry
No matter how much this space is cut off from the outside, I’m genuinely worried that if I act so loudly I won’t get a ticket… .
Whoops.
Aira, who was crouching on the bed, covered her ears and hid behind me.
“… … .”
With his face buried on my back, he glanced at the people around him, like a child frightened by the fights of adults.
It didn’t suit Aira so much, so we all had to stop acting and just stare at her from afar.