Northern Road-5
It was good to win Bunta, but the feeling of exhaustion that followed was quite serious.
Maybe it’s because it’s been a long time since I’ve activated my magic like this.
I used it thinking it would be fine, but it seemed that it was quite irrational to cut through the armor.
So, when I was barely holding on to my sword, someone came next to me and supported me.
“I’ve done too much. Did you want to catch my eye like that?”
Adele asked with a playful laugh. I can’t even say that I don’t have a heart that I wanted to catch your eye.
I thought I had to show at least enough to get support,
As I smiled awkwardly, she tapped my shoulder and sent a little magic toward my body.
I look at Adele with enough magic to control my body so that others don’t notice.
Adele brought her index finger to her mouth and moved away from me.
As if not to say anything, he nodded at the gesture and looked at her blankly.
“I didn’t expect to beat Bunta, but I still think I’m the best among my adjutants. Getting excited sometimes is a problem.”
“It was a one-off. If I had been dragged on for a long time, I would have lost.”
“Don’t talk like that in front of Bunta. I’d rather tease you for not being able to fight.”
I knew Bunta’s personality well.
If I’m humble, I’ll get angry, so I’d rather say I can’t fight.
Since he was so firmly attached to his own pride, it was probably better to refrain from extending a hand to a sitting Bunta.
shit.
Even after thinking about that, I heard the sound of the sword in my hand breaking, unable to withstand the magical power.
Soon after, I watched in a daze as the sword body collapsed, then dropped the sword with only the handle remaining and gave a small smile.
I thought I would endure it once, but wouldn’t it be time to get a new sword?
“I remember that my sword was fine.”
“Isn’t that a normal sword? Anyway, I think I need to get a new sword.”
Then Adele shook her head. “There’s no need for that,” she added with a light smile.
“There is no need to get a new one. It’s something you can charge me for.”
“What are you talking about, no way-”
“Now you have to act as my lieutenant, can I just buy you a knife? Don’t worry about that.”
Adele stretched out her chest and, as if boasting, approached me and whispered softly.
“Even if you look at it like this, it’s quite a lot of money.”
“…Is that so?”
I couldn’t quite figure out what to answer, so all I could do was chime in.
Secretly bragging about how much money you have is the same as before.
It would be rather strange if it were different.
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When the work was properly done, all I did was lay in my room and pass the time.
Although he became Adele’s lieutenant, it was a while before he officially assumed the position.
If I were to move, it was after the immigrant subjugation, so I had some time to spare.
“…I haven’t been contacted.”
I tried to contact Miragen, but there was no sign of a response.
I think she’ll be busy in her own way, but to think she’ll come up to the Northwest without any countermeasures.
They told me not to act recklessly and prioritize safety in case of an emergency, so I think that this is enough to take care of one’s own body.
The northern aliens are far more brutal.
This system was established by Adele integrating a place that was originally close to the lawless zone.
Originally, it is said that it would not be strange if the immigrants walked around by hanging people on the window sill.
You should have known that Miragen was such a place, too.
I think I was more concerned about my status than I thought.
Poo-wook.
The sigh that leaked out for no reason was due to the feeling of helplessness in my head.
That’s the reason why I don’t often hold the sword.
The time when I believed that I could do everything with my sword, but in the end I couldn’t do anything and repeated several regressions.
By the time I was called the Sword Saint and even attained enlightenment, I was confident that I could do anything.
Even if I grabbed a sword, I could easily catch several knights, so wouldn’t it be assumed that even if an assassin came, they wouldn’t be able to kill me?
So I thought death and I were very far away.
Around that time, he got along very well with Yuria, and he had a good relationship with Princess Theresiana.
No matter what crisis comes, we will be able to overcome it.
The problem was that he thought it would be easy to run away even if he was accused of treason.
There was one thing I felt while repeating the regression several times.
Things I don’t know keep popping up, and unexpected variables pop up.
I wouldn’t have thought it strange if it was simply that I was stupid and didn’t think of it.
No matter how many times you encounter the same situation, special situations will arise from time to time.
For example, Yuria’s madness is getting worse, or Theresia is quickly revealing her true colors and doing unexpected tricks.
The reason she had to beat Theresia a little faster in this life was to erase that variable.
No matter what variable it was, it didn’t matter anymore.
Even if I killed Theresia, there would be no regrets left, but what I was wary of was my life, which was bizarrely twisted in each episode.
100 lives was by no means small.
It was enough for a person without talent to become a swordsman, and enough time for a person who was mere immature to accomplish a great task.
300 years, wouldn’t that be enough if I replaced the life I’ve lived with time?
But even so, I couldn’t twist my fate.
It wasn’t even that I lived to not die.
It was a life I had lived with the mindset that people who were already twisted would somehow change in order to gain trust.
At least until the last episode, I had the expectation that Yuria or Theresia would repent.
Resolving the treason charge and surviving was an afterthought, so that mindset was still the same.
Surviving is not my purpose.
No matter how ugly it is, I just lived to earn trust.
I hope they trust me as much as I trust them.
All I wanted was for them to stand up for me when I was in the most dangerous situation.
…Of course, now I’ve completely let go of those expectations.
The only question I had was why it didn’t change as much as my death.
As if it was destined, as if it could not be avoided.
When you think you’re close to success, hope is always dashed in an instant.
In my life so far, I have always been in a state of tension.
It was the same even now.
Am I doing well now?
Even if the direction I was going was different from before, would I be able to stretch my sword towards the prince’s neck?
That much could still be unknown.
Should I have lived for myself? I stare at the ceiling for a while in a sudden question.
Maybe that was the easiest way to avoid death.
If people had been used as a means, and if necessary, discarded, they would have been able to stop the return in the past.
However, what is the difference between YuRia and YuRia?
What I thought as I started the 101st episode was not to live for myself.
I just wanted eternal death, and I only wanted to put an end to this regression I started.
I think. Have I been doing well so far?
Even if it wasn’t completely satisfying, it was clear that it was going in the direction I thought.
You just have to go on like this.
Even if living to die wasn’t that good, death would be the best ending to me.
As I closed my eyes again and emptied my mind, I suddenly felt a vibration from the artifact I had placed in my chest.
When I got a call, wondering if it was Miragen, what I heard was an unexpected voice.
-Ah… can you hear me? I thought Sir Taylor would get it.
The voice that asked slightly cautiously was Adrian’s.
I wondered why I could hear her voice, so I stayed still for a while, then heard Mirazen’s voice loudly from the side.
Maybe the two of you are together.
If it was Miragen, it must have been for going out, but I never thought it would come all the way to the Northwest.
But maybe it wasn’t in the northwest, so I heard Mirazen talking about the Mage Tower from behind.
If it was the magic tower… I could hear Adrian’s voice.
The Wall Tower and the Mage Tower are close, so if you respond from the Mage Tower, you will be able to use this artifact to transmit your voice remotely.
“I don’t think you are in the Northwest. It’s long time no see.”
-Ah, Sir Taylor, that’s right! I was surprised to hear that Miragen connects artifacts, but it was Sir Taylor.
“Is Her Highness the princess like that… I was surprised that she went all the way to the northwest, but it seems like she surprises me again and again.”
-Ahaha, Miragen is a bit like that. Rather, I think it’s good, because of that personality, it’s always fun when we’re together.
It’s fun. When it comes to fun, there shouldn’t be a woman like Mirazen.
I always turned people upside down with unexpected ideas,
When I was with her as a lover, I tend to laugh a lot.
After talking about Miragen for a while, Adrian asked me how I was doing.
-Come to think of it, I heard that you went to the North. It would have been hard to adapt if you had been living near the capital, but are you okay?
“it’s okay. Fortunately, the Grand Duke is taking good care of me, so I’m doing well without any inconvenience.”
-…Aha, the Archduke is taking good care of you. That’s fortunate.
The voice was a little darker than before, but Adrian, who smiled brightly, continued talking again.
-Miragen is also in the northwest now, did you know?
“I know, but are you not with me? I think I heard a voice.”
-I heard it from the crystal ball next to me. Miragen needs to tell me how to connect the artifacts.
Somehow, then Adrian is in the capital, but. It was said that Mirazen was still in the Northwest.
If Adrian had been to the Northwest, it would have been a headache in many ways.
I don’t know why, but Adrian and Adele’s relationship is so bad, I didn’t know what discord would happen if they were together.
“But, I didn’t know you would contact me like this. Holy Maiden.”
-Oh that. I asked you to call me something other than St. Did you forget…?
As I pondered over that cautious question, I was able to recall what I had heard the other day.
Did you ask me to call you by your first name? However, calling the saintess by name was quite difficult.
Other people may misunderstand when they know this.
Still, I couldn’t disobey her request, so after a while I cautiously opened my mouth.
“If so, can I call you Adrian?”
– Yes, I like that. Wouldn’t it be okay to be a little more comfortable now?
“I think it would be okay to be Adrian or Roberta. In fact, isn’t it rude for me to call you this?”
Having said that, a long silence passed over the artifact.
Occasionally, only a ro-ro- sound was heard, and when the name was called in the silence that lasted for a long time, Adrian’s voice continued again.
-Ah, yes. I’m listening. Robbe- No, Sir Taylor.
“If you’re having a hard time, just call me comfortably. I didn’t mean to force it.”
-I’m sorry. I’m not used to calling people by their names.
We’ve been friends with Mirazen since we were little, but it was only natural that they were still awkward with me.
I called the saintess by name, and she called me Sir Taylor, although it was a strange situation.
Whatever it was, it was an unchanging fact that as this relationship progressed, this episode went in a better direction.
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Just as we were laughing and talking, a voice came from beyond the door.
It was the voice of Adele, who had left me in the room earlier.
“Robert, it’s almost time for you to come.”
“All right. I will be leaving soon.”
Perhaps the matter of my appointment as lieutenant is being finalized.
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Just as he was about to finish his answer to Adele, a chilling voice came from the artifact.
-…You call me by name?
“Yes?”
– No, I heard a woman’s voice earlier. Call me Sir Taylor by name. Maybe I heard something wrong.
After saying that, Adrian laughed a little and then pursed his lips in a voice that was even colder than before.
It was evident that it was still a soft voice, but somehow it sent chills down my spine.
-Is it okay for me to know everything?
At that gentle threat, I finally had no choice but to open my mouth.