24 – Winter – 3
I came out of the manor and rode horses for a few days to see the troops moving. Looking at the flag, it seemed that there was Ballonde’s unit.
I immediately ran with the lion’s flag, and I was able to encounter the troops without much friction, perhaps because of the flag.
“What are you?”
“This is the messenger of Lord Stein’s deputy. I would like to meet Baron Vallonde Tarr.”
Are there roughly 3,000? About 300 of them appear to be mercenaries, and the rest appear to be regular soldiers.
The equipment looks fine, but the morale itself doesn’t seem very high, perhaps because it’s moving in the winter.
“Come in.”
The road has opened. I went right in and found a man riding a white horse with an arrogant look on his face.
“Hello, Baron Vallonde Tarr. I am the messenger of the deputy Lord Stein. My name is Cheonyeong. It is an honor to meet you.”
“Hmm. So?”
“The deputy lord said he wants to know what the troops are moving for.”
“We are moving to subdue the monsters in the monster forest.”
“I see. But this direction is not the forest of monsters, but our star, Yeongji, isn’t it…”
“Our military said that it was good to enter. And you said it was a messenger? I want you to convey my words. We are trying to do something that cannot be done in the Stein estate, so open the gates of the Stein estate and let us I want to greet you. I need to travel a long distance and rest comfortably! hahahaha!!”
“hahahahaha… From which territory would you let armed people into the territory? That many people too.”
“Ha! So?! You’re not going to do it?!”
I was pissed off. No, I’m pretending to be pissed off. You must have expected us to reject it in the first place.
“If you tell me the location of the entry point, I will prepare a place to rest there. I can provide food support.”
“Don’t be ridiculous! Do you think we’ll ignore our sincerity and efforts and let those who try to interfere with the monster subjugation?!”
I didn’t say a word about interfering, but I see you’re talking about being stabbed for nothing.
“Don’t get excited. Let’s resolve it peacefully through dialogue. You might want something.”
“What you want… Yes. Yes.”
He licked his lips, revealing his true colors.
“If Lucy Stein becomes my concubine… I’ll take my troops. So go and tell them! Get ready to meet the groom! hahahaha!!”
How can he be such a stereotypical villain?
I watched him, then nodded and walked away.
Unfortunately, the conversation did not work.
Why do people not listen to words?
Ah. I’m sad.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t just skip it.
Since I’ve been given full authority for this job, I’ll have to move in my own way too.
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“Tsk. Unlucky Siri.”
It makes me feel very bad that Lucy’s messenger came and went.
Of course, that didn’t change the plan. Even if they noticed, nothing would change.
Sitting on horseback, Vallonde remembered the past.
First meeting. You could call it fate.
‘It’s the first time I’ve ever had such a pretty b*tch…’
I met her at her Countess Estahl’s birthday party.
Countess Estahl’s invitation to the party was significant for Vallonde, who had successfully obtained the title of Baron Tarr from his father by killing his older brother and younger brother.
It is natural. Killing his older brother, who was originally the heir, and usurping the baronial title was, no matter how you look at it, unorthodox.
But Count Esthal.
For a noble with the greatest power in the kingdom to invite him was tantamount to establishing a lack of legitimacy and at the same time removing any pretext for attack by the surrounding nobles.
That’s why I met him at a party where I packed a lot of presents.
He is more beautiful than any woman he has ever held.
Her long, shiny silver hair, as if made of melted snow, was beautifully draped like a bundle of delicate threads.
His eyes as dark as pitch black shone brighter than anyone else at the party, and it was hard to find a blemish on his smooth ivory face.
Her pointed nose and slim jawline revealed a nobility that no courtesan he held had.
Is it only the face? Her body was also beautiful enough to arouse him.
The red dress that clearly highlights her body with a place to come out and a place to go in has doubled her beauty even though it is out of fashion.
There was something special about her that everyone around her focused on.
The moment she saw her as if her neat lily was standing in the shape of her person, her desire to her balon des moved.
I want that woman.
I want to trample on that neatness.
I want to see her fall and cry under herself.
She couldn’t be satisfied with hugging any girl in her ever since she saw her. She thought that no matter how pretty the prostitute’s s*xuality, she would be no better than Lucy Stein’s weeping angst.
So he had no choice but to accept Count Estal’s offer.
‘After. I’m just grateful.’
It was a proposal from Count Estal Pierre, the most powerful nobleman in the kingdom.
Attack the Stein estate. And trample that place so that it can no longer recover.
It was unknown what had offended Earl Estal in the Stein estate.
But the important thing is that Count Estal gave permission to attack the Stein estate.
Originally, fighting between Youngji and Youngji shouldn’t happen easily. This was because if he made a mistake, he could be attacked while he went to attack another territory.
But what if Count Estal blocks the movements of other territories?
Then there was nothing bothering me.
In addition, the situation of the star, Youngji, is not so good either.
An elf named Elan, a knight named Atram, and an academy sage named Cecil, Lucy’s older sister, are bothered, but in the end, that’s all.
According to information obtained through spies and travelers, there aren’t that many troops in the Stein estate.
Since the previous lord moved with a lot of troops to fight the demons and suffered great damage, he has not been able to recover it yet.
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No, rather, I didn’t know if I could get my hands on the sage Cecil in the academy if I captured the three of them in the territory and used them well.
Cecile has the same appearance as Lucy but has a slightly colder personality.
Perhaps a twin with the same beauty would suffer under him was enough reason for Ballonde to attack the Stein estate.
Giggling on his horse, he looked back at his men. It’s moving in the cold winter, so the morale isn’t very high, but the training is good.
There is no shortage of equipment, and the amount of troops is sufficient.
Is that all?
Since he has many mercenaries who have been active on the battlefield, he should be able to easily catch and eat a star, Youngji, who only has a handful of troops.
“hehehe…”
The laughter didn’t stop.
Yes. It’s coming soon.
Go to the vicinity of the Stein Manor and ask them to use the facilities there, and if they refuse, attack them under the pretext of interfering with the extermination of monsters.
He laughed uncontrollably as he recalled the sweet fruits he would gain from winning this battle.
“Lord, I think we have to go all the way here today.”
At that time when I was dreaming of a happy future, the mercenary commander approached me and said. It bothers him that his imagination is interrupted by the sweet imagination of crushing two beauties, Cecil and Lucy, but his opponent is a mercenary famous on the battlefield.
He is a strong fighter who can use sword skills.
Isn’t it a commander’s virtue to accept such a strong man’s words with a smile?
“Hmm. I see. Then we’ll rest here and then go.”
“Okay.”
Following the mercenary leader’s instructions, his horn resonates. The march stops and the barracks begin to be built. As soon as his own barracks were built, Balondé entered and sat down on a cot, taking out the book he had put in his bosom.
A letter from Count Estal.
The letter said that he would prevent all the problems that would arise from attacking the Stein estate.
“Heh, hehehehe. Ahahahahaha!!”
He laughed again. Everything seems to be helping you.
He laughed while enjoying the joy, and smiled happily at the smell coming from outside.
“My lord. The meal…”
“Bring the usual one.”
“Yes.”
Stein Territory has fertile land, although monsters appear frequently. Like Lucy and the previous lords, if they didn’t do useless things like protecting the villagers from monsters and paid taxes properly, they could make the most of the profits from the farmland.
Already in his head, the star estate was no different from being merged with the tar estate.
If you secure the wheat from there and give it to Count Estahl, he will have another opportunity to attack other territories.
What if you gradually expand your territory like that?
Perhaps he could hold more territory than Count Estahl and have greater influence than him.
“hehehe…”
Come to think of it, Count Esthal’s daughter was also quite beautiful.
His heart skipped a beat when he thought of the arrogant girl who had politely greeted Count Estahl at his birthday party, but only snorted.
Yes. You are a slut
After holding Lucy and Cecil, all you have to do is leave it to the cleanup and cleanup.
The thought of her humiliating face between her own crotch gives her strength.
Drunk with happiness and joy, he stuffed into his mouth the precious dishes prepared by the cook who came into the barracks.
You must eat well.
That’s how you can fight, and you’ll successfully carry out the attack on the Starin Territory this time.
He had no doubt that the occupation of the Stein estate and having Lucy Stein would be the beginning of everything.
As the night fell, the woman felt sick. But she didn’t bring a prostitute this time. Note, in order to solve his desire to Lucy after being patient again.
Thinking that the day was coming to an end, Vallonde tried to lie down on the cot.
“……!!”
For a moment, an eerie feeling covered his whole body.
It was as if hundreds or thousands of swords were pointed at him.
I’ve never felt such fear before, even on the battlefield, even when surrounded by enemies.
Feeling like the hairs on her body stood on end, Balonde unknowingly gripped her sword.
There is no one in the barracks. Still, chills run down his spine, and cold sweat runs down his spine.
What is it? What? What?
Something is strange. Something went wrong.
Before I could finish thinking about it, the barracks door opened.
“…You bastard!”
It was the messenger from before.
A handsome guy in a black suit.
He didn’t care because no matter how you looked at him, he didn’t seem like a big deal, so why is this guy here?
“Wait! What happened?! My escorts…”
“I didn’t think it was necessary to kill him, so I just stunned him.”
“…What?”
“No matter how you think about it, this seems like the most peaceful way. Rather than killing everyone… Yes, it’s better to kill only the ones you’re going to kill. Hmm.”
Self-reflection takes precedence over anything else.
As such, as an escort, he deployed only those with the best skills among the troops he had.
But they made no sound. Didn’t even kill them all, just stunned them?
That many?
The man who identified himself as Cheonyoung was an ordinary person no matter how you look at it.
He didn’t have the unique energy or atmosphere of a strong man like other strong fighters he had seen.
That’s why I ignored it.
His senses were still telling him that the person in front of him was an ordinary person.
However, the vigilance that had guarded him for a long time was calling for an emergency.
The person in front of me is ordinary, but not ordinary.
There was no time to resolve the doubts created by the gap.
The alertness was desperately shouting.
Bend right now.
“Ah. Tangled…! Kkeukreuk…”
But there was nothing he could do. Except for just making a low blood-bubbly sound.
Blood flows. Blood spurts.
It was reflected in the mirror near the entrance of the barracks. Suddenly, a red line appeared on his neck, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
He struggled to reach his neck, but he couldn’t stop the blood that started to overflow.
Slowly, consciousness was fading.
In the meantime, I saw one thing.
It was Cheonyeong who was holding a sword before she knew it.
I couldn’t even see him pulling out his sword, let alone swinging it.
I felt a sense of resentment when I realized that the opponent in front of me was a person with skills that I couldn’t even imagine.
If I knew there was such a strong man, he wouldn’t have attacked.
If he had known he was such a dangerous person, he would have backed off earlier.
But as always, regret is always slow.
“Kreak…”
That’s it.
It became the last memory of Balonde.