113 – Strike-14
I gave up. Realizing what he had done, William let out a deep sigh.
But I couldn’t kill Wolf. he gave up He entrusted his life to William and was prepared to accept his guilt.
Violence against him now would have been pointless murder. No revenge or anything, just murder.
Red light disappears. His will, which was shaken by any attack but never extinguished, was now shattered and only a shell remained.
“Can you stop it?”
It was a complaint. Nonsensical words spoken out of the desire to make his choices worthwhile.
Enerel, who was suddenly pointed out, didn’t say anything as if she was taken aback.
“You said there would be a battle if I killed this bastard. Since you left him alive, there must be a plan to stop it!”
Enerel hardened her expression, then nodded slowly.
“I’ll do it. Definitely.”
The battle was over, but there were people who couldn’t rest. During the rough fight, the warriors’ party suffered quite a few wounds, and Celia was unable to break the healing spell.
“Farse, is your arm okay?”
“It’s a little stiff, but… Well, it’s always been like that, so it doesn’t matter. It seems that the other side is more urgent than me, right?”
Farseer turned his gaze to William.
“Ah… ah! Got it!”
It was a rough fight, but Enerel and the others had the slightest advantage. William, who had fought while eating away his body and soul, had no choice but to be more in jeopardy.
“Are you treating me too… Big!”
The clotted blood clung to his throat. A harsh, painful sound shook William’s throat.
“Chi, heal…”
Celia hurriedly turned her hand away, but the light radiating from her hand was powerlessly scattered.
“Oh no!”
“What’s the problem?”
“That, as if the divine power of the goddess is already full, should I say there is no space… Anyway, I can’t heal right now!”
Enerel frowned. It wasn’t the first time Farseer had said something like this.
However, at that time, the warriors party strengthened and healed by using the legendary holy relics as consumables.
“Can you figure out the cause?”
“I don’t know. I’ve tried to heal priests who worship other gods or people healed by them, but I was able to heal them in such a way that my holy power pushed away their holy power. But now…”
William let out a dejected laugh.
“Well, I thought I could die.
Enerel couldn’t hide her embarrassed expression. As if it had been a lie that he had been alive until now, the fire of life was going out.
“Ultimately, this is how it turned out.”
“you are…”
An old priest of Erinis sneaked out of a nearby private house.
“Here you are.”
Nerwen pointed his bow at him right away.
“That red aura was definitely yours. Was it you who made him like this?”
“All right, Enerel. He’s just a priest. And whatever Sir William did, it’s his choice.”
The old priest smiled brightly.
“Thank you for your understanding.”
He trudged over and placed his hand on the fallen William’s forehead. A red aura escaped from William’s body and was sucked into his hand.
“Are you satisfied?”
“I do not know.”
The anger in his eyes softened. It didn’t disappear. However, he was looking further afield.
Enerel didn’t know what William was thinking or how he felt, but he could guess that his decision was making it more painful than his anger.
“Then that’s enough.”
William closed his eyes as if collapsing. As Celia prayed urgently, his body, which had been torn here and there, slowly healed.
Sensing that it was all over, the exhausted Enerel sat down.
Right now, nothing happened.
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It was a very dangerous situation, but with Wolf’s wit and William’s bravery, he succeeded in overcoming the situation.
However, nothing changed immediately. I gathered the people together and started the most important thing to do right now.
“Let’s eat first. We need to eat first.”
As it could have taken a long time, the Red Wolf Mercenaries had brought quite a bit of food.
William and his soldiers, the swan mercenaries, and the poison scorpion mercenaries created an awkward confrontation.
“It’s rough food, but you eat it pretty well, don’t you?”
Seeing Leone swallow the meat porridge, Jenny smiled and started talking.
It is a loosely boiled porridge with salted, tough beef jerky and coarse, tasteless grains. It was not a food suitable for Leone, who would not be surprised if she took off her armor.
“For a knight to stand by, he must be able to eat any amount of food even worse than this. There is nothing he cannot eat, as long as it is not forcibly given to harass people.”
“Isn’t this food that makes people suffer?”
“In my case, it was a grilled worm. It was edible except the skin was a bit disgusting.”
“Uhh… do you eat that every day?”
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Jenny shook her head.
“It was just a hazing ceremony. It’s literally food for torturing people. I heard it’s gone these days, but it was around a few years ago.”
Perhaps curious about this conversation, a soldier brought by William interrupted.
“But, isn’t it a little bit of food to the princess? When a noble person from the main family comes out to visit, the soldiers who cook right now have been thought of ….”
As long as my identity was exposed, information about the women I was following along with was bound to be revealed as well.
I asked her to keep it a secret for now, but at least all the soldiers and mercenaries here knew Eleanor’s identity.
“I’m also a knight. Of course I went through the declaration ceremony.”
“Yes? Someday a big guy told the princess…”
“I was mud. I had to force myself to swallow a pot’s worth of mud.”
“Did you really ask the princess to do that?”
Leone’s eyes widened.
“No one was forcing it. It was just mud at the declaration ceremony that was scheduled for the knight who would come in my turn.”
“uh…”
“I entered the Order as one of the knights, not as a princess, and if it was my duty, I could not receive special treatment. Instead, I was ordered to rid myself of that vice one last time.”
“You’re amazing. After all, you’re a knight among knights.”
“Is that so…”
Eleanor quietly looked at me.
“Eat… eat, just.”
It was the same for me that my heart was complicated.
After I told William to forgive him for the good, it didn’t make sense for me to seek revenge on another member of the party.
“Well…”
He looked at Eleanor with trembling eyes. She followed me without saying a word until now. I thought I was going to get angry or go back, but Eleanor was still by my side.
Fighting with the person I was trying to fight, and saving the person I was trying to save.
“Have you finished your meal, warrior?”
While I was staring at her blankly, I heard a voice calling me.
“Yes. I ate enough to eat.”
Wolf, who wrapped a white bandage around his chest, looked at the people around him and cautiously called out to Leone and Eleanor.
“I think we should discuss what will happen from now on.”
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I left the place where the other soldiers were staying for a while and entered the house that was not burnt down. Fortunately, there was a desk and chair.
“Right now, the Weather family won’t be able to move.”
“What did you write down?”
“I robbed them of the food they were stocking up on.
Materials are needed to move the military. The food I took was not small, and I will focus on repairing the damage, at least for the time being.
“That will suffice.”
But Wolf shook his head. Leone agreed with him.
“It’s not like moving a large army, and it seems like you can buy food from merchants who are in short supply. Because Weather is that serious about restoring the territory.”
Leone let out a deep sigh.
“Really? At least we, Aaron’s plan was completely out of the way. Poisonous scorpion mercenaries were sorted out by Lord William himself.”
“That’s right. Aaron failed. But not everyone in the Weather family failed.”
Certainly, the Weather family was sincere. If Aaron, who was said to be an illegitimate son, wanted revenge to that extent, the other nobles in the family would have had a stronger desire for revenge.
“They’re going to move troops.”
At Leone’s words, Eleanor’s complexion wrinkled.
“It’s nonsense.”
At least what the Weather family had done so far had a corner to run away from.
It is burdensome to attack directly, so hire mercenaries, subdue looters who caused chaos, and secure justification.
“Recently, I’ve been feeling the wary eyes of the Weather family’s soldiers on us. They see them as rivals stealing the major. They’re in the mood to attack the area themselves, if we have a little time.”
“That’s a real war!”
“That’s why the Weather family wants to go to war while the imperial family can’t touch them yet.”
In a way, it was a reasonable choice. If you set the absolute goal of recovering your territory and revenge for your family, you might think that you can somehow deal with the ‘minor’ cause later.
“Then I can’t help it. We have to fight while reducing the number of victims as much as possible. We have to make them feel that they made a mistake.”
However, if you just fight with swords and spears without justification or appeal.
“Because we are stronger.”