“A lord?”
The soldiers on duty at the back door were surprised to see me and greeted me hastily. A familiar voice came from behind him.
“Peru?”
The man behind the soldiers was Peru. The guy I hadn’t seen in a long time had strangely slender cheeks.
“Lord!”
“Why are you so skinny? What did you do without eating?”
“Bob is not the problem now! It’s a big deal!”
“A big deal?”
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“Is it a big deal?”
I looked towards the village with a tense expression. However, the state of the village was peaceful itself.
“Ah, a guest has arrived.”
“customer? But why is that such a big deal? without me?”
“no. It’s not…”
“Ah, don’t be stuffy and tell me quickly.”
Peru stuttered at my urging, swallowed once, and opened her mouth.
“Five days ago, Saint Irea of the Kingdom of Iokal came. And four days ago, Ilia Markus-nim came.”
“Why is that such a big deal?”
“Two, two of them are laughing at each other and talking about Mr. Yuren, but a cold chill flows between them. My, sometimes I get stuck between conversations between the two of you, and whenever that happens, goose bumps run down my back…”
“ah…”
I seemed to know what was going on. I’m also aware, but I can’t know what’s going on. However, compared to Gluttony and Sephiroth, it really wasn’t a big deal, and the tension disappeared.
“Ilia-sama continues to emphasize that she is Yuren-nim’s fiancée, and Irea-sama talks about the things she and Yuren spent on the battlefield. there…”
“What else?”
“Since the day before yesterday, Lodian-nim started to join the conversation, saying that he fell in love with Yu-ren-nim gambling. Since yesterday, the three of you have been gathering in the tea room and talking about Mr. Yuren.”
I knew that Rodien had a crush on me, but I didn’t know that I would join Ilia and Irea.
“Isn’t the gambling hall finished yet?”
“yes. Opening in two days.”
“okay. Is that why?”
“Yuren. But the person behind you…”
“These two are children living together in the castle.”
“Yuren. I hope this person is Yuren-sama too…”
Peru flinched and looked at Myra and Ari.
“Don’t be silly, this is Myra, and this is Aeri. Myra Ari. Because this skinny guy is my butler and the deputy administrator of the estate, Peru. If you have anything to ask, tell this guy.”
He introduced Myra and Ari to Peru. The two nodded politely to Peru.
“Oh, hello. My name is Myra.”
“hello. This is Ari.”
“Nice to meet you. This is Yuren-sama’s butler, Peru.”
“Peru. Show these two around the room.”
“All right.”
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“Where are the women?”
“They are already together and are in different places. Illia-nim is the training center, Irea-nim is treating sick people in the village, and Lodian-nim is so new and strange that he suddenly appears and then disappears in an instant, so I don’t know where he is.”
I thought I was lucky. If we were all together, it would have been difficult to deal with them.
“Now I’ll take care of it, you guide them to the castle.”
“yes! I feel at ease when the lord comes to the castle. I think it will be digested now.”
“I will have dinner with them. Prepare well.”
“All right. But where are you going?”
“I have to go find the guests first.”
**
I decided to visit Irea first rather than Ilia and Rodien.
Since she is a guest from the farthest and is said to be giving divine power to the villagers, it was natural to meet her first.
“It’s a lot. It seems to be more than when I was appointed…”
It wasn’t difficult to find her in town. A huge crowd of people gathered at the fountain in the center of town.
Irea said that from the day she came here, she went out to the village every day and bestowed divine power on sick people. She was still treating people and listening to their concerns.
Irea looks like an angel has come down, smiling as brightly as the sun, doing what no one else can do.
“Bap!”
“That guy…”
When I was waiting for Irea’s work to be finished in a corner after covering her face with a hat, it flew to Irea without a bird to catch.
“uh? Is it tight?”
After finishing the treatment, Irea, who was talking to the villagers, hugged the fur that flew towards her and looked around.
“Yuren!”
“Long time no see. Holy Maiden.”
After finding me in the right corner, Irea ran to me in one step.
“Lord!”
“It’s the lord!”
“Meet the lord!”
When I took off my hat, people who recognized me bowed their heads to greet me.
“Everyone wake up.”
He raised the people up and looked at Irea. Irea’s cheeks, which she hadn’t seen in a while, were still lightly flushed, and her eyes were sparkling.
“Thank you very much for treating our young people.”
“It’s something I love to do. You don’t have to thank me.”
Irea said while twisting her body shyly. It seemed that his voice was a little louder than before.
“Are you done with treatment today?”
“yes. Treatment is over.”
“Then let’s go back together.”
“Ah yes!”
I took Irea and left the center of the village. Around her were the female knights she had seen at Huraken’s house.
“I should have invited you first, sorry.”
“Oh no! I’m sorry for coming so suddenly.”
Irea lowered her head with a blushing face, but continued to stare at me sideways.
“Have you seen the village?”
“Ah, I’m only near the fountain every day…”
“Then let’s go for a walk. Let me introduce you to the village.”
“yes!”
Irea nodded her head with a refreshing smile. He introduced her to various places in Gairin and took a walk around the village.
However, as we went around the village, people started to stick behind us, and later, more than 100 people were following us like followers.
“Oh, there are too many people. Just go in today.”
“That would be nice. People might get hurt.”
After returning to the lord castle with Irea, I asked her to have dinner with me.
Irea happily accepted the invitation and immediately went up to her room to prepare.
After watching her, I headed to the gymnasium where Ilya was.
Chan!
Kwak!
When I arrived at the gymnasium entrance, I could hear the sound of swords clashing against each other.
“hmm.”
Looking inside, Arin and Ilia were sparring, and Bricca and Clyde were watching the contest from the side.
Chan!
conductor!
Speed and sophistication were attached to Ilia’s swordsmanship, which focused on strength and weight, and Ilia’s weight was piled up on Arin’s swordsmanship, which was focused on speed.
“You both have grown a lot.”
It seems that Ilia and Arin were sparring with each other and absorbing the other’s strengths.
“Looks like they’ve already had a fight.”
Judging by the gasping of Clyde and Brica, it seems that those guys have already been sparring. Even in their exhausted state, the two of them were watching their sparring without blinking an eye.
kyaang!
Chee-ying!
Ilya did not drive Arin at once, but adjusted the rhythm of the sparring so that Arin could spread his sword. It felt more like a map match than a match.
“great job.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
After the sparring, Arin and Ilia put their swords in. Unlike Arin, who was exhausted, Ilia still seemed relaxed.
“That guy is helping too.”
Like Irea, Ilia was helping me in any way she could.
Her strong point is her strength, so she sparred with my knights and pointed out their weaknesses with a sword.
“They are both wonderful.”
“Lord!”
“Lord! Are you here!”
“Are you here?”
“Are you here now?”
As I approached, Arin, Creed, and Brika stood up to greet me, and Ilya made a new look.
“Speak like your home.”
“It might be my home one day.”
“hmm…”
I didn’t know what to say, so I said something else.
“But what is it?”
“I said I was going to your estate to play. I have to fight with you.”
“Was that serious?”
I remembered that Illia had been formally accepted for sparring at the palace.
“Isn’t it obvious? I can do it right now!”
Ilya immediately got up from the chair as if he wanted to do it right away.
“You’ll be fine, but I’m tired.”
“Where have you been?”
When I said I was tired, Ilya frowned and asked.
“Let’s get some fresh air.”
Hearing my words, Ilya’s eyes narrowed.
“You guys can go back.”
“yes!”
“Ilya. Thank you Dalian.”
“okay. Good job everyone.”
Arin, Clyde, and Brika greeted me and Ilia politely and went back.
“thank you.”
“what?”
“For helping those guys train.”
“I just did it because I was bored.”
Ilya turned her head slightly and opened her mouth.
“But, strangely, all three of them had outstanding talents, so how did you bring them together?”
“I was lucky.”
“It’s an enviable level of luck.”
Ilya made the expression of my knights. Since he himself has outstanding talents, he seems to have grasped their hidden talents.
“Let’s have dinner together..”
“okay.”
Ilya looked at me for a moment and then nodded.
“I need to wash up, so I’ll go first.”
After seeing Ilya go to the castle, this time he went up the mountain.
Peru said she didn’t know where Lodien was, but I knew where she was. Using footwork, he climbed toward the top of the mountain.
“Bap!”
Arriving near the summit of Mount Ekil, the pike soared up a large tree.
“okay. okay.”
On top of the tree, Rodien in the form of an elf was sitting. She hugged him and stroked it.
“You are here.”
“how are you?”
“yes. The butler took care of me too much.”
“thank god.”
Rodien smiled slightly and nodded. After examining the tree she came down from and the surroundings, she looked back at Rodien.
“Thank you.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you make Ekil Mountain so green?”
“Did you know?”
“yes. It’s changing like this, but I can’t help but notice it.”
Rodien climbed Mount Ekil every day to tend the devastated forest and trees, and with the power of the spirit, he blocked large monsters that would inflict great damage on the mercenaries.
“You must have worked hard, thank you.”
“Thank you, please take me with you next time.”
“yes?”
“It’s boring because there hasn’t even been a gambling place yet, so please take me with you next time you go out to get some fresh air.”
Rodien smiled broadly as he said that. Perhaps because of the sunset behind her, she was showing even more dazzling beauty.
“All right. Let’s go together next time.”
“Really? Did you promise?”
“yes. I promise you.”
We need her help as an elf in the next incident. I was going to ask for a favor, but I’m grateful that he went on his own.
“The gambling hall you’ve been waiting for will open in two days.”
“no way! Of course you know. I will be waiting for that day the most in this town.”
As if he had been waiting for that, Rodien talked about the gambling hall and his eyes twinkled like stars.
“hahahaha! I guess. It’s late today, so let’s go down.”
“is it so.”
**
Rodien went back to his room, and I went to visit Myra and Ari. The two of them were smiling brightly as they tidied up the room Peru had arranged for them.
After leaving their room, washing themselves and putting on their formal clothes, they headed to the restaurant with Peru.
“Yuren!”
As I was about to open the door to the restaurant, I heard an urgent voice behind me. I turned around and saw Myra running barefoot. Blood was flowing from her nose.
“Myra? what’s the matter!”