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“Sir, I have found the material you requested.”
“yes. thank you.”
It was a material she had sought separately to understand the battle situation of Miles Kingdom Army and the rebels in detail.
Ben put the papers one after the other on the bedside table.
He asked Cynthia with a worried face.
“Work is good, but you have to take care of your body as well.”
“don’t worry. I will take it easy.”
Cynthia quickly erased the thought of Ethan from her mind.
His feelings for Ethan were also important.
But now, he didn’t just come here for pleasure or pleasure.
Cynthia closed her eyes and vowed.
‘Remember, Cynthia. You are the only heir to the fledgling empire. Either way, we must take this opportunity to make our empire stand out more.’
He never forgot his duty.
* * *
The Prince Regent was facing Ethan.
“Is the report all about what happened underground?”
Of course not.
But Ethan answered naturally.
“yes.”
He left out important information about the witch Scarlett or something only he should know.
However, there were no errors in the content.
In fact, they wrote the truth, and they only removed information they didn’t need to know.
The Regent looked at Ethan suspiciously.
“Hmm, then how did you find out about the curse of this beast? It’s a curse that is now unknown.”
“Somehow, I found out.”
Sincerity was a lie that didn’t even have an eyebrow.
‘I don’t mean to tell you.’
Even though the regent knew that, he passed on it.
“The war mage at the fortress was very good. How could he solve a curse that even the war wizard could not solve?”
“It was visible.”
“Did you see it?”
“yes. The curse of the beast was clearly visible in my eyes. I just dealt with it.”
It was telling the truth.
To be precise, it was possible thanks to the jet-black eyes.
The regent looked at him intently, as if trying to guess Ethan’s true intentions.
Then he mumbled, tapping the table a few times.
“Actually, it would be of no use trying to explain the rationale to someone who uses the divine power of a divine miracle. I have to trust you.”
With a suspicious look, the regent continued.
“Anyway, thanks to you, I was able to get things right without a major loss of power for the fortress. If the incident escalated, not only the fortress, but also our Imperial Army would have suffered great damage.”
“It was what I had to do.”
“I remember hearing that sound in Velium as well. Oh, speaking of Velium, please don’t act too arbitrarily like you did back then, and give it a try.”
Recalling what happened in Velium, Ethan smiled bitterly.
Seeing this, the regent let out a sigh.
‘Did you listen to me properly?’
Ethan stood up.
“When the story is over, I’ll just get up.”
“for a moment. My last personal request.”
“A personal request?”
Ethan was puzzled.
“I don’t want to endanger my daughter in the future.”
Ethan’s expression of embarrassment contorted.
‘That means he followed suit!’
* * *
After talking with the regent, Ethan went out.
bruise!
Then Fenrir blocked Ethan’s front.
Ethan furrowed his eyebrows.
But, as usual, he thought Fenrir was arguing and didn’t take it too seriously.
So when I stepped to the left, I followed that direction again and blocked the road.
“What are you doing now?”
Ethan muttered out of embarrassment.
Fenrir just barked.
Ethan sighed.
“ha.”
He then lifted Fenrir with one hand and set it away from his feet.
“Your job is to eat snacks and roll around, but I’m busy. Go your way.”
That was then.
“uh? Priest Ethan?”
Cynthia approached from afar.
Cynthia always had Fenrir’s snack bag in her hand.
Ethan stared at it, and Cynthia hid her pockets back in embarrassment.
“Your Majesty is the culprit who made Fenrir fat.”
“Fenrir worked hard in Dunsell. So I took care of it.”
“It seems that the weight I lost in Dunsell has already recovered.”
Ethan recalled the feeling he had when he touched Fenrir earlier.
“Doesn’t it look like it’s even more steamed?”
“It must be an illusion.”
Cynthia flatly dismissed Ethan’s suspicions.
Then, all of a sudden, he said hello.
“Uh, anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you.”
It was a greeting that stood out with a particularly bright and friendly smile.
Something was awkward, but Ethan nodded.
“yes. Are you in good shape?”
“Aren’t you treating me like a patient?”
“Because I was actually sick every time I saw it.”
Cynthia couldn’t resist.
So I brought up another topic.
“But it’s a lot better now. It’s enough to get up and wipe it all off in one day. it’s all thanks to you Thank you so much.”
Ethan stared blankly at Cynthia.
‘Were you originally a person with this kind of exaggeration?’
Originally, Cynthia was silent in order to maintain her dignity as a princess.
But now, if I don’t praise Ethan, I’m acting like it’s going to be a big deal.
Unable to understand what was inside, Ethan repeated what he had said to the Regent.
“I just did my job.”
“That’s it again.”
At that point, Ethan was embarrassed.
‘Should I change this pattern a bit now?’
At some point, I felt like I should take a look at what the Knicks were saying.
After hesitating for a moment, Cynthia added a few words.
“Even so, it is certain that you have contributed greatly to changing the perception of our country. Thank you very much for that.”
“… … ?”
“Actually, even the soldiers in this fortress have a very different attitude towards us. If we work harder in the future, the perception of us will improve a lot, right?”
But this compliment was a little different.
Cynthia’s eyes were shining.
He looked genuinely happy when he spoke about the future of the new empire.
Ethan smiled involuntarily and nodded his head.
Cynthia’s sincere smile warmed my heart.
“yes. It will.”
Cynthia’s ears reddened at Ethan’s smile and encouragement.
That was then.
bruise!
Fenrir, below, barked and scratched Ethan’s shoes.
“I’m sorry, Fenrir. Do you want to go for a quick walk?”
Cynthia quickly grabbed Fenrir.
And asked Ethan in a passing tone.
“By the way, where were you going? Did I interrupt you?”
“It didn’t bother me, and I have someone to go see.”
“Oh, I see. Good bye.”
I thought we said goodbye and parted ways.
However.
Stand tall!
For some reason, Cynthia suddenly stopped walking.
‘… … ?’
A question mark appeared above Ethan’s head.
Cynthia asked without looking back.
“Is that person you ever met?”
that person?
Ethan nodded, thinking what the hell it was.
‘I think the princess also heard the news that Seongju had regained consciousness.’
Thinking so.
Then Cynthia suddenly looked back.
Fenrir’s hair was fluttering.
“You must be tired after going through a lot of things, shouldn’t you be considerate so that you can rest?”
Consideration?
But Ethan wasn’t a thoughtful person enough to care for Garrett.
Ethan frowned.
“I do not know. Rather, he played with me, so he has to take responsibility.”
“What? Go, play with it? responsibility?”
Cynthia took a step back in surprise.
Being overly startled, Ethan realized that the conversation had gone awry.
“Oh, over there. I think you’re misunderstanding something… … .”
However, Ethan’s explanation did not reach Cynthia’s ears.
Cynthia panicked and muttered to herself.
“What do you mean by playing with it? What else are you responsible for?”
Ethan eventually decided to leave Cynthia behind.
‘You’ll figure it out later.’
As Ethan walked away, Cynthia quickly set Fenrir on the floor and followed him.
“Wait a minute! If you’re going, I’ll go with you.”
bruise! Woof woof!
Fenrir, who was suddenly refused to take a walk, was not a lightning bolt in the dry sky, and followed Cynthia in a hurry.
* * *
“what? Were you going here?”
When she arrived in front of Seongjoo’s room, Cynthia was taken aback.
“yes. I have a question for you because Seongju is awake.”
Cynthia’s face burned with fire.
‘What the hell did I misunderstand?’
Cynthia tried to pretend to be calm and hugged Fenrir from below.
And turned back with a stiff gait.
“Okay, then I’ll go see it.”
“Are you going? It would be irrelevant to hear it.”
“Nope! it’s okay! Good talk!”
After answering in a stiff voice, Cynthia immediately disappeared.
Ethan sighed and shook his head.
The knight in front of Seongju’s room welcomed Ethan.
“Welcome, Priest Ethan. The Holy Lord is waiting inside.”
When I opened the door and entered, Garrett was sitting leaning on the bed.
His face was pale, but his face was bright.
“Welcome, Priest Ethan. Forgive me for sitting down to greet a dear guest.”
“it’s okay. I’m not the type to ask for that.”
Ethan pulled up a nearby chair and sat down.
Garrett looked at Ethan in amazement.
“What are you looking at like that?”
“Hahaha, the last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was the priest. But when I saw the priest again while I was alive, I was deeply moved.”
“Ahh. Is that the only memory?”
“yes?”
“no. It’s good if you just remember that.”
Ethan waved his hand.
After all, it seemed that he had no memory of becoming an ugly beast.
It was fortunate.
If he remembered that Ethan had slapped his chest and stomach without mercy, he would have attacked him as an enemy rather than a benefactor.
Not knowing Ethan’s speed, Garrett’s eyes moistened.
“At that time, I was already prepared for death. I was going to entrust my death to the priest. But now that the curse has been lifted and I am here, it feels like a dream. I really don’t know how to repay this favor. thank you.”
“Hmm. Do you want to repay the favor?”
“yes! Sure. Just say anything.”
“I have a question for you about the rebels. Tell me.”
“Oh, you mean the rebels?”
Garrett nodded.
It was natural to be curious as he was the party who settled the chaos.
“The number of rebel soldiers is 50,000. As the priest may have heard, the number of troops in our fortress is only a little over 10,000, so it’s good to have endured so far.”
Garrett tried to explain it in an easy way, considering that Ethan was a priest.
But Ethan did what Garrett was trying to say.
“The number of imperial troops that came to support is 30,000, so the Mercury forces are sufficient. However, there must be a feeling that the siege force is not enough. Are there more rebels than you think?”
Garrett was bewildered by his attitude, as if he had been through a war.
But he quickly came to his senses and answered.
“Ah yes! However, in most cases, ordinary citizens were forcibly conscripted or were slave soldiers. So the citizens in the surrounding cities are suffering.”
“The troops were quite aware of it. Then what about the curse? Is there anyone in the rebels capable of doing something like this?”
Garrett pondered for a moment, then thought of a man.
“Ugh. There is not much information about the rebels, but there are some suspicious people.”
“Who is that?”