111 The couple are equally
***[Heroine Oscar]***
I fell flat on my face as I left the procession.
With just that, the horse that realized my intentions rushes forward.
The wind blew against my face, and the silk string that tied my hair flew away somewhere.
The escorts and magic soldiers were following closely behind and beside me.
Behind, in the procession, Pooh’s cries could be heard far away.
It’s like telling me to cheer up.
Be strong because I am here, Master!
Feeling so cheering, I smiled a little.
The herd of mammoths was approaching.
Seen up close, it’s really big.
The darkness in the shape of an elephant seems to be carrying the dark sky on its back, as if ink had been poured into it.
They were so big that they seemed to touch the sky.
Even when the mammoth saw me, it didn’t stop.
It looks like it’s about to step on it and crush it.
As the magician ran, he put an arrow on his bow.
It is an arrow with a slightly stronger firepower with a red mark attached to the arrowhead and tip.
As dangerous as their firepower was, these arrows were only carried by a few magicians.
These are the people who followed me.
They were the ones with the most outstanding skills among magic soldiers.
“It’s hard with you guys alone. I approach and take care of it.”
“All right.”
“be careful.”
Unlike the magic soldiers who responded lightly to my words, the escorts were very nervous.
Magic soldiers are stronger simply in terms of combat skills, but the duke’s escorts have special skills.
These are various methods of sacrificing one’s own body to protect the owner and get them out of danger.
The escorts watched me fight closely and if they judged it dangerous, they would sacrifice themselves without hesitation to protect me.
Even for their sake, the head of the duchy had to put herself in a safe place as much as possible.
Because there are not one or two lives at stake in one’s own body.
I glanced at the captain of the escort.
“I’m going to use the threat first. The big one in front. After that, in order of closest.”
Magic bottles can run wild, but the escorts have to adapt to my actions.
If I tell you the order of work, the escorts’ movements will become easier.
The escort captain nodded slightly.
“All right.”
The escorts in the back slipped aside and ran.
It seems to have gone to a different location beforehand.
I rode my horse right in front of the mammoth.
The closer I get to the giant mammoth, the smaller I feel for some reason.
I felt like Don Quixote running toward the windmill.
I raised my leg high as if a mammoth was about to step on me.
As I burrowed between the mammoth’s legs, the magic in my whole body was released at once.
Because of the mana flowing from the body, the hair stretched out and fluttered in all directions.
I felt the magic power so strong that my skin tingled against the mammoth’s thick skin.
As I lightly waved my hand at the mammoth, the mana flowing from my fingertips hit the creature’s body like lightning.
“Pueee!”
The mammoth raises its nose and howls grotesquely.
However, unlike the loud noise, the body stiffened in an instant.
It seems to have become a stone statue as it was running.
My threat made her body momentarily paralyzed.
If the opponent was a grasshopper or a human, this alone would have killed them instantly, but for a mammoth with a large body, it was only a momentary shock.
At the stopped mammoth’s leg, the escorts heading in the other direction threw hook lines.
The hook line made of a special object is thin, but it is tougher and stronger than anything in the world.
The escorts got on their horses and started running.
Because it is so heavy, the mammoth does not fall when the escorts pull it.
However, the rigid mammoth with its feet in the air lost its balance at the slightest jolt.
Slowly, the mammoth’s body tilted to the side.
The escorts pulled their mammoths simply to prevent them from attacking me.
However, the short gap they created was enough time to land a decisive blow.
As I rode my horse, I lightly touched the body of the mammoth that hadn’t collapsed yet.
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It will be similar to something like fast charging.
My magic power spread all over his body in an instant.
My magical power has the energy of fire.
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Just because you’re big doesn’t mean your cells are the size of a giant dinosaur egg, so you didn’t even need a big fire to burn someone’s body.
Even the slightest bit of heat caused the cells to heat up in an instant, and all the moisture evaporated.
Literally, the body burns and dies.
The person who dies will not even know what happened.
The mammoth, who had been threatened with magical power and was hardened like a stone statue, had already stopped breathing by the time I removed my hand.
As the mammoth leaned over, the escorts let go of the line and the horses began to gallop.
As they narrowly avoided it, the mammoth fell slowly to its side.
It seems that the captain of the escort came to my side before I knew it and hit the horse’s butt.
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Just before the mammoth fell with a thud, my horse was galloping in the opposite direction like a horned colt.
There was plenty of time to get out without doing that, but the escort captain seemed nervous.
I pulled the reins, stopped the horse, and turned around.
In the meantime, the magician was shooting arrows at other mammoths.
Relentlessly aiming only at the eyes.
“Okay, this guy’s got both eyes broken!”
“He still has one left. It’s the right eye!”
Between the screams of the mammoths, the magic soldiers continued to shout.
No matter how strong the skin and strength of a creature, the eyes and excretion holes are fragile.
Of course, aiming for it doesn’t mean you can kill it, and it’s very painful, so I don’t usually use that method.
However, if they thought it would be the most effective, the dukedom soldiers and magic soldiers did not hesitate.
It’s a cruel and savage way, but what we have to protect the most is our family and people.
And it was I who allowed them to do it.
The blinded mammoths disperse in panic.
They lost their way and ran in the wrong direction, or wandered around and screamed in place.
It seems that he is looking for the captain who has protected him so far.
Maybe it was a mother and a baby.
The other mammoths were about a head smaller than the one I killed.
‘If I don’t at least kill them quickly to reduce the pain…’
Their death is certain.
At least it would be mercy to shorten the painful time.
I hurried my words toward them, a little nervous.
***[Catherine, Duchess]***
After Oscar left the procession, Katrin let her hair out through the carriage window.
but it doesn’t look good
I wanted to go outside, but I couldn’t move because the counselors’ wives were guarding me.
“Pull the wagon aside a bit. I want to see Oscar.”
I had no choice but to ask the escort.
I thought it might not work, but the escort immediately moved the carriage at an angle.
Perhaps he thought that this direction would be better if he had to run away.
‘I’m not going to run away. It’s ridiculous that I’m going alone, leaving Oscar behind. We have Pooh.’
Pooh is strong.
No matter how heavy the load was, it moved with just a little push, and the small body at first grew enormously.
Now, in terms of size, it is bigger than any beast.
At least it was the largest beast Katrin had ever seen.
I’ve heard many times that it seems to be bigger than other rhinos because Oscar-sama gives it magical powers.
It is a rhino beast that can break through huge walls.
I thought Pooh would be able to solve whatever monsters attacked me this time.
So there is no chance for Catherine to escape, and no danger for Oscar.
I thought so, but Catherine said nothing.
If I say it, when I actually act, it will be rather blocked.
Since she is the Duchess, she thought that her orders should be the highest here, but when an emergency occurs, the escort’s orders take precedence.
The fact that Oscar-sama was here also played a role, so Katrin had little right to decide at this moment.
“Puuu, if Oscar-sama seems to be in danger, you have to protect him. Okay?”
Katrin pulled Pooh by her large body, whispered in her ear, and leaned out the window.
Stretching your body halfway, lift your neck as high as you can.
Witchbeasts have bright eyes even in dark places, but humans do not.
Because of that, Oscar-sama ran, and after a while, several soldiers ran with torches.
The place where Oscar was fighting was still dark, but thanks to the soldiers’ torches, a shadow could be seen from afar.
‘oh my god.’
Catherine held her breath.
An incredibly gigantic monster raises its feet into the air.
Even from a distance, it is much bigger than Pooh.
“too big.”
As he muttered involuntarily, Pooh snorted loudly and scratched the ground with his feet.
He seems to want to claim that he can win.
‘but.’
too big.
It was the first time I had seen such a large monster.
Catherine swallowed.
Perhaps Pouro can’t defeat that demon, I think so, no, definitely yes, that demon is too big.
The emotions that had been excited until a moment ago cooled coldly in an instant.
Oscar is dangerous.
The moment I thought so, my hand went out without realizing it.
Almost at the same time as her fingers moved to open the carriage door, the counselor’s wife grabbed Catherine by the shoulder.
I guess I was watching you all the time.
It was the moment Katrin tried to shake it off.
In the dark moonlight, the Witchbeast that had been raising its legs abruptly disappeared with a loud cry.
“uh!”
Catherine didn’t know what the witches were like.
There was only one thought that filled my head.
what happened to that person
Oscar-sama can’t possibly be with that Witchbeast…
The moment she thought that, Catherine was screaming loudly without realizing it.
“Mrs. Oscar! Ms. Oscar!”
I was so flustered that I struggled to get out.
My body hit the carriage window frame.
The ornaments she was collecting her hair fell to the floor.
“Ma’am! No!”
“miss!”
The counselor’s wife hugged Katrin and pulled her, while Anne grabbed her by the waist.
Then the escort came closer and started talking.
“The Duke is fine, ma’am. Look over there. Can you see the small moving shadow? The Duke just killed the Witchbeast. You’re not in any danger.”
“…”
When I stretched my neck again and looked up, I saw a silver glint through the dimly lit torches.
This is Oscar’s hair.
It seems to run on horseback.
Brilliant silver light was shining with starlight and torches.
“The Duke is strong. Even against the Witchbeast, even dozens or hundreds of them can’t budge. It’s just a normal procedure that we prepared to dodge like this. If the Duke thought it would be dangerous, no matter what he said, we would I’m not letting you go. You would have had to step on our corpses.”
Howie’s words entered my mind a beat later.
In the meantime, arrows exploded with a popping sound in the distance, and huge shadows fell one after another.
“The duke is finishing it up. After defeating the captain, he’s taking care of the remaining monsters one by one.”
lose strength in the body
It seems to have become a wet paper.
Catherine propped herself up on the window sill and slumped.
After a while, everything seems to be over.
Oscar and the horsemen returning were visible in the distance through the flickering torches.
“thank god.”
As I muttered, my body was pulled inwards.
“Are you okay? Where are you hurt?”
The counselor’s wives came closer and began examining her face and body.
Suddenly, when I looked at Anne, she was as white as a corpse.
“are you okay?”
It was too white, so when Catherine asked, Anne said, her lips quivering.
“Don’t do that again, lady. I thought all the carriage windows would be broken.”
Are you worried about the wagon windows or are you worried about me?
I suddenly had such a thought.
But there is no time to think.
Immediately, the stern voices of the counselors’ wives were directed at her.
“Madam! Do you have any awareness as a duchess?”
“What would you have done if there was a baby seed in your belly?”
“You’re acting so risky, you’ll have to ask the godfather to learn from the beginning once you arrive at the dukedom.”
“Please take care of your body.”
Nagging burst out of the mouths of the three of them incessantly this way and that.
‘I’ve never heard these wives talk so fast. It’s insanely fast.’
But was it an emergency?
I’ve heard that Oscar-sama is strong, but the guys who invaded this time were so big that I couldn’t imagine. No wonder you’re surprised
But at times like this, it’s best to keep your mouth shut and listen quietly.
Otherwise, Oscar will continue to nag when he arrives in this procession.
From outside the wagon, a loud shout suddenly rang out.
Merchants and commoners who had lost their souls seemed to finally realize that they were out of danger.
‘I want to go out soon too.’
After that, I heard nagging for a while.
Anne looked outside and muttered as if to listen.
“Ah, the duke is back.”
Only then did the nagging of the counselor’s wives stop.
As I was about to leave the carriage, one of them spoke in a stern voice.
“You have to dress properly and go out. The dignity of the duchess must be maintained under any circumstances.”
I was finally freed after simply putting my hair back on and putting on my coat.
‘thank you.’
When I signaled Anne by raising her thumb and little finger, Anne gave the same signal as Catherine twice.
If you’re grateful, you’ll pay it back later.
The coachman opened the carriage door, and Katrin ran outside.
But as I ran towards Mr. Oscar, I hesitated.
‘uh….’
I don’t know why, but Oscar-sama was also listening to the escort captain’s nagging.
“I just skipped it because I didn’t have time, but please don’t go under the feet of the giant monster. No matter how much we risk our lives to protect it, dangerous things are dangerous.”
Oscar-sama listened silently with a troubled expression before replying.
“Okay, can you stop being angry now?”
“I’m not angry, Duke.”
“I know. I’ll be careful next time.”
“I beg you. I have about a hundred dead hearts, so now there are only a few left.”
One hundred hearts.
I laughed involuntarily, and when Oscar-sama looked at me, he smiled embarrassingly.
The couple hears the same nagging.
It’s kind of funny, and I really don’t know why, but it made me a little happy.