125 100m before the Crown Prince (5)
– clap clap, clap clap
“Demi, stop…”
I woke up with a tongue licking all over my face.
The morning sun was streaming in through the quilt of leaves.
The morning mist, which had not lifted, smelled like water, and birds chirped everywhere.
The back was uncomfortable, but the fresh air took my breath away. where was this
– clap
“ah.”
I have to stand still! I jumped up.
Demi and Perseverance fell from the boat.
This time, I took them in a hurry and hugged them.
It’s good not to miss a single one, but Demi’s tongue was short.
I can’t lie on my stomach and lick my cheek.
“who,”
I turned around and felt a sense of shame.
– beep
“It’s a surprise!”
And he shrugged his shoulders and shivered. it was a gorilla
A little elk was standing there, flapping its ears, looking at me.
I looked into my body to see if it was that guy from yesterday, but I noticed a white cloth on my right hind leg.
“you······. Did you meet him yesterday?”
-Byeok, beep!
As if affirming the elk, the chick made a powerful sound.
Even if the wound was healed, the bloodstains would still be there, so it must have been that someone was worried about him and put pressure on his leg.
But Kristel said he ran away as soon as he got here.
So who the hell tied the fabric?
“Prince······. What time is it now?”
Kristel, who was lying next to her, scratched her forehead and frowned.
It was then that I realized that the two princesses had not yet risen.
When I looked around, I couldn’t see Sir John, and Herit was sleeping between me and the prince’s bed.
It seemed that the child was worried and moved here. The prince was also missing.
“I don’t know what time it is, but the sun has risen. Good morning?”
“yes. good morning······.”
She smiled bashfully and turned to look at me. No, wait.
“It’s strange.”
The atmosphere was eerie. I hugged Demi, Dungshim, and even the elk and backed up to my buttocks.
Kristel’s eyes narrowed.
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t think this should be the case.”
“I haven’t done anything yet.”
“yet?”
She stretched out her arms and slowly moved towards me.
I was frightened and hardened like a stone.
I don’t know what’s going on with this now, but anyway, no, this improbable novel.
There are kids here too. Eva and Herrit are sleeping!
“What are you doing?”
At that moment, a cool low-pitched sound descended.
At the same time, Kristel started laughing like a burst of cream bread.
“Ahahaha! evil! The prince is so funny, ah… Facial expression, heh heh. What should I do? My stomach hurts…”
It wasn’t until she caught the boat and rolled around that I realized that I had been teased by Kristel since the morning breeze.
In an instant, his cheeks heated up and his ears became hot. He looked up at Prince Sedric.
He couldn’t have been so happy.
“Good night, Prince. Do you know where Sir John has gone?”
“reconnaissance.”
As if I had roughly grasped the situation I was embarrassed by myself, he returned to his usual voice and answered.
Then he pulled out what he was holding in his hand.
I almost screamed like the day before, but miraculously endured it.
There were hares that seemed to have been caught for a meal.
Can’t you give me some kind of foreshadowing as a human being?
“······thank you. You worked hard.”
As I barely spoke, he raised his eyebrows and headed towards the bonfire.
Then, the white-haired paladin landed behind the man.
This time, it looked like he went up to the sky and looked around.
Mint-colored eyes found me and drew an arc.
“You slept well, my lord.”
“Sir John, you are not waking me up.”
“The cardinal is awake for three or four days and he is fine.”
Then Kristel and the prince wrinkled their brows for a moment.
I don’t know what it is, but telepathy seems to have worked. I slowly returned to my current situation.
“Thank you for your hard work last night. Did Sir John or the Prince tie a cloth to this guy’s leg? I think it was the elk I treated yesterday, but it suddenly appeared.”
“uh! Then I saw him there. You have lived a good life.”
Kristel patted the elk and smiled warmly.
The elk seemed to recognize everyone in the party, and without running away, jumped on the spot.
Sir John said it was interesting.
“It is the first time for me and the Crown Prince to see an elk today… There was a village nearby. Maybe the locals didn’t take care of it?”
“A village?”
I asked.
“I couldn’t see it yesterday because of the fog, but it’s a very small town. It’s the opposite of the mountain ahead. I don’t think there are even twenty houses.”
Sir John’s explanation made my mind spin.
He shifted his gaze and looked at the road where the group had arrived. It was still unbelievable news.
But in our procession was Sir Elizabeth, and two priests, including a priest who had brought Herit from the Vatican.
There were even new beasts Leah and Perry.
It was hard to think that we could not find us because of the attack of the demons.
After all, there must have been a problem with the portal itself.
“How about going to the village?”
“Go to town.”
Me and the prince said at the same time. Kristel and Sir John nodded their heads and commented.
“If there was no news all night, it’s not that he doesn’t come, it’s that he doesn’t come. Can we get a map from the village?”
“yes. If you have a wagon, you can borrow it, and if you don’t, you can ask for help from the permanent residence.”
It was a great explanation.
We exchanged bitter glances to wake the children up and prepare food.
It was to wash up, eat well, and start the second adventure to return to the Imperial Palace.
*
I don’t know if I can call this an adventure. It’s just like trekking.
– Beep! Beep!
The elk, who was going ahead, cried as if urging. The prince pruned with the sword at the head of the party.
Demi was assisting him, and the courageous would occasionally fly up the tree to check the direction.
Eva looked at Sir John sadly, asking, ‘Can we all fly together?’, but the difference in ether consumption between just floating and flying was huge.
Besides, controlling six people required tremendous air resistance and concentration.
Even with Eva and I, it was not recommended in any book to drain the Paladin’s ether during non-combat.
He said that the village is not far, so I thought it would be okay to exercise and walk in the forest.
Christel rejoiced behind the prince.
“I found a chestnut, and he’s a guide.”
“Iknow, right.”
I followed her and answered. ‘Bamtoli’ was the name we gave to the elk.
Kristel was muttering about ‘Bambi’, so I wanted to finally come up with a good name, but in the end I twisted it once and got the result ‘Saengryul’.
I tweaked it a bit.
“If there is even a hot spring like this… Should I steal clothes and take people hostage?”
From https://noblemtl.com
Our protagonist had a terrifying self-talk.
I pretended not to know, and noticed that Herit in my arms might have heard it.
Sir John was escorting the rear and removing our traces.
I wanted to leave a trace to help the search for the imperial family, but it was better to delete it because beasts or wild beasts could follow and attack the village.
Herit looked at me for a while and carefully placed the flower in my head.
“Are you giving it to your uncle?”
nod nod.
“thank you.”
Bang Sit Bang Sit.
I’m turning 30 the day after tomorrow, and it was quite burdensome to wear flowers on my hair, but my child liked it, so I was okay with it.
Eva, who came out from the side and looked at Herit, said abruptly.
“Before, I asked the prince if he was a hogu.”
“Yes, Eva.”
I answered.
The little princess bravely climbed up and down the rock even with her torn dress and dirt-covered shoes.
“I still think that the prince is like a hogu. After all that, the prince will find out on his own, right? You might be.”
I smiled bitterly and listened to the boy.
“But I know one thing.”
Eva looked at me with large dark brown eyes.
“At that time, you said you should have a chance to start over from the same starting line.”
The eyes of me and the little princess met.
The day Kristel, the Prince and Eva crossed the balcony of Juliet Palace.
When the child said that he would not believe in Sir John in the future, I must have said that.
Eva staggered, but grabbed my collar to keep me centered.
“Now I know why you said that. And that kid too… Lord Haines is still smiling. like a fool.”
Eva rubbed her mouth and looked back.
Sir John sensed our gaze and waved his hand from afar.
The child turned his head back.
“So you were mad at my brother?”
huh? This was an unexpected question. I blinked and looked down at the little princess.
Eva’s voice softened.
“My brother kept saying bad things to me and made me cringe. Are you mad at me for making me unable to start like everyone else?”
“·················ogue.”
I was speechless for a moment.
As I walked side by side with the child who was constantly teasing my feet, I felt my mouth fill with bitterness.
Eva, who was willing to learn, was grateful but sad.
“Yes, there is such a thing…”
i got lucky Eva looked up at me and stumbled heavily.
“oh!”
“Soundbite.”
I held the child’s shoulder firmly with one arm.
Surprised, Eva greeted her with ‘Thank you’.
“Because the Duchess of Blanquer would not have caught you like this. So I was angry.”
“·················ogue.”
“If my younger brother falls down, I get him up, if he’s not good enough, he cheers me on, and if he behaves badly, he gives me Tyler.”
Herit grabbed my neck.
“Your brother is supposed to be like that. I was pissed off because I was called the opposite.”
I laughed. Eva looked at me blankly, and slightly twitched the corners of her lips.
Then he grabbed my arm and swung it around.
“I’m making my social debut next month. It’s going to be the biggest event in the East, my father said.”
“Yes, I heard.”
“But I don’t have a prom partner yet.”
·······Why are you telling me that story? I looked back at the little princess with a hopeful feeling.
The child’s eyes lit up mischievously.
“Eva,”
– Beep! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
The guide Bamtoli cried loudly. We blinked and looked ahead.
Suddenly the forest ended and the blue summer day sky welcomed us.
The backyard of a cutely decorated home was revealed. Wait, isn’t this a home invasion?
“Bamtol, you are a dangerous elk.”
– Beep!
Bamtoli defiantly responded to Kristel’s rebuke.
The prince looked at the small house and said, ‘Is it a stable?’ muttered seriously.
I put down Herit and looked around the room with Demi and the courage that were coming together again.
First, you should meet the landlord, apologize politely and ask for advice.
“Egumonina!”
A dramatic exclamation broke out from the corner of the yard.
An old man with a bent back looked at us and stood up in surprise.
He was holding a hoe and carrot roots in both hands.
I reflexively bowed down and spoke to her.
“hello teacher. Excuse me. We took the wrong way in the woods,”
“this······. what is this An angel came down in a swarm? God’s harmony?”
“No, we are…”
I blurted out my words. Is it better to reveal your identity right away even if you have doubts?
“Leave it to me, my lord. There is a quickest way.”
That was then.
Sir John, who finally walked out of the forest, spoke softly and blocked our way.
It was a reliable look.
“Old man, please help us. It is a life-threatening matter.”
Sir John shook his hand and pointed to Kristel and the prince. The old man immediately focused.
“These two are on a love escape to the ecliptic. Confucius was forced to marry someone from another family, but the princess managed to get it out. We are chasing after the soldiers from both families.”
“Hey, what the hell did you do that!”
The old man swung a carrot as if he was going to die of pity. I opened my mouth wide.
The prince and Christel stared intently at their teacher.
“And we . . . It’s a family in the same wagon. Here, the master and the young lady are siblings, and me and my son are servants who have followed to save them. Unfortunately,”
“I can tell just by looking at it! The eldest is chasing after them to kill their children out of wedlock. I don’t want to give you a penny!”
“yes······.”
Sir John lowered his head helplessly.
The old man swung his hoe and slammed the back door open.
“It’s right here! I’m going to gather all the locals and come. If you put your heads together, you can make a number! Hey, somehow. The clothes are silk, but it’s finished…”
Grandma disappeared with an astonishingly quick pace. I was mesmerized by the shocking development.
Sir John rolled his eyes and turned to me.
Are you from an actor, not a mercenary?