067 There are no bad things in the world (1)
I had a similar experience when I was working for a company.
I had changed jobs saying that I would never go to such a company again, but I didn’t know that I would have a similar experience by possessing Ropan.
It was ridiculous since morning and I laughed.
“Then the border inspection will proceed as scheduled.”
“Yeah, there’s no reason to procrastinate.”
I took a deep breath and looked at the two men in front of me.
Emperor Frederic and Cardinal Boutier were walking while having a conversation about Dorandoran state affairs.
The emperor clad his back with a bouquet of flowers, and the cardinal was light-weighted with both hands empty.
I was following you with two red pandas on my shoulders, one on my left arm, and a large picnic basket in my right hand.
The bell tower, where the tomb of the Archduke was located, was not allowed access to the servants.
I couldn’t afford to bother an adult, so I set out to lift the load, but it was heavier than I thought.
Besides, the red pandas, oddly enough, didn’t want to get away from me.
It’s possible to get excited when a sick creature is nearby, but what kind of wind was blowing?
“It was a light trek, so I only knew it that way. When I got on the bus, they all looked like mountaineers.”
– Kiying
I muttered as I looked at Demi. It was a story when I was working for a previous company.
It’s a fairly large and old company, so I wanted to work there and build a career if possible, but it was a pretty harsh place for a freshman who joined immediately after graduating from college.
“There were about twenty-seven people in the department, but they told me to bring snacks and drinks for hiking. The cost should be billed to the company at the end of the month. In the end, I did it once every two weeks, wasting money and time.”
As we got closer to the bell tower, the slope of the forest became steeper. Breath and sound were half mixed.
Demi whined with a slightly pitiful tone as if she had understood what I was saying.
The company hike was held every other Saturday, and because I was the youngest, I had to pick up people’s food from dawn and carry it with me.
“It’s all in the past. The company I moved to was fine. It just suddenly occurred to me.”
I smiled and placed my forehead on Demi’s head, then lifted it off.
In fact, compared to back then, this burden was nothing.
Although the wine bottle was heavy, it contained quite a bit of what I ate and drank.
“Prince, are you very heavy?”
A friendly voice pierced my ears. I turned my head and looked straight ahead.
The cardinal and the emperor, who had stopped walking, were waiting for me at the border of the forest.
“it’s okay.”
I answered with a smile. The prince’s physique was similar to the original me.
His motor nerves are low and he burns a lot of heat, but his stamina and muscle strength were not bad.
But the cardinal crawled down towards me and grabbed a red panda.
– quiver
“thank you.”
“If I can’t get enough more stamina, what if I can help?”
said the emperor bluntly.
No, it’s been an hour from the detached palace, but isn’t this good enough?
“The prince is not Sedric. I’m here to rest, but I can’t make you suffer too much.”
The cardinal smiled softly at me and walked again.
Thinking of the prince made me upset again. We slowly started out of the woods.
“Well, how did it go? There was a case where you stole a bounty from the inn where the children stayed.”
“I left it to Simon. The investigation is likely to be long.”
“why?”
“The innkeeper had buried the money in the mountains, but when we got there it is reported that it had already been stolen.”
“It’s annoying. Is it a thief?”
said the cardinal.
Simon most likely meant the Duke of Simon de Sarnaise, that is, Christel’s father.
It seemed that he was in charge of the incident that occurred in the village of ‘Luca’.
After all, the emperor of the Empire would not have had the time to directly lead the long-term investigation.
“Everyone is here.”
At the same time as the emperor’s words, his head was open. As the forest ended, the whole area became brighter.
I raised my head and looked straight ahead.
“Wow······.”
The admiration exploded. It was a white coastal cliff with bright green grass spreading out.
I blankly remembered the scene unfolding before my eyes.
The cool and salty sea breeze repeated the grass lying down and waking up without a break.
The North Sea and the sky over the cliff were dividing the world in half blue.
In the center of the landscape, a small temple and a large bell tower were visible.
It was a very exotic yet beautiful painting.
“There it is.”
“yes. Now you can release the gods.”
The cardinal responded softly to my words.
As I gazed at the white building and the indigo blue roof, I carefully laid down the red pandas at my feet.
But they still showed no sign of leaving my side.
Demiya, I had tamed it, so even so, the other two were also unaware of the sickness.
Why are you doing this?
“I’m going to go closer to the bell tower.”
I said.
The emperor nodded as he looked at the divine beasts rolled up like pretzels.
The complexion was not very good.
*
“Are you sick of that?”
“yes. It’s a god of air attribute, ‘Ark of Biryeom’.”
I frowned slightly as I listened to the cardinal’s explanation.
At the top of the bell tower viewed from the ground, a large and dull thing was floating.
The ‘Blessing of the Changhae’ in the book was a beautifully cut sapphire, and the ‘Martian Spirit’ appeared in the plains in the form of a wonderful sword.
But that’s…
“Looks like rusty almonds.”
I summarized. ‘The Ark’ was a crumpled piece of tinfoil.
It was difficult to even capture the characteristics other than the long, streamlined shape.
Canael’s rescue atlas or ＜Wow! It seemed like a completely different being from the illustration I saw in Eve’s Great Adventure.
The gods were busy holding each other’s tails and playing, and I couldn’t even feel the slightest ether.
It was weird.
“Let’s go in and check it out.”
The cardinal smiled bitterly. Without a word, the emperor took the key out of his pocket and opened the door to the bell tower.
– Clap
-Quick profit…
The large door opened gently.
There was no rot or shriveled part of the wood, although it must have been treated with special treatment and had been exposed to the sea wind for a long time.
I followed the two adults into the bell tower.
“Wow, Demi. Look above.”
– Meh
The ceiling was open all the way to the top.
The internal staircase spiraled along the wall seemed to lead to the place where the bell and the gods were located.
The interior was quite bright.
It was thanks to the sunlight pouring in from all directions through the fine cracks in the stone bell tower.
In the middle of the huge, round floor, a large rectangular slab was seen.
A bouquet of flowers was placed on it. It withered, but not dry.
it’s been about a day
“·················ogue.”
The emperor went there. Then he placed his bouquet of flowers side by side.
It was the tomb of Archduke Evelynn.
“It’s okay, Prince. You can come closer.”
The cardinal who held the Emperor’s hand for a moment and let go, called me in a gentle tone.
I, who was vaguely separated, approached the two carefully.
I thought it would be rude, so I put the picnic basket on the doorstep and whispered to the red pandas to wait patiently.
Soon, a engraved inscription appeared on the flat tomb.
‘Dear husband, caring father, great wizard
Alexandre Nicole Lister
1564-1600′
“uh?”
The eyes seemed to pop out.
All of a sudden, too many thoughts rushed into my mouth, and my mouth was numb.
The emperor looked at my face and smiled.
“Yes, Archduke Evelynn is my husband.”
“that······.”
I spit out the first words that came to mind. Fortunately, he didn’t bite his tongue.
“sorry. I should have prepared a bouquet, too.”
“done. After all, it’s just me and my son who put flowers here.”
She had a face that didn’t really care. Only the tip of my ears got hot.
“It was a lot of fun to make fun of. I could have sneaked into the Archduke’s study room and looked at it.”
“Shin Se-ji couldn’t do that in the yard.”
“Without intimidating the servants.”
“You mustn’t intimidate others.”
I looked at the cardinal in great bewilderment, even as I gave out answers one after another.
I felt sweat dripping down my head.
If you hit me last night, please tell me. Then you wouldn’t have brought only food like this!
“Would you like a brief blessing?”
“yes?”
But the words that came out of the cardinal’s mouth were completely unexpected.
“Because Alexandre has never met a royal priest.”
She raised the corners of her lips softly. I quietly closed my eyes.
So, it seemed to mean that we only had to raise our greetings.
Looking at the emperor, she also expressed affirmation with a light chin.
I slowly knelt down and sat down in front of the tomb.
Alexandre Nicole Lister. The inscription (碑文) was even engraved with the middle name.
Could it be that ‘Niki’, who appeared in the ＜Eve’s Great Adventure> series, was the Archduke himself?
Just thinking about it made my heart ache.
It was Prince Sedric, the one whom he wanted to teach with infinite affection by writing the only fairy tale in the world.
I put a hand on his name.
– Paaah!
The golden ether that spread through my fingertips radiated like a light bulb.
A simple circle surrounded the grave and me.
That was then.
– Whoa!
– Kwaang!
There was a loud noise from the ceiling. At the same time, a huge shock hit the first floor.
– Rumble!
“ah!”
The ground shook, and the cardinal momentarily lost his balance and collapsed.
The emperor quickly flew away and caught her.
I gathered the running red pandas in my arms and fell flat.
As soon as it was a lie, the trembling of the ground stopped.
Damn, what just happened?
“······Oh My God. Frederic, you must have woken up.”
The cardinal said something incomprehensible. I slowly raised my face with the sanctuary unfolded.
From the ceiling, a tremendous amount of light was pouring down.
– Flutter! Flutter, flutter!
Then there was the sound of something flapping its wings.
*
Duke Evelynn was standing in front of the boat.
I could see the chalk cliff and the bell tower getting closer and closer.
-Shoot aaah
The morning on the sea was beautiful. The cool sound of the waves hit his ear continuously.
The sunlight was transparent and straight and wet the surface, and the air was also very fresh.
I felt my lungs clear with every breath I took.
The young man took one last deep breath and turned around.
“What ignorant person would think of kidnapping a pirate ship?”
Then he shot Even his fur cloak fluttered in anger.
Dare to spend the night on a pirate ship, the imperial family had no such disrespect.
Without even trying to hide his intimidation, he took a picture of the princess standing in front of him and pressed it down.
Anyway, the woman wouldn’t be upset at all.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I didn’t know they would pull out the key so we could all die together.”
Kristel said, blinking pitifully.
I wondered if it was a reflection on the tears, but when I looked closely, it was just a face holding back a yawn in front of a superior.
The Duke pondered for a moment whether or not he could have a duel with the princess in this place.
She wore a pirate hat over her pink hair.
“Oh, it’s been a long time since I slept on the boat. Good morning, Sedric. Good night, princess.”
Elizabeth, who came out of the crew’s room in the corner of the deck, greeted her while stretching her waist from side to side.
Cedric Lister, Duke of Evelyn, gave her a burning gaze.
His eyes were filled with criticism, saying, ‘If you’re going to have an accident, you’ll hit it in your territory, why did you bring this person to my territory?’
Little Count laughed awkwardly.
She was interested in drugging Cedric and playing with Kristel, but was not confident in mediating between the two.
It was a moment that Prince Jesse desperately needed.
“You explained yesterday. We got on while the princess tied the boat with waves, and they destroyed all the rudder, saying they could never take the boat away. Pirates are poisonous these days.”
“So you’re saying you’ve become a drifter as a group?”
“Because there is a limit to the ether of a princess. It was very difficult to push the boat ashore. It doesn’t follow the currents and winds, and your teacher gets tired and goes down. That’s right, shouldn’t we change the priesthood a bit? He seems to have too little ether.”
Elizabeth lowered her voice as she spoke her last words.
The young duke and princess frowned at the same time.
Still, the priest from the Holy See did not like it in many ways.
It wasn’t even a priest-level thing, the etheric vessel was small, and it wasn’t as pure as Prince Jesse.
– Whoa!
– Kwaang!
At that moment, a tremendous roar was heard from the shore. The three of them looked at the cliff at the same time.
The top of the blue-roofed bell tower was radiating a dazzling light like a lighthouse.
– Rumble!
-Shoot!
Immediately followed by a tremor. As a result, the waves became very intense.
Cedric’s and Kristel’s gazes fluttered and intertwined in the air.
The two of them could instinctively feel that the wave had just penetrated.
It was the prince’s ether.