Episode 84
“This is Logan McLane. Nice to meet you, Your Excellency the Count.”
“Haha. Just as I heard, you are a devoted young man. So, sit down.”
Count Roberts Floyd, with his blond hair and angular face, greeted Logan with a bright smile.
The searching gaze that scanned Logan’s entire body was burdensome, but the kindness in those eyes lessened the burden.
Logan bowed his head slightly and sat down on the chair across from him as recommended.
“So you’re leaving the capital right away?”
“Yes. I have to go back now. Everything I have to do is done and the territory has been empty for too long.”
“Yes, I guess so. Territories are important…”
Count Floyd trailed off slightly with a subtle expression on his face.
“But…”
“Yes.”
“Let me be blunt. What is it about my child that you like so much?”
A question that suddenly came to me without any warning.
Fortunately, because it was one of the expected questions, Logan was not embarrassed and was able to quickly give the answer he had prepared.
“She was beautiful and considerate. Plus, she had outstanding swordsmanship skills that I couldn’t even imagine. She was exactly my ideal type.”
Although I made up an ideal type that didn’t exist, I was confident that even my facial expressions and tone of voice were perfect just as I practiced.
“Swordsmanship…? Uh, well, my child is pretty. Hehe.”
You must have heard something wrong.
In front of the count whose expression clearly revealed such thoughts, Logan emphasized once again.
“Princess Eilen is such an attractive woman. I was especially impressed by the fact that she practiced swordsmanship to such an extent with a woman’s body.”
Everything was the foundation for what I wanted to do from now on, but the Count’s reaction was shaky.
“…Are you serious?”
“Yes. Is there something wrong?”
“Oh no. Not really. Hmm. That’s so… hehe.”
When the Count keeps laughing.
“It’s too much of a talent to just be a princess.”
Logan’s next words made the Count’s expression slightly harden.
“…What does that mean?”
“I am here to discuss my engagement to Princess Eilen, but more than that, I want to discuss with you, Your Excellency, something about her future.”
“Ailen’s future? That’s right, after we get married…”
“I’m not talking about the future of you as my wife, but as a person named Eileen Floyd, Sir.”
“You’re telling a strange story. What the hell…”
The Count is confused by the completely unexpected story.
smart.
“Father. This is Eilen.”
A voice came from outside the living room.
The Count glanced at Logan and answered.
“Oh, okay. Come in.”
Sigh.
A door with an antique and beautiful pattern opened, and Eilen, wearing a plain gray ‘military uniform’, appeared behind it.
“Ailen! In a place like this…”
“Princess Eilen. It’s been a while since I saw you. You’re still so beautiful.”
“…What are you doing… hmm hmm?”
The Count, who was trying to blame his daughter, trailed off awkwardly.
“That’s too much praise, Prince Logan. It’s a pleasure to see you again.”
Looking at the two young men and women smiling brightly at each other, they made complicated expressions and then sat down.
“Hmm. My child is pretty when she dresses like this. But it’s even better when she dresses formally…”
“Father, I have something to tell you.”
“Ah, I already heard from Prince Logan. Although it is an important matter for the family, they said they would get engaged because they like each other, so I am welcome. Now, a nobleman who recognizes my daughter’s charms has appeared…”
He opened his mouth with a very stiff expression that did not suit the situation. The Count, who had an ominous feeling while looking at his daughter, hurriedly spoke.
“I am planning to go to McLane Manor as a knight before becoming Prince Logan’s fiancée. I hope you will allow me.”
The daughter, with a stern expression, finally let out a sound that broke his inhibitions.
“What do you mean? Prince Logan. He’s just talking nonsense, so don’t listen to him strangely. He’s like this sometimes. It’s just a dream…” “
I also agreed.”
“…what?”
The count, who was trying to defend his daughter, looked dazed by the unexpected appearance of an enemy.
“As I said, Princess Eilen’s talent is too good to be wasted just because she is a woman. As her fiancé and as a knight, I want to help her dream.”
“What kind of situation is this…?”
The Count looks at his daughter and son-in-law alternately and frowns.
“Father, please allow it. With Prince Logan, I can achieve both the future you want for me and the future I want.”
His daughter’s repeated petitions corrected his shaking eyes.
However, unfortunately, what appeared in Jevit’s eyes was not a very positive emotion.
“What kind of nonsense is that?! A knight? A knight?! If I had known he would say such nonsense, I wouldn’t have let that guy into the mansion!”
The Count yells and points his finger at Logan.
There was no trace of the friendly atmosphere from just before on his face, which was so red it felt like it was going to explode.
However, this reaction was fully expected, so it could not have embarrassed the two men and women in front of them.
“Count. Princess Eilène has talent. A talent that is better than anyone else’s. Moreover, she herself wants to make use of that talent. Don’t you wish for your daughter’s happiness? If so, please allow it. I will treasure it and be with you.”
“Happiness? Happiness!? Don’t even dream!! Moreover, my daughter will never be able to do that! How dare you make my daughter do such a heinous thing!”
“…yes?”
“father?”
A heinous thing?
The two of them momentarily forgot what to say at the strange words that came out of the earl’s trembling and screaming mouth.
“This is a child who lost his mother at a young age and wielded a sword to forget his sorrow!”
uh…?
“Swordsmanship is just a way for this child to relieve his emotions! You want such a soft and gentle child to become a knight who kills people just because he has some talent?! I will never allow that!”
A knight is not a job that kills people…
or before that? Pure? who?
‘The story is unfortunate, but I already relieved my stress by cutting…’
There were many words that came to mind in an instant, but Logan couldn’t open his mouth right away.
The fatherly love that was deeply felt in the shouting voice was what made him hesitate.
On the other hand, Eilen looked sad as she listened to her father yelling.
Her father is also a powerful nobleman with an order of knights under his command.
There was no way he could not have known the value of his daughter’s talent, who had awakened to the Force when she was only twelve years old.
– If you were my son…
I felt sorry for that and was even more opposed to Eilen holding the sword.
– No man wants a woman stronger than him. Daughter, I hope you find happiness as a woman. Like your mom.
It’s not that I don’t understand that feeling, but I couldn’t accept it.
– My daughter. Don’t live a stuffy life like this mother, live freely. Are you sure you want to do everything you want to do? promise!!
Even when I think about the will of the person I miss and can’t see anymore, which I can’t bear to tell my father.
So Eilen took a step forward.
“Father, then should I not get married?”
“what?”
“Are we going to give up on marriage talks and just stay at home swinging our swords?”
“No, that’s not what I’m saying, because you said you would become a knight…”
My daughter’s voice seemed cold.
The Count cringed slightly at the sound of that voice.
“My father forced me to get married, and luckily I met a man who truly understood me. So, you said you wanted to get married, but now you’re against it?”
“Oh no. What I’m saying is that it’s not about the in-laws, but because you said you would write an article. A woman must find her own happiness…” “
So!! Damn it! What on earth is a woman’s happiness!! ”
A space that is momentarily immersed in silence along with Eilen’s shouting.
Logan slowly hid his goosebump-covered arm behind his back and watched the Count.
You are such a gentle and gentle daughter, Your Excellency. yes. haha.
“…That’s it, marrying into a good place and following your husband’s wishes…”
The Count, weighed down by his daughter’s strength, timidly resisted, but it was no different from a handshake.
“Then get married! According to your husband’s wishes! I don’t mind becoming a knight! Right?”
“…uh?”
“Princess Logan. Should we just skip the engagement and get married?”
“Hey honey! That’s not what I meant…!!”
“Or should I not get married and live in this house for the rest of my life, wielding a sword?! Why not grow old and die in this house as a sword-wielding virgin ghost?!”
Whenever he makes a fuss about getting married, why do you change your mind when you say you will get married and live according to your husband’s wishes?
Those words became invincible logic and put pressure on the count.
In the end, he had no choice but to surrender.
“Logan McLane. A swordsman’s disciple and heir to the McLane estate. That’s all good, but make my daughter a knight… ugh.”
“….”
Unlike the first time, Logan was unable to say anything as his eyes glared at him with a fierce glare.
but.
“Father. Am I going to live here forever?”
Why does it sound so scary to say that my lovely daughter, who I raised like gold and jade, will live with me?
He had no choice but to give up upon hearing his daughter’s cold voice.
“Yes, there will be no more. No more…”
“I will do my best to make Princess Eilen happy.”
“I will absolutely keep that promise. If my daughter does something wrong….”
“Father!”
“…It can’t be done. Nope. I promise I’ll keep it.”
“of course.”
The Count, who was looking at Logan and Eilen alternately with a vain expression, shook his head.
His face looked like he had aged 10 years in an instant.
But his ordeal did not end there.
“You want to take me right away? Tomorrow too?!”
“Yes. I think the sooner this happens, the better.”
“Father, I hope so too.”
“…Daughter. Why are you in such a hurry?! There’s no need to do that, right?”
“I think it’s better to move the moment you make up your mind. If you hesitate, your father won’t try to catch you again.”
The count flinched as if he had hit the nail on the head, and then looked at his daughter for a long time in silence.
The face that looked like it was going to cry at any moment became contorted like a murderous beast the moment it saw Logan right next to it.
Logan momentarily flinches back from that ferocious force.
The count hesitated as if he was about to open his mouth or say something, but then he just let out a long, sighing sigh.
“Hehe. Yes, I can’t help it. I can’t help it. If that’s what you want…”
“Father…”
“Then I guess we should at least have a small party.”
“…yes?”
“My son-in-law came to visit me and my daughter said she was going to his house, but as a father, I can’t just send her away empty-handed.”
“Count. There’s no need for you to do that…”
Logan, who was trying to dissuade him, had no choice but to trail off as the Count’s gaze almost poured out flames.
and.
“Okay, it’s a good day, so let’s enjoy it. Prepare a meal! Tell the chef to fill it with the dishes he is most confident in! Something my daughter likes! So that she can come back often just to eat again! No, it probably won’t work. I’ll have to supervise it myself.”
The Count suddenly stood up, raised his head for some reason, turned his gaze to the ceiling, and hurried out of the drawing room.
“It’s a good day, it’s a good day! Then!”
Was it Logan’s illusion that he could feel the moisture in that boastful voice?
‘Something…’
A subtle expression appeared on Logan’s face.
‘I think I’ve become a really bad guy.’
Logan felt aggrieved, feeling like he was really a thief.
The next day.
“Then I’ll just leave. “Father.”
“Eilen needs to be healthy.”
“You’re saying that as if you’re sending someone away who won’t come back. “I will come again.”
“I know. Andaman….”
The Count, who was holding Eilen’s hand tightly, kept nagging in the name of worry.
“…Yes, yes. all right. We’ll just leave.”
“And again…”
“Take it easy.”
“…”
The Count, who had bid farewell to Eilen for a long time, this time approached Logan and placed his hand on his shoulder.
“Don’t worry. Don’t do it. I will take good care of him….”
“If you touch me before we are officially married, I will cut off your head.”
“….”
“Really.”
“…Yes.”
The Count glared at Logan with venomous eyes.
“And if you hurt my daughter just because you’re a driver, I’ll do it myself…”
“Father!”
“Quaaaah. Anyway, please take care of my daughter.”
The Count, who had a distorted expression as if he was barely holding back his tears, patted Logan on the shoulder and turned around with a droopy look.
‘If this is going to be the case, why did I urge you to get married?’
Logan, who had never been a parent neither in this life nor in his previous life, could not understand his father’s complicated feelings.
“Congratulations, princess!”
“Be happy!”
On behalf of the count, the servants of Count Floyd sent them off.
Eilen firmly pushed her argument and persuaded(?) her father, but when it came time to leave, she could not easily take a step forward. Eilen hesitated for a while,
looking at the mansion, and it was not until the servants broke out in a cold sweat as they noticed Logan’s attention. I turned around with a simple greeting,
and didn’t look back once until I walked around the garden of the mansion and came to the stables.
“Lady! slowly! Let’s go together! Just a little!”
After entering the stable and checking the carriage she was going to ride, Eilen gently wiped the corners of her eyes and lowered her head for a moment.
‘I feel like leaving the home where I have lived my whole life…’
Feeling like I needed to offer some consolation, I approached the side. .
With a short sigh, Eileen’s red face appeared right in front of him.
“Prince Logan.”
Logan was startled by that watery voice.
‘This… is really difficult.’
We ended up getting engaged, but I didn’t plan on having a relationship like this…
“Please keep your promise.”
“Yes?”
Wiping away her tears and clenching her teeth, Eilen forced her red eyes open and looked at him.
“It came out like this, but it also paid off. I can’t go back without it. So, you must keep your promise.”
The trembling voice could not be hidden, but the determination contained in it was clearly conveyed.
Logan stood blankly, feeling the unknown resonance contained in those words.
“Didn’t you hear?”
The voice quickly became cold. tapped on his ear to wake him up.
“Oh no. Of course.”
I guess she might be a greater woman than I thought.
A smile naturally appeared on Logan’s lips as he answered haphazardly.
“Let’s go. I want to quickly see what McLane territory is like.”
“…You won’t be disappointed. ”
Nothing like cancer.
Absolutely.
