Chapter 104. The one who carries the magentano (2)
[Your aspiration awakens a specific tribute you have.]
[The tribute < the one who carries the magentano > begins to exert a powerful influence on King Alicia.]
‘What?’
Lloyd hesitated.
A message popped up in front of my eyes.
It was unexpected.
Is this what it feels like when unexpected reinforcements light up the torch of hope?
Ding dong.
[The one who carries Magentano]
[Praise level: Kingdom Yasa]
You came running before anyone else.
He pulled out the deadly poison that coveted Jim’s heart.
I put it on my chest without hesitation.
Panting instead of Jim’s breathing.
Instead of Jim’s gaze, he stumbled.
They even laughed at accepting death instead.
And finally, even carry Jim’s body.
You have protected Jim as a truly indomitable being.
You brave Frontera.
How can Jim not know?
How can Jim forget?
As long as Jim’s breath continues.
As long as your heart beats quietly
You will forever be my benefactor.
[Praise effect: As the lifesaver of King Alicia Terrmina Magentano, you receive her absolute trust. Your comments and advice towards King Alicia will generally be very positive. Also, during her reign, you will not have any suspicion of rebellion or treason.]
[Praise area: Magentano Kingdom]
[Praise maintenance period: Matches King Alicia’s reign]
“….”
A message that brightens the eyes.
After reading it, Lloyd raised his head slightly.
I checked King Alicia’s expression.
The king’s face, pensive in agony.
The face straightened slightly.
The wrinkles between his frowns disappeared.
The furrowed eyebrows slowly softened.
The corners of his lips, which had been tightly closed, rose little by little.
A smile that lasts.
A positive gaze towards this side.
Is it an illusion on our side that those eyes seem to contain a faint bitter smile?
“Lloyd Frontera. You are truly reckless and helpless.”
“Your last name is ruined.”
“…Is Seong-eun embarrassed? Do you know what Jim will say?”
“I believe you will say that you will accept my request.”
“under. Are you full of pride?”
“Please take it as a sign that you are understanding His Highness’s feelings, not just conceit.”
“Words are indeed a clearing runway.”
“Once again, Seongeun is in vain.”
“But what if your predictions are wrong now? What if the burden does not grant your request?”
“At that time, please scold me harshly.”
“Tsk. I’m not going to say a word.”
King Alicia smiled.
And finally, this side gave me the answer I was waiting for.
“good night. I will accept your request.”
“Your last name is ruined.”
“Stop talking in your mouth.”
“….”
“I have carefully examined your mantra. It’s clever indeed. To the extent that I can feel how much I have tried to bring Jim in.”
Her laugh turned to ridicule.
“It’s just the fact that Jim has nothing to lose if he follows your mantra. If, as you said, a disaster caused by monsters unfolds in the East, the prestige and authority of Jim, who has calculated and responded to it in advance, will increase even more. And even if your predictions are wrong-”
“Your Highness has nothing to lose.”
“that’s right. It’s enough to dismiss it as conducting ordinary military training. Even with such a move, the gaze of the royal capital and the political world, which has been cluttered with the attempted assassination incident, should be able to turn the gaze outside for a while.”
“If you do, how have you been thinking about the scale of support?”
“I’d like to drop off 500 of Jim’s direct subordinates.”
“If the number is five hundred, are you referring to the White Lancers?”
“It is true. Do you feel short of it?”
“Not at all.”
Not really.
To send the White Lancers, a unit under the king’s direct command.
If not the best, it was a unit that became the elite of the least elite.
It was clear that half-hearted gossip would be of much better help than thousands of troops.
After that, Lloyd coordinated a few more things with the King.
Command of troops to be supported.
Issues such as timing and distribution were discussed.
Of course, the process did not take long.
It was a situation where we had to hurry.
Lloyd accepted the King’s promise of support and withdrew.
went straight back to the house.
He hurried his return to the barony.
The first thing he did was wake up Xaviel and Julien.
“…Is that true?”
“It is true. Then why am I making such a fuss?”
I summarized the information I had given the king earlier and passed it on to the two.
The faces of the two, who had not been awake, hardened in an instant.
“All right. Then we should leave right now.”
Xaviel immediately jumped off the bed and got up.
I hurriedly began to pack my things for the journey.
But so was Julien.
“Hey what are you doing?”
“uh?”
“What are you doing now?”
Julien starts to pack a backpack with Xaviel.
I grabbed the clumsy packer and asked.
Then he responded as if it were natural.
“Are you packing?”
“why?”
“Why? I have to go too.”
“Are you going home?”
“huh.”
Julien nodded.
said the boy bluntly.
“It’s our home and it’s our manor. that it would be dangerous So I’ll go too. I will protect you.”
“Tsk. Arthur.”
widely!
I snatched the backpack from the guy’s arms.
A startled boy.
He said it quickly before he responded.
“What if I go with you and die amicably together? What are you going to do after that?”
“…what?”
“lets think. They all went back to the baronial territory like this. What if the plan fails by any chance? What if you can’t protect the territory and everyone dies there? Who will inherit the family line?”
“….”
Only then did Julien seem to understand the meaning of this side.
I said it like a nail to such a guy.
“So you should stay here too. At least one person should be left as a safe bread. is not it?”
“Hey, but….”
“Listen to me, Julien.”
I lowered my back slightly.
I got eye level with the guy.
I stared into the boy’s eyes.
“This is our role. If there’s something rough and dirty, I’ll step in and take care of it. Then what about you? Stay still. cheer me up from behind That’s enough. And what if I fall? then you step out I’m saving my energy for that. okay?”
“…brother.”
“why.”
“It really doesn’t suit me because it sets the mood like that.”
“…shit.”
I felt embarrassed.
He ruffled the boy’s curly hair with the palm of his hand.
Meanwhile, Xaviel’s voice flew through.
“Lloyd-sama, preparations are complete.”
Indeed, the Sword Master.
It seems that the two of them have already packed their burdens with a movement that transcends ordinary people.
Lloyd straightened his back.
He looked down at Julien and smiled.
“Then go.”
carrying a backpack
I turned around coolly.
And in my heart I swept my heart.
‘Whoa. The operation to reduce the aftermath was successful.’
I wondered what would happen if Julien kept insisting on following me.
So, I painstakingly prepared a comment to leave him in the royal capital.
Fortunately, the operation worked well.
‘Because there’s a high possibility that I won’t be able to afford to take care of my surroundings if I go back to the Baron’s territory.’
Let alone leisure, you may have to risk your life for real.
But what if I take Julien, who can’t even protect himself yet?
Of course he’s dangerous.
It can be dangerous to everyone around you.
So, it would be better to leave him in the royal capital for now.
So I cleared my heart and left the dorm.
In front of the inn, what the king promised was already prepared.
It was two steeds.
It was even a course horse with galloping magic.
“Whiyu.”
A whistle came out of nowhere.
It was the highest level of sprinting magic that no one else, but a court wizard, put all their heart and soul into.
Perhaps thanks to this, a translucent silver air current was swirling around the courser’s four legs.
“Then let’s go.”
I immediately climbed onto the course.
I glanced at Julien, who hurriedly followed.
“See you next.”
Percussion!
He kicked the steed in the side.
At that moment, the courser started galloping.
“…!”
It was great speed.
In an instant, Julien walked away.
The scenery approaching from the front seemed blurry.
‘This isn’t some kind of supercar that cuts out 3 invitations from zero to one hundred.’
Lloyd gritted his teeth and grabbed the reins.
He flattened himself on the horse’s back.
It was fortunate that he had learned how to ride a horse from Xaviel in the past.
Besides, this courser was smart.
If there is an obstacle, it not only avoids or jumps on its own, but also has a corner that considers the comfort of the human riding on its back (?).
Thanks to that, it wasn’t that much shaking compared to the ignorant speed.
Lloyd glanced around.
“Hey are you okay?”
“Yes, of course.”
As expected, the course that Xaviel rode was as good as this one.
No, Xaviel seemed to be adapting to the speed of the course much more skillfully than this one.
“Then let’s go.”
“yes.”
All right! All right!
Lloyd and Xaviel.
The two steeds covered the royal road at dawn, leaving behind a silvery afterglow.
Julien quietly waved his hand at the back of the two as they moved away.
Then, little by little, the shaking hand stopped.
The fist was slowly clenched.
“….”
Julien’s expression hardened.
Unknowingly, I was biting my lower lip.
‘Maybe I can’t help my brother yet.’
The older brother who comforted himself with nice words.
to stay here
That at least one person should be safe.
Only then can you take responsibility for the future of your family.
I could understand the heart of my brother who said that.
But on the other hand, I could also feel what my brother didn’t say.
‘I will become a burden.’
Not stupid.
without having to say it
Even if you try hard to hide it
Sometimes there is a feeling.
That was the feeling of his older brother, who had stopped himself from wanting to go back to the barony a while ago.
‘It’s true that they worry about me, but it’s also true that they consider me a burden.’
hot.
My fists trembled.
disassembled?
It wasn’t.
‘I’m so ashamed and sorry.’
What have you done in your life so far?
Xaviel, who is the same age as her, has already become a sword master.
No, even if you don’t compare yourself to such a genius, you would have had enough time to develop the ability to help yourself.
‘I want to be of help to you too.’
To do that, you will need to develop your skills.
You’ll have to find something you can do yourself.
With that promise, Julien raised his head.
Lloyd and Xaviel had left before he knew it, and he reflected on his back as if he was prepared to go to the side where even his footsteps had disappeared.
‘Wait a minute bro. I’ll try too. So it will help my brother. So please wait a little bit.’
When the day comes when you’re ready
Just like my brother and Xaviel did, I will run to the Baron’s territory.
I will gladly stand shoulder to shoulder with my brother and share the adversity.
Under the late summer dawn sky that deepens like that.
Julien pursed his lips.
♣
Do-do-do-do-do!
The horse’s hoof kicked the ground.
Fallen leaves starting to fall.
It was blown away by a storm-like speed.
In the midst of it, Lloyd and Xaviel ran nonstop.
The court mage’s sprint magic was truly amazing.
No matter how long the course was, he did not get tired.
Running at 70 percent of top speed kept me fit all day.
Even so, it was already faster than a normal horse’s sprint.
Lloyd and Xaviel also focused only on running.
Meals and rest were kept to a minimum.
Each of them has reached the triple circle.
Thanks to that, it was barely possible.
As such, the two continued to run without having time to engage in unnecessary conversation.
towards the east.
towards the rising sun and moon.
Heading towards the barony, which will face danger.
He grabbed the reins and spurred on without rest.
Finally, in just five days, we reached the borders of the barony.
“….”
Exhaling weary breath, I look around the familiar land.
Fortunately, the baroning was as it was in memory.
Waves of green fields colored all over the Marez clearing.
A straight paved road starts from there.
Three or four villages connected along the road.
manor house.
the main street beyond.
The paved road continues after that.
All the way to the bituminous coal mines at the foot of the eastern mountains.
Lloyd’s gaze did not stop there.
headed further east.
Climbed up the foot of the Eastern Mountains.
I crossed the mountain range, passed the top, and looked at the sky above it.
It was morning.
Originally, it was time for the sun to rise over the mountains.
But the sun was not visible.
dark clouds?
It wasn’t.
Something far darker and more heterogeneous than that.
A huge wriggling mass of black obscured the sun.
It was emitting a much more bizarre scream than any thunder of dark clouds.
Batzzzz! Woo-woo-!
Thousands and hundreds of thousands of flapping wings.
grew in real time. has come has been expanded
Suddenly, it covered the entire eastern sky above the mountains.
It was a massive swarm of locusts, so numerous that they could not be counted.
“What Lloyd-sama said…Could this be it?”
Is it because of the frighteningly wonderful sight?
Even Xaviel’s voice from beside him was faintly shaking.
this one?
Again, of course.
“Are you shaking?”
“A little bit. Do you have any solutions?”
“of course.”
Of course, countermeasures were prepared.
I’ve been thinking about that the whole time I’ve been running here.
Probably 500 White Lancers advancing rapidly from not far behind.
You just have to drag the time until they arrive.
So from now on, it’s your turn to protect the territory as planned.
‘I have to protect this place so I can play and eat tangja tangja for the rest of my life!’
What if it fails?
Even if they escaped to the royal capital alive, they would have to die after working tirelessly for the rest of their lives, becoming like the king’s pet.
Such a future was a specification.
Clap!
I pulled a steel shovel from the saddle.
I looked back at Xaviel.
shared their eyes.
“Will you follow me?”
“of course.”
“Then, a detailed explanation while running. let’s go. under!”
He kicked the steed in the side.
I ran down the hill, cutting through the wind.
I entered the Marez clearing without hesitation.
The plague of locusts out of nowhere.
He shouted the first necessities of the plan he had thought of in advance to the residents of the clearing, who were falling into panic in front of him.
“Cauldron lid! The biggest one!”
