Chapter 248. Don’t come
2022.06.18.
Abelardo.
On the outside, it looked like a peaceful country, but in reality it was not.
The priests checked each other over the vacant seat among the 12 elders, and Michael unknowingly mediated between them so that the fight behind the scenes would not become excessive.
“it’s bothering. I want to beat them all… I wish the world would perish.”
“Be patient. His Holiness. What are you talking about when you are trying so hard to prevent destruction?”
“Take care, Iku. Okay, how is the princess of Langard?”
“You started walking today. Even though it’s only for about ten minutes since you’re tired.”
“There are no corpses walking around.”
Ikui laughed awkwardly at Michael’s scathing comment. He thought of the fragile princess living in the small villa given to him by Michael.
‘Princess Renesmee…’
She was a foreign princess who was even mentioned as a candidate for the seed of God, and Devlin’s snitch who tried to harm Emperor Ermano.
However, perhaps because he was a cousin of Emperor Ermano, punishment did not come down, and his soul was greatly damaged by throwing himself at Emperor Devlin’s trick.
A life that cannot be lived without receiving a certain amount of divine power every day.
He could not escape the land of Abelardo, which was filled with divine power in the air.
When Michael was busy and couldn’t look after Renesmee, Ikui would often go and share the divine power.
“Thank you, Priest Ikui.”
Renesmee, who gave thanks with a faint smile, was different from before.
The number of words decreased rapidly, and somehow the atmosphere calmed down.
Ikui couldn’t help but visit such a princess often.
‘I obviously didn’t like Her Highness very much in the past…’
But now, for some reason, I felt sorry for her.
Ikui, who had been vaguely thinking of Renesmee, suddenly came to his senses when he saw Michael staring at him.
“Oh. Come to think of it, a letter came. The sender is ‘Bbribri’-.”
“Give it to me.”
Before Ikui could finish speaking, Michael snatched the letter from his hand.
[Let’s meet and talk about essences in detail. It’s Aidan’s birthday soon, so come to Ermano. -Bbribri]
After reading the short correspondence, Michael smiled languidly and rested his chin.
‘birthday. It’s your birthday.’
“I have to go. It’s a cute son’s birthday, but the father can’t be missing.”
“yes? Where are you going?”
“Ermano. You remain here to watch over Princess Langard.”
***
The departure date is about 15 weeks away.
In preparation for that time, I started doing physical training.
“Mabel, you tend to rely on divine power for everything.”
“I agree with Oscar. If the divine power is depleted on the battlefield, a dangerous situation may come upon His Majesty.”
He couldn’t just listen to the advice of Oscar and Enrique.
Their advice was sound.
It was an ability that could be used only when the divine power remained, from the fast speed to the defense barrier and the last attack method.
If the divine power is depleted in the middle of a battle, I have to run away or fight, but I couldn’t guarantee survival with my natural physical ability.
‘no. I can’t be a burden.’
I stood at the knights’ gymnasium with a resolute resolve.
My fitness training teacher was Lisandro.
“Thank you, Lisandro!”
“Very courageous and good. Our wonderful majesty. Are you determined?”
“of course. Come on, do something.”
Glance. Even while I was talking with Lisandro, I could feel the eyes looking at me from here and there.
The culprit was the knights who were in training. They secretly looked at me, wondering if I was training.
“Are you uncomfortable? I will handle it.”
Aidan, who was standing by my side, asked indirectly.
I was convinced, not convinced, that Aidan’s ‘handling’ would not be a peaceful method.
“It’s okay, Aidan. Don’t mind me, I’m training with Oscar and Enrique.”
“…yes.”
Is it my imagination if Aidan’s back, heading towards the place where Oscar and Enrique are, looks somewhat sullen?
When I finally met Lisandro, my temporary teacher, I looked up at him with curiosity.
Lisandro smirked. Seeing that smile gave me goosebumps.
Why is it so ominous…?
“Then shall we start lightly?”
“huh.”
“Please run ten laps around the gymnasium.”
“Ten laps around the gymnasium? George and I’ll come!”
I nodded and ran vigorously.
After a while.
‘It was me who was upset…’
Since he had been living using divine power and authority, his pure physical ability without using any ability was no different from that of ordinary people.
Just slightly healthier than a young girl my age.
“Heh heh heh…”
I was out of breath and my eyes spun around.
I’m sure the wind had felt chilly just a moment ago, but now the sweat was flowing into my eyes and making them sting.
“I’d rather crawl…!”
Ughhhh
I howled sadly and ran with all the strength I had been suckling.
Before I knew it, the knights were running alongside me and throwing words one by one.
“It’s the fifth or seventh turn. You are amazing, Your Majesty!”
“You can!”
“Cheer up…!”
The knights cheated on the number of wheels and boosted my morale.
‘It’s like these wonderful knights…’
Is this what chivalry is?
After completing eight laps, like ten, I sat down on the floor as soon as I arrived in front of Lisandro.
It had been a long time since he had abandoned his dignity as an emperor.
“It’s light. Let’s start lightly. Lisandro you impostor…!”
“Isn’t it light? Everyone laughs and runs about ten laps. Look over there.”
Lisandro pointed to the knights running around the gymnasium. They were really laughing and running.
“And you didn’t even run ten laps.”
“Kuhm.”
Feeling remorse, I cleared my throat and looked away.
At the end of my gaze, I saw Aidan sparring with Oscar.
It was a sparring that competed purely with swordsmanship without using sword skills or energy.
“I think Oscar will lose again.”
Lisandro, who was sitting next to me, whispered softly.
“I heard you never beat Aidan, is that true?”
“yes. Now that I know that Aidan is like that, I can see why.”
As Lisandro said, the sparring ended quickly. Aidan’s knife point was aimed at Oscar’s neck, who had fallen backwards.
“I lost, Aidan.”
After retracting the sword, Aidan held out his hand to Oscar. Oscar grabbed her hand and got up to brush off the dust from her clothes.
I came up next to Aidan drinking water.
“Can I drink water too?”
Aidan nodded and held out the canteen. I was about to drink water without thinking, but Oscar intervened with an ax eye open.
“You Mabel! The water Aidan was drinking…!”
“huh?”
“I’d rather have my water… what the heck. Who drank it!”
When Oscar got angry with himself, Enrique laughed incredulously.
“you. You drank, Oscar.”
Oscar started staring at his canteen with a look of resentment.
“I am thirsty.”
The knights who were roaming around us started holding out their canteens as if they had heard my voice grumbling very little.
“Drink my water!”
“I didn’t speak!”
A water bottle competition that happened out of nowhere…!
Trying to drink water. What the hell is this situation?
“I just won’t drink it.”
Feeling sullen, I handed the canteen back to Aidan. Then Aidan frowned uncharacteristically and glared at the knights holding out canteens.
“All off.”
“Ahh!”
“Ouch!”
The black energy that radiated from Aidan instantly covered the gymnasium.
After a while, only a handful of knights and Lisandro Oscar Enrique were left standing still.
“I took care of it.”
Aidan looked at me as if he wanted a compliment. I looked at that face and thought to myself.
‘Isn’t this jealous?’
oh my god. I’m in trouble because my boyfriend is cute.
***
War is war and Aidan’s birthday is Aidan’s birthday.
Even while I was busy, I was busy preparing for Aidan’s birthday party.
The list of attendees was arbitrarily chosen by me, but all those who knew Aidan’s secret were included, and those who did not were only Emily.
[We invite you to Aidan’s birthday party. Please come and congratulate Aidan and give him a wonderful gift. If you do not bring a gift, you will be kicked out.
date. March 28th. 6 pm.
location. Hermano nature drawing room.
organizer. Mabel Gardenia Ermano.]
To sum it up, give me a gift.
As a result of diligently filling out the invitations, there were about two remaining.
As I was diligently writing a new piece of paper again, Aidan came in.
It smelled good, perhaps after taking a bath.
“Get some rest. You will suffer from muscle pain tomorrow. If you heal with divine power, there is no reason to train, so be careful.”
“know. Lisandro told me.”
Healing with divine power restores the body to the state it was in before the muscles were torn, so training results could not be seen.
Because of that, people who used their bodies did not borrow the power of divine power unless it was a wound that was so deep that their lives came and went.
“Anyway, the human body is really cumbersome.”
I grumbled for nothing and looked up at Aidan, who was standing right behind me.
“Aidan. Would you like to write an invitation? It’s an invitation to Aidan’s birthday party.”
Aidan stared at the invitation on the desk. Of course, I thought he would say no, but the answer came back unexpectedly.
“yes.”
“good. I am sending this to my father.”
I added a word below what I had written before.
[Aidan’s words below.]
I handed him the quill and Aidan leaned over, clutching the armrest of his chair.
‘omg.’
Unknowingly, I was nervous and covered my mouth.
It was as if Aidan was hugging me from behind. As the ends of Aidan’s uncured hair touched his face, he felt something unbearable.
‘Is Aidan okay?’
As soon as I raised my head, covering my cheeks that seemed to be burning with heat, I met Aidan’s eyes.
“I wrote everything.”
“okay?”
I came to my senses belatedly and tried to check what was written on the invitation, but it was after I had finished sealing it before I knew it.
“It’s fast since it’s already been used up.”
I was curious about what he wrote, but I thought he had written it well, so I threw it between the completed invitations.
“Nice job Aidan.”
I reached out and Aidan lowered himself to make it easier to reach.
As I stroked his hair gently, Aidan hugged me.
Embarrassed by Aidan’s expression of affection, I struggled, but he wouldn’t let me go.
“Wait, Aidan. I have to write even one invitation…”
“Who are you sending it to?”
“Casey.”
“I’ll use it, so don’t mind His Majesty.”
“Will you?”
At Aidan’s words, I put my mind at ease and hugged him tightly.
It was a great help to me, who was tired from working on physical training, strategy meetings, and emperor duties.
‘Aidan will write a good invitation?’
At that time I didn’t know
The contents of the invitation that Aidan will send to Casey.
Also, that’s my karma from the past…!
***
Esteban’s office.
The dark sunset came in through the window, as if paint had been poured into it.
In front of the window, Esteban, as beautiful as a sculpture, was looking at the documents in silence. Seeing this, Gustav sighed for nothing.
‘Am I an aide to His Majesty the Emperor or His Majesty Sanghwang?’
Today, Gustaf, confused about his identity as an aide, stood in front of Esteban’s desk.
“Damn the situation. It’s already evening, so please take it easy.”
“It is.”
“I mean, what do you mean? Besides, you’re secretly bringing in the Emperor’s work, aren’t you? His Majesty won’t even recognize that!”
In short, it meant ‘let me go to work’.
Esteban, who knew the meaning but pretended not to know, replied with his gaze fixed on the document.
“The child already knows.”
“yes? Your Majesty?”
“okay. Being a smart and wise kid, you must have noticed that some of the papers coming up in front of me are missing. But I guess I’ll just let it go.”
Even so, it must be to understand the father’s desire to lighten his daughter’s burden.
Gustav understood the meaning and smiled happily.
“You two are the same.”
No one could compare their love for each other.
It was then.
smart. A tidy knock echoed in the quiet office.
“Damn the situation. His Majesty the Emperor has sent you a letter.”
“Stop by.”
After a while, Gustaf received the letter and handed it to Esteban. It was a Mabel-like letter with a pretty decoration.
“Did you send a letter?”
I thought it was the same this time as Mabel used to send me letters often.
But it wasn’t a letter from her daughter.
“Ugh.”
It was Aidan’s birthday invitation.
Esteban’s gaze reached the last line while reading the invitation (gift threat under the guise of) written by Mabel with a frown.
There was a short word that was written insincerely and roughly spilled.
[Don’t come.]
A sentence that Aidan would have written.
‘Is this a provocation?’
Esteban smiled sharply and touched my lips.
“I really need to go to this.”
Confirmed to attend Esteban.
.
.
.
Around the same time, a letter also arrived from Casey.
“Invitation. It’s an invitation…!”
Casey, who opened the letter with excitement, was bewildered.
[ㅗ]
“Did you forget while writing it…?”
Mabel had no idea.
Not that Aidan would apply the profanity he had learned ten years ago.
