Episode 178
Episode 69. To the East (1)
Yuma and Natalie visited the Zach family. It was to check Dunn’s condition.
Dunn was undergoing rehabilitation for drug addiction in the intensive care unit of the Zach family.
Natalie’s face, looking at Dawn, had a dark shadow. Dunn was suffering from speech loss due to a drug-induced mental breakdown.
After bringing him from Haseo, Natalie visited Dunn once a day to nurse him.
Needless to say, Catherine took special care of Natalie’s convenience.
“You’re doing well, Dunn.”
Natalie said, clutching Dawn’s shoulders with both hands. As of right now, no matter what he said, Dawn couldn’t understand.
“When will you recover?”
Yuma summoned the Zach family doctor separately and asked.
“It looks like you took some very strong medicine, Baron. We have to wait at least one more year.”
“Okay, take extra care.”
“Don’t worry. Lady Catherine already told me to treat her like the Jacques family.”
Natalie was more concerned about going to the east leaving Dawn than leaving the rose society with Chen.
‘I’ve been playing the role of a rosary so far for such a weak subject.’
Natalie shook her head and followed Yuma outside.
After leaving the Jacques family, the atmosphere outside was enjoying the end of the year. Soon after returning to Yuma, three years had passed.
Yuma felt strange at the thought of leaving for a new stage to the east.
Yuma was distracted by reading books about the East that he had received from Ballinan lately.
When I was a eunuch, I read several books a day, but after going backwards in time, I had never been as close to type as I am these days. I was just crazy about the knife.
It was a matter for reflection.
Meanwhile, Ballinan Fauvian was fully prepared for the second runaway of his life.
The elders of the Povian family, including the head of the household, Adol Povian, did not know that Ballinan was following Yuma’s journey to the east.
Even when he first ran away, Ballinan’s destination was the East.
Ballinan grew up listening to the anecdotes of his grandfather, Radion Povian, and because he spent his childhood in the East, he had infinite fantasies about the East.
For some reason, he had the illusion that his ‘Hot’ would be opened up if he lived in the East. For Ballinan, meeting Yuma felt like fate.
‘But I don’t have to tell you that my family might come to catch me…?’
It was clear that if Yuma, the man he wanted to resemble the most in the world, found out about it, his trip to the east would be cut like a knife.
Ballinan decided to keep quiet and decided to attend the farewell party to be held at the Puang Merchant in a few days.
It was always fun to escape the Povian family, which was full of sinister and uncool people.
Yuma didn’t even go to the east to live there, but the farewell party was held because it took more than half a year to travel back and forth between the east and west.
It means that you will be away for at least one year.
In the meantime, the nobles who had noticed Yuma will be able to take a breath and campaign.
However, Hella Rose, who is currently serving as chancellor, was already working behind the scenes to pass a bill to strengthen the protection of commoners.
It was impossible to put the commoners on an equal footing with the nobles, but at least it was the hope of Hella that the nobles would not beat or kill commoners for no reason.
“Haa…
Poin let out a long sigh.
There was a time when I was full of hope that Yuma would stay away from the top for a long time.
But now that Yuma was leaving for the east, his heart felt heavy as if a stone was sitting on it.
“What are you sighing for? Mr. Puang.”
Yuma, who had been to the Zach family, said as he entered the guild. Natalie had moved to the morning star to check the rose society one last time.
“It’s just that I’m not seeing Yuma-sama for a while, so it’s just that my heart is fresh.”
It was the first time since the Battle of Ahmad and the Battle of Yonir Plain that Yuma had been vacant for such a long time.
‘At that time, when I said I was applying for the battlefield where Sir Duran was, I hoped that I would never come back because I fell in the eyes of Sir Duran.’
It was because he felt somehow deprived of the Puang Merchant Company, which he had devoted his whole life to, to Yuma.
“Every time I was away, he liked it so much, and now he seems to be saddened by it. haha.”
“I’m sorry. While Yuma-sama is in the east, I’ll prove what a competent merchant I am.
That I am a very gentle merchant, different from Yuma-sama, who knows how to break everything.”
The two talked for a while, exchanging jokes.
“Puang.”
“Yes, Yuma-sama.”
“Before we leave, let me tell you a secret.”
“Hey, can you finally tell me how you obtained the recipe for magic stones?”
Oh right. there was that
From the first day Yuma visited Pouang until today, he must have been crazy about it.
Yuma completely forgot that he hadn’t told Poin a good reason for that until now.
“Well, that’s next.”
Actually, you figured it out, and I couldn’t answer, “You know that I’m a person who went back in time.”
“Eh, then what’s the secret…?”
“Cindy Mew “Cindy?”
“It’s a secret about Ye Puang’s assistant, Cindy Mew.”
“Oh oh! Please tell me!”
For Puang, who had been infatuated with Cindy for a long time, it was as much a question as how to make magic stones. No, it was a much more valuable secret than that.
Where did Yuma get the recipe matter now?
After meeting Yuma, the path of the Puang Merchant Company was busy running on the road to success.
Of course, there were numerous crises at the top of Puang in the meantime, but as long as the results were good, it was enough.
“She is a member of the Imperial Family Task Force.”
Waiting for Yuma’s answer with a flushed face as if excited, Pouang’s face hardened in an instant.
It was an expected reaction.
But now it was a story that had to be told. In the meantime, Yuma kept Cindy in check within the upper ranks, but now Puang had to pay attention.
No matter how favorably the imperial family views the upper Puang, the imperial family remains the imperial family. No one knew the attributes of the imperial family better than Yuma, who was a eunuch.
Even if Hela didn’t know, it was clear that if it was Tekken Asuka Roze, she wouldn’t let down her guard against the Puang Merchant yet.
At any time, they would try to lower the profit ratio of magic bombardment amplifiers or magic stones that are exclusively sold.
It would have been better if Hwangseong ended up taking some money from the upper ranks.
Perhaps, while Yuma was gone, another Imperial Royal Guard unit might be put in place.
That’s why Yuma let Puang know that Cindy was on a special assignment for the imperial family so that Pouang wouldn’t fall for the imperial family’s pranks.
“…I knew.”
However, Pouang immediately replied in a calm voice.
It wasn’t Poin who was flustered, it was Yu Ma.
“Huh yes?”
“I knew. I didn’t think it was a special lease for the imperial family, but I was aware that Miss Cindy was not an ordinary person.”
“Looks like I underestimated Puang too much.”
“Now that I know the exact identity, I will be doing well so that the guild does not get into trouble.”
Poin looked at Yuma as he combed the straight five-fold parted hair with his hand.
Slightly skinny Mouth always holding a pipe Single eye glasses A neatly ironed vest.
Merchant Puang. Yuma felt sorry for this man and was filled with gratitude.
“haha. What merchants should be most wary of is alcohol and gambling women. I was very wary of the two, but I couldn’t do anything about the last one.
I am.”
“Poong. Anyway, Cindy is a member that Hella cares about very much. Cindy herself, not the imperial castle, will not harm us, so you don’t have to suppress your love too much.”
Poin also felt infinite gratitude to Yuma for saying that.
I had always wondered why Yuma was so anxious to eat Cindy, but it made sense once I found out why.
“I wish you well in the future.”
“I am.”
The two shook hands like when they first met. Cindy, who was watching this from the other side, only tilted her head to herself.
As the farewell party began on the night, guests began to gather in the drawing room at the Puang upper level.
The members of the Eastbound Party had already been staying at the Puang Merchants for the day before, checking their travel goods.
Katherine wore a special Orihalcon-made armor from the family warehouse under her traveling dress.
As befits the daughter of a great aristocrat, she had all her equipment set to the highest quality.
However, the cog wearing armor that was a mixture of a starfire crossbow and a meteorite shield, Orihalcon, was also formidable.
Unlike Catherine’s armor, which focused on feminine curves and practicality, Kog’s armor was shiny and polished.
Yuma violently snatched the cellove thread rope from Igor’s hand.
“I don’t think you should be holding this for some reason.”
“Yuma-sama Aang!”
The Cellov members who were waiting to attend the farewell party beat Igor badly in place of Yuma.
The youngest cub dares to suck honey! Even as they shouted, the crew looked sad inside.
Ballinan laughed hard, in a fresh mood he had never experienced in the Povians.
Duran and Landel were the first to enter the drawing room. Soon after, Marlon, who had come after receiving the letter, entered, and Mars, who had recently applied for the Imperial Knight test, also found the guild.
Lastly, a shabby wagon that always visits the Puang Merchant at moments like this. Coachmen Roy Harrell and Hella Roset were the last guests at the farewell party.
As soon as Hella checked Marlon’s face, she looked for Zishka, but realized that her sister was missing and sighed.
Zishka was unable to attend the farewell party because he was looking after the Black Wolf.
The same merry drinking as always took place. Now, the rest of the staff had no objection to hanging out with the princess at least for a moment like this.
The farewell party did not look like a drinking party for the princess and nobles, but a comfortable place for old commoner friends.
“Balinen Fovian. You must be with Yuma too.”
Hella recognized Barlinan and approached first.
Ballinan blushed and bowed her head daintyly at Hella.
He was very weak in alcohol.
“Carr… low. To my father… gurg purr. It’s a secret… I want to be like Yuma-hyung!”
While Hella laughed, Yuma picked up the tipped Ballinan with one hand and threw it roughly on the other sofa. Ballinnan’s drunkenness was an incessant vulgar laugh.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Because he’s a bit of a weak-minded friend.”
“ha ha ha! nope do you know
I laugh the most when I am with you.”
“It is a great pleasure to me if you can laugh.”
“When you asked to save my sister, I cried in your arms. When I come to this top, I think of that time.”
Yuma couldn’t choose the right answer. This time, Hella also had the role of hiding what she wanted to say to Yuma until the end.
“From the moment I realized I was the princess until now, that was the first time I cried in someone’s arms. Except for my sister. And it’s going to be the last one. Do you know why?”
“Degradation…
“It’s because I have to become a great ruler who will embrace the tears of all people.”
“You’re great, low.”
“I will change a lot in the future.
There will be more changes especially while you are in the East.”
While Yuma was gone, Hella had to start her caesarean classes in earnest, so these words came out.
“But I don’t want to change as much as you do.”
“I will too.”
Hella looked at Yuma’s eyes without saying a word. And after a while, she just nodded quietly and smiled.
“Have a good trip.”
After the noisy and heartwarming farewell party, Yuma and the others boarded the carriage early in the morning.
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