My Villains Episode 393
62. Tactics of Deception (20)
It was around midnight when I woke up after falling asleep in the late afternoon.
My ears tickle. The sounds that pulled me out of dreamland were the faint neighing of horses outside the window and the sound of hasty footsteps tapping on the stone steps.
“……Turn it off.”
I must have suffered for the past two days, but I groaned naturally from the stiffness. After blinking blankly, someone stopped beyond the door for a while, took a breath, and raised his hand.
“hang on.”
“Uh- I see, sir!”
After all, the grass was only the goal.
It was a warning to prevent loud knocking, but the big boy’s answer was very loud. It’s like a blind man.
In the end, the wad that had been sleeping soundly in my arms broke. The way she opens her eyes and tightens her body is in stark contrast to Heila, and laughter flows out for no reason.
“are you okay. Sleep some more.”
Whispering, I stroked the boy’s white back. The skin was so soft that the fingertips seemed to be slippery…
“Poi—”
Ungdu trembled slightly, shook his neck, and purred like a cat as he rubbed his face against his chest. Her hair, which was long enough to cover her shoulders, has become scattered all over, and her eyelids are swollen, but she is still, on the contrary, even more lovely.
You can feel your body relaxing through the touch of your skin. However, seeing that it did not stretch beyond a certain extent, it seemed that the drowsiness had already escaped.
“Ugh.”
We kissed briefly while enjoying the slightly thicker fruit scent, then got out of bed and put on our pants.
“Give me too.”
“You want to get up? It’s still midnight.”
“I am not sleepy.”
When I handed over the clothes that were hanging on the bedside table, Ungchi hid himself under the blanket and started to fidget.
Around that time, the signs of the words he had heard earlier came back. When I listened closely, there was a dizzying mix of sobs and annoyance.
It was not just one or two, but dozens of them.
“…what is this time?”
When I opened the wooden window that had the thin bolt on it-
“…Make sure your armament is as light as possible
! Armor only helmet and breastplate! You don’t have to bring a spear!”
“Make sure to bring at least two spare horses!”
“Make sure to keep the food you have distributed to each of you! You don’t know when the additional supply will come…
A cold wind and a loud noise rushed all at once.
“If you are speechless, come this way!”
“Wait, you want me to ride a dirty horse like this?” “There is no choice because there are not enough trained war horses. He said that a reserve horse would be fine, even if it was a hunter or a riding horse, so please take it with you sir.”
“Heh damn it.”
The inner room, located on the third floor of the castle tower, has a very good view. You can clearly see the knights and servants who have gathered under the castle gate.
It’s heavy cavalry just by looking at it, but what the hell is going on?
For a while, the question reached the boy who was waiting in front of the boudoir.
jump.
“Ugh!”
When he opened the door with only his pants on, Golman took a step back in surprise.
“I am—”
“What is all this about?”
Surprised for a moment, the boy quickly collected his expression and opened his mouth.
“The heavy cavalry is preparing to move.”
“What… whose order is this late at night? Is the prince awake?”
“No, I don’t think so. It is Lord Ankir who has now assembled the heavy cavalry
.”
“Lord Ankir?”
As I narrowed my brows, Goleman nodded and continued.
“Yes, I heard that.”
“Have you heard? to whom?”
“Ah, Fritz and O’Brien and Mr. Concur said that. The heavy cavalry was gathering, but he said it was strange that the order had not been delivered to him, and he told me to wake him up.”
Judging from the readiness of the heavy cavalry, it seemed that the order had been given at least twenty minutes ago. As Goleman said, it is strange that no news has reached me.
“What the hell is going on…
First of all, after ordering Goleman to put the bicorn on standby, he hurriedly started preparing.
Around the time they were roughly armed and rushed out of the castle tower, the heavy cavalry gathered under the castle gate was on the verge of running out of the fortress.
“Lord Ankir!”
He let out an annoyed shout and
strode forward, and the cavalrymen gave way.
“Sir Phoenix.”
“What kind of fuss is this now? A sortie in the middle of the night?”
Lord Ankir, riding a huge war horse befitting his size, murmured with a smile on his face.
“good. You came just in time.”
“yes?”
At my question, he put down the helmet he was wearing on his side and cleared his throat slightly. Then he answered in a booming voice.
“I will hit the back of the enemy!”
“…No, really – whenever you say you need a break, all of a sudden, what kind of bullshit is that?”
“Be careful with your words!”
Lord Ankir, who yelled at me at my bewilderment, continued by pulling the reins.
“We cannot miss an opportunity to counterattack just because our lord is unconscious!”
“So what are you going to do?”
“The enemy has already suffered considerable damage, and his spirit has greatly weakened. If we even cut off the supply line, we’ll have no choice but to retreat!”
“By supply? No way-”
I lowered my voice when I noticed the plan of this gigantic knight.
“Asag, you mean going through that damn swamp? Carrying a bone that is the remains of that saint or something?”
“exactly.”
“A gun in the head of Shi X- No, did you get hit by an arrow?”
Asag, the swamp of death, is a land full of miasma, so it is not a place that the army can use as a maneuvering route.
If you use the holy relic ‘discovered’ by Lord Ankir in the cathedral of Andal-Viren, the so-called ‘shin bone of white wood’, you can burn away the miasma… “Even if you use it, it’s all you can do to protect thirty
people, right? . The heavy cavalry now assembled has well over three hundred.”
“kyung. Could it be that I didn’t even think of that?”
Lord Ankir raised his hand as usual. When I turned my head to the place he pointed to,
“… Princess?” Wearing armor and a white surcoat, Theodora, riding on the white horse Brightmere, greeted them with her eyes.
“Sir Phoenix.”
“…what are you doing here?”
“I have received a request from Lord Ankir.”
“What request?”
“He asked me to accompany him past Asag.”
“yes? No… wasn’t it that you couldn’t get involved in the war between the Gwangmyeong Cults?”
Somehow, instead of Theodora, who had an unnaturally hard face, Sir Ankir answered my question.
“I’m not trying to get involved in a war, Sir. All I do is accompany my maternal uncle’s relatives on the way to visit my hometown.”
“…that’s novel bullshit.”
Princess Theodora is from the Strom family and is the niece of Duke Avillambus, the commander-in-chief of the forces currently attacking High Castle. So, of course, Theodora’s hometown is the 100-year-old castle in the Topal region, the home of the Duke of Avillambus.
“The princess can amplify the power of sacred relics many times over with her ardent divine power. You will protect about three hundred heavy cavalry.”
“…yes, I suppose it could be.”
I narrowed my brow and fired.
“But that’s right, are you saying you’re going to do something like this without the prince’s order? Are you sane?”
“I told you to refrain from talking, Sir Phoenix! And I am definitely the captain of the heavy cavalry. Now that my lord is absent, I have the sole authority to move the heavy cavalry!” I blankly looked up at Lord Ankir, who was shouting confidently, and burst out laughing.
“Are you really out of your mind?”
“……what?”
“You crazy bastard, if you’re going to troll, do it alone! Taking away all the elite troops isn’t enough, so you’re going to take the princess? Who cares!”
The shouts that resonated in the night sky and the murderous blood that came out involuntarily made Ankir’s huge warhorse startle and raise its forelegs and run amok.
“Oops-”
I looked around at the other knights who had gathered around me as he calmed himself down by pulling the reins.
“Sir Filter, Sir Daylesseed! Don’t just shut up like an asshole, say something! Are you willing to mindlessly join in this madness?”
When I growled, ‘The Painter’ Sir Hilter smiled and shrugged.
“Why not? It looks like it would be fun to pretend, but there is no reason to hesitate.”
“What is it?”
“Unexpected. I thought you and I could agree… Now I understand why Sir Ankir excluded you from this operation.”
As if he could not hide his pleasure, Sir Filter’s eyes were half-moon shaped like the blades of his spear.
Oh right. This guy wasn’t normal,
either
.
“As long as I can surpass Asag, as Lord Ankir said… I don’t think it’s that crazy.”
“…under. Are you serious?”
“of course. Also, isn’t it natural for Lord Ankir to lead the heavy cavalry now that the Three Princes are away?”
I sat down and made a sound.
“…everyone can’t understand.”
I couldn’t just watch this group trolling, so I looked up at Munru and shouted.
“Donnell!”
“Yes Nari!”
“Close the castle gate!”
As soon as I finished my words, the heavy barred door went ‘bang!’ It fell with a loud noise. The knights and cavalrymen who had gathered under the gatehouse were frightened and scattered.
“What is this!”
In an instant, Ankir, who had become trapped in the inner world, burst into anger.
“Open the door right now!”
“What if you don’t like it?”
“Phoenix!”
I put my hand on the long sword ‘Black Ice’ and curled up the corners of my mouth.
“why? As the chief of the central garrison, I only closed the gates of the castle, so what’s the problem?”
“…Do you want to try it now?”
“Try it.”
Ankir’s eyes burned red.
The very cold night air began to freeze around him and me. The servants and general cavalrymen couldn’t even breathe, and the knights couldn’t move forward easily either.
In the midst of an atmosphere that seemed like there would be a sword fight at any moment, the one who came between Ankir and me-
“Enough. Stop both of you.”
It was none other than Princess Theodora.
As she slowly rode her horse forward, she had the same stiff face as before.
Including her bright blonde hair and light green eyes, Theodora’s features are overall very gentle. Because of that, the expressionless expression is very awkward. Is it a bad impression to be serious or angry?
“To stir up trouble among allies. Why are you acting so rudely to show off to your maternal uncle and your lord?”
Ankir shut his mouth at Theodora’s low cry. I frowned and questioned her.
“What on earth do you think the princess is sympathizing with such stupid things?”
“kyung!”
“Be careful!”
Some knights tried to dissuade me, but I ignored them and stared at Theodora.
“Are you going to visit your hometown? Is there still someone left to welcome the Princess in the Baeknyeon Castle? No, even if you do, have you forgotten the promise you made with me?”
At the Seteniora Monastery, I shared with her a dream left by Saint Abel. She showed me a lion with a silver mane being swallowed up by the darkness, and she said she decided to stay by Ulkar’s side with me.
Perhaps remembering this, Princess Theodora shook her head slowly.
“I hope you haven’t forgotten.”
“But you’re going to leave without discussing a word like this?”
“…Please understand.”
“You understand? I can’t even understand why the princess is in such a hurry, so what’s the point of understanding? Stop saying strange things and get off.”
“Well then…
She pursed her lips for a moment. Then, with a wink, he pointed to the Yeongjugwan exactly inside the castle.
“…there is someone who can make you understand.”
“yes? who?”
“Who is it?”
Seeing Theodora’s longing gaze, I involuntarily turned to the permanent residence.
A dim light could be seen in the hallway of the Yeongju Hall, a huge stone mansion. In the dim light, a silhouette clad in armor was reflected, raising my eyesight.
“……uh?”
Isn’t that Sir Gisela? Why is the person supposed to be guarding Andal-Viren’s cathedral here?
As soon as I questioned it, I noticed the answer and turned to Theodora.
“Maybe-”
“Shh.”
she said with a faint smile.
“Please open the way for me.”
“No…
I don’t know what the heck is.
I turned to Ankir, who was looking down at me with one eye, and gave me a slight wink.
“…What is X arm?”
I became even more confused, so I just blinked and withdrew with the feeling of ‘I don’t know’.
