Chapter 130. Aidan disappeared 2021.05.01.
The two boys were conscious of each other’s presence in the midst of the raucous noise. Enrique was well aware that his actions were presumptuous. Even if it was temporary, his current status was Princess Renesmee’s escort, so it was only right to protect her. But Enrique reached out to the dear Emperor.
‘Maybe he can choose me.’
maybe if ever Such an assumption clouded Enrique’s reason and made him reckless. Mabel looked at her hands alternately with an unusually cautious look, then glanced behind her.
“hmm.”
After a while, Mabel held out her hand. The direction the hand was heading was the direction Enrique was concerned about.
‘…also.’
When Enrique unknowingly showed a look of disappointment at his empty hand, a warm and soft hand covered Enrique’s palm.
“I’m going down, catch me!”
“…?”
Mabel grabbed the two boys’ hands with both hands and jumped off the wagon. Even in the midst of surprise, Aidan and Enrique supported Mabel safely with strength in one hand. widely-! Mabel, who had jumped down briskly, let go of the two of them’s hands and tapped them on the shoulders as if to encourage them.
“As expected, the treatment of the emperor is different. You raised the knights very well.”
ha ha ha. Mabel smiled broadly and walked towards Renesmee. The two boys, who suddenly became great supporters on both sides, stared at Mabel’s back. Silence fell between Aidan and Enrique. Only then did Enrique, who came to his senses, realize that his actions had gone too far. No, I already knew it with my head, but my body moved first.
“…Excuse me, Count Aserad.”
“I know it’s rude.”
“…”
Aidan passed Enrique without saying more. Enrique clenched his fists.
***
The time of evening is over and the street corner where the curtain of darkness has descended. Candles and magic lights hung in each store lit up the street as if it were daytime. Renesmee, who had no way of knowing the feelings of the knights who were worried about the safety of the escort target in the crowded crowd, looked around the store with her eyes twinkling.
“and. It’s really pretty. Lung-.”
“Renesmee.”
“ah! sorry. I don’t know…”
Renesmee blushed in surprise. Mabel laughed at the cute naming mistake.
“are you okay. But be careful calling now. just in case.”
“Yes… what should I call it?”
“Is it okay to call you by name?”
Since it is not a country that forces people to change names just because they have the same name as the emperor, there were not a few people with the same name as Mabel. So it shouldn’t be a big deal, but Mabel was cautious. Normally, I would have asked them to call me by name, but the situation was different when there were so many people. After thinking for a moment, Mabel picked up a hairpin from among the accessories on the shelf and gently placed it on Renesmee’s head.
“Then call me ‘May’. It’s a common name, so it’s okay, right?”
“…yes May-sama!”
Renesmee’s smiling face bloomed white like a morning flower. Even though it was only for a limited time, the fact that I was allowed to use a nickname made me feel like I became a special person. said Renesmee, pointing to the pin with the mabel on it at the shopkeeper.
“Give me this. live.”
Mabel was embarrassed that Renesmee would buy the pin she casually picked up, but assumed she would like it. After paying the price, Renesmee tugged on Mabel’s skirt.
“Let’s see a performance over there, May. Let’s go too!”
“okay!”
Mabel nodded happily and toured the night market as Renesmee led her. Since Renesmee moved so spontaneously, Enrique and Aidan, as well as the knights in disguise, had to be alert.
‘Certainly, since magic materials are released on the market, magic tools seem uncommon.’
In the meantime, Mabel did not forget to do market research as a guild master. It was expensive for ordinary people to buy, but it was not that there were no buyers at all. The night market became more lively as the night went on. Mabel licked her lips and looked around the night market intently. Esteban told me not to eat street food just in case, so I had no choice but to stare at it.
‘Sheesh. It was nice when Daddy was around.’
After Esteban took a bite to check, Mabel was able to eat as much as she wanted. Thinking like an unfilial daughter who would use the Empire’s Sanghwang system as a maid of honor, Mabel and her party entered the large plaza. Even though it was the second largest plaza in the system, it was packed with people and had to be crowded.
“miss. Just in case, I will escort you closely from here.”
“huh.”
Lisandro pressed close to Mabel. Mabel, who was well aware of her identity, readily agreed. However, it was difficult to control the excited Renesmee.
“May-nim, go ahead and watch the performance. It must be a play.”
“Renesmee slowly-”
“It’s gonna be fun…!”
Gearco Renesmee braved the crowds and took the front seat. Knights disguised as passersby camped around the two girls to escort them.
“We’ll take a good look at it, so feel free to watch it, lady.”
“Thank you, Lisandro.”
After confirming that Aidan was right behind her and Enrique was next to Renesmee, Mabel watched the play with confidence. Perhaps because today is ‘the day of creation’, the theme of the play was related to the myth of creation. Mabel had also seen fairy tales as a child, so she knew roughly what they were about.
‘The god in that myth must have given an oracle.’
The tree of creation planted by God on the continent. And the gardener to manage the tree is human. When a human ate the tree of creation, God cursed the human who ate a part of himself, punished the human with seven punishments, and then disappeared from the earth.
‘Why do you ask me to save the world if you cursed me and disappeared?’
It is a myth that has been handed down and recorded, so it may be far from the truth. Now that his ability is true, he also believes that God is real.
“So God gave a savior for human beings suffering from disasters.”
‘saver?’
Mabel, who was watching the play, tilted her head at the content that was different from the fairy tale. The actor exaggeratedly spread his arms and shouted.
“With the birth of the God Seed, the world was saved! And he is the proud emperor of the Hermano Empire!”
“Wow!”
“Long live the Emperor!”
“Imperial Treasure! Imperial Miracle!”
“We are saved!”
clap clap clap. Excessive applause poured in. Keugh. Mabel couldn’t lift her face in shame and lowered her head.
‘What the hell is this?’
If there was even a rat hole, I wanted to hide in it. The people who enthusiastically shouted ‘Long live the Emperor!’ looked like pseudo-gods.
‘Why am I the target?!’
Then Mabel’s eyes caught a play sign. Mabel clenched her fists and stamped her feet.
‘…Dad, ah.’
[support. The Imperial Family of Ermano] The sponsor of the plaza play is none other than the imperial family! It was. Esteban was playing the so-called ‘Mabel fan’ against the people of the empire in the name of the imperial family.
“The ending of the play is very good. Isn’t that right, lady?”
“Noisy…”
“Long live the Emperor!”
Lisandro laughed and teased Mabel. Mabel spilled Lisandro and put the money in the ticket collector’s hat.
“The myth of Ermano is similar to that of Langard.”
“okay? Let me hear from you later.”
“Yes, May!”
It was right after the show ended. In the plaza, people began to sink all at once like the ebb tide. Mabel, who hesitated and withdrew, was quickly swept away by the crowd and separated from the group.
“oh!”
“lung-!”
At that moment, someone’s hand grabbed Mabel’s outstretched hand. A strong grip gripped Mabel’s hand and pulled it towards me. When he opened his eyes in a frenzy, his familiar golden eyes were staring at him as if in surprise.
“Protect the lady!”
“yes!”
Knights in disguise gathered around Mabel and Renesmee. Due to the presence of the tall knights, Mabel was no longer swept away by the crowds.
“Thank you Enrique. I almost got swept away.”
“It is entirely the responsibility of the escort to have been swept away even briefly. I apologize, Your Majesty.”
“You just have to be careful from now on.”
Mabel, who tapped Enrique on the shoulder for encouragement, suddenly became concerned about Aidan.
“Aidan. There are a lot of people, so be careful not to fall.”
There was no answer.
“…Aidan?”
Mabel looked back slowly. All I see in the crowd is the faces of strangers. … Aidan is gone.
***
“Aidan.”
Mabel’s face went white. In response, everyone else tilted their heads as if wondering.
“I said Earl Aserad is a strong knight, so there is no need to worry.”
“no. Aidan…!”
Mabel kept her mouth shut. The relationship between Aidan, Geumje, and himself was implicitly kept secret. If it turns out, it could be a weakness. how far away I wonder if I can find Aidan if I search this place even now. However, if he moves hastily and goes out of bounds…
‘Aidan and other people will be in danger.’
Mabel was visibly agitated, and Lisandro comforted her.
“You don’t have to worry too much. You’re not even a child, so you’ll come to the imperial castle on your own.”
Lisandro, who was aware of Aidan’s mighty power, was not worried about Aidan either.
‘I never imagined that Aidan would fall out with me.’
If I knew it would be like this, I would have held my hand. It was entirely my own fault. The group first entered an alley between shops with few people. Even in the meantime, Mabel paid attention to her powers. It was difficult to determine if the barrier was well maintained because it was not perfect to measure the amount of divine power.
‘You can’t do this. Let’s focus, focus.’
A stem of divine power that flows mightily through the whole body. Some of them were used to maintain the barrier around Aidan’s body. Therefore, if you can feel that some part has disappeared from the total amount, it means that the barrier is being maintained safely.
‘It’s still okay.’
It was just then that Mabel was relieved. Some of the divine power has returned. The barrier is broken. Mabel shook her head.
‘West.’
and right after that. Kwaaang-! A tremendous roar shook the earth. In an instant, the night market festival street was covered with screams. Coincidentally, the epicenter of the roar was in the west. Mabel ran forward as if possessed. However, he could not take a few steps and was caught by Enrique. Mabel looked at Enrique’s rather large hand that held her own as before. Enrique muttered softly.
“It’s dangerous, Your Majesty.”
“Sorry Enrique.”
Slowly, Mabel let go of Enrique’s hand and ran without hesitation. Seeing the escorts following him in the distance, Enrique helplessly dropped his hand that was wandering in the air.
***
‘I was caught off guard.’
I didn’t expect that I would be pushed away by the crowd and separated from Mabel. I was able to break through and move forward right away, but I was afraid of hurting others, and I was afraid that this situation was brought about. After falling out with Mabel, Aidan immediately tried to return to Mabel’s place. But that wish could not come true. visor-! Because the sharp memorization flew straight towards him.
“Is it Veron?”
As if they had waited, the group attacked as soon as they separated from the group. Aidan added credibility to his guess. Aidan twisted his lips. You must be worried about yourself who disappeared. When I thought of Mabel, who was trembling, I felt nervous that I had to go back quickly. However, it was impossible to go back to Mabel with an assassin attacking him. I felt the power of the barrier gradually weakening, but I couldn’t hurt people, so I headed to a more remote place. Standing in the empty lot west of the festival street, Aidan gazed ahead with calm red eyes.
“fifteen.”
The number of assassins was fifteen. Aidan raised his spirits. A black aura swirled around Aidan. Although they are quite skilled, they were able to defeat them with their own abilities without difficulty. The assassins attacked Aidan without a word. At the end of the battle, two assassins remained.
“Kuk.”
The attacked assassin gritted his teeth and threw the bottle at Aidan. Aidan lightly slashed the bottle with his sword, and the contents immediately burst out. It was an instant. Like a living creature, the contents that had been slithering away clung to Aidan as if they were being absorbed.
“…!”
awesome-. The barrier was broken. Kwakwang-! Right after that, Aidan’s suppressed power devastated the surroundings. Darkness. Aidan’s eyes, engulfed in energy, blurred.
