Chapter 44. Mabel hiding power2020.07.04.
The sky was clear, as if it had never been overcast. The ground was soaked with rainwater. As soon as I awoke, the procession set about preparing to return to the capital. I rested my chin on the carriage window and watched the busy people.
‘Crowd psychology is so strange.’
It’s just rained a little in this area, but I’m happy as if all the drought is over. In practice, rainwater did not help alleviate the drought. Unless it really rains or I go and make it rain myself, the famine in the West will remain. “Oh
, it
must rain a lot.”
“We worry about the people, and our Mabel has already become a great monarch.”
“…!”
A good monarch, I couldn’t say anything worse than that. I hurriedly opened my mouth, fearing that I would be branded as a saint.
“It’s not enough for me to share!”
“No, to be so humble.”
“You’re a human when you don’t share. I don’t care about the person who handled it!” (I’m a mean person. I don’t worry about other people!)
“Yes, yes.”
“Shared divided…!”
I squeezed the strength in my fists to protest, but I couldn’t think of the right words. Seeing Oscar still looking at me with a happy smile made my heart melt.
“…Ehh.”
‘No matter what I say, it will be useless.’
The road to becoming a foolish emperor is still a long way off today. Giving up on making excuses, I was looking out the window again and saw Enrique in the distance. Standing in a remote place, leaning against a tree, it was somehow different from usual.
‘Is something wrong?’
If a maritime smile is a characteristic, Enrique, who is a characteristic, has an expressionless face, so it was somehow unfamiliar.
‘It’s like a different person.’
It was when he was staring blankly at Enrique. Plump Someone tapped the carriage wall lightly. When I opened my eyes wide in surprise, a familiar face appeared outside the window.
“Ciceo.” (Cicero.)
It was a knight who had often come up to me and talked to me word by word since the last time I said hello.
“Meet His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Prince. Today I am here to greet you as I am in charge of escorting His Majesty’s carriage.”
“Hello.”
If you are greeted, it is natural to return the greeting. As I waved a hand and said hello, Cicero’s face suddenly disappeared.
“…?”
Grasping the window frame, he looked down and saw Cicero crouched on the floor, shaking.
“What’s up?”
“Oh no. I don’t mind.”
“Yes.”
Oscar gently pulled my hand as I nodded awkwardly.
“Mabel. It’s dangerous to stick your face out of the wagon like that. Come on in.”
“Arseo.”
As soon as he sat down in the carriage, Cicero’s head rose again. However, his face was red like someone suffering from a fever.
“Shiseo Apo?” (Sick?)
“Keukheop. no. I am okay. Then I’ll just come back.”
“yes.”
While tilting his head at the back of Cicero, who was hurriedly moving away, Oscar muttered in a low voice.
“Looks like you won at rock-paper-scissors….”
“Huh? Gaibaibo?”
“no. You don’t have to know Mabel. Would you like some grapes?”
“yes.”
I was munching on the grape Oscar had put in my mouth when the person I was looking for passed by right next to the carriage. I stretched out my arms with all my strength and grabbed him by the collar.
“Ugh!”
It was Duke Javier who stood tall with a shriek. The peacock, who looked at my face alternately with the neck collar that had been caught with a rare embarrassed face, laughed awkwardly. I smiled along and said hello.
“Who is this? Hapieru Gon Anisinga.”
“Ha ha…. Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Even after looking at the features, it’s okay to pass by, so I’m sorry.
” Actually, the cause wasn’t that important. The only thing that matters is that you want to weaken Duke Javier.
“God has committed a great disrespect for not seeing His Majesty. I heard that you got very sick from being drenched in rain during the rain festival. Is Okche okay?”
“Fingerprints are great. Kuboda Hapieru, Gon, Yamalu Pyojo, so no action is taken. (Jim is fine. More than that, Javier’s expression doesn’t look good. Is there anything bad?)
I asked with a smile on my face that I couldn’t spit on a smiling face. Of course, the duke couldn’t be in a good mood. because it rained That’s good timing too!
“haha. It’s not like that. I can’t tell you how happy I am as a subject to be able to successfully end this rain ritual.”
As befits a statesman, the duke chuckled as if he was really happy. But I could guess that things weren’t going the way I had intended and that I was going to be pretty sick to my stomach.
“That’s right. For Baeksongde, which suffered from drought, it is very joyous to say that Hapieru Gon’s sincerity and sincerity touched the heart.” is very happy)
“Haha. Is that so. It is what we should do for Ermano.”
ha ha ha. Hehehe. Duke Javier laughed along with me, not knowing how to look cool. It was more fun to see at a glance that I didn’t even know that I was behind this incident and that I was only looking at it as an easygoing baby.
‘Did you see? This is the baby with hidden power.’
***
On the way back to the capital. The procession went as leisurely as it did toward the sanctuary. However, the level of relaxation was markedly different from before. All of this was due to threats masquerading as an order from the situation system.
“On the day when my precious little Mabel gets even the slightest bit of motion sickness… I will have to be prepared.”
“I’ll keep that in mind…!”
“If anything goes wrong, don’t ask me for mercy.”
“yes!!”
The poor coachman drove the wagon, pale-faced and shivering. All I could do was not get sick for them. Hwang Sang-je leaves the procession every ten minutes and comes next to my carriage and asks questions without hesitation.
“Mabel. How are you feeling?”
“Joe.”
“Aren’t you dizzy?”
“No way.”
“If there is a place that is not good, you must tell this father. got it?”
“Arather…”
I replied that it was okay, but I finally asked Oscar to trust me, as if I wasn’t trustworthy.
“Oscar. Keep an eye out for Mabel. If the condition seems even slightly worse, stop the carriage immediately.”
“Yes, Father. Don’t worry.”
“okay. I’ll trust you, Oscar.”
I stared at the back of Sang Hwang Sang Je, who was moving away. If it’s the same as before, why the hell is it like that? I would have passed it on, but now the feeling is a little different.
‘Because he’s so much like a father, I keep looking forward to him.’
I tried not to have any expectations, but it didn’t work out. From some point on, whenever I found myself taking Hwang Sang-je’s affection for granted, I hated myself.
‘To be abandoned like that and to have hope again. … stupid.’
No matter how much I push, the situation that tries to come to the end and me too.
“Why Mabel? it hurts?”
“One or two won’t hurt.”
I hurriedly shook my head in case something bad happened to the coachman. smart. Someone knocked on the wagon. Oscar answered without opening the window.
“What’s going on?”
“From here on, the road is bad. The wagon will rock a little.”
It was Cicero’s voice. Oscar gave a short answer.
“i get it.”
The popular chuck that was right next to the wagon disappeared. Oscar, who had been squeezing my hand, looked toward the window and frowned slightly.
“What’s wrong with Otsuka?” (What’s wrong with Oscar?)
“Just. I don’t like pretending to be close to you all of a sudden.”
I opened my eyes wide. It was the first time Oscar had shown such direct and blatant hostility, so it was a bit surprising. The same goes for Nanny and Larima. They looked at Oscar with wide eyes.
“oh. What is His Highness doing?”
“Iknow, right. You didn’t do that to other people, Your Highness. Is there any particular reason why you dislike Sir Cicero?”
Oscar, who thought for a moment about Larima’s question, opened his mouth.
“Actually, I hate all the guys who flirt with Mabel. But I especially hate that article. I don’t know why.”
“Geulkuna.” (That’s right.)
I scratched my cheek with my free hand from Oscar.
“It is strange. Sir Cicero has such a bright personality that he likes all of his knights as well as his ladies-in-waiting. It’s been about a year since I joined the Knights, and the reputation is very good.”
I nodded at Larimar’s words. As he said, it must have been popular. Oscar seemed displeased with my reaction.
“Mabel. Hey. … If I told you not to talk to that knight, would you?”
“Yes?”
Again, I was surprised by the un-Oscar-like request.
‘Why am I suddenly doing this?’
Normally, he was a grown-up, so he didn’t look like someone my age. I tilted my head while looking at Oscar, then nodded happily.
“Let me know!”
“…! really?”
“yes.”
To be honest, I don’t like being away from people for no reason, but it was the first time Oscar asked for something like this, so I couldn’t help but listen.
‘It’s a child’s request, but I’ll have to do it when I’m older.’
Ahem. Besides, I’m not that close with Cicero, and I don’t want to disappoint Oscar.
“Really Mabel?”
“yes. Shisheobuda Otsuka is smaller.” (Yeah. I like Oscar better than Cicero.)
“Mabel!!”
Oscar hugged me tightly.
“Wow!”
The nanny and Larima laughed heartily as they saw me getting distracted by the guy’s excessive expression of affection. And then it was. Rumble-! The carriage shook greatly. At the same time, a muffled sound came from outside. When we were all frozen and unable to comprehend the situation, someone’s cry was heard through the tumult.
“It’s an assault! Escort His Majesty the Emperor!”
And again the wagon rocked violently. Rumble-!! The shaking this time was stronger than before. The carriage was about to tilt sideways and then turn around.
“your majesty. majesty. Are you okay?!”
The nanny looked at us in amazement. I was a little startled, but Oscar supported my head with his hand, so I was not hurt.
“Mabel. are you okay?”
I was very surprised, and I heard the sound of Oscar’s heart pounding in my arms. I nodded.
“Fine.”
“nurse. we are fine Rather than that, an attack…”
Since there were so many troops deployed for escort, I never expected someone to attack. It’s almost no different from leading an army, but who would commit a big deal every time they raid?
‘But to think there was a guy with such a big liver.’
It is also something to live for a long time. From outside the wagon came the sound of metal clashing, screaming, and shouting. Explosions were also heard. Oscar, who had been reading comfortingly, patted me on the back, muttering.
“I saw that the wizard was also mixed in. It is not the work of bandits.”
“Otten mountain and down the mountain, get wet with the wagon rule. Unless you’re a babu.” (Some bandit raids the imperial carriage. Unless you’re an idiot.)
“Mabel is smart.”
Anyway, I thought that there would be no particular danger because there was a sword master Lisandro and the situation system outside, and even knights were at the level. hook-. … until the blade through the wagon wall grazed right in front of my face. A few strands of hair brushed by the sharp blade landed on the floor. I stared blankly at the sword pierced right in front of my face.
‘The pattern on the sword body…’
“Me Mabel!”
Oscar cupped my cheek and moved me to a seat in the middle of the carriage. In the meantime, the blade that had pierced the wagon was pulled out.
“Is the escort… breached?”
“Larima. Stay calm.”
The voice of the nanny who scolded the shocked Larima also trembled. It was because everyone in the wagon was completely unaware of the danger ahead. It was a wagon that had already been attacked once. There was no law saying he wouldn’t attack again.
“I’ll go out.”
Oscar’s hand went to his waist. Oscar had told me when I said I would hold a rain ritual.
“Then take me too.”
“I will protect you.”
However, as he said, he had no intention of putting young Oscar in danger. I held Oscar’s hand tightly and shook my head resolutely.
“Anyway, the anti-fog of the wagon is pierced. Everyone needs to get out of here.” (The carriage’s defenses have been breached anyway. Everyone has to get out of here.) It
was better to observe the movement from outside the carriage than to be shivering in the carriage, not knowing when and where the blade might be stabbed. Judging from the sound of metal clashing coming from outside the wagon, the defense must not have been fully breached yet.
“I will get off first. Don’t object to this.”
“But Your Highness.”
“nurse. I am the only one with a weapon here.”
Oscar, firmly nailing it, opened the carriage door slightly. The faint metallic sound of friction grew louder. The situation outside, seen through the crack in the open door, was truly a disaster. As if there really was a wizard, flames soared all over the forest, and the fire demons roaming the air were threatening to burn and eat allies. A knight who had cut down an enemy hurriedly came and escorted us out of the wagon.
“The level of the enemy is considerable. There are three or more master level mages. The magician of Ermano cannot beat it.”
“Is it Devlin?”
Oscar muttered lowly and drew his sword. And then a fiery arrow flew swiftly from the right. The arrow evaporated in the air before it even touched the knight’s sword.
“Is it our wizard!”
The unknown knight admired it. I sighed inwardly and wiped the sweat from my forehead.
‘grow.’
