I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game Chapter 412

◈ 412. [Side Story] Return (2)

Fortunately, there were quite a few minor injuries while I was away, but there were very few fatalities. None of the existing troops had deserted.

So, in addition to the main party, I went around showing my face to other subordinates as well. I’m back after half a year, but I have to widely report that I’m alive.

Everyone was preparing for a defensive battle in their respective areas. When I appeared calmly, everyone made faces as if they had seen a ghost.

“ash… ?!”

north of the city.

Dusk Bringer, who had been inspecting hundreds of knights and the army of the Principality lined up, opened his mouth. I waved my hand and approached her.

“grandee! How have you been?”

“Is that the only greeting that this guy will show up after half a year…?” … ?!”

“haha. I’m going to put together the detailed explanation of the circumstances later and do it all at once.”

Every time I meet people, I can’t explain where I’ve been and what I’ve been doing.

I was thinking of getting everyone together later tonight and talking about it all at once while eating. While having a meeting about the future.

“So you’re the real Ash… … ?”

Dusk Bringer approached me as if possessed, reached out, pinched my cheek, and poked me all over my body. It hurts over there.

“It’s not like the other guy was disguised or transformed, it’s really you… .”

“Of course it is true. How you doing?”

“Why are you being so shameless? Do you have any idea how worried everyone was?!”

Dusk Bringer yanked out a small hand and began pinching my entire body. No, it really hurts, so stop!

After the pinching punishment (?) was over, I smiled bitterly and winked at her.

“I was worried that you wouldn’t gulp Crossroads while I was away.”

“If I had put my mind to it, it could have been. but.”

This dragon lady, with the blood of a wicked dragon, smiled wickedly.

“Still, isn’t stealing something more enjoyable when the owner is around?”

“This person’s thoughts are frightening… .”

“If you steal when the owner is not there, you are a petty thief, but if you fight and steal it, you are a loser. Now that you’re back, Guwain should aim for this place again.”

We are having these conversations, but in fact I know.

That she and her army had fought harder than anyone else for the past half year to defend the Crossroads.

“Everyone waited for you, believing that you would come back.”

Dusk Bringer, who was quietly looking into my face, smiled faintly.

“Looking at the anguish that was inside, it seems that it has been resolved to some extent.”

“… .”

“I don’t know the details… Welcome back Ash.”

As I looked at her, I smiled.

“… yes. I’m home. grandee.”

Even though I was away for a long time, you warmly welcomed me.

I was just grateful.

***

Punishment units and troops from the Northern Aryan Kingdom were working on reinforcing the kill zone and barricades in the southern fields.

So I came to say hello.

“… .”

“… .”

Here, muscular soldiers are sweating profusely and working hard to reinforce.

Kuylan took off his top and showed off his handsome muscular body… … Wear a dog collar around your neck… … He was standing with a miserable face on his back, with Princess Yoon on his back… … .

An ivory-colored girl riding on the back of a red-haired wolf-beast. Nice drawing, but what the hell are you doing?!

Kuylan and I froze for a while as our eyes met. I barely opened my trembling mouth.

“What… ?”

“Huh, Your Highness, Prince Ash? You are back!”

Only then did Princess Yoon find me, and she waved her arms vigorously at me with the hand holding Quylan’s leash.

“It’s like this playboy prince! I knew you got a reverse horse, but where the hell have you been shooting for half a year?”

“I’ll explain that later tonight… … Anyway, what are you two doing… … ?”

“In exchange for our troops cooperating in the defense of the Crossroads, we have agreed with Acting Commander Lucas to ‘rent’ this lovely, fluffy muscle mass to me.”

Lucas… … ? Yes, troops are important, but that’s why they sold Quylan… … ?

“For the past half year, our two units have moved together like a single body, and now… … It allows for great muscle engagement.”

I don’t know what muscle linkage means, but in fact, the prisoners of the punishment unit and the warriors of the Aryan kingdom were working together without hesitation.

The northern warriors of the Aryan Kingdom are a powerful human resource.

Certainly, if you can throw in a quilan and get them, that’s a lot of money… … .

After rolling the abacus in my head a few times, I came to the same conclusion as Lucas. therefore.

“Have a happy time in the future, Kuylan.”

“What are you talking about, boss?! Are you saying that even after seeing this?!”

Finally, Quylan let out an indignant roar.

“You want me to save you! The captain is gone and you keep being treated like a pet dog!”

“It’s okay if you’re happy… .”

“Not happy! Not happy!”

Then Yun lightly pulled back on Quylan’s leash.

“Hoho, weren’t you happy being with my puppy?”

“Okay, that’s not it… … It’s not, princess… … !”

“I’m excited. I’ll let you go today, so go ahead.”

After removing the dog collar from Quylan’s neck, Princess Yoon lightly landed on the ground.

Quylan looked at me and Yun and ran away.

Looking at Quylan’s back, Yun licked his lips in regret.

“Haa, that man is more iron-clad than I thought. Even though I courted him like this, he didn’t budge… … .”

“… Courtship is that?”

“of course. When a woman puts a leash around a man’s neck and clings to it, of course it means, ‘Hey, let’s live with me,’ right?”

I really can’t figure out the way people in the north think.

I silently gave advice to Yoon, who naturally opened her bright yellow eyes.

“The Quylan are a beast race, a heterogeneous race, and have been treated as slaves of mankind for a long time… You might be offended by the treatment of your possessions.”

“ah.”

Yoon looked down at the dog collar in his hand and clicked his tongue.

“These bears in our country are not slaves, but equal citizens, so I am not sensitive to these issues… And this necklace is just my taste.”

One taste… … .

I’m big! I coughed.

“If you pay attention to these points in the future, you will be able to build a better relationship with Kuylan.”

I don’t know how sincere this tong princess is towards Quylan.

“… I guess I was a bit selfish. Haha, I hate to say this with my own mouth, but because I’ve lived as a royal family, there are times when my perspective is rather narrow.”

Muttering, Yun threw the dog collar he was holding onto the floor and looked back at me.

“Well, finding my husband is important, but now there is a more important topic than that. Your Highness, Prince Ash.”

“What about a more important topic?”

“The situation in the world has fluctuated greatly in the past half year since you disappeared.”

I narrowed my brows.

“What happened?”

“Have you really been out of the world for half a year? How could I not know.”

Yun raised his hand and pointed to the north.

“The civil war between 1st Prince Lark and 2nd Prince Fernandez over New Terra, the so-called throne.”

“… !”

“You mean that conclusion happened a while ago.”

I swallowed dry saliva.

Half a year had passed while I wandered through the dungeon under the lake and the other side of the other side, and half a year was enough time to put an end to the war between the two princes.

I asked in a trembling voice.

“The winner is… ?”

Somehow I guessed the result.

And Princess Yoon spat out the result as expected.

“Second Prince Fernandez.”

“… .”

“The news that Fernandez and his army won a decisive victory a few days ago is spreading rapidly across the continent.”

I bit it hard. Yun continued.

“The 1st Prince Lark and the 1st Corps of the Imperial Army led by him are destroyed. It is currently unknown whether he is alive or dead. Rumors abound. Had the limbs been cut off or was beheaded… … .”

“… .”

I remembered the face of my first older brother who was friendly. Did he really die?

Yoon shrugged.

“Anyway, I am not the owner of the empire… … It’s like the owner of the world has been decided.”

“Then, shouldn’t Princess Yoon also go to join Fernandez-hyung?”

When I chined up, Yun smiled bitterly.

“The idiots who have been paying attention in the meantime are scrambling to swear allegiance to Fernandez, but me and the people of my kingdom are a little more… … I decided to wait.”

“Why?”

“People in the north have good senses.”

Yoongi hardened his expression slightly.

“… Ominous rumors are flowing from the ecliptic.”

“Is it an ominous rumor?”

“It’s been a while since New Terra, the ecliptic, was sealed off. Not a single ant can get in and out by land, but stories do leak out nonetheless.”

Does the Aryan kingdom have an intelligence line inside New Terra?

Yoon glanced left and right, confirmed that he had no ears to hear, and whispered softly to me.

“It is said that a huge and unknown magic circle is being set up throughout the ecliptic.”

“… A magic circle?”

“And despite the victory, Fernandez still strictly controls the citizens inside the imperial capital. Now I hear that they are not allowed to not only enter the city, but even go out of the house at all.”

“… .”

“Something is about to happen, Prince Ash. Northern people are very sensitive to this. I have a very big and foreboding feeling… … .”

I recalled Fernandez’s purpose that I learned about in the depths of the dungeon this time.

And the face of the emperor I met in the spirit world.

“Here on the southern front, it’s a daunting place just to deal with monsters.”

Yoongi glanced at me.

“But, Prince Ash, if you are also one of the princes of this world… … You should prepare slowly. A great change is stirring at the center of the world.”

While listening to the story in silence, I nodded slowly.

“Thanks for the advice, Yun. And for helping to protect the Crossroads.”

“Just because the world crisis is happening in the south, people in the north are far away. You can’t even save face later, can you? We just have mutual interests.”

Yun, who had sighed, licked his lips while looking at the direction in which Quylan had fled.

“Anyway, how should I change my courtship method… Dating is pretty difficult… … .”

“… .”

“Can you give me any advice, Playboy?”

Yoon asked me. I broke out in a cold sweat.

No, the playboy is Ash, and I’m a fool, so I can’t give you any helpful advice… … .

‘Oops.’

no I’m ‘Kim Ash’ right? I don’t have any memories of my Playboy days.

After thinking about it for a while, I just told him what I thought was right.

“Just be honest. Make it clear that you have a crush on him. Be it words, actions, or gestures, for sure.”

“Are you sure?”

“Sometimes it would be more helpful to clearly express one’s opinion… I want to.”

“hmm… .”

Yun, who was looking at me blankly, smiled before long.

“Coming to think of it, Your Highness, Prince Ash, your dating advice seems useless.”

“Eh? no why?”

I’ve been talking about this seriously! Do I look like a newbie after all?!

“Yeah, that face is probable. If you whispered love with that face, wouldn’t nine times out of 10 just pass by?”

“… .”

I shyly touched my face. Actually, I’ve never used this proud mask for anything useful… … .

Yun, who was staring at me like that, waved his hand.

“Now, please give me dating advice for others. Let’s go get your lover.”

“huh? my lover?”

“Why are you doing this? There is an ‘ex-fiancee’ who has been waiting for you all night in tears for half a year, right?”

“… !”

It was only after hearing that that I realized.

The fact that there is a separate place I should have gone to as soon as I returned home.

The fact that there are more urgent places than going to say hello to colleagues.

I opened my mouth and muttered.

“Oh my God.”

That’s why it was so stupid Godeok-ah! oh my!

I turned around and ran into the city. Behind me, I heard Yoon laughing and shouting.

“They say that the worst type of bad guy is a unaware bad guy, and that is you!”

No, that’s not what I meant to do… … !

“This time, I want you to clearly express your intentions to that lady, Your Highness!”

Leaving behind Yoon’s teasing of returning my advice, I gritted my teeth and ran.

Crossroads into the city center.

To the upper branch of Wintersilver.

Where the serenade is.