[ Episode 212. Shadow of the Veil]
“It was hard.”
I muttered to Nickel and the mercenary soldiers who disappeared into the air in the distance.
All enemies who have already entered Borgijen have been annihilated.
Outside, there was no need to worry thanks to Morhaime who appeared just in time, so I just canceled the summons.
“Puhehehe!”
Standing on the outer wall, I looked around the battle situation.
Clousso, the human weapon of the Morhaime family, who had approached the castle wall before anyone knew it, was sweeping away the savages with a grotesque laugh.
“Sir Cromwell?”
And Danard, who was busily chasing after him, looked at me and pretended to know me.
“You are suffering a lot.”
“dismissal! I didn’t expect you to be here. I will go up there.”
I was talking on top of the castle wall, so I lowered my head again and dealt with the barbarians.
Contrary to his gentlemanly tone, his hands were not rough.
“Hahahahaha!”
At the same time, a golden aura exploded in the distance, revealing Minus’ mad expression.
It seems that he was very excited, but he was just happy because his performance was the same as my major.
“How have you been?”
Daenerd, who climbed up the castle wall after leaving Clusso behind, shook his bloody sword and greeted him brightly.
Should I also call it Mohaim?
Every one of their actions, unlike usual, felt something out of place.
“I didn’t know Morhaime would come here.”
“Your Highness needed a place to dissipate the heat. As soon as I heard the news, I ran right away because I thought the most intense battlefield would be better. Rather, isn’t His Excellency already in Claudia?”
“I also arrived a little while ago. Received Borghien’s request for reinforcements, and arrived first, ahead of the troops on their way.”
“Then, the Marquis Claudia’s reinforcements are also on the way?”
“yes.”
Hearing my words, Danard scratched his head with a troubled expression.
It was clear that he was reluctant to accept support.
“It is difficult. It’s too small for His Highness to warm up, so it’s a pity to divide it…”
Looking at him regretting the small number of enemies, I don’t know if I should call him the Duke of Moheim or say he’s swollen.
Still, I told him in advance that he wouldn’t have anything to worry about.
“I’m in a hurry, but Claudia will arrive around tomorrow.”
“That’s a good thing! It saved me an hour.”
If it was originally, I think the opposite reaction should have come out.
what is good is good
The battle was over in an instant.
Unlike other duchy families, Morheim’s fighting power does not come from superhumans, but from soldiers.
Each one is a veteran of a hundred.
The words of an overwhelming superhuman who can influence the battlefield like an Aura Master or Warlock have lost their meaning to Morhaime.
In fact, they only had a few requests to kill Aura Masters and Warlocks, but there were a few successful cases.
‘Come to think of it…’
I thought that if it wasn’t for the Knights of the Sun I briefly checked on the way, I would have been able to break through my resistance right away.
Layton, the Aura Master, was fighting with the enemy Aura Master, but he seemed to be superior at first glance, so there was no concern.
“retreat!”
In the face of Morheim’s madness, the barbarians eventually retreated.
The enemy Aura Master who was dealing with Layton could also be seen running away as if everything went well.
There was no additional appearance of the undead, so the atmosphere of this defense battle was over.
“No, who is this! Not Count Cromwell!”
Minus, who had just finished the battle, walked over to me with a flushed expression.
A thick scent of blood emanated from him.
“Since when have you been here? Did you see us fight?”
“I just arrived. It was great. It is also Morhaime.”
“okay! You can rejoice! Because this power is being used exclusively for Cromwell!”
They carried Cromwell’s banner as well as Morheim’s.
It was Morheim who was active, but it was proof that this major belonged to Cromwell.
The expression of the soldiers who came with him became sullen because of Minus’ words.
Even if you go through this hardship, it will be unfair because all majors are mine in the end.
“Hey, don’t you close your eyes? Didn’t I take care of it for you?”
Minus messed around like that of a street janitor.
However, no one laughed at that appearance and turned his head awkwardly.
“But I would have thought it would have penetrated the outer castle. What is this Hicksham bastard doing?”
“Lord Borgien is on his way to the imperial palace.”
“what? You called for support and ran away? This baby ……. ”
In my words, the excitement of the battlefield has not yet subsided, and Minus showed off the muscles that seemed to be torn.
But even if you stare at him like that, Hicksham, who ran away, won’t come back.
Fortunately, Danard stopped Minus well.
In the meantime, I could see the personnel in the inner sanctuary approaching this way.
“Long live Morhaime!”
“Her Majesty Morhaime is coming in person! Long live Her Majesty Morhaime!”
Many people died.
However, most of the civilians were able to save their lives because they were in a situation where they were evacuating to the inner city.
As many people cheered, Minus’ expression brightened.
He was quite a vanity, befitting the word golden minus.
“ha ha ha! We are fighting over this taste!”
“Is that so?”
Danard’s awkward response is like a conte.
While Minus was conversing with the Borghiens, Vivian and Phione, still in their armor, approached me.
“I’m glad you’re safe.”
“What does Vivian say?”
Looking at her complexion, she is on the verge of exhaustion.
Next to her was Pione with a teary expression.
“Vivian sunbaenim worked hard for us. At least in front of me……”
Seeing her unable to speak, I patted the two of them on the head saying good work.
To be honest, I was also taken aback when I checked Nickel’s vision.
Fortunately, Nickel was able to prevent her from taking her own life thanks to not being late, but thinking about what would have happened if she was even a little late made her dizzy.
“I hope Vivian will not do such reckless things in the future.”
“huh.”
She nodded her head quietly, without a hint of disapproval.
“Hey Count Cromwell! Let’s talk for a minute! Lord Layton, come this way.”
“All right.”
There is no time to rest because of post-processing.
I went straight to Minus’s call.
**
After Adrias left, Vivian and Pione, who remained at the table, went to rest with the help of Borgien’s butler.
As students, they were excluded from the post-war process, but now they felt grateful for that.
Vivien and Pione, who were guided into the castle, were assigned the same room and washed away dirt and blood in the bathroom.
Shoot ah-
“Senior. But…”
“Hmm?”
“While Vivian sunbaenim blocked it from outside the inner sanctum, Adrias sunbaenim wasn’t there. But how did you notice Vivian-senpai’s actions?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“No, earlier Adrias said he wished he wouldn’t do such a reckless act in the future. But think about it. You mean before Adrias-senpai came yet?”
Vivian also realized something strange at Phione’s words, and got lost in thought as she got hit by the water in the shower.
Adrias’s arrival must have been some time after Vivian entered the inner sanctuary.
However, he reacted as if he had seen him about to commit suicide.
“Did you actually arrive earlier? Were you just watching?”
“If it was Adrias, I wouldn’t have been watching. Maybe to stop it in a hurry……”
After saying that, Vivian covered her mouth with her hand in confusion as if she had realized something.
Fione asked, noticing something in her reaction.
“What is it? Did you know how Adrias-senpai knew?”
“no.”
Vivian shook her head resolutely.
Even for her, the words were nothing but heartbreaking, so she couldn’t carelessly say them out of her mouth.
No, even if it was true, she had no intention of saying it.
“is it so?”
Fortunately, Fione didn’t seem to want to touch Vivian, who looked tired.
Thanks to this, Vivian was able to think a little more.
‘I wasn’t in a hurry at the time, but the masked swordsman hurriedly jumped in to protect me. His swordsmanship was definitely similar to that of Adrias.’
It was strange at first.
Unless there was a fight between warlocks, it was unusual that someone would attack Borgien and someone would try to protect him.
“Pione.”
“Yes, senior.”
“Isn’t the empire the warlock’s enemy?”
“yes? What is it? To be precise, warlocks are enemies of the Empire.”
“huh.”
It wasn’t unusual for an enemy of the empire, a warlock, to attack the empire.
Conversely, a black magician trying to protect the empire was bound to be strange.
The reason why the black magician tried to protect the empire,
exactly why he helped Borgien…….
‘No way……’
As I narrowed my thoughts, one option came to my mind.
Adrias Cromwell.
He is a person who can use magic and sword at the same time.
And there were many different types of magic.
‘Adrias?’
He also recalled the friction he had with Ivy Claire, an assistant in the Faculty of Engineering.
Recalling the anecdote in which she suspected Adrias of being a warlock made Vivian goosebumps.
And the meaning of the chicken meat was not that of revealing the identity of Adrias, but that of emotion.
‘for me?’
If you were discovered to be a black magician inside the empire, you would be summarily executed.
If Adrias was a warlock, it would mean that he helped Borghien at a fairly high risk.
The reason is obviously…….
“Haa…….”
“Senior?!”
Vivian, exhausted, sat down as she was hit by the water.
Surprised, Fione fidgeted and tried to support her.
“no. are you okay.”
“Are you really okay?”
“huh. I’m just a little tired.”
“There was a lot going on.”
“A lot of things…happened.”
Vivian muttered, feeling like an idiot for thinking she had been abandoned by Adrias some time ago.
He didn’t give up on himself.
Quite the opposite.
“Maybe not.”
All these assumptions were established only when Adrias was a warlock.
Perhaps the reason why he separated himself was because Adrias wanted to hide his identity.
“Pione.”
“Can I get you up?”
“no. Rather than that, can you explain again why Adrias took you?”
“I just did it because I asked for it. Really, that’s all.”
Vivian silently nodded at Pione’s answer.
Then I slowly got up and locked the shower.
“Are you done taking a shower?”
“huh.”
“Let’s go out together.”
“Pione.”
“yes?”
“I will not give up.”
Pione, who was dumbfounded by Vivian’s sudden words, was speechless for a moment.
“Hey, so…what is it?”
“Adrias.”
Vivian spoke briefly and walked out of the bathroom first.
Fione muttered as she stared blankly at the back of her green hair.
“to? Senior Adrias?”
Then, his expression changed and he said with a flushed face.
“Vivian senior, you seem to like Adrias senior!”
**
Warlock Jester Levan, who is in charge of one axis of the rally, grabbed his conical hat covering his shoulders at the sudden news.
“Nothing worked. what else this time? Morne brought Wrath into Imperial territory?”
The reason why the emperor’s wrath had not yet spread to the meeting was purely because ‘anger’ was in the hands of the meeting.
Of course, it was a situation where everyone confirmed and promised to give it to the emperor, but it was a deal that could happen if their relationship deteriorated.
That’s why, as soon as he obtained anger, he made a pact to ban its import into the empire, but Morne broke the pact as if he were throwing away his devotion.
“What the hell are you planning?”
“It must have something to do with Adrias Cromwell? He’s trying to stick to the empire and eat congo.”
Jester’s sighs increased at the appearance of the name he didn’t want to hear.
Adrias’ stopping Mayton greatly upsets the plan, even as the war escalates, even against the Emperor’s nerves.
In the meantime, Jester’s patience ran out as the plan was blocked by the activities of the bizarre undead from Borghien.
“kill.”
“You mean Adrias Cromwell? It could be an all-out war with Morn’s factions.”
“Okay. Anyway, there are many people who were dissatisfied with Morn’s decision to be the successor this time. Rather, if they could kill Adrias Cromwell, most of them would welcome it with open arms.”
“Morne and Luna Pendragon…”
“Are you saying that we should just be afraid of them? More important than that, wrath has set foot in the empire! If the emperor finds out about this, he will try to retrieve it by any means necessary, and if anger falls into the emperor’s hands, he won’t let us go for good because we’ve messed around so far.”
Jester’s words made sense, so his subordinates nodded.
“Return the place of anger to its original state and at the same time remove Adrias. This is something that could depend on the fate of the meeting, so I will do my best.”
“That word…!”
“I will go out on my own.”
At Jester’s declaration, his subordinates swallowed dry saliva.
In fact, a Warlock who has been active in the coven for so long that few people know his true identity.
A master of dueling who is said to have never been defeated in one-on-one battles.
Jester, in an undefeated dark battle, declared his march.
[ Episode 212. The Shadow of the Veil ] End
