Chapter 355. Pungka proudly (2)
King Venetogna.
The 12th King of Veneto.
He took pride in the way he looked at people.
He has reigned on the throne for 19 years.
In the meantime, I have seen many loyalists and flatterers.
I’ve been through countless scholars and ignorant people.
The moment you meet someone else thanks to you.
I was confident that I had mastered the art of figuring out at once what kind of person he was and how much value he had.
It was the same today.
‘Whoa.’
King Venetogna’s eyes lit up as he entered the square.
It was the king who rejected the head of the guard who was holding back today’s meeting.
He was rather reassured by loyalists that it was too dangerous to go to the square alone.
‘Anyway, as long as the Bone Dragon came this far, it won’t be safe no matter where it hides.’
So, you have to step in yourself.
You have to be alone with rude uninvited guests.
Even so, you have to build a barrier.
The king swore and cast a wide gaze toward the center of the plaza.
The bone dragon occupied the plaza with an overwhelming appearance.
I saw a young man standing at its feet.
‘Lloyd Frontera. I’ve heard that name before. He is the most notable young aristocrat in Magentano. He was also appointed as a great general and a public servant by King Alicia.’
In fact, it was a name that sounded rather harsh to the ears.
It had to be.
The kingdom of Veneto bordered Magentano.
Although there was a natural barrier called the Pantara Mountains.
However, it did not mean that people’s word of mouth and news were not transmitted.
This was all the more so if the news was related to a major figure in a potential threat country.
‘You made a lot of heroic stories at a young age. I heard that you saved the east from disaster, rescued countless refugees, and made other indescribable achievements…indeed….’
It was also said that it was true.
As soon as I saw it, I was like that.
It was because he was so handsome.
‘haha. It is possible for a person to be so handsome that he shines like that. Although there was no mention of Gwa-in saying that she had an exceptionally good appearance, according to rumors. I just said that it was a good axis depending on how I look at it. But how can a person’s appearance be so brilliant?’
Could it be that the perspective of beauty in the Magentano Kingdom is a bit different from here?
Is that why such a statue-like appearance can only be treated decently in the Magentano Kingdom?
King Venetogna moved on in admiration.
He spread his arms wide open, showing a happy expression.
As if today’s meeting was really promised.
to make it look like that around you.
With a full smile on my face,
“Oh Lloyd Frontera. The eldest son of Count Frontera. The wine has heard of your reputation. But it’s really nice to see you in person like this.”
A young aristocrat from a potential threat country was welcomed.
Then, the young nobleman who received the greeting turned his head this way.
Platinum curly silver hair fluttering.
His unique cool and beautiful blue eyes shine.
He furrowed his eyebrows as if drawn with the tip of a master’s brush.
“It is an honor to have an audience with King Venetogna, the rightful monarch of this land of Veneto. I am Knight Xaviel Asrahan.”
He said with his seductive lips.
Thanks to this, King Venetogna had to feel the back of the head hit hard.
“hmm?”
what did you just say?
Knight Xaviel Asrahan?
This young man with such a beautiful, graceful, and noble impression?
‘for a moment. So what about Lloyd Frontera?’
the moment you think about it.
Next to the silver-haired knight who identified himself as Xaviel.
According to the theory of relativity with Xaviel, who was standing there side by side, the young man who looked like a potato gave a flat bow.
“It is truly an infinite honor to meet you like this. Lloyd Frontera, the eldest son of the Frontera family, meets King Venetogna, the rightful owner of this land.”
“….”
King Venetogna was at a loss for words.
And I tilted my head involuntarily.
I tilted my head this way and looked at Xaviel.
I tilted my head that way and looked at Lloyd.
Only then did he realize his mistake.
‘this. Does it mean that the winemaker misunderstood the person?’
I couldn’t believe it.
No matter how you look at it, the silver haired one over there was an aristocratic (?).
I thought this plain young man, who looked like a relatively potato, was just an attendant.
“Kuh hmm! hmm!”
King Venetogna was taken aback.
A bitter smile bloomed on Lloyd’s lips.
“it’s okay. Because it’s not something that happened once or twice. Anyway, thank you very much for accepting my unannounced request for a meeting.”
“Huu thank you. indeed.”
It was only for a while that I pretended to be happy to be seen around me.
As soon as they got closer and were able to lower their voices, King Venetogna’s expression sharpened like frost.
“What are you thinking? What scheming did your master, the King of Magentano, send you all this way?”
Suddenly, King Venetogna’s eyes were full of doubt.
In fact, it was natural.
Lloyd too.
Bone Dragon too.
They were uninvited guests who had never been invited here.
Not to mention, a meeting with this side was not even planned.
“Are you, your master, trying to blackmail the widow?”
There was tension in King Venetogna’s voice.
Now is the important moment.
Until now, this meeting had been promised and scheduled, and it was the king who had been acting like a sheep.
What if the outcome of this meeting is good?
It was because of the calculation to add it to his political achievements and influence.
But that was the story when the talks went well.
before that and now?
It was time to get to the main point of the meeting.
He saw it as a golden opportunity to find out the intentions of Lloyd and the Magentano royal family, who had done something beyond imagination by driving the Bondragon to the capital of another country.
And Lloyd fulfilled 500% of King Venetogna’s expectations (?).
With a direct statement without hiding anything.
“Actually, I’m not here to threaten you, but to inform you.”
said.
Thanks to that, King Venetogna’s eyebrows twitched.
The moment he was about to soar toward his bald forehead, Lloyd’s answer continued.
“It is as you say. It is a notification, not a threat.”
“What do you mean by notification?”
Could it be a notice to surrender?
Is it a notice to hand over the territory?
King Venetogna asked anxiously.
Lloyd shrugged his shoulders as if he couldn’t believe such a terrible thing would happen.
“This is a notification that the trade route has been opened.”
“Trade routes?”
“yes.”
“What trade route?”
“I am talking about a direct trade route between Magentano and your country.”
“A direct trade route…Where is that?”
A deep wrinkle dug between King Venetogna’s brow.
He couldn’t understand what Lloyd was talking about.
‘We are a landlocked country, and the only border between Magentano and us is the Pantara Mountains. That’s why even now, trade with Magentano is possible only through a different kingdom. What the hell are you talking about?’
So, to open a direct trade route?
We have to make a road to the Pantara Mountains.
But that’s impossible.
Just like it has been all along.
It will be so forever and ever.
‘If so, is that statement about the opening of a trade route a metaphorical phrase that has a different meaning?’
If so, what is the metaphor of a direct trade route?
King Venetogna’s mind was busy with guesses and guesses.
Thanks to this, Lloyd’s mouth ate again.
A smile came to mind.
“You don’t have to make it complicated. It’s exactly what I said. A direct trade route has been opened between our Magentano royal family and your side, the Kingdom of Veneto.”
“….”
“Really.”
“Could that be the Pantara Mountains?”
“Yes, you are correct.”
Lloyd laughed lightly.
his words continued.
“I pushed two peaks with the bone dragon. The canyon has also been widened considerably and the slope has been made gentle. You’ll probably know about it up to that point. In this way, the railroad was laid in the place where the foundation work was completed.”
“By rail?”
“yes. It is a railway line for trade trains that can cross the Pantara Mountains regularly twice a day.”
“Train rails.”
“You can think of it as a road paved with steel so that the wagons connected in a row can move.”
“….”
Is Lloyd Frontera crazy?
How am I supposed to accept that grotesque and illogical sophistry?
Lloyd speaks confidently.
King Venetogna’s worries deepened as he watched Lloyd.
In fact, he didn’t believe at all what Lloyd was talking about.
I just couldn’t trust it.
Because you can’t accept the concept of trains and railroads?
It wasn’t.
Connecting wagons in a row.
It gets power and moves.
Or pave the road with steel.
I wondered how I could make something like that.
I didn’t even think to doubt it.
However, I did not believe that such a thing could be easily built in the rugged mountains.
“Are you going to come all the way here and tell a lie to Gwa-in with your tongue?”
King Venetogna’s voice became serious.
“Or are you and the Magentano royal family trying to despise and insult Gwain and Gwain’s royal family in this way?”
“Hmm, did you hear that?”
“Anyway.”
Crunchy!
King Venetogna gnashed his teeth through his white beard.
“Did you just say it was a steel road that goes over the Pantara Mountains? But would such a thing be so easily made? If that is true, it would mean that a large-scale construction was carried out in that rugged mountain, but are you trying to say that such a construction was completed in just a few days?”
in real time while questioning Lloyd.
King Venetogna’s voice was filled with gradation of anger.
From the standpoint of Venetogna, it had no choice but to do so.
He was unaware of the time freeze.
Therefore, it was only a few days ago that the bone dragon crushed two peaks of the Pantara Mountains.
I couldn’t believe Lloyd’s words that he had opened a steel railroad in the mountains.
In the first place, I thought that I was talking about the impossible.
that he was trying to deceive him.
There must be some insidious tricks behind that deceit.
The flames of doubt were kindled more vigorously than before.
He put his body on the flames and let out a low scream.
“Hani Gwain asks for one. What are you trying to gain by scorning wine? By any chance, through this incident, are you trying to send a warning to neighboring countries by using Gwain and her royal family as an example?”
I thought maybe it could be.
The Magentano royal family was indeed strong.
First of all, King Alicia was a rare sword master.
It was also politically stable thanks to her strong leadership.
There was no hint of any infighting or civil war.
The land was also fertile.
There were tens of thousands of well-trained elite soldiers in the king’s direct troops alone.
There was an additional outstanding knight named Xaviel Asrahan.
Lastly, the nightmare-like bone dragon was devoted to the royal family.
Even with its traditional eastern rival, the Sultanate, it has recently forged friendly relations.
As such, the hegemonic Magentano royal family reached an unprecedented heyday.
What if they’re really hard-hearted?
Even if they wage a war with all the neighboring countries at once, they will be able to gain the upper hand.
King Venetogna judged that.
“Hani and his royal family are probably trying to be treated like stones on the roadside. It must be an intention to use it as an example to be easily trampled on, to have a bloody feast, and to break the spirit of neighboring countries through that brutal feat. That’s how they’re trying to establish a foothold into a conquering empire. Was Guwain wrong?”
King Venetogna’s voice trembled.
It became completely dark in front of my eyes.
or get killed here.
Or, by humiliating submission, barely keeping the royal family alive.
I even thought that only those two would be the options that would be given to me.
‘Anyway, the answer was fixed from the moment Bone Dragon came here.’
King Venetogna sighed deeply.
And I was determined in my heart.
What if the dog of the Magentano royal family in front of you persecutes you?
What if King Alicia’s threat was conveyed through that persecution?
‘Even if the wine is sacrificed…Only the poor soldiers and people should be saved.’
I thought it was my responsibility.
I thought it would be a way to become proud of the ancestors.
As such, the moment when King Venetogna pondered over his own determination.
Lloyd laughed awkwardly.
“Oh hmm, this is true. Actually, I expected it to be like this, but…As expected, don’t you believe what I said a lot?”
“….”
King Venetogna’s eyebrows twitch.
what is that again
While he was wondering, Lloyd’s words continued.
“I am really sorry. It seems that my expectation that you would easily trust me was a mistake. It might have been better to just show it rather than explain from the beginning that a thousand words are worth a thousand words.”
“What are you doing now….”
do you want to talk
…The question did not lead to the end.
before you even finish talking.
It was because Lloyd had suddenly reached out to shake hands.
Tup!
“Shhh. Excuse me for a second.”
“…!”
as soon as we hold hands
A small amount of mana seeped into the king’s body from Lloyd.
The entered mana occupied the king’s vocal cords like an invading army.
No more voices came out.
King Venetogna’s eyes were filled with bewilderment.
However, the king could not even ask for help from the commander-in-chief or the head of his own guard.
The moment he is about to start making urgent gestures.
It was because Lloyd shouted half a beat faster.
“I understand, worthy monarch of this land. If you come, I will show you the canyon train built by Lloyd Frontera, the eldest son of the Frontera family, in accordance with your request!”
It was as soon as the smirking nonchalant words were over.
Lloyd swung at King Venetogna.
naturally.
On the surface, it seems like they are politely guiding you.
He led King Venetogna, who was half-subdued by the dark mind method.
I burned it on Yongyong’s palm.
No time to tell anyone what to say.
He sent a shameless signal to Yongyong.
“Come on, dragon! Let’s go show the canyon train to the King of Veneto!”
The moment he signals.
Throwing Chemistry-!
Yongyong kicked off the plaza and flew up.
In an instant, it soared hundreds of meters into the sky.
Lloyd and King Xaviel Venetogna were tightly wrapped in both hands.
Thanks to this, the commander-in-chief of the Veneto royal family and the captain of the guards who were waiting around the plaza nervously following the order of the master….
“…Hiccups?”
The lord looked up at the distant sky and started to hiccup.
It was the first ever kidnapping of the King of Veneto.
