My villains, episode 456
, 66.
I can’t remember the conversation after the silver prince (11).
Roughly speaking, Nashal Anwei decided to take the disciples from the palace to the royal capital. The purpose, of course, is to investigate what happened in the Dawning Circle.
Ellen decided to use this place as a base and cooperate with the Calandari Church to pursue the traces of demons. Aktupyr also remains here. It is said to be an assistant, but in fact, it seems that the supervisor will be the main one.
After leaving Theodora and the two grandmasters with a small agreement, I locked the bedroom door.
clap.
I fastened the small latch, locked the oak embossed padlock, and turned around to see Ellen looking up at me with a puzzled look on her face.
“What are you doing now?”
“To reward you.”
“…award?”
“uh. Why don’t you like it?”
“What bullshit are you talking about? what award?”
“You’ve been pushing yourself hard to come see me. Then you should get a prize.”
Saying that, I unfastened the sword belt and set it on the table. When the belt with two long swords made a heavy and rough sound with a ‘snack’, the boy’s shoulders trembled.
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about, crazy?”
Ellen got up from her seat with a look of willful anger.
But he seemed to already have a foreboding of what was about to happen. Seeing that her skin, transparent enough to show her veins, was already red, it was unmistakable. Not only the small face exposed above the robe, but also the neck to be held in one hand and the ears to be held. My mouth is watering at the sight of them blooming brighter than spring flowers.
“Hey you- uhhh!”
Ellen, startled, pushed me against my face and chest.
“Stop, we’re not done talking yet!”
“What are you talking about?”
“The story of you running around dirty *profit* all over the place!”
As his resistance continued, I grabbed both of my slender wrists with one hand and shrugged.
“Haven’t you ever?”
“You bastard never did that. The army and the city, rumors have spread- I won’t let this go!”
As I was sitting on the bed, Ellen, who had accidentally landed on my lap, blushed and whined.
“Crazy kinky cubs! Wouldn’t it be nice if you were just a girl?”
“No at all. I have very high eyes. You know.”
“Thinking about it—”
I lightly bit the inside of my collarbone, and the guy made a sound of air escaping and shook his shoulders. I asked with a low smile at the guy who was breathing hot and closing his eyes tightly.
“Do you hate me sleeping with other women?”
“…Crazy madman. Say that now.”
“Then you should have stuck close to me. I wouldn’t have done that if you were there.”
“You kicked him out.”
“Is it?”
“It was.”
If I had to pick one reason for sending Ellen back to the palace a few months ago, it was, of course, Daria.
Both I and he knew this well, so neither of us bothered to say it.
However, Ellen, who was struggling to see if the memory of the breakup could not be helped, suddenly shut her mouth. His long eyelashes trembled pitifully.
She pulled her waist, which was so thin that it couldn’t even fill her forearm, and kissed her pink lips lightly.
“love you.”
With his moistened eyes, he suddenly became free and pouted his lips as he looked down at the two hands that were collapsing at each other.
“pup.”
“Because I love you.”
“Is that the answer? pup?”
Ellen wept slightly and shook her head. And in a creeping voice, he whispered, ‘Me too’.
“What are you? Do you have a dog? ”
“…a real bastard. I want to lose it.”
Tears flowed down the furious eyes.
It’s not as good as when he’s bewitching a sticky life with a doll-like face, but the image he’s showing now also served as a pretty good fuel.
Maybe it’s because the fire that happened was pretty fierce. Ellen filled her blue eyes with fear even though it was not the first time she had experienced it. Normally, I would have tried my best to get rid of that fear, but I couldn’t afford to be considerate because I was about to be consumed by the heat.
The staff that turned into a carpet, the old birch wand, the long robe engraved with the pattern of superiority, and the crown with three jewels were taken away. Even so, Ellen’s body’s magical power remained intact, but she couldn’t even properly block her mouth, let alone spread the sound-absorbing barrier. However, no matter how powerful a wizard is, it is difficult to light a single candle without concentration.
Ellen’s song, which went through various pitches and volumes, ended before midnight.
And next to the irresponsible arsonist, the flames were still burning with too much heat to be called the residual fire.
Just then, a vague shape seeped from the darkness between the bedroom closet and the ceiling.
Thanks to the darkness that flowed in like water, I
could barely put out the flames.
The next morning I woke up with Ellen’s screams.
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Wow!”
I jumped up in amazement, and Mungchi, who woke up at the same time, glanced at Ellen with narrowed eyes.
“…Ah. Noisy.”
“Why are you?”
While Ellen, wrapped in a satin duvet, was stunned, Mong-gu yawned leisurely and then stretched like a cat.
“What is this now?”
For a while, the blue eyes wandered around in confusion. Ellen gasped when she saw three naked men and women lying side by side on the bed.
“under. This. Hey you… Ha really.”
“Uh-did you sleep well?”
“Are you really crazy?”
“…I guess so. Sometimes my mind goes back and forth.”
As I was talking nonsense like that, the bundle rubbing my eyes said, ‘It’s cold. Sleep more-‘ he whined and dug into his armpit.
“……Wow.”
In that scene, Ellen erased the absurdity and painted the spot with anger. And the moment I was about to emit blue eyes.
Bang bang!
A rather harsh knock was followed by an urgent voice from beyond the bedroom door.
“lily! Did you cough!”
“… Confidence?”
“Yes me! An urgent message has arrived from Proshafen!”
“Urgent news? In Proshafen?”
Surprised as she covered the top of the bundle with a blanket, Ellen frantically groped around the bedside to pick up her clothes.
When I opened the door slightly, wearing only pants, a soldier with a strange face that looked like a messenger and a veteran commander with several enlisted men were standing in front of the bedroom.
“What is it?”
“At the western border of Angst,”
Confair, who had been approaching the door in a hurry, stopped in surprise when he noticed my bare feet and bare top. Then, as if he had guessed the situation in the bedroom, he took a few steps back with a clearing of his throat and made a report.
“Hmm, they say they arrived in the station.”
“What arrives?”
“The Emperor, sir.”
Conveyor, who naturally calmed down his expression,
added his words with a serious face.
“The Emperor of the Mittergerland Empire has arrived
.”
I hurriedly opened the military doctor’s office and shared the news from the port city Proshafen.
After examining the situation, it seemed that not all of the great army raised by the emperor had joined Angst.
The estimated number of troops was approximately 7,000 to 9,000, but I wondered if only the advance corps had arrived, excluding the main unit and the logistics unit.
Of course, it would be better than having an entire army of 40,000 rush in, but it was a daunting opponent to the point where even an advance party approaching the bay was overflowing for allies who were exhausted from the battle with the electors.
“First of all, we need to control the spread of rumors.”
Heyla, who had stayed up all night at the Permanent Court to find out about Eisbobalt’s situation and deal with some pressing issues, was the first to speak.
“If the news spreads that the emperor is right around the corner, nobles and wealthy people may attempt an uprising.”
“You don’t have to worry about that, lady.”
Fritz yawned and proudly boasted of his achievements.
“I put away all the blades that I said yesterday. Besides, I caught all the puppies who were confused whether they were servants or bugoks, so you wouldn’t dare to stand up.”
As expected, Fritz with ponytails mercilessly crushed the influential people in the city all day yesterday.
He searched and confiscated the weapons hidden in the mansions of nobles and the offices of the guild unions. In addition, in the process, servants, servants, and workers who resisted at an excessive level were turned into semi-villains over thirty.
In fact, it was a deed that was tantamount to tyranny, but since a terrifying enemy was lurking right in front of their noses, the dangers inside could not be left unattended.
Hayla was well aware of this situation, but she shook her head with her characteristic expressionless face.
“The real strength they have is not weapons or soldiers. It’s an influence on the city. If we use that influence to incite the arrival of the emperor, even ordinary citizens will move.”
“The commoners have already been declared by the ruler, so there are few people who can arm themselves.”
“Eisbowald’s nickname is ‘City of Swords’. Even if Poi forbade the possession of weapons, there would be at least a knife hidden under the bed or deep in the closet. And even if there are no weapons, the uprising is not without danger.”
“Oh, lady, don’t even worry… Even if there are idiots who use rusty knives or clubs as weapons, I can handle them alone.”
I listened closely to what the two of them were saying, scratching my eyebrows and raising Heyla’s hand.
“No matter how you do it, you can’t point a knife at the good people. Don’t you know our prince’s nickname? ‘Champion of the underdog’?”
“……Ugh.”
Fritz openly pretended to vomit, but no one pointed it out.
Among those who attended the military uniform, the high-status Seth – Count Ines, Baron Rujan, Atalante – was a bit ambiguous to say that they were Prince Ulkar’s direct subordinates, and the others – Commander Harold Mercenary Captain Grania Dong – raised their voices in front of me. I wasn’t frivolous.
So I had to personally punish my subordinates.
“Did you just say wow? Whoa?”
“what. Did I do it on purpose? I get nauseous because I’m childish, but what can I do- Kek!”
As the seventh knight of the Silver Prince, he put a fist-sized steel ink pot in Fritz’s philtrum and looked back at Heila.
“Then what do you need to stop the spread of rumors about the emperor’s arrival – no, to prevent an uprising?”
“case history.”
It was a simple and straightforward answer. Well, what else is needed to control the city right now, other than troops?
At that time, Fogan, the staff member who was sitting next to Count Ines, the ‘Little Naga’, opened his mouth with a puzzled expression.
“As I said in advance, Abiden’s army, including Milgrester, has no power left. Eisbowald is an enemy city and has a population of 3,000. It is difficult to maintain peace with a little over seven hundred troops.”
‘Shield maiden’ Grania, who had been silently guarding her seat, quickly opened her mouth. It was a polite tone, as if conscious of the gazes of other nobles.
“It’s the same thing that our mercenaries don’t have enough room. Although the slaves of Altzenberg behave well, it is impossible to manage 3,000 prisoners and perform other duties at the same time.”
”……Turn off ”
O .
I scratched my eyebrows in frustration.
It’s a situation where we have to squeeze our troops as much as possible right now, but there are too many things to be tied up here and there.
In the end, I was tasked with controlling the rumors, that is, to find out those who were whispering in bars, alleys, or backyards of abandoned mansions.
There was no choice but the other options were Commander Harold, who led the infantry under Ulkar’s direct command, and Atalanta, who led the Nudin.
The infantry under Ulkar’s direct command were too elite, and their identity as a citizen of the kingdom was too strong, making them unsuitable for dealing with the people of the empire. There’s nothing to say about the nude people.
Well, even if I was in charge, it didn’t mean I had to run and solve the work myself. If you entrust about 40 enlisted men to Eson, who has a good personality, he will take care of it.
Continuing the army’s will, he rotated the troops here and there, but when he squeezed as much as he could, the number of troops he could generate in Ice Bobalt was only about 600.
Some of those who participated in the military doctor suggested the use of Altenberg’s pagan slave corps and magic corps. Of course, he kept his mouth shut when asked if he could handle Utequai’s wrath.
“…Fuck. I don’t think there’s a real answer to this.”
By the time I came to that conclusion after a couple of hours of meetings.
Prince Ulkar, who had completed the occupation of the Obdorf region by sweeping the eastern border of the empire, including Bulfurt, led his royal cavalry and arrived at Eisbowald.
