Episode 574
Raon lay down on the ground and looked at the stars for a while, then got up.
I used up most of my stamina and aura while fighting with Glenn, but surprisingly, my mind was clearer than ever.
‘It feels good.’
The pain that was pressing down on my chest completely disappeared. I automatically smiled because I felt like I had returned to the time before I met Rektar in the Rakion family.
-Really?
Lars jumped up like a firecracker and hit his face.
‘what?’
-Are you really feeling better?
‘Yes, but why suddenly?’
-Then the King has something to say to you!
A serious light appeared in the guy’s sea-green eyes.
‘What I have to say…’
Raon swallowed his dry saliva as he looked at Lars’ sunken eyes. Cotton Candy suddenly had a serious expression on my face, which made me a little nervous.
‘say it.”
-You…
Lars raised his round fist and furrowed his brow.
-You haven’t kept your promise to buy the king ice cream as soon as you arrive at the family home!
‘….’
Raon’s red eyes turned cold, as if they had lost their heat.
‘Oh my…’
-What are those eyes! You promised!
‘I did. I did it. Why are you saying that now? And while pretending to be serious. ‘You insectivore!’
– Poetry insectivorous?
Lars raised his head, his lips quivering.
-How dare you be insectivorous to the monarch of the demon world! This means that the king waited only for that promise!
The guy screamed as if he was angry.
‘You waited?’
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Ras, whose face had turned red and turned into strawberry-flavored cotton candy.
‘Have you been holding it in for this long?’
When I thought about it, Lars only brought up the topic of ice cream after asking me if I was feeling better a little while ago.
‘Well, in the past, I would have made a fuss to buy ice cream on the day I promised.’
After meeting Rektar, Lars didn’t even take out the ice cream. It felt like they were considerate of me when my feelings were hurt.
‘Is Lars also changing?’
Time and fate change not only relationships with people. My relationship with Lars was also changing little by little.
“okay.”
Raon laughed and stood up. He nodded, shaking off the dust from his clothes.
“Let’s go right away tomorrow.”
-uh…?
Lars’ eyes became surprised at those words.
‘Why are you surprised? ‘You said let’s go.’
-Why does something like a tree frog listen to what you say and eat it?
‘It has to be like this sometimes.’
-Now you too have come to your senses! Well thought out! If you listen carefully from now on, I will make you my king’s subordinate!
‘I’m not buying it.’
Raon waved his hand lightly and returned to the annex.
It was late, so I was quietly entering through the back door attached to the kitchen, when I felt someone’s presence in the dark.
“uh! Jonjal!”
It was Encia who revealed her identity in one word. She nodded with bread in her mouth. I felt like I was hungry while doing research.
“When did you come? Jonjal?”
Now it’s not even Raon, it’s just Jonjal. The name itself has disappeared.
“It arrived today. “It’s only been a few hours.”
“Aaaagh! I didn’t even know you arrived because I was doing research! “You idiot!”
Encia stamped her forehead on the table in frustration.
“I can’t believe I missed the opportunity to see Raon for so many hours! “I must die!”
“Stop that.”
Raon swallowed hard and grabbed Encia’s shoulder. I feel this every time I meet him, but he was a really difficult person to handle.
“But…”
Encia blinked while biting into the bread. She only looked at Raon, not paying any attention to the fact that a line of blood was flowing down from her forehead.
“Raon, did you dye your hair?”
“no.”
“It feels like my blonde hair has become a little darker.”
She muttered that she was sure and took out a thick book from her pocket. When I opened it, I saw Raon’s photos lined up by date.
“Ugh.”
Raon’s lips trembled as she looked at countless photos of herself.
‘This is a bit scary…’
I had no idea that so many photos were taken, so a chill ran down my spine.
-If you do that and that, you end up like that madwoman! Now the buds of obsession are sprouting!
Lars turned his head, saying the seeds were about to germinate.
“That’s right! “Your hair has become darker.”
Encia held out a photo before leaving for the mission to look at.
“…is that so.”
Honestly, I wasn’t sure, so I just nodded.
“What’s going on? Does suddenly having darker blonde hair mean you are more respectable? If I become more handsome here, does that mean I will surpass human beings?”
Encia laughed and said that she had found something to eat.
Raon whetted his appetite as he watched Encia lost in her own world.
‘I was going to tell you tomorrow, but it turned out better.’
I approached Encia and bowed my head.
“There is something I would like to ask of you, Encia.”
“Just say the word!”
She didn’t even ask what the request was, but immediately shouted at him to just say it.
“Do you by any chance know what this is?”
Raon took out the artificial arm artifact that Cloud was wearing.
“Hmm…”
Encia’s eyes fell on Raon for the first time.
“It’s an artifact that can be used as a prosthetic hand. “It’s not an ancient thing, it was recently made.”
“Recently?”
“yes. The methods and materials used are modern. “It looks like it was made by a fairly skilled craftsman.”
She laughed and said that the person who made the arm must be someone famous.
“Then can you make this artifact suitable for someone else?”
“It is possible. But I don’t think it will be easy.”
Encia clicked her tongue without taking her eyes off the artificial arm.
“What do you mean it’s not easy?”
“It’s hard to write in this condition. “I think the design plan needs to be completely redesigned because it puts a strain on the wearer.”
She frowned, thinking that it was made so that it could not be used for a long time from the beginning.
“Plus, since it has to reach your arms, you need natural ingredients. It seems like it will take some time to supply…”
Contrary to the saying that it was difficult to obtain materials, Encia’s eyes sparkled as if she was interested in this work.
“But who will use this?”
“This is Mr. Rimer.”
“yes?”
Encia opened her eyes wide.
“Something happened during the mission.”
“…okay.”
She nodded without asking any more.
“I think I can only decide once I meet Rimmer.”
“All right.”
“Then let me take this and look at it.”
Encia went into her room without even taking the bread she was eating, as all her attention seemed to be focused on her artificial arm.
‘It’s amazing.’
Although she was usually very playful and only called her a strange word, Encia was more serious than anyone else when it came to her work. He was a person from whom I had a lot to learn in many ways.
Raon returned to the room after cleaning up the slightly messy kitchen.
Knock knock.
As I was preparing my clothes to wash, I heard three knocks on the door.
“come in.”
I told them to come in right away because the person who knocks three times is determined.
Judiel carefully opened the door, entered, and bowed his head.
“Nothing happened, right?”
“Nothing special has happened so far.”
“So you’re saying it’s happened now?”
“yes. “I received a call from heavy radio a little while ago.”
“It must be about me.”
Raon smiled and nodded.
“That’s right. “I just had one other request.”
Judiel briefly shook his head.
“Any other requests?”
“I was instructed to report any information I learned about the Battle of Hyeonmu, even if it was trivial.”
“Hyeonmujeon….”
Raon lowered his head and narrowed his eyes.
“Hyunmujeon is where Denier Sieghart is located in Jeonju.”
“you’re right.”
“Why are you suddenly asking me to investigate there?”
Karun left the throne room with a chillingly cold look in his eyes. I couldn’t understand why he was suddenly gathering information about Hyeonmujeon after showing his anger towards me.
‘Denier Sieghart….’
Denier never caused any trouble or made any strange remarks. He didn’t take special care of me or Sylvia, but he didn’t ignore me like the others either.
However, looking at his eyes strangely reminded me of Derus Robert.
“Shall we find out what’s going on?”
“okay. Just be careful. But I don’t think we should approach this matter hastily.”
“All right. “I will also adjust the report on Raon appropriately.”
“thank you.”
“Then rest.”
Judiel lowered his head and stood up.
“wait for a sec.”
Raon stopped Judiel who was trying to go out the door.
“Any information about your younger brother?”
“…Not yet.”
Judiel shook his head with calm eyes.
“My lord.”
She turned again and lowered her head.
“I think we can stop investigating my brother now.”
“what?”
“Seeing as we haven’t found it yet even though we borrowed the power of the black market, it may already be too late.”
Judiel continued speaking with an expression not much different from when he reported, as if he had lost all emotions.
“The amount has increased a lot, and things seem to be getting more complicated, so it’s better to give up here…”
“Are you serious?”
Raon thought as he looked at Judiel’s sunken eyes.
“….”
Judiel just trembled without answering.
“To be honest, since you came under my wing in the past, I thought I should find your sister. It was just a condition for accepting you, without any emotions whatsoever. But…”
Raon smiled slightly, looking at Judiel’s eyelids that were starting to shake.
“Right now I really want you to meet your little brother.”
It’s not a lie.
As I am realizing the importance of relationships including family, teachers, and friends, the value of the promise I made to Judiel has also changed. Now I wanted to find her sister at all costs.
“Don’t give up first.”
Raon grabbed Judiel’s shoulder. Although I didn’t apply force, I wanted to convey sincere warmth.
“Yes…”
Judiel shook her shoulders and lowered her head. For the first time since entering this room, she seemed to show emotion.
“thank you.”
Judeel bowed without raising his head and left the room.
-You are also becoming a little more human.
Lars nodded with an expression that seemed both distressed and proud.
‘I am human from the beginning.’
-You were only human on the outside, but weren’t you more evil than the devil on the inside?
‘Well, he hasn’t been very human.’
As he said, at first he was unable to shed the shadow of having lived as an assassin.
However, as I met many people, the shadow of my past life was fading away.
‘It will change more in the future.’
-Will your Majesty tell me how you can become more humane?
‘Is there such a thing?’
-There is nothing in this world that cannot be done.
Lars grinned and lifted his chin.
‘what is that?’
-It’s a promise!
‘promise?’
-That’s right. You can only be considered a real human being if you keep your promises. in other words! If you bring ice cream to the king right now… Wow!
Raon kicked Ras away and sighed.
‘I’m really sick of it…’
* * *
Raon leaned his back against the wall of the annex and took a bite of mint chocolate ice cream.
– Big!
Lars held his plump cheeks and let out an exclamation as if cotton candy was melting.
-This is happiness, this is living! As soon as the King returns to the Demon World, he will open an ice cream shop!
The guy clenched his fist and said he would open 1,000 stores throughout the Demon World.
‘You can take care of that…’
Raon put down the box of ice cream he had finished eating and turned his gaze to the right where Encia and Rimmer were.
“Hmm…”
Encia looked at Rimmer, moaning as if she was suffering from a cavity.
They said that in order to make an artificial arm, you have to see the object in person, so I brought her here, but she only looked at Rimmer’s face, not his arm.
“It’s true that he’s handsome, but it’s a little ambiguous.”
“What what?”
Rimmer blinked with a shocked expression.
“Raon has become more handsome, so I don’t really like him when I see him as an elf.”
Encia’s face looked a little faded and she took a quick bite.
“What nonsense!”
Rimmer couldn’t stand it anymore and jumped up.
“I, the most handsome man of the Yuhwa branch tribe, am lacking something! No! “I even heard that Seifia was the most handsome man!”
He shook his head, saying that there was no elf more handsome than him.
“Raon is ranked first on the continent, so even the number one elf can’t come.”
Encia waved her finger, saying that they couldn’t be placed on the same line.
“Besides, long hair isn’t my style.”
“Now, I pity you for not knowing how exciting long hair is!”
Rimmer broke into a cold sweat and forced a smile.
“What is exhilaration? “It looks like you didn’t cut it because it was annoying.”
“Keueook….”
He touched his split hair and his lips trembled.
-What are they talking about?
‘I don’t know either.’
Raon shook his head. I brought Rimmer over to check my arm, and I don’t know why he was suddenly criticizing my appearance.
Also, I was embarrassed because my name came up every now and then.
“excuse me.”
Raon sighed and approached Encia and Rimmer.
“hey. Raon. This guy is weird! “It was weird before, but it’s gotten even weirder!”
Rimmer shook his head, saying it seemed like Encia had really gone crazy.
“Raon. “For now, I passed.”
“First of all, you pass?”
“yes. “Your appearance may be a bit ambiguous, but since you are acquainted with Raon, I will do it for you.”
“hey!”
Rimmer screamed and jumped up.
“What an ambiguous appearance! “I’ve never heard anything like that in my life!”
“Everyone becomes ambiguous when standing in front of Raon. Do not worry.”
“I hope this damn Raon….”
“Oh my. Thanks for the compliments.”
“It’s not a compliment!”
Neither the elf boasting about his appearance nor the Encia evaluating the elf’s appearance as ambiguous did not look normal.
“Hey, weren’t you trying to grab my arm now? Why don’t you look at your shoulders…”
“Inspiration is important when doing work like this. Rimmer-sama’s face is just a line…”
“Standing…”
Rimmer fell to the floor as if he was truly shocked.
“My face is on the line?”
He seemed to have confidence in his face and his hands were shaking with despair in his eyes.
“When you asked your mother for a favor, didn’t you do it right away?”
Raon asked as he approached Encia, who was touching her artificial arm.
“You two are so honorable. “There’s no need to ask!”
Encia shook her head, saying that it was right to stop doing what you were doing and just listen.
“Well, I understand. “Anyway, it’s going to happen, right?”
I felt like the conversation was getting more and more lost, so I quickly got to the point.
“yes! “It’s vague, but it’s because of Raon!”
Encia nodded as she killed Rimmer once again.
“Ugh….”
Rimmer was now lying down on the floor. His complexion became as pale as a sheet of paper.
-It’s such a shame! That idiot should have seen the king’s face!
Lars frowned, saying he wanted to have a contest of looks.
-If it were the King’s appearance, he would have been able to humiliate you like that!
‘I don’t know why I’m upset about that…’
Raon shook his head and approached Rimmer.
“Are you okay?”
“This is my first time being humiliated like this…”
Rimmer shook his shoulders, clutching the dirt.
“I’ve never been pushed in the face before!”
He gritted his teeth as if he was truly indignant.
“Don’t worry about that…”
“Oh! “Stay there!”
When Raon was trying to comfort Rimmer, Encia picked up the camera.
click!
She took a picture of Raon and Rimmer and smiled brightly.
“Hey. Because a respectable person stands next to an average person. You look more handsome! “Is this a contrast effect?”
Encia handed Raon one of the two photos that fell from the camera.
“Hmm….”
Raon scratched his chin after looking at the photo of him and Rimmer. Perhaps because she was so handsome, Rimmer looked a little saggy.
“Ah…”
Rimmer lifted his head with difficulty and stretched out like a jellyfish when he saw the photo.
“I want to die. It hurts more than when my arm fell off. “I’m going to die there!”
He lowered his eyes, saying he couldn’t refute it.
“It’s hard to wipe my behind because I don’t have a right arm, and they say they won’t give me pension or severance pay, and now I’m even ugly…”
“Great Lord. cheer up.”
Raon approached Rimmer and massaged his shoulders. Normally I would have ignored it, but it looked serious so I did it from above.
“Can you lend me some money? Or whatever you want to eat, just tell me.”
As soon as those words were finished, Rimmer’s left hand tightly grasped Raon’s wrist.
“I told you to just talk now, right?”
Rimmer grinned and stood up.
“uh…?”
“Then come on a trip with me. “Of course, you pay the travel expenses.”
“yes? “Where are you going all of
a sudden?”
“The sacred place of the remaining elves on the continent. Seifia.”
He waved his hand and grinned.
“There’s something there you might like.”
