Chapter 135 – Chapter 135. Two Leaders (1)
It all started by accident…
All I needed was a puppet to coax an adventurer who was needed for the damn Galbo-year-old’s instructions and move according to my will.
I found out that the newcomer who was only that much was actually a warrior, but he did not leave his side and boldly decided to become an assistant.
For her to see the potential she has in her and to use it as her preferred language to defeat those who oppose me.
After the entertainment, which should have ended lightly, changed in earnest, he decided to thoroughly trample her body.
Inducing her unconscious pounding that has arisen through her relationship with me as her enlightened heart toward me, and I also play her as her lover who can truly love her.
“… Celica.”
Yeah, she’s just a woman she’s seen as a tool to be used and discarded a little longer.
A woman who believed that she could leave his side whenever she put her mind to it.
Even so, why did I run all the way here to save her at this moment?
“Why can’t life ever go the way you want it to?”
I really want something like atonement.
Even though I clearly know that leaving without saying anything is better for her future…
Why does your head, sleeping faintly in my arms, feel so heavy?
“… Sorry.”
Rather, if I hadn’t met her from the beginning, I wouldn’t have had anything to suffer from being pierced by her heart.
“I’m sorry, I couldn’t tell you this only at a time like this…”
Feeling that I had already returned too far to turn back, I finally put more strength into the hand holding her body.
If we can’t separate it like this, let’s move on.
Even if it were hell that awaited me at the end, I was determined to limit myself to being pierced in that pit of fire.
– Whoa!
It was at that moment that I heard the sound of the wind.
When I moved my gaze in surprise at the cold sensation sweeping my skin, I saw the shadows of the curtains on the window of the room moving.
A warrior in armor who suddenly appeared on the window sill with his back to the pale moonlight.
The style is the same as what Verdia usually wears, but unlike Verdia, who usually wears heavy equipment, the weight of the equipment itself is very light.
Excluding the minimum protection, the design focuses on mobility rather than durability.
-Tadat!
As the woman with such an armament landed effortlessly from her window sill, her hair growing from the back of her helmet began to blow in the wind.
Her hair was as light as the curtains covering her room.
But as soon as I saw that in my eyes, my breathing became heavy.
“All, Darkan…”
Although it was the first time I had met her like this, I had heard the atmosphere she gave off many times when she was in the Anti-Human Alliance.
She is one of the 10 strongest players on the same continent as Verdiana Bardos, and a person to be especially wary of.
Her range of activities is the smallest among the teenage strong, but on the contrary, if she falls within that radius, she must risk her own death as a known figure.
The king’s knight Darkan.
At this moment, a swordsman with the “Fastest speed” In humanity appeared in front of me as I was holding Celica in my arms.
After entering the room, without saying a word, while staring at me as I hugged Celica.
-Tboob, tumble.
Darkan approaches me with only distinct footsteps.
In an instant, that numb figure began to overlap with Celica, who had previously tried to wield her sword.
It seems to slaughter people without containing any other emotions.
“Oh, don’t come!!!”
Feeling wary of him, at the same time, the hand swung reflexively. She prepared to stand in her way, with the possessed ones standing behind me stepping forward with him.
Even though they are the strongest in their teens, I thought that this amount of people would be enough to earn time.
– Huung.
As soon as she tried to give instructions with such anticipation, her thin body disappeared from sight.
Soon the figure reappeared at a closer distance.
From the window, right in front of my nose, in the blink of an eye.
“Ah…”
The exclamation that spits out as if it is terrifying to engrave that figure in your eyes. Immediately after, the moment the gaze beneath the helmet turned toward me, I felt my heart stop beating furiously.
No, the speed of the accident has accelerated to the point of being mistaken like that.
What is the opponent’s purpose and how to escape from this position.
If at least she was aiming for her in her arms, how to get Celica to escape, the other 50,000 different thoughts spread like branches, and eventually came to a single conclusion.
‘Die.’
Once in this place.
With the thought that with just one swing of the sword, all resistance would be meaningless.
“Your Highness…”
Resignation created by instinct.
The moment I couldn’t shake it off and froze, Dar’Khan knelt down and started proposing something towards me.
“I came to you to carry out Your Highness’s orders.”
With a voice that was as blunt and quiet as his appearance.
A crystal with a mysterious color held in both hands, without hesitation.
“… What?”
Right after he exclaimed again, questioning the act.
– Alas, alas.
Light leaking faintly from the crystal.
The raspy voice that accompanied him drew my nerves away from Dar’Khan and towards the crystal.
-Hey, can you hear my voice?
Said.
A different voice from Darkan.
“… What is this?”
Hearing a voice from the crystal
Is this some kind of magic?
-Huh, you, a member of the Demon King’s Army, must have seen something like this for the first time. Hey, she’s an object that couldn’t have been created without her research, so it goes without saying.
While I couldn’t understand the reason, the voice started talking behind my back as if answering my question.
Yes, only the voice is transmitted to the other person. To those who don’t know where they are.
Conversely, if I hear that voice, the other person should be able to convey the message to me as well.
-Well anyway, it’s just a voice, but it’s nice to have a chance to talk like this. I’ve been waiting for this opportunity ever since I found out about you… Will it be a while?
“… You want to talk to me?”
-I understand that you are confused by the sudden visit, but isn’t the current situation you are in too good?
It is not an answer to a question, but a question that continues as if floating.
It felt dirty as if I was digging a little, but I couldn’t deny that the situation was actually not good.
No matter how much Baltanstein and his subordinate Brukenstein, who requested Celica’s abduction, were defeated by Celica, it could not be said that they subdued everyone in this mansion.
“Keugh, uh, the head…”
“What, what happened?”
Taking control of a large number of people is, in itself, a heavy mental burden.
It would be unreasonable to hope that it will be maintained until it leaves this mansion, as it is a difficult yard just to maintain that power even at this moment.
“… Can I change my seat?”
“…”
Dar Khan quietly nodded his head at my suggestion and took the lead in opening the way.
To be escorted by none other than the king’s escort knight. I really don’t know how to take this.
***
After I got out of the mansion and arrived at the empty house Darkan guided me to, I released the power I was holding.
After that, I heard a glimpse of a commotion in the mansion, but I decided not to pay attention right away as I had already taken Celica to the safe zone.
Anyway, I did something shameless enough to request a request through the shadows, so I won’t be able to openly pursue it.
Even the sluts I met along the way would have come to their senses, but well… It must be good. Whether that bitch comes to her senses, or those who come to their senses keep poking at that hole.
-Now, since we’re here in a quiet place, let’s talk for a while.
Whatever happened, there are more important things now.
I put Celica on the bed in her room, and then, while sitting at her table, I prepared to deal with the voice coming from the crystal placed opposite her.
“… How much do you know about me?”
The first thing to reveal was, of course, vigilance.
What is the reason why an authority worthy of sending the 10 strongest people, and of course another 10 strong people, came to find me in a place where they reigned?
-I heard that you are a temporary member of the warrior party. A porter brought by the hero himself?
“… And?”
– I’m sorry to the warrior, but I’ve done a background investigation on you. Nothing came out really clean. Where is your hometown, what process did you take to become an adventurer, etc…
Of course I would have investigated.
Originally, he would have had to leave the party before such an investigation took place, but he would have had no choice but to pay more attention to the fact that Galbo-nyeon had attacked the warrior.
– No matter how obscure the information dealer is, they are not good at concealing information to this extent. If it is the only possible force, it must be the person on the side of the Demon King’s Army, where it is difficult to collect information from within humanity… If you are a human belonging to the demon king’s army, your power will be limited to one.
What follows is entirely speculation, but since we’ve come this far, there’s no need to make exhausting excuses.
-Is your uncle well?
Yes, we are already guessing about each other’s identity.
It was approaching with certainty through the word ‘uncle’ now.
Because my opponent is the only person with power in the human realm who can make the king’s guardian knight a messenger, and the former head of the organization I belonged to was a direct lineage of the Argentine royal family.
“Unfortunately, he passed away. Now I have taken over the position.”
-… I expected that Uncle passed away, but I never thought you’d be the person to succeed him. He still thought he had an important position like the acting chief.
“Unfortunately, the heir who is supposed to succeed him is not yet confident. Until I gain some experience, I plan to hold this position.”
-Haha, are you respecting the successor even though you have a chance to take the position? You seem to have been quite a loyalist more than I thought.
“… It’s not an organization where loyalty is important in the first place.”
-Nevertheless, I respect my uncle very much for creating respect for the heir.
Sound in the mouth.
Rejecting the words that were about to jump out reflexively, he quietly glared at the crystal ball and said.
“Argentina Alencia.”
A person who wants to talk to me.
The head of the Human Union, and the one who became the master of Verdia and Darkan.
Furthermore, a person who can be said to be the actual supporter of the warrior party I infiltrated.
“Are you the head of an organization that wants to rebel against the Argentine royal family? Or are you a pawn of the demon king’s army who infiltrated the hero’s party, the hope of mankind?”
Either way, it’s a reason I can’t overlook.
When the question of the alternative was asked straight-forward, the other person quietly answered at the end of silence.
-Which one do you want to hear first?
In the sense of both sides.