Chapter 105 – Episode 105. Declaration of Virginity
A person who inherited the right of succession too early due to the deteriorating health of the former king due to a chronic illness.
He has received an education befitting an honorable lineage, but he lacks skill and experience due to his small age.
That’s why, far from solving the problems of the previous generation, a leader who lacks the qualifications to maintain the policy intact and barely maintain the group’s existence…
The evaluation surrounding the king of Argen was full of negative things, and in fact, Argen also had such awareness.
That responsibility was too heavy for a young man who was only a boy a few years ago.
“Your back is empty.”
Yes, if there were no loyal servants to support him, it would not have been strange if he collapsed at any time.
The person who took the wooden sword wielded by him in this place was one of those favored subjects.
“There was too much weight on his lower body. It’s good to have a balance, but if you focus on it, you won’t be able to swing the sword in the right position.”
“Then, can I do it this way?”
“It is better to use the movement of the wrist rather than swinging the sword straight. Like this…”
Come to think of it, even when he was a prince, did he teach me from the basics as he does now?
Although the attitude was strict, from Arhen’s point of view, it was rather welcome.
Even more so because after he ascended the throne, he was swayed by his responsibility and was spending each day exhaustingly.
“I don’t really need it because I’m a body that uses power to run state affairs…”
In that way, he had lightly received swordsmanship instruction for dozens of minutes.
Verdia, who borrowed the trunk of a tree to take a light rest and sat across from her, spoke cautiously to Archen.
“Still, if you want to borrow the current game and train swordsmanship, can’t you ask Darkan instead of me?”
Darkan.
Argen’s exclusive guardian knight who came all the way here, and one who is famous as one of the 10 strongest players on the same continent as Verdia.
She now leaned behind a nearby tree, her arms folded, devoted to escorting her surroundings.
Her taciturn and stiff personality is what she really is, Archen thought, and said with a shy smile.
“Because Dar Khan wants to do nothing except what he has to do. Don’t you, who roamed her battlefield with her, know that better than I do?”
“… Yes what Even at the time, I was pretty reticent. Many people, including myself, could rely on that unwavering appearance.”
“To think that comrades who depended on each other for a living rose together to become one of the 10 strongest players on the continent. If there is such a thing as fate, this might be what they are talking about.”
“It is not a grandiose place to call it fate. It’s a title that follows as long as you enter the limbs and survive as one of the 10 strongest.”
In other words, it can be interpreted that she is confident that she will survive even if she goes into limbs, but Verdia, who actually spoke about it, had bitterness on her face.
It must be so. It means that she endured without breaking even in the face of countless deaths until she saved her life.
“… Anyway, considering your position, that level of arrogance is necessary.”
Archen also understood her feelings, and she did not bother to point out her.
On the contrary, I feel grateful that a knight who is a believer who is grateful for the grace of God and who has sworn allegiance to the royal family leads the public and increases the approval rating of the monarchy.
If she hadn’t had an idol of her own like hers, her reputation as a child king of Argen would have gotten hold of her, and leading her country would have been more difficult.
Especially since there are many opponents of the Argentine royal family, including the Anti-Human Alliance.
“However, if the king were to speak from his personal point of view…”
And her gratitude for him is always left in the place of her guilt towards her.
What followed were words close to worry that contained such regret.
“I want you to find some happiness for yourself.”
“My happiness, you mean?”
“Verdia, have you ever thought about getting married?”
Engagement. A basic contract necessary for direct interaction with members of the opposite sex and building a family.
Verdia is already past her marriageable age, but her beauty is such that even the virgins in her prime will not bow down, and everyone will say in unison.
Considering her reputation and her position, there must be plenty of men on the continent who will marry her right away.
“I can’t say no, but…”
However, no matter how well the conditions are met, as long as you are not tied to your family and forced into an arranged marriage, you are free to decide who to marry.
Archen understood her heart, but she had already sworn to put her cause above her own life.
“Ironically, I’ve seen far too many people on the battlefield caring about their families. I have something to protect, so I can fight even more desperately… After all, that belief is also a personal opinion. After death, there is only silence in their graves.”
“Are you saying that the dead cannot comfort those left behind because they do not speak?”
“I am confident that I can compete head-to-head with the officers of the Demon King’s Army, but unfortunately I am not confident enough to handle the sadness.”
It’s not that I don’t want to make a precious person, but I’m afraid that I’ll leave the sadness of those left behind…
It was the reason why it was considered reasonable because its nature was honest and good. Archen also thought that such a character deserved to be respected.
“… Were the executives you dealt with before strong enough to prepare yourself for the end?”
“Yes. It was to the point where I could realize that not all executives were at the same level.”
Verdia recalls the recent defense of the Great Forest.
At that time, the fight over the world tree took on the structure of a three-way battle, with the human union joined by the elves and the kingdom’s army, and two officers from the demon king’s army competing for their respective powers.
Garbonya, Queen of Dreams, and Barmash, King of Orcs.
Among them, Barmash’s armed force possessed absurd power enough to break even her defense, which was like an iron wall.
“It’s a pity that Bar Marsh was crazy about Garbonya, but she would have been defeated if she had competed directly. As much as that has happened, I don’t think it will be possible in the future to consider what you just said.”
If he ever comes into direct conflict with him again, he will stand in front of him, and when that time comes, he will not be able to guarantee victory.
Therefore, there will never be anything to do with someone as a companion of one’s own will.
I don’t know if it’s because of someone else’s coercion, not my will.
“… Even so, what if they do?”
Archen urges Verdia to answer again, who maintains such an attitude.
At that question, Verdia looked back at him quietly, feeling suspicious.
“Even so, you mean?”
“Well, they say they can’t help it because the situation is not going well, but don’t you have an ideal type? Let me say it out loud in this place for once. Isn’t it between you and me?”
A fresh, refreshing smile drawn on the lips.
Verdia, who felt that it came from her pure kindness, put on a blank expression for a moment, then put her chin on her chin and began to think seriously.
“If I had to ask…”
Even though I’m in a position where I can’t even dream of a relationship with the opposite sex, it’s only because the cause takes precedence over my life.
She had something that could be called a symbol for her as well.
However, how would her view of love, having lived her life as a warrior, be the same as that of an ordinary person?
She had never been interested in a relationship with the opposite sex, so she wouldn’t get along well with him if given her chance.
So, if it is established, it would be better for the other person to hold the initiative in the relationship, not yourself.
Yes, she has the discipline not to bow down even to herself.
“If I had to argue, he would be a stronger man than me.”
“A man stronger than you?”
“Yes, I’ve never thought of it, but if I had to pick an ideal type, I’d say it’s a man who’s strong enough to overwhelm me.”
Verdia nodded and emphasized again.
What was painted on her face seemed both serious and light.
I would say there is no tension at all. She shook her head with an expression of Archen’s absurdity at the attitude that taught her that there was no lie in itself.
Even if they are the 10 strongest players on the continent, it is difficult to share their superiority and inferiority. To think of a man stronger than you as your ideal type.
“That… At least it sounds like there is no other human being to marry.”
“Whoops, judgment is free.”
Verdia laughed lightly at Archen’s embarrassment and stood her up.
Afterwards, she stretched her lightly and prepared to leave her seat while being polite in front of Archen.
“Then it’s about time, so I’ll excuse myself.”
“Oh, yes. Was today the day you decided to return to the party?”
As he said, all the things to do in the castle are now over.
In the middle of the afternoon, he would leave the castle and join the party, and after that, he was going to go through the preparations necessary for the activities of the warrior party in earnest.
There are still a lot of things to improve on, but considering that the party’s rank is going up, it’s only a matter of time.
As she was reviewing her plan, recalling the intermittent reports, someone started blocking her way down the mountain.
She became a character she couldn’t bear to ignore.
“… Darkan?”
Archen’s Guardian Knight, Darkan.
Up until now, she had been silently leaning against the tree, but in front of her Verdia, she quietly brought out what she was holding in her hand.
Two wooden swords.
She used to teach Archen’s swordsmanship before, and it was the neon she picked up herself.
“… Are you going to try sparring?”
Verdia expresses her thoughts about the act.
No other answer came back, but Darkan was not avoiding my gaze.
Silence is affirmation.
Verdia, who understood her tendency, looked back at her sueuk Archen while holding the wooden sword she had given her.
“I think I can take a moment, but will your Highness be all right?”
“Well, maybe you can take a little time. More than anything else, I want to see the two of them compete…”
So, isn’t the opportunity for two of the continent’s 10 strongest players to gather and compete for supremacy?
A sight that you can’t see anywhere with money. Perhaps, even if it is a little late, if you explain the circumstances, the servants will immediately understand and ask about the result.
So you can take a moment and watch the two of them compete.
“Your Highness, it’s a big deal!”
However, as soon as the opportunity to see such a good spectacle came, someone from far away began to run and shout Archen.
The knight commander who protects the capital.
The fact that the commander of the knights, not a messenger, came running directly, must mean that the news was just as urgent.
“Verdia-sama!? Ah yes. Verdia. Well done!”
And it is not only Archen who wants to deliver the news.
Soon, the leader of her knights was terribly aware of her presence in Verdia, and while facing her, she hurriedly started talking about her main topic.
“Verdia-sama, it looks like you should hurry up and return to the hero’s party! The hero who was attacked by Garbonya…!”
“… Celica?”
Verdia furiously frowned upon hearing the news that followed.
The news the knight commander had brought was something that could not be overlooked.
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And, after hearing the news, he hurriedly left the capital and arrived at the city of adventurers.
“Serica!!”
Verdia, who had been riding a horse for days, opened the door of the party’s base and inspected the scenery inside her.
The place where the scene unfolded according to the contents of the letter.
“Sherry, Ka?”
Seeing the state of the hero at the center, her face turned blue.
