Chapter 118 – Microwave Oven (8)
“Beepee——!”
“Is it this way?”
Following the ice duck, we were able to arrive at the mansion where Marquis Elvin was having a birthday party.
In fact, even though I only went nearby, the crowd was so huge that it was impossible to notice.
The problem was how to get in there.
It doesn’t matter if I just force my way through, but I still have one more day left.
If there was a big commotion, the library and everything else might be shut down, so I wanted to go in quietly and check it out.
“Welcome, Lady Ipselati. “Would you like me to leave your luggage for you?”
“It’s okay, I brought it as a gift for the Marquis.”
“Then we will just check to see if it is a dangerous item. “Please give me a moment.”
Although they are not armored personnel carriers, the entrance is already guarded by armed soldiers and identity checks are thorough.
I am not a special agent of some secret organization, and I did not have a transformation mask or infiltration tools prepared.
When I was wondering what to do——
Tuk.
“Oh, sorry… Caroline?”
“Yes?”
When I accidentally bumped into someone who had been invited to a party, I reflexively blurted out Caroline’s name.
This was because the moment I turned my head to check the other person’s face, my gaze automatically turned downward due to the enormous force of gravity.
However, he was a different person, starting with his hair color, and he immediately apologized.
“Caroline?”
“… “You got the wrong person.”
“Do you know her? “Who are you?”
“My name is Lewis.”
But the other person also seemed to know Caroline.
He even asked my name first.
Rosario, wearing a costume and robe, told me that I belonged to the Temple of Light, so I answered the question hesitantly.
Then, the small mouth of the woman I had never seen opened wide, and she cupped my cheeks with both hands and said,
“I’m so fucking jealous…”
“Yes?”
“And… You kept saying things like how annoying it is to meddle and how you don’t like the other person, but it was all lies? Oh my god, you crazy bitch. “I have never received a revelation in my life, but I was so blessed and blessed.”
“What are you talking about…? … ?”
No matter how I looked at it, it seemed like I knew Caroline.
And the unknown woman gave me an unexpected suggestion.
“Mr. Lewis? Do you want to go in there?”
“Yes, that’s right…”
“Follow me.”
She put her hand in the gap between her clothes where my gaze had been focused just a moment ago and took out a small piece of paper.
“I have an invitation.”
As I walked toward the security guard, I saw them bowing with their backs tightening.
— Welcome, Saint! I am sure His Excellency the Marquis will be pleased to see you here in person. Could you at least give me a congratulatory message?
— What do you say? I’m not interested in that old man. I came here to eat. Oh right. This person is my escort. Is it okay if I let him in?
— Those who are not on the list are a little…
— Then I won’t go. You know that I don’t often show up in situations like this because I’m very cautious, right?
— Please wait a moment, I will try to contact you above.
Ah, she was a saint of the empire.
A little later, as she lied, her guards came out and let her in.
“Come on, let’s go in.”
“Are you okay? For sure…”
“Is there any way it will be okay? I wonder if this is all Greek meaning. Rather, do you know where your ancestors lived? “Even if it’s just a rough area.”
The attitude seemed somewhat earnest, but unfortunately, it was not an area I could answer.
“It’s a bit far.”
I immediately started searching the party venue.
I bumped into the nobles and looked for the platform, but Erzsebet was nowhere to be seen.
When I was looking around with my hand on the second floor stair railing——
— Wow!!
A familiar scream was heard.
A moment of silence flowing through the party hall.
However, the assembled nobles immediately chatted again and the orchestra continued playing.
As I tried to go up the stairs, the saint who had let me in a moment ago stopped in front of her.
“Up here is Marquis Elvin’s personal space. Guarded by his faithful steel troops, his life cannot be guaranteed the moment he ascends.”
“Has this happened often?”
“If you’re from the Empire, there’s no way you wouldn’t know.”
It seems like she heard about me from Caroline.
However, I ignored the woman’s advice and entered the third floor.
As she said, dozens of iron soldiers spread out in the hallway and iron dogs baring their teeth glared at us.
I finally checked to see the ice duck crying beyond the door and put it in my pocket.
“What did Caroline say about me?”
“You? A tactless, coercive, shameless, arrogant and fictitious man who goes around hitting on women… “She said she was a bitch.”
“The evaluation is poor.”
“I guess my true feelings aren’t that much to hate? We just say one thing to those who really hate us. “Unbeliever, or heretic.”
The saintess could not hide her disgust, saying that the marquis beyond that door was that kind of person.
“Unfortunately, no judgment has ever been passed on that heretic. “The shell surrounding him is so hard.”
“Well… “It may have already been taken down.”
“Yes?”
I took a step forward and activated my unique magic.
No matter how hard they were, they were no stronger than me.
“Or maybe he’s just about to get off.”
〈 Goyumado: Dragon Humanization ⌜Dragon Bone⌟〉
***
The moment a warrior wearing black dragon armor appeared, the entire situation was resolved.
The iron soldiers and iron dogs that Marquis Elvin was proud of were easily crumpled, like worksheets used and discarded during an exam.
The beast’s legs, which far surpassed human reaction speed, were instantly turned into scrap metal, and the steel armor that could not even hold a sword was completely crushed.
Without any technique or talent——
As the iron army that the kingdom had worked so hard to gain was slaughtered in an instant, Erzsebet could not believe her eyes and sat down in the messed up room.
Beep-! Beep-! He couldn’t even pay attention to the ice duck kicking at his knees.
“Who are you… ! How dare you… In front of me? … “Wow!”
The Marquis, who was lightly grabbed by the neck, was unable to use a single spell properly and simply fainted.
Only then did she release her 〈 Yonginhwa 〉 and her Lewis’s face was revealed, and she felt relieved and closed her eyes instead.
In the end, as she expected, he was not just a store owner.
“Louis…”
“It wasn’t going well, was it? “You obviously hired me as an escort, so there’s no need to say anything else now.”
“That problem now… “It’s not.”
Yes.
She had expected it, but she didn’t expect it to be this strong.
They say he beat Averett, but isn’t this a force that would give him a chance of winning even against the entire Hooks Claw, not just Averett?
“Why did you hide your power?”
“I didn’t really hide it. “Everyone knows.”
“But even though the royal family knew you were this strong, they didn’t tell me.”
“You have to go there and ask about that. “There is only one thing that is important to me.”
Lewis drew a line, saying he was protecting his stall.
It was as he said.
From the first time he met Erzsebet, Louis did not give up on himself at all.
He, who is not even a wizard, speaks to the princess of the country he lives in.
In the end, the biggest question came down to just one thing.
Who on earth is Lewis?
“What are you?”
“…”
“Louis…”
Erzsebet took a step closer to him who did not open his mouth.
And she once again told him the story she had told the Marquis of Elvin.
“I want you. “A loyal knight who will protect me.”
“…”
“Do you want a title or a medal? “You can have it all if you stay with me.”
“…”
“If you want something else… Well, absolutely not right now, because the opinions of the parties involved are important! It might take a lot of time… I don’t know. The proper compensation originally promised to you… “Maybe I can give it to you.”
It was suspicious that the royal family kept quiet about his identity.
There must have been some reason why the marriage talks with her were broken.
Erzsebet guessed that he was a noble knight who had contributed a lot in the war but was kicked out without receiving compensation.
No, I believed that even though he was not very noble, he would still be a strong knight.
“So tell me who you are. “I promise that I will receive that compensation.”
After saying those words, she closed her eyes and waited for his answer.
She slowly put her hand forward, hoping that he would hold her hand and make her pledge like last time.
But even after a while, there was no reply from her.
Just as I was about to go beyond feeling embarrassed and slightly annoyed, I heard Lewis’ voice.
“Princess, are you confident that you can handle the war?”
***
War.
At those words, Erzsebet’s amber eyes opened wide.
When she slowly raised her head, she saw Lewis’s expression.
A face that is grave but filled with deep agony.
I’ve seen it somewhere.
‘Ah.’
It was when I was called to Lehel’s office during the war against magic.
The look Rachel gave when she asked about Luis’ identity.
It was exactly similar to that.
“… “If there is!”
Erzsebet shouted in a somewhat angry tone.
She thought that as the tension with Seongguk continued, she might be testing herself.
“I am not afraid of Seongguk.”
“I’m not talking about the Holy Kingdom.”
“Yes? Then… “Are you sure you are a demon?”
“That too… “Maybe not.”
“Hey, Louis!!”
Ergébet, who could not bear it anymore, ended up getting angry and blushing.
“If you don’t like me that much, just say you don’t like me! Could it be that the reason I broke off the engagement was simply because I didn’t like you!? Do you know how dumbfounded I was when I heard that the owner of this stall was Jeongin? “That day, I held onto Pi and lamented all night long!!”
“I didn’t refuse it because I didn’t particularly like the princess.”
“Yes… ? Really?”
“Yes, there were various circumstances. So let’s do it this way.”
Lewis said, crushing the scrap metal that was slowly starting to regenerate again.
“I can’t be the princess’s knight. However, if you finish your training empty-handed like this, the princess will have nothing left. Last semester, your grades dropped a lot because of Adela, right? So, let’s take at least some iron soldiers.”
“But the Marquis didn’t open his mouth.”
“Even if it’s not him, there’s one more place where you can get production techniques.”
“Yes? No way…”
A top-secret archive in the Uzet Grand Library.
But there was no way to get in there, so I gave up early.
“There is someone who needs the cooperation of the princess, or more precisely, the royal family. “If you have passed on the production techniques for iron soldiers, your contribution will be fully acknowledged.”
“You really can steal that?”
“I will persuade you. “I already have plans for dinner.”
Luis opened a booklet from Erzsebet’s clothes and pointed to the location of the safe house.
“Maybe when this guy comes to his senses, he will find the princess, so stay hidden here for the last day. “Let’s make a separate appointment when we return to Skandal.”
“Wait a minute, Louis.”
Just as he was about to leave the marquis’ mansion, Erzsebet caught him.
“I will definitely find out who you are.”
“…”
“Even if I have to beat up his father, I will definitely get to the truth. And I will force that reward into his hands.”
“… “That’s great.”
Louis turned around again, ruffling Erzsebet’s decomposing hair.
“I hope you give me my share of the beating.”
