Chapter 105 – 105. When Love Comes True (2)
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It was clear that this victory ceremony would be recorded as a very meaningful celebration of the Elves of Liberia.
Demon slayer,
And the scandal of the battlefield!
At that time, the sightings of the nobles who attended the celebration were published in newspapers in each region and spread throughout the Elf country of Liberia. The romance between humans and high elves was a very fresh and stimulating material for the elves. Young ladies in particular showed strong interest.
“A romance that started with a master-servant relationship! This is the scoop!”
“You can’t be pushed by rival newspapers! Exaggerate it as much as possible, create a fact that doesn’t exist, and shoot it!”
The Demon King Slayer who subdued the Demon King Savnak is a person that all countries on the continent are paying attention to.
And her love partner, Ardena Valencia, was also a celebrity in the Elves of Liberia. The high elf knight who had achieved an undefeated record without a single defeat so far was the object of admiration of all knights and a symbol of warrior commanders.
It was only natural that the elves were very enthusiastic about their romance.
“Congratulations!”
“When will the wedding invitations come out?”
The knights of the Helenwood Knights smiled and placed presents one after another on Ardena’s desk.
The warm spring is finally starting to come after the cold winter. The knights under her command, who sincerely respected Ardena, congratulated her wholeheartedly and shared the joy through her gift, albeit in a simple way.
“Boo, it’s inconsiderate… ! I was swept away by the atmosphere… What is a magic spell! Bariteon Trident, I will definitely make a life-and-death decision with him!”
After the knights under his command resigned from the office,
Ardena slammed her forehead against her desk as she tore her hair.
I got caught by everyone.
Everyone who attended the victory celebration that day found out. He must have seen the head of the priesthood and his fellow warriors, as well as the members of the Yetzirah Council and even the diplomats dispatched from other countries.
Wouldn’t it be better to just die? In order to experience further shame, it might be a wise choice to settle the shame through a clean death. Ardena, who was feeling ashamed and ashamed enough to crush her shoulders, seriously contemplated her suicide.
“Ugh! What, what engagement!”
Ardena saw her newspaper on her desk and saw the false news that ‘In fact, the demon slayer and the warrior chief Ardena have been engaged for a long time!’ And threw it into her trash can.
All kinds of speculative articles were rampant.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been engaged, and I’ve been in the middle of a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time…. He was writing all kinds of provocative articles to get her popularity and attention.
“Then what about the invincible oath?”
“You idiot, did you forget that Yushin Gilead defeated Captain Ardena in a duel?”
“Ah, it was! Then, Captain Ardena, at least to keep the oath of invincibility….”
A voice could be heard from beyond the wall of the office, saying that her subordinates could be bought here.
They were talking in low voices so that they could not be heard even in the office, but Ardena’s ears were so good that she could hear even small sounds from afar.
“Whoa….”
The blonde high elf warrior chief patted his cheek as he let out a deep sigh.
I can’t continue to be ashamed.
I decided to be a little arrogant.
Wasn’t she courageous at best?
It was embarrassing and embarrassing to the point where I couldn’t bear to lift my face, but I had to overcome it somehow.
‘I haven’t heard any reply from Yushin yet. It was just my one-sided confession, and since I haven’t heard an answer to my confession, nothing has been confirmed.’
Right now Yushin will be at the academy with Alone.
After the war ended,
The Liberia Elves, which have regained peace, have restored their daily lives.
Bria Academy notified normal attendance. To that, Alone, the second daughter of the Valencian family, said, “You can let me rest for a week!” He shouted. She complained that she didn’t want to go, but she had to go to the academy despite grumbling because her attendance was far less than her other classmates.
“Whoa….”
Ardena let out a deep sigh.
As she ran away, she came out of Valencia Castle.
It’s because I didn’t have the courage to see Yushin’s face.
She felt a strong déjà vu. Apparently this has happened before… I felt that way.
“Ardena senior.”
The female warrior leader called Ardena.
It was Liana Reinhold.
I was off work today, so I didn’t go to the academy and was at Maherit’s palace. Liana said she stopped by the palace whenever she was off duty.
“Liana warrior commander.”
“That… , Congratulations! I had no doubt that you would succeed!”
Liana congratulated her.
Ardena nodded her head.
She was so ashamed that her heart still trembled. But she couldn’t keep avoiding it, so she humbly accepted it.
“Thank you.”
She said as she struggled to smile.
“Are you the warrior commander of Ardena?”
As Ardena was chatting with Liana for a while, she was approached by an Imperial Knight armed with armor inscribed with the Holy Empire.
Imperial Chamberlain,
Tanya Mainz was an escort knight.
He had come all the way to Ardena’s office to deliver the message from Tanya Mainz.
“The Imperial Chamberlain asks to see you.”
The imperial chamberlain asked to meet.
At her message, Ardena put on an expression that she did not understand.
The imperial party is returning home today.
It was to convey the news of the defeat of the Demon King Savnak and the victory of the Liberia Elves to the home country. However, before going back to her home country, Tanya Mainz sent an Imperial Knight to ask for a meeting, as if she had some business left to do.
“Did you call?”
After Ardena parted ways with Liana, she followed the Imperial knight to the place where the Imperial party was staying.
She responded to the call of the Imperial Chamberlain.
Tanya Mainz, she was a powerful person who was ranked third in the Empire’s hierarchy. Since the Liberia Elven State was allied with the Holy Empire, she could not ignore the authority of the Imperial Chamberlain.
“Nice to meet you, Ardena warrior commander.”
Her gray-haired goblin girl sent her thanks to Ardena, who gladly accepted her own calling.
First, I offered her a seat.
Ardena did as Tanya told her to, and sat across from her.
As if it had been prepared in advance, the imperial knight skillfully brought the coffee. Unlike regular coffee, I felt a strong flavor. It was mocha coffee that Empire citizens often drank.
“You were pretty bold, right? I was there too. I’ve lived hundreds of years, but I’ve never had such a fun victory celebration.”
“Kuhm!”
At Tanya’s playful question, Ardena cleared her throat and turned her head away.
Her face flushed.
Her face heated up like her freshly brewed coffee.
Ardena’s innocent reaction made Tanya take a sip of her coffee as she burst into laughter.
“If there is a wedding ceremony, send a wedding invitation to the imperial palace. I’ll go no matter how busy I am. Yusin Gilead is a hero of the Elves of Liberia, but he is also a hero of our Holy Empire. Shouldn’t we see the wedding of the hero who saved the empire?”
Ardena was unable to answer Tanya’s words.
It’s a marriage….
She never thought about it.
No, I never thought about it. Although it is just a delusion made up in her head.
“Is that….”
Ardena, who was sipping her coffee to calm her confusion for a moment, saw something in her and asked Tanya.
Black armor dyed black.
What the imperial knights were carrying was the dragon armor that Yushin used in the battle against the demon lord.
Yushin was the only user who could use the gold dragon’s armor. However, the ownership of the armor was always the Holy Empire. It seemed that he was trying to keep it in the treasure house of the Holy Empire again.
“I have to put it back in storage. It’s an ugly armor. There is nothing good about overdoing it.”
Tanya criticized the dragon’s armor.
She treated it as a cursed abomination, saying that she was a hideous armor.
“It’s off topic, but…. If Yushin is the only person who can handle that dragon’s armor… How about renting it for a while? We will pay the reasonable price. That armor is the weapon that made a great contribution to defeating the demon lord of the heat wave.”
Ardena asked cautiously.
Savnak is not dead yet.
Although he lost his immortality and lost his powers, Savnak is still a monster with enough power to destroy a country.
Obviously, Savnak will seek revenge against Yushin. Concerned about that, Ardena asked if she could lend it to the Holy Empire, which owns the armor, for a long period of time. He believed that the head priest would agree with his opinion, so he suggested it to Tanya Mainz.
“If you lend it to that idiot, he will continue to abuse the power of the armor. I used the power of the armor several times during the subjugation of Agares and this subjugation of Sabnak. They didn’t even realize that the cost of that monstrosity was dreadful.”
The goblin let out a deep sigh and tousled his hair before opening his mouth again.
“The name of the authority attached to that monstrous armor is Death Deferred (死亡猶豫), literally. It is the power to delay death. No, in what sense should I say that it is accelerated…. It suspends death at the cost of the user’s lifespan. The more power is abused, the sooner the user dies.”
In exchange for life,
Grants temporary immortality.
If Tanya continued to lend the dragon’s armor to Yushin, it was clear that he would continue to use it over and over again, not knowing how precious his life would be, so he tried to retrieve it into the treasure house of the Holy Empire.
“Are you saying that in exchange for lifespan, death is postponed for a while…? ?”
As if I couldn’t believe it
Ardena, who heard Tanya’s words, asked again with a trembling voice.
The goblin nodded his head.
In response to that unspoken answer, Ardena said that he wanted to borrow the dragon’s armor for a while, and she felt an indescribable disgust for herself.
“I have only one reason to tell you. It’s because the only person who can take responsibility for Yushin’s safety is you, Ardena’s warrior commander.”
If you didn’t bring the armor,
Wouldn’t he have fought?
No.
Even though he has no armor,
Even without the dragon’s powers, he would have fought Savnak in the end.
Tanya asked Ardena.
I can’t let him get caught up in the demon lord subjugation anymore. In order to fully preserve the remaining lifespan, we must forever say goodbye to the demon lord subjugation.
At that request, the high elf warrior chief nodded heavily with a sorrowful expression on his face.
