Chapter 119 – 119. Humans and Elves (1)
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Ardena was just staring at the sky with a nervous feeling.
It was after the sun had already gone down.
Suddenly, the curtain of the night sky opened.
The bell announcing curfew rang along with the cries of insects.
“Whoa.”
The high elf beauty let out a deep sigh and nodded her head.
They didn’t even officially become lovers.
They couldn’t overcome each other’s blood and had a physical relationship, but they didn’t officially start dating.
Had I gone too far?
Ardena thought her actions were too hasty. She blamed herself for trying to take away his free time on the subject that she didn’t formally become a lover. But she couldn’t help but feel her savage feelings for Yushin, who broke her promise to herself.
‘Yeah, but…. It was my request….’
The high elf beauty grumbled inwardly, putting on a sullen expression.
But she couldn’t help it.
Because she wasn’t in a relationship with him yet.
If a third person asks what relationship you have with the demon king slayer, Ardena will have no choice but to become a mute who has eaten honey. It was not clear what kind of relationship she had.
Master-servant relationship….
No, this is not accurate.
He is a hero who saved Liberia’s elves.
He was no longer a slave, and he had no reason to obey the Valencian family’s orders.
He promised to stay with the Valencian family, but… Unless it was a master-servant relationship, Yushin was placed in an ambiguous position in the Valencian family where he could not clearly explain his affiliation.
‘Couldn’t he be secretly having an affair with Allen Roxfield?’
Ardena muttered.
But within
She shook her head as if it was nonsense.
She is a very savage character.
There was not the slightest bit of courtesy, and her noble disposition was hard to find even after washing her eyes. He thought there was no way a demon lord slayer with high honor and pride could embrace such a savage woman.
‘The manners of an aristocrat seem to be somewhat learned, but with messy manners, he is a mad dog with no culture or goodness at all. There’s no way there’s a person in the world who can have a mad dog. Besides, Allen Roxfield was said to be like her sister… !!’
Was it because I was constantly feeling anxious?
Ardena continued to highlight Allen Roxfield’s shortcomings. She was on the verge of writing her dissertation, ‘101 Reasons Why Mad Dogs Don’t Get Along with Yushin Gilead’.
She’s not the type to gossip.
But in an effort to relieve her anxiety that gripped her heart, she yelled to herself, ‘This can never be so’ as she chewed on Allen Locksfield’s flaws.
The deeper the night, the later he came home, the more anxious he felt.
He only tapped the dirty dirt floor.
I sighed, not knowing how many times.
Like a wife anxiously waiting for her husband to return home, she only watches the passing time.
* * *
The time Yushin returned was when the sun was in mid-heaven.
Too late.
It’s too late.
It was only natural that he seemed disgusted when he trudged away on the subject of breaking his promise.
“Sorry, I’m very late.”
Perhaps it was because he saw the high elf beauty’s deliberately sharp eyes, Yushin apologized first.
It was a bowed apology.
Ardena, as if somewhat relieved by the apology, accepted his return after erasing the facial expression that had revealed her intentional intentions.
“Okay. It may be late.”
“Thank you.”
“I want to hear the reason. Of course, I’m not interrogating you, but….”
It was Ardena who said that, but her raised eyes asked what happened last night.
What happened,
Very detailed and specific
From start to finish… I wanted to know all about it.
“I’m tired, so I’ll go in first.”
The blue-haired female figure shyly avoided the spot with her face blushing.
It was a very heterogeneous reaction.
Possessing her sharp intuition, Ardena sensed her abnormality through Allen’s figure, who blushed and tried to avoid her seat.
That mad dog quietly backs off? That was impossible. The fact that the wild beast, which growls and bites every time, calmly avoids the situation in which Yushin is being questioned, must be because he has a reason to do so.
“Yushin.”
“… Uh.”
“I know that I am not in a position to monitor your every move. However, as a member of the Valencian family and as a warrior commander who protects the Elves of Liberia, I want to ask about your actions last night.”
Ardena crossed her arms,
She asked with a very serious expression on her face.
In response, Yushin murmured, ‘Being a member of the Valencian family and being a warrior chief of the Elves of Liberia don’t really matter in this situation.’ But she couldn’t say it out loud.
“I came after playing all night.”
“Have you been playing?”
“I also visited the night market. Also, Maherit was great. The civilization of the Elven country is not at all lagging behind the civilization built by humans. It’s a unique culture, I could see the strength of the elves.”
“Don’t talk back.”
“Yes.”
It didn’t work either.
It was my mistake to think softly that if I praised the Liberia elven soup in moderation and made me feel the taste of it, I would be able to sneak past it.
Due to her failure to make excuses, Ardena’s vigilance index has risen and entered the third stage risk code. Won’t listen to anything All she needed now was an alibi she could understand. However, such a perfect alibi could not have come out of her impromptu.
“Ardena warrior commander.”
Youshin in trouble,
Ardena, who raised her vigilance,
A man with gray hair approached the place where the two men and women were.
“… Captain Miguel.”
“You can tell by the energy you feel. The famous Demon King Slayer of the Holy Empire… Yushin Gilead.”
Just as Miguel admired Yushin’s strength, Yushin also felt that he was strong when he saw Miguel.
I could tell by looking into your eyes.
He was a man with long experience in combat and fighting.
Yushin, who heard about Miguel La Mancha from Ardena, learned that he was an elf who received the title of hero from the human nations including the Holy Empire.
“I never thought I would see that famous hero. In terms of fame, he’s probably more famous than the Demon King Slayer of the Holy Empire…. Because the heroic story of defeating the demon king army several times and saving countless soldiers from the dead has been passed down through scholars and minstrels.”
Yushin Gilead was not without a tendency to exalt himself, if not to the point of narcissism.
There were a few great people who made even such a Yushin acknowledge, and the elves who were bestowed with the title of hero by the Holy Empire and its 66 kingdoms were the target.
He jumped into a place where no one wanted to go, saved humans, and proved his strength by subduing the Demon King’s family, who killed countless imperial knights. Although he recorded countless criminal records, he did not demand any compensation from the Holy Empire and the kingdoms. In response, the minstrels praised the heroic story of the elves from the Liberia Peninsula, calling him a ‘gratuitous hero’.
“Now, you know the details…. Is that enough?”
“Of course! I didn’t expect to see it in real life. I knew he was an elf, but I thought he was a warrior chief of the Liberia elves!”
Seeing Yushin’s bright eyes like a child, Ardena made a rather surprised expression.
He had heard that Miguel had accomplished several feats on the frontlines of the Demon King army, but he had no idea that even the Demon King Slayer of the Holy Empire would admire it.
“I heard that he defeated the Demon King Savnak and the Demon King Army, who threatened his country and compatriots.”
“It did.”
“I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the Demon King Slayer of the Holy Empire.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Miguel knelt on the dirt floor as if committing a mortal sin.
Was that not enough,
Even dropped his head on the floor.
Not only did his forehead touch the floor, but even his gray hair was pressed against the dust.
Yushin and Ardena had to stiffen without even time to stop Miguel’s sudden action. It was because he did not expect that Miguel La Mancha would suddenly kneel to an opponent he could say he had never met before.
“Go, raise your head…. What mortal sin did you commit… !”
Yushin hurriedly bent down and tried to raise Miguel from the floor.
But he didn’t budge.
As if there was something he wanted to apologize for by borrowing this spot somehow, he lay face down on the dirt floor and showed no signs of getting up.
“I just have no face…. Numerous compatriots risked their lives fighting the demon king’s army… , And even though the demon lord slayer and warrior chief comrades were fighting against the demon lord Savnak, I couldn’t do anything to help…. I just arrived late and listened to the circumstances… ! So, please forgive me for my negligence in not fulfilling my duties as a warrior commander!”
Through Miguel’s wrathful voice, Yushin learned that this man was just as single-minded as Ardena.
Too honest
And he had such a straightforward personality that the people around him felt tired. Through these appearances of Miguel, Yushin seemed to know why he was called a ‘free hero’.
In a sense,
It seemed to be very similar to the Demon Lord Slayer of the Holy Empire, but with many differences.
“Of course, he must have been fighting hard on the frontlines of the Demon King’s army, so it’s not surprising. How could I have been able to get all the news in such a far away place? I’ve defeated the demon king, so don’t worry.”
“Thank you, Yushin.”
“It’s embarrassing, so I’ll leave out the title ‘sir’.”
“No. Shin Yu is a hero who saved his country and compatriots. It’s not overdone at all.”
This child,
It’s a character that hits hard enough.
Yushin recalled Ardena from the image of Miguel stubbornly sticking to his will. It was so similar that it made me dizzy. He thought that one person in the world would be enough…. I never thought there would be another elf who was so single-minded that he couldn’t even understand what he was talking about.
“I have a story I want to tell you, Yushin.”
“It sounds like an important story, so let’s hear it in the drawing room.”
“Yes, I understand. Then I’ll straighten his clothes and see you right away in the parlor.”
“Uh.”
Miguel said he would change out of his muddy clothes.
The clothes to change into will be provided by the maids of Valencia Castle. As Miguel walked by, the ladies-in-waiting squealed as her thin, flushed face.
“Yushin.”
Ardena called.
At her call, Yoo-shin, who was about to head to the drawing room, stopped.
Are you trying to get into trouble next time?
Yushin waited for Ardena’s next words with a feeling of alas. She should’ve kept thinking of her excuses… , Due to the appearance of a man named Miguel La Mancha and his sudden action, there was not enough time to make excuses.
“A suggestion from the past… , It must still be valid.”
“Yes?”
“That, that! The academy uniform!”
“Ah, it was. It was.”
I completely forgot
It was also a requirement that I brought out as a joke.
I was able to recall Yushin, which I had forgotten until now, through Ardena’s words.
He is also an outcast. I wish I could have just kept quiet.
However, given Ardena’s stubborn personality, there’s no way she would have been brazen. Ardena’s attempt to accept her demands while struggling to endure her shame and shame seemed cute. She was to the point where she wanted to stroke her hair right now.
“I’ll do it when Miguel returns…. Just wait until then.”
“Okay. I’ll be looking forward to it.”
“Oops! Whoops! Hey, you don’t have to wait!”
As Yushin raised her thumb and spoke, Ardena, who blushed her face, shouted.
The black and forgotten school uniform play.
Yushin is the moment Ardena wears her school uniform again when she was attending her academy. With an embarrassing expression on his face, he sent a lot of anticipation to the appearance of the high elf warrior leader who would play ‘Ardena, a 17-year-old schoolgirl’.
