Elf Slave Knight 154

Chapter 154 – 154. The Roxfield Engagement (3)

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The mercenary captain put on a firm expression and handed the order to the eldest son of the Roxfield family.

Items to be transported are elven women,
It was an order proving that the person who purchased the elf woman was the princess of Balui Kingdom.

It is next to impossible to break through the Roxfield family forces by force. Their opponents are hounds loyal to the royal family. They knew that they would not be able to defeat the man in front of them even if they all rushed forward. So the mercenary commander sold the name of Princess Catherine.

‘The act of trading heterogeneous races, including elves, as slaves is strictly prohibited by the Holy Empire. But the Roxfield family, who are loyal to the royal family, won’t be able to object to that.’

The mercenary commander revealed his yellow teeth.

Presenting the order book proving that it was purchased by Princess Catherine was close to a gamble.

But it was a gamble with a high success rate.
Everyone knows that the Roxfields are blindly loyal to the Valois royal family. So the mercenary captain used him to avoid the Roxfield family’s interference.

“… So, is there an elf in that carriage?”
“Yes, that’s right.”

At the mercenary captain’s reply, Mass let her heavily sunken energy radiate, her eyes gleaming sharply.

“I can’t believe the truth with this scrap of paper. I must meet Princess Catherine in person. She will decide how to treat you after hearing the princess herself. If false… , I will punish you for deceiving the royal family.”

Thermath raised her hand.

The knights waiting behind moved.
With a swift movement she placed her hand on the hilt of her sword as she surrounded thirty mercenaries.

“Uh, what is that… ! Do you intend to disrespect Princess Catherine!”
“Disrespect? That’s not what a lowly mercenary brat would say. If you make fun of that filthy tongue again, I will cut it off without any forgiveness.”

At Themath’s warning, the mercenaries raised their voices, calling it absurd.

Princess Catherine obediently refused to reveal that she had purchased an elf.
This is because the Holy Empire, a nation coexisting with a number of heterogeneous races, including humans, strictly prohibited the sale or use of heterogeneous races, including elves, as slaves.

Unless the princess goes mad,
There was no way she would personally step in and protect the mercenaries.

“Isn’t Themass quite stubborn?”
“My older brother is someone who admires justice and chivalry before being loyal to the royal family. Those mercenaries who thought that if you name the princess, she would be able to get away with it, were foolish.”

Gu Bellas nodded his head as he answered Berban’s question.

The eldest son of the Roxfield family resembles his father and has a very stubborn personality. However, the eldest son Seomas was different from his father who was blindly loyal. It is a personality that prioritizes justice over loyalty.

It was also for that reason that she tried to cover up the controversy by sending her mercenaries who sold the name of Princess Catherine to the royal capital.

“I will check the elves first.”

Having surrounded the mercenary group with the family knights, Thermath said that he would check the elf detained in the carriage.

The mercenaries rebelled against Themath’s declaration.

However, surrounded by the knights of the Roxfield family, there was not much they could do. As if being forcibly taken, the besieged mercenaries had to open their eyes and watch as the elven slaves, whom they treated as ‘commodities’, came out of the wagon.

“We are the knights of Roxfield. I will monitor your recruits from now on.”

Thermath stepped into the wagon.
She then reached out and freed the elven woman imprisoned in the wagon.

Curb. Handcuffs. Shackles.
The elven woman was wearing restraints like those used on beasts.

Seeing that, Gubelas and Berban glared at the mercenaries with angry expressions.

“Dead bastards who are crazy about money.”
“Do you even have anything to go to the princess? You will be punished on the spot.”

Mass reached out her hand at the sight of her younger siblings looking ferocious as if they were about to act unexpectedly.

First, after restraining the younger siblings,
She came down from the wagon, supporting an elf woman with gray hair down to her waist.

The elf woman relied on a standing mass as her legs were severely limping, probably because she had been confined in a confined space for a long time. At the sight, Mass smiled bitterly at her.
The Valois royal family is involved.
As a member of the kingdom, it was a huge shame.

“I’m sorry.”

Said thermath.
At that, the elf woman cautiously opened her mouth.

“… Who is God?”
“My name is Somers Roxfield, the eldest son of the Roxfield family. Rest assured that we have hunted down the thugs.”
“Ah….”

At the words of the young man in armor, the elf woman hesitated as if on alert and opened up the distance.

Thank you for saving me from them….
Because she couldn’t trust a human like her.

Thermath nodded her head in understanding.
Then she handed over to the elven woman, who was clad in tattered rags, her cloak emblazoned with the logo of the Roxfield family.

* * *

Troyd often called Yuxin to discuss marriage.

I will definitely tie the knot this time.
Troyd seemed to be obsessed with Yushin to the point of being somewhat persistent.

Was it because she feared that if she missed this opportunity, her daughter would live as an old maid for the rest of her life?
She invited the wedding several times.
Yushin, of course, reassured her Troyd by giving her an affirmative answer, but Troyd insisted on marrying his daughter as soon as the rebellion that was breaking out across her kingdom was over.

‘Come to think of it, Sir Troyd put me together with Allen with the intention of making me his son-in-law from the beginning. I have to acknowledge her grit and hard work.’

In order to get her Zhuge Liang, she has the patience to stick out her tongue even Liu Bei, whom she has visited three times.

Isn’t this almost an obsession?
I felt sorry for a middle-aged man filming an obsession over him.

“Lord Troyd is a long-standing relationship.”

At Yushin’s words, Troyd nodded her head.

“I came to know you through Sir Heinkel. Wouldn’t it be natural for her to want the apprentice of the greatest sword in the kingdom as her son-in-law? Don’t be too pressured.”

Recalling her past, Troyd nodded her head several times as she smiled wryly.

The disciple of the kingdom’s first sword.
How surprised she was to hear that Heinkel had a disciple of hers.

Moreover, Heinkel’s disciple was another one, a stranger who had the power of God. Upon learning of this, Troyd felt that it was her destiny and started a duke to succeed her and his daughter.

“Ah, maybe… Do you know where Master is?”

I heard that she had disappeared.
But thinking that a troyd might know something, she asked him.

Troyd shook his head.

“Unfortunately, I don’t know either. I was so surprised to hear that he suddenly disappeared from the mansion…. You walked away like someone who foresaw something.”
“Maybe.”

The kingdom’s first sword, Heinkel, was far more powerful than anyone else in the world revealed.

Therefore, Yushin
I thought that Master had foreseen the destruction of the kingdom and disappeared.

“I want you to replace Lord Heinkel as the number one sword in the kingdom.”

Troyd revealed his true intentions.

It’s coming soon,
It was a story asking Yushin to return to the kingdom of Valois.

Yushin had both the ability and reputation suitable for being the first sword in the kingdom. It was only natural that the Demon King Slayer who subdued the Demon King of Tyranny and the Demon King of Heat one after another would become the first sword in the kingdom. Troyd said he would actively help.

“Sir Troyd.”
“Speak.”

Yushin let out a deep sigh and opened his mouth again.

“Thank you for your high evaluation of me. However, I have already abandoned my lingering attachment to the kingdom of Valois. I have no intention of becoming the number one sword in the kingdom or returning to the seven swords of the kingdom.”

Hmm.
At Yushin’s answer, Troyd swallowed his saliva.

Was it also greed?

He nodded his head with a confused expression, probably thinking that Yushin would refuse.

“Okay. However, as for the marriage with my daughter, please continue to think positively even after returning to Liberia Elf Country. I expect that on the day when the kingdom’s rebellion ends, he and Sir Allen will return to the Earl of Roxfield.”
“Thank you for listening.”

After a long conversation,
As if to say goodbye, he bowed his head to Troyd.

It was because he was planning to go back to Liberia with Allen in a while. It was the last conversation I had with Troyd before that.

“Brother, are you done?”

When I opened the door and came out, I was greeted by a blue-haired female knight who had been waiting for me beforehand.

He was laughing hysterically.
Seeing that, Yushin smiled bitterly and pinched Allen’s pale cheeks with both hands.

“Why, why… It’s embarrassing!”

In the hallway where her office is located in front of her, Yushin’s affectionate skinship made Allen blush and she didn’t know what to do.

She just felt sorry for her.
Because it seemed like I was being swayed by me every time.
So Yushin swore to himself that no matter what, he would never give up on Allen.

“Is it really okay if I leave?”
“Yes. I said goodbye to my mother earlier.”
“Didn’t the Countess tell you to eat three full meals and brush your teeth before going to bed?”
“How did you know?! I was secretly watching! Or secretly eavesdrop on me….”
“It can’t be. What kind of magic am I using?”
“Write. How did you really know?”

Allen scratched the back of her head at Yushin’s actions, which seemed to see through her like a clairvoyant clairvoyant.

She seemed to have used real eavesdropping magic.
Have heard It is said that her husband, suffering from dyslexia, secretly casts wiretapping magic on her wife.

It was, of course, a story that Allen would welcome with her open arms. The deepening of her suspicions and obsession must mean that her affection is as deep as that. She interpreted her love from her own point of view, more like her Allen, with more of her doubts and obsessions than anyone else.

“Something is jumping.”

Yushin said while looking across the hallway.

I couldn’t see it yet, but I heard an adult man running up and down.

Hurried footsteps.
The sound of metal clashing against each other.
And the sound of a man’s heavy breathing.

It was like seeing a messenger coming to announce urgent news. Before long, a knight in armor appeared. Seeing the knight hurriedly heading towards the office where the Troyd was located, Yushin and Allen moved left and right.

“What happened?”

Allen, who glanced at the back of the knight who hurried into the office, opened her mouth.

Yushin replied.

“Maybe the Countess is making her protests by saying that she will never let her daughter go?”
“What are you talking about? I said goodbye to my mother safely.”
“If not, I don’t know.”

Yushin shrugged at Allen’s answer, wondering if something had happened.
I waited outside the office for a while.

There was no need to wait for the article to come out again. Because through the door, I could hear all the conversations being held inside.

“Three consorts were attacked by an assailant, and they say they are all seriously injured!”

Themass. Gubelas. Berban.
Young knights, sons of Count Roxfield and later to become equals of the kingdom of Valois, were severely injured by an attack by a stranger who appeared out of nowhere.

He was clearly saying that.
Needless to say, Yushin’s face distorted when he heard the knight’s cry of urgency.