Chapter 143 – The Princess Who Wants a Friend (6)
In fear, sweat flows like rain.
Theorard first loosened her hands from Benelia’s back. Benelia, ascertaining that her situation had calmed down, also escaped from Theo Rad’s arms her.
The elf looked alternately at Theorard and Venelia. A handful of displeasure resided in the shaded face.
Theorard cleared his throat, thinking he had to make an excuse, but before she could open her mouth her Benelia pulled a handkerchief from her bosom her. It was a luxurious handkerchief embroidered with the pattern of the imperial family in gold leaf.
“You sweat a lot. Well, no matter how much you are, since you developed this kind of magic without a wand, it’s only natural that your body is strained.”
“Your Highness, Princess. That’s not it…….”
Theorard stopped talking and quietly shut his mouth. Benelia raised her hand and wiped the sweat from Theorard’s forehead on her.
A soft yet warm hand passes over my forehead for a moment. Afterwards, Benelia’s lips her withdrew her hand, and a weak smile appeared on her lips her.
“You bastard saved me twice in such a short time.”
There was no irony in trying to get Theo Lard into debt, but instead he ended up in debt himself.
Because of his good looks and ability, he has a good personality, so I keep laughing nonsense. How could such a man be born in a turbid era where deceiving others is taken for granted.
Benelia shook her head, folded her handkerchief twice, and held it out to Theorard.
“Take it.”
“Majesty?”
“I don’t give my things to other people easily. That is in line with the fact that the person who received my goods can carry my prestige on their back. Show me my handkerchief anywhere in the empire and you’ll be treated well.”
In short, Venelia’s handkerchief is a proof that she can become ‘a person recognized by the 3rd princess of the empire’.
It is difficult to see that Benelia has great value in the current situation where she is playing ‘incompetence’ externally, but if Benelia succeeds in overthrowing her empire, the value will skyrocket to an absurd level.
She was not at a disadvantage if Benelia failed to overthrow her empire. It was enough to burn her handkerchief of her.
However, Theorard could not get a handkerchief. It was because he had never achieved outstanding achievements to the extent that he was bestowed with the princess’s things both objectively and subjectively.
“Thank you for your words, but I will only accept your heart. I want to tell Her Highness the Princess-“
“You are irritating.”
After interrupting her, Benelia forced her handkerchief into Theorard’s hand her. Benelia smiled rather mischievously when Theo Rad accidentally handed her a handkerchief.
“If you receive it, you will receive it, but there are many words. Didn’t you even promise to be friends in your previous lives?”
“What do you mean by a previous life…….”
“You don’t know. Than that.”
Benelia turned her head away and frowned at her pathetically.
“You’re coming soon.”
Following Venelia’s gaze, Theorard saw two knights running towards Roylen.
The knights who ran at full speed stopped at close range and raised a courtesy. In the center of it, Roilen bent over her, breathing heavily into her.
It wasn’t enough that his clothes were torn here and there, and his sweaty hair was in a tousled mess, so he seemed to have come from somewhere else.
“Wow, princess, me, me…….”
Benelia didn’t answer. She was there to give Roylen time to catch her breath.
Roylen, who thanked her for her little consideration of her, inhaled and exhaled her breath, and she straightened her back as if nothing had happened.
It was because he was conscious of Theorad next to him.
“Oh, uhm! Her Highness the Princess. While confronting an enemy nearby, I heard a roar and ran hastily. Are there any injuries?”
“If you see it, you will know.”
When Benelia replied curtly, Roylen looked sideways at the spot where the explosion had occurred. Seeing how the hemispherical barrier is firmly holding on, she is stunned.
“I-I could have done it even if I was by Her Highness’s side her…….”
“The bullshit has increased. It would have only been a hindrance if you were there.”
Roilen’s shoulders droop at Benelia’s confirmed kill. It felt like watching her somehow downcast otter.
Benellia, who didn’t like that, sighed and changed her subject.
“But what about the other guys?”
“Ah. Three of the ones I was chasing killed themselves, and I missed one.”
“Self-determination…… Not much different from this one. What is the damage to allies?”
“None.”
Benellia quietly nodded her head. She didn’t gain, but she didn’t suffer any harm either, so she didn’t have to be so discouraged.
“Since we wiped out those who tried to establish a base near the Magic Tower, we won’t be able to do anything harsh for the time being. Now that the hindrance is gone, it’s time to negotiate with Weedra as planned.”
“Yes. We will proceed as you said. By the way….”
Roilen, who had been watching Theo Rad, continued her words of her with her embarrassed face of her.
“I’m concerned if it’s okay to reveal the plan in Viscount Theorard’s presence.”
“Do not worry. You are a trustworthy person.”
Venelia’s coy gaze reaches Theorard.
“Won, at first she thought it was a waste…….”
Benelia let out a sound she couldn’t understand and moved her steps slowly. With her knights and Roilen following, Benelia raised her hand and shook it lightly.
“I’ll see you next time.”
The brief farewell was truly Venelia-like. Theo Rad, who was watching her from behind, was started involuntarily.
It was because the aura that bloomed fiercely nearby made her back cool. Theorard looked away and was able to face the elf with a hard expression.
If he fails to strike first, he dies. Sensing the crisis instinctively, Theo Rad touched the brooch around his neck his and glared coldly at the elf.
“I should have ordered you to move your luggage.”
“Everything moved. I kept waiting, and I kept waiting for the owner, but he didn’t come, so I came to find him. When I came to look for it, she was rubbing her body with the princess.”
The words of the elf that he had been waiting for so long came to me very frighteningly. Theorard’s expression was unconcerned, but his hand his gripping his brooch his was trembling.
“Well, Your Highness embraced me because, as you know, he was trying to maximize the efficiency of the barrier. And the reason I didn’t go back to the Magic Tower right away…….”
“The reason is?”
The questioning elf’s pupils look more red today.
Let’s think Theorard. A month in the Mage’s Tower could have turned into hell the moment he said that he had gone out to buy Esily a necklace for her.
It would be the right thing to tell a white lie here and now if you live a month watching the elf notice. Theorad, who asked for forgiveness from the god of light, opened his mouth with difficulty.
“…… I came to buy you pudding.”
“Is it pudding?”
The aura that was bloody is a little, but it is reduced. Thinking it worked, Theorard sighed in relief and made a logical excuse.
“Okay. It is pudding. Didn’t I make the mistake of eating your pudding before? So, in order to ask for forgiveness, I bought some delicious pudding and tried to return to the Mage Tower.”
The reason I didn’t enter the Magic Tower on time was because of you. Theorad’s sweet lies melt the elves’ anger away.
The elf, who had become dazed before he knew it, opened her mouth softly.
“Ah. Well, I thought it was because the master was avoiding me.”
It was a terrifyingly perfect answer. But don’t frown.
“It couldn’t have been, could it? I swear to the god of light, today I only thought of you.”
“Master…”
The elf looked up at Theorad with emotion. Theorard, who believed that he had escaped the danger of persecution thanks to this, moved on with a triumphant spirit.
“Follow me. I will give you the most delicious pudding in the world.”
“Yes…”
The elf answered politely and followed Theorad by his side. Then she glanced at Theo Rad’s complexion.
It is clear that he was embarrassed because he didn’t know where to go because he hadn’t come to buy pudding in the first place. The elf smiled faintly as he gazed at Theorad.
‘I am no fool, Theorard. I know you’re lying.’
But the reason he obediently followed him was because Theorard remembered that he liked pudding.
*
Imperial palace, archery range.
Puff-!
Leonhard, who hit the target with an arrow, slowly lowered his longbow. The longbow, handmade by the archery master, boasted an expensive appearance.
In addition to that, numerous jewelry and gold clothing worn on the body his clearly showed Leonhard’s extravagant side of him.
“Therefore.”
Leon Hard brushed back his ashy hair, kicked his tongue, and threw his longbow to the ground. The eunuch who was waiting nearby rushes over and retrieves the longbow.
“You haven’t figured out what Benelia is up to? And lose three of the hounds I spent a lot of money on?”
A man wearing a mask, who was kneeling nearby, lowered his gaze apologetically.
He was Seymour, the head of the secret organization ‘Black Dog’ raised by Leonhard.
“Sorry.”
“Sorry?”
Laughing, Leonhard bent his knees and stared into Seamerd’s face.
“I know I’ll slit your throat if you do anything I’m sorry for one more time. Yes?”
“Yes. When that time comes, I will give my life.”
I am speechless at the absurd answer. Leonhard, who was frowning, sighed as he stood up.
“Okay, one of the hounds self-destructed. Is it Theodora? Did he block everything?”
“This is Theorard.”
“Anyway, that’s it. Are you sure you formed a barrier without a wand?”
“Yes. I saw it through the eyes of my familiar.”
“Okay. I mean……”
Leonhard, who had been stroking his chin, nodded as if he had made up his mind.
“Let’s kill him.”
“Are you talking about Viscount Theorard?”
“Yes. Lets think. It’s the same in the Countess of Pelgarin as well as in the Mage Tower. Doesn’t that mean that the two of you have formed an alliance in some way?”
“There is a high probability of that.”
“Okay. Is it true that you have an alliance? What do you think would happen if Theorard went to war and was entrusted with escorting Benelia?”
Seymour, who organized his thoughts his, answered right away.
“I think assassination will be difficult.”
“You think so too? Since Benelia is a member of the royal family, she has to die during the war to have no regrets, but if Theo Rad stops Benelia from dying, she will be in trouble in many ways.”
“One, he is a being with deep knowledge of magic to the extent of completing artificial rain magic and forming a barrier without a wand. Even if we all jumped in, we wouldn’t be able to guarantee victory.”
“Know. So, of course, I will support you.”
“How about support?”
“I’ll give you the magic stone. Enough.”
Magic Stone.
A secondary magic stone, known as a stone that denies mana, blocks mana in an area as soon as it is installed. As long as the amount of magic stones was sufficient, theoretically, even the archmage could be defeated before using magic.
Most of them are disposable and have a rare nature, so they cost a lot, but if Leonhard paid the full price, there was no reason not to follow them.
After recalling the rough plan in his head, Seamerd lowered his head with determination.
“In the near future, I will offer Theorad’s head His to His Highness His the Prince.”
