Chapter 73 – Each Person’s Life and Bondage
The imperial palace of Jedo was crowded from dawn.
Servants and attendants busily carried goods to the wagons, and soldiers carefully checked their weapons. Some were intent on removing the rust from hand-held armaments (daggers).
The rattling sound of iron rods spreads like a contagious disease in the twilight of dawn.
Thanks to this, even the knights who were usually interested in their equipment were swept away by the atmosphere and came to look back on their armaments.
The number of people reached seven hundred, and the front yard of the imperial palace was full of iron-smelling soldiers and knights everywhere.
They were all soldiers assigned to the ‘Steps of Dawn’, a military unit supervised by Benelia, the 3rd princess of the Empire and military minister, and at the same time, they were ordered to be dispatched to Count Pelgarin in the name of suppressing and investigating the rebels.
“It’s nice when the weather is nice. Perfect for marching.”
Benelia, who looked around at her soldiers and her knights her, sighed with a satisfied smile.
Roilen nodded at her wordlessly, and Baynon glanced at her Benelia, rubbing her eyes in her tiredness. Benelia’s face her, in her angular uniform her, looked unusually lively as it did today.
In fact, Benelia really liked the current situation.
‘Did they say it was a consolation on the phone?’
I didn’t know that the father’s order to seclude would be resolved so quickly, but the reason why he handed over the seclusion was to give an order to go down to the county of Pelgarin and suppress the rebels. Even with verbal commands that do not exist.
‘You are stupid. My father.’
The emperor’s purpose was obvious.
If the current empire, which puts an unreasonable main battle at the forefront, suppresses the rebels who have declared that they will stand on the side of the people, it is natural that the common people will resent them.
So, in an attempt to evade her responsibility her, she sends her youngest daughter her, who is below the line of succession, to subdue the rebels.
It was something Benelia, the military minister, had done on her own her, and she must have thought it would be okay if she evasively said that it had nothing to do with His Majesty’s intentions her or the imperial family.
In addition, she must have judged that ‘Steps of Dawn’could have reduced her strength her militarily if she suffered losses in troops while fighting the rebels, so it was perfect.
‘Did you accept the plan from your second brother’s foolish brain, or did you get seduced by the dirty tongue of the butler?’
Neither was an example of a monarch. The emperor may believe that it was his own choice, but it is a pitiful misunderstanding. From Benelia’s point of view, the old lion was just living a life in ruins.
But not bad.
It was the right time to strengthen power now, when the Cabinet members mistreated the senile lion and misunderstood that the empire was in their hands.
Didn’t they even create a situation where they could start a relationship with Count Pelgarin, one of the five pillars of the Empire?
If I want to get rid of the static, I will do it more clearly, but the clumsy handling of the work gave birth to opportunities.
In reality, there is no change, only blessings and blessings.
It was so absurdly funny that Benelia’s mouth her naturally burst into laughter.
Roylen, who had been watching Benelia from her side of her, raised her luck amidst her doubts of her.
“Are you all right? After all, suppressing the rebels is the same as restoring the status of the imperial family…….”
“Why do you think I’m trying to suppress the rebels?”
“…… Yes? Aren’t you trying to field an army equal to half the steps of the dawn? Moreover, if you look at the organization of the troops, there are more than 50 knights and 200 light cavalry. Anyone can judge that the unit is being moved for the purpose of suppressing the rebels.”
Are you stupid or pretending to be stupid? Benelia blatantly frowned at Roylen’s comment about castrating the political situation.
“Lauren. Who gave the order to me?”
“Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“Then who will be watching me?”
“His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Prince, ministers and bureaucrats.”
“Am I strong enough to not have to look at them? Or is it crazy.”
“…… Neither.”
“If you understand, shut your mouth and nod your head. One more stupid question and I’ll put a chess piece in your mouth.”
Recognizing her own mistake, Roilen shut her mouth and nodded her head, as her Benelia had commanded. Benelia, not satisfied with that, clicked her tongue and looked back at her beannon her.
“You are a clown knight.”
The Clown Knight was the nickname Benelia had given her Beinun.
If those who were proud of being knights heard this, she would have expressed their dislike of her, even in front of the princess, but Beynon didn’t care.
Bainen had n’t the slightest pride in being a knight, and after talking with her for a few days, she knew Benelia was n’t calling her away to make fun of her.
Benelia just did n’t know how to think deeply about other people’s feelings because she was born with the blood of her ruler her.
“Tell me. Her Highness her the Princess.”
When Baynon replied calmly, Benelia continued her words.
“From now on, we will move through the warp gate to the square of Count Pelgarin. As soon as you arrive, leave the ranks and go to the Deharm Mansion.”
“May I ask why?”
“Miss you.”
A handful of curiosity entered his golden eyes.
“I’ve been up all night wondering what kind of guy Theorad is. Listening to the story you told me over the past four days reminds me of an infinitely kind and young young man, but it’s a little different from what I thought. So I will have to see for myself.”
Young young man? You are three years younger than the young boy. Bainun gave her an awkward smile as she shook her words that rose to the roof of her mouth all winter long.
“All right. I’ll have to fill the role of herald. Where can I go?”
“I’m afraid I’ll have to stay at Count Pelgarin’s castle for a while, so tell them to come there.”
“I will obey your order, Her Highness the Princess.”
Bainen bowed her head politely as she bowed her head. She pulls her left foot back and remembers to place her hand on her chest where her heart is her.
She was quite sloppy, perhaps not used to court etiquette, so Benelia waved her hand her with a light smile.
“It’s like a country boy pretending to be a city dweller. To do as usual. If it was to make me laugh, it worked.”
“It’s not like that, but…….”
“It became an excuse. Do my duty well. And Roylen.”
“Yes. Her Highness the Princess.”
“Let’s start off soon.”
After conveying her words her to Roylen, Benelia walked in front of her with the elegance of her royal family her.
Taking that as a signal, Illen took the wand out of her bosom and flashed its bright light three times, while an observer from her watchtower looking down at the ground grabbed her horn and blew it.
Boo woo woo
As the sound of the horn like a boat horn resounded all over the place, chuk chuk chuk chuk chuk! Soldiers and knights quickly line up and stand on either side.
The formidable walls created by the steps of the dawn, the unshakable ranks did not move until Benelia climbed into her four-wheeled carriage.
*
“Are you satisfied with your meal?”
I couldn’t answer the chef’s question easily. If you ask me if the food doesn’t taste good, it’s not. It’s just that I’m so nervous that I can’t tell if I’m eating food or soil.
‘Why……. Why is it so quiet?’
From morning until now until noon, the elf didn’t say a word even though he was sticking close to me.
Even now, he was kneeling nearby and eating dog food, but he didn’t complain at all.
It was very different from the elf who always whined and made short sounds.
‘Did I do something wrong?’
Is that why you’re sending unspoken threats? I looked back at the memories of the past as much as I could in my head, but it seemed like I hadn’t done anything wrong.
After sex, the elf had nightmares, so the only thing I could do was nurse him.
‘No way.’
Yesterday, the elf disappeared for a while and then came back to the mansion, so there was a time when I told him not to wander around.
Didn’t you like that? Not. No matter how much I thought about it, there was no reason not to like it because I sold it as usual. Then, was the selling intensity weak? … ?
As I frowned, reasoning after reasoning, the chef gave a tearful look.
“Looks like you don’t have much taste…….”
“Uh?”
Me, absolutely not I quickly waved my hand.
“Delicious! I can feel my skills improving day by day. It’s just that I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I couldn’t dig deep into the taste of the food.”
“Is that so…?”
“Okay. So don’t worry and go get some rest.”
The chef, whose expression brightened, bowed his head and left the restaurant. Thanks to that, in the space where the elf and I were alone, I put down the spoon and watched the elf.
There is something nostalgic about the way they pick up and eat feed with their bare hands. In addition, the red ribbon next to the hair band was loosely untied.
‘…… Is this a target?’
I don’t know, but I couldn’t just watch it, probably because of my unique clumsiness. I waved my hand at the elf.
“You, come over here.”
The elf raised his head and looked at me. Maybe he had been lost in some kind of thought until just now, but he couldn’t understand what I was saying.
“I told you to come here.”
“Ah.”
Then the elf nodded, crawled onto all fours and sat down next to the chair I was sitting on. Looking up at me with innocent eyes, I reached out and pushed the elf’s cheek aside.
“I’ll put the ribbon back on, so stay there.”
The elf didn’t answer. However, since I did not deny it, I naturally began to untie the ribbon and tie it again.
In the sun-drenched dining room, the sound of chatting spreads slowly. Thanks to the fairly peaceful atmosphere, my hand movements were not in a hurry.
As he slowly tied the knot, the elf’s soft hair occasionally touched the back of his hand.
The elf stayed still for a while, as if he seemed to like my touch his, then quietly pursed his lips as I finished the knot.
“Master……. What do you think of me?”
A chill runs down his back at the sudden question. I didn’t know what to answer.
Do you want to sell? To say that he wanted to sell one, his darkly stagnant eyes his were very bored. It doesn’t contain any playfulness or desire to conquer, so it looks rather serious.
In short, the current elves are in a kind of lull. If so, it’s best to give a neutral answer.
I calmly opened my mouth.
“I think you are pretty.”
“How much?”
“…… I, no one else, bought you at the slave market. You are the first and last sex slave I chose in my life. It wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t appreciate your looks.”
A brief silence falls between me and the elf. After a moment of uneasy silence, the elf turned to me.
Subtle curiosity dwells in dark red eyes.
“Because the master thinks.”
The elf murmured and licked his languid lips.
The problem is that the elf’s question…….
“Am I prettier than Lady Esily?”
It is said that it is the choice of death.
