Chapter 88 – 88. Return of the Empress (2)
Elizarote Pantalone.
She is 18 years old.
She is Elizabeth Pantalone’s 10-year-old younger sister.
She and her boss, Batistan, are looking at what is happening now.
-What are you doing, brother?
-…What are you doing? A fool who dares not show proper respect to the [Successor] Of the family… Wow!!
Bah!!
And before Edward could say anything, Elizabeth punched Edward in the face.
Her own sister was like that.
-Manners? Did you say it was polite, brother? So, what are you going to do about me not being polite to you? Everyone is being polite, but you, who behave like a fool in the estate every day and neglect discipline just because you’re a duke, want to be treated with that ‘courtesy’? Are you crazy?
-What a bitch!!! I am the eldest son!! He is the legitimate eldest son of this family!!! A bitch like yours…!!! Wow!!
Elizabeth Pantalone.
A proud sister of her own.
She was born to her second wife. She also became her second wife, not her concubine. Her older sister’s mother also married into the count’s family. She likewise got along well with her and Edward’s mothers.
That’s because her father, Eleuard, had a passionate relationship with a woman from the late writer’s family and a woman from the count’s family.
Romantically, they acknowledged each other’s existence through love marriage and decided on a first and second relationship, but Edward grew up, and after that, Elizabeth and her older sister said that their relationship became better after she was born.
That’s right, Edward was an idiot, and he was such an idiot that he could hardly be considered the legitimate eldest son of the dukedom. In comparison, Elizabeth, who was born from his second wife, Sosaeng, was faithful to her position, and when she saw that Edward, the legitimate eldest son, was a traitor, she trained herself to show off Edward. It was showing even better results.
Anyway, he spends a lot of money drinking and drinking with women in his father’s name, and he spends a lot of money with women in his father’s name.
It was literally a stain on the Duchess of Pantalone, and naturally her mother and her second wife were also very troubled.
She was a noblewoman, and when she showed an unreasonable attitude, she was the kind of woman who criticized Edward mercilessly, just like she does now.
When she saw that she was trying to humiliate her under the pretext of punishing her maid for not greeting her properly, Elizabeth got angry.
Edward yells at his sister, but she is not.
It was a marriage born out of a formal marriage.
She treats everyone but herself as idiots and idiots, but she is an idiot who doesn’t know that she is the biggest idiot. It had already been a long time since Eliza Lotte had surpassed her by a long time, and her father, Eleuard, had put everything in her family on his hands while her older sister was in critical condition…
And her sister came back. Now that she has finally found her true successor.
…
A situation that must be overwhelming.
Now that she has said she will take her own place back, this honorable position is –
“Hey gorilla! I told you not to slam your weapon into the ground like that, you crazy bitch!”
Geumtaeyang gets angry.
“Hehe, can you stop without me knowing?”
And there she is, smiling and laughing.
“Hehe? Dehehe? What is hehe! Do you think it’s easy to maintain that cutting power!?”
“What are you doing? Look, it’s covered with an Auror blade like this, so there’s no problem.”
Is this your sister?
And Clark Dunn Bringer.
Magia nobleman, Dawn Bringer’s eldest son.
Her older sister’s appearance conversing with the golden sun was far from aristocratic at all.
Her older sister, who had shown such sharp, authoritative and aristocratic behavior when she was at home, had become so loose that she had never thought about it.
She looked like she would never have imagined her older sister joining a hero’s party.
If it’s soft, it looks like it’s become softer.
“…Elizabeth, if you do something like that, it will cause problems with the blade of your sword. Well, especially considering your strength…”
“Shall we be quiet, Gawain?”
…No, when I look at her like that, I think she looks like my sister.
Looking at it now, I think it’s her older sister.
Of course, what Gawain said afterwards is the problem.
“Even though you look like that on the outside, I know that you have the same superpowers as me. So stop being so pretentious.”
“Haa? This potato gorilla.”
“I will cry when I see the gorilla. Have you ever seen such a cool gorilla?”
“You’re such a cool gorilla. That’s funny.”
“Aren’t you being too pretentious in front of the guy you like?”
“Won’t you shut up?”
Looking at it again, I don’t think so.
I felt more free and free.
Well, 7 years have passed.
He said that he escaped from the complex aristocratic society, went outside, went on an expedition to kill the Demon King, and stayed with colleagues with various characteristics.
So something had to change.
However, the basic mindset has not changed.
Fulfill the duties of a nobleman.
And if they fail to do so, they are punished for it.
My sister has always been that kind of person.
And the figure who keeps looking at Clark. Even though she pretends not to, her sister’s eyes are watching Clark’s movements and actions, even the movements of his lips and fingers.
Come to think of it, Clark used to use magic by forming hand signs with just the movement of his fingers, so he is wary of that.
Her older sister must have known that Clark was the one to leave, and she was wary of it and was preventing her from doing so.
Of course, Clark said.
-After saving your sister, I will go my own way.
-…You’re leaving, I see.
-That’s right. There’s no need for repayment or anything. Now your sister has to stay away from this hellish fight. Your sister was an outstanding warrior, and the sacrifices she made… I will never ignore that. So now I’m going to give her her routine back. That’s it.
It’s as if I don’t want him to leave.
If you tried to move away even a little, it was making a move to catch you.
Clark may be aware of this, but he appears to be embarrassed but unable to move beyond a certain distance.
And other monsters that appeared, including dark elves.
Regardless of the noisy appearance of the warrior party members, their presence is very out of place here. Even if we understand Gawain, why are they here?
And watching them…?
No, should we call this surveillance?
The man named Dick Johnson also came back at some point, and the woman who introduced herself as ‘Machina’ also came back. She exudes the feeling of an engineer, and even has the appearance of a golem guarding her side.
Golem?
Should we call that a golem?
I swear I’ve never seen a golem like that.
There is no way such a sophisticated golem exists.
Naturally, it is something that cannot be compared to a golem.
Naturally, in this noisy situation, Clark’s gaze finally lands on the golem, and his eyes widen at the same time.
And move towards it. At that moment, Elizabeth, who had been arguing with Gawain for a while, immediately cuts her off and joins behind Clark.
And the process happened so quickly that her maid, who of course she called Anna, stopped her.
“Please step back.”
“…Come out.”
“…!”
And as a bonus.
She clearly dislikes nobles who treat their subordinates rudely, but she also doesn’t like those who rudely block her. Especially now, it wasn’t like Clark had issued an order to welcome guests, but the maid had made her own decision and blocked her older sister’s way.
Pointing this out, her older sister immediately sends her energy towards her.
It was such a ferocious force that Edward would have collapsed long ago, and at the same time, Anna, who took it, frowned.
And Elizabeth said, “Hoo?” She is surprised.
“She got through this. She’s a maid and she’s trained quite a bit…”
“Hey.”
And then I heard Clark’s voice.
“Clarke?”
Before going to kill Edward, I was checking the necessary items and the weapons Elizabeth would use and quickly repairing the broken items when I saw what appeared to be a golem in front of me and tried to approach it.
And suddenly, a tremendous killing intent was felt from behind.
And then he calls the master of that murderous intent.
“What are you doing?”
I know this murderous intent. And Elizabeth, who appears to be suffering from princess disease, is surprisingly strict when it comes to the manners of an aristocrat.
I know why she does this, and even though she seems to be kind to her subordinates, there are rules.
So, if you cross the line, you get angry without even thinking about it.
“I’m scolding a rude servant. Clark, is there a problem?”
The owner didn’t stop it, so why are you stopping it? He was getting angry at Anna, and of course he fired such a huge killing blow that Anna could barely withstand it.
Naturally, if the person hit by that is a normal person, he or she will simply faint.
I, as well as Gawain, thought he was a nobleman suffering from princess disease, but I was surprised to see him shoot a murderous weapon at a nobleman who was rude and approached him at a banquet.
He had just sent that deadly weapon to Anna.
Of course, before the warrior party headed to the demon world, there were many invitations to parties here and there, and it was rude to refuse them, so I attended…
I knocked out the idiot with the same vicious attack as I did just now at a fool who looked at me and asked why a bastard was here, and that hanging out with a guy like this would tarnish the reputation of the Duke of Pantalone.
In this case, it is clearly Anna’s fault for interfering.
To put it bluntly, the problem is that I didn’t talk about it.
I usually ward off anyone who gets closer to me than necessary, and I tried to do the same this time, but of course the other person was too bad.
“That’s it. That’s because I didn’t tell Anna. I made her chase away all the annoying flies.”
“Clarke, you are being too soft on your servant. I know you care about him, but I hope you know that this is quite rude.”
“…Mr. Margrave, the look you gave me was-“
“Anna.”
And then I call Anna and stop her.
Of course, it is clearly rude to say any more than that. Even if she doesn’t want to know, she already knows what she has in mind because of her previous actions, and of course, her older sister is not saying anything about it right now.
…What on earth is this sister thinking again?
However, when I see my sister and Elizabeth constantly exchanging glances, I wonder what the hell this is like.
And even after I stopped Anna, Anna thought that this wasn’t a good thing.
Regardless of how I feel, I shouldn’t let Anna be unnecessarily rude to her just because of that.
“Master, this is-“
“Because it’s okay.”
And I still don’t understand it. Nevertheless, I told Anna.
“We were together in that hell for five years. Don’t be overly cautious. Elizabeth doesn’t need to be so cautious. I’ve told you, and I know why you’re doing this, but… She’s my colleague. And “He is the one who went with me to catch the demon lord, and he is someone I recognize. So please don’t be rude.”
And Anna seems to understand what I mean by ‘recognition’, but she still seems dissatisfied. Of course, Anna knew that if she went any further, it would be a huge inconvenience to me, so she also backed off.
“…I understand, master. I’m sorry, Margrave.”
Anna says so. It doesn’t seem like there’s much sincerity in it, but…
And I also bow my head in apology to Elizabeth.
As Anna said, I too should call her her margrave, but…
She tried to speak and she said this until the end.
So I am calling her by her name.
…
Here’s what happened:
-Elizabeth.
-…No, you are the Margrave-
-Please call me Elizabeth.
-…No-
-Come on, come on. L.L.J.B.S.
…
When I see her forcing it to such a scary extent, I wonder what on earth she’s thinking.
She was her in many ways, and the bickering with her was just bickering, but I was so overwhelmed by her inexplicable force that I ended up calling her by her name while trying to call her margrave.
Obviously, considering her position, she should be called Margrave.
That’s definitely true.
…
Every time I tried to say that, she approached me more persistently, so I had to call her by her name, Elizabeth.
Pestilence.
…It sounds like a lie, but it’s true.
This is a story that happened just 10 minutes before I left here.
Now that I think about it, it’s natural that Anna would be so wary.
Even so, the servant’s mistake is the owner’s fault, so I also apologize.
“I’m sorry, Elizabeth. Actually, I made Anna chase away some idiots who approached me, and it was my fault for not telling you in advance.”
“…This is what you apologize for.”
This is a deal here.
Of course, I and her argued about various things and her bickering, but this was a bit too much.
Even though I, Geum Taeyang, am an asshole who goes around saying fuck etiquette and rules, that doesn’t mean she’s an asshole who doesn’t even admit her own mistakes.
Even if you become a bastard, you won’t become an asshole.
That’s my mindset.
“Hey, did you see me as an idiot who didn’t even apologize for doing something wrong? I definitely apologize for doing something wrong, too.”
Of course, I also apologize for my mistakes.
But when I apologize for a mistake, most of the time, they try to go further and the ones who cross the line are the ones who break the ttukbae road, which is the problem. And I apologized now because it was my fault for not telling Anna properly, and I only apologized because Elizabeth wouldn’t have any more trouble with it.
It would be great if all the nobles in the world followed her lines as much as she does.
And Elizabeth, as if convinced by that, nods her head and accepts my apology.
And…
He comes to me again and holds my hand.
When it is more than about 3 meters away, it approaches like this and catches it so that it cannot leave immediately.
If you want to move or say something, make sure to keep your gaze in this direction.
This is how she deals with her wizards, and of course she’s wary of me using magic.
…Why are you doing this?
It’s not like I’m trying to kill anything.
Of course, the basis of that behavior is not hostility…
…
I am now in a complicated situation in many ways because I know what the actions and emotions that were shown to me were.
“Hey! Hold on gently! It hurts!”
And, he’s really strong.
Looking at this now, I don’t know who is coming and whether it’s a human being.
Is it true that even after doing that, the muscles do not protrude outward and are not lumpy?
“Excuse me, but Clark, don’t get too far away, okay?”
“…No, why?”
Although it is weaker than before, it still holds on to the point where it can overpower me whenever I try to move.
After I revived it, the woman who was just her colleague became obsessed with me?
Pussipssssstppkp…Film.
Naturally, this was something I didn’t expect, and it was a significant setback to my plans to get her back to her normal life after her long fight.
Of course, I knew the world didn’t work that easily, but I was wondering if this was going too far.
No, in fact, when things went wrong, most of the time, Elizabeth would resort to her improvisation, and she was a woman who found a way out by throwing people away when she thought she would improvise, and I did it again like a dog. Follow me in and assist.
We had that kind of relationship.
Her gray eyes look at me with anxiety. It’s as if he won’t take his eyes off me even for a moment. As if he was going to hold me in his arms.
The reason she doesn’t approach me any longer than necessary is…
It was because I had a sister.
Just like before, it was because of the greeting I exchanged with my sister before coming out here from Gehenna.
-Hello, Margrave. I am Mira – Dawn Bringer. Clark’s half-sister…And Clark’s lover. Hehe. Please take care of me.
-…You, Clark’s sister?
-Yes, and now she’s Clark’s girl.
…
I still can’t forget the look in Elizabeth’s eyes at that time.
It was the first time that Elizabeth looked so scared, with the eyes of a lioness looking at her prey. However, there was no significant change in her behavior towards me.
There’s also something even more muddy in there.
And most people, including Gawain, are very happy to see a day like this.
Especially a dickhead somewhere…
“Kkkk
…
I’m smiling openly right now.
And in response to my question, Elizabeth twisted the unbalanced end of her left hair and said to me:
“Well, right now… It looks like you’ll go somewhere far away if I leave you alone.”
You’re really quick-witted.
Of course, after saving her here, I tried to run away quickly, but this thing tried to catch me.
Of course, this is not right.
She is a noble, and now she must follow her own path.
And as if I couldn’t believe her appearance, her younger sister, Eliza Lotte, looked shocked, and Batistan looked surprised in a different way, but he didn’t despise me, but rather was embarrassed. He looked at me and quickly nodded his head in understanding.
And then she immediately looks at me and smiles… It’s the same for Elizarote.
What are you trying to do, old man?
Girl, what on earth are you trying to do?
If I tell them, they will most likely take Elizabeth’s side.
Yes, that’s right,
When it comes to crayfish, I tend to prefer crabs.
