Chapter 429 – 36. Temporary Return to the Empire
Sunny and cheerful weather worthy of the nickname Cheongomabi.
Han Si-woo stood in front of the main gate of the mansion with a cool breeze and clear sunlight behind him, which was quite different from yesterday.
I thought about going all the way inside, but I’d be out soon anyway.
“Would you like to get on the carriage first?”
“Wagon?”
Siwoo showed a confused reaction to the words of the guard guarding the main gate.
I thought it wasn’t close because other people were watching, but seeing that they even got on the carriage, I guess they were going quite far.
No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t a carriage big enough to travel around the area.
“Yes, Adlen, it might take a little more time…”
“Hmm. Still, I can’t get on before the woman. I’ll wait outside.”
“Ah… Is that so? Then I understand.”
The guard nodded his head with an expression of not understanding.
No matter how many warriors come from another world, there are bound to be differences in these areas.
Siwoo looks toward the carriage and thinks about his future plans.
“…”
The female warrior, dressed brightly unlike usual, walked slowly toward the front door.
I would wear it sometimes when there were important events, so I wouldn’t say it was awkward, but it was still strange.
Clothing that was not forced by others, but was voluntarily made to look good to men.
My heart pounded because I was worried about how Siwoo would react.
“Oh, did you wait long?”
Adlen opens the front door and speaks carefully.
Siwoo’s eyes widened as he turned his back on the voice that broke his thoughts.
Well, I thought I would dress up for a date, but this was beyond my expectations.
A frilly dress with an appropriate combination of black and gold.
Her hair was in the usual twin tails, but it still looked good on her.
The design and color combination of the white hair, dress, and shoes are quite outstanding.
It was seen at a glance that even accessories such as necklaces and earrings matched well.
It was a style that I don’t think her son Len would have worn on his own.
‘Did you get any advice from anyone?’
Although she doesn’t have anyone in mind, she seems to have a keen eye for what suits her son Ren.
When Siwoo didn’t say anything, her son Ren stamped his feet with an anxious look in her eyes.
“… Oh, sorry.”
Si-woo, who realized the rudeness belatedly, smiled brightly.
“It’s pretty. It suits you so well that I was speechless for a moment.”
“Uh, huh? … Huh. Right? Hehe.”
Only then did Adlen’s face bloom brightly at the praise he received.
She thought she was a good match, but hearing it in person was a different experience.
His surprised expression and open mouth showed that his praise came from his heart.
So I can’t help but be happy.
My son Ren couldn’t stop his lips from twitching, so he hurriedly pushed him toward the carriage.
“Hey, let’s get on it!”
“Huh? Okay.”
Siwoo said so, but slightly avoided her touch, stood next to her, and opened the carriage door.
And she said with a playful hand gesture.
“Let’s get on first, lady.”
“… Yes.”
Adlen smiles shyly instead of laughing or getting angry.
When she showed her unexpected side, Si-woo was also embarrassed for no reason.
Anyway, Siu also got into the carriage following Adlen, and the coachman took off as if the story had already been said.
“Where are you going?”
“Not around here. I guess there are a lot of eyes watching.”
“Well, but the eyes of the imperial family are everywhere.”
“…”
Her son Ren didn’t answer, but she wasn’t wrong.
Even if you try to avoid attention, there is a high probability that it will take less than a few days.
The Glazer Imperial Family and the Intelligence Department are not so incompetent that they missed what happened near the imperial capital.
Her son Ren’s complexion darkened as she tried to fool her by saying she would be fine.
“Um, sorry. I said something unnecessary.”
Si-woo apologized to her as he sat across from her and held her hand tightly in her lap.
“…?!”
“Don’t worry and have fun.”
“… Uh, uh, yes…”
“So where are you going?”
“Well, when we arrive, you’ll know.”
“What, where are you going is a secret.”
“Hehe, secret!”
Her son, Ren, cutely exclaims that it is a secret and extends his finger to her lips.
It was cute, but also ugly, to go from being sullen to quickly brightening up.
I felt that way even more because I had been biting, sucking, and fucking a lewd female just a few hours ago.
Although she worked hard, the lust inside her still hasn’t subsided.
Han Si-woo stood up, trying hard to shake off his desires in order to enjoy a pure date.
“It’s still a long way to arrive.”
“I know.”
“If you need anything, I’ll get it for you, so sit down… Eww?!”
Her son Ren was surprised to see Siwoo sitting next to her with a sly smile.
She was surprised when I held her hand just now, but she can’t get used to this.
“Still, it’s a date, wouldn’t it be better to sit next to you?”
“… I don’t know.”
Adlen shyly turns his head, emitting a refreshing scent.
Who would look at her and think that she was a tough SS-class warrior?
Siwoo himself also couldn’t get used to it, but that made it more enjoyable.
She’s been busy for a while, so we haven’t been able to date, but it’s been a long time since I’ve felt this way.
I feel like it will be a fun date in many ways.
I was looking forward to seeing how the date course she worked so hard to prepare would turn out.
It must be a nice place since they are all dressed up nicely.
“Arrived. Here.”
“…?”
It must have been that way, but the place where the carriage arrived after an hour’s drive was a very different scene from what he had imagined.
“Here,”
“Yes. I wanted to come with you.”
“On the mountain…?”
“Uh.”
Mountain.
Even so, it was a mountain.
It wasn’t an incredibly high mountain, but it wasn’t a mountain behind the neighborhood that was of a reasonable height either.
The height is such that you have to lift your chin quite a bit to be able to see the tip.
It was amazing that there was a mountain of this height just an hour away from the ecliptic.
I was also surprised by Adlen’s request to go on a date in the mountains wearing a frilly dress and shoes.
‘No, I guess it doesn’t matter what I wear?’
Adlen has the most magical power among SS-class heroes.
Not only does she possess a tremendous amount of magical power, but she is also skilled in handling it.
Even now, if you look closely, you can see that a thin membrane of magical power surrounds your shoes, clothes, and skin, so hiking should be no problem.
“But why a mountain?”
“Huh? Dating is about doing things you like together. I really like this place.”
“I see… Then let’s go up.”
“Yes, let’s go!”
Her son Ren, who seemed to like the mountain itself rather than climbing, grabbed Siwoo’s hand and ran around, speeding her up.
Of course, that’s just for a moment.
The two slowly climbed the mountain, holding hands, with gradually slower steps.
It’s not that I’m tired, but I’ve realized that leisurely hiking up a mountain is also part of dating.
The man and woman, dressed in clothes that were completely unsuitable for her mountain climbing, gradually narrowed the distance between her and walked slowly toward her summit.
There are four competitors vying for the next throne of the Glazer Imperial Family.
The 1st prince, 1st princess, 2nd prince, and 3rd princess.
If you ask anyone who is the most successful faction among these, they will pick the 3rd Princess faction, which has saint Han Si-woo.
Since it is a zero-sum game where there is only one winner out of the four, and there is no such thing as win-win, when one becomes stronger, the other among the three becomes weaker.
The biggest victim was, without a doubt, the 1st princess’s faction, but that didn’t do anything good for the two princes.
The faction of the 2nd prince, who has the same mother, is gradually shaking internally.
So what is the situation of the 1st prince’s faction?
“It’s not good either.”
The 4th princess, who was cracking down on the faction’s internal affairs and solidifying her solidarity, clicked her tongue.
It’s been a while since the Adlen Party returned, but news about the Succubus Queen has already spread.
It’s somewhat clumsy to see it as a masterpiece on the part of the 3rd princess.
It seems that a stupid high-ranking noble or royal family member accidentally leaked it.
It was hidden to avoid raising the alarm of demons, but looking at the way it is going, it looks like it will spread throughout the empire’s social circles within a few days.
‘I should try using it in moderation before that. … Anyway.’
It’s good to use information before it spoils, but that’s not what’s important right now.
I wandered around for a few days and met the nobles in the faction, but I saw that many of them were shaken.
Even though she came forward on her own.
Although the degree is still small, it is obvious what will happen if the current situation continues.
The problem was that the 1st Prince’s faction did not have much means to strengthen its internal structure.
First, the first prince himself is incompetent.
The 1st Prince of the 1st Empress’ rebirth.
As the eldest son born to her first wife, her legitimacy cannot be compared to anyone else.
The 1st Empress is also the legitimate daughter of the dukedom’s revival, so the size of the faction that grew first and quickly is frightening.
However, in the end, the 1st prince was just her face.
The main axis of the faction is a number of high-ranking nobles, including the Duke family, the 1st Empress’s original family.
Thanks to this, stability is high, but this is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
It might have been a normal reign or a normal turbulent time, but these are unusual times, with a continent-wide war caused by the gods.
Although it is possible for the 1st Prince faction to accumulate achievements step by step, it is impossible to make innovative moves like Han Si-woo.
No, the only ones who could do something like this in the first place were saints.
“Compared to other factions, we are better, but if we remain complacent, the order will only change and we will lose. We have to do something…”
If I had come up with a good method right away, I would have used it a long time ago.
4 The princess stamped her feet with a sense of crisis rising to her waist.
“Ah, no one can help me. That’s why…”
You can’t have what you want.
As the 4th princess who had everything she wanted, she couldn’t bear such a thing.
“Ah, brother-in-law… Brother-in-law… Siwoo…”
The princess’s beautiful eyes shine brightly in blue.
While sitting in her chair, her hands lifted her own skirt.
“Haha…♥”
A low, ecstatic moan echoed throughout the room.
