Chapter 191 – 191. Knights’ Hell (1)
“I’ll go first!”
A young knight who appeared excitedly stepped forward and faced Erin.
“…”
The younger-looking man looked older than Erin, but he didn’t look older either.
A high-spirited man of the same age as Ayla, who seemed to have just graduated from Aether, came out eagerly, holding his wooden sword and posing.
“What. Aren’t you starting?”
“… Yes.”
Erin, who had been staring at the young knight with a subtle expression, had not yet assumed her stance, but only when she heard a voice urging her to take her wooden sword and take her stance.
“I look forward to.”
“Joy.”
At Erin’s words, the young knight put on a sullen expression.
“Okay then.”
As the two of them stance and prepare, Eunhyeon gives a command.
“Start!”
“Ha!”
With a short, powerful resonant signal, the knight made her charge towards Erin, attempting to strike her head with a clean slash.
‘… It’s slow.’
Erin, who had not strengthened her body through her magical powers, raised her wooden sword at an angle to catch the knight’s wooden sword and twisted her trajectory to let the attack flow.
“Uh?”
Erin’s kick flew at the temple of the young knight who had a dazed look on his face when she was momentarily taken aback by the fact that a weak girl younger than herself skillfully let go of her sword.
“Keugh!”
The young knight frowns after the hard blow that left her head grimacing, her legs wobbly, and she regains her composure, barely surviving a near-kneeling to her floor.
The knight, who was about to raise her wooden sword again to attack Erin, had no choice but to stop her action when he looked at the wooden sword aimed at her own throat.
She was a clean defeat of a knight who was younger than himself and was careless about being a woman.
“Hmm?”
A few knights who noticed that Erin’s movements were unusually fast and neat began to show interest in her.
I think that it is certain that the girl who showed her judgment and clean and flowing movements in her short time is not at least mediocre, and her eyes shine.
“What? What’s the matter?”
The knights who arrived at the training ground belatedly joined the center of the turmoil with a puzzled look at the sudden crowd of knights in the center of the training ground.
“Ah…”
Erin glanced at her Eunhyeon, receiving the burdensome gazes of the increasingly blowing knights.
She smiles and sees the presentation with all 10 of her fingers spread out, and she sighs as she recognizes the meaning.
It means that if you fill 10 wins, you will end the sparring.
It was absurd that she asked Erin, who was underage, to beat 10 knights, but she was glad that Erin didn’t ask her to beat all the knights here.
It was because she thought that if she was Eun-hyeon, she could have put forward such absurd conditions.
‘I want to finish quickly and eat…’
Eventually, Erin decided to clear her mind.
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“You look very good.”
“Do you see that?”
“When you were in Krasir, you always seemed uncomfortable somewhere. But now that she has left the Knights… Even though your body looks a bit tired, your mind doesn’t seem to be as tired as before.”
“Surely… There may be such a thing.”
In the carriage heading towards the duchy, Alex smiled bitterly at Yuria’s point and nodded.
“Was it really okay for you to come out to meet me?”
“Because I can’t entrust the work of welcoming the princess to someone else. I am on my way to finish all urgent political affairs.”
“Even though the Duke’s work is very tiring, it doesn’t seem like he hates it that much.”
“Even though it is difficult, as long as I have to inherit the family, this is my duty. Besides, you seem comfortable… Maybe it’s because of my brother.”
“You mean Eleanor?”
“Yes. He’s getting married soon.”
“…”
“The only men of a similar age were the knights of the ducal family with whom I had been with for a short time, and I was worried about who would take him, but fortunately, I got married to a man with a heart, so from my brother’s point of view, I think it was less than an hour. .”
The latest news about Eleanor was a fact that YuRia had heard as well.
In addition to Yuria, the news of Eleanor’s marriage is the hottest topic in Pernias Kingdom.
That would also be the case, because Eleanor revealed that her marriage partner was also a man who was the Black Witch’s lover, and that the witch planned to leave Pernin and emigrate with the man who would become her husband.
“Princess, whenever you talk about Eun-hyeon, you harden your impression of her.”
“… Do you have a lot of tea?”
She tried to hide her expression as little as possible so as not to be seen as herself, but from Alex’s point of view, her forced behavior seemed too unnatural.
“The expression you are trying too hard to hide is obvious.”
Before leaving Krasir to inherit the position of duke, Alex, who had been looking at Yuria’s face often, couldn’t help but notice the subtle change in Yuria’s expression.
“I am… To be honest, I don’t understand why the two of them could have feelings for the man and have feelings for him. But it must have been something I didn’t know, in a place I didn’t know. Just like how Eleanor almost got in trouble. Furthermore… Sometimes he goes and shows a really scary mindset.”
Alex nodded quietly, not answering.
It was because he sometimes felt creepy at the inhuman side of Eun-hyeon.
“I think it is fortunate that that man is not an enemy, but rather than moving for someone else… He seems like a person who has a certain purpose or principle of action and acts according to it. That…”
“I mean he’s the kind of guy who can get rid of anyone if it goes against his own purposes or principles of action.”
“…”
At Alex’s calm reply, Yuria lost her words and stared blankly at him.
“Nevertheless… Can you trust him?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Princess. Through some circumstances, Eleanor and I learned a piece of the man’s secret.”
“… !”
“Why does he exist here in front of us like this, what is he doing various things for, and why is he using our ducal family as part of his plan? Me, Eleanor, and even my father understand why. In the end, we are cooperating with Eun-hyeon.”
Eunhyun had told Alex that Yuria was mistaking her for something.
For this reason, Alex continued his words by providing only fragmentary information without revealing that Eun-hyeon was an ‘apostle of God’ and that he was an existence close to an immortal with longevity.
“I, of course, Eleanor and her father deeply sympathize with Eun-hyun’s purpose and action principle, and will continue to support her. Besides, Eleanor… He feels great satisfaction in being able to help Eun-hyeon.”
After hearing Alex’s explanation, YuRia fell into deep thought.
‘Does he have any other secret besides being a reincarnated person?’
After her thoughts, she lifts her head and asks Alex again.
“That piece of secret… What is it?”
“That… I’m sorry, but I can’t tell the princess either.”
With a very sorry expression on his face, Alex refused to tell Eun-hyeon about her secret.
In response, Yuria felt an unknown sense of frustration and sadness.
“I… Can’t believe it? Who else do you think you’re going to brag about this to?”
“No. It’s not like that. Now… I think I can understand the princess’s heart a little bit.”
“My heart?”
“I once felt sad when the princess did not tell me the secret she had.”
“Oh, that, that…”
Alex’s sudden confession gave Yuria a cold expression.
“At the same time, I felt as if I was sharing that secret with Eunhyun.”
“…”
“Why didn’t you consult me? Was it that I was so unreasonable? There were times when I thought about it myself.”
“Mi, I’m sorry. I never thought Alex would feel so sad…”
Yuria hurriedly opened her mouth, feeling an inexplicable feeling of embarrassment.
“It’s okay. Now I can understand the princess’s heart a little bit.”
“That means… ?”
“It is a secret that cannot be said with certainty… The law exists.”
Even if you confide this secret to someone, there is no guarantee that the other person will believe it.
Neither Alex nor Avros would have believed that Eunhyun was a man deeply related to the existence of God, had it not been for the remarks of the great hero Agnes.
Now, for some reason, even Eleanor is aware of the existence of a ‘goddess’ by Eun-hyeon’s side, and it couldn’t be denied more.
Besides, one of the reasons was that Alex didn’t want to create a situation where he would get Yuria into her trouble by getting involved with this secret.
“That’s why I’m really sorry to the princess for not being able to tell you.”
“… All right.”
It is also funny that Yuria expresses her dissatisfaction with Alex’s unwillingness to divulge her secret for similar reasons.
Isn’t it almost the king of the end of the naeronambul.
Embarrassed by her own words that expressed her regret, Yuria hurriedly nodded her head and finished her story.
Her Alex, who arrived at her mansion just in time, got out of her carriage and reached out her hand to her, escorting her and leading her into her mansion.
“Senior dear!”
“… Aisha?”
She passes the front gate of the mansion and as she walks her path, she spots Ayesha running towards her, and Alex gives her a puzzled look.
“Senior! Can’t you just post it for me too? Sorry! I won’t do anything like a secretary! Just let me join the ducal family’s knights! Please!”
“… What happened?”
She ran out of the blue and grabbed Alex by the crotch of his pants. Seeing her pleading Aisha, she didn’t understand the situation, and Alex put on a puzzled expression.
“That man! He’s not a man! He’s a complete ghost! It’s the devil! How can there be no blood or tears? I look through the documents I made with all my hard work at the training ground, and they tear them up in 3 seconds. That’s not a person! Besides, it’s not enough to point out all the wrong things one by one, and it’s all the right words, so it’s even more annoying! When I talk to that person, it feels like my mentality is being shaved off every 3 seconds!”
Watching Aisha pour out words of her emotions like a rapid-fire cannon, Alex looked at Yuria, who stood dumbfounded behind her, and said to Aisha,
“… Is Eunhyeon at the training ground now?”
“Yes! Please! I don’t want to be trained as a secretary by that man! He’s not human! As if he had smeared Orichalcum on his face, he didn’t change a single expression on his face and how intensely he taught! Senior, I’ll just write an article! Please save me!”
“… Are you talking about how he trains the knights now?”
“That, that…”
Aisha, who hardened her expression in shock, was unable to continue and showed a hesitant attitude.
“… Once I got it Let me talk.”
“Ahhh… Thank you. Senior! Really!”
“You go in and get some rest. You suffered a lot while I was gone.”
“Lol. All right!”
Aisha, who seemed to die at any moment from Alex’s praise, her face bloomed in an instant and she left the two of them.
Looking at the back of Aisha, who had raged like a small storm and left, YuRia gave her a blank expression.
“Aisha… It’s really lively. Especially after coming here…”
“There is not a little bit of that. We will continue to guide you.”
Alex smiled bitterly and moved on.
“The ‘man’ that Aisha spoke of… Are you talking about that man?”
“Yes. Recently, Aisha has been learning her secretary’s job from Eunhyun. However… It seems that it was a little harsher than I thought.”
Aisha and Merdin quit Krasir a few weeks ago and suddenly came to Alex to ask for help.
It was because he was worried about not being able to help the duke family and Alex in the last case.
“Keah!”
Yuria made a subtle expression, and as she followed Alex to the training ground, she flinched and stopped at the sound of the men’s screams.
“This sound…”
As she pictured her ominous imagination in her head, Yuria heard the voices of those in the training ground.
“No. 13, do you have a personality problem?”
“Turn it off! Uh, no!”
Eun-hyeon asks with a sharp voice, and the man’s voice hurriedly responds in surprise while screaming.
“Then why are you stopping? If number 13 stops here and collapses, the red team to which number 13 belongs will lose to the blue team. Because of the complacent thought of wanting to rest comfortably 13 times, it leads to the disadvantage of the entire team receiving a penalty.”
“I will not stop!”
“Nine times! Why not show teamwork! Are you individualistic!?”
“No!”
“Come on, move!”
“Quaaaaa!”
The voices of many people mixed with screams and the voice of a man brushing them off.
Those voices and screams reminded of the memories of the past that were deeply embedded in Yuria’s head.
Memories of the terrible physical training she had been forced to receive after being caught by Eun-hyeon using Illyana’s magic lessons as bait in the training grounds of the Great Labyrinth of Archis.
Still remembering that time, YuRia’s whole body trembled as if she had faced something terrifying.
“… Princess?”
Seeing Yuria’s actions of forcibly calming her down by grabbing both of her arms to calm her trembling body, Alex made a puzzled expression on her face.
“I think I’m going crazy…”
“… Yes?”
“Please stop training right now.”
At Yuria’s sudden request, Alex made an expression that he didn’t understand her reason.
“Suddenly, what…”
“I think I’m going to get mentally ill because of the trauma, so stop it right now. Please train me!”
