Chapter 288 – 288. Protagonist (1)
“Great job.”
Indeed, after the court meeting, Eun-hyeon spoke to Alex, leaving behind some aristocrats who were attacked and left behind.
“What is this?”
Alex’s expression was calm as he shook his head and replied.
“For what Ashton did, I think he’s paying the kid back.”
“I’ll tell Erin too.”
“I would appreciate it if you would.”
“Okay then. I’m going to go eat…”
It wasn’t that everything was finished, but now that the issue of whether the frontier fortress had been supported and the new members of Krasir had been settled to some extent, Eun-hyeon was about to propose a meal to Riod in the mood of a dinner party.
“Alex.”
“Princess.”
Seeing Yuria who had intruded into the conversation, Alex gave her a small nod.
“I’m sorry, but it seems I had a prior arrangement.”
“I guess so.”
Leaving Alex behind, Eun-hyeon left the meeting room with Leo and went straight ahead.
“You, do you work as soon as one job is finished?”
“Because I have more work to do.”
Riod, who was entrusted with the task of interrogating Krasir’s new recruits, had no rest even after the battle at the Border Fortress had ended.
In the first place, Krasir was ashamed to have entrusted this case, which had arisen from a conflict with Erin, to Artia rather than to Krasir, who was involved in the matter.
It was like losing the queen’s trust.
“But I don’t intend to go all-out on this one from the beginning. It’s because I have urgent business right now.”
“Is it urgent?”
“It is a chore. Come to think of it, I want to ask you a favor too.”
“… ?”
Unable to understand what was being said, Eunhyeon widened her eyes.
“Doing housework? Aren’t we on our way to your Templar office?”
“I plan to take Eira and head straight to the mansion. If you don’t have a separate schedule, I’d like you to follow me too. No, please follow me.”
Although the way he speaks is a polite request, it is strangely coercive.
While his usual serious and solemn attitude was slightly shaken, Leo was strangely restless and nervous.
To explain his expression, he’s worried about a problem right now.
“No, what the hell is going on?”
“Theresia is pregnant.”
With a stiff face, Eun-hyeon’s steps stopped abruptly at the simple information delivered.
“… What?”
“My wife is having a third…”
“No. No, no, I got that. What I want to ask is…”
Swept away by the atmosphere of Rio de, Eun-hyun, who heard the unexpected news of the sergeant, sorted out the words in her head and put them out of his mouth.
“Since when?”
“The doctor said it’s been a little over four weeks.”
“No, then it was before the support expedition. Did you go out without knowing?”
Could this guy be a serious workaholic?
I just want to ask a question.
Eun-hyeon gave a slightly tired gaze at the indifference of not being by her wife’s side at an important time and stepping into her on a dangerous expedition with her life on her own.
Lyod, who understood what he was trying to say, also frowned slightly and explained.
“I know what you’re thinking, but I didn’t know either. It was something I learned upon returning from an expedition. If you knew… At least he wouldn’t have taken Ayla on an expedition.”
He must have held off Eira’s departure so that she could take care of Theresia in case something happened.
She thought that at least in this part, she couldn’t help it, and she didn’t agree with Rio de’s decision.
“It was still in the early days, and it was the time before an important expedition, so they said they didn’t tell me on purpose.”
“… So, what do you want to ask of me?”
“Of course I want you to look at her wife’s condition.”
“No, I don’t think the doctor is coming for check-ups on a regular basis. I honestly don’t have much experience in examining pregnant women…”
I don’t know why you’re asking yourself for a checkup.
“That too, but I think you are the cause of the sudden birth of a third child between us.”
“Me?”
“The medicine given to me.”
“Ah.”
Last year, when Eun-hyeon was drinking with Gerard and Leo de, she had given Leo a large amount of tonic and other various effects to satisfy Theresia’s desire to have a third child. There was.
Rio de, who has been eating it steadily for almost a year, is as strong as a man in his 20s compared to his age.
“The doctor who came for the checkup said it was time to be very mindful of her wife’s physical condition as well.”
Being a late child who has just entered the age of forty is definitely an auspicious thing.
I heard nothing but great things from the two couples who made it happen.
Aside from that, the health of the mother who is carrying her child deserves special attention.
“Write…”
Eun-hyeon, who had at least indirectly contributed to Therezina’s pregnancy, nodded her head as she listened to the circumstances.
Riod’s request, aside from checking on Theresia’s health condition, was to make medicine that would help her stay healthy.
“What… It’s not that difficult.”
“Thanks.”
As she couldn’t help it, she nodded her head, and Leo de nodded her head as well.
Soon, Eun-hyeon came up with a disturbing thought.
“Could this be true… Do you know Illyana?”
“I don’t even know that. Shouldn’t I know?”
“No, because I remembered that you told me that you wanted to have a child these days.”
“… Is that guy?”
This time, instead of Eunhyeon, he stopped at Riod’s side, and his blunt face changed to a slightly surprised expression.
“The cause is after seeing Alice’s child…”
“Right.”
Riod remembered the face of his former teammate whom he had met in 20 years.
The youngest member of the team, who welcomed an elf who had appeared in legends and stories as a companion and brought her daughter, had become a mother of a child before she knew it.
And while many things have changed, some things have not changed.
“Can the eyes be repaired?”
“I’m thinking of making prosthetic eyes.”
“Bill?”
“An artificial eye that can replace the function of an eye.”
“… Is that possible?”
“I have to try.”
Even Agies, who has the miracle of restoring bodily defects, could not heal Alice’s eyes.
In the case of a normal amputation wound, it is enough just to restore the damaged eyeball.
The eyeball exposed to the attack of the contaminated mana damaged the optic nerve as it was, reaching a point where it could not be restored even with divine power.
In the end, the only thing Anyes could do to save Alice was to goug out her eyes.
On the rare occasion of Anies’ side, the reason why she first said that she wanted to help her Eun-hyeon regarding Alice’s treatment is because she still feels responsible for what happened at that time.
“Fortunately, we have some means to use.”
By her side is Illyana, who can bestow high-level enchantments.
In the process of severing the ends of her damaged optic nerve, she also has an anes that can minimize the strain on Alice’s body, just in case anything goes wrong.
After finishing the idea in her head, transplanting her two eyes, which were made by her, and showing her the light again, her future was gradually being completed.
“At least… She wants to make her baby her daughter’s face visible with her own eyes.”
Even if it’s a fake prosthesis.
Rather than touching her daughter and her husband’s face, and making a determination by voice.
I want to make her see the faces of her family through her own eyes.
It was the best Eunhyeon could do for her colleague with whom she teamed up in the past.
“Right.”
Riod listened to Eunhyun’s small wish and calmly nodded her head.
“Is there anything I can do to help?”
“Well, I can’t think of anything.”
Unfortunately, there was nothing in particular that Riod could help with in this case.
She nodded her head slightly, as if regretting it.
“I get it.”
“More than that, how is your situation? Your knights also went on a support expedition. Were there any casualties or seriously injured?”
“There were serious injuries, but no casualties. They are all guys I personally picked and trained. I didn’t run away like the other guys.”
“You’ll be fine.”
Laughing at the pride she had for her own knights, Eunhyeon shrugged her shoulders.
From the founding of the Order of Knights until now, Artia, who has personally selected and trained the members through interviews and has led them until now, is the pride of Riod today.
Now, Riod is literally the sword of this country itself.
Ugh
“Hmm?”
While having a brief chat, he was on his way to Artia Headquarters with Riod.
At the vibration that rang in her arms, Eun-hyeon took out a crystal ball and channeled his mana into it.
Soon, a man’s voice came from inside the crystal ball.
-Are you busy?
It was the voice of Runan, the leader of Heilangdan, who is currently working under Eunhyeon as the source of information.
“What is going on?”
-The ‘that guy’ you said. Find your current location.
Eunhyeon realized who the ‘that guy’ Runan had been talking about was and stopped.
“You found it?”
-Okay. Due to the previous Stampede incident, it is said that he became a new member of Artia.
“… What?”
No, why is he there?
In that moment, Eunhyun almost said that.
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“Win! I won again!”
“You’re amazing, lady!”
“Oh yea! It’s reverse! 3 gold coins!Hee hee!”
“You just kill yourself. Baby!”
“Jenzuaaang!”
As many people’s voices were mixed, the outdoor training ground at Artia Headquarters was very noisy.
Entering the Knights Headquarters, which she had visited for the first time in a year, Erin felt dizzy in the noisy atmosphere of the training ground.
The Knights of Artia, who exchanged brief greetings with Erin on the support expedition after a long time, left a big impression on Errin, who subdued many monsters using unknown power in the border fortress.
Afterwards, Erin, who visited Pernin after a long time following Eunhyeon, was spending time with Eira at the Artia Headquarters. Am.
“Oh, I’m crazy…”
The cry of a knight who lost in a sparring with Erinn and bursts into anger.
The voices of fellow knights booing such knights.
Voices cheering and congratulating Erin with interest in her growth.
As a result of the simulated sparring, while the bets were being made, the winners and losers were divided, and the reactions of those who won gold coins and those who lost were showing a huge difference to the extreme.
“Hey! Newcomer! Next time, you should try it too!”
“No, I don’t really…”
Hearing the pointed voice of the knight, Erin turned her head and stared at the owner of the voice.
Black hair and black eyes.
“Um… ?”
Staring at the face of the man being pointed out, Erin made a strange expression, seized by a strange sense of incongruity.
The color of black-haired black-eyed hair and eyes were also very interesting, but his features reminded me of someone somewhere.
‘He resembles Hyun… ?’
Fundamentally, it doesn’t mean that the face is exactly the same, but the atmosphere and the shape of the features that can be felt made me think that it resembles Eunhyun.
Erin spoke to the nearest knight.
“You haven’t seen it, but are you a new member?”
“You know right away? During the last Mograf region support expedition, he was recommended by Eira and came in after a special entrance test. The unique name is Cha Han-seong, an ancient man.”
“Ancient…”
Erin realized why she had a strange feeling that the black-haired, black-eyed new member in front of her was similar to Eun-hyeon.
