Chapter 483 – 483. The Secret of the Kingdom’s Greatest Knight
Erin, who returned to her house after finishing the nine-tailed fox training today, immediately threw herself into her bath.
“Whoah…”
The muscles in her body loosened, the fatigue accumulated in her body was relieved, and her pleasant languor spread like a wave throughout her body.
“Ah… Ok…”
Her breath flowed naturally as she immersed her whole body in the warm water from which her steam rose.
For a moment, Erin recalled the frenzied time she had with Eunhyeon and Illyana, Eleanor and Lily in the basement room.
“That was great…”
It’s completely different from when I spent the night alone with Eun-hyeon.
How far a person’s body and mind can become vulgar, she felt as if she had seen the entrance to the road leading to the end.
“Still…”
When asked if she was in a good mood, Erin laughed heartily as she self-answered that she was very happy.
“Hi-Hi.”
She rocked her body back and forth in her bath, feeling her happiness as she recalled the memory of her being much loved.
After taking her bath and drying her wet hair, Erin came out into the living room and witnessed a very rare sight.
“Miss Lily? Then what should I do next?”
“First, shred the onion and stir-fry it…”
“…”
Hero is learning to cook from the maid of the house where he lives.
It is a very unbalanced sight itself.
Even a man with a well-trained physique is wearing a pink apron with a cat pattern embroidered on it and holding a kitchen knife to cut vegetables.
The sight was so foreign and unexpected that Erin lost her words.
She came to her senses belatedly and opened her mouth.
“Gerard… ? What are you doing here… ?”
“Oh? Miss Erin. You worked really hard in training today.”
“Yes. But that’s Gerard-sama too… ?”
Erin did not understand this situation.
The fact that Gerard, who was taught by the nine-tailed fox with her on how to handle the power of divine waters, ended up staying inside this dungeon, and that he lives in the shrine of the nine-tailed fox, is a fact she knows even Erin.
The nine-tailed fox was very dissatisfied with the fact that his housemate suddenly appeared in his shrine, but he did not expel Gerard by expressing it directly.
He is a gentleman full of manners, but what he does is a pervert, and he is not a bad guy.
But that didn’t explain the situation.
“But what the hell are you doing here… ?”
Why is Gerard learning to cook from Lily in the living room of this house?
“Haha, this time I became interested in cooking.”
Gerard smiled and talked about the situation.
The trigger was that Lily regularly brought meals to Gumiho whenever the time was right, from breakfast to lunch to dinner.
Now sitting in the shrine of the nine-tailed fox, Gerard took on the role of managing the shrine to impress the fox.
Like Lily, Erin gave a look of indignation at the hero who had become a housekeeper.
“…”
Anyway, she is even more dumbfounded, probably because she is very active and satisfied.
“… Does Miho eat the food Gerard-nim made?”
“Well. Shouldn’t we give it a try?”
Erin wondered if the gumiho would eat Gerard’s food.
In her head, she pictured the situation.
‘I’m glad I didn’t upset the table…’
She then shook her head and asked Gerard again.
“By the way, Gerard. Aren’t you very busy?”
“Hmm? No. I am free now.”
Gerard, who had spent his life wandering in various places to track down the warlocks, no longer needed to do that.
This is because the Heilangdan is currently performing his role under Eunhyeon’s command.
Originally, Gerard, who also had a rating as a skilled adventurer, had enough wealth in his hands to live without having to work.
Besides, he is now in the midst of spending time in self-training to deal with the power of the newly acquired Shinsoo.
In the process, Gerard’s intention to impress the nine-tailed fox is uncompromising and infinitely honest.
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The garden of the Marquis Olivion’s mansion, where the banquet began, is full of splendor.
The outdoor garden, filled with the performances of invited musicians, was full of tea with the fragrance and appearance of the food displayed in a buffet style.
From the ingredients procured, the environment cultivated, and the performance of talented musicians, it was Riod’s daughter, Eira, who planned everything from start to finish.
“… I think I prepared too fancy.”
It was a banquet for himself to celebrate the succession of the dukedom, but Riode did not like this banquet full of splendor and luxury.
Rather than being thrifty, due to Leo’s personality, who doesn’t like useless waste, the banquet in front of him was nothing more than a meaningless one full of luxury and vanity.
To be honest, I wasn’t too happy about holding a banquet to celebrate Seungjak.
“What are you talking about? Father. This is an occasion to inform all the nobility and people of this country of my father’s status. There’s no way you can’t prepare for it.”
Despite Rio de’s disapproving words, Eira’s attitude was firm.
As much as she was proud of being the daughter of Riod, the best knight in the kingdom and the owner of the Olivion family, Aira did not hesitate to use all means at her disposal to raise Riod’s prestige.
“Besides, this is also a place prepared with Eunhyeon-nim’s favor.”
“… Hmm.”
Another reason for Rio de’s disapproval is that most of the funds raised to prepare for this banquet came from his friend Eun-hyeon’s personal pocket.
It is very uncomfortable for her to think that her friend’s money, which is not her own, is used arbitrarily and used for something close to waste.
“You said you didn’t have to worry about it.”
It is Eun-hyeon, who was scheduled to attend this banquet, who intrudes into her father-daughter conversation.
Although she is a friend, Eun-hyeon, who was attending a banquet in a public place to celebrate her friend’s victory, appeared wearing a formal dress.
“Wow… ! Sister! The dress is very pretty!”
Erin, who was escorted by Eunhyun’s arms and attended the banquet with her, saw Eira’s dress and her eyes twinkled.
Wearing her luxurious necklace studded with green emeralds, Eira’s figure is as beautiful and noble as that of a country’s princess.
“Huh. Thank you. Erin also has a very pretty dress.”
“Well, compared to my older sister…”
Erin blushed as if it was embarrassing for her to compliment her own appearance.
“No. Very pretty. Did Eunhyunnim make the dress herself?”
“Yes!”
“I see. The fabric is also very luxurious.”
The design of the dress and the dress in which the material of the soft fabric was harmonized made Erin’s charm stand out even more.
“Lol. Yes? Hyun-i is so amazing!”
“Huh.”
When she praised herself, she was shy and denied it, but she has no hesitation in praising Eun-hyeon, who became her husband.
Seeing Erin’s bright face, Eirado smiled happily and nodded her head.
She then shifted her gaze to Eun-hyeon and bowed her head to express her gratitude.
“Thank you so much for your help in preparing the banquet to celebrate her father.”
“No. Usually, this side also received a lot of help from Leo. Than that…”
Eunhyun looked over the many things prepared in the garden of her mansion and smiled.
“You prepared very grandiosely.”
“Yes. Maybe I used too much?”
Eira thought of the amount she had spent preparing for this banquet, but she put on a slightly embarrassed expression.
Even though Eun-hyeon had permission to use it as she liked, it wasn’t that she wasn’t stabbed by her conscience at all.
“No. Because that’s what I meant to do. On the contrary, it’s nice to see that he’s very motivated.”
“It is a place for my father. Thank you for saying that.”
“Okay.”
“Seniors. Ready.”
In the midst of continuing the conversation, her Cha Han-seong called Dagawa Eira.
“Okay? Okay. I’ll be there soon. Then Eunhyun. Erin. I’m just…”
“Okay.”
“Hyunah. Can I follow her sister?”
“Huh.”
“Okay! Sister! What can I do to help?”
Eira smiled in Erin’s favor and nodded her head.
And she checked the finish of the banquet preparations with Erin and Cha Han-sung.
“That person also helped with the preparations.”
Looking at Cha Han-seong’s face, which she hadn’t seen in a long time, Eun-hyeon muttered softly.
“It’s not just that guy. All the members helped.”
Eira wasn’t the only one putting her heart and soul into the preparations for this banquet.
All the members of the Artia Knights under him were busily moving to celebrate Riod’s victory.
The members, who believed that the honor of the leader of the knights whom they respected were naturally directly related to the honor of Artia, showed unprecedented unity and helped prepare for this banquet.
“You are truly a commander respected by your subordinates.”
“Sounds useless.”
It was close to an emotionless tone of voice, but Eun-hyeon, who had been with him for a long time, was well aware that the quick response itself meant that Riod was forcing himself out of embarrassment.
“Isn’t Illyana here?”
“You don’t like noisy things. And she said that she doesn’t come to prenatal education because it’s bad.”
“… Prenatal education from that guy’s mouth. It’s a big deal because I live.”
Lyod replied with a subtle expression.
I can’t imagine the words coming out of the mouth of a nasty, reckless witch who has always acted on her own with the title of an eight-digit high-ranking wizard.
“I still want you to tell me I’m sorry.”
When he conveyed Illyana’s words with a wry smile, Rio de calmly shook his head.
“No. I understand.”
Theresia, her own wife, was also absent from the banquet at Riod.
Theresia, who was about to give birth as she had already reached her full term, had been extremely discouraged even by Rio de.
Even though she was just in the early stages of her pregnancy, it wasn’t that she couldn’t understand Illyana’s situation.
And in order to express her regret, she noticed Eun-hyeon’s inner feelings that she had given her a lot of support in preparing her own banquet.
“Congratulations on your victory.”
Eunhyun smiled and congratulated her friend on his success.
Eunhyun reached out and asked for a handshake, and Riod responded by holding it.
“Without your help, I wouldn’t have come this far.”
It always has been.
From the time we met 20 years ago, if it weren’t for Eun-hyeon, who supported and led many of her colleagues from behind, neither peace on this continent nor this happy time would exist.
Many people praised Riod as a hero.
However, these are words that Eun-hyeon can say because everyone else does not know the results of her hard work.
Gerard, Anies, Alice, and Illyana were probably thinking the same way as Leo.
There was only one person in the world who could be called a hero by their standards.
‘You are my hero.’
The words that he could never say out of his mouth because they didn’t suit his temper, Leo de engraved them into his heart again.
He is a body belonging to the country, and has a family and position to serve the royal family, but the place he is loyal to is not actually the royal family.
Loyalty as a knight dedicated to one’s own hero, individual.
It was a small secret of Riod that even the person he admired was not aware of.
