Chapter 485 – 485. Promised Time (2)
“The news of His Majesty’s death is a top-secret matter that only a part of the current court knows.”
So it was natural for Yuria to ask that this story not be shared outside.
But can we reveal that important fact here?
“Princess. That… It doesn’t seem like an issue that deserves to be mentioned here.”
The news of the king’s death was a serious matter that could cause upheaval both inside and outside the kingdom.
Of course, there is no way that anyone present here would reveal this fact to an outsider, but even if she was a princess, it was not a story that Yuria as an individual could reveal this fact.
In a word, very annoying.
The death of the king, which cannot be taken lightly as his father’s death by blood, is intertwined with complex and political relationships.
There’s no way Yuria wouldn’t know that.
“Of course. But this time…”
This time, Yuria wasn’t simply moving as an individual.
He took out a small letter from her arms and handed it to Eun-hyeon.
“Hmm?”
She gave a puzzled look at Yuria’s actions and the letter she held out in her hand, but immediately realized the meaning of her actions.
She, too, was asked by someone to deliver this letter to her Eun-hyeon.
They share the fact of the death of the king, which has not been revealed in top secret, and there are not a few people who can ask Eun-hyeon for a favor through Yuri-a in the middle.
Eunhyun immediately thought of a certain person.
“Queen Diane?”
“… That’s right.”
YuRia, who nodded her head as if to affirm Eunhyun’s guess, was making a complicated expression.
“It is Queen Diane who has asked me to meet with you and deliver this letter.”
“I am surprised.”
“Me too…”
Even Yuria, who sighed lightly, had the same complicated feelings.
Queen Diane and Queen Helena’s relationship was close to a relationship in which they competed to make their respective sons, Damian and Evan, kings.
It’s a good competition, but it’s amazing that Queen Diane, who could even describe her relationship as being very bad, asked her friend, Helena Hubie’s daughter, Yuria, for a favor.
That’s why Yuria also expressed her embarrassing and complicated feelings.
“That must mean that the queen is in a hurry too.”
“… Right.”
In response to Eunhyun’s calm guess, Alex nodded her head as if she could do that too.
Conversely, it also means that the opponent that Queen Diane wanted to do her will somehow was Eun-hyeon.
Eunhyeon opened the secret letter from Queen Diana that Yuria had given her and she read it slowly.
“Hmm…”
After reading the contents of the secret letter, Eunhyeon was lost in thought.
“What is it about?”
“They want to ask for an escort to bury the king’s body.”
“… Do you have to do that?”
Lyod asked with a suspicious expression.
“That’s right. Also, it says that the Arthia Knights will also be escorted?”
Specifically, the content is that they want to entrust the escort for the king’s funeral to the Knights of Artia, not the Knights of Krasir, and to entrust Eunhyeon as part of the members.
“… Krasir won’t stand still.”
Riod showed a sour reaction that he didn’t like it that much.
Normally, when a member of the royal family dies, the role of escorting other members of the royal family to the tomb where the body of the member of the royal family is buried is the role of the royal guards who protect the royal family.
No matter how much the Knights of Krasir committed corruption by using personal connections and wealth to illegally recruit members, the role and mission of the Knights was to protect the royal family.
This is not so simple a story as it sounds.
Queen Diane broke the tradition that had been handed down from her own generation.
In fact, the fact that the honorable job of protecting the royal family was taken away from another order of knights is a story that negates the very meaning of the existence of the knights of Krasir.
There was definitely a cause, and it was an option that apparently could be, but it wasn’t a very good option.
“Why did the queen make this choice…”
No matter how recently the issue of fraudulent joining caused a stir, Alex would not have made the choice to choose Artia over Krasir if he were the king.
“Isn’t the position of the Knights Templar so good within the court?”
“It’s not that it’s not good…”
Yuria could not immediately answer Alex’s question, as she was busy with the management of the territory and was unable to grasp the political situation or power structure inside the kingdom.
It is her Eun-hyeon who answered Alex’s questions on her behalf.
“Apart from being good or bad, it’s just a question of whether or not there is someone to trust.”
“… What do you mean?”
“It looks fine from the outside, but right now the inside of Fernias Kingdom is pretty precarious.”
“…”
After the incident in which a number of aristocrats who were known to have participated in corruption were punished due to corruption reports previously spread by Eun-hyeon, the internal stability of the kingdom is currently very weak.
It is said that Queen Diane’s efforts are externally leading her country, but the reality is that it is operated with the efforts of a small number of sincere nobles who sincerely care about her safety in this country that supports her. Am.
“Isn’t it the current queen’s feeling that she literally has no one to trust?”
All the nobles who participated in the corruption were punished and removed from office, but Queen Diane knew very well how far she could be foolish and commit her transgression if she had a perverse heart and desire in her heart. There is.
She is none other than she, because she herself was.
When she gives her heart to Leo and is rejected, she realizes how foolish it was to try to make her own son king by developing ugly feelings for her.
Queen Diane gave up everything because of Eun-hyeon’s trick that wiped out all the corrupt aristocrats in the kingdom and destroyed the support base on both sides so that the factional fight itself would disappear.
She is now focused on strengthening the inner sanctuary of the precarious kingdom, rather than installing her son as crown prince, which she tried to achieve with all of her heart.
“Currently, the Krasir Guards are recruiting new members and reinforcing their strength through training. Realistically, it is true that we still lack the power to escort the royal family.”
Considering tradition or politics, you can fully expect resistance from the Knights of Krasir, but if you explain the realistic restrictions, they won’t come out strong either.
If something happened to the royal family after unreasonably recruiting personnel and escorting with insufficient power, considering the responsibility of not preventing the mishap, it is correct that this escort should be abandoned.
“Leod. Should I prepare in advance?”
Also, this secret letter was sent to Eunhyun, but on the contrary, it was also an indirect message to prepare in advance before formally giving orders to Riod.
“… I get it.”
Lyod nodded with a firm expression.
It was not my intention, it was a complicated form of stealing other people’s work and honor, but it was the first mission I received after ascending to the ducal rank.
You can’t prepare in vain.
“I knew the story well.”
After Eunhyeon finished talking, she got up from her seat.
Riod stood up at the same time and bowed his head to Yuria.
“Thank you for sharing your story. I was invited to my banquet unintentionally, but please enjoy this banquet.”
“Thank you. Olivion… Duke.”
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Inside Retona, who left the Olivion Mansion and ran towards her house, Erin smiled pleasantly, filled with her satiety.
“Hi-Hi.”
Looking at Erin’s sloppy face wearing an antique fabric dress, Eunhyeon also smiled.
“Good?”
“Huh. I ate a lot!”
Erin, who has good eating habits, is loved by other wives who say her bright appearance is cute even in her family.
“By the way, Hyuna. Where have you been?”
“Just. Let’s talk about things with Leo.”
“Huh. I see.”
Erin did not bother to ask deeply about where Eunhyun was and what she was doing during the banquet.
“Erin.”
“Huh?”
“As soon as I get home, I have to prepare for a long trip.”
“Travel?”
Erin made a puzzled expression at Eunhyun’s sudden notification.
“It’s a bit ambiguous to call it a trip.”
Since Erin has to accompany her anyway, it is of course necessary to explain the circumstances, but it is still too early for her to give a detailed explanation.
Even though Eun-hyeon was well aware that Erin was not the type to brag about anywhere, the news of the death of the King of Pernias was a serious matter that could not be explained to many people.
The timing to inform Erin was at least the timing before departure.
“Um, okay. I will prepare.”
But seeing Eun-hyeon’s profile as she focused on driving while putting on her wry smile, Erin noticed her importance to this job.
She herself should accompany him, but it is too early for her to explain the situation at this time, so she understood his feelings.
“Is it important?”
“If I have to explain, can I just say that the request came in?”
“Oh, I see.”
Erin immediately understood.
It is not uncommon for adventurers to go on long-term expeditions as a request.
In her head, she calculated the things she needed to pack, the weapons, and the food she needed, and Eun-hyeon smiled as she saw Erin deep in thought.
Now, seeing her grow into a great adventurer worthy of her gold rank is very proud of her mentor, who has nurtured and nurtured her.
“And there’s something special to take care of this time.”
“What is that?”
“I will explain that later.”
To explain this, the reason for going on this expedition and the complex story must be explained.
Erin immediately nodded her head as if she understood.
“Huh. Okay.”
After driving, Eun-hyeon returned home through the gate and immediately broke up with Erin, who was trying to pack her things in advance, and headed to her shrine.
There she found Gerard, who lived with her as a diner, but the moment she saw him, she hesitated and was speechless.
“…”
“Hmm? Ah, brother. Are you here?”
The first to speak was Gerard, who had an expression of incomprehension.
“Gerard. What are you doing?”
“Yes? I am cleaning.”
“… You didn’t ask that. Why are you cleaning?”
“Yeah… Is the floor dirty?”
“…”
Eunhyun felt strange.
Conversation doesn’t fit
What’s even more strange is his behavior.
The appearance of Gerard, who wears an apron with sky blue lace and wipes the floor and keeps the inside of the shrine clean, is obviously heterogeneous.
‘What the hell happened?’
I had heard that he flirted with a nine-tailed fox and recklessly became a guest at this shrine, but I hadn’t heard anything beyond that.
Gerard, whom I met after about a week, is completely close to a full-time housewife.
“What’s the point of you coming here?”
When there was an awkward silence between Eunhyun, who had a face of incomprehension, and Gerard, who looked puzzled at him, it was the nine-tailed fox who came out of the shrine entrance to break the short silence.
“… Goddess.”
“… Don’t ask.”
When Eunhyeon sent a look to the gumiho asking for an explanation of how Gerard became a full-time housewife, the gumiho also recognized the meaning and made an expression of chewing on a bug.
“Miho! All cleaning done! Shall I prepare dinner right away?”
“… Okay.”
The reaction of the gumiho, who made an expression that he would see all the strange things, was very cold.
“All right. Then I’ll move away for now!”
Eun-hyeon put on an expression of absurdity at Gerard’s behavior of disappearing leaving behind an afterimage using the Lee Hyeong-hwan stomach.
“… You seem to be doing pretty well, don’t you?”
“Joy. I have never forced every… He’s just doing it on his own.”
The nine-tailed fox’s snobbish attitude as he sneered and crossed his arms was quite funny.
Perhaps, if Erin had been here, he would have been astonished at this appearance, which was different from the attitude of a nine-tailed fox that he usually shows by scolding and bullying himself.
“I could have kicked you out if you wanted to.”
If he really hated it, he could have kicked Gerard out.
Eun-hyeon did not know what kind of change in her heart it would have been if the divine beast, who had been betrayed by humans and once tried to burn down the kingdom of Fernias with hatred, now allowed humans to stay in her territory.
“… The rice is delicious.”
“Yes?”
“The rice he prepares is pretty good. More than the food that your demon squire brings you.”
“…”
The reason why the gumiho accepted Gerard was a trivial reason that I hadn’t thought of at all.
When he was at a loss for words, the nine-tailed fox asked Eunhyeon again.
“Rather than that, tell me what you’re looking for.”
The nine-tailed fox knew very well that Eun-hyeon was not the one who came looking for him without any business.
He probably thought that this time he had come to ask him for a favor, and calmly waited for Eunhyeon’s answer.
“What I promised Shinsu-nim in the past. Do you remember?”
“… !”
Hearing Eunhyeon’s question, the gumiho flinched and bristled its nine tails.
“I cannot forget. I’ve been waiting for that day.”
Even without a detailed explanation, the gumiho immediately understood what Eunhyeon was trying to say.
“I see. The day has finally come…”
