Chapter 654 – 654. The Witch and the Sword Master (1)
“Huh! Haam.”
Erin, waking from her slumber, greeted the morning with a big stretch and her yawn.
The sun was already high in the sky for it to be morning, but to Erin, who had just woken up, it was like morning.
In the end, Erin, who had exhausted her stamina by mixing and having fun with her body, fell asleep again, and it wasn’t until the day passed that she woke up after lunch.
“Eww… My back is still sore. Still… Hi-Hi.”
Erin stroked her own stomach and couldn’t contain her big smile.
It felt like I could still feel the warm energy that filled her belly, and it felt like happiness was permeating her whole body.
She then looked around her.
“Hyeoni… Did you go out?”
Considering that it is lunch time right now, due to Eun-hyeon’s diligent nature, she must have already been doing something outside her house or went to get lunch just in time for Erin to get up.
“Ha… Good night. It’s a break you’ll taste after a while.”
Erin laid back on her bed and let out a loose laugh.
No matter how much she never skips basic training and lives diligently every day, Erin, who sleeps a lot in the morning, has a very lazy personality.
Isn’t it really the best to have Eun-hyun by her side, to get up when she wants to wake up and not have to do anything?
She was intoxicated with the sweet rest that comes after a raid expedition.
Sure enough, Eunhyun opened the door and entered the room just in time.
“Woke up?”
“Huh.”
Erin greeted her husband with a bashful smile.
And she headed for the bowl containing the food he had brought in.
There was soup that steamed up as if it had just been boiled, and steaks that were plated appetizingly were served on a tray.
What impressed me was the amount of steak.
The amount prepared for a total of 5 plates is comparable to 5 servings, not 1 serving.
“Since she just woke up, she was going to lightly bake and bring soup, but Erin thought this would be her preference. Are you okay?”
“Lol. Of course it’s fine!”
Erin, who loves to eat meat, nodded her head over and over again.
She is especially in the ranks of gluttons, so the amount of food she eats is also very high compared to women her age.
This is because she is basically well-trained and active, so as long as she consumes a lot of calories, she needs to eat a lot.
Eunhyun smiled a little and set the meal on the table.
“Thank you for this food!”
Erin giggled and held up the knife and fork Eunhyun had prepared for her.
Erin skillfully cut the steak into bite-sized pieces and put it in her mouth.
She doesn’t care and her sauce drips from the corners of her loose mouth.
Although she did not match the table etiquette that Eleanor had taught her in the Spartan way, Eunhyun just smiled and wiped her mouth.
She became a lover, and in her early days, she pretended to eat less or tried to appeal to her fragile figure, trying to show her own feminine side, but now Erin did not.
Because she knows how much she is loved, even without her pretense or shaming.
“By the way, what about Lord Riode or the Knights?”
Erin, who started eating her first meal very late, she asked Eunhyun.
“Riod has returned to Pernin.”
“Uh? Really?”
Erin paused her fork as she was dipping her steak and asked Erin, her eyes wide open.
“Huh. With the Knights of Artia this morning.”
Riod is busy.
This is because there is an agenda to be raised at the court meeting, and you must also write a report on the new ancient monsters you encountered in the raid expedition and the ant den where the monster nested.
There were various other tasks, so I couldn’t stay in the Tyrnis Territory forever.
It was obvious, but Erin put on a sad expression.
“… Hey, I couldn’t even say hello to her sister.”
She regretted it, saying that if she had known it would be like this, she would have met Eira instead of sleeping in her room.
“What happened to Ayra?”
“Huh? No. Why?”
“Hmm…”
At the time Eunhyeon tried to return to Pernin without answering Erin’s question, she remembered Eira’s face, who strangely blushed and avoided her gaze.
It was like a virgin who couldn’t look at Eun-hyeon’s face because she was embarrassed after thinking about something strange.
She asked about Erin’s condition while not being able to meet Eunhyeon’s eyes.
“I asked if you were okay?”
“Your sister?”
“Uh.”
“… Why?”
Erin couldn’t figure out why either.
“I will go to her mansion to see her sister later. Than that…”
She soon put aside the question that she couldn’t answer even after thinking about it, and Erin changed the subject.
“Then what are we doing now?”
“Hmm. Shall we play for a while?”
“… Uh? Really?”
She was more surprised than when Erin heard that Riod and the Knights of Artia had returned first.
The reaction was that he couldn’t believe that the word “Play” Came out of Eunhyeon’s mouth.
“… Are you okay? Aren’t you busy?”
Erin watched her husband carefully.
He is always busy
Unless she has a special job, I’ve never seen her skip her daily practice of swordsmanship, and it’s normal for her to go around with various other activities.
“I have something to ask for here.”
“Are you going to save it?”
“To buy medicines and food materials that are good for pregnant women.”
“Aha.”
Erin nodded her head in agreement.
Currently, the territory of Tirnis, where the two are located, is a large port city where large-scale merchant ships are anchored.
Of course, as many items come in, you will be able to see and obtain many things, including rare medicines and ingredients.
“And there are things I want to get separately.”
“What is that?”
“Tears of Hearing.”
“… ?”
At the first hearing of her name, Erin tilted her head as she started eating her steak again.
She only guessed from hearing the name, that she was the material to make something out of.
“Are these the materials needed to make the artifact?”
“That’s right.”
Tears of the Blue Sea is the name given to a mysterious jewel sleeping in the sea, and it was quite famous among people who make a living at sea.
The Tears of the Blue Sea, which constantly contain a lot of magic power and have the effect of absorbing mana present in the air and storing it neatly, is a jewel that creates magic power permanently like a spring that never runs dry.
It was also a divine material that scholars who deal with alchemy and magicians wanted to analyze without fail.
“… That’s great.”
It was such a story that even Erin, after hearing her explanation, swallowed the steak she was eating and admired it.
As she listened to the story, she knew what to use for the tears she heard.
She said, “She said she would resurrect her friend, her doll, right? Are you going to write it there?”
“That’s right.”
The only puppeteer who created Emilia and other dolls.
Eun-hyeon laughed because it was somehow funny that he remembered something about Archis.
“By the way, Hyuna. How can I get something like that?”
It wasn’t that he underestimated himself or Eunhyun’s ability.
She didn’t even think that anything would be impossible for Eun-hyeon, who had superior abilities than her in various ways, whether through her career as an adventurer or through her military and financial strength.
She is just Erin, who has seen various ruins, relics, and artifacts while acting as an adventurer, but she has never heard of the material called Tears of the Blue Sea or a material that has an effect similar to it, so I have a question.
“I ordered Black Wand to gather information in advance. Tomorrow evening, a merchant ship carrying the tears of the Blue Sea will dock at Tirtis Port.”
Even Eun-hyeon wasn’t sure if the information he had collected was real or fake.
However, since the rumor could not have spread without any basis, and it was at least worth checking the truth of the rumor, Eun-hyeon stayed.
“If you want to go back, you can go first.”
“Huh, Hyun-i is here, so there’s no way I could leave Hyun-i alone and go home.”
Erin said to her Eunhyun with her confident face.
“Liana-sama told me to take good care of Hyun-i.”
Seeing her young wife proudly telling her to trust only herself, Eunhyeon smiled.
She is in contrast to yesterday, when she was lying on the bed and showing a disheveled appearance.
This was the reason she didn’t bring Erin back with Riod or the Knights.
With her affection and responsibility, Eun-hyeon did not stop her from trying to be with him.
“Then, before the merchant ship arrives tomorrow, shall we go on a date while shopping for the first time in a while?”
“Good! Let’s eat this quickly, get ready, and then go out!”
Erin nodded her head eagerly.
Erin ate her steak, anticipating plenty of time to spend with her husband, and joyfully imagining what Illyana might need.
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“Lily! Good meat came in this time! I’ll give it to you cheaply, so buy it!”
“Lily! Please say thank you to the lord for helping me last time.”
“The apples that came in this time are really fresh! I’ll serve you some, so go eat!”
All the vendors in the shopping district bowed their heads to Lily, showing her goodwill.
It was pure goodwill, not mixed with anything like a dark heart hoping for something in return.
“Thank you.”
Lily smiled as she gratefully accepted the apples the vendor had put in her basket.
If they were aiming for something with this favor as an excuse, they would not have accepted it at all, but Lily couldn’t refuse because she knew very well that the favor shown by the people living in this territory was really pure heart stemming from respect and gratitude.
“… Hmm.”
Siete, who was following Lily, watched the scene from a distance.
It was a scene that clearly showed how influential Lily, Eleanor, who was no different from the owner of this duchy, and her husband Eun-hyeon had in this duchy.
Eleanor, who has real authority over the management of the territory as acting lord.
And the existence of Eun-hyeon, who is currently holding the largest flow of cash, was already known to everyone in the know among the young people.
It was only natural that Yeongji-min, who was in the position of Eul, who was worried about what harm would be done if he was out of sight, would notice the people in power, who were in the position of A, who were located in a high place that they could not even look at.
However, the territories of the Duchy of Armitas, who were trying to maintain a clean and secure environment, were a little different.
They were rare people who respected and admired lords and nobles.
It was because he knew very well that the Duke family’s policy of creating a space for people to live in, guaranteeing human rights there, and giving maximum consideration to leading a peaceful life is enough to be grateful no matter how many times.
The consciousness permeated faster and stronger the more territories were brought in from the outside.
It was because it was so different from the facilities and policy environment of other territories.
If you live here, you don’t have to worry about eating and living.
There is no need to worry about someone’s life being threatened.
You can live like a human without being treated unfairly.
Just because there is such a place and you can live here, the people of the territory are grateful and respectful to the lord who made this place.
It was only natural that the people of the Duchy of Armitas would send goodwill to Lily, who was related to the ducal family.
“…”
Siete harbored mixed emotions when she saw Lily, who was wielding enormous influence within the dukedom, and perhaps within the kingdom of Pernias.
It was because it was none other than Eunhyeon who created this environment.
It feels like seeing the self-made image of a son whom he has not met for the first time in a long time because the news has been cut off, and what he has accomplished.
Of course, the student’s success should be rejoicing, but Siete couldn’t just rejoice.
If you look at how much he contributed to his growth and success, the weight was not so great.
‘You’ve accomplished a lot without my help.’
Siete put on a sentimental expression and thought to herself.
All he could teach him was swordsmanship.
He was of no help other than that.
Looking back now, he realized that what he had taught Eun-hyeon was really only a small thing when he considered his life.
If he hadn’t died at that time and had been with Eun-hyeon, if he had been able to stay by his side even if he couldn’t teach him more, he might have been able to see this proud sight from the side a little earlier.
“Why is that?”
Lily turned his head and tilted his head at Siete, who stopped his steps and looked at her blankly.
“… No. Nothing.”
Eventually, Siete was guided by Lily and arrived at the duke’s mansion, where the owner of this duchy resided.
“Are you here?”
The gatekeepers standing guard immediately recognized Lily’s face.
Lily, already known among the guards as she assisted Eleanor behind her, casually passed the gatekeepers.
“Let’s go. The big madam and the little madam are waiting for Siete-sama.”
“… I get it.”
For some reason, Siete, who was unusually nervous, was guided by Lily into the duke’s mansion.