Chapter 172 – The Reigning Monster
Claire stopped every day at a shabby tavern on the corner of South Street, with two-story lodgings.
And, I drank water.
Very slowly
Even if you cover your face with a hood, you can’t hide your beauty. Silver hair that shines softly.
The curvature of her body stands out very much over the white blouse.
For a deviation from the most famous knight commander in the kingdom, it wasn’t much fun.
However, the innkeeper did not recommend common alcohol and only wiped the glass.
I vaguely understand why she stopped by here.
Claire has been going here for several days.
This is a bar that I often went to for dinner with the White Flower Knights.
Occasionally, Claire was also brought here and chatted with them.
Of course, no one offered young Claire a drink, and even if there was, it was Globa.
Sirocco scolded Globa, and laughed together with Claire by his side.
“…”
Lips just fall off.
Thinking that you can never go back just makes you feel nostalgic.
After a while, loud footsteps were heard, as if to break Claire’s silent reminiscence.
The door opens, and large men line up to fill the seats.
Claire looked around for a moment in confusion,
He knew he was a peculiar man here, so he lowered his eyes again and remained quiet.
“Who is this?
However, someone recognized Claire right away.
Claire silently tried to pay the innkeeper to leave, but
Her large, shaggy hand grasped her wrist.
“…Where are you going?”
“I have nothing to say with you.”
Men laugh loudly.
“Don’t you say hello in front of the seniors?”
“A senior?”
Claire was the first to take a look at the man’s bearded, ugly face with interest.
She doesn’t remember having a senior like that.
However, the symbol the man pulled out of his cape was enough to surprise Claire.
Pale crescent moon.
“I am Pilanos, the leader of the Changwol Knights.”
… The now-disappeared, legendary knights.
Changwol…… ?
Claire’s brow furrowed.
“And the Cardol over there is the leader of the ‘new’ Hundred Flowers Knights.”
Claire immediately shook off Pilanos’ hand.
“No time for fooling around.”
“Really. We were appointed by Lord Collint. We’re better than the female knights who ran away.”
“Did you tremble when you heard Changwol’s name?”
“…Until recently, I didn’t even know such a thing existed. Also, isn’t it embarrassing to rely on someone else’s prestige?”
“Isn’t that the same for you?”
Pilanos leaned back on the back of his chair and raised his chin.
“The knight commander of the kingdom, who swore to protect the royal family, fled in front of the demon king?
Commander of the Shin Baekhwa Knights. Cardol smiled sinisterly and agreed.
“I guess you were afraid of the demon king?”
“…”
Ran away
That may be true.
Claire couldn’t complete her mission, and couldn’t stand the pact she made with her princess……
I dared to put the national treasure 〈 White Dragon Sword 〉 that the princess gave me into the ground and left it behind.
Even though he knew that a coup had occurred, he did not go to the royal palace.
The reason is….
“I will definitely catch Chokgoe.”
This is because the current royal family has chosen to succumb to the tentacle monster.
In order to protect many people, wouldn’t it be better to go under the command of Sir Collint?
You’d be lying if you said you never thought about it.
“Then you should have gone to our captain and bowed your head.”
“I’ll think about accepting you as a subordinate. Claire.”
“I will decline.”
However.
Sometimes there are times when you have to go the chosen path rather than the better path.
That day.
The day I returned the white dragon sword and defeated the knight commander of the kingdom.
Claire had delivered a clear message to Chokkai.
I will not accept this pact…… Called.
If you show an opening again, I will kill you.
In addition…….
“Looking at you guys, I don’t think it would be too different from Sir Colint.”
“What?”
“You bitch!”
When the self-proclaimed knight commanders stood up and grabbed the handle of the sword,
Claire quietly warned.
“Don’t pull it out.”
“…”
“I don’t want to think that someone stupid enough to not know the difference in skill with my opponent has become my successor.”
“To pretend to be proud.”
Pilanos and Cardol sat back in their chairs and laughed badly.
“We’re just here for a drink. If you don’t want to open a drink, get out of here.”
“There’s nothing for you to do in Furnaul. Sir Colint’s soldiers are guarding it.”
“You’ll know if you watch.”
Haha. A woman who can cut mountains with one swing of a knife says she can’t kill people because she’s afraid. That’s why you failed.”
“Watch out what these brothers are doing.”
The last words I heard as I left the inn were,
Even when I tried not to pay attention, it strangely got stuck in Claire’s chest.
Is the sword prepared for sacrifice really a strong sword?
Sirocco, once the fight started, she would have told me to swing it without hesitation.
Claire can’t.
You cannot wield a sword to protect people against people.
But that’s if you can’t beat Chokkai.
I quit the knight commander,
Should I give up being human next time?
‘…… I do not know. Sister.’
It is a night that Sirocco misses.
She was suddenly haunted by the thought that it might be her who had passed by.
No way.
Even though she thinks it can’t be, the energy is similar.
Her big breasts are also similar.
Claire caught her recklessly pressing down on her hood.
“Excuse me!”
“…?”
The woman who turned around
She was very beautiful, but…… It wasn’t Sirocco.
Platinum hair that looks like white snowflakes have melted in bright golden color.
Green eyes that seem to fall….
Claire hadn’t seen anyone this beautiful lately, and was just dazed.
It seems that the opponent did the same.
“…You didn’t catch it for hunting, did you?”
Bold voice.
Claire blushed in embarrassment.
“I’m sorry. I mistook you for someone else…”
“Sorry, can you recommend a bar?”
“Yes?”
“Dinning out with adventurers doesn’t suit me. I like a quiet place to drink.”
Her gaze turns to the inn/tavern where Claire left earlier.
“You’d better stop there.”
Claire stopped her.
“……It will be noisy. Very.”
“Then, where should we find a room and have a drink together?”
“Yes?”
“It’s a face you want to drink too.”
The white-blonde woman began to walk towards the inn with strides, as if to come if she was attracted to her.
Claire complies, although embarrassed.
After taking a few bottles of alcohol and snacks from the store, the woman entered her room and sat down with Claire.
When you lower the hood,
Distinctive long ears are revealed.
‘Elf.’
Claire peeped at her ear and saw why she was so fantastically pretty.
“Aren’t you taking that off?”
“…”
It was a conversation that could be misunderstood by anyone,
If the other person is not a Purnaul resident, there seems to be no reason to have an uncomfortable conversation even if you show your face, so you readily lower the hood.
The elf sat across from Claire and said while pouring a drink.
“I am Eli.”
“It’s Claire…”
“Aren’t you drinking?”
Claire stared blankly at the glass.
Like Ellie staring at her with her glass and not knowing what to do.
“It’s my first time drinking…”
“It does look like it.”
“What does it mean?”
When Claire got a little hot, Ellie laughed like she was having fun.
“He looks like someone who has only wielded a sword his whole life.”
Not wanting to be seen as her innocent virgin, Claire forces herself to empty her glass.
Usually, when you drink alcohol for the first time, your reaction is set.
It’s bitter and tasteless… I want something like this
“… Mr. Ellie, the country is in an emergency, is it okay for her to go around alone as a woman?”
“I’m here for an emergency.”
Ellie showed her gold-rated adventurer’s license from her pocket.
‘Gold level adventurer.’
Seeing that the license has an extra three stars,
Ellie can see that she is a fairly famous adventurer.
Oddly enough, though, it’s just that the industries are slightly different, so you don’t know each other at all.
One is a famous adventurer, but Claire has no idea.
Ellie doesn’t even know her, the owner of her famous embankment.
“I hear the kingdom is in trouble? The princess is being taken in, and now…”
“Sir Collint has taken over the royal court.”
“They say it was a special measure to fight the demon king. Is that correct?”
“…I’m not sure if it was the right thing to do.”
Even though I thought that fighting Chokkai was a desirable trend in my heart,
Claire’s mind clouded when she thought of the disgrace and humiliation the princess would experience.
“But… It was necessary to fight the monster.”
The princess has lost her trust.
Even though Demon King Chokgae became a real enemy threatening the kingdom,
Because of his lukewarm attitude, complaints continued.
That flow completely shattered the connection with the feudal lords.
In this short period of time.
With fatal scandals such as [Chu-Chu of Promises] Breaking out….
Everyone is shocked by the princess’s shameless behavior.
“Well, the security is tight here and there.”
Today.
In Purnaul, security is controlled by Lord Collint’s private army, not by the capital’s guards.
A much more oppressive atmosphere than before.
We put a curfew so you can’t even walk around at night…….
Claire is also tired when he runs into her, so he always runs around avoiding her.
The soldiers caught women and sexually harassed them to find out if they had a relationship with Chok-goe.
She dragged and tortured the woman who had already been confirmed to be in a relationship.
When Princess Aira was in her royal family, there was a tendency to treat them as patients suffering from heterogeneous damage.
After the Demon Lord Chokkai shoots up the ‘black pillar’,
Collint took control of the royal family and everything changed.
Women should live in an attitude that always proves how chaste their bodies are.
“The Choking type is a dangerous Demon King. Especially for women…”
“Thank you for your concern, but my goal is not the demon lord.”
“Then…?”
“I’m going around to destroy the idol of the evil god Premia.”
Evil spirit. Premia.
It’s a name so famous that even a 7-year-old would know it.
She is a goddess that is rarely spoken of.
