Chapter 321 – Ep.320 Goldias Kingdom
Marvius returned to the tent with his servant.
The prince regained his composure when the servant said that Adrian would come visit him in person. He took the attendant, who seemed to be in some pain, to his priests and ordered him to rest before departure.
So Marvius sat alone on a chair and waited for Adrian to come someday.
Fluttering-
Seven hours after leaving the forest.
As the long tent was pulled aside, a beastman woman with dark blue hair came inside.
Short ears with hair like hair and round eyes.
A face that makes it difficult to tell what he is thinking.
It was Adrian that the prince had been waiting for so long.
Marvius quickly stood up.
Because the Ten Demon Saints were people who even the prince had to be polite to.
“Thank you for coming.”
“… Huh.”
“First. “Please sit down.”
Adrian sat in the seat prepared by the prince. Only then did Marvius sit back down in his original position.
‘… ?’
The prince sat down and blinked at the sweet smell coming from Adrian.
‘… ‘It’s not honey.’
It wasn’t that blatant kind.
Very subtle. And strange…
“Business-“
“Oh, sorry.”
Marvius, who felt the sweet smell coming from her as if her heart was beating fast and her body was heating up, quickly shook off her random thoughts.
“I asked you to give me your time like this because I wanted to ask you one favor, not the next one.”
“Ask?”
“Yes. “Do you remember the large man you saw in the conference hall yesterday?”
“… Huh.”
‘… ?’
Marvius frowned for a moment. Then he rubbed his eyes with one hand and opened them again.
‘… Did he catch some disease?
It was only for a moment, but it seemed like the woman in front of me was smiling vaguely.
My heart felt like it was beating strangely fast, and the inside of the tent, which had been fine just a moment ago, felt a little warm. Besides, I just saw a bunch of nonsense.
‘Tsk…’
Marvius continued, thinking that he would visit his priests a little later.
“I’m going to have a little chat with the guy. I hope Adrian will be there. If not, nearby… “It’s okay if you stay within earshot of the conversation.”
Marvius swallowed his saliva and stared at the beastman woman sitting in front of him. This is because she knew that, unlike Yusefin, who knew how to make moves considering politics, the woman in front of her only chose to do what she felt like.
“Okay.”
However, Adrian accepted the request easily enough to make Marvius nervous.
“Then now…”
“No-“
Marvius, who was trying to get up from her seat, sat down again when she shook her head.
“Wait.”
“… Yes. All right.”
Adrian stood up after saying those words.
“End-?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Okay.”
Adrian turned around.
At that time, Marvius stood up from her seat and called out to her.
“Wait a minute, Sir Adrian.”
“… ?”
She slightly turned her head towards the prince who came right behind her.
The prince said, putting his hand on her waist.
“It looks like an empty water bottle, but I’ll take care of it.”
Empty water bottle hanging on waist.
It was nothing special, just one of the water bottles that priests brought as supplies.
Marvius’s actions were to accommodate her mood so that she would not change her mind, regardless of her status as the prince, because she granted his request. However.
“Don’t touch it.”
“…”
The round eyes split long and glared at Marvius.
Marvius’ body froze as he stretched out his hand, like a rat in front of a snake.
“… “My-thing.”
“… “Huh!!”
Adrian’s pupils returned to their original round shape, and only then was Marvius able to take a deep breath.
She glared at the sulking prince for a moment, then turned around and walked out.
“Keck… Shit… !! “What the hell is the problem?!”
The tent where Adrian left.
Marvius could not get up from his seat for a while.
**
Exactly one hour after Adrian left.
“Prince. It’s time to move on to the next location.”
“… Yes.”
At the priest’s call, Marvius stuck out his head, soothed his sore stomach, put on his cloak, and came out.
After all the crowded tents were gone, the surrounding area was very empty. It felt like the wind was blowing even stronger.
“Prince.”
“Are you feeling okay?”
“Oh, yeah… “It’s all thanks to the prince’s concern.”
“No. “Seeing that you’re okay makes me think I’ll be okay too.”
“… ?”
The attendant, who did not understand the prince’s words, tilted his head for a moment, then turned around and said.
“The carriage is coming this way.”
“Okay. Rather, where is Sir Adrian?”
“You are already in the carriage.”
“… In a carriage? “Isn’t that what you mean?”
“Yes. I heard that the prince asked for it…”
“Ask? Ah. “So that big guy got on it too?”
“That’s right. Bump… I wonder if it was Sir Adrian’s dogma… ?”
“No. That’s what I asked for. “Lord Adrian has truly listened to my request.”
Adrian. The fact that she did not forget to listen to her own request seemed to relieve her bitter feelings a little.
‘Good.’
A carriage with all kinds of magic on it prevents internal sounds from leaking out. Moreover, since Adrian was with us at his request, he will take our side no matter what happens.
‘But since he is a person who receives a salary from the imperial family, of course he will take my side.’
Marvius is a big man. While he was wondering what question to ask Smith, he reached the front of the carriage.
“They say they are scheduled to arrive late in the evening.”
“I get it. “You won’t need anything else, so don’t worry and rest until you arrive.”
“… No. “If you need anything, please call me.”
“… ? Okay. I get it.”
“Then. “I will open it.”
The servant opened the carriage door.
Huh-
‘… ‘It’s that smell again.’
Sweet smell.
It was flowing out from inside the carriage. And with a strangely addictive smell mixed in.
An unknown smell mixed with a faint sweet scent.
Marvius smelled the scent little by little and stepped into the carriage. And.
“Hi… Ha… Are you… ?”
“… Okay. Nice to meet.”
Marvius frowned slightly as he saw Smith standing up from the back seat and greeting him.
‘What. ‘That dumbfounded expression.’
He was looking at himself as if he had seen something wrong.
“Sit down.”
“No…”
“Are you okay.”
Adrian, who thought he would take his side, sat down next to the man his size and grabbed his arm, forcing him to sit down.
‘Under…’
Seeing Adrian’s seemingly favorable behavior, the prince quickly excluded several pressing questions. Additionally, she reduced the number of questions she asked, tipping her scales toward not taking her own side.
“I think I sat too far away. Come a little closer. “The chairs here are nice and soft.”
“Ah, then… “I gratefully accept it.”
Smith got up from his seat, and Adrian followed him and moved forward.
‘…’
Marvius frowned slightly as the addictive smell became stronger.
-Knock. Knock.
The front of the carriage. There was a knock on the wall from the coach seat.
As it was the signal to depart, Marvius remained silent for a moment.
Soon the scenery outside the window began to move, and Marvius habitually turned on the blackout.
“…”
“…”
And the silence that follows.
He came prepared with things to ask in advance, but when there was a large figure in front of him, he couldn’t speak properly.
‘Shit…’
Marvius was angry at himself, annoyed by his lips not moving properly.
At best, I was so scared that I couldn’t say a word properly because of how big he was.
“Whoa.”
Marvius let out a short breath.
Perhaps because of anger, my heart kept beating faster, so it was an action to calm it down.
‘Good.’
His heart was still pounding rapidly, but Marvius gathered himself and opened his mouth.
“My name is Marvius von Giel Tullius. 3rd prince of the Tullius Empire. That’s me. “What is your name?”
“Oh, my name is Smith. Prince. Identity… “I am a former receptionist at the Adventurer’s Guild.”
“Receptionist.”
“Yes.”
Marvius was surprised to see that the opponent in front of him was not a nobleman, but a plebeian.
‘Are you saying that they were so fawning over the common people? ?’
Even Adrian, who was in front of him, was clinging to the side of a large man who introduced himself as Smith, gently touching his palm.
Marvius then looked a little more closely at Smith sitting in front of him.
Until now, I had only seen it from afar and had no chance to look at it properly.
‘… What. ‘Your face deserves a little attention.’
Marvius could not help but admit that the man in front of him had a much more handsome appearance than the nobles staying in the capital.
The prince was a man who could admit what he saw with his own eyes.
“Smith. “Is it okay if I call you comfortably?”
“Yes. “Prince.”
“Hmm. Okay. There are a few things I’d like to ask you…”
Marvius was a little nervous about Smith’s status as a commoner, but that disappeared more quickly as the conversation continued.
‘It’s much easier to talk to than those idiot nobles.’
A pathetic group of people who giggle at all kinds of bravado and talk about women.
Marvius had thought that he would bluff by citing people like Count Philoria, a large and close friend of his. But no.
The man in front of him only answered the questions he asked and seemed to be consistently trying to be polite unless Adrian next to him intervened.
‘Maybe it’s because I’m a desert person.’
He had a nice face and we communicated well. He didn’t have any unsightly bravado, and although he was a little lacking, his efforts to be considerate were visible.
Even if you don’t look at it closely, he was superior in every way except for his size. Nevertheless, I guessed that the reason women were clinging to the man in front of them was because of his status as a commoner and his rare origin from the desert.
“Hmm. I’m a little thirsty. “How about you?”
“I was also a little thin.”
“Okay. “Just wait a moment.”
Marvius lifted the blackout curtain and slightly rolled down the window. Then he closed the window again, instructing the attendant who was following him on horseback to bring him something to drink.
The prince said to Smith that he would rest for a while until his servant returned.
“It seems like I’m the only one talking too much, so if you have any questions, please ask me. “I will answer most of the questions.”
“Uh…”
The guy who ate a little bit blinked his black eyes. He looked a little dazed, but strangely his eyes weren’t squinted like the other guys.
“Then… “Can I ask you one thing?”
“Didn’t I tell you to ask? “What are you saying?”
After thinking for a while, he opened his mouth, so Marvius also became curious and leaned in slightly.
And he frowned at his man’s subsequent question.
“Are you mocking me because I’m big?!”
Has she never been mistaken for a woman?
For the first time, the prince looked at Smith as if he were crazy.
