Chapter 311 – Ep.310 Goldias Kingdom
[Forest of White Paper]
The name given to the forest in the northern part of the Kingdom of Goldias, where everything from the plants growing to the fur of the animals running around is pure white.
Somewhere deep in the forest.
Tents large and small are erected at regular intervals on a vacant lot created by someone artificially cutting down trees and grass.
There was not a single sentry guarding the area, which was full of human traces, and there were no torches to illuminate the darkness and chase away animals.
An empty lot with only the sound of the cold winter wind rustling through the leaves.
Inside the biggest and most colorful tent there.
“Fucking bitches.”
A handsome blonde young man. Marvius von Giel Tullius, 3rd Prince of the Empire.
He cursed softly and quenched his thirst with the wine prepared in his glass.
A bed large enough for three people to lie down and made with the highest quality fabric and feather padding.
A carpet cut from the skin of a magical beast that has been magically treated to prevent the cold from rising from the floor.
A lantern that always emits moderate heat.
Marvius’s tent was so luxuriously decorated that it was embarrassing to call it a tent. Sitting on the bed in such an environment, he keeps sipping wine and swearing, wondering what he is so dissatisfied with.
“How dare you ignore me, the prince…?” … !!”
The reason why I left behind the comfortable life of the imperial palace for a while and moved my precious body to this barren place.
Ten strong men that even the emperor cannot easily control. Ten devils.
Marvius came down here to become closer to the Ten Demon Castle. Of course, he never took advantage of his status as a prince.
No matter how powerful the empire was and the authority of the royal family, it was not enough to rival the clergy. Also, I had to pay attention to the ten devils.
The reason Marvius was able to attend such an event was because he was with the Ten Demon Saints who would assist in this matter.
Tenth and ninth stars.
Those two, who could be said to be the cornerstone of the Ten Demon Castles, belonged to the imperial family.
Although he is a low-ranking stone, he is still one of the ten strongest people on the continent. Even though we had two such people with us, the response here was not very good.
It happened exactly two days ago.
That was the day when Barbius arrived at this assembly point with two dozen horses and the minimum number of men to serve.
**
The inside of an extravagant carriage.
Someone lightly knocked on the window of the carriage.
Marvius lifted the curtain slightly to see the face of the person who knocked on the window. It has pointed ears that are longer than human ears and rust-colored hair. It was Yusefin, one of the Ten Demonic Saints.
Marvius drew back the curtains and rolled down the window slightly. His face crumpled as a cold chill seeped into him.
“Im here. So please stop getting off.”
“… All right.”
Marvius put on his overcoat and got out of the carriage.
Thanks to his thick coat and boots enchanted with thermal insulation, his body was not cold. However, because he had to maintain his dignity as a member of the royal family at all times and places, he could not wear a robe. Thanks to this, Marvius’ face was completely exposed to the cold north wind.
Eusephine, who had knocked on the carriage door, got down from the horse she was riding and stood next to him. He then pointed to the vacant lot where the tent was set up.
“If you are cold, go straight into the tent set up by the priests.”
“No… “It’s okay, so let’s start by unpacking our belongings in the assigned tent.”
Marvius wanted to go into the tent right away, but he couldn’t. Because there were quite a few people out in the tent and moving around.
Paladins and priests wearing pure white robes and armor were busy repairing the tent and surrounding area of the assembly area.
In some ways, the priests were more of a threat to the empire than the demons who were eager to conquer the continent, so Marvius could not show himself weak in front of them.
It was when he was internally grinding his teeth against the bitter wind.
“Prince.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Look over there.”
Marvius, who followed Eusephine’s finger and raised his head, was able to spot women with hair as white as snow standing not far away.
“He…”
“Yes. Count Ardel Filoria is coming. The person next to her will be her eldest daughter, Ardella.”
“Hmm. Greatness. “Is Sir Eusephine acquainted with Count Filoria?”
“I guess I can say that I saw her face and we are friends.”
“You can just answer no as usual…” …”
Marvius was worried.
Should I just walk like this and say hello? Or will they just keep quiet until the day of the meeting?
After a moment of deliberation, Marvius made a decision. Let’s go now and say hello.
When the meeting begins, all the ten demons and high-ranking priests dispatched from the temple that were scheduled to attend will participate. Although it was a good place to let everyone know in one place.
‘There is no time given for introductions.’
He was fully aware that he was the only one who attended this event to strengthen his connections.
For that reason, Marvius asked Eusephine, who was standing next to him, a favor.
“Would you like to go with me?”
“You don’t seem to be in a very good mood.”
“But that doesn’t mean you won’t start cursing the prince right away.”
“… What. “Please go.”
Eusephine nodded her head in a subtle response, and Marvius headed with her to the tent where Ardel stood.
‘Is it a seed?’
It was only when Marvius came close to his nose that he noticed that a blonde woman was standing next to Ardel mother and daughter. In terms of her appearance, I thought she was a woman with a beauty that was not at all inferior to that of her two mothers and daughters.
This is when the distance between Marvius and Ardel mother and daughter narrowed to about ten steps.
Ka-ga-ga-ga-!!
“Gagging!!”
Marvius was startled by the sharp piece of ice rising from under the front, and at the same time was pulled backwards by force, causing Marvius to fall backwards with a painful sound.
“Cold, cold… !!”
“Are you okay?”
Marvius sits on his butt in the pure white snow and coughs. Yusefin held out her hand to the prince.
But Marvius could not see Eusephine’s white hands. All he could see was a sharp piece of ice sticking out in front of his nose.
If Josefin hadn’t pulled her up from behind, she would have been impaled on the ice.
Considering its length, it would have stopped at just creating a hole in her coat rather than penetrating her body, but this clearly crossed the line. Also, it was an act that was enough to make Marvius, who had never been threatened with life before, become angry.
Marvius pushed away Eusephine’s hand and stood up on his own. And he spoke with a bright red face that could not hide his anger.
“What are you doing!! “You suddenly made such a threat!!”
“Prince.”
“Lord Eusephine, stay still!!”
In response to his reaction, Eusephine took a step back, giving off a subtle aura similar to when she first came here.
“Hey Count Filoria!! “You knew who I was and made this threat—”
Seaaaaa.
A pure white fog spewed out around Ardel and instantly engulfed the entire area. Marvius was also included in it.
“Uh, uhhh, bubb, ubbbb, bubb…” … !!”
Even though he was wearing boots and a cloak enchanted by the imperial court wizard, Marvius gritted his teeth against his will as the cold seeped into his bones! I started crashing and shaking.
The eerily low voice of a mature woman passed by his ears.
– If she shouts in front of me again, I will smash her head.
At the same time, the white fog began to thin, and the cold that had been bothering Marvius no longer invaded his body.
When all the fog disappeared, Ardel also disappeared before Marvius’ eyes.
Someone approached Marvius, who had a pale face.
He raised his head to check on his opponent.
A woman with hair as white as snow, just like the disappeared Ardel.
It was Ardella, who looked just like her mother.
She spoke bluntly to Marvius with the same dry expression as her mother.
“I think it would be better to meet and talk about this separately. Then.”
Without apologizing or anything, Ardella took the blonde squire who was standing next to her and entered her tent, promising to do so later.
“Under…”
Eusephine, who had stepped away for a moment, approached him, whose mouth was still frozen and could not speak properly, and said.
“It was Count Filoria who started it, but the prince also crossed the line.”
“I-you mean me…?” ?”
Eusephine continued her words, shaking off the frost that clung to his body.
“Count Filoria did not attend here as a count. She is Ardel Filoria. “She is the fifth star of the Ten Demon Stars and she is the one who attended this event.”
“Well, what do you mean…”
In response to Marvius, Eusephine slightly raised the corners of her mouth for the first time.
“Even if she kills her prince right here in a fit of rage, her emperor will not question her or anything.”
“Look at you, Eusephine—”
“Prince.”
She grabbed Marvius’ shoulder tightly and brought her face close to him.
“Why do you think the prince was able to enjoy his rights without any obligations? “If the emperor was thinking that he was enjoying such privileges by treating the prince with special favor, then I must tell him that it is time for him to wake up from his dream.”
Josefine slowly pulled away her face that had been held close to him.
“You have enjoyed your rights, now it is time to prove your worth.”
She shook off the last of her frost and pulled back the corners of her mouth that she had pulled up.
“Always remember that there are many children who can replace the prince.”
**
When I thought about what happened two days ago, my stomach started to boil again.
‘Time to prove your worth? How dare a woman… !!’
Marvius lifted the entire bottle to his mouth and drank the wine.
“Puha!! Shit.”
Since that day, I haven’t seen Ardel, and Eusephine and Adrian, the other Ten Demon Saints who came with me, split up and went into the tents of a group of merchants and adventurers who arrived late.
In a state where he, the prince, was neglected.
Marvius gritted his teeth, clutching the spout of the half-empty wine bottle.
‘Proof? Okay. I’ll do whatever I can. This me. ‘What an excellent man this Marvius is.’
He was about to take another sip of wine.
Rattle. Rattle.
The bell installed inside the tent rang.
It was a signal that someone came from outside.
Marvius pulled the long green string. Then, silver-white hair appeared inside the tent.
“I don’t know if I visited too late.”
Ardella, the daughter of Ardhel, who had harmed herself, walked in with that expressionless face of hers.
Marvius quickly put the wine bottle in his hand on the table and cleared his throat in response.
“It’s okay. Oh, please sit down for now.”
“No. It’s not something worth staying for long. “I will stand and talk.”
“… “Go ahead.”
Marvius barely managed to keep his face from crumpling.
“About what happened the other day…”
“… ?”
Marvius ended up frowning at Ardella’s sudden action of turning her head away while speaking.
“Look. “What on earth are you doing with me now?”
“Sorry. Because something urgent came up. The story continues…”
“No, look!! You have to start something, so you can continue it or not!! Shit!!”
He watched Ardella hurriedly run out of the tent, eventually putting on her coat and running after her. What on earth was going on that made him, the prince, have to leave himself behind and run away? To see it with your own eyes.
“Damn it.”
That moment when I was struggling to move forward, groping around in the darkness without a ray of light.
-Smith!!
―I’m from the West!! Please save me!!
-Hey!! Aren’t you coming here?!
The gathering place, which should have been quiet, suddenly became noisy.
‘Smith?’
He walked carefully, using the sound as a guide, and was finally able to reach the source of the sound. And.
―Are there any injuries?
-Huh? Oh, it’s okay.
In a noisy space.
Marvius saw clearly.
The Count Filoria who threatened him with his face colder than ice.
The scene where he clings to the arm of a man whose size is hard to believe of being a man.
Marvius thought about that.
‘… ‘I guess I drank too much wine.’
