Chapter 9 – 01. Clearness After Carcinogenesis.
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“Really, I am also my mother’s daughter. Why do you hate it so much…”
Ekaterina smiled bitterly.
Her mother her, Erina, the queen of Throdia, disliked her for a long time.
No, actually, I’m just guessing.
Erina has a good political sense and a good brain. That’s why she is well aware of the danger Ekaterina’s existence as she poses to her.
Even though Erina wasn’t dead yet, the nobles were already acting as if Catherine would become king, and even a few years ago, before Ekaterina reached the age of majority, some nobles insisted on setting up a ‘princess’.
The king is alive and well, and there is no other disease, but the crown prince. What kind of nonsense is this?
Perhaps from then on, Erina hated Ekaterina.
“Mother. I am also your child.”
That was a pity she couldn’t bear. And I was angry.
She herself is also a child, and her other sisters and younger siblings her love her, but she only hates herself.
“Hassan.”
“Yes. Master.”
She, who usually had a friendly smile, wiped it off and muttered coldly. It was such a cold tone that it could freeze even the frost.
The one who responded to her words was her faithful servant her. And sword.
“Speak.”
“Soon, those who went into exile will be coming back. And I will go to the front line. Go and tell me just one word.”
She raised an eerie smile.
“Keep an eye on Your Highness.”
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[View the library.]
Something like a book opened in front of him with divine light.
I don’t know if anyone else can see it or not, but it looks like it’s burning, and it’s unnecessarily grand.
Turning the pages of the bookshelf, the abilities he had acquired were listed, and there were two in total.
1. Archery
2. Swordsmanship
There were two of these.
Since he had subscribed to the article, it was the moment when the expectation that he might not have gained mana collapsed.
“Fence… Ira… It’s not completely useless, but… I’m sorry.”
Swordsmanship is definitely useful too. It was because he, who could not handle mana, was able to kill a person within a thousand paces by demonstrating transcendental power even with archery alone.
However, it was regrettable that he did not get mana.
“In the case of archery, the power of subscription was used to fly far, but how about this? Wouldn’t it make me destroy the armor too?”
Still, I was looking forward to it.
It’s nothing else, it’s a swordsmanship that I subscribed to through the power of subscription. The power of subscription leads to the ultimate in whatever ability you acquire. If it is only in the realm of swordsmanship, it will allow you to do it.
Didn’t he lead his mana-less ability to realize the meaning of ‘shooting enemies from afar’ even with archery alone?
Perhaps he could shoot 2,000 steps, or even 3,000 steps that even mana couldn’t reach.
With my daughter
Then, someone rang the bell installed in the barracks.
“Aran. The knight is calling.”
“Ah! Yes!”
It’s a pity to regret, and I have to do what I have to do now.
He stayed here for several days and became something of an adjutant to Theodora de Jerina, the knight who had picked him up.
His words were his adjutant his and he felt like an attendant handling chores, so no soldiers found it difficult for him.
Aran got up and left the barracks.
There, Theodora’s real lieutenant, Euphemia, was waiting. Her full name is ‘Euphemia the Foul’. She was a kind and warm woman.
“How are you? Is it worth it?”
“Yes. Knight. Much better than where I was before… It is much better to live.”
Nothing to say
Isn’t it a huge thing that a man is assigned a private barracks.
Uphemia said as if she was fortunate.
“Okay? I’m glad. If there is anything uncomfortable, tell me. I will listen to you as much as possible. Of course, since it’s a military camp, they won’t listen to things like ‘I need a woman! ‘
“To… I-I don’t ask for that.”
“Whoops.”
She smiles like she’s cute.
She seemed to think of Aran as her cute little brother of her.
Upon arriving at the barracks where Theodora was, Euphemia spoke to the soldiers standing guard over her. The soldiers opened the door as if they had been waiting.
“Have you come? Aran.”
There were several other people besides her in Theodora’s barracks.
“Sit next to me.”
“… Yes.”
Euphemia sat to Theodora’s right, and Aran hesitated and then sat to her left her.
As a result, all seats in the barracks were filled.
“This child is that child.”
“They said they suffered misfortune.”
“Really, the Kingdom of Throdia is a country that cannot be related.”
All the women looked at Aran and said one word at a time as if they were pitiful. Being quite ashamed of that, Aran slightly lowered her head.
“After… That’s it, and the war situation is the war situation.”
As if to cut off their sadness, the woman sitting in the seat of honor spoke.
“Right now, we need a ballista, but at this point, our last bow is ‘Mana Depletion’.
Mana depletion, which could have been predicted from the words, refers to a state in which mana is depleted and all actions using mana are impossible. At this time, even easy actions such as putting mana on armor were not possible, much less mana evaporating skills such as ballista.
Losing several archers in the clash with Throdia’s army came as a big blow.
“As you know, we cut off the Throdian army, cut off the supply route, and destroyed their support units. But that’s not enough. Supply routes must be constantly blocked. However, they piled up a mountain in our path. You know what I mean?”
It was a heavy word.
If you are surrounded by mountains as it is, it will be difficult to survive, let alone cut off the enemy’s supply routes. Because you will be surrounded.
“The enemy is not stupid. You probably know that we will use our ballistas to neutralize the enemy’s mountains. Of course we can’t even do that now.
Anyway, even assuming that you can use the ballista, there will always be checks in the vicinity.”
Saying that, she looked at Aran.
“We took a lot of damage to the archer class in the last battle. I heard that you were from an archer.”
“Yes… I can’t use mana….”
“So, I would like you to participate in the operation for a while. You don’t have to kill enemies. Enough to decide. The fact that there is an archer class in itself is a great strength.”
“Hey, I’ll work hard!”
Whose name would you deny?
Even if Theodora had picked him up, he would have been banished long ago had it not been for the woman’s acceptance of her now.
“And…”
She took a darker expression on her face.
“I will transfer Estelle to our military.”
The person speaking and the other articles also made uncomfortable faces.
“… Yes?”
Aran opened her eyes wide at the unexpected words.
Wanting to use Estelle for power… Does that mean you’re going to be hired?
“I know very well what happened to her. So it’s hard for me to even speak. But our army needs ballistas to survive.”
And among the people currently in the military camp, the only one who can use the ballista is Estelle, who was taken prisoner.
Aran roughly grasped the situation.
And she was just impressed.
She said, ‘Even though she’s been through that… Why do you dare to tell me something like this….’
Although Estelle is held captive, she is a woman who manages to keep her composure while being beaten by soldiers. It would n’t be easy for her to blackmail such a woman into using the ballista for her life her.
So, in order to use her ballista, you have to offer a reward that she will be tempted by. That is, as long as they don’t engrave even slave inscriptions.
The one who raped a man and turned it over to his men to gang-rape him. He is a criminal who deserves the death penalty, but he is released and even compensated for being able to use the ballista. Can the victim accept that?
Aran also tasted bitter, but she thought it could not be helped, and on the other hand, she felt comfortable.
The reason why the archers are now dry in this military camp is because Aran shot and killed the archers in the last battle.
“I have no intention of getting permission. Since you’re an outsider But I thought I should at least say something.”
“That alone… Thank you.”
She nodded her head heavily.
“As of this time… Unlimited punishment for Estelle is also lifted. Let no one touch you.”
“Yes. Baron.”
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“I’m sorry. Because things turned out this way.”
Theodora said that as she left the barracks. Rather, she had a more miserable expression than Aran, and it looked as if she would explode her anger at any moment.
‘Come to think of it, the knight said that she lost her fiancé to liver cancer. ..’
Perhaps Theodora saw Aran as her fiancé her and said that she would take care of her Aran her. And when she saw Aran’s assailant, Estelle, she must have been as angry as Aran.
“I am okay. Even now, you are being treated beyond your means.”
“I really appreciate it if you think so, but… “
Aran answered with a brighter look.
“And. Originally, revenge is done by oneself, right?”
