Chapter 89 – Dreams and Aftermath
Warm water flows from the lion statue.
The water slowly flowed downward and gathered little by little in a certain place.
Warm water gathered in a golden bath to create a lake, and in the water a woman with black hair was lying down and resting.
“Whoa, whoa… Roxy, can I have another glass of wine?”
“I’ll get it right away.”
After ordering a woman who appeared to be her servant to bring her wine, the woman with black hair tilted her head back and just stared at her ceiling.
Water vapor slowly gathers on the ceiling, forming water droplets that grow larger and then fall back to the ground when they become heavier.
Thanks to the temperature of the warm water, fatigue was relieved from my entire body, my muscles were also relaxed, and it felt like my body was gradually spreading out like a balloon filled with water.
“I even brought some snacks to go with the wine.”
“Thank you, Roxy. Would you like to come in too?”
“I’m fine.”
“It’s hard.”
“That’s my charm.”
The dark-haired woman snorted for a moment before lifting the glass of wine her servant had brought her to her lips and starting to drink slowly.
It was a cold wine, the opposite of the heat, but I felt it getting hotter as I passed it down the back of my throat, perhaps because of the wine’s alcohol content.
My body was already hot enough thanks to the warm water, but as I poured a glass of alcohol into my body, it became even hotter, and it felt like steam was coming out of my body.
“Hmm… Roxy.”
“Yes.”
“Do you really think Ranel has quit the sword?”
“I… Don’t think I could have quit.”
The servant answered her master’s question with her own thoughts.
After hearing the honest answer, the woman took in her breath and let out a slight sigh.
She already knew.
She knows it well because she herself has been under the sword her whole life.
How much effort and talent it took for her son to reach her level.
And how hard it is for her to quit the sword.
If someone were to tell me, who has only touched a sword my entire life, to quit being a swordsman, I wouldn’t be able to quit. But if my son, who still has a bright future ahead of him, was told to quit swordsmanship, would I listen?
Of course not.
“Well, I’ll just have to wait slowly until Ranel really quits.”
“So why did she suddenly ask me to stop? It’s not that Master Ranel doesn’t have talent, and even though he’s a man, doesn’t he have talent that’s better than most women?”
“Hmm… This is why…”
When I think about it a little bit, there were many reasons why I stopped being a prosecutor.
As the head of the Reichhart family, Lennon Reichhardt wanted his successor, Rania, to become a prosecutor, and his son Ranel to debut in society, find a good wife, and live happily.
But his mother, Lennon Liehart, had a different reason.
What mother would want to put her son at risk and not only that, she would be in her warrior party on the front lines.
Honor? Some say that the most important thing for a knight is honor.
I don’t know who says such stupid things, but honor is only honorable if you live on it. If you die, that’s the end.
“Whoa, are Roxy Rannell and Rania sleeping now?”
“Hmm, I thought he was sleeping because he was quiet earlier.”
“People say that siblings don’t get along well, but I’m really glad that they get along well.”
“Didn’t you take care of the young lady a lot since she was young?”
“Ranelle has been mature since she was young.”
When I think about it, my eldest son, Ranel, has been more mature and mature than Rania since he was young.
Like Rania, she never acted like she wanted something, and she didn’t cry often from a young age, so parenting wasn’t difficult.
In contrast, Rania…
[Mom!!! Snake!!!!]
[Mom!!! I want those clothes!]
[I hate swordsmanship~!]
There were many cases where I was unable to work properly on weekdays due to childcare being overwhelmingly difficult compared to Ranel.
“Why don’t you stop drinking today?”
“I guess so…”
The wine I had been drinking little by little, thinking about the past, had already reduced by half.
I have to write a diary and sleep tonight.
***
“Oppa, aren’t you hungry?”
“Of course I’m hungry.”
“Let’s go quickly!”
Rania clearly remembers everything that happened yesterday, but it feels a little strange to see her acting the same as usual.
Is Rania really just thinking of it as a dream?
In that case, she didn’t bother mentioning the dream earlier…
With many thoughts in her mind, she walked with Rania toward her restaurant.
Roxy was still walking behind me, assisting us, and Rania was walking strangely as if she was in pain.
“Miss? Do your legs hurt?”
“Hmm? Why?”
“No, you’re walking strangely today.”
“Oh, um… Uh… I just sprained my ankle briefly this morning…”
Besides me, Roxy also immediately noticed that Rania’s gait was strange.
I walk slowly with my legs spread out to the side as if it hurts somewhere…
Could it be that it became like that because of what you did with me yesterday?
“Shall I call a priest?”
“Hmm? It’s okay. Why should I call a priest when a woman is injured this much?”
“Then I understand.”
Pretending to be tough.
When I was young, I would cry and say that I would rather die from being bitten by a snake, not even a poisonous one.
As I walked slowly, looking at Rania’s back, she arrived at the restaurant.
Inside the restaurant, just like I usually see, the Reichart family’s butlers and maids were busy moving around and working.
However, among the attendants, there was the only one who sat on a chair and drank tea elegantly.
Lennon Reichhart.
Perhaps because of his impressive black hair, he was a knight called the Black Knight or the Black Lion in the kingdom.
“Mom!”
“Mother.”
“Hmm? Are you awake now? Come quickly and sit down.”
It is said that when it slaughters its enemies, it looks like a wild beast thirsting for blood, so it was given the nickname black lion. I had never seen it like that, so I couldn’t know exactly what it looked like.
How scary do people have to be to say they are like wild beasts?
And does a person who is said to be like a wild beast turn into a black puppy instead of a lion in front of me?
“Whoa, that’s right, Mom!”
“Hmm? Why?”
“Can I go out and play with my brother today for the first time in a while?”
“Outside…?”
I was so surprised by Rania’s sudden declaration that I almost dropped the tea I was drinking.
You suddenly went out and came back?
I think she was very taken aback because it was a topic that had not been discussed with me.
“Hmm… Suddenly?”
“Do you not want to go with me?”
“It’s not that, but…”
When I looked at Rania as if I was dumbfounded, she looked at me as if it was obvious and asked if I wanted to go.
If you asked me to go with you, I would have gone, but it was so sudden that it was just absurd.
Did my mother think the same thing as me? He just looked at the two of us with that expression.
“Then you gave permission?”
“Well… If I go with Ranel, I won’t get hit anywhere…”
“I’m strong too?”
“I guess it’s based on the average person’s standards.”
“If only I could use mana…!”
Rather than saying that Rania was weak by our standards, she was almost like a sand castle that would crumble if she used her strength just a little bit.
If Rania had learned how to use mana, she would have been different.
What if my mother and I don’t use mana?
If we didn’t use mana, my mother and I were just ordinary people who were a little stronger than ordinary women.
To that extent, in this world, mana was the source of life and a symbol of power.
In this world, if knights can’t use mana, they end up doing chores that even guards can’t do.
“Then do you want to learn?”
“Huh?”
“You won’t have to use mana to protect your body anyway.”
“That’s right…”
In the first place, if you know how to use mana, you can use power beyond that of an ordinary person, so just knowing how to use it has the advantage of making everyday life really easier.
For example, if an ordinary person suffers from a hangover the day after drinking alcohol, using Mana can make the hangover disappear quickly.
What a great ability.
Being able to drink alcohol and get rid of a hangover the next day is the greatest ability.
“Are you going to teach me?”
“Um… If it’s okay with you, I’ll do it for you.”
“Then I will learn!”
Hehe… When Rania learns Mana, I should also practice swordsmanship under the pretext of secretly teaching her.
My body was starting to get itchy, so I wanted to touch the sword and move it.
***
“Oh! Look at that!”
“Is it the capital after all?”
“Shall we stop by later?”
The warrior party, who had lost her Line, arrived at the capital where the Reicht family was located in search of her Line.
There were members who had been to the capital for the first time, and some who had lived in the capital before, so there were a variety of reactions.
“I know a lot of good stores in the capital.”
“As expected, there is something different about saints?”
Sio, a saint of the Order of Port Limpo, knew the capital very well.
“Ahem… So, let’s stop by our church first.”
“Denomination?”
“Ugh…”
Port Limpo Church.
A church that worships the water goddess Aqua.
It was the place where Sio held her body as her saint.
