Chapter 244 – Change
#244.
Chilly autumn. From the balcony of a luxurious mansion, a woman overlooks a gorgeous garden.
Dazzling white blonde hair and sparkling amber eyes. A beautiful body that shows off the charm of a woman while being trained and strong. And everything, even the elegance in each gesture, catches the eye.
Its true identity was Hirencia Chevrons, the forbidden gemstone of the duke’s family.
She murmured, recalling the contents of the letter she had read yesterday.
“Flirt.”
I go there. There was information about the holiday season. It took a month and even weeks to avoid Rouziena’s gaze.
After a long wait, the information I finally got was that he was dating 5 women. Hirencia involuntarily pouted her lips.
It was because there was no meaningful information, and she couldn’t tell if it was because of his or her other feelings.
She just had the idea that she was quite horny, contrary to what she looked like.
Then Hirencia slapped her on both cheeks with her hand.
“Let’s calm down.”
She just hoped for it. She just arbitrarily concluded that the masked man she admired would be a perfect person without even a handful of flaws.
Even if her ideal image is shattered, the grace she received from him does not disappear. On the contrary, I didn’t know that it was only natural for such a person to have many women.
“Okay. That’s right. Didn’t you commit a serious sin?”
In this union where polygamy is rampant, five people is only an occasional find. Looking at the correspondence, it seems that he is having a serious meeting with all of them, so there is no problem.
Hirencia was so ashamed of herself for being selfish and foolish that she put her hands over her face and bowed her head, then she jumped to her feet.
“… Let’s practice.”
My body is comfortable, so my head thinks strange things. After sweating a lot, all useless thoughts will disappear. She hastened her steps to her personal retreat.
Hirencia took a few deep breaths, then drew the sword from her waist and prepared herself for my posture.
Her heavy weight and grip that clings to her hand calm her mind.
Whoo-!
As she lowered her sword, her fierce wave siege rang out. Even though it is light, it is imbued with great power. However, Hirencia rather frowned at her.
Her swordsmanship she uses is a quicksword that pursues her extreme speed. It is common to hear a sharp cutting through the air.
It is proof that she is still agitated and unable to push away her wandering thoughts.
She emptied her head with a light jingle and began to wield her sword as she remembered her body from her decades of practice.
There was no pattern to be noted in her swordsmanship. If you want to cut, cut, if you want to stab, stab. At that time, choose the desired form and connect the sword path.
A brilliant trail hacked through the imaginary enemy, leaving countless afterimages in the air.
The opponent…
“Oh, no. Let’s think of someone else.”
Hirencia, startled that she wouldn’t think of Gaon and that she fantasized about sharing her swordsmanship with him until she left training, shook her head and identified her opponent as her father. Changed.
Fighting against an overwhelmingly strong opponent is a fight in which every minute and every second tests the limits. Thanks to that, even though it was just image training, her body quickly became wet with sweat, and she was able to forget about warming up.
While swinging her sword without knowing how much time had passed, she felt her breathing become rough and stopped moving.
“Whoa, whoa! I have to go in now.”
The sun has already risen in the middle of the sky. She soon put her sword back in place and left her training room, as it was lunchtime and she was embarrassed.
As she turned back, she saw an old man approaching from across from her. She was the general butler of Albedo, who had worked for the duke’s family even before she was born.
At her request, she was also the person responsible for bringing information about Gaon.
“Miss. You are here.”
“Albedo? What happen?”
When asked as if she was curious about her appearance, which apparently found her, Albedo replied with a smile.
“This is a story about the man I gave you information through a letter yesterday.”
“You mean vacation time? What is it?”
“The man just got on the gate and left for another manor.”
“If it’s another territory…”
“This is the Northmond estate.”
Hirencia’s brilliant mind also remembered the information about a territory famous for producing timber that she had heard in passing a few years ago.
Recalling her location at once, she immediately mentioned what her father had told her yesterday during her meal.
“Albedo. When did you say your father was leaving?”
“It’s morning in two days. He said it would take about a week.”
Her father, Austin Chevrons, is busy. As the head of the duchy, he has a lot of work to do, so he doesn’t meet often.
Even if she leaves for another manor, of course her watch over her will inevitably weaken. As Hirencia checked her plan, she asked the most important fact.
“Two days is ambiguous. How likely is it that Gaon-gyeong will return before then?”
“According to the informant, he took his party with him and left. It’s probably going to be a pretty long trip.”
“Is it so? Thank god.”
Even the final puzzle for the plan was put together.
Albedo looked at Hirencia, her eyes twinkling, and smiled softly at her.
‘I’m glad you’re happy.’
For Albedo, Hirencia is almost like her own granddaughter, even though she is not inherited by her blood.
Even if she didn’t show off, she noticed that she, who had been drying up day by day under the weight of her family’s expectations, brightened from a certain moment.
He didn’t know exactly what it was, but the moment he asked him to investigate Gaon a month ago, Albedo realized that he was the man behind it.
It was a flaw that there were many women around her, but her abilities and personality weren’t that bad.
Anyway, Hirencia has to lead the ducal family, so there won’t be any connection between the two, but still, can’t we enjoy her young first love?
While Albedo was thinking about this and that, Hirencia hinted in a whisper to see if her troubles were over.
“Albedo. I want to go see you right away in two days, is that possible?”
“Of course. I will take care of it.”
“Also! I wish you well. Then I’ll just go. Enjoy your lunch!”
“Yes. Miss.”
Perhaps excited that she would soon be able to talk to Gaon, Hirencia smiled innocently and headed toward her room with her light steps.
Her heart was beating wildly with the anticipation and excitement of meeting her.
***
Mountains, mountains, mountains. Wherever you look, greenery covers the walls beyond the walls. That huge mountain range is a natural fortress that supports the Northmond territory and protects it from enemies.
Of course, when the monster wave occurs three days later, it becomes a prison that isolates them. Thanks to that, they couldn’t even run away and were annihilated by monsters raining down from all sides.
The troll rods, equipped with organic movements, were like an army in themselves.
While Gaon was examining the shape of the mountain range and thinking about how to respond to minimize the damage, he heard a cold voice from behind.
“Where should I go now?”
Looking behind her, she saw Isabella staring at him with an impassive expression.
Although she came along to help her, it was only under the pretext of degrading the Martinez family’s honor.
Rather than wasting time looking around the territory, he must have thought that it would be better to lock himself in his room and read at least one more magic book.
Gaon replied.
“First of all, we have to go to Lucipheon’s Northmond branch. There are a lot of things to share, such as personnel allocation and the chain of command.”
“Okay? Then take the lead. Because I don’t want to be here anymore.”
Isabella frowned and looked around her. People’s attention was focused, probably because there were so many beauties that were hard to find even in the country.
As Gaon, he didn’t want his lovers to be used as material for their delusions anymore, so he quickly left with everyone.
It wasn’t too far from the gate to the Lucipheon branch. After walking for about 20 minutes, I was able to arrive at an ordinary wood processing plant.
“I consider it. Let’s go.”
The loud sound of cutting and trimming timber hit my ears. As Gaon and his party entered, one of the personnel processing the wood stepped forward.
“Come on! You must have come to retrieve the items you entrusted to us! Follow me!”
The man seemed to scan the party with quick glances, then spit out a fact that he hadn’t heard about their appearance beforehand and led them into the processing plant.
Then, he suddenly turned to the warehouse full of processed goods, but manipulated the device in the corner to create a secret passage.
“Come in. The branch manager is waiting for you.”
“Thank you.”
“Then I’m fine.”
After the man left, Gaon looked at the secret passage for a while and then slowly moved into it.
Of course, there was no such thing as a trap. I just walked through the dark aisle relying on the magic lamp placed at a certain distance, and soon a large room appeared.
A tall, frail-looking man was sitting on the central sofa decorated with luxurious interiors that could be said to be a hotel away.
Then, when he found the group, he quickly stood up.
“Welcome. Nice to meet you. My name is Littmann.”
“I am on vacation. Do you know about the business that came?”
“Of course. I have already heard the whole story from the Queen. Come this way First, I will explain the operation I designed.”
Whether Gaon is a regressor or whatever, he doesn’t know much about this Northmond estate. It was wise, of course, to refer to Littmann’s plan, who must have been here for several years.
Littman led them into an adjoining room. There was a large map spread out on a wide table. Even the smallest trails were marked with incredible detail.
It is notable that various types of horses are placed here and there throughout the map.
“Here, the horses with the pattern of crossed trees and saws are the Northmond Territorial Troops. The bloody daggers are borrowed from Lucipheon. And the crown here is you.”
“Crown? Why the crown?”
“That… , There is a saying that Hyuugaon is the queen’s companion… Could it have been rude?”
The relationship between him and Lougiena had already spread far and wide throughout the empire. Ever since he openly kissed him at the gate, he hears gossip whenever he visits headquarters.
Of course, strictly speaking, I’m not at the level of being a lover yet, but I thought that was only a matter of time, so I didn’t really refute it.
Wouldn’t it be too trashy to say such a thing with a lot of stuff in your mouth a while ago?
When he was silent, Littman immediately realized that it was an affirmation and continued his explanation with a grin.
