Chapter 47 – 4. Gynecology and Rare Earths (7)
And morning came again.
Waking up, Rom called for her maid on the pager and pulled up the curtains hanging from her window. Even in this cold weather, it was quite cold because I still had the habit of sleeping with my upper body off, but seeing the sun rising on the frozen ground through the frosted windows was a special thing in any life.
“Did you call?”
“I’d like to ask you for some coffee.”
“I will be coloneled soon.”
Her maid her, whose name she did not know, nodded at her and withdrew. When she came back, she put the refreshments neatly on her tray and put them on the table in the corner of her room. In the meantime, while appreciating the snowy scene covered in white snow, Rom pondered over what had happened last night and smiled as he felt his beard grow rough after only one day.
‘Lucienne, I know that you can’t like me when all I have is a sword and armor. That’s why I truly presented this life to you. He didn’t take a break to become a son-in-law worthy of the Marquis family.’
‘Therefore?’
‘I chased the savages of the Great Snowfield all the way to the northern limit. I also stopped the rebellion of the vice-count and his gang who put a knife in my back. I defeated the 5,000 central subjugation army with only 3 million, and when the royal magician held you and your mother hostage, I saved you even with burns all over your body.’
‘I recited it all over again and sat down. I’m busy right now, so let’s talk about things in a straight line.’
‘But why are you so harsh on me? I can understand why you don’t love me! But how can I be so hard on a husband who is so devoted?’
‘Did the person who is going to go out tomorrow come at this late hour just to hear the answer to that question?’
‘It was a sacrifice of all this life. And yet, people who don’t know how to do it just call me invincible. I believe that I will be able to stop the great army of that empire, just like this time, while ignoring my body and mind worn out by the curse!’
‘Yes, you will probably die tomorrow. So he must have ordered me and my mother to prepare for escape.’
‘I wanted a family! A family I must protect! A proud husband and a good father! I wanted to be remembered as a man who would not be ashamed of this northern frozen land! Even so, did my efforts not reach you at all?’
‘I’d be lying if I said it didn’t touch me. That was your problem.’
‘What?’
‘Romuald, I really hated you. Even though they hadn’t married in over ten years, their faithfulness, which never showed up on the outside, was disgusting. I wish I had been as hypocritical as my father. There was nothing to hate about my stupid husband. He said it was very annoying.’
‘What are you talking about?’
‘If I was like the other guy, I would have been playing around already. But I couldn’t figure out what to do with you, who had already leaned toward her mother but never crossed the line. Even a prostitute with syphilis could n’t be killed because she could n’t be tempted, and nothing happened even with the occult arts that punish her for her karma her. I didn’t even want to kill myself. Because you didn’t do anything wrong.’
‘You tried to kill me?’
‘Remember Francoise visiting your room on her wedding anniversary last year? The men who seduced you by reciting lewd words in fancy clothes? It was a gift from you out of pity for having kept away from women for over ten years. Sure enough, you rejected it and sent it back after admonishing it nicely.’
‘Lie, why the hell did you do that?’
‘Is there anything more terrifying than not knowing that you might fall in love with someone you don’t love?’
‘… !’
‘I loved my mother the same way you did. She longed for the insatiable end of the month. So every time I see your sincerity, your honesty, I’m shaken. I hate to admit it, but I guess we were a pretty similar couple. Even that will end today.’
‘Wait a minute, what do you have in your hand?’
‘It was I who killed Gerard Lemoyn. It was easy to cause conflict with the barbarians. He controlled the mind of a shaman and gave a false oracle. The vassals he raised as his henchmen were incompetent scum. The duke attack, which was the name of the central subjugation force, is also real. Hired and dispatched assassins. Brainwashing a court mage was a bit difficult.’
‘Lucienne! What are you trying to do now!’
‘I have to pay the price because my horrily good husband shattered an occultist’s conspiracy. Destiny is fixed. If I get past today, and live through tomorrow and run away with her mother, she will take her own life. He hung himself because of his longing and guilt for a man named Romuald Dior.’
‘Come on, put down that knife!’
‘But if I die here and now, she will live. I’m going to the future, overcoming the sacrifice of you and me. Well, if that’s the price of immorality and income, I’m willing to pay. A world without a mother is meaningless to me anyway.’
‘Stop being stupid!’
‘Don’t move. No matter how great a knight you are, at this distance, I can stab myself faster. And stop acting like an asshole. A woman who has been bullied all her life her is dying. She should be happy. Why did she sit down embarrassed?’
‘Ah, okay, calm down for now. I know a little bit about witchcraft and mysticism. Also, there is no guarantee that a prophecy will be right. Just because you’re savage doesn’t mean I want you to die… !’
‘Well, that’s right. It’s not easy to leak the heavenly secrets. There are parts that cannot be glimpsed even with prophecy. Your future, which I tried to tell you as a gift on the way, is unfortunately put on hold. Instead, I told you my secret that I was going to carry to the grave, so I think it will be a surplus business. If you’re going to continue living in the future, fix that damn nice personality.’
‘Lucienne!’
‘So this is goodbye.’
‘No!’
‘Goodbye, Romuald.’
The regretful knight opened his eyes. I was immersed in the past, unaware of the passage of time, and came to my senses belatedly.
“Ah.”
The hot coffee stopped cooling down. There was already thin ice on the surface. It was because of the cold chill of the frozen soil. Rome, tongue clenched in sorrow, savored the coffee that unexpectedly became sorbet. The cold in the mouth was very stuffy.
Anyway, it was time to start working.
Glancing at the grandfather clock hanging on the wall, Rome opened the door to the bathroom attached to the room and stepped inside. When he came back, he dried himself on the fireplace with only a towel wrapped around him. He took out the clothes he had stored in the closet and put them on in the room that was now completely his own.
Smart.
And it was the tea that I ate a few snacks that came with coffee to fill the morning. Someone from the hallway made a noise.
“Sir Dior, are you awake?”
It was Oriane. Her rom her greeted her, meticulously brushing off the crumbs of her cookies from her hands her. She was wearing a gold-and-white dress, showing off her beauty as usual today.
“Good morning, madam.”
“Yeah, wait a minute.”
As soon as the door opened, Oriane grabbed Rome by the collar and kissed her lips. Perhaps he wanted to make up for yesterday’s void, and he coveted his article, paying no heed to the chatter of the maids somewhere in the hallway.
“… Are you too excited in the morning?”
“Hold on until the night. It’s because you didn’t come yesterday.”
“I must be willing to comply. However, please understand that I had circumstances that I could not avoid.”
Oriane smiled briskly and nodded.
“I’m kidding, but why are you so serious! I’m not that lewd woman. She’s not harsh enough to criticize her for not coming to see her after seeing how hard she’s been working all day.”
“You don’t know much about Rom Dior. If it were n’t for the circumstances she told me, it would n’t have been me who she had really suffered.”
“Oh my, is that so?”
The two of them faced each other with strange eye smiles and eventually fell apart. Unfortunately, this midday tryst had its limits. Because in order to enjoy true pleasure, sometimes you have to be patient.
“By the way, why did you come to my room?”
“Oh, there is something I want to show you.”
“Good for you. I was just about to go to the office.”
“No, you can’t see it in the Oval Office.”
“… ?”
Before Rom, who tilted her head, could clear her question her, she stepped out into her hallway, being followed by Oriane. The upper part of the castle wall, which had been climbed through the stairs and passageway, was stained pure white because it had snowed the night before, and the entire floor was very slippery because it was frozen.
“This is complete ice. If you make a mistake, you will fall.”
“It is not called Dongto for nothing. The icicles on the ceiling and the ice sheets on the floor need to be removed constantly without a single day off. I have a special schedule for today, so it seems like it’s not yet.”
“A special schedule?”
The two of them reached the watchtower in no time, matching their steps with careful steps. And at first, I missed it because of the rough wind, but when the moment of no wind came, Rome soon realized what Oriane wanted to show.
“Look, Sir Dior.”
“… !”
Although the sun had risen, it was still early in the morning. The soldiers who were not on duty were dozing off and about to wake up.
Even so, the sight of Oriane’s fingertips pointing at her was astonishing. Even Rome, who wasn’t surprised by the slightest rumor, let out a blank laugh and replaced it with real admiration.
“Second group, start training!”
“All troops stand!”
Standing on the watchtower, Oriane was thrilled with overflowing eyes. It was because it was like a signal flare announcing the revival of the frozen land.
The old knight Mathieu Peltier, all the knights under him, and the thousands of soldiers who are being trained by him.
Those who filled the huge barracks inside the fortress were indeed the warriors of this land.
“Hundred horizontal cuts!”
“Ouch!”
“The sound is low, a thousand times!”
“Ah!”
The parade ground, which should have been frozen like the top of the castle wall due to the heavy snowfall that fell overnight, turned into damp mud melted by the sweat and heat of the soldiers. Even so, in the muddy land, both knights and soldiers, each lined up and devoted themselves to training.
“The first group is one and the center! Ride on both!”
“Ouch!”
“The second camp is frozen ground in one! Protect both of you!”
“Ah!”
“Come on, gentlemen! Show this commander what a true captain is!”
An alliance with the Camag tribal confederation could have led to a loosening of military discipline.
This is because the army naturally becomes lax if there is no enemy to attack immediately.
However, as can be seen from the slogans heard, the existence of a man named Romuald Dior.
The atmosphere intentionally created by the knights of the central famous house spread out of control beyond imagination, bringing about a positive effect.
“I woke up early in the morning and went for a walk when I heard a noise. So I came and checked it out, so what is it like?”
“This is amazing. Considering that everyone drank too much the night before, you must have a significant hangover.”
“Do you think it’s okay to trust them?”
“Yes, it seems we have found the right person to retrain the detained soldiers.”
The effect was amazing.
‘You’re crazy…’
It was a problem because it was so awesome.
