Chapter 538 – Episode 538
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Bianca thought she understood herself somewhat well.
She thought that her own feelings for Cyrus were far from her maternal love.
‘Am I worried about Cyrus?’
I don’t think so.
Still, she clearly cared about Cyrus.
She gave birth to Cyrus, and I remember the first time I saw her.
Bianca frowned at her Cyrus. Because she looked so strange that you couldn’t believe it was her own child.
The wrinkled appearance did not look very good to Bianca.
She still remembers the maid’s horrified face when she told her to put the child away.
She must have been from then on.
She started spreading scary rumors about herself.
It wasn’t true later, but her newborn was said to be like that.
After that, Cyrus thought that her distorted face had straightened out and looked more attractive.
Still, Bianca didn’t let Cyrus get close to her. This is because she was not very pleased with the child who cried just looking at her.
Like most nobles, she left her childcare to her nanny, and Bianca focused more on her magic studies.
Several years passed like that.
When Bianca happened to see Cyrus running around with a bright face, she suddenly felt like teaching him magic.
From then on, Bianca began teaching Cyrus her magic.
But Cyrus was surprisingly untalented.
I was angry.
It may be that her pride was hurt by the fact that her unborn child was so far away.
Bianca did not give up and continued to teach Cyrus harsh magic education.
That time lasted for several years.
I think it was one of the few times in Bianca’s life that she worked that hard on something.
All the magic planted on Cyrus was done back then.
But what couldn’t be done was something that couldn’t be done.
Cyrus had no talent for magic.
In the end, Bianca gave up teaching Cyrus her magic.
At one point she wondered, why did she have to do this? It was because the hit came hard.
When she looked back at herself at that time… She felt a little strange that she had tried so hard to teach stupid Cyrus.
There was no denying that if Cyrus hadn’t been his son, he wouldn’t have made such an effort.
Cyrus, who was freed from Bianca, began to wander as if he were a colt with no reins loose.
Bianca knew, but she let it go.
Another few years passed like that.
I heard a rumor that Lord Ramona was seriously thinking about Cyrus’ succession.
Bianca also knew that Cyrus was a bad guy.
Still, she was somehow upset that she was leaving her child and trying to pass on her succession to her other child.
Of course, there must have been a desire for power… And a sense of repulsion against the rolling stone.
In the end, everything went to waste.
Cyrus, who was captured by the Church of Terra and even lost his status as a minor lord, had no further value.
Still, Bianca couldn’t leave Cyrus alone.
Bianca’s feelings toward Cyrus were complicated.
So much so that she doesn’t even know.
Even if she tries to forget it, it suddenly pops into her mind and gets on her nerves.
I knew one thing.
She wants to keep Cyrus in her sights.
After seeing her demons, Bianca realized that her Cyrus had gone far beyond her control.
For your own sake.
I don’t know if it’s for Cyrus’ sake…
Bianca felt like she had to see her son’s last days.
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Hilda was sparring with Karen in a quiet vacant lot near her lodgings.
Karen’s attack was fierce, but her impatience was felt, and Hilda knew how to take advantage of that impatience.
The sparring ended with Hilda’s victory this time.
Karen sits down and catches her shaky breath.
Hilda also felt tired after sparring for a long time.
Karen, who staggered to her feet, picked up her spear and took her stance again.
“… Let’s do it again?”
-Nod.
Karen is already at her limit.
Any further sparring ran the risk of causing injury.
“Let’s stop for today.”
Karen shakes her head.
“…”
Hilda knew why Karen was so stubborn.
That was because she couldn’t be with Bark this time.
Karen seemed to want to somehow manifest an auror and follow Bark.
She is talented.
Hilda was surprised when she realized that Karen had only been using a spear for a short time.
However, he has only just awakened as a knight.
No matter how talented Karen was, there was no chance she could manifest an Auror in that short period of time.
In order to manifest Auras in weapons, it was important to invest time and build them up in the body step by step.
When Hilda had no intention of sparring anymore, Karen began swinging her spear alone. Her limbs are shaking, as if she has already reached the limit of her physical strength.
“Stop it. Then tomorrow’s training will be a mess?”
Karen ignored Hilda’s words and just wielded her spear in silence.
“Ugh… I’m stubborn.”
Hilda sighed at Karen’s stubborn appearance. She seriously wondered if she should ask Bark to stop her.
It was unfortunate that Hilda could not participate in the Demon King subjugation team. So she did some intense training with Karen.
However, no matter how hard one tried, it was close to impossible to extract the Sword Auror before the Demon Lord’s subjugation team departed.
Then, suddenly, a person’s face appeared in Hilda’s head.
“… Ah.”
When she was a mercenary, she was her regular, alchemist Louise who often requested her.
I knew that Louise had taken refuge in Payson one step ahead.
Hilda, who had known Louise for a long time, knew that she also had a small store in Payson.
In times like this, you had to think of expedient methods.
“Karen, I think I have a good idea. Are you going to keep doing this?”
Karen’s movements stopped.
“Follow me. Maybe there is a way. Don’t come if you don’t want to.”
Hilda coolly turned her body and took her steps.
Karen watched Hilda walking away for a moment, then she followed.
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“How long has it been since you became a knight? Is it okay to just take the easy route?”
Louise admonishes with an unfortunate expression.
Hilda was angry, but she had nothing to say.
This is because Louise knew how Karen and Hilda awakened.
“It can’t be helped. If you want to join the Demon Lord’s subjugation team, you have to get a Sword Auror…”
“I don’t understand why you want to follow me to such a dangerous place.”
-Chuck.
Karen takes out a heavy bag of gold coins in front of Louise. She brought back all the gold coins she received while serving as a knight.
“Really, do you think you can get such an elixir with money? You don’t know much about the world. It’s something that even nobles can’t easily get?”
“So, is it there? It’s not there? If you’re just going to nag me, just leave.”
Hilda was starting to get annoyed by Louise’s constant nagging.
“Who said there wasn’t one? Of course, you know you can’t give it away for free, right?”
“… What do you want…”
Hilda asks with her disgusted face.
Louise took out two pieces of paper in front of Karen and Hilda.
“It’s a contract? Since the circumstances seem to be difficult, is it something I’ll take a look at a lot?”
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The Demon King subjugation team was not something that could be created and set off overnight.
It took some time.
It’s been a while since I had some free time and I was waiting for the departure of the Demon King’s subjugation team, but I was faced with a serious situation.
Hilda had a confident face.
Behind him, Karen grabs her weight and swings her spear. A soft blue haze was rising from the tip of the spear.
It seemed like it was too much to sweat profusely, but he was clearly a sword auror… No, a spear auror? It was a manifestation of.
It’s a haze that looks like it’s going to go out at any moment.
It was clumsy.
It was barely at the level of being extracted… And had no practical use.
Still, it was an undeniable fact that it was a sword auror.
“… How?”
Sword Auror is not easy.
It was a level beyond the level of rigid body techniques.
In that short period of time, I made it just to show off.
Although they were cute students, I knew that they were not that talented.
“… I used the elixir.”
Hilda answered my question honestly.
“… Elixir? Where did you get that elixir?”
It is not easy to obtain the elixir of an already awakened human.
I thought about making it too, but gave up.
This is because the materials themselves were not easy to obtain and were quite inefficient compared to the investment cost.
And such an elixir was not something you could get just because you wanted to, and it would be extremely expensive, making even the most wealthy person stumble.
“I asked Louise.”
“… Louise?”
She had forgotten about him.
I knew that Louise had evacuated to Payson in advance.
Louise had something like that?
The elixir must have been quite a valuable item to Louise. Handing over such an elixir to Karen and Hilda…
Was Hilda that close to Louise?
“Wouldn’t we be eligible now?”
Hilda asks with a look of great anticipation on her face.
She should have been limited to being a sword master after all…
It was too late to pick up what she said.
“… What if I say no?”
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Karen’s eyes are quite stinging.
I felt like I would explode if I said no here.
