Chapter 134

With his own mouth, he treats honor as if it really isn’t a big deal, but swearing in front of everyone will taste different.

Blasphemy of nobility? It’s okay if you don’t hear this. The simple hand gestures, which had already been completed with the calculation of the angle and line of sight, disappeared in an instant like a fleeting mirage.

“Young bastard... how arrogant he is...!”

“The old guy... how arrogant he is...!”

Since ancient times, copying has been a mean behavior optimized to arouse anger. It may have been because he followed the words exactly according to the timing, but Count Bossa’s eyes widened as he tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand why he was distracted by teasing that he would never have experienced in a high-ranking aristocratic society.

“this guy...!”

why are you angry Are you implying that you hit the nail on the head? Still, it is commendable that he does not raise his voice like a nobleman who has been in the middle of the political arena.

“It’s you, not me, who is really arrogant, right? Blades pierce people regardless of status, but crowns pick people up and get on them. If you don’t deserve it, you’ll break their heads.”

Honestly, if you ask who is arrogant between a guy who moves with the idea that everyone gets stabbed and a guy who thinks he’s going to be king, wouldn’t he choose the latter?

Suddenly, his eyes started to tremble as if I hadn’t expected the words to come out of my mouth.

“Why? It’s amazing that a kid who just thought he could use a knife could predict that much? Can I just be surprised by that? There must be something else to be surprised about?”

“What...”

“The connection with Esmue is me. Not Ragnis.”

Count Bossa’s expression changed to a questioning one again, as if the conversation with me was quite confusing. I know what that expression means. It feels like ‘Who is Esmuer to talk about the connection point?’ But, of course, that question quickly turned to astonishment.

“In this trial, you will lose nothing without gaining anything.”

Doesn’t the name sound unfamiliar to you because you always call it the 1st princess Iron-Blooded Princess or in official settings you call it the Empire’s White Star?

Satisfied with that response, he said with a rotten smile, lifting only one corner of his mouth from a thin smile.

“Are you out of your mind?”

“Do you know how to be swayed by such... lies...!”

Of course I believed that I would be swung around, so I made a noise. If he had been able to listen to the words of the person who won the hero and saved the princess, he wouldn’t have made such an irrational decision as soon as Ragnis arrived.

“That’s up to you to decide on your own. I’ve put in some words in the sense that you won’t regret later, such as saying you didn’t know. Then, are you going on your way now?”

I said with a smile, but I put my hand on the pommel of the longsword I was wearing around my waist. Of course, there is no intention to bell here without a justification. I just wanted it to be clear that it was hostility and to feel more humiliated.

Fortunately, Count Bossa was very humiliated as I had intended.

“...You will regret it.”

“You won’t even have time to regret it. Oh, it’s scary, it’s scary. It seems that the family that came out of the family and worked hard disappeared from the kingdom overnight. Life is free, isn’t it?”

Count Bossa replied by glaring at me. Then, she opened her mouth again while glancing at Ragnis with a completely different cold gaze.

“Where did you pick up the guard dog?” ”

“Shall we go now, Eldy?”

“Yeah. But did you have to avoid the seat?”

“So. No matter how much we reach an agreement, we’re still competitors, right? It’s better to have only the guy you like in a place like this.”

It’s so touching to see him take care of everything he needs even though he claims to be a competitor. I don’t know anything else, but with the certainty that I was born with women’s clothing in this life, Asillie and I moved to the nearby forest.

“Eldy. Look over there.”

“Oh, it looks like he’s coming in now.”

Approaching the gates, we found the victims we had rescued yesterday. Not different from scavengers, but dressed in the clothes and equipment of slave hunters who died yesterday, they were just entering the city, guarded by prisoners.

And among them, they met eyes with Krul, who stood out because he had no fangs.

There was no conversation. He and the others seemed to be mindful of what I said yesterday, but they just smiled and nodded as if to say hello, but didn’t try to pretend to know.

“It’s fortunate. I was able to enter the city without any problems.”

I also smiled at Asilie, who smiled as she left them behind and left the castle gate.

“That’s right. It’s worth killing cleanly.”

Even when I said it, it sounded like a psychopath, but what about it? I just want those who deserve to die to save those who deserve to die. I have no shame in my actions.

When we arrived at the edge of the forest, Ashlie held my hand and started explaining.

“I’ll tell you before entering the forest, but you can’t let go no matter what happens? The spirits of the forest help the elves, and there’s no concept of helping the elves’ companions around them.”

“Are you going to be unable to communicate with those spirits?”

“Ummm. They call them spirits, but they’re more like beings that are a bit different from normal spirits... They probably won’t be able to communicate. We’re just conveying our intentions rather than having a conversation. No. Does it feel close to instinct?”

“That’s unfortunate.”

We entered the forest while we were talking, but I didn’t feel anything different or seem to have changed. I didn’t feel anything even after taking about 10 steps, so I looked around without thinking, and then I looked back and almost gave up despite Asilie’s warning.

“Wow, only ten steps?”

Originally, only the forest existed where the plains and the walls of the capital should have been visible.

“Eldy. You have to look straight ahead. If you miss it, you will suffer.”

“It’s so strange, sister? I really don’t feel anything.”

“Whoops. Most of the forests are possible. Of course, a reasonable deal must be made.”

“That you’re going to do something helpful to the forest?”

“That’s typical, and sometimes they listen to what they ask for.”

Divine power is amazing and magic is also amazing, but this phenomenon that doesn’t belong to any of them is even more amazing. If there are more like this in the world, I want to go and see them.

Even in the dense forest, we were able to arrive at our destination after a journey without any inconvenience, as if walking on flat ground.