Chapter 166

Just because Duke Lesrom came, it didn’t mean that he could leave everything behind and go back. No matter what, it is true that he did it.

Starting with informing the entourage who followed him of the place where I was ambushed, the enlisted men began to move busily while conducting a kind of listening session.

That doesn’t mean he’s shackled like a prisoner. With that alone, the royal family’s response to this incident seemed to have been decided.

“It’s a big deal.”

Looking at the mansion of Envelde while watching Duke Lesrom, who is directly in charge, is a spectacle. As I muttered it like a stranger, the other enlisted men who were watching me flinched and looked at me with a puzzled expression. It’s not that the gaze is incomprehensible. After all, it’s not a sentiment that a person who has committed something out of the ordinary would say.

Although he is a nobleman in name, rumors that he was massacred in the mansion would not spread positively. I was thinking the same thing, and I was dazed. Asilie and Ragnis appeared through the noisy crowd.

“Oh, are you here early?”

For a short moment, I could see that the expression of the two people who appeared with an expression as if the world had collapsed was stained with relief. Apparently, if it was the Ogatorp Mansion, there would have been a back smash without fail.

Fortunately, the enlisted men recognized Ragnis and didn’t particularly stop him from approaching me. Ragnis, who was unable to bear the action because of Asilie’s eyes looking at me as she approached me with such quick steps, let out a long sigh and said,

“I thought the world was collapsing.”

Oh, it wasn’t just the expression.

“I can only think that I was really good at not putting the shackles on Yan Tie.”

“Certainly, the ability is good. There is a reason for paying expensive money and hiring them.”

“It’s not like that! Why did you move so suddenly? You should have said something!”

“Yeah. That’s the same with my sister. Seeing her moving alone, doesn’t that mean she expected it to some extent?”

Asilie, who had sharply caught the traces of the penetrating wound on her stomach and poked with her finger dissatisfiedly, sympathized with Ragnis and demanded a definite answer.

Rather than expecting it, I just felt like it would take only one person. However, I thought that if I said it openly, I could get stabbed in the eyes and die, so I decided to lengthen it moderately.

“Of course I thought it would move, but I didn’t know it would be today. I don’t know if Envelde was in a hurry or the men were in a hurry, but it’s true that it happened a little suddenly. I just came because there could be a problem with my statement.”

But that doesn’t mean I made up words out of nowhere.

This had to be Eldmia Ega’s dogma. There was nothing good about giving the perception that the kingdom’s nobles, the Levien family and the Ogatorv family, were intertwined. I also received a letter from Esmuier, so I read it with ease. Without it, I would have submitted my resignation letter one by one before moving forward in earnest.

Since they knew that fact, only Asilie, who had nothing to do with it, and Ragnis, who were involved in the trial, came. As long as the royal family’s movements are not clearly confirmed, the Ogatorf family is now calling me...

“Eldmia!”

“...why is he here?”

Seeing Cheryl appearing in the crowd, unlike me, Ragnis and Ashlie reacted naturally.

“Yen Tie must have told you.”

After all, the army is the same everywhere.

Still, thanks to that gatekeeper, I was able to naturally pass the topic of conversation, so next time I see it, I’ll have to go over it in moderation.

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What happened after that was normal beyond imagination.

I went into the aristocratic house, moved to a carriage, and wanted to go somewhere, but after going through a series of processes to stay in the temporary detention center that made me realize that the temporary detention center where Ragnis stayed before was dog trash, I washed it clean and lay down on the bed. I had to struggle to hold on to the fish that was trying to break away from the body.

“It’s even more absurd when you think about it.”

It was a detached house that could be called simple. From the outside, I just thought so. So, I wanted to meet someone new. But this is a temporary detention center.

If Duke Lesrom hadn’t once more apologized to Ragnis for the series of events and promised an official reward, he might have been watching the night sky from his half-destroyed prison cell. Oh my God, even if I don’t know about aristocratic society, I guess I didn’t know too much.

“Huh... Yeah. But I’ve sorted out the one who threw a big stumbling block in my life, so I’ll have to be content with that.”

I honestly don’t know if I can call it a stumbling block. In the end, if it hadn’t been for Envelde’s intervention, I wouldn’t have come to the capital, and the relationship between Asillie and I might have really ended within the promised period. Because it was an unexpected breakup, it is also true that I was able to be more sincere.

But I’m not sure it’s been sorted out. It’s time to finally get out of the boring political games. All that’s left now is the award of a wandering knight that you’ll receive next year, so after that, you just have to equip yourself with the money you’ve saved and go to the front line.

“Ah, before that, I decided to stop by Ogwen once.”

Then, as I thought about riding a flying dragon and going west and then going back to the eastern front, I thought that it was a very strange life and at the same time a question arose.

“Why the hell did the Demon Tribe come all the way to the west of Ammon and hit our village with that shit?”

In the past, I just thought that I was out of luck because the southern and eastern edges of Ethiel were demon territories.

But in the end, since that day, demons have never invaded the west.

It’s hard to say what happened to our village. As a common cliché, if it was a town with something special, you would have noticed it in the evening.

“The slave guild? Was there something wrong with those bastards?”

Asilie said that the slave troupe he was held in was annihilated by mysterious raiders. At the time, I didn’t bother to show off, but the first thing that came to mind was the Demon King’s army that attacked our village.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense to unilaterally attack and kill all of them and then leave without taking any loot. However, there is only heart, but no physical evidence.

“...Let’s go to sleep.”

Even if there is no information, worrying about it will only waste time and lead to negative thoughts. It would have been better to get some more sleep and recover.

I don’t know if it will take a few days to stay here, but since it happened like this, I made up my mind to enjoy the long-awaited rest.

It was the second day since I had been leading an absurdly leisurely life, waking up like that, doing light exercise, and reading a book I had borrowed from a servant.

Esmuet visited the kingdom.