CH 100

The East is pacified

Translated by SoundDestiny

Edited by Zil

“Forgive me Your Royal Highness Prince Raidorl, I have shown you an unsightly part of me.”

The duel between Justy and Angelica and an hour after the big cry at Sven’s intervention.

Once again, in the house of her lord, Angelica Ilkas uttered her apologies.

Angelica had once been haunted by revenge against the Empire and had lost her expression like a ghost, but now she had regained her soft face.

Angelica’s face, now softened, has a fresh, clean look, and even with the left half of her face covered in bandages, she is still an attractive woman.

“That’s, well, okay for now…….”

Sitting in his chair, Raidorl receives Angelica’s apology but turns his subtle gaze to her bosom.

“…………kyu.”

Angelica stands in front of Raidorl and Sven still clutched to her chest.

Her arms were behind his back and in front of her, holding him like a child holding a stuffed bear.

When his eyes meet Raidorl’s, the boy soldier moves his lips in a puckering motion and calls out for help, “Ta-su-ke-te.”

“Ummm……..”

Raidorl pressed his fingers into the creases between his eyes and made a difficult face, but decided to ask anyway.

“By the way, Angelica Ilkas. Why do you keep hugging Sven?”

“You see, Your Highness. It’s because I want to make sure that Sven doesn’t die.”

Angelica declares firmly. She has no hesitation in saying this.

“We are human beings who die if we are not careful. My parents died, my brother died. That’s why I have to protect him from dying.”

“No……there are no enemies here, and I don’t think there’s any danger…….”

“No, he’s dying. I’m dying. We’re dying a lot.”

“…… Am I going to die?”

Sven is already on the verge of tears.

He was already in tears. He had just intervened in a fight and for some reason a woman he knew had hugged him, treated him like a stuffed animal and told him he was going to die. It was only natural that he wanted to cry.

The transformation of Angelica Ilkas, who was once a mad ghost. There were a number of complicated reasons for this.

Angelica was known as the “Slaughter Princess”, as she was a very fierce fighter on the battlefield.

Angelica, however, was not always so ruthless.

She respected her parents, loved her friends, and was a motherly woman who treated the young children with the utmost compassion.

But the fall of Viscount Ilkas and the death of her family. The death of her brother has left a deep scar in Angelica’s heart.

Possessed by vengeance and madness, Angelica has turned into an evil woman, slurping blood and devouring flesh, pursuing the Empire and the traitorous noblemen who destroyed the Ilkas family.

And so Angelica set off on the road to perdition. She had no time to relax, she was only heading towards destruction, but then she met a piece of peace, and that was Sven Arbeil.

Sven’s birth family, the Earls of Arbeil, were a family that fought to the last against the Empire and were driven to destruction. This means that Sven is in the same position as Angelica, and is the only person who can understand her feelings.

For Angelica, who has been abandoned by those she believed to be her allies, and even her fiancé and his family, the Counts Calcifer, are no longer trustworthy, Sven is the only hope she has. Sven is the only hope for Angelica. He is like a spider’s web that has descended into hell.

“……Originally, Angelica was a kind person who loved children. My brother and I were very close, and I think we have a lot in common.”

–This is what Sven said when he gave up on being treated like a stuffed animal.

In any case, Angelica’s heart, which was once broken, was reshaped in a distorted way by her encounter with Sven.

Sven’s presence has become one of the most important factors for her. It is as if Sven is a tranquilizer, and only when he is in her arms does she return to the fierce but gentle Angelica Ilkas she once knew.

Raidorl sighed bitterly as Angelica held the boy in her arms with a look of contentment, as if she had monopolised all the happiness in the world.

“…… Let’s leave it at that for now. By the way, I’d like to confirm that the Ilkas family will be joining my army.”

“Of course, Your Highness. We will surrender all the lands of the Calcifer family that we have taken, and of course those of Kyrgyzstan and Kubertos.”

Angelica nodded vigorously. A thin chin touched the back of Sven’s head, but he didn’t seem to mind.

“We are happy to be loyal to the Zain royal family again. I look forward to serving you and Sven for many years to come.”

“…… So it’s decided that you’re going to be with me? That’s enough, then.”

Sven had already given up and had a look of enlightenment on his face.

Angelica stroked the boy’s belly with her hand.

He was not without his misgivings about having such a mentally twisted woman as Angelica in his ranks, but he was glad to have an additional asset to rival Justy.

Raidorl decided to leave all Angelica’s problems to Sven, and turned his attention to the last person in the room.

He turned to the last person in the room and he said, “Oh, it’s an affair. It’s definitely an affair.”

It was Brad Ilkas, Angelica’s would-be husband. He was looking out of the window at the sky with an air of detachment in his eyes.

“I never thought that a newlywed would have another man in her life within a week. …… Rotten fruit is a delicacy. It’s bittersweet.”

“…… What the hell is he talking about?”

“You don’t need to worry about my husband. I will take care of him when he is no longer needed.”

“You’ll get rid of him?”

It seems that, Angelica still have some darkness remains inside her

Raidorl suffered a slight headache from Angelica, who was uncertain about the future.

Thus, all of the eight eastern families with territories on the eastern border of the Kingdom of Zain were placed under the umbrella of Raidorl.

It was a quick victory, less than half a year after King Granard’s decree.

(TL: Now onwards to the Granard downfall arc  and the reason why Alsatian Empire began expanding it’s border)