Chapter 83: Playing Chess (3)

Chapter 83: Playing Chess (3)

***

“...aww”

Ruel swallowed a groan.

As soon as he woke up, his stomach ached as if it had been cut out by a knife.

“You can’t.”

Aris shook his head as he tried to lay Ruel down again.

“No, it’s just a little sore.”

He had woke up suddenly with his stomach painfully throbbing.

Leo brought the cane.

Ruel stroked Leo and held his cane.

Cassion reluctantly opened his mouth.

“I don’t think you’ve forgotten the promise you made with me?”

He finally got a promise from Ruel that he would stay for a week if the wound burst before leaving the ice castle.

“Yes.”

Ruel stood up proudly in front of Cassion.

He walked at first with a cane and then without his cane.

Every step he took was fine except for the throbbing pain.

Ruel approached Cassion and smiled, handing him the cane.

“Aren’t you hurt?”

It was much slower than usual, but the wound was healing thanks to the power of recovery.

Cassion opened his mouth with a strong grip on his cane.

“Yes, but it didn’t burst.”

“Are you sure you’re okay? It seems to hurt every time you walk.”

Aris knew the expression of enduring pain.

Every time Ruel moved, that expression was made.

“It’s okay, I’m used to being sick.”

Ruel smiled as if to assure them, but somehow it sounded sad.

Ruel spread his arms in advance.

“Shouldn’t I be heavily armed leaving?”

“It’s impossible to bundle up like before because of the wound. Instead...”

What Cassion took out of his magic pouch was a white cloak.

It was not a normal cloak, but enchanted.

“This is a thermal cape made by Aris.”

Magic items were not made with a ‘boong’ just by infusing magic into the object.

Ruel heard that in order to keep magic in an object, various magics are used, such as a magic formula that allows the owner to use a certain amount of mana and allows the object to withstand mana.

It was only possible for Aris to make it so quickly as he is a genius.

“I heard from Tyson-nim how much magic resistance Ruel-nim can withstand, and I made it considering your growth so far.”

“It’s your first work, isn’t it?”

Ruel smiled pleasantly.

If it’s a gift, you should always take it.

“Yes, this is my first piece. After Ruel-nim acquired that title, you seemed to hate the color black, so I dyed the cape white.”

“That’s a good choice.”

Ruel wanted to raise his thumb right away.

—This body too, do you have one for this body?

Leo ran to Aris right away and rubbed his face against his leg.

Aris took out a white cloth and tied it to Leo’s tail.

“It’s the same material as Ruel-nim’s.”

—With Ruel?

“That’s right.”

Leo jumped from place to place.

Aris looked at Leo cutely and turned to look at Ruel at the flapping sound.

Gulp.

Since it was his first work, it would be a big problem if he calculated the resistance level wrong.

The cloak covered Ruel’s body.

“I like it because it’s warm.”

Aris smiled broadly at Ruel’s smile.

“Do you feel nauseous or dizzy?”

Still, he asked about his condition just in case.

“There isn’t.”

Ruel answered briefly and reached out to Cassion.

Cassion handed over the fox mask to Ruel’s hand.

“Aris, change your appearance with magic with Cassion.”

“Yes, I will change it back to how it was before.”

Three adventurers, Han, Cassion and Aris, have already contacted Ganien and asked him to make a record of entering Cyronian a month ago.

When asked if Cassion and Aris would be caught because they had the same name, Ruel welcomed them.

The three adventurers’ origins and track record were perfect.

When Ruel thought of the time the Red Ash would be wasting, he naturally laughed.

“Let’s go.”

Ruel grabbed his stomach and came out.

“...Wow.”

As soon as he came out, Ruel naturally admired the view.

The white scenery seen from the window and the white scenery seen directly with the eyes was different.

It was a magnificent view.

It was like a world full of innocence and purity.

“It’s a boring place,” Cassion spoke out plainly.

“But it’s also a beautiful place. It’s charm changes with every time I see it. As it’s the closest place to the sky, it’s a place where you can see stars so close at night.”

“Yes.”

Ruel smiled.

He wanted to count those many stars there were in the night, but he had to depart now. He moved his feet, leaving his regrets behind.

***

As he stepped out of the Ice Castle and entered a small nearby village, Cassion sensed a sharp atmosphere.

As expected, they expanded their search to near the Ice Castle.

Not knowing if he was aware, Ruel was slyly talking to the merchants.

Ruel soon smiled brightly, looking at Cassion and Aris, and pointed his finger at the carriage.

“Get in.”

“Ruel-nim is very sociable.”

Aris whispered softly to Cassion.

“He must be good at acting.”

“Really?”

Aris followed Cassion, who moved first.

“It’s a carriage that goes to the capital, but he’s in trouble because there’s no adventurer. I decided to go to the capital, too, and escort him while sleeping and getting something to eat, brother.”

Adventurers were relatively free to go back and forth regardless of their status or country.

Therefore, the token was absolute for the adventurer.

Unlike normal IDs, the adventurer’s certificate could be checked if it was one’s own or not by infusing mana on the spot without any magic items.

Due to the nature of the soldier’s job, where he has to deal with many adventurers, he should already know that fact.

He should have checked if the token was real, not the mask.

“Who are you?”

Ruel’s words spread like waves and turned the mood around.

The merchant members were also one of the jobs that often encountered adventurers.

One by one, the merchant people also looked at the soldiers with suspicious eyes.

The men disguised as soldiers showed their true colors.

“This is why quick-witted things are annoying.”

Their numbers are 20 including hidden colleagues.

There are only eight escorts at the merchant, including adventurers.

It was worth a try.

“Kill him.”

When a soldier who appeared to be the head of the enemy gave orders to the other soldiers, Ruel laughed at them and inhaled Breath.

“These days, bandits do all sorts of things.”

The rabbit jumped at the tiger.

***

“Your Majesty, you can’t do this!”

The Marquis looked at Huswen and raised his voice.

The nobles who followed also spoke in one voice.

When the aristocrats in the east and west were caught one after another under the charge of treason, the remaining aristocrats stood up.

The crime of treason was not the name of anyone’s dog, and even the nobles who were caught had already passed 10 people.

This is not a cornerstone for strengthening royal power, but what is it?

“What do you mean?”

Huswen looked at the Marquis with displeasure.

“Even if the crime of harming Your Majesty is decapitated right away, the conviction will welcome it with open arms. But what is the crime of harming the representative of the missing delegation?”

Treason was a matter that should not be touched, no matter what one’s status.

So, the Marquis slightly looked around and mentioned Ruel Setiria.

“What do you mean by the Lord of Setiria disappearing? Lord of Setiria was attacked on the way back from Dotol, and the person who instigated this was Count Iria Promien and the captured nobles.”

Another wrinkle was carved between Huswen’s brows.

The Marquis rolled his eyes for a moment.

Why do you keep mentioning that the missing Ruel Setiria has not disappeared?

“Don’t you ask what that means?”

The Marquis raised the corners of his mouth slightly at Huswen’s shout.

He must have wanted to buy time.

Time to find Ruel Setiria, time to find the sins of the nobles.

Can you give me that chance?

“With all due respect, it has already been a week since Lord Setiria disappeared from Dotol. This news has spread throughout the capital, but how is Your Majesty referring to the missing Lord Setiria?”

“Then I am oppressing them by making a crime that doesn’t exist when the representative of the delegation has disappeared!”

“Well, it’s not that...”

“In the first place, you probably don’t know what it means to say that Lord Setiria disappeared.”

The representative of the delegation who came to accept the alliance disappeared.

This was a major problem that could lead to war.

“This is an act of insulting the entire delegation in Leponia, which is like insulting Leponia. Can you handle it, Marquis?”

Something was out of the ordinary.

I heard that he put pressure on Cyronian to find Ruel Setiria, who also disappeared in Leponia.

But what exactly is Huswen’s confidence?

“Aren’t you asking me if I’m bringing out something I can’t handle right now?”

It was also a crime to spread false rumors.

The Marquis thought carefully and opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, this lowly subject is worried about the safety of the country with one heart. I request for you to call for Setiria’s lord.”

What if Huswen’s confidence is a lie?

No matter how things turned out, now was a golden opportunity to destroy Huswen’s power and seize power.

He couldn’t miss it.

“Lord Setiria is not feeling well right now so I can’t call for him.”

Also.

The Marquis’ face lit up.

The bravado was a bluff.

“But.”

An unpleasant word popped out.

“Why don’t you go see it yourself?”

Huswen smiled.

The Marquis’ brow wriggled.

“Before that, I will tell you clearly, no matter how noble you are, the honor of the delegation has been tarnished, so you who are standing now will have to pay for all your sins.”

“Of course, Your Majesty, if the news heard by this lowly subject is wrong.”

The Marquis was sure.

Huswen is buying time now.

I can’t give you more time.

“Your Majesty, I want you to tell me where the lord of Setiria is.”

“Sir Croft.”

Huswen suddenly called Ganien.

Standing quietly next to him, he strode out and bowed to Huswen.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“You will guide him.”

“Alright, Your Majesty.”

Why Ganien?

The marquis turned his head quickly.

“Your Majesty, Lord Croft has a heavy duty to protect you. I’ll go with others.”

Huswen laughed.

“The lord of Setiria is staying in Lord Croft’s villa. Isn’t it right for Lord Croft, the owner, to go with you?”

It was a laugh.

It was Ganien’s villa that was the first place to check after Ruel Setiria disappeared.

Not even Ruel Setiria could be found there, not even the royal knights he had brought.

The Marquis replied, pressing the corners of his mouth, which seemed to fly high at any moment.

“I understand.”

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