My Villains Episode 454
66. The Silver Prince (9)
Theodora Guellamcht von Strom.
She is the niece of the Duke of Avillambus and the only granddaughter of Lionel III. She is one of the 10 most middle-class women in the middle world, based on the nobility of her lineage.
His father and brothers lost their lives in a political strife, and he was imprisoned in a convent located in the capital city of Milano. Since his early teens, he has not enjoyed the wealth and glory befitting his extremely high status.
However, it was difficult to hide things like a high-ranking aristocratic demeanor and natural dignity. In addition, while living as a nun, she learned humility and even possessed mercy befitting her title as an anointed paladin. Although he hid a little bit of a nerd temperament and a thrill-loving eccentric personality, he was never at the level of a home and
seemed to be unknown to the public.
In a word, it was not usually difficult to hate Theodora, who was high, holy, good, beautiful, and even had her heart.
And fortunately, Ellen was no exception here.
“Oh there you are. Have you been waiting long?”
“you! Such a bully-”
The halo that Princess Theodora emits without divine power shone so brightly that even Ellen, who was sitting on a wooden chair in the courtyard of the guard headquarters, her eyes burning with the energy to burn all the green around her. I held my breath for a while.
“...this person is?”
“It’s a first meeting, right? This is Princess Theodora. Princess, this is Ellen. Did I talk often?”
Even if they were seeing each other for the first time, even the name was not unfamiliar, and the role of Ellen as well as Theodora, who asked for a meeting, seemed to know about the other person.
“I see you at last.”
Of course, it was Princess Theodora who greeted her first. She got off Brightmere, put the reins on the iron hooks on the poles, and stood in front of Ellen. Then, with a look of surprise, he raised his pale eyebrows and smiled.
“I thought Lord Phoenix was exaggerating, but it is truly amazing that he looks like an angel, just like I heard.”
Are you happy to be praised for your beauty? Ellen, who had extinguished the fire in her eyes before she knew it, twitched her mouth for a moment.
“May the blessing of light come upon you. I am Theodora, a paladin of the Order of Calandari.”
“...It is an honor to meet you, Princess Gongnyeo, who is the stronghold of light. I have heard of your bright reputation.”
I don’t know if she remembered that she had decided not to reveal her identity for the time being, or if it was unconsciously, but Ellen politely said hello even though she had an awkward expression on her face.
“My name is Ellen, the wizard of La Palais Palace.”
“So what do you want me to call you? Miss Ellen? Master Ellen?”
“Mmm.”
On the battlefield, Ellen yelled ‘You dare me’ and ‘The Highmaster’s authority’, but it was a chaos of battle and not many people knew exactly what Highmaster meant. Thanks to this, very few outsiders knew that he was the customary and nominal owner of the Palace of La Palais.
“...as long as it’s Master Ellen.”
“Yes, it is.”
Princess Theodora nodded her head kindly, as if she did not belong to that minority. Then, this time, Ellen came out and examined the princess several times and asked a question.
“Why did Princess go all the way to this place? I’ve been waiting for this bastard
– no, Lord Phoenix.”
It was a word thrown straight out without asking around. It wasn’t a very aristocratic way of speaking, but the old wizard nodded slightly as if it was rather comfortable.
Of course, that didn’t mean that he gave an answer innocently.
“You may have expected the answer, but the reason we came here is for the palace. There is no reason to reveal the details of the situation to outsiders, so I hope for your understanding.”
“I am not asking out of simple curiosity. If you’re here for something the Church is interested in, I’m asking if you two and the Cult of Calandari can join forces with the Palace of La Palais.” Aktufir was silent for a moment.
Ellen slightly narrowed her eyebrows and seemed to guess Theodora’s intentions while Nashal, who was sitting opposite her, secretly yawned under a veil.
“...hmm?”
Then the woman who met my eyes suddenly smiled and glanced sideways at the other Grand Master and the only High Master in turn. Then he lifted his crossed legs slightly and groped my shins with his toes.
If my memory is not wrong, Nashal Anwei must have been quite a bit older than me.
Wanting to do something out of the blue, I watched quietly, and she blinked one eye. Then, at some point, he slowly pushed his bare white feet into the inner thighs.
...He’s a really tough guy.
Aktufir broke the silence while I silently held the accusation at Nashal’s snake-like footwork.
“Tell me first what you are interested in.”
“I want to reveal the circumstances, but if this is known to the outside world”
“The wizard of the palace has a heavy mouth.”
Theodora, as if having already anticipated the flow of this conversation, came up with an answer without much hesitation.
“I found demonic energy in ‘Asag’, the marsh of death.”
“...What about Magi?”
“You are right. It is the magic that flowed from the Dark World.”
“her.”
Aktupir, as well as me and Ellen, were surprised by the princess’s words.
The Dark World is considered to be the leader among the dimensions of evil composed of the spirit world, the phantom world, and the underworld, and is known as the opposite point of the light world, which is the paradise.
As the Dark World’s main scenario is for such a Dark World to erode Middle Earth, it was not common news that the magic power of the Dark World was discovered. This is all the more true considering that the main events of up to half of the Dark World’s campaign were caused by the ‘herald of the dark realm’ and the final boss is the ‘dark lord’, a being similar to the devil.
“But asagra? Why is Maggie in that swamp...
I expressed my doubts, forgetting the sensations coming up from the waist down.
As I recall, Asag was just a farming field with one or two sub-quests and had nothing to do with the main scenario. It’s said that if you decide to skip it, it’s a place where you don’t have to step in until you clear the campaign, but you found Magi in Asag? am i not wrong? The events related to the Dark Territory and Magi are obviously only the main scenario...
“I couldn’t figure out the details either. However, the mighty undead had little by little demonic energy. In particular, after defeating the corpse dragon, which is said to be rare in Asag, I found a... bone jar-like object, and it contained a small but very dense demonic energy.”
After finishing her speech with a firm expression, the princess slowly crossed herself.
ha fuck what is this again
The war didn’t end properly, but what about Magi?
“I’ll turn, really.”
While I was holding my head, Aktufir, who was holding his chin with one large hand, slowly opened his mouth.