CH 344

A country that has lost its romance (2)

30 minutes ago.

Billy went to see Roman Dmitry.

It was to schedule an appointment as Count Bragan ordered, but it ran into difficulties from the start.

"I'm sorry, but I can't meet you right now."

It was Hans.

In a situation in which the meeting itself was not allowed in the first place, Billy earnestly asked in the most respectful voice possible.

"I also know that Roman Dmitry is busy. But Count Bragan came here on behalf of the Valhalla Empire, and he can't wait for how long. I don't mean to ask you to take the time right now. One day is one day, two days is two days. Even if it takes longer, if you tell me when and when you promised to meet me, I will go back and pass it on to Count Bragan."

"It is impossible. The master did not allow anyone to enter until his personal schedule was over."

However ."

successive refusals.

Billy's expression darkened.

He was trying to be polite to carry out his orders, but the servant's attitude touched his heart.

"Don't just say you're sorry. Still, I think Count Bragan's will can be conveyed."

The horse had thorns.

The opponent is just a servant.

Leaving Count Bragan, he was not in a position to open his eyes and spit out words like that, even against himself as a knight.

It sounded slightly threatening.

Since Count Bragan had told him to carry out his purpose by any means, even as Billy, he could not step down as docilely as this.

Hans said.

"Knight. No matter how many times you ask, the situation doesn't change. This meeting was not originally planned. It's not that I don't understand the impatience, but it's very difficult to force a one-sided promise.

"This bastard is real."

sure.

Unknowingly, his hand went up.

got dry

If a servant in Valhalla had treated him like this, I'd bet he would have blown his head off with a single knife.

That was then.

"Put that hand down."

right next door.

A cold voice was heard.

Billy turned his head unconsciously, and there was a man with a face he had never seen before, staring at him.

* * *

At first, he didn't recognize Kevin's face.

Dmitry's demon.

His fame was great in Valhalla, but even his appearance was not known in detail.

Hans' eyes turned to Kevin.

"Kevin. I am okay.

'Kevin?'

Billy's eyes widened.

Looking at Hans and Kevin alternately, he knew that the mysterious man was the demon of Dmitry, whom he had heard rumors about.

He smiled awkwardly for a moment.

He thought that the way he was trying to beat Hans could make the situation worse.

"Hahaha, don't get me wrong. I came to visit Roman Dmitry... ."

"Stop talking nonsense. What are you trying to beat Hans in Dmitry's realm?

It was a cruel voice.

the problem is.

Kevin's remarks hurt Billy's self-esteem.

It's not that his actions were good, but his opponent wasn't a great being, he was just a servant.

"It doesn't sound like it. Aren't you talking too much?

"I would definitely have told you to explain your actions."

"Don't speak as if you were commanding me. I am not Dmitry, I am a knight of the Valhalla Empire. There is no reason for you to treat me like this, but even if I touched a servant, what would you do?"

Count Bragan said.

Show me the location of Valhalla.

As Billy came out strong, Kevin stepped right in front of him and looked up at Billy, who was taller than him, from below.

"Tell me again. what?

"Damn it, it's really different. Are you all Dmitry's demon? I didn't hit him as a knight, so why are you making such a fuss over raising your hand against a servant? Even if you didn't ignore us in the first place... Ouch!

damn!

The head turned quickly.

Recognizing that he had been hit in the face by a strong shock, Billy could not hold back his rage and drew his sword.

"You dare slap me on the cheek?!"

Kwareung.

Quiet rumble.

It caused an aura.

Pulling out his sword like lightning, he tried to subdue Kevin for the first time without thinking about the future.

By the way.

hook.

dodge the attack.

Instead of drawing his sword in the same way, Kevin let out an attack with a light movement and blew Billy's cheek again.

Blood spattered from his face.

Billy, stained with embarrassment, hurriedly tried to counterattack, but every time he swung his sword, his head turned.

Shocks erupted in succession.

The intense anger dissipated in an instant, and when he came to his senses, he was on his knees and grabbed his hair.

damn.

sucks, sucks.

He continued to blow his cheeks.

Billy tried to stop the attack with a pathetic hand, but the wretched hand grabbed his hair and wouldn't let him go.

Billy's behavior.

Just trying to use violence in Dmitry was heartbreaking.

Besides, the opponent was Hans.

who is hans

Aside from the fact that Roman Dmitry was a person he really cared for, Hans was very special to Kevin.

When I first moved around the slums.

After entering the castle with Roman Dmitry, Kevin lived under the care of Hans.

I will never forget the grace I received at that time.

Now, his social status has risen and he is in a position where he can command his servants, but he never loses his gratitude when he meets Hans.

Whereby.

No one in Dmitry touched Hans.

Since Roman Dmitry and Kevin are important figures, the status of the servant was not important at all.

such an existence.

It was a situation that could have been hit by an outsider.

After grabbing his hair and dragging him in the face several times, Billy struggled to open his mouth with a blood-stained face.

" you Go, can you afford it? I, I am a knight of Valhalla."

As he said.

Billy is no ordinary knight.

A knight of Valhalla serving Count Bragan.

Carrying the stature of the Empire on his back, he expressed his wrath in the face of Dmitry's demon.

smirked

Thinking that his threats had worked, he spoke again.

" You are in trouble."

stand tall.

stopped acting.

Looking at Billy while holding his hair, Kevin showed a strange expression.

"Can I tell you something interesting?"

" crazy bastard."

"When I was still unaware of the world, I attended Barco's party with my master. At that time, I listened to the people who insulted Dmitry, but I did not respond in any way. that day. The master turned them into blood cakes for me. and he told me From now on, I want you to develop an eye to judge others."

closely.

He gripped his head strongly.

As the opponent complained of pain, Kevin laughed cruelly.

The figure reminded me of Roman Dmitry.

"By my current standards, you're a guy I can touch."

at that word.

Billy's expression turned pale.

It was then that he realized that things were wrong.

* * *

" This is the situation."

Billy finished the explanation with difficulty.

series of situations.

Count Bragan could not help but be angry.

It is wrong to try to use violence in other people's realm, but Billy is still a knight of Valhalla.

Dmitry, this fucking cubs.

crossed the line

Hans or Kevin.

They did not treat Valhalla in the slightest.

Hans was unable to set a date for an appointment, so he responded with a blunt response, and Kevin used indiscriminate violence even though he knew he belonged to Valhalla.

My stomach swelled up.

In my mind, I wanted to go to Roman Dmitry right away, point out their mistakes and throw them all over the place.

However.

I couldn't.

It was said that the thirsty dig a well.

For the relationship with Roman Dmitry to end catastrophically, the Valhalla imperial family had many wishes from him.

dump.

"Roman Dmitry. He had a childish side."

sat on the sofa

Hans and Kevin's actions.

It must have been Roman Dmitry's order.

Roman Dmitry, who had a bad affair with the Valhalla imperial family, most likely ordered it for personal revenge.

It was as rumored.

Roman Dmitry was said to be a fairly radical person, but in a situation where he was hostile to the Kronos Empire, he did not know that even the Valhalla Empire would provoke this.

" Please bear with me just this one time."

suppressed anger.

just once.

I thought that we should meet somehow.

Meet him, and he will tell you what will happen if you drag your ties with the Valhalla Empire like this.

"Let's see if I can show the same attitude back then."

messed it up

Revenge begins with patience.

Count Bragan's eyes turned cold.

Laying down on the sofa, he began to picture in his mind what it was like to meet Roman Dmitry.

* * *

that time.

Roman Dmitry was conducting a videoconference with the kings of the three southern kingdoms of Kronos through a magic communicator.

beyond the screen.

said King Umberto.

[It is no longer possible to accept refugees from Odelia. Because of them, large and small incidents are constantly taking place in the border area, and the problem is that even if they punish them, the fundamental problem cannot be solved. Refugees who have committed a felony immediately flee to the lawless zone of Odelia. There is no government responsible for and punishing them for their actions, so the lawless zone is a land of indulgence for criminals.]

[Yes. The number of cases of Frankish criminals crossing the border of Odelia when they are wanted is increasing.]

The fall of Odelia.

It created unexpected problems.

The lords of Odelia, who lost their royal family, only thought of their own safety, and a lawless zone was formed outside the domains divided into dozens.

It was a total mess.

The people who settled in the ruined capital committed crimes to survive, but the lords of Odelia had no intention of punishing them.

It was extreme selfishness.

No one in Odelia was waiting for someone to solve the chaotic situation rather than correct it.

In the meantime, Odelia was neglected.

Precisely, thinking that the war with Kronos might start again, he could not disperse his forces in Odelia.

Cronus sent a clear warning by blowing up Odelia's capital.

Even if they accepted the truce negotiations, the same thing could happen if they overlooked the existence of the Kronos Empire.

And now.

Roman Dmitry said.

"I think the same. You can no longer stand by Odelia. In the meantime, Odelia's situation has been delayed due to complex issues, but now is the time to sort things out. In order to prepare for the war against Kronos, we must stabilize Odelia at the southwestern tip. If their existence remains an element of rebellion, it will surely have a bad effect on the Three Southern Kingdoms."

Southern Three Kingdoms.

Odelia was at their last.

It was a matter of time, something they had to solve somehow.

asked King Redford.

[Are you okay? The process of organizing Odelia will never be easy. Clearing up the lawless zone is also a problem, but the biggest problem is to present a system that the existing powerful people can convince.]

"Now is the right time. This cannot be resolved unless Kronos is stepping back in a truce and Valhalla is engulfed in civil war. And we have no reason to care for those in power in Odelia. Even if the royal family they followed is destroyed, it does not change the fact that Odelia is on the side of Kronos."

This.

It was another war.

Rather than creating an environment for Odelia, it was necessary to properly merge them.

"I will send some of Dmitry's troops. In this issue, the priority is to remove the anxiety factor in the rear. If people in the lawless zone and those in power oppose them, it's okay to classify them as enemies.

[Okay.]

[I will deal with that.]

The video conference is over.

Odelia's problem.

It was a matter for the three southern kingdoms to take the lead.

Roman Dmitry only offered to dispatch troops and guides, but he intended to step back and focus on the issue of Valhalla.

A week has passed since then.

After some implementation of the plan in his head, Roman Dmitry summoned Hans and gave orders.

"Hans. Call Count Bragan."

Okay.

Count Bragan.

Finally, the moment he had been waiting for came.