CH 116

“Daniel?”

I called out to him, who had a grim expression as if he’d swallowed a bitter medicine.

It’s not the first time Daniel frowned after seeing my future.

‘It would be better if you could tell me what the future is.’

After waiting for a while, he asked with a slightly shocked look on his face.

“Frey. Are you planning to invite others besides nobles to the charity party?”

“I haven’t made a detailed list yet, but I would like to invite some young people who will be sponsored. I thought it would be nice to have them stay in the capital for a few days.”

“There must be men among the scholarship students, right?”

‘men?’

It was kind of a strange question. But there was nothing wrong with sharing the plan with him.

“sure. I’ll talk to the hotel and get several rooms and share them with students of the same gender. and while they’re here, they can see the capital.”

With the help of many people including Wiz and Lina, one or two scholarship students were selected from the provinces.

Competition for the scholarship was high, they were sure to get a good job after graduation from the Capital Academy and also living expenses were supported during the semester.

In other words, the winners of this scholarship competition have tremendous talent.

Even if they go on to work somewhere other than the capital, there’s nothing wrong with building relationships with the selected geniuses in advance.’

If it was my plan now, it was reasonable to give scholarship students an experience of life in the capital.

Daniel, who was pondering over my plan, said with a friendly face.

“Frey. It would be difficult to prepare for the charity party, so you can leave the management of the scholarship students to me.”

His voice was clearly friendly, but why did it sound like he was whispering in the darkness?

“Since they will have a close relationship with Prause in the future, it would be better to have them stay in a villa attached to the mansion rather than a hotel.”

“But…”

“In terms of security, it’s better to have them stay at the villa.”

It would be more convenient for the scholarship students to stay at the villa.

‘Anyway, if I let them stay in the hotel, the efficiency in terms of communication will decrease.’

Daniel added as if he had read my thoughts.

“I’ll take care of it myself, Frey. Wouldn’t it be nice for me to check once more for the scholarship students?”

“Daniel. Maybe now…”

‘Are you jealous?’

I was about to ask that but It was useless to ask questions. He was doing this because he saw some bad information about the scholarship student in my future.

It’s forbidden to share the future you’ve seen using the abilities of a transcendent.

‘There are many other things to do.’

I suspect that he had other ulterior motives, but Daniel’s innocent beauty continues to overshadow my suspicions.

“Then please do me a favor, Daniel.”

“Leave it to me, Frey. I won’t let anyone do anything stupid to you.”

“….”

It was as if I could see an illusion of a long dragon tail rustling behind his back as he smiled softly.

* * *

“Mr. Hound. Are you awake?”

“This is….”

Hound looked around.

A well-organized hospital room with priests carrying trays of herbs.

Doctors rejoice as soon as they see him waking up.

‘It doesn’t seem like the hellish Duke of Gelon mansion. Is it a temple?’

As soon as he realized that it was not the mansion of the Duke of Gelon who had kidnapped him, his tension eased.

Hound let out a sigh of relief.

When he breathed in again, he could feel the scent of herbs that were good for the patient’s mental and physical stability filling the room.

“You saved my life. Thanks to the combination of Melis berries and Alcus leaves, my fatigue seems to have recovered quickly.”

The young priests entrusted with the old man’s care couldn’t help but be puzzled.

‘What? Both are herbs known for their faint fragrance…’

‘They say he’s the transcendent’s grandfather, so he’s also extraordinary.’

Within a minute of waking up from a long sleep, he was able to grasp a lot of information.

The priests who had been training for only ten years had no choice but to admit his extraordinariness at once.

“Mr. Hound. This is the hospital room attached to the temple.”

“Thank you for finding me in that dark place, priest.”

“There is someone else to thank. Thanks to Her Highness Grand Duchess Prause’s providing an opportunity, we were able to search the Duke of Gelon’s residence.”

“ah…”

The Hound nodded without resistance.

Although he lived loyal to God in the deep mountains of Prause, he knew the story of the Grand Duchess well.

At first, they laughed at her because the princess who had lost her mother was trying to take the Grand Duke Prause with the right of absolute obedience.

But then.

‘The Duke of Gelon and everyone in the mansion was very wary of the Grand Duchess.’

Duke Gelon used soundproofing magic from time to time, but the Hound could tell who he was referring to just by looking at the way his lips moved.

Grand Duchess Prause. 

Frey. 

The princess.

The lowly thing.

Everyone referred to her as if they were not the same, but they couldn’t hide the tense facial muscles.

‘You must have kidnapped me because you can’t stop the Grand Duchess Prause.’

[“Hound. Cooperating with his Highness, Duke of Gelon, will benefit you.”]

Recalling what the person sent by the Duke of Gelon had said, he felt a surge of anger.

However, Hound was a man who had been training for a long time to control his emotions.

“Please call the high priest. I should tell him what I have seen and heard at the Duke of Gelon’s residence.”

At Hound’s words, the young priest looked troubled.

“Mr. Hound. I think you still need to rest a bit more. It is a good sign that consciousness has returned, but—”

It was the elderly priest who cut off his worried words.

“It will be fine. Send someone to the high priest.”

“yes?”

He called the bewildered young priest out of the room and explained to him separately.

“You know that ordinary humans like us can use His Majesty’s Scroll of Divine Power after training for decades.”

“Sure! I learned that it is possible because if you train for a long time, you will have very little divine power.”

“But with a normal human body, you probably know that no matter how hard you try, all you can do is use His Majesty’s scroll.”

“Of course.”

“But Hound, that man… He must have served God to the extent that he cannot be compared to us.”

The elderly priest, who spent more than 50 years in the temple, was immediately recognizable.

“He is no ordinary human, perhaps he has some dragon blood in him, like Lord Divine…”

When he first saw hound whose stamina had fallen to the limit, the elderly priest saw his pupils lengthen vertically.

His refusal to cooperate with the Duke of Gelon, even though he was in danger of losing his life, was admirable.

‘To think that a man with this much strength and conviction would nod his head at the story of Her Highness the Grand Duchess.’

‘Your Great allies are naturally gathered, Her Highness the Grand Duchess.’

The Priest muttered that inwardly.

* * *

“Your Highness, Grand Duchess. Good news. Mr. Hound has woken up.”

“Really, Luke?”

While Lina and Lina were checking out the things I needed for the charity party in the office, I got up from my seat

“How was his physical condition? I’m sure the children can’t wait to meet their grandfather…”

Damon and Arsene never met their blood relatives in their lives.

My heart skipped a beat as I thought about the two children.

“If anyone hears it, they will think that Your Highness Grand Duchess’ grandfather has awakened.”

“I can see that Luke is just as happy as I am.”

At my words, Luke smiled and continued his report.

“Fortunately, Mr. Hound’s physical condition is said to be good enough to make a statement about what he saw and heard in the Duke of Gelon mansion.”

“A statement…”

The interior of the Duke of Gelon was virtually inviolable territory.

I was a little curious as to what the Hound had seen and heard in it.

“I would like to visit him with the children tonight. Can you send someone to them?”

“I will. The young masters will also like it very much.”

“Then let’s finish what we’re doing now and talk again.”

After sending Luke off.

As I was about to finish checking the necessary items, Lina held out a file folder to me.

“Your Highness, Grand Duchess. The final list of scholarship recipients has been released, so you might want to check it out.”

“I don’t think I know any faces, but let’s take a look.”

These are the people you will meet soon, so it would be nice to memorize their names first.

With a light heart, I looked over the portraits, names, places of residence, and special features of the selected scholarship students.

wait…

[Sergey Fields.]

‘Sergey? That Sergey I saw in the game…?’

I was confused for a moment when I found a familiar name.