Suture (1)
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There are conditions.
It was a natural story.
A mere favor could not have allowed Rey to stay in the Counts.
Rei quietly waited for the Count to continue.
The Count could not easily open his mouth as if he was still in conflict.
After the silence passed once more, the count, who had cleared his mind, looked directly at Rei.
“Take Alesia second.”
Short and concise requests.
However, after pondering how much meaning was implied in that brief word, Ray touched her forehead.
The Count’s demands were too favorable for Rey, and he was also telling him to take on a very heavy and wide-ranging responsibility.
The Count’s eyes deepened.
“At first, I wondered if I should ask you for something more distinct.”
A strong bond that binds each other’s social positions, such as engagement.
I wondered if I should ask Ray for that.
However, after much deliberation, the Count decided that it would be very dangerous to havetily tie Alesia and Rei together.
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No one knew what troubles and chaos would come to the Counts in the future.
At times, it may have been necessary to sever all ties with Rey.
However, if Rei and Alesia were tied together by marriage, the whole counties could be devastated by the end of one Rei’s death.
However, to expel Rey from the Counts right now, Rey’s talent was wasted and he was afraid of the future to come.
Ray was gifted with a talent unparalleled in history.
Also, many people followed Rey, and many talented people began to germinate from Rey.
At this time, when the demon’s minions slowly revealed their teeth, Rey could become a huge shield protecting the Counts.
However, Rey, the successor of the Space Sword, was a threat to the Empire just by its existence.
Even the younger brother who inherited the blood of the imperial family could not give up on Ray.
So the Count demanded.
Make Alesia second.
“Your first will be Bella. It won’t change for the rest of your life.”
Bella was the basis of all judgments and principles of action that Rey made.
It was only after experiencing this situation that the Count could clearly recognize it.
The fact that Ray often acts completely incomprehensible, if the truth is revealed, it must have been something for Bella in the end.
“So, Rey, no matter what future comes, promise that you will always think of Alesia second.”
At this point, no one knew what the future would hold for the Countess.
Problems with the Space Sword or Rhea could burn the Count of Phillips.
The Earl of Phillips may be swept away by an external event that has nothing to do with Rey.
Or, unexpectedly, the Count Phillips could have developed into a family that had a strong influence on the area without any problems.
Whatever the outcome we face, put Alesia first after Bella and judge the situation.
Protect Alesia, the only heir to the Phillips family.
Even if the Count is completely burned and disappears from history, lay the groundwork for Alesia to make a fresh start.
That was the request of Count Phillips.
Ray didn’t know if Count Phillips’ request was for the family or only for his beloved daughter.
Ray wiped his face once.
At first glance, the demand seemed excessive, but in the end this kind of contract could only be left verbally.
If Rei broke the contract at a critical moment, what could the Count do?
contract engraving?
The person who can sign a contract with Rey is Alesia at best.
However, even if Alesia broke her contract with the spirits who were protecting her and signed a contract with Rey, she could not make a very complicated and compulsory contract due to her capacity.
Ray sighed deeply.
“Is that one condition?”
“On the premise that you take Alesia second, there are a few more.”
“Count, do you believe me?”
“…”
The Count, who had been quietly looking at Rey, slowly turned his head and looked out the window.
“Protect Alesia. As long as the child is safe, even if the Phillips family disappears in a fire, they can rise again at any time. I believe that you…”
As a person who knows grace, we have twice…
“I believe you won’t betray me.”
In the end, it was a gamble.
If you are lucky, a master-class knight close to Harsia will protect the Countess from the harsh winds, and with a slight twist, the small Countess will have to deal with the wrath of the entire Empire.
Ray stood up and walked over to Earl Phillips and bent one knee.
This formality was the only way for Rei to prove her resolve to the Count right now.
“I will definitely do that.”
*
In the Signi Mountains where the harsh wind blows, the shadow without an owner spreads and disappears repeatedly.
Originally, even the shadows had to be completely concealed by the concealment field spread by the wizard, but the unidentified traces of mana that engulfed the surroundings kept disturbing the sophisticated magic.
Michael frowned as he moved in the hidden field that the wizard had spread.
A mountain with an unusual shape can be seen between the rising mountains.
It disappeared as if it had collapsed from the middle of the mountain, and a huge crater took its place.
Michael asked the knight next to him.
“…Is there any information about the recent detection of volcanic activity in the mountain range?”
“No. And it was a normal mountain at the time of the hunt.”
Hearing the answer, Michael motionlessly beckoned to his subordinates.
An imperial squadron of three royal guards and a high mage made their way towards the cratered mountain.
As we got closer to the crater, a strange heat flowed through my skin.
It wasn’t just heat, it was heat mixed with mana.
‘What the hell happened?’
Absolutely not a naturally generated crater.
It seemed that even a powerful anti-magic was hit directly, but the accompanying wizard could not easily answer what had happened.
Michael, who finally arrived at the edge of the crater, tried to move his body to go down to the center of the crater, but slowly turned around.
A faint chuckle is felt behind the tree.
Michael muttered, fiddling with his waist.
“You should know the tracking skills of the Rangers.”
“That’s our specialty. And this is our garden, isn’t it?”
Brandil groaned and appeared through the trees.
Michael glared at Brandil, out of the veil of concealment the wizard had spread.
It was only then that Brandil could see Michael with his own two eyes.
Michael’s momentum was quite rough, but Brandil did not lose his composure.
“I’ve been waiting for you to come, but it’s pretty late.”
“The First Prince…”
“You must have come to check if the dragon heart in the heart of the first prince is here.”
Michael drew his sword without hesitation.
There was a sense that rumors were circulating, but it was a secret of the Empire that the royal family would receive a dragon heart anyway.
Michael raised the momentum with a warning.
But Brandil was still carefree.
Compared to the overwhelming energy that erupted from Prince Reiwa the 1st, Michael’s momentum was lacking.
“You didn’t come here to fight, did you? I think you came to check the facts, do you really need to stop me?”
As Brandil continued to be leisurely, Michael killed the momentum with an astringent face.
“You seem to know a lot.”
“I know very well why you come all the way here and wander.”
Brandil giggled.
In the meantime, the Empire was quite chaotic, and it was still chaotic, but it continued to press the Rubyha Kingdom to retrieve the body of the first prince.
However, the reaction of the Rubyha Kingdom to the pressure was far beyond the expectations of the Empire.
Didn’t the Empire, who said it wanted a diplomatic solution, invade the Signi Mountains by surprise?
In the course of the collision, you confirm the disappearance of the Dragon Heart, and why are you blatantly coming out?
reacted that way.
In fact, the kingdom was also very nervous at this point.
The first prince of the empire, who had fled to the kingdom, accepted the power of the devil.
The kingdom was in trouble, but the empire must have been in trouble as well.
The fact that the first prince accepted the power of the devil was an event that greatly reduced the authority of the imperial family.
The imperial family had no choice but to try to cover up the incident related to the first prince as much as possible.
Because of this, the Kingdom expected that the Empire would secretly contact the Rubyha Kingdom in order to make this incident completely ‘non-existent’.
However, the Empire openly sent an envoy to the Kingdom to pressure them to release the body of the first prince.
The kingdom did not understand what the empire’s intentions were, and the empire wondered why the kingdom had stretched out like this.
Brandil shrugged at Michael.
“There was an infighting among the Rangers.”
“…Mine?”
“I can’t tell you in detail. The conflict between the hardliners and the moderates has grown a bit. Oh, I used to be a moderates, but the hardliners keep acting like they’re trying to get along with the Empire. They’re going crazy.”
“…”
“So, there was a little bit of a travesty. Now, Director Dunjin made his last move, so he took out a dragon heart from the heart of the first prince and blew himself up. Those are the traces of it.”
“That makes sense…”
“Can’t you believe it? Let’s check it out. There’s still a lot of fever in the pit where Dragon Heart melted.”
Michael looked at the center of the crater again.
The strange heat filled with mana was a phenomenon that could never be achieved with ordinary magic.
Brandil continued to speak towards Michael, who had a long and gloomy expression on his face.
“It’s not that I’m really piercing the minds of the superiors… but it’s difficult for the Kingdom to reveal externally that there was an infighting among the rangers who were so proud of it.
Michael quietly shook his head.
Hearing Brandil’s words, the situation seemed to make sense in general.
Of course, various information collection and cross-validation will have to be done in the future, but in any case, Brandil’s story was very plausible considering the circumstances behind it.
“…Did all the Dragon Hearts disappear?”
“I searched through the heat, but couldn’t find anything.”
“Tony.”
At Michael’s call, a wizard appeared.
Michael asked the wizard.
“Can you confirm that the Dragon Heart has completely disappeared?”
“You can get a rough idea by analyzing the mana composition, examining the energy flow, and calculating it backwards.”
“Can you do it yourself?”
“If I were alone, it would take a day to work…”
“Five hours.”
Brandil interrupted their conversation.
Brandil lifted his eyelids slightly and showed a hand outstretched.
“If you stay too long, we can’t stand still.”
“…”
Michael looked at Brandil angrily, and folded it once as the place was a place.
“Tony, can you do it in five hours?”
“I’ll reduce it as much as possible.”
Hearing their conversation, Brandil glanced around the back of the mountain.
A large number of ranger forces were gathered in the vicinity.
Although he gave way to Brandil’s claim that he could bring him back in moderation, the Rangers were basically militants.
Your patience won’t last very long.
Brandil hoped he’d played the role Ray had asked for.
As time passes, the first prince in the Signi Mountains of the Empire has accepted the power of the devil, and the user of the space sword will be able to obtain information that Nata cut the first prince.
However, the story is too pretentious and there is not enough evidence left, so if you are lucky, the Empire might treat Brandil’s testimony as a theory.
‘I don’t know what you will overcome in the future, but I wish you good luck.’
Brandil murmured towards Rey, who was beyond the mountains.
Meanwhile.
At that time in the counties.
Karen was repeating a story she had repeated 45 times.
“Ray is so neglectful of us these days !!”
