Chapter 152 – Chapter 152 ― Against Destiny (6)
Episode 152 ― Against Destiny (6)
The lady-in-waiting came quickly to the front of the two of them and bowed her head.
Strangely red cheeks.
“Sorry. This guy… I was looking for the attendant you have now.”
“…”
However, the human stared down at her handmaid with her eyes wide open. The maid noticed the human gaze. Her cheeks turned even redder.
“Well, sorry if I disturbed you.”
Lowering her eyebrows, she looked at her attendant and asked.
“Moot. Were you guiding this person?”
“Moot… Maybe his name was Mut.”
The man who had been absent-mindedly muttered.
Anmut quietly evaded.
“Yes. That’s right.”
Red concentric circles spreading in front of my eyes.
I woke up.
“I was the guide.”
The handmaid, Yurtellia’s eyes widened for a moment.
However, it didn’t take long for her expression to return to her usual fresh look.
“Because Mut lost her way.”
“Sorry.”
The attendant, Anmut, bowed her head towards her nodded Roan.
“Now that my colleagues have found me, it will be okay for me to go back. Thank you.”
But Roan couldn’t move.
He was shocked as if he had been struck by lightning.
The reason why he can make a calm expression is thanks to his hallucinatory face with little change in expression.
‘Urtellia.’
A lady-in-waiting, a cat beast, dressed in a neat black and white maid outfit.
It was her first time seeing her, but Roan recognized her at once.
Castle Hero Legend third strategy character.
Hero’s fixed ally, beastman mage.
Urtellia.
‘Why are you here…’
It was embarrassing.
Perplexity then turned to astonishment.
‘Well, this guy… !’
The gaze that had been staring at Urutellia turned to Anmut.
Anmut, who received Roan’s gaze, faced Roan with a calm gaze.
Even in the midst of enemy territory,
He didn’t show the nervousness or anxiety felt in Urtellia.
Breathing soft and steady.
Roan was amazed.
‘Warrior.’
Ears of a small leopard with black dots on white fur. A blunt tail cut from the middle.
It was only then that Roan realized why a hero could not fully use beastman taijutsu.
Roan finally met the hero.
‘I was hired by Merde.’
Sprouse III would have gone back full of contempt.
An element of truce was added, which was different from the story in the existing game, but the result was the same, considering the devil as a thorn in the eye anyway.
So it seems that even when he ordered a warrior to kill the demon king, the same thing happened.
However, in the game, the story of putting Aina into a party with the help of Grünent and obtaining information about the castle with the help of Diobe couldn’t flow.
As the waypoint was discovered, the element for the hero to level up by examining the inscription and wandering around in different areas was also lost.
In the end, the hero infiltrated the castle while still at level 1 in the game.
To get information.
Me…
To kill the devil.
Roan squeezed his right arm with his left hand and grabbed it.
Otherwise, I don’t think I’ll be able to hide my trembling arms.
Fortunately, Roan’s voice was as calm as usual.
“Looks like you guys really started working not long ago. Do you know that it looks suspicious?”
At those words, Urtellia’s pupils widened.
She tried to stay calm, but couldn’t help her tail wagging.
“Yes? What are you talking about?”
“At this time, His Majesty doesn’t let the servants wander around. Dinner time is over, and all the officials of the Fortress have gone home. But still wandering around the castle at this hour?”
Roan’s skills started working.
‘Appeal’ stuck in their brains.
Anmut and Urtellia’s hearts were shaken by the intense suspicion that was delivered directly.
Taking advantage of that gap, ‘Miheun’ and ‘Abdo’ permeated their hearts. Anmut, in rare cases, shrank his body a little, and Yurteria’s face flushed even more.
She thought she wanted to wipe away the sweat in this late winter’s cold castle.
‘Listen’. ‘Detection’. ‘Politics’. ‘Detection’.
Roan’s five senses were on edge to read their reactions.
And finally, “Charisma” Was activated.
“You guys, where are you from? Are you really here to work?”
A small moan escaped Anmut’s mouth. His level is not enough to stand against Roan. He could do little more than resist Roan’s ‘overwhelm’ and keep his mouth shut.
Urtellia’s eyes wavered.
The shield against mental magic had already faded at the point of being hit by ‘Miheun’.
Roan smiled.
“Tell me. I won’t tell His Majesty.”
The sincerity and friendliness of Roan’s words shook their hearts.
In the end, it was Urtellia who spoke first.
“In fact… To see His Majesty the Emperor… Came.”
“Your Majesty?”
When Roan smirkingly asked, Yurteria twisted her body as if embarrassed. Seeing this, Anmut’s eyes widened.
“Yes. What I have to see in person…”
“Lea.”
Suddenly, it was Anmut who grabbed Yurtalia’s wrist.
Yurtellia glared at Anmut with a look as if asking what this was, but Anmut shook her head silently.
Roan’s eyes narrowed.
“I’m sorry, but it’s difficult to tell you.”
Standing up to ‘charisma’?
Roan, who moved his eyebrows slightly, remembered that there was a ‘resistance’ to the basic skill of a hero.
Even if you get hit by a high-level skill, it’s not completely subdued, but it’s a skill that gives you room to bypass or shed.
Perhaps now he is contemplating himself trying to give in to Roan’s words as if he had become a third party. And he must be struggling to give Roan as little information as possible.
“Who are you? How can you ask us such a thing?”
And the hero started a counterattack.
The skill Roan was already preparing for,
‘Friendship’ knocked on Roan’s heart.
I am not against you.
Could you please clear my doubts?
Could you please give me the info
‘Politics’ conveyed the hero’s gentle intentions to Roan.
Like his actions and voice,
A kind and careful approach.
At that moment, Roan realized why he had been walking down the hallway, asking him questions he wouldn’t normally ask, and answering them.
Like Roan’s ‘Overwhelm’ or ‘Miheun’,
His skills also flowed naturally and influenced Roan.
And a stronger sense of intimacy.
Roan almost laughed mischievously and said, ‘I am the emperor.’ However, such a strong impulse suddenly disappeared like a string being cut right before it became an action.
It was thanks to ‘Star’s Blessing’.
At that moment, neither the hero nor the demon king
I realized that the hero’s skill had failed.
A cold light shone in their eyes.
“I am the one who has to protect His Majesty’s body. If you see someone for the first time, you should be suspicious and exclude them. Please understand.”
Roan was the first to speak.
Then, Urtellia replied with a rare smile. It is the influence of the ‘Miheun’ that still remains.
“No. We were the ones who did the disservice. However, you can ask the Chief Chamberlain and the Maid of Honor about us. Do not worry.”
He officially exchanged seats with an employee who gave him extra money and took a vacation. No matter how much you investigate, there will be no room for suspicion.
Above all, Yurteria did not want to look disliked by this man who had broken her own heart.
Because from the moment I saw her face for the first time, her heart didn’t stop beating.
The man smiled kindly as if he understood what Urtellia was saying.
“I’m glad you’re not offended. You too.”
Anmut, who received his gaze, lightly bowed her head.
“It’s okay.”
“However, His Majesty is not someone you can easily meet. If I work for a long time, there will be a day when I can see you someday. Don’t fret until you break the rules.”
Anmut lowered his eyes and answered quietly.
“All right. Thanks for the advice.”
“As for today’s conversation, as I said before, I won’t tell His Majesty.”
“Thank you.”
Roan’s purple eyes and Anmut’s deep blue eyes looked at each other.
The two stared at each other for a while,
Each of them turned and disappeared down the hallway.
**
“Are you having a good day?”
“Hmm?”
“You keep smiling.”
Helen whispered as she took her steps in the dark.
It was only then that Roan could see that he was smiling all the time.
“If the master is happy, I am happy too.”
Helen with Aina’s face smiled brightly.
“Hmm… She has a feeling that things might be easier than she thought.”
The warrior is weaker than expected.
Even if she came to assassinate her right now, she was confident that she would trample on her.
It feels like the value of spending time paying attention to growth from the beginning is finally recognized.
Ido, who will become the hero’s companion,
The elements and skills that would become the strength of the hero were blocked in advance. And they became my strength.
The training and hard work he had done so far were not in vain.
That’s why the joy Roan felt now was more special than ever.
“What a relief.”
Helen answered with her bright face.
Deep night without traffic.
The gates of Sprouse are firmly shut.
They were walking along the forest path surrounding the gate.
It was to use the emergency passage used by high-ranking nobles or high-ranking knights in case of emergency.
“By the way, how does Master know about a place like this?”
“Hmm… It’s a secret.”
At the mischievous emperor’s reply, Helen smiled lightly. She knew many things about her master. Things she never thought of.
No wonder he knows about 100 ways to get into Sprouse.
Helen walked along an empty forest road and looked around.
For Helen, who had always only seen the busy gates of Sprouse in the middle of the day, the present silence was very unfamiliar.
“How amazing. It’s the first time I’ve seen this quiet near the gate.”
I never thought I would go back to my hometown, to a place I hadn’t been to.
Besides, with the person you love.
Helen’s face turned red as she thought about it.
“Is it?”
“Yes. During the day, there are endless lines of people trying to enter the city.”
“Looks like a lively city.”
“Yes.”
Roan, who was walking while having a conversation, suddenly stopped.
“It’s here.”
“… ?”
Where Roan stopped, there was only the castle wall.
“Where…”
Examining the wall carefully, Helen found her handrail, cleverly hidden among the vines that covered the castle wall.
It does not protrude like a normal doorknob, but is recessed and opens sideways.
It is a sliding door
She was very unfamiliar to Helen, who had lived in Merde, and was difficult to recognize as a doorknob.
“… ? How do I open this?”
“Open like this.”
Roan inserted his fingers through the narrow gap and pushed the door aside with force.
“Sideways… !”
The massive stone door was pushed aside with a surprisingly quiet sound.
Helen was amazed.
“Like this… ! You can make the door sideways.”
“It’s probably a common method in Rayorun in the west.”
“Awesome. After all, there is nothing that the master does not know.”
“Hmm.”
It is rather embarrassing that there is not a single bit of lies mixed with this embarrassing flattery.
Roan shyly entered the aisle without a word.
The emergency passage through the castle wall was dark and narrow, but it was as short as that.
A form that plainly crosses the wall without any twisted corners.
That is why the door to the inner capital quickly appeared in front of them.
If you open this door,
It is inside Sprouse, the capital of Merde.
The place where this secret passage I saw in the game was connected is a resting place for knights that looks luxurious at first glance.
Normally, soldiers and knights patrolled and only inspected the condition, but most of the buildings had no idea what they were for.
Roan, who confirmed that there was no one outside the door with ‘Detection’, excitedly pushed the handle.
“… Uh… ?”
But the scene unfolded before his eyes,
It was something Roan didn’t expect at all.
