Chapter 250 – Chapter 250 ― More Is Not Always Better (4)
Episode 250 – More is not always better (4)
It was then that Urutellia appeared.
“Your Majesty, sorry for being late!”
Her eyes are a bit swollen as she has been crying for quite some time, but her voice is strong.
“Did the story come together well?”
“Yes! She insisted that if her sister didn’t go, she wouldn’t, but she said that once the job was done, she would go to Dos. It’s all thanks to Your Majesty. Thank you.”
Yurtellia, who bowed to Roan, bowed her head even at the sight of Grunent.
“Princess Merde, nice to meet you. Lee… This is Urtellia. I am a wizard who helped Your Majesty in Merde.”
She said, “I heard that you were the partner of a famous prisoner mercenary, but you were also a prisoner. He said he was the younger brother of Count Bukbaekryeong. It’s been great to find a family. By the way, I had no idea that the Lord of the Northern Baekryung was a woman.”
“Huh? She looked like a woman to anyone.”
“Is that so? I didn’t even notice when I was with you… Anyway, Urtellia, it went really well. Congratulations.”
Aina and Helen continued Grünent’s words and said a word to Urtellia.
Grünent, who met Yurtalia’s eyes, smiled broadly. The voice, gestures, and expressions seemed congratulatory to anyone who saw them, but Roan was startled by the discrepancy in the information conveyed through the skills.
Grünent was overcome with intense jealousy.
Roan observed Grünent wearing a seemingly peaceful shell. A sense of déjà vu, similar to Elenia.
In fact, even in the game, if +95 is exceeded, there are cases where the hero in the game sometimes follows and lowers the favorability of other female characters. Presumably in the game, it seems that they are either harassing or alienating others…
For no reason, Roan was stunned once again. Like in the game, should she manage her liking while keeping a little distance from Grünent?
“Let’s talk about work.”
Roan’s words hardened as her mood subconsciously leaked out. Yurtellia opened her eyes a little round as if wondering, then nodded her head.
“Yes. Tell me, Your Majesty.”
“I plan to catch the prime minister and convince him.”
“… Yes?”
As soon as I started talking in earnest, words that I couldn’t believe came out.
Grünent kindly told her what to do in the future for Yurtellia.
“I decided to kidnap the prime minister.”
Grünent’s voice is strangely excited. Urtellia ended up gaping her mouth.
“I think the Prime Minister was involved in the imprisoning of Count Hilpe. Even if the prime minister didn’t do it himself, he could use his influence enough to free the count.”
“Ah…”
Yurtalia, who nodded her head a few times as if she understood, answered quickly.
“Then you must need information about the Prime Minister.”
Roan inwardly admired. First of all, I was surprised by the amount of information she knew, and also by her professional attitude.
She is the one who achieved her lifelong dream just a few hours ago. It’s hard to blame her even though she declares that she won’t be a mercenary anymore.
It would be difficult for her to hold the younger brother of the high-ranking aristocrat, Baeknyeongju of the North, responsible for not doing his job as a mercenary.
Her appearance now is that she suddenly got hit by the lottery, but she is silent and she does her own thing.
Of course, the likes and numbers would have played a big role, but it’s not an easy decision. Platinum-ranked mercenaries really don’t seem to be anyone.
“Hmm. I’d like to finish the discussion here if possible, and leave tomorrow morning.”
“What about the tracking you mentioned earlier?”
A question about the artifact Anmut and Fiora are chasing.
“What I originally wanted to do was to investigate the city of the Southern Dark Spirit that borders the Dark Forest. But…”
Finally, Yurtalia met her older sister.
As soon as she met the Count, it was enough for her to separate them for today.
“There are Anmut and Fiora, so let’s leave the pursuit to them right now. If you want to go down from here to the south of the Dark Forest, it will take several days even if you start from Zeno.”
“All right.”
Accepting Roan’s words, Yurtalia immediately began her explanation.
A story about the Prime Minister’s movement and his mansion. As for the traffic line, Grunent knew about it, adding a little bit of recent changes to it, and about the mansion, Urtellia knew more about it than Grünent.
It seemed that she had a rough understanding of the residences and habits of high-ranking magnates and the common internal structure of noble families.
“There were several clients who actually commissioned the work, and I basically thought they might be future guests,” She says.
In reality, it went one step further and said, ‘I need at least one weakness in case of a bad relationship’, but Urutellia didn’t say that.
Anyway, with the information they gathered, they planned a rough move.
“I think it would be good to capture the coachman and the servants and make the carriage move to the orphanage.”
“That’s a good idea, Urtellia. There is Sermo in the orphanage, so maybe the side monitoring Sermo will look at the prime minister, and the side watching the prime minister will look at Sermo and step back one step at a time.”
“Ah… Up to that…”
Urtellia admired the political direction Grunent had interpreted.
“The way to captivate the employee is a concern. As you both know, it’s dangerous to use magic near the palace. Shall we use medicine?”
When Yurtellia asked, Helen shook her head.
“That’s fine. If only I could see the servants’ eyes.”
“Are you using magic?”
“It is an ability.”
Urtellia’s eyes sparkled with curiosity, but Helen smiled faintly and shut her mouth.
The goal of this action is to find out why Count Hilpe was captured, and to show the prime minister, who is second only to the king, that Grünent can still exert influence over Merde.
Because the prime minister was most sensitive to my life, and that’s why he betrayed Grunent’s trust.
Perhaps she hadn’t thought that she would respond in such an inelegant, barber-like way—even though it was the Emperor’s decision. Then he wouldn’t have moved hastily.
“I will move early tomorrow morning.”
At Roan’s words, everyone in the room affirmed with serious faces. Urtellia kept looking sideways at Aina, as if the presence of the forest fairy was still strange.
“It’s been a while since I used the secret passage.”
“A secret passage with His Majesty! It’s exciting. It’s a pity that we’re not alone.”
Roan gave a stern expression to Grunent’s smiling face.
“I am not going to play. You must be most careful of your body, Grünent.”
“I know, Your Majesty. Do not worry.”
Grünent had a mischievous expression on her face, and she smiled like a girl. For her, she is out of Basel after a long time since she went to Geno together.
Furthermore, Merde, Spros. Perhaps she never imagined that a future like this would come when she left Sprouse.
It’s not that Roan doesn’t understand the excitement of an unexpected adventure, so Roan gently stroked Grünent’s head.
**
Roan, who was staying in the office late at night, was visited by the North Baekryeongju.
“Count.”
“Ahaha, you are still in the office. I’m surprised! I didn’t think so and came here.”
The Count smiled and looked around the office for nothing. Perhaps remembering how he cried earlier, he doesn’t open his mouth easily with an embarrassed face.
Roan covered the materials he was looking at and got up from his seat. I was about to go to bed now.
“You are the one who came here at this time without being with Yurtellia, right?”
Then the smile disappeared from the count’s face. When the masked smile disappeared, her expression was terrifyingly expressionless, like a still life.
Are you talking about something serious? Roan waited for the hesitant Count to open his mouth.
And Count Bertellia brought up an unexpected story.
“Glass… She works with her brother.”
Ah.
Wasn’t it right to send her sister, whom she had met like a miracle, to a dangerous place?
Did she come to threaten me?
“Because her contract was already made before Yurtellia came here. She became sorry for you. She’s taking away the time she’s been looking for with her brother.”
“Um, um… I didn’t mean to say that, but… Yes, it’s all right, Your Majesty!”
Uncharacteristically for her, the count’s hesitant appearance is very unfamiliar. He says he’s fine, but the look on her face isn’t okay.
Nervousness felt as ‘detection’.
Roan took a step closer to the Count.
And just as much, the Count took a step back.
Surprised by the unexpected action, Roan stared at the Count with his usual blunt face. But the Count seemed as surprised as Roan at his actions.
“Oh… Uhm, this, this, um.”
Roan’s eyes narrowed.
I had seen the Count speak with the other Highlords on the battlefield about the sudden change in Roan’s policy.
As for Count Bertellia, when she becomes serious about something, she puts on an expression as if all emotions are bleached like that…
Even so, I didn’t see such an outrageous behavior together. At the conference, she was sharp and cautious.
Different from now.
Aren’t the ears and tail of the earl standing in front of Roan flapping fiercely, unlike then?
“Count, it seems that you have something to say. Won’t you do it? I will not reprimand you for anything.”
Her bright orange eyes, different from those of her brother, turned to Roan. The moment he felt the black pupil inside him widen, the Count nodded and said,
“Uhm, yes! I apologize… I did it!”
She took a deep breath.
“I am not worried about Urtellia. She’s been through pretty well without me, and I can tell her skills as a mage are pretty good! Ahaha, besides, His Majesty is by your side!”
The count’s face, which briefly returned to laughter as he talked about his brother, turned more and more insensitive. Like being submerged in water.
On the other hand, her agitation felt in ‘Detection’ is getting thicker and thicker.
It’s a rare reaction.
Roan watched her with interest.
“Uh, um, but who can protect such a majesty? I, hmm… It’s a very presumptuous and contradictory expression, but I’m most worried about Your Majesty!”
“… Me?”
The sound that I almost uttered with a stupid voice, ‘Huh?’, Was finally refined into words.
“Ah yes! Ahaha, haha… I know! It’s a ridiculous, baseless, irrational prediction. But it is a very strong feeling. Strangely, the inside of my chest pounded and tightened…”
The Count was speechless.
Recognizing the name of the emotion she was feeling, Roan felt relieved.
Roan’s response, which reflected that emotion, was very mild, unlike her expression.
“Did you come here out of concern for Jim, Count?”
“… I’m sorry for your feelings, Your Majesty.”
Hearing those words, Roan realized anew that the word ‘I’m worried’ among her demons crossed the line of disrespect.
“In fact… When I told that story to Yuri, I was pushed back here for some reason. I said it would be disrespectful to His Majesty, but Yuri said that I had to say this myself… Sorry.”
The Count repeatedly bowed his head and apologized.
“That child still doesn’t know the customs of the demons properly. Your majesty. He will be going out of town tomorrow, so please be forgiving of the child’s faults for not being able to learn even if it’s uncomfortable.”
“Count.”
The count’s facial expressions and words. He is dishonest It must be because he has lived hiding his gender and even his past. But emotions seem to be difficult to do.
Roan called her in her calm voice.
“Just like before, keep saying what you want to say. Don’t ask her brother for favors.”
For a moment, the Count stared at Roan’s face as if frozen, forgetting the rudeness.
And from his expressionless face, only his lips moved slightly.
“Bertellia.”
“Hmm?”
“My name is Bertellia.”
