Chapter 29 – Episode 29 ― Nice Face, Bad Attitude (2)
Episode 29 ― Nice face, bad attitude (2)
“Helen.”
A priest in white robes entered the noisy meeting room of the Knights. After checking to see if his eyes were focused on him, he quietly headed towards the woman in the corner of the table.
Calm face and eyes. A woman in her early 20s, an age where her girlish appearance has not yet completely disappeared. But the spirit she exuded was very difficult to find in a woman of her age.
When she heard the priest whisper in her ear, her eyes suddenly changed. Originally, she had slightly sharp eyes, but what she heard made her dark blue eyes shake in astonishment.
The woman, who had exchanged a few more words with her priest in secrecy, waited for the priest to leave her meeting room before clearing her throat.
“Captain.”
A group of her arguing with each other looked at her in unison.
Dozens of her eyes turned to her, but Helen kept her gaze fixed on her leader without flinching.
Among the knights who devoted themselves to the Laurecia Church in Merde, the noblest and strongest one.
Knight Commander Martius, who leads the Lord Laurecia Holy Knights, said to Helen with a sharp expression.
“What.”
“I have a moment to tell you something.”
“… Information?”
“Yes.”
Martyus, who had been staring at her for a moment with her mouth shut as if her interruption was not to her liking, let out a small sigh and said:
“Short break. Restart in 30 minutes.”
And surprisingly, the dozen or so knights who filled the conference room, including Helen, kissed her and shouted at the same time.
“Yes! 30 minute break!”
Helen pulled herself up, following Marty Earth as she left the conference room first.
Within hours she was out of the conference room. It was midsummer, but the air felt relatively cool. In this weather, all the doors and windows were closed for security, and all 15 people were inside.
Helen, taking a deep breath, stopped her steps after Martyus. It was a small garden in the back of the church building, in a cove.
“Tell me.”
Mathias said in a cold voice.
Helen reported, lowering her head, her expression unchanged.
“This is Evirgio’s intelligence that has just been compiled and delivered. That Her Highness has been released from prison.”
“… What?!”
Mathias’s face filled with astonishment.
It is information that can ruin everything in the meeting you just held.
Martyus, raising her alertness at the weight of her words he had heard, she asked Helen, lowering her voice and growling.
“Where did you say that come from? Details.”
“This is from an informant planted near Basel. The Demon King wants Her Highness the Princess… It is said that he was officially declared a concubine and released from prison. And…”
Helen, too, was dubious about the content of her words as she spoke, but her judgment is not her own. She lowered her eyes in obedience to Martyus.
“It is said that the demon king issued an official notice not to eat human slaves.”
“… What are you saying.”
At the incomprehensible remark, Martyus began to lash out at Helen in her tantrum.
“All four years are like this. How can I check whether the correct information is correct or not?”
“… Verification is impossible.”
“In the end, it’s a story that you don’t know until you see it yourself.”
Sarcastically with her arms crossed, Marty Earth looked at Helen and shook her head.
“Others praising you as a saint, gathering under your name and raking in miscellaneous rumors, so you think you’re something great.”
“… Sorry.”
Saint Helen remained silent with her head bowed with the same expression as before.
However, the knight commander continued to spit out harsh words to Helen.
“Do you know how many people are putting in time and effort to rescue Her Highness? Do you think you can put it off with one of those nonsensical words you picked up?”
“No.”
“Isn’t your highness familiar with you? After spending time with Her Highness, did the orphan year seem like anything? What is the purpose of bringing such information when a close friend is being held? Are you saying that Her Highness is fortunate that she was at least the devil’s spy?”
For the first time, Helen bit her lip at Marty’s curse.
Her own, her only friend. She was her own teacher and her disciple, who shared her mutual knowledge with her.
Her harsh words about Grunent’s predicament were hard to accept.
But she can’t refute it because it’s true.
Matthias didn’t notice her behavior. Because he was busy spitting out her own words.
So Helen swallowed her thoughts into her own.
The idea that many people might die in vain because of it.
The blasphemous thought that rescuing Grünent was the path to the glory of Laurentia and the princess.
But Helen couldn’t dare to refute Martius’ words. She never thought to doubt him.
It is because he is a knight commander like the sky, and although he has risen to the top, he is still a greedy bitch with a lot of greed.
This is because he is a bitch like a pig who cannot stop thinking lewd thoughts even though he is said to dedicate his body and mind to the main god.
For a long while Helen remained silent without saying anything to Martyrs, who could not hide her contempt.
“You must be thinking about it again, dirty bitch. Please ‘reflect’ before entering the conference room.”
Could it be an illusion that Helen’s sullen face seemed slightly blushed? Martyrs, as if he didn’t want to be with Helen, turned her around and left her garden alone.
*
“Call me if necessary, Your Majesty.”
Today, Owl Bear guided Roan to the Forbidden Books Area.
However, his expression as he withdrew was polite and relaxed unlike before.
Lawrencia’s items are still not to the liking of the librarian. However, he knows that the Emperor is not as violent as before.
It was a fact that I realized because the emperor’s aura that I felt when I met face to face gradually changed.
[You said you used to use your body, but you come to the library often?]
“Hmm. It’s hard to ask anything you don’t know.”
[Well, the original Roan was a person who didn’t care even if he didn’t know anything.]
“But in the meantime, knowledge has risen by 1.”
Now it’s Knowledge 41.
It was thanks to the fact that I struggled little by little while looking at ancient language textbooks.
Once Roan sets the policy, the subcommittee handles most of the practical work. He was spending the time other than training, meeting, and inspection time in his office, and during that time, he spent time checking the current status of Evirzio or studying ancient languages.
[So, did the ancient language actually increase a lot?]
“…The textbook is a bit poor.”
[Hmm.]
Although it was written as a textbook, it was a book that laid out knowledge at length, so it felt like looking for a needle in the desert.
However, Roan was studying the ‘Starlight’ magic by stuttering down unknown words and looking them up in the dictionary.
Thanks to that, I learned that the magic is the most basic of the ancient divine magic, and the magic that is like the symbol of the priests of the Laurentia Ancient Church.
“I thought I had read the description at best, but another one came out.”
[Yes? Did you have magic again?]
Fiora asked in a surprised voice.
Magic and skills are not something that can be learned so easily.
However, Roan did not explain the ‘blessing of the stars’ even to Fiora.
‘… First of all, it’s a magic sword…’
So Roan hesitated.
“I think it’s because my knowledge has increased.”
[It’s rare. You can’t learn magic just by reading books. Hmmm.]
“It was like a buff magic.”
[Ah, I see. You don’t have to elaborate, Roan.]
Fiora noticed Roan’s hesitation.
Since the sword is in direct contact, it can know the owner’s feelings more accurately than anyone else. She was quick to notice and didn’t ask more about that part.
Relieved, Roan started turning the pages.
‘Star’s Blessing’ was the magic behind a few chapters of ‘Starlight’. Considering that the order is determined according to the level of magic, this is also beginner magic.
Roan read the description.
‘… It’s still too much.’
It was.
Just looking up and reading words in the dictionary won’t dramatically improve your language skills all at once.
Roan sighed at the difficulty that reappeared.
“Fiora. Do you know the ancient language?”
[I know, but I can’t read the text with a sword.]
“…Should I even look for a teacher?”
[How about Grünent?]
Roan thought about Fiora’s proposal for a moment, but then shook her head.
She is already the one who believes that the Demon King has mastered everything. She’s a little bit proud of breaking that belief, and if she says she’s learning the ancient language from the basics, she’ll have to explain why, no matter how simple.
She may soon discover that he has mastered ancient divine magic.
“…It’s safe, but I don’t want to reveal it just yet.”
[Hmm. Is it so. Then what… Have you ever used it?]
“I tested it, but…”
She couldn’t openly say, ‘It’s a blessing magic, so explain the effect.’
It’s the devil’s blessing. Rather than a buff, wouldn’t it be more like a powerful curse than anything else?
So Roan secretly tried blessing the surrounding servants as they passed by. However, the blessing buff didn’t seem to make much of a difference when it comes to cleaning the floor and bringing water.
“I didn’t know how effective it was.”
[How about that librarian? He seems to know some magic.]
“…Hmm.”
Roan closed the book. The explanation of magic, he decided, would be copied later, as before, and looked up in a dictionary.
Previously, there was an experience of being raided by Eleanor after noticing the sign of ‘Starlight’.
Roan asked the librarian after turning ‘Detect’ to see if there was a wizard nearby.
“Hey, I’m going to cast a spell now, so can you tell me how it is? It’s a simple support magic.”
The librarian flinched a little at the word of the demon lord’s magic, but he is also a wizard.
There aren’t many opportunities to see the emperor’s magic. His curiosity was stronger than his fear.
“It’s an honor. Your Majesty. Please cast it.”
Owl Bear lowered its magic defense.
Soon, I felt the magic power moving from the demon king.
The feathers on the Owl Bear’s neck stood upright at the sudden alien energy.
“…?!”
“Buy something.”
[Ohh. This reaction is interesting.]
“Feel…?”
Owlbear blinked his big eyes for a moment.
He couldn’t say that he felt an instinctive rejection from the magical power he felt from the demon king.
He is a demon, and what Roan used was divine magic.
Perhaps it was a natural result.
In the end, Owl Bear chose his social life.
“I was surprised by your mighty power. Your Majesty.”
[Sheesh. That’s too bad.]
“Mmm.”
Roan tilted his head.
“Do you feel good or feel light or anything like that?”
Owlbear lowered his head.
“I’m not sure about that, Your Majesty. I’m sorry.”
Roan struggled to hide the disappointment in his voice.
“Yes. It’s fine.”
I expected to see his feathered reaction. Again, it seems to be subtle and useless magic. Like starlight.
Why are you giving me this as a reward?
In the end, Roan copied the explanation appropriately and left the library.
The Owlbear librarian, who was left alone, organized the books as always and began to write.
Owl Bear, who had been concentrating on writing for several hours, suddenly lifted his head in surprise.
“…Is it this time already? When will this…?”
Today’s concentration was unprecedented.
The owl bear had a happy expression. The vertigo felt in the passage I wrote today was surprising even to myself.
Under a pseudonym, he was writing a thesis on ‘Efficient retrieval and use order of memory magic in bibliography’.
The writings of the demons are despised.
That’s why he submitted a paper to the human tower under a pseudonym and enjoyed seeing the response.
The story behind it is that the librarian’s writings resonate with human librarians like never before.
The passage written by the librarian with Roan’s ‘Starlight Blessing’ has been cited as part of Myeong’s thesis over and over again.
