Chapter 448 – Hero, Demon King, Goddess (3)
“Water.”
Heuk Seol-hwa, who glanced at Baek So-so’s words, lowered her gaze again and said.
“…Isn’t it right in front of you? “Pour it yourself and drink it.”
“Water.”
“I am the emperor now too! Where on earth is there a person who sends errands to the emperor? “Just do it in moderation!”
“…Water.”
Shashashak─
She was the one who shouted loudly once, but as soon as the smile disappeared from Soso’s face, she jumped up, poured water into her glass, and returned to her seat as if nothing had happened.
“…Since you are a guest from far away, I will treat you once. However, this is the last time you will receive special treatment, so don’t expect it again.”
“Now, sir. “The water is coming.”
Of course, Soso didn’t care at all and handed me the water that Heukseolhwa had poured for me.
“…Keuuuuu!”
“Huh? “Do you have something to say about Seolhwa?”
“Ha… No. “It’s just because my chopsticks broke.”
“Tsk, tsk, could you have used something better? “I’m tired of becoming emperor.”
“…”
Heukseolhwa seemed to realize that getting angry at Soso’s sly attitude, which she knew but pretended not to notice, would only harm her, and said with a long sigh.
“Soso. So why did you come to Aslan?”
“Didn’t I tell you? “I came here at the request of the West.”
“So, what does this request mean?”
“Why do you keep asking me? “Are you asking the West directly?”
Then, Black Snowflake looked at me and blinked as if asking me to speak.
I nodded slightly and looked into Seolhwa’s black eyes and said.
“I need a way to get to Orphelia.”
“…Orphelia…? There is only one Orphelia I know. “She can’t possibly be referring to the king of the demi-human alliance nation…”
“You’re right. “This is Orphelia.”
Then, with a chuckle, Black Seolhwa waved his hand and said.
“It’s impossible. So, don’t refuse the favor. “The story ends.”
“…Tale? “Your Majesty is asking me a favor now, but are you saying that I refuse?”
“Hi! Even if you really want to listen, it’s impossible! “I have sent her envoys here many times, but Orphelia has never even shown her face!”
“Still, Aslan is interacting with the Allied Powers to the extent of sending a mission. Lumenhark was even refused to send a delegation.”
Heuk Seol-hwa, hearing what I said, twitched the corner of his mouth.
“Yes, as you said, Aslan is interacting with the Allied Powers to some extent, but that doesn’t mean it is friendly…”
“…Your guy? “Are you calling me a brat just now?”
When Soso intervened once again, Black Snowflake slammed the table and said.
“You interrupt every time I say something! Let’s talk comfortably too! Then what do you call that man? Anyway, I am the emperor! Soso, even if it’s you, you can’t even use honorifics towards that man!”
“I didn’t even ask you to use polite language. “I just don’t like being called ‘your guy.’”
“That’s it!”
“It’s different.”
“It’s different?! “Then tell me right now what you want to call it!”
“I’ll look after you in public, so please call me brother-in-law for now.”
Heuk Seolhwa’s eyes widened as if he had not expected this at Soso’s suggestion.
“Tongue, brother-in-law? “Isn’t brother-in-law called her sister’s husband?”
“Yes, well, anyway, you are the girl’s younger brother… A similar being.”
“…I’m your little brother? “Is that what you were thinking of me?”
Heuk Seolhwa, whose face was slightly red as he looked at Soso, cleared his throat and continued speaking.
“Hmm… I understand if you say that. So… Just like my brother-in-law said, we are interacting with the Allies, but meeting Orphelia is impossible. At best, it would be best to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The fortunate thing is that, unlike Orphelia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is able to communicate in his own way.”
The demi-humans who hate humans, the demi-humans who admire humans, and the demi-humans who are indifferent to humans.
Just as humans have different personalities, the personalities of the demi-humans are also different.
According to what Black Snowflake said, the Allied Foreign Minister, unlike Orphelia, seemed to be quite friendly to humans.
“But even the Minister of Foreign Affairs gave up on persuading Orphelia. So even if my brother-in-law goes, it won’t mean much.”
“The girl and the West will take care of that, so please provide a position for the delegation.”
“…If you’re going to decide everything on your own, you should be the emperor yourself. I don’t know why you’re asking me.”
“Oh, I guess so. “The girl once again takes the throne of Aslan…”
“Oh, no… I said something wrong. Please forgive me…”
With those words, the black snowflake, which was so limp that anyone could tell that it had died, muttered to itself.
“Me too…But…I’m the emperor…Always…Unni Baek…”
When I glanced at Soso, she shrugged her shoulders as if there was nothing she could do and opened her mouth.
“It’s a snowflake.”
“…Why are you calling me?”
“Sending us as envoys will be a good opportunity for you as well.”
“I don’t know what’s good…”
In response to Heuk Seol-hwa’s question, Baek So-so pointed at herself.
“First of all, within the Aslan Empire, you will be able to gain the reputation of serving the previous emperor as an envoy. “That will be of great help to you, who are still rumored to have become emperor while carrying my halo.”
Heuk Seol-hwa’s downcast expression brightened a little, as if she thought that Soso’s words had some truth.
“…Does that mean there’s more to it than just that?”
“Yes, relations with the Allied Powers will also improve considerably. Whatever the reason, the former emperor of Aslan enters with his head bowed as an envoy. “Wouldn’t Orphelia, who has a personality that looks down on humans, be happy?”
“I know what you’re saying. However, there is one problem.”
“What problem do you mean?”
“…The Black Tiger side will not remain silent. As you know, it was always the Black Tiger Man who headed to the Allied delegation.”
“Commanding in the name of the Emperor… Will not work. “It is because of the great power of the Black Tiger that we have established this level of relationship with the Allied Powers.”
“Yes, if the Black Tiger reveals even a single word about this incident to the Allied Powers, the Allied Powers will never accept the delegation.”
It was a rather troublesome situation where you needed the Black Tiger’s connections, but you couldn’t give orders to the Black Tiger.
“Well, if that’s the case, it’s actually a good thing.”
“…? Did you even listen to what I said? “The Black Tiger side will never allow it.”
“There are no absolutes in this world. “There is one way.”
“…Sister, really? “I have no intention of marrying someone from the Black Tiger family.”
As if that wasn’t enough, Black Snow Flower showed true hostility towards Soso for the first time.
“What are you talking about? Do you think the girl will hand you over to the Black Tiger family? That is not the case.”
“Right, right? “Then what are you talking about?”
“Mr. West. “I heard that the Fabolier family came from the Aslan Empire…”
“Yes, I did.”
As you can see from the name Fabolier Melfisa, in the Lumenhark Empire, the last name is basically attached to the end of the name, but for the Fabolie family that came over from Arran, the last name was attached to the front like Arran.
“I think Fabolier also has the blood of the ‘Black Tiger’ family.”
I wasn’t the only one surprised by Soso’s words.
“Eh? “What do you mean?”
In fact, Black Snow Flower’s eyes were wide open, almost as if they were more surprised than I was.
“Tale. The characteristics of the Black Tiger family are black hair and black eyes. This also applies to Faboli. Rather than saying that Fabolier was founded by an ordinary person who had nothing, it would be more persuasive to say that the ‘Black Tiger’ originated from Lumenhark.”
“Black hair and black eyes that are not from the Black Tiger family are rare, but they do not exist at all… Isn’t it too far-fetched to say that Fabolier originated from the Black Tiger family?”
“If it were just this, the girl wouldn’t have brought up the story…”
Soso, who had said that far, looked at me asking for permission to speak.
“…I was sure because of my strong spirit.”
“That’s right! As expected, the West is coming. “More than anything, the reason the girl was confident was because the Lord’s strong spirit summoned the ‘black tiger.’”
“Go, go, go, Gangshin? “Do you even know what that means?”
Black Snow Flower reacted to the word Kangshin and jumped up from her seat.
“Sir, can you show me for a moment?”
“Of course.”
Hua Aak ─!
There was no need to bring up sexual desire to use the river spirit like before.
After becoming a ‘god on the bed,’ I was always full of sexual desire.
“Ji, a real strong god. Uh, uh, how could an outsider visit Kangshin…”
After confirming that I was using the River God, Black Snow Flower’s face showed an expression as if the lost heirloom had fallen into the hands of someone else.
“I don’t know anything about that. In any case, the girl is using the river spirit to ask the Black Tiger family to give up her place as an envoy if she does not want her entire family to be taken over by the head of the Black Tiger.”
“…W-Will that work? It’s not that he doesn’t know the value of the river god, but the black tiger has strong pride. “It would be better to cut off the route altogether.”
“It might work if you just use a stick, but it’s different if you use a carrot together.”
“You also prepared carrots?”
“…Ha, here comes the river spirit. The Black Tiger side will fear the River God, but they will covet the River God just as much. All we have to do is catch the river god with bait.”
Then Black Snow Flower asked Soso in a very nervous voice.
“Hmm, are you really planning to hand over the river god to the black tiger? Well, if that happens, I…”
“Is the girl crazy? It goes on and on, seemingly giving nothing, but in the end, it will give you nothing.”
“…Huh…Baek-unnie?…Brother-in-law?”
“Why are you suddenly like this?”
“…If everything goes well, can you teach me Gangshin?”
Soso answered with a smile as if she was happy to hear Black Snow Hwa’s earnest request.
“I’ll think about it.”
