Chapter 135 – Episode 134. Aren’t You Just a Little Short?
“It’s lacking, who says it’s lacking!? Where else could there be a plan as perfect as this!”
“… I’m serious?”
Verathien looked at Astrid and sighed heavily.
Is that really the perfect plan?
Vera Shien thought that Astrid was a bit clumsy when it came to her love affairs, but she had to completely revise that idea now.
It’s not that I’m clumsy, I just don’t know anything.
If she had done that, she would not have been able to stay engaged, let alone married.
Even though dating is prohibited, there are not one or two places in the world where dating is prohibited, but humans do it on their own.
By hiding it somehow.
Besides, what could they not do in a vast place like the academy?
If it’s good, it’s the type that values discipline and always follows it, and if it’s bad, it’s that there’s no flexibility at all.
How could he think, that he could immerse himself in an academy full of outstanding young ladies and make such a plan?
“By the way, Veracien, you.”
“You mean? You talk a little short.”
“You are short too. You’re short too, so why shouldn’t I be shorter?”
“… So?”
I think this logic is well put forward.
“Hey, Veracien. This is not the time for you to criticize me for not being good enough.”
Suddenly, sparks flew at Berathien.
At Astrid’s words, which suddenly sounded like he was telling you to take good care of yourself, this time Vera Shien turned on her twin wicks, and Leopold, who was watching it from her side, just looked out the window and rested his chin on his chin.
The one you can see far away is the residence of the Grand Duke of Mitterien.
It is definitely smaller than the Yellow Castle.
I wish I could get there sooner.
I really don’t like the trivial quarrel between these two women.
“Baracien, you secretly stuck here together before, but you were obviously on Astein’s side too. It looks like he betrayed and joined this way, but we never said that.”
“What kind of betrayal is betrayal? You came to the side of the funnier.”
“We agreed to call that a betrayal, you damn demon!”
“Isn’t that a betrayal? I just moved my seat because you guys look more fun!”
“That is betrayal! Besides, you’re the one who made me dangerous by locking me in the tower in the first place!”
It’s ridiculous.
Who is it that cuts the huge number of monsters around the self-sustaining tower as if they were slaughtering them, like cutting radishes?
“Your Highness, look at this. Is it because he’s the one who got me locked up in the tower? Besides, he was the one who made Asti fall asleep because of that… No, for a moment.”
Astrid’s mouth, which had been chattering, stopped for a moment.
It was at that moment when Berasien, who was watching what he was saying, was about to ask what the hell were you talking about after waiting.
Astrid’s gaze turned to Veracien.
Anger blazed in his mint-colored eyes.
Veracien, who faced that gaze head on, unknowingly flinched, so intense anger began to rise around Astrid.
“Come to think of it, Berashien, you put Asti to sleep, because of that.”
“What, what?”
“Because of that, Your Highness went to look for that female cat… ! And there, there… !”
“Speak, why are you talking like that… ?!”
But that doesn’t make any sense at all.
In a way, that was true, so Veracien hesitated and sat back.
With no place to step back because she was inside the carriage, and no time to enjoy the feeling of the soft back, Vera Shien really felt like a wild beast was glaring at her, and her chest was being squeezed tightly.
“It wasn’t just you… !”
“Astrid.”
It was Leopold who calmed Astrid, who was about to rush in and bite Veracien’s neck.
As soon as she heard Leopold’s low voice, Astrid’s body froze.
Astrid, who had opened her eyes and clenched her fists with twin wicks and was ready to pull out Veracien’s head at any moment, stiffened in that posture.
“Have you not learned that speculation is not good? Let them sit quietly Berashien cadet, please stop.”
“… I understand, Your Highness.”
“Yes.”
The inside of the carriage, which was about to become a mess, was quelled with just two words from Leopold.
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“I was somewhere here.”
As soon as she got back in the carriage, Astrid headed to the so-called secret base in her room.
Leopold follows Astrid, who jumps into the secret base as soon as she pulls out a book from the bookshelf and opens the door. There was no
“Astrid, what are you looking for?”
“A notebook, a study notebook.”
“Research? You? Research?”
I can’t believe it.
Astrid and research are such concepts that are difficult to coexist, but when he said he was looking for such a notebook, Leopold didn’t understand for a moment.
“No, no. I can’t do research.”
That’s it.
But you don’t have to say anything out of your mouth.
“There used to be a tutor in my house.”
“Yes, I have heard.”
It is not uncommon to have a live-in tutor.
Moreover, since it was difficult to find an educational institution for a young girl living in the north like Astrid, there would have been no option other than hiring a tutor to live in.
“I’ve seen the tutor studying at that time.”
“Is it?”
While talking with Leopold, Astrid was almost overturning the bookshelf.
While holding the book in one hand and pulling it out, there is no sign of effort.
Endless strength, inexhaustible stamina.
It’s like Astrid.
“I saw a similar pattern in the research journal. I was organizing the leftover luggage after the teacher disappeared, and I saw it and put it aside.”
“That teacher… You said you were researching that glyph? Isn’t Astain a little too old to be a teacher?”
Astein said she was a year younger than Leopold.
It was, but considering that she was Astrid’s tutor, and considering the amount of time that has passed since then, she doesn’t quite match her age.
“I don’t know. She could be the teacher’s son, or another student. Right now, nothing is certain.”
Certainly it is.
There is no guarantee that they are necessarily identical.
“Found. This one, this one That’s right, that’s right.”
Astrid unfolded her notebook and held it out towards Leopold.
An old notebook covered with brown thick paper.
Dust was blowing from the paper because of how old it was.
However, there is no difficulty in verifying the contents written in it.
Leopold took the note from Astrid’s hand and looked closely at it.
A rounded outer circle and a smaller inner circle inside.
In the meantime, 12 patterns arranged in a circle.
It was the same shape as the 12 palaces of the ecliptic that we saw in Jaseng Tower.
“This is right. So, what does this mean?”
“… I don’t know.”
“I don’t know… ?”
“I just know that this is what I was doing research, I don’t know the details of the research. However, if you think about it, from then on, you will be able to absorb multiple blessings… No, wait… “
Astrid belatedly noticed the small writing in the corner of the notebook.
Astrid’s name.
The name Astrid von Mitterien was written in the corner of the notebook.
“This is my first time seeing this… “
Astrid and Leopold put their heads side by side and looked at the letter.
I don’t know why Astrid’s name is written here, but at least I have a feeling that it’s not a good meaning.
“Let’s go with this for now. I guess we have to hurry now.”
Although there is no evidence, it has been quite a long time since Astein has been plotting such a scheming under various circumstances.
According to Berathien, almost none of Astain’s plans went right, and most of them got tangled up in the middle, but even so, such a wicked plan shouldn’t succeed.
“I do. Even if we left now, it would take a week.”
“Ah, there I am.”
“… You, did you get permission to come here?”
At some point, Berashien entered the room.
Looking around her, Vera Shien smiles wryly.
“Ah, it’s not a strange place. But what are you doing here? Hey, I can feel Astain’s energy. Did he stay here? It may not seem like that.”
“… Do you feel the energy of Astain here?”
“Huh.”
Vera Shien nodded her head roughly at Astrid’s words and looked around her.
In the meantime, his gaze landed on the notebook Leopold was holding.
“Oh, yes. That, the smell of Astain is very strong there?”
Veracien’s words further strengthened the belief that Astain and Astrid’s tutor were the same person.
But knowing that now doesn’t mean anything will change, Leopold cleared his throat and asked Veracien again.
“Anyway, well, anyway. She talked like she could go fast. Is that possible?”
“It is possible. Who am I I am the Grand Princess of the Demon World. There’s at least a dedicated wagon. Arrive in two days Of course, you can’t go directly into the city.”
“… You said you were the Grand Princess of the Demon World?”
“Yes, I am the Grand Princess of the Underworld, Veraya. I did not know?”
“I didn’t tell you, but how do you know? Aren’t you lacking something?”
Astrid’s retaliation followed.
It was a little retaliation.
