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This mountain belonged to the Duchy of Watoringu in Dicoquaria from a very long time ago until a few decades ago. It still belongs to the same place, the same Watoringu, but now it is the land of the Putegrin Empire.
The mountain, in the shape of an elongated triangle, was quite large and wide, one side touching the other part of Dicoquaria, but the other side facing the border of Chania and the Kingdom of Crete.
The man was living on that mountain.
He was born after his parents, who had difficulty making ends meet, came to the mountain and settled down.
Because his parents illegally entered the mountain to give birth to a child, the man never went down the mountain.
I couldn’t prove my identity because I didn’t belong to any village, but I was afraid of being discovered hiding in the King’s Mountain.
After the man was born, he lived only in the mountains until both his parents died.
But when you are left alone, you are forced to make contact with someone. Almost everything is self-sufficient in the mountains, but you still need something.
The man did exactly what his father had done.
My father occasionally sold a few things he could only find in the mountains to merchants living on the ground. It’s like herbs or animal hides. Of course, it’s obvious, but it’s illegal.
After his father died, the man met and traded with the merchant.
Then one day, a merchant told me that Dicoquaria was invaded by another country.
After that, I heard that the owner of this mountain had changed.
I thought it had nothing to do with me.
But years ago, his life changed a bit after he met a strange kid and a group of soldiers.
I usually avoid meeting strangers.
But at that time, the soldiers used strange things, so they got closer without realizing it. too close
The soldiers had long sticks, from which a strange light emanated. A small hole was made in the tree that received the light. It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like that.
Watching it frantically, the man was snapped up by the old soldiers.
I thought I was going to die. Because I entered King’s Mountain recklessly.
But the soldiers didn’t kill him.
Instead, the youngest of them made a strange suggestion.
“…”
The man diligently walked up the mountain thinking about the day’s events.
A few days ago, I found a strange footprint.
Sometimes people sneak into this mountain to hunt or pick up wood. Sometimes, there were people who just came in blindly because they were tired of hunger and were looking for something to eat.
But you can tell by looking at the footprints of such people.
Hunters leave footprints with their peculiar habits, and those who come to pick up trees do not come to the depths. Most of those who entered the mountain due to hunger were corpses before finding the next set of footprints.
The footprints the man found did not belong to any of them.
‘Maybe this is what the promise is, I don’t know.’
The man grinned.
He had thought that he would live alone in the mountains and eventually get eaten by a bear like his father or suffer from a disease like his mother and die.
However, the future changed when he met a blonde kid. The kid promised. I also received a certificate.
Since he does not know the letters, he has no way of knowing what is written. However, I heard that there is written permission for the man to live on this mountain. and….
‘Let’s hurry up.’
A promise is written in a deed. It was written what a man wanted and desired more than anything else. It’s a trivial thing to others, but it’s the most important thing to a man.
If you put the ball up, you will receive what you promised. I said it would take 10 years if it was long and 5 or 6 years if it was short. As the kid said, this is probably it.
The man started to move along the trail of footprints and broken tree branches.
***
“Are you nervous?”
When I gently asked Lilitha’s ear, her blonde hair, covered in gold powder and swollen, swayed.
“I’m very nervous. What if I make a mistake?”
Lilitha whispered in a small voice as she held Rudy’s hand. Perhaps because of the tension, her fingertips were cold.
“It’s okay, Lilitha. I’m there, and Tyra and the baroness won’t leave.”
“still.”
“Above all, Jerry will always be by your side, so you don’t have to worry.”
Just as the phoenix is the best friend to Rudy, Jerry the mouse is the best friend to Lilitha.
I heard that when Rudy passed out in the meadow in the past, all the other monsters came to him, but Jerry stayed with Lilitha.
After that, the two are best friends.
It’s a bit unsettling to see if Jerry is tuned into Lilitha’s mind and acting a little younger than the phoenix, but well, it’ll be fine. Rats are smarter than you think.
“Come here.”
When Rudy opened his arms, Lilitha slipped inside. You can’t really hug her because of the makeup and decorations. Rudy said after giving a little hug.
“I’ll cast a magic that won’t tremble. If you feel uneasy and your words are going to come out strangely, mutter ‘Lu’ three times.”
Lilitha giggles and laughs in her arms.
“What is it?”
“The magic words that make you happy.”
I’m not saying this as a joke. If you say Lou three times, that becomes a spell.
Curious, Lilitha tilted her head and looked up.
“I won’t teach you what kind of magic it is.”
Rudy smiled.
However, I think that when Lilitha sees the magic, she will definitely like it.
Rudy looked at the attendants and maids waiting a little further away. The chamberlain slightly nodded. It’s time.
Rudy held out his hand to Lilitha.
“Now, let’s go, Empress.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Lilitha crossed her slender fingers on him. Before taking a step, Rilisha took a deep breath and murmured.
“Now we can barely stand side by side.”
Lilitha’s eyes were shining brightly. It was kind of blinding.
A girl will one day grow up to become a butterfly. Although she is still young, Lilitha will soon spread her wings and fly away.
Today is the very first day.
It was the day when she, who had been left alone in the room after seeing Rudi’s back, stood before people as the empress for the first time.
If I don’t give her what she wants on a day like this, when will I?
Rudy pulled Lilitha’s hand lightly and whispered in her ear as she pressed her body closely.
“I love you, Lilitha.”
Then he lightly brought his own to her lips.
Lilitha’s body stiffened as she was about to move. The eyes were round.
Saying I love you is not a lie. Although he was still far from being a woman, he cherished her more than anything else in the world.
When Rudy gently led the rigid Lilitha, she immediately straightened her back and began to glide.
Lilitha’s red lips looked moist for some reason as she glanced at herself.
*
The New Year’s banquet is divided into day and night.
From nob le mt l dot com
During the day, both the emperor and the empress were greeted by domestic nobility and foreign envoys. It is an official event. This time, it proceeds somewhat formally.
Rudy glanced at Lilitha.
Lilitha was doing well. Even though I was shaking until the moment I came out of the venue, I didn’t see anything like that. He is so resolute that it is difficult to see him as a fifteen-year-old. Really, that thunder-naked child grew up well. I’m happy enough to cry
While the two sat side by side on luxurious chairs, envoys and nobles approached one after another and bowed.
The clerk standing next to him shouted out their list of gifts in a clear voice as they greeted each one.
It was a short time for those who came to greet them, but it was a long time for the emperor and empress who were listening.
It was hard work in its own way to sit upright and exchange words while so many people came and went.
It seemed that Rilisha’s waist was almost at its limit when the chamberlain gave her time to rest. ass too.
The ladies-in-waiting suffered a little as they were trembling like a newborn deer and unable to move.
After repeating the same process several times, the daytime banquet was almost over. From now until nightfall is men’s time.
After Lilisha left to rest and change her dress, Rudy talked about the situation in the future, each person’s situation, and the territory among the nobles who were endlessly flocking.
As the sun went down, the appearance of noble ladies in the surroundings became rare.
The women do not leave all at once, but one, two, three or four leave from time to time.
After a while, they changed into their night dresses and came out again.
In the banquet hall, women dressed in day and night dresses were mixed in a chaotic manner.
Even some of the men have completely changed their clothes. However, most men change their outfit slightly by adding or replacing some decorations.
Rudy also took a break and headed to the prepared room.
The attendants quickly attached themselves and began fixing the dressing.
The long hair that was tied up during the day is undone with glittering powder, and the brightly colored top is replaced with a gorgeous one with red rubies.
To match the atmosphere of the night banquet, a little makeup was added to the eyes and lips.
“It’s done, Your Majesty.”
said Levin, taking a step back. The other attendants also took up changed clothes and used items and withdrew.
The chamberlain brought a mirror and reflected Rudy’s figure.
It was only a few changes, but Rudy’s appearance was completely different.
“…”
Rudy stared at his face in the mirror and looked up.
“Chief Chamberlain, do I look okay?”
“Of course, Your Majesty. You are so beautiful, you are as good as ever. I’m sure no one in the venue will be able to take their eyes off you.”
Rudy sighed inwardly. Looking at the expression of pride on the faces of the chief chamberlain and the attendants, that statement is sincere. In their eyes, Rudy’s appearance doesn’t seem strange.
‘but.’
Rudy looked in the mirror once more and sighed.
He was like a young swallow in a cabaret, standing in the twinkling lights. It’s not a sophisticated 2000s host, but a swallow from the 70s.
‘It can’t be helped.’
It is an era where it is becoming fashionable for men to put cute points on their faces. I don’t know if this is anything.
Rudy sighed in succession and moved to the banquet hall.
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the banquet hall had completely changed.
The banquet hall is not a single space. It was in the form of several halls in a row with a large door in between.
The doors of the banquet hall, which were closed during the day, were opened one after another as it got dark, and curtains were drawn here and there to create a private space.
Just like when TaeHwangje is hosting, the night becomes a rather promiscuous time. Tonight, you can do whatever you want in the invisible space. If you get caught, it’s a scandal, but if you don’t see it, it’s like romance.
On a day like this, you must firmly guard the still young empress.
The band was playing sweet music.
When Rudy entered the banquet hall, Rilisha was also on her way out alone.
Rudi approached Lilitha and held out her hand.
“Empress, can you play a song for me?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Lilitha smiled shyly and held out her white hand.
As the two went out to the center of the hall, people retreated to the edge like the ebb tide.
Suddenly the music changed.
Rudy held Lilitha’s hand and stood facing her. Put your hands together and spin around to the music. Then hold hands again and put your hands together.
As the two turned around and moved forward little by little, Empress Dowager Empress Dowager and the former Crown Prince, the Duke of Moroz, came out into the middle of the hall. They are followed by nobles of high rank.
The hall was quickly filled with pairs of men and women, and they began to dance to the music.
***
They usually do not move at night in the mountains. It’s dark, but it’s because dangerous animals roam at night. In the cold winter, bears go into hibernation, but wolves and foxes are still active.
But this time, time is of the essence. I needed to check it out as soon as possible.
The man used a mysterious tool that the boy had given him before. It was called a light magic tool.
‘It’s also strange.’
The people who live in the world down there seem to use these tools. I didn’t even know this existed until the kid gave it to me.
It was too bright to use at night in the mountains, so the man wrapped the magic tool in a thick cloth and cut a small hole in it.
It only illuminates the feet very slightly, but this is enough.
When the man found the trace again, it was dawn so dark that he could not see an inch ahead.
I turned off the light magic tool and climbed up the tree.
It was as the kid said. Strange soldiers climbed the mountain.
The bonfires they had gathered from fallen leaves and trees were trailing all the way to the other side of the mountain.
They don’t seem to think about hiding the fire. They seem to think there are no people on this mountain.
‘This is the Kingdom of Crete.’
You must contact us first. The man moved quietly to get down from the tree.
It was then.
Someone let out a suppressed scream. It was a small sound, but it was clearly audible.
It was a woman’s voice.
The man stopped trying to get down and looked through the bonfire in the distance.
There is one bonfire away from the crowd. On the floor beyond the bonfire, shadows danced.
While I was staring at it, I heard the soldier’s brief screams and curses.
It was a very small sound, but the man’s ear could catch the movement of the animal. The man could clearly hear it.
A dark shadow lying on the floor got up and started running toward me.
shadow is small He was limping on his leg because he was injured. The sound of stepping on tree branches echoed through the mountains at night.
As I watched, a small shadow came closer. It was a woman dressed as a hunter.
‘Female hunters are rare. Did you serve as a guide?’
It smells faintly of blood. It looks like he’s probably hurt. The woman held her side with one hand. It seems it wasn’t just his leg that was injured.
The smell of blood summons beasts. If a woman is a hunter, she will know that. Is it that the danger of a beast is better than being raped by a soldier?
I wonder if the soldier is looking for the woman, but if the hunter hides in the dark, the only thing he can find is a hunter like a beast.
The soldier searched for the woman for a while, but eventually gave up.
The man quietly came down from the tree. I wanted to pursue a woman, but a promise comes first. When the man came to a place away from the soldiers, he knelt down.
“Lord of God, thank you for keeping me safe today.”
Post a short, always-thankful note, and murmur the promised word in a small voice.
Then, just once, the little bird the blonde kid showed me appeared.
It looks like a sparrow, but it is not a sparrow. There was no way a sparrow could shine like this. This must be the messenger of God the father spoke of.
The little bird scattered light and flapped its wings a few times before soaring into the sky.
And in an instant, it disappeared.
It probably went to that blonde kid. I don’t know how humans can use God’s messenger as they please, but the kid probably wasn’t an ordinary human either.
‘Yeah, that’s right. There can’t be a human being that beautiful.’
The man bowed once more to the night sky where the little bird had disappeared, then stood up.
Now it’s time to chase the woman hunter.
‘I’ll have to find it before I get killed by the beast.’
The sound of stepping on fallen leaves scattered into the darkness.
