124 West Witch
I’ve already danced gorgeously several times. Lilitha’s eyes were still twinkling, but she was a little out of breath.
“Empress, would you like to take a break?”
When Rudy spoke and held out his hand, Lilitha breathed heavily and leaned slightly.
Rudy put one hand on Ririsha’s back and left the large space in the hall and went inside.
Here and there behind the curtains there are sounds that are not good for education.
Aang, or something like that, or something like that.
Occasionally, a small scream, clearly fake, was heard.
What the hell are you doing in the imperial palace? No, of course I know.
Rudy gave Lilitha a little glance. She seems to know what that sound means. His face had turned red.
‘Shouldn’t it be better to let them go in?’
I thought so for a moment, but no, today is the first day of Lilitha’s official event. If I did something like that knowing how much I was looking forward to this day, I would always be resentful of it.
Besides, on a day like today, if Lilitha leaves early, rumors may spread that the emperor and his wife are not on good terms.
‘Ha, I can’t help it.’
In one of the many rooms, it seemed that the curtains hadn’t been closed yet.
Suddenly, a woman’s voice was heard loudly.
Rudy quickly turned behind Lilitha and covered her ears with both hands.
Levin stands at some distance.
When Rudy looked at him, Levin smiled and approached, closing the curtains in the room completely.
It seemed that Levin and the woman inside met. A thin scream echoed from behind the curtains. Be careful if you’re going to be that surprised. I want to say a word.
As Rudy made his way through the crowd with Lilitha, Levin pulled back the thick curtains in front of a room.
“This place is specially made with triple curtains. If you go inside, you will hardly hear the sound.”
Lilitha went into the room and fell face down on the sofa. That’s how it looks when people’s eyes don’t see it.
‘Where is a mature woman.’
still a child
It was the moment when Rudy was about to step into it.
A small bird jumped out of the blocked wall, scattering light.
It is a sparrow made of light.
Rudy raises his hand, and a small bird lands on his finger.
The bird moved its beak as if it were singing silently. Then, slowly, the light scattered into the air and disappeared.
‘is it. at last….’
The bird’s light faded little by little, and Rudy finally looked at the dimly shaped man, Levin, next to him.
“A signal came from the hunter in Watoringu.”
“All right.”
Levin bowed his head and quickly left the hall.
Upon entering the room, Lilitha was diligently fanning a fan to lower the heat in her body.
Rudy handed over the drink brought by the attendant.
As soon as Lilitha received it, she gulped it in. This place hasn’t changed at all since I was a kid or now.
Watching that scene, Rudy leaned his back against the wall.
Five years after the death of Tae Hwang Je, time has passed in a hectic manner. I wanted to spend more time with Ririsha, but I couldn’t stay by her side enough.
‘I was just wondering if we could do official business together and spend time next to each other…’
In the empire, all emperors have been at the forefront of fighting whenever a war broke out. So is Rudy. When war breaks out, they head to the front lines.
Lilitha smiled brightly and hit the seat next to her. When I go to the side and sit down, it clings to my neck. Maybe I’m intoxicated by the atmosphere of the night banquet. bolder than usual
Lilitha said in a cowardly voice.
“Lu, one more thing from before. That, on the lips, huh?”
“No.”
“Today is Lilitha’s adult debut. Just once! Huh? Huh? Huh, Huh, Huh?”
This immature girl! I don’t even know other people’s hearts. I have endured it for over ten years since I was born into this world. Even though you are young, you are an adult man at heart.
Rudy sighed inwardly.
“You shouldn’t encourage men like that, Lilitha.”
“It’s not a man. It’s a husband.”
Hearing Rilisha speak dissatisfiedly, he lightly pinched his nose with his finger.
“yes!”
Seeing that Rilisha puffed out her cheeks in displeasure, Rudy lightly kissed her on the forehead.
“Empress, if you have the strength to do so, let’s sing another song.”
When Rudy stands up and extends his hand to Ririsha, she follows along, even with a dissatisfied expression on her face.
But when she left the room, her eyes were shining like morning stars again.
‘After this time, I’ll be busy again.’
Let’s go out with Lilitha until dawn today.
As the people mingled with the dancing rings, spinning and shaking hands, Rudy thought of the kingdom of Crete in his mind.
The kingdom of Crete has long been sought after to invade, taking advantage of the discord between Dicoquaria and Cania.
As the empire joined hands with Cania, they couldn’t do anything in the end, but they continued to contact other countries.
It was the worst after the death of Emperor Tae.
When the emperor was still young, he urged the neighboring countries to do something, but the magic weapon made a big splash in the grasslands, and all other countries flinched.
There is no country that wants to join hands with Crete, so so far, only Eoyoung and Booyoung have been working hard, but in the end, it seems that they have decided to act alone.
Normally, there is no way to covet the area where the empire is holding out. But the dicoquaria was worth the risk.
Right next to Watoringu, where it faces the mountain, there is a rock salt area.
It was the reason why Kania had been persistently fighting Dicoquaria, and Tae Sangje had foreseen that a war would break out someday.
Emperor Taizhang wanted a successor to Watoringu who possessed magical powers and crests more than rock salt, but that would be rather strange.
‘Well, that doesn’t mean Taehyungje completely gave up on it, though.’
Watoringu is right next to the rock salt area. It is easy to nitpick or cause aggression.
It meant that he didn’t want this area simply for Rudy’s sake.
It was just that the priority was to possess magic power, and one day he was aiming to occupy the rock salt region as well.
Rudy felt one side of his heart grow cold as he saw Lilitha smiling brightly.
Once a war breaks out and the situation changes, you never know which country will jump into it again.
The moment you think that the empire has weakened even a little, everyone will rush to bite you like a swarm of bees.
If that happens, both the people here and Lilitha will all be stained with despair.
‘I will never tolerate that kind of thing.’
At this opportunity, we must clearly show the power of the Empire.
Stronger than anyone, more cruel than anyone.
It clearly shows what will happen if you stick that claw here.
Lilitha looks up to Rudy, but he hasn’t been a good man. After seeing countless darkness for 5 years, in the end, he too became a dirty person. They’re just pretending they’re not.
‘Poor Lilitha.’
Like my mother, I was caught by a bad man. I’m sorry though, I can’t let you go. It’s too late now. Circumstances do not allow her to let go.
If she sets her sights on another man, Lilitha will probably be ruined.
Just as Taehyung Emperor had hoped, now Rudi’s light had grown so much that she was in such a small position that she couldn’t live without his protection.
If even a small contamination occurs to her, if she escapes from under Rudy’s wing even a little, everyone who wants Rudy’s side will bite Lilitha and make a mess.
All Rudy could do was make her live with little freedom under his wing.
***
‘It’s a witch.’
William doesn’t believe in witches. Rumors abound, but in the end, isn’t it an existence that no one has ever seen?
For him, who knew that if rumors grew, he would eventually become a monster, so the existence of a witch felt like an impostor.
That’s why it must be funny that he came to the position of captain of the witch’s escort.
Since everyone was afraid of witches and didn’t want to take on them, he, who was relatively fearless, became the captain of the escort.
“Captain! The time has come.”
A subordinate came and said.
“Okay, let’s go.”
The place promised to the witch is a wasteland on the outskirts of the Kingdom of Crete. We decided to meet in an empty field with nothing.
‘Still, it’s a very strange thing.’
There is literally nothing there. Even the well around it is dry, so you can hardly see even grass, let alone animals. Of course, it was not a place where people could live.
‘Sheesh, but it’s all about cheaters.’
There must be some hidden way.
Asking to meet in a wasteland where no one lives is probably a way to make you believe that you are a witch.
The woman says she is the Witch of the West, but I don’t even know if that’s true.
No one has ever met the Witch of the West.
No one knows what the Witch of the West looks like or what kind of magic she does.
It was to the point of wondering why the king believed that.
Pulling two wagons, the escort moved forward on dry ground.
The ground, which is almost devoid of moisture, bounces off the wheels of the wagon. The sound of the wheels echoed loudly as they rolled down the stone road.
One is a carriage for witches. The other contained items for the witch.
The king prepared everything that goes into the mouth, wears, and touches the best for the witch.
‘If I can really beat the Empire with something like this, it’s cheap.’
William frowned and spat on the floor.
the king is crazy
The new emperor of the empire possesses magical powers that are unprecedentedly strong, even if he is young.
The story of the emperor, a boy of the empire, who used magic weapons to defeat the barbarians in the plains when he was younger than he is now, is now famous enough to be known even by a three-year-old.
The bird of light, which is said to be run by a boy emperor, is so popular that traveling bands travel around the country to perform.
All the countries realize the danger of the incident and save themselves, but only the king of Crete believed in a woman called the West Witch and started a war.
I couldn’t have done that unless I was crazy.
After walking for a while, I started to see several crows perched on the dry ground.
A black crow on a bare yellow earth.
It’s kind of a strange feeling.
Gossip broke out among the escort soldiers. The steps of fifty people, not many people, slowed down.
“What are you afraid of! Hurry up. It’s almost time for your appointment.”
William shouted, but maybe the witch wouldn’t come.
The place to meet is not far from here. If the Witch of the West really comes as promised, it should be visible by now.
However, the witch was nowhere to be seen in the barren wasteland.
‘I guess I was tricked.’
One crow, two crows, increased a little before I knew it. Caw, caw, crying made me feel bad.
‘Should I wait two or three days?’
They didn’t bring enough supplies to stay long in the wasteland. There was only drinking water from the canteens that each of them wore around their waists and the one that they had brought for the witches.
My thoughts were that I wanted to stay for a day or so before leaving, but it would take at least three days to make an excuse to the king.
William was staring at the floor, worried, when the soldiers shouted.
“Captain! Over there, in the sky!”
“what.”
William’s body froze as he looked up at the sky with a frown.
A mass of black birds is flying in from the other side of the sky. maybe thousands of them Crows were flying in groups like clouds.
“oh my god.”
As he muttered involuntarily, the mass of black birds came closer and closer.
“aaagh!”
One of the soldiers screamed and turned to run away the way he had come.
“Catch him! Catch him.”
William shouted, and one of the soldiers struck him with a scabbard, knocking him down.
A few soldiers fell to the ground.
William might have screamed if it hadn’t been for his position as captain of the escort.
Fear rose to the top of his throat. Unknowingly, his hand went to the sword.
The appearance of the flock of crows approaching seemed even more bizarre. The crows clung to each other, wondering how they were flying.
As the flock of crows gradually lowered, screams erupted from among the soldiers.
“It’s a witch!”
“Witch of the West!”
“Oh, my God! A witch.”
William opened his eyes wide.
A woman was on top of a flock of crows. It was a woman with shiny silver hair.
“oh my god.”
William stared blankly at the woman. beautiful. I had never seen such a pretty woman. The king’s favorite concubine was not so bewitching.
When the crow landed on the ground and completely stopped flapping its wings, the woman slowly raised herself.
William, who had been frozen for a moment, remembered why he had come here and took a few steps forward.
“…?”
For some reason, the woman’s behavior is a little strange.
‘Something a little clumsy…’
William thought so and swallowed.
The woman had rare black eyes. But those eyes couldn’t catch him properly. like a blind man
The Witch of the West was blind.
