Chapter 115 – Day 16 – Salvation of the Altai Duchy (1)
“Princess, you’re thinking about something too dangerous. Have you forgotten that you almost got into trouble in Colonia?”
“I heard that story too. I heard that you were imprisoned by demons and suffered dangerous things? Princess. It is too dangerous to meet orcs in person.”
Grace and Keres had been talking since morning with expressions dripping with worry. Conversely, the princess was in high spirits, and Hestia, who was sitting right opposite her, was seriously thinking.
Although Hestia had sex with her pleasure several times yesterday, enough to make her stomach fill up, and she went to sleep entangled with her princess …
She had no intention of blindly affirming the princess’ words to her.
“It makes no sense… It’s not an operation. The princess seems to have a good understanding of the culture and customs of the Orcs.”
“It’s not like I went to the imperial academy in vain! All the other guys either slept or didn’t pay attention, but the class about the different races was always full of interesting things.”
When the princess once again opened her chest and spoke her words of her, Grace sighed and Ceres was still very worried about her.
“Princess. It is too dangerous to try to meet directly with the Orcs who have occupied the castle of Barnia.”
“I know. However, if you don’t clean up the bastards in Barnia, isn’t it impossible to get soldiers from the Countess of Barris?”
“It may be impossible in the name of Hestia Knight Commander, but if the princess goes to Countess Barris, she will definitely lend her her soldiers to her.”
Grace added her words, but Hestia grunted and shook her head.
“That’s not going to be. The Countess has been completely terrified since the death of her husband. She even when the Princess screams to cut her throat…”
“Yes, yes. Aren’t I right? A person who is so frightened and locked in a castle cannot even talk in the first place, so he has no choice but to remove the threat.”
At the words of the princess, Ceres gave up. It wasn’t once or twice that I’d seen her run into her fire pit with her oil all over her body. There were many cases in which she dared to solve tasks that could be passed comfortably like a noble, royalty, or royalty.
Ceres finally nodded as if he wanted to do whatever he wanted, and after seeing Grace, she understood.
“Still, Princess. You shouldn’t be too hurt. There are many injured soldiers in this castle, so it’s hard for me to leave my seat…”
“Haha, don’t worry. I’m thinking of visiting a castle with orcs with Hestia.”
“Unlike the guys who attacked High Priestess Grace, those who settled in Barnia are the ones who can talk.”
“If you can talk, why are you attacking us?”
At Grace’s question, the princess and Hestia laugh bitterly.
“Grace. Aren’t humans plundering, killing, or violating humans? Even if they use the imperial language and have reason, isn’t it obvious how they would view humans from the perspective of a different race, Orcs?”
“Ah…”
Grace finally understands his meaning of her and smiles bitterly. There are really a lot of people killed by different races and demons, but isn’t it the humans who killed the most humans? Grace nodded as if she had such a sad thought and touched her hand her for no reason.
“Anyway, Hestia. Do you have horses in this castle? If there are horses, I want to meet the orcs in Varnia alone with you.”
Hestia silently nodded her head and gestured to her limbless soldier standing beside her. She naturally had a conversation about preparing to speak.
“Princess. May I follow you?”
“Hmm.. Ceres needs a horse to ride.”
“Ah.. I’m sorry, princess. There are only two horses in the stable of our castle.”
Hestia laughed awkwardly. In fact, considering the situation in this fort that she had not been properly supplied for three years, it might also be a miracle that she had two horses. But Ceres seemed unwilling to give up.
“Princess…”
“It’s been a long time since Ceres asked for a favor like this. Yes. Then let’s ride the same horse. Ceres is light-weight, so won’t it be a problem?”
At the words of the princess, Ceres laughed awkwardly and Hestia smiled slightly.
“It’s a horse that can be ridden even while wearing plate armor, so it’s sure to withstand the weight of two women. By the way, princess. Did you bring the armor?”
At Hestia’s question, the princess shrugged her shoulders.
“Me and Ceres don’t need to wear armor, so don’t worry.”
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The road from Barnaul Fortress to Barnia Castle was not very far.
It took several hours to ride her horse her, and the princess clicked her tongue at the view of the castle in the distance. In front of her was Hestia, fully armed from head to toe, even her horse her, in pure white armor.
As if she hadn’t done the job of leader of the knights in vain, in one hand she even held a gigantic, sparkling lance properly.
“The appearance of the castle is unreasonable. Are the residents alive?”
“The farmers outside the castle, as well as all the humans around here, must have died.”
“Because they are cruel.”
The princess kicks her horse’s waist while kicking her tongue her. Hestia still leads the way, but the scenery around her is desolate. The houses of peasants and commoners who had to live outside the castle were nowhere to be seen.
There were no ripe grains to be seen anywhere, and no fields to be seen where the crops should be growing. Except for the castle and walls, everything was burned cleanly or completely disappeared without even a trace.
If a human was hung from her window or a mountain of her corpse her was seen, the princess would have been humanly enraged, but seeing her plundering her surroundings like this, she was just dumbfounded. I didn’t even have the strength to feel it.
“They seem to have noticed we’re here.”
Hestia spoke with her helmet on, so her voice her rang a little. The princess nodded her head, and she took one look at her Ceres, who had her breasts pressed against his back her and her left hand her was holding her waist her.
Her horse her, on which her princess rode, was clad in armor, but she was humble compared to Hestia’s. Since she only had one piece of horse armor, Hestia tried to yield, but she became like this because the princess refused.
Hestia and Princess Barge, fully armed with her pure white plate armor, were wearing plain one-piece dresses, and Ceres behind her was also wearing the same maid uniform. Hestia said several times that it was really dangerous, but the two of them didn’t change their clothes.
“The number of Orcs is small.”
The princess laughs. Orcs, as they are called a ‘tribe’, opened the door of Barnia Castle as if they had the proper intelligence and reason. From inside the open gate, three orcs emerged riding menacing wolves with black fur.
The guys snorted at the appearance of the princess and Hestia, and were proud of their moss-like skin. In other words, instead of wearing normal armor, they ended up with leather pants that adequately covered the lower half of the body.
Even if they looked down on people, it felt like they looked down on them for a long time, but they didn’t have weapons like knives or bows, but one guy had a spear and the other two had a net, and they appeared leisurely hitting the wolf’s flanks.
“You guys…”
It was the princess who spoke first. She moved ahead of Hestia and lightly opened her chest without holding up her sword. The expression overflowing with composition was a bonus.
“Where is the chieftain? As the princess of the empire, I want to talk to your leader-“
Before she could finish her words, her spear flew towards the shoulder of the princess. But it doesn’t reach When the orc raised his arm, Ceres raised his right hand, and with the sound of a spear flying, Ceres spoke a word, and a strong wind blew the spear to the ground.
It was magic. No matter how much Orcs don’t know about humans, they know about magic. They giggle and laugh like they’re having a lot of fun.
“I’ll pass on this rudeness. Orcs. It’s not uncommon to be able to talk to an imperial princess-“
The window flies again. Ceres used her magic her once more to knock her spear down, and the princess clicked her tongue. It was clear that she would not be able to communicate at all.
“Princess. It’s dangerous. Please step back now.”
The moment Hestia tries to move forward, the orcs kick the wolf in the flank. Hey! Without a word, they come running screaming something incomprehensible. Hestia can’t help but let out a sigh and hit her horse’s waist.
Her horse her runs fast She moved well despite wearing thick armor, and out of the three orcs, only one orc carrying a spear after Hestia.
“Huh..!”
Hestia leans forward, pointing her thick and heavy-looking lance, as if she had a lot of experience fighting orcs. The tip of the lance, sharper than her horse’s head her, was thrust out, and the orc, riding her wolf, aimed recklessly at Hestia.
The result is obvious. You could think so, but the orc wasn’t stupid. When Hestia’s spear reached enough distance to touch the orc’s body of her, the wolf she was riding kicked off the ground and jumped.
“Huh..!”
But Hestia is used to even this. She bent her body over her deception and escaped the wolf’s jaws at her own neck and face her. The orc’s spear pierced her body, but it could n’t penetrate the hard armor her, and instead broke the spear.
The orc clicked his tongue as he landed on the ground, and the wolf sighed for a moment. In the meantime, the orc pulled out the ignorantly large sword from his waist her, and Hestia, not taking advantage of the gap, turned the reins of her horse.
It was quite a challenge, but her favorite horse her turns around properly. Her massive horse her charged once more and collided with the orc riding the wolf. But it can’t be. Hestia’s spear lightly deflected the orc’s sword her, stabbing him in the heart.
“Kuh…!! Ugh…!’
Uneasy. Hestia’s lance did not completely penetrate the orc’s body with her. It stabbed her in the chest, shattering her heart her, but not the pointy tip of her lance protruding through her back her. Hestia reluctantly dropped her lance, which she had been holding in her armpit, her arm her, and her body her, into her own hand her, and swiftly drew her sword.
“Hoo! Princess! Are you okay…”
It was a pretty bloody battle. Hestia looked for her princess when she saw the orc wounded by her lance convulsively rolling on the ground, but she soon lost her words her at the scenery in front of her.
“Ceres! I’ll take care of the guy on the right!”
The princess shouted and pulled the reins of her horse with both her hands. Her skillful handling of words Her is no wonder. The problem is Ceres. She raises her right hand and recites her words one by one, changing the shape of her fingers her.
At that time, the magic was cast on the orcs who ran excitedly with their nets. At first, flames shoot out from the ground, and when the frightened wolf makes a noise and moves his body his, sharp ice spears are fired at the orc’s neck and chest.
Poof! Before the clatter was over, Ceres held out his hand and a bolt of lightning erupted, and another orc clung to his horse just as one fell to charred soot in a pleasing way. But her princess looks at it pitifully and puts her own foot forward and kicks her in the shoulder.
Impossible, but with one kick, the muscular orc lost the wolf’s reins and fell unsightly to the ground, twitching as if he had broken a vertebra in his neck and couldn’t get up.
“Ah… Princess… You really don’t need armor… I see… “
Hestia feels strong envy. She’s only two girls. How hard did he try to kill one orc, how much sweat and blood did he shed?
“Thank you for the compliment. But Hestia. See, thanks to you for killing that bastard. The gates are opening once again.”
The princess smiles and points her finger at her castle gate. The steel door opened slowly, and inside, I could see an orc properly clad in steel armor and a group of orcs walking in moderation.
