Chapter 201 – 30 Days – For
“You said you wanted to check the mine, so I’ll guide you. Princess, and this is Hedone-sama? As you know, I’m Count Baal.”
“That.. Yes. That’s great. Guide me as soon as you’re ready.”
If you talk nonsense, what will you do? The princess, who had been imagining hard, was surprised by Count Baal’s behavior of accepting the story so innocently.
She was a beautiful woman with black hair. Her hair color reminded me of Ceres, but black hair was common in the Empire. Rather, the dark blonde hair of the princess was rare.
Unlike ordinary black hair, which is called common people’s hair color, Baal’s hair was curled and fixed like a round bread, and the rim was decorated with braided hair.
Even from a distance, her hair felt strangely old-fashioned, but the princess had a haircut like that a long time ago, so she could see how much trouble the attendants had to go through every morning.
“Then, I’ll return to the office as soon as I’m ready. Princess, please wait for a while.”
Bowing, Baal politely bowed down to her waist and left the office, and the dumbfounded princess just looked behind her. Unlike the princess and Hedone, Count Baal had a rather slender body.
Also, the thought that I want to hold onto her waist her for no reason because her waist her came out so well passed through the princess’s head like lightning.
“…It made things easier.”
Hedone was also embarrassed. Isn’t she the Countess of Baal? I don’t know When she said that, she was thinking of showing the fearlessness of the future mistress of the imperial family.
There were a few very bad words that she did n’t even use for her princess her, but she was imagining them in her head her …
“What do you plan to do about the fact that the Counts forged documents and reduced the amount of tax they had to pay? Princess Heojeop.”
“Hmm… I guess I’ll have to take care of that slowly.”
It was the same that Count Baal forged the documents. She was in a situation where she could have punished her too, but the princess did not bring up the story of her taxes her.
“Are you going to forgive me?”
“There’s no way that could be. Playing around with taxes is, of course, a great sin. But, telling the story at a different important moment than now doesn’t make the weight different.”
“Then…”
“Since I met Count Baal like this, aren’t there quite a few counts who show up to see my face? There are as many as five counts in the Duchy of Kearga, so… No, I won’t be able to play with you tonight.”
When the princess grumbled and said, Hedone laughed a little.
“You intend to tell them their sins in front of the counts and make them vomit more sins themselves?”
Haha, where are there one or two nobles who are anxious to get a title? If you call them together and say they’ll take away the title, they’ll accuse each other more, saying they’ll try to survive. That’s human psychology…”
If you’re lucky, you might get a commuted sentence. It was something that the counts, who were struggling to survive, would make a mistake. Satisfied with her princess’ plan, Hedone nodded her head and gently shook her black fan.
“By the way, the perverted princess.”
“Again… Why do you call me a pervert? I haven’t done anything right now.”
“Why do you only look at the chest and buttocks and not the face while talking to Count Baal? Did you even go into heat? Perverted princess.”
“Ah… No, that… I mean…! He, ga, might have hidden a dangerous weapon in his chest his…?”
“I mean that now…”
The moment Hedone hated it, the princess laughed awkwardly. It was true that she watched Count Baal’s body in an obscene sense.
“That, that! I’m the princess of the empire! I have the right to see as much as I want to see the beautiful countess’s body!”
“Then, since I am the one who will marry the princess, I must have the right to scold her at will, right?”
Unable to deny her words, the princess let out a small scream and stepped back from her, but could n’t escape her Hedone’s grip that gripped her her ears.
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“The number of soldiers is quite large.”
“Yes, princess. There is a mine in the Duchy of Kealgar that can mine magic stones. There are quite a few people who come here or aim for the wagons that transport the magic stones…”
“Well… This is not a number that violates the contract…”
The preparations Baal spoke of were the well-dressed soldiers in his armor. When he cheated on the taxes he had to pay to the imperial palace and did something, there were soldiers armed with glittering armor and sharpened swords and spears.
Armor was not a cheap item made of leather. They were made of solid steel and were well-armed, even wearing helmets.
Although the number was only 20, the princess felt various meanings.
‘I didn’t tell you in advance, there are soldiers who can be mobilized suddenly… This is true…’
There is no law or contract that says that nobles cannot have enlisted men. Rather, it is natural to have However, the fact that they were gradually increasing their military power without paying proper taxes to the imperial palace was something that could not be seen as cute.
‘I’m sure I’ll have to pay my respects later.’
She was a princess who did not want to see Hedone and Ceres look very troubled and say that a rebellion had broken out in the Duchy of Keargar.
“Anyway.. I’m going to explore the mine with the soldiers here, so don’t worry now.”
“Ah, alas… But, Princess. There is a really terrifying monster in here.”
“That’s right. Schönne saw it clearly! It’s the devil! The devil!!”
The miners who were guarding the entrance of the mine naturally stepped aside, but they were worried about the princess. Hedone smiled a little as if she had noticed that feeling.
“This is the princess, so if the devil appears, it’s rather a good thing. Don’t worry and wait for everyone.”
“However…”
What if the princess who treated them well got hurt… The troubled miners couldn’t speak carelessly.
“They’re stupid things you can’t learn anyway. Don’t waste your time and go inside. Princess. The lanterns are ready…”
“…Cover your words. Count Baal.”
Hedone noticed. As the princess looked at Baal with her fleeting eyes, she turned pale and withdrew behind her.
“Don’t say it lightly. If you were born just like them, do you think you would be able to sit where you are right now? Do you think we could live to our fullest without them?”
The princess waved her hand as if to tell her miners not to worry, and after touching her sword once at her waist her, she went into the mine with Hedone. It started.
“Then I will join you inside too. Princess.”
“You’re not talking nonsense this time. I don’t know much about this mine, so please give me a detailed guide.”
The princess smiled softly again and slapped her Baal on the buttock of her. That little skinship made Baal feel like the life he had just lived was a lie, and she smiled a bit comfortably. The princess’ sexual harassment… It was unfortunate for Hedone, but it was famous in the empire.
Baal received the lantern from the soldier standing behind him and started walking ahead of the princess.
“This mine has been mining magic stones ever since the days of the Kingdom of Magicka. Thanks to that, it is quite long compared to other mines.”
“What do you think are the chances of the demons and monsters the miners said?”
This was the question of the princess who deliberately ignored the story of the Magicka Kingdom. Countess Baal, well aware that this was an awkward story, let out a long breath.
“I don’t think that’s likely.”
“But there’s no way the miners would lie, so there must be something wrong with them.”
At the princess’s words her, Baal quietly nodded her head. Despite the fact that she completely ignored the miners’ stories, she was surprisingly positive about everything the princess said.
‘Hmm… Nothing great.’
If he looked behind him for no reason, he could only see the soldiers following him in silence. They were clearly lighting the torches on the wall. Thanks to that, I could see how deep they had come into the mine.
The bright sunlight was so far away from the exit that it seemed faint, and the princess and Hedone entered the depths after receiving Baal’s guidance to the extent that they couldn’t see exactly where the exit was, perhaps because they turned the road several times .
“…The princess.”
Hedone doesn’t like the dark, so she said in a slightly nervous voice. She moved as if to ask her to hold her trembling hand her, and the princess held it tightly.
“Don’t worry, didn’t you tell me too? Even if a terrifying monster appears, I’ll defeat it.”
“I don’t want to be a burden, so I brought some things…”
“There’s no need to use that, don’t worry, I’ll protect you no matter what monsters appear.”
It was such an obvious statement, but the princess, a non-human member of the royal family, could of course do that. At her words her, Hedone blushed at her and nodded her head. Should she acknowledge the princess now? Hedone touched the back of her hand her with her fingers while thinking about many things.
Baal, who had no choice but to listen to the story, gave a small smile.
“Princess, can you really defeat any monsters that appear?”
“Well, then. What’s the hardest part?”
It was said to Hedone, but when Baal rejected it, the princess couldn’t help but feel strangely ashamed. Either way, Baal was guiding the princess and Hedone somewhere by moving her feet her.
The reason she wrote the word guide was not a big deal. It wasn’t a lie to say that magicka had been mined since the days of the kingdom, so there were many forks in the mine here.
Even when such roads appeared, Baal chose left and right to move quickly without the slightest hesitation, and he was heading straight for somewhere without taking a map out of his arms.
“Does it matter if you have huge horns on your head?”
“Your clothes may tear a little, but you won’t get hurt.”
“Even if you have fearsome wings on your back?”
“Haha, what do you do with wings. Can you fly around in this cave?”
“Is it okay if I have leather that cannot be torn with a sharp knife? Princess?”
“You underestimate my strength.”
As if to reassure Hedone, she was the princess who laughed at everything Baal said to her. When Baal heard that, he nodded his head and slowly stopped his legs.
“You ask me as if you know all about the demons that live in these mines?”
“Inferior… No, I just asked the miners exactly what they told me.”
“Haha, be honest now. Baal. Do you know that there are demons… No monsters here? I’m tired of seeing the story of a monster that devours magic stones even at the academy.”
Baal pondered for a moment at the princess’s words, then put his hand on the torch hanging on the wall.
“I’ll be honest. Princess.”
After Baal’s strangely echoing words, the torch was finally lit. The sound of a crackling fire came and the princess instinctively placed her hand on the sword she wore around her waist.
“How am I, the countess, to deal with such an evil spirit creature? It’s a monster that no one else can touch unless it’s the imperial family, Princess Venus.”
“Damn…! Hedone! Step back!”
The princess shouted and put her hand on her Hedone’s shoulder her, forcing him to pull back from her.
Evil spirits.
Baal’s words were no mere joke. There was a huge monster in front of her princess.
The being with horns growing on her head her, huge wings on her back her, and a black mane of skin was an alicorn that even the princess knew well.
But looking at her glowing red eyes and grotesquely bulging muscles, she couldn’t quite tell that she was an alicorn. The spirit creature, which is said to be able to understand human speech, opened its mouth while shedding bloody tears with the sound of a chain snapping.
“Baal!! If only I knew there was a monster like this! I wouldn’t have to say… Damn it!”
Before she could get even more angry at Baal, who smiled and stepped back from her, the princess hurriedly pulled out the sword Hestia had gifted her from her waist to her. To kill Baal? To kill an alicorn that has turned into a monster? It wasn’t.
-Roar!!
It was to block the red flames spewing out of the Alicorn’s mouth her. Even the wings fluttered wildly and the fire spewed out was so hot that Hestia would burn her hands if it hadn’t been for the sword that Hestia had made for her.
Seeing that the princess properly blocked the flames, Alicorn let out a cry of pain. Then she ran forward with her sharp, discarded horns, and snapped! Doug! With a thud, the chains hanging from his neck and legs she broke unsightly and hit the ground like a whip.
“Why! Why! Why! Why are you an Alicorn!!!”
The princess dodged the attack by throwing herself to the ground, and after confirming the safety of Hedone, who stood behind her, she grabbed her sword again.
“Shit..!”
Will I not be punished by Alicorns someday? The fear of the princess, which she had hoped for, had become a reality in such a terrible form.
