Chapter 132 – SHALL WE DANCE(8)
The next morning I quickly got ready to go out. Sieri, who was snuggling in bed and trying to forget the commotion that had happened yesterday, asked, rubbing her drowsy eyes at my frenetic movements.
“Lucius? Where are you going?”
“Yes. Sieri. Would you like to stay in your room for a while today?”
I said that and paused for a moment. With such bad rumors, is it right for me to leave Sieri? Wouldn’t it be better to just take Sieri with me? I finished my thoughts before Sieri could even answer, and after a nod of his head alone, I said.
“No. Let’s go together, Sieri. It won’t take too long anyway, will it?”
“Where are you going?”
Sieri frowned at his half-awakened eyes and stretched him. I rolled up Sieri’s blanket and took a wanted badge from my suitcase. Sieri looked at me incredulously as I took the paper out of my bag. I folded the paper finely and put it in my pocket.
“Go to the palace.”
After Sieri puts on her makeup and I wash my feet, when I come out, Robin wakes up early and eats breakfast. His face was flushed, as if he had drunk heavily with the other knights yesterday, so just looking at it made him feel like he would get a hangover. Even in the midst of that, Robin saw me coming down and hurriedly put the bowl away and tried to get up.
“Sit down, Robin. I don’t need an escort today.”
“Yes? But…”
“I’m on my way to an audience with His Majesty anyway, so I’ll just have to wait. Do you understand? I’ll give you a vacation today, so go and rest.”
“Ah, I see.”
I firmly beat Robin. It wasn’t that Robin was annoyed, it was that she was worried that she would vomit on her carriage while escorting her with her hungover face. Robin also shook his head and drank the water, as if he was not feeling well.
The coachman clearly wanted to rest, but the coachman couldn’t. It was impossible for Sieri and I to go to the palace on foot. The coachman grabbed her throbbing hair and pulled the reins. I climbed into the carriage with Sieri.
“What are you going to see the King for?”
“Evangeline.”
I took out the wanted badge. The picture drawn on crisp, old paper, just like any other mugshot, contained Evangeline’s figure. I was going to show this picture to the king and propose a wanted order all over the country. No matter how good Evangeline is at transforming, there must have been times when she wandered around in her true form.
Also, even if he couldn’t find Evangeline, it would be a burden for Evangeline that the whole country knew her face. I didn’t have any intention of coming up because of one badge like this, but since Erina applied for the ball, she thought of reporting directly to the king.
“That wizard, right? She’s incredibly dangerous.”
“Yes. That incredibly dangerous wizard.”
“…You are pretty.”
Sieri was looking at the wanted badge, and she casually threw out a word. I looked at the wanted badge and made a frown. Is it pretty It was certainly a beautiful figure, but strangely I wasn’t attracted to it.
“I think Sieri is prettier.”
“…Really. Don’t say that. It’s embarrassing.”
“It’s okay because Sieri is cuter when she’s shy.”
“…I won’t talk.”
“Hehe.”
“Sigh… Don’t imitate Mr. Sellu.”
In front of my special move, Sieri almost burst into laughter, but she managed to hold it back. The carriage was checked in front of the castle gate and we were escorted to the audience room. Since I was on her business her, I left Sieri in her waiting room and went to see the king alone.
I thought about it when I was exploring the dungeon before, but the king had a really tired impression. From eating to sleeping, the annoyance and fatigue that I wouldn’t try to do on my own melted away. I felt slightly sorry for the thought that the news I had brought would add to the burden of that exhaustion. But what can I do? As the saying goes, when you wear a crown, you have to bear the weight, so the king had to do his best.
“Peta Lucius. Yes. I heard very well about the feat in the Northern Territory. He came back alive from the dragon and annihilated the demi-humans. Since defeating the demon king, the future of our kingdom is bright because of you.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“So, why did you ask to see me today? If you want to report on your major, do it in writing. Currently, I’m a little hectic because of the prom, so I’ll send you a decent reward later. “
The king began to give answers to what he expected, ‘the reason why Peta Lucius came to meet the king’. Among them, there were some things I was really curious about, so I kept nodding my head and repeating Yes Yes. So the king did what he had to say and asked me.
“Yes. So, is the business over?”
“When I met the dragon in the northern mountains, I was able to get a portrait of Evangeline from the dragon.”
Several escort knights around, including the king, started whispering with surprised faces. Because Evangeline was one of the most important issues right now. The king nodded with a satisfied face, and I delivered the wanted badge through the escort knight next to the king. The king checked the wanted badge and told me.
“She’s beautiful. So, are you sure this woman is Evangeline?”
“Yes. I’m sure. The dragon assured me. He’s from eight thousand years ago and he even said he learned magic from him.”
“Even now, it’s unclear whether this will be the case. Rather, you can buy Evangeline’s Vigilance, so I think it’s right to put this portrait on hold.”
The king said this in a firm tone and put the portrait in the box. I was slightly disappointed, but the king’s words had some truth. If she found out that Evangeline had revealed her true identity of her, she could suddenly go into hiding. She thought that she could n’t be caught, so she set up and ran around freely, but it became difficult when her face was exposed.
“If there is one more piece of evidence to trace Evangeline’s footsteps of her, then I think it’s only right that she be released from her mugshot of her. Until then, let everyone in this room keep quiet about the matter. “
“Yes!”
The knights responded in a loud voice. The king certainly wanted to capture Evangeline. I was a bit disappointed, but I had no intention of arguing with the king, so I decided to withdraw from this point. The king asked me again. His tone his gave off the feeling of a night shift worker at a convenience store looking forward to work.
“Are you done now?”
“There’s still more. I’d like to ask the Elf Queen about her agenda her…”
One of the dungeons Artie told me about was in the Elven Forest. The other two were located in the West Coast and the Dwarf Kingdom, respectively, and I could go to these two at any time, but the dungeon inside the Elven Forest was in the corner of the Elven Sanctuary, so it was difficult for me to just enter.
“Peta Lucius, you’re a half-elf, how can you ask me to do the work of an elf?”
“Because the object of my allegiance is the Majesty.”
It was for a simple reason. You can only enter the holy land of the Elven Forest with the permission of the Elf Queen, but until now, it was a place that even the Elves had not been allowed to enter. Since I belong to the human kingdom and the Archangel Church, I couldn’t even recklessly enter. So, I had to coax the Elf Queen, but it was much more persuasive to convey it through her her king her than Erina, who had no words around her.
“Okay. Then, can I suggest to the Elf Queen to enter Peta Lucius’ holy land?”
“Yes. I am. I would appreciate it if you would do that.”
“Yes. If you have no more business, go inside. Peta Lucius. If only I could say a word to the elderly.”
As I was about to turn around, the king spoke again. I stood straight up and listened to the king’s words his.
“They say that the hero covets beauty, but the rumors about you are too much, so… Well… Be careful.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
I could see the knights wriggling their lips, unable to control their expressions. I ended my audience with the king like that and got on the carriage again. Siri asked.
“Has it taken longer than expected?”
“I came to the main palace for the first time. How was it?”
“I was so scared. If I touch something wrong… That Lucius would be a nuisance to you.”
“Well done.”
If you touch it really wrong, the money is broken tremendously. It was because the royal palace had a lot of expensive antiques laid out in the drawing room from the hallway to show off its wealth. There were times when I felt a little burdened to move, so Sieri’s behavior was a good thing. I said well, stroked Sieri’s head, and had the coachman drive the carriage.
“Where are you going after this?”
“I need to rest today.”
I couldn’t go to the prom today because I ran away from the uproar yesterday. The audience was over, and his face was reflected at the ball, so it was not a bad choice to run away. Sieri asked me with a little regret.
“Are you going to rest tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow? Shall we go to the prom tomorrow? Rumor has it that Sieri is practicing dancing.”
“Yes? Oh, no. Dancing is… Well, I’m not good at it.”
“It’s okay. I’m also clumsy. Since I was young, I’ve been obsessed with dancing.”
“I hear you danced really well at the Holy Night Ball of the Great Heavenly Church…”
“Is that so? I thought I was very bad at that time.”
I responded appropriately to Sieri’s words and looked at the street. A familiar face was walking down the street in the middle of the street. I called out to the coachman.
“Stop! Stop! Robin?”
Robin was looking somewhere with her haggard face in her. Looking in the direction Robin was looking, he could hear her singing her. When I looked up, the coachman said.
“Ah, that’s the voice of Lady Rosalyn Yuba of the Rosalyn family. It’s very rumored that she is the Rosalyn family’s canary. It’s a fairly famous family in the North, but it looks like they came to the ball today.”
Are you a canary? I hurriedly turned my gaze to find the main character of the song. There was a woman singing with dozens of musicians in the square in front of the fountain. She single-handedly emanated a voice that overwhelms the audience, leading her singing with sometimes breeze-like, sometimes lightning-like virtuosity.
The white skin and high, beautiful voice unique to the North really deserved to be called ‘Canary’. It weighs about 90kg.
“Write…”
I shook my head in regret. I should have recognized Robin when he was haggard. But since he certainly sang well, I let the carriage stop for a moment. Siri said.
“It’s such a beautiful voice.”
“I know, right.”
Robin was still staring at Rosalyn Yuba with a pale face. He stopped listening to the song and spoke to me in a low voice.
“Lord. I think I’m in love.”
Is it the moment when Robin finally gets out of the married woman? I asked the coachman.
“Coachman. Is Lady Rosalyn Yuba married?”
“No. I’m still unmarried. There were no nobles who wanted to marry the North.”
Robin’s hoarse voice was heard.
“Is that so…”
I was dumbfounded and asked.
“No fuck Robin. Why are you sorry?”
“Yes? Oh no! I thought it was really fortunate.”
This was a dangerous baby. Really.
