Chapter 443 – LONG LIVE THE KING (1)
“What is the groom, another business trip order?”
After defeating the demon king, the capital often ordered me to travel. I grumbled and packed my things.
“Uh. Why do you keep going, where do you go? Is this shit? Do you want to go back?”
“The groom is then arrested.”
“Try to catch it.”
Eve laughed at my words and left the office again. I looked at her back and let out a deep sigh. It was because these days, this order was a bit harsh. The kingdom didn’t like me staying in the territory for a long time, as if there would be a big accident if I stayed in the territory. If it wasn’t for Aglio Festa’s wagon, he would have been on business trips without blinking his eyes.
I knew why. At the point of destroying the Black Gate and ‘defeating’ Evangeline, the most terrifying being in this kingdom was not the king, but me. So, it was clear that the kingdom would want to keep me in check, at least with a small amount of force.
The kingdom was not simply a check. In exchange for this mission, the kingdom has offered our estates a tax cut in half, and has offered to build a statue for free using royal architects. When I saw the proposals they put out, I thought that they were using their brains well in the kingdom.
“I guess you really want to train your brother.”
My brother said so while riding on my back. She now had the appearance of a child of about five years old. It was said that it was because it would be too suspicious to turn into an adult all at once, but it seemed that they didn’t really care that a baby becoming an adult in two months would be very suspicious.
Of course, no one came to our mansion now and cared about that.
“If you want to train it, you can do it as you like.”
“So, are you going to keep it like this? Wouldn’t it be better for you to be the king?”
“It’s annoying when you say king… Grand Duke Emilia told me that story the other day, to be the king, I thought it was pretty good at the time, but now that I’m starting to work as a lord here again, I’m running away.”
You could take it at any time if you wanted to take it away. I just don’t take it because I don’t have to. The throne was like an apple hanging from a tree branch to us. You can pick and eat it at any time, but it’s better to just have an apple there, so you don’t touch it.
“Is it… It’s annoying having to work though.”
“Do your job, bitch. Did you properly apologize to Artie?”
“Ah, that…”
At that time, Artie pretended not to know and let her go, but she never came to her mansion after her. Even when I visited, I only talked about my current situation and love for me, but didn’t talk about Evangeline. At my words, her brother turned her head and said.
“Look how. It’s scary when my teacher gets angry.”
“Fuck year. Whom did you resemble and spend your days dealing with a major accident?”
“Brother.”
“Yo-yo, your mouth is a problem. Mouth?”
“Ah! Ah! Hurt! Hurt! It hurts!”
I pinched my younger brother’s chewy cheeks and stretched them out. Her brother struggled, waving his tiny hand. I twirled the ball around and pinched it, then let it thump again and looked at the paper. This time, it was a business trip order. The phrase to address protests on the West Coast caught my eye.
“Only idiots live in the fucking West? Why are you asking me to settle the West Coast protests?”
There have been a lot of problems on the West Coast lately. It was because the reef where the mermaids live was designated as a mermaid sanctuary, and the activity radius of fishermen catching fish on the West Coast was greatly reduced. There are limited places where you can catch fish in the open sea, so fishermen had to go out to the open sea around the protected area or compete for scarce resources in the nearby sea.
After packing up, I went back to Eve’s room her. Eve was sharpening his knife her with her legs raised in his chair. The knife he had received from Dagon grew sharper with each passing day, giving him a terrifying feeling. I said.
“Eve, let’s go to the west coast. On the way, I saw Ann and Leah’s face at least once. See also Dagon.”
“Uh, can I go too? Youngji?”
“You should leave the land to Sieri. You took Sieri with you when you went to the capital last time.”
“Oh, tell me soon. Then I would have packed up a long time ago. Hang in there.”
“Take your mother. I’m going to take Sellu too.”
“Yes. Okay.”
Eve put the knife she had been grooming back into the scabbard and started taking care of the house. I lazily shook my head and went down to the pool. In the swimming pool, the cellu was basking in the sunlight and was hanging out like dried fish at a fish market. I said laughing as I saw her spread all over her floor her.
“Why are you doing that there? Sellu.”
“Boring.”
“It’s just fine. I brought you a proposal that Sellu won’t be bored.”
At that, Selou raised her head slightly and looked at me. Her long hair her swayed to and fro as the cellu moved. I sat down next to her and patted her Seluu’s back her.
“Shall we go to the West Coast once in a while?”
“Yeah West Coast? Really?”
Selou liked her like a child. He patted her her fluttering tail once lightly with the palm of her hand her and then nodded her head.
“Quickly clean up and get ready to ride in the wagon. We should go together.”
“Hehe.”
Selou raised her body her and jumped onto her shoulder her. She said, clinging to me like a cloak.
“Let’s hurry! To the shower room!”
I was dumbfounded and laughed.
*****
“Okay, Sieri. This time, they said that a minister from the kingdom would come, but I’ll take good care of that.”
“Wait instead?”
When Sieri heard that a high-ranking person was coming, she was so started that she began to get restless. Eve, who was carrying her gym bag on the road, stroked Sieri’s head and said,
“Why are you afraid of the substitute? My husband is much more terrifying. If the minister makes a fucking request, he says he will reach out to our groom.”
Sieri didn’t know if Eve was serious or joking, so she hesitated and nodded her head. Eve really enjoyed Sieri’s unchanging appearance of her.
“Ahahahahaha!”
After I parked the wagon at the starting line, I put Eve and Sellu on board before I spoke.
“I’ll go see our warrior for a while.”
“Oh, yes. Go.”
Eve said, leaning back in her chair. Seluga lay down on Eve’s thigh and she pinched her cheek.
“Eh! To! Ea!”
“We have to leave a seat for our groom, Mom. Uh?”
“Ah oh! Ah oh!”
******
The rocking chair was swaying in the sunlight. Hero A.A was gently stroking her belly and smiling lightly. Now pregnant, she was concentrating on her prenatal education, minimizing her outside activities other than light exercise to maintain her condition. Next to her, the music box Soya had made was working, and it was a device that could periodically hear beautiful singing.
She was reading her book leisurely with the device beside her. Watching this scene through the crack in the slightly open door, I smiled and walked into the room.
“Uh? Priest?”
A.A. She was concentrating on her book, so she belatedly noticed that I had entered. She closed her book, put it on her lap, and rubbed her own stomach.
“Welcome. I heard you are going on a business trip, but haven’t you gone yet?”
“I have to see the face of our warrior.”
“Another strange word…”
A.A laughed and turned her head away. I could see her ears her turning red. I brushed her hair, sat on her knees, and put her ear her on her stomach her. Wriggling wriggling. A new life was moving in her belly. Hearing the sound of vigorous movement, I caught my breath. Said A.
“Dad. Dad.”
She said ‘Dad’but scratched her head as if it was awkward.
“You are my mother.”
“Yes. Yes.”
A.A laughed and rubbed her stomach once more.
“Mom.”
******
“Priest. Next time I will go to Eastern Plains. The wedding was delayed because of a business trip, so I never went.”
Stepping out the front door of her mansion, Elsie stomped her foot her and clung to her her me. As she said, we were the ones who postponed Elsie and Laika’s tribal wedding because we continued to travel after the last wedding. I nodded and touched Elsie’s foreheads. Elsie sniffed my flesh and she hugged me tight. Behind me, Leica hugged my chest tightly. Leica said.
“Rather than the marimba tribe, we have to go to Dogville first. After I leave, the people of the tribe are obviously worried about me.”
Elsie nodded her head at those words.
“That’s right. We have to go first to the Dogville tribe and ease the worries of the worried tribesmen.”
“Eh.”
When Elsie yielded to Laika, she looked back and forth between her and me with a puzzled look on her face her, then she hugged me tighter, she said.
“Ma, the Marimba tribe goes first.”
It’s fun. I giggled and stroked Laika once. In her carriage her, Eve was humming her song her. Sellu was also tapping the lever of the wagon with a smile on his face. I said.
“Then shall we go?”
“Yes. Let’s go. Groom.”
When I pulled the lever and closed my eyes, the smell of the sea flowed into the wagon. When we arrived at the border of the west coast, we were able to face the soldiers who were taken aback by the sudden appearance of the wagon. I pointed out an official letter sent by the king and informed them that we were dispatched to resolve this situation, and the soldiers whispered my name and guided the way.
“Long time no see. Lord Peta Lucius.”
“It’s been a while too. Lord Alu.”
The lord of the Alu estate, Alu Mason, greeted me with a tired face like the last time we met. Beside him was his son his, still in a wheelchair and drooling. I asked Lord Aloo Mason.
“Your son is still…”
“Yes. What should I do if I have to live with him? I worry about who will take care of my son when I die.”
“Someday it will get better. Lord.”
“Thank you for your words.”
Lord Alou Mason bowed his head. Alou Mason’s son has never recovered since he became an idiot after eating potato salad at a prom. However, considering that he was a racist who discriminated against mermaids in his lifetime, this was a natural conclusion.
Mason Lord said.
“The protests are getting fiercer by the day. More than half of the areas where fishermen used to catch fish have been designated as mermaid sanctuaries. Because of this, the dissatisfaction of the fishermen is not the only one.”
“It must be embarrassing.”
I glanced at Eve and Sellu. They too just shrugged.
