126. Hunting Festival (2)
126. Hunting Festival (2)
The nobles who went on a hunt headed deep into the forest to keep their distance from each other and avoid overlapping hunting areas.
The ostensible reason for keeping a distance from each other is to avoid the unfortunate incident of people mistaking people for animals and firing arrows at them.
And the truth is to avoid becoming a target of other nobles.
In a forest like this, it was also a place where stupid excuses such as ‘Oh my gosh, I mistook you for a deer!’ Were common.
Because of the engagement, the imperial family is under control, so it is best to be careful in such shady places.
‘There’s nothing wrong with being careful, right?’
Rustling-
At that moment, I heard the sound of the bushes moving.
It’s in the back.
Someone was approaching me. I quickly turned around and checked the target.
“… “It’s Nadia.”
“Yes, Damian. It’s me.”
Nadia asked as she slowly walked towards me.
“Is there any problem?”
“… No, because you don’t hunt.”
Nadia spoke without changing her expression in response to my question.
“You’re doing it now.”
“Huh?”
“Damian hunting. “I have no reason to hunt anything other than you.”
And.
“Why should I hunt deer or reindeer when the game is of the highest quality?”
A face without any lies.
Nadia was speaking sincerely, without any lies.
Not by hunting animals at the hunting festival, but by hunting myself.
‘Is this right?’
A country exists.
If you think about it, a human named Damian is also an animal…
If you do that, the scope is too strange.
Nadia seemed like she didn’t know the rules of the hunting festival.
No.
‘Maybe I didn’t intend to follow the rules in the first place.’
I asked Nadia who was right in front of her.
“… “What are you going to do by hunting me down at the Hunting Festival?”
“Holding hands together. Without falling. I’ll be wandering around the forest. “Watching the ants hunt for earthworms.”
Kkwaak-
Nadia said that and took my hand.
I always feel this, but Nadia’s warmth is always cold.
She may be trying to melt her cold hands through my warm hands.
Because people must ultimately achieve balance.
“Let’s go, Damian. Because we are engaged. Should we always spend time together? If I see a deer or reindeer, I will catch it for you. “You don’t have to do anything.”
Nadia said that, took my hand, and led me deep into the forest.
In that situation, I felt another gaze coming from behind.
Blue eyes seen through the trees. Red eyes hiding in the bushes.
It seemed like there were a lot of people trying to hunt me in this forest.
‘I’m going to be amazed.’
***
Yuri hid in the bushes and peeked out her face.
In the distance, a painter was taking Damian away.
“… “I tried to find it first.”
Kkdeuk-
Why am I always late?
He became the Grand Duke of the North and the head of a family.
Why does Damian always have to be taken away?
‘Infidelity is… I heard it happens in secret places… I was taken away without even trying… ‘
Kkdeuk-
Yuri bit her nails out of anxiety.
If things continue like this, Damian will be taken away without even being able to do anything.
The worries that had been building up in my head were about to explode.
That moment.
“Are you worried about anything? “She’s biting her fingernails.”
A knight attending the hunt next to me spoke to me.
Yuri was not surprised because he had already sensed that he was popular.
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“Okay, I’ll take care of it…” “
Yuri answered bluntly due to his distrust of humans.
Her driver made a wry gesture and introduced herself.
“I’m late in introducing myself. I am Debbie, the princess’s escort knight. “I participated in the hunting festival on behalf of the princess.”
“Woe, princess… ?”
The princess sent my invitation.
But, the princess’s escort knight suddenly appears and speaks to her?
‘You tried to deceive me again. As expected, there is no one I can trust except Damien.’
Growl-
Yuri raised his alertness to another level.
Debbie, who was embarrassed by that appearance, smiled brightly.
“There is no need for the Grand Duke of the North to be so wary of me.”
“Si, it’s noisy… go away… ! Do not talk to me… !”
“Calm down, Archduke. “I just came to convey the princess’s words.”
“Say…” The year before… ?”
Debbie nodded at Yuri’s words.
However, Yuri was still keeping an eye on Debbie’s hand.
Because no one could be trusted, be it a man or a human, except Damian.
Debbie continued her words, sweating slightly due to her feeble life.
“B, yes. The princess told me to convey her words. “If you want to get the man you want, come to him.”
“… !!”
“The princess is very interested in the Grand Duke’s whereabouts. “She is waiting for an answer.”
Nodding-
Debbie bent her waist 90 degrees and ran away as if running away.
Only then did Yuri relax his strict guard.
“If you want to get the man you want… Come find me… ?”
He wants to get it for himself… ?
But no matter how strong you are and how much you have the title of Archduke, you can’t get Damian…
I wonder if the princess can do something for me… ?
Yuri begins to doubt again.
In the end, after much deliberation, her conclusion was…
“Ho, it’s difficult to find it alone… I’ll have to ask Damian to come with me… !”
Decided to take Damien with him.
For Yuri, who was an introvert, meeting the princess alone was on the high side of difficulty for her.
“Oh, where did Damien go…?” ? I have to hunt next… !”
Yuri quickly followed her trail and ran after them.
Chunchonggun-
***
The hunting festival is a festival that lasts a full day.
They start when the sun rises in the sky and hunt until the sun rises the next day.
Food and sleep?
The nobles must take care of that themselves. This hunting festival connects us to the lives of our ancestors in the past and reminds us of the noble nature of living comfortably.
The essence is that they are the same humans who lived and hunted animals in the past.
In that sense, I was close to being disqualified as a human being.
“Gotcha, Damien.”
Grurrruk-
A deer bleeding profusely? Reindeer?
Because Nadia was hunting, it was difficult to recognize its shape.
Nadia shows me her prey by floating a shapeless piece of meat in the air.
I turned my head and covered my mouth.
“Can you please clean that up…?” ? I feel like I’m going to throw up… “
“Damian. I caught it for you. My gift. “Don’t you like it?”
I hope you like it.
‘He threatens whenever he gets the chance.’
I turned my head slightly to check Nadia’s gift.
I feel like I’m going to curse.
However, I held back and exhaled.
“… Saw. Good hunting. “Are you a reindeer?”
“It’s a deer. We can have this for dinner tonight. “I’ll leave the cooking to you, Damian.”
Yes, it would be better for me to cook.
Nadia is a noble among nobles who has never touched fire.
First of all, before that.
“… I can’t cook with this piece of meat. “I have to hunt one more.”
“Just take what I caught.”
“No. “This is minced meat.”
It’s not even about making hamburgers.
After telling Nadia that I would hunt next time, I went hunting again. She was lucky to see a deer nearby. I pulled the bow string on my back and aimed it at the deer.
“Now.”
Sssss-!
Hook!
An arrow that hits a deer properly.
Luckily, he died instantly.
Nadia levitated the deer’s carcass and brought it towards us.
For some reason, he seemed to be in a good mood.
“Hmm, Damian is good at shooting a bow. “This is the first time I heard about it.”
“It’s basic.”
Since childhood, I have not wasted training in swordsmanship and archery.
When I thought my skills had reached a certain limit, I reduced the amount of training.
I sometimes train to keep my senses from getting rusty.
‘Cooking is also similar to my last life.’
Rather than having broad and deep knowledge, I tend to have a lot of broad and shallow knowledge.
Did Nadia like that look?
“My eyes were not wrong. Damien, you are better than anyone in this world. “I’m glad you became my fiancé before anyone else found out about you.”
With a satisfied smile, he held my arm tightly.
It seemed like he had the mentality that he would never let go of me.
Anyway.
After hunting a new deer, I went to the river and roughly cared for it.
As it was evening, we decided to set up a base on a lawn near a lake.
Fire is just that. All I had to do was create friction with a tree branch.
“It’s neat.”
Howling!
Cook the venison held on a stick over a blazing fire and you’re done.
Because I was prepared for a disaster in the forest, I had enough knowledge to survive.
“hehehe, I suddenly had that thought, Damian.”
“What are you thinking?”
“Every time I see you, I see a new side of you. How can I know everything? “I’m really curious.”
Patsdamssdam-
Nadia strokes my head, saying she is curious about me.
Something feels cheap.
‘… ‘You don’t want to open my head, do you?’
Roughly speaking, in times like this, my thoughts are usually correct.
Still, it’s just a imagination, it won’t be put into practice.
Even though there are many strange parts, Nadia is also human.
The moment I was caressing my goosebumps and watching the deer meat cook.
“Oh, that’s right. Wait for a sec.”
Jump up!
I got up from where I was sitting.
Nadia looked at me and expressed her doubts.
“Why?”
“Deer meat has a strong smell. So, it would be good to sprinkle some herbs on top.”
“Then let’s go and find it together.”
“No, I’m just checking to see if the meat is burning. Because I will find it and come back soon. “That herb is common.”
“… Okay.”
It was an unappealing sight.
I left Nadia and went into the forest to look for medicinal herbs.
Geographically speaking, it would probably be located in this area…
“Hmm, it grows well under trees. “Where is it?”
Found it.
The guy was hiding under a big tree.
I approached the large tree to dig up the herb.
But. Something didn’t feel right.
‘It is a person.’
I feel a presence.
There are people hiding behind that big tree.
And, they are waiting for me. With feelings that are not favorable to me.
I shouted as I pulled out the sword from the sheath on my belt.
“Two people hiding in the tree there. Come out.”
“… “
Then, two nobles jumped out from behind the tree.
Head of the family and eldest son of the Duke of Estov, classified as an imperial faction.
The two men pointed their swords at me and shouted with deadly force.
“Sinclair Damian. For the peace of the empire. “I have to die.”
“You are harmful to the empire. “Especially when you think about your fiancé.”
Ha-
I sighed in bewilderment.
“… If you kill me, will the empire become peaceful?”
Who is the reason the empire is now at peace?
I’m dying of injustice.
More than that…
‘According to the information I know. ‘These two people aren’t very brave.’
Who on earth instigated them?
And, what is the purpose of this hunting festival?
In the original work, the hunting festival went by without a single incident. However, is it because of the small flap I made?
It felt like the hunting festival had degenerated into a noble hunting festival.
“I should die for the Imperial Moon.”
“… “If you feel confident, come in.”
Even though it is 2 to 1.
I wasn’t without confidence.
