episode_0156

“… … Yes?”

I barely managed to hide my embarrassed expression and answered in an incomprehensible tone.

“Yeo is asking if the fact that you didn’t let her go wasn’t something you did for her sake.”

“… … Sorry, it’s hard to understand. There is absolutely no correlation between them, is there?”

After answering shamelessly, I desperately tried to think of what to say next.

Because – first of all, she’s right.

My goal was to unify Luna’s continent.

The reason I followed Luna at first was simply because I concluded that she was the person who would do the unification, but now I was thinking that it would be nice if she could do the unification if possible.

And, the most important condition for her unification was that Serpina must lead the Serpina army forever.

In conclusion, I saved Serpina’s life.

So, it was safe to say that Serpina’s words were the correct answer that I had never revealed to her.

There is only one problem here.

How on earth did Serpina realize that I said those words to save her life?

“… … .”

Serpina looked at me with a strange expression.

I don’t feel the intimidating feeling that I usually feel or the gaze that seems to be looking down from an absolute being.

What is before my eyes… … I wondered if it was okay to say something like this, but the girl was scared.

The person named Serpina von Eyngart felt like just an ordinary woman.

I slowly looked at her eyes and then heavily parted my lips.

“I… … First of all, can I hear your opinion on why you thought that way?”

I decided that I needed to listen to her logic before making a rash move.

“… … I understand.”

Serpina slowly closed her eyes, and then, as if she had made up her mind, she slowly led me towards the desk.

There was only one map of the continent propped up on the wide desk.

“If it weren’t for your advice… … I will probably form a delegation the next day and head straight to Brans County. Since the initiative lies with our military, not many people would think that I would bother to go to Arnel Castle. You too, I guess.”

“If the lord has moved, it would be correct to think that he is only heading close to the border line.”

“Okay. You know it too. Of course, but… … .”

I don’t know what kind of Zen question and answer we will give, but let’s try to match the rhythm appropriately here.

Serpina is not a foolish character. If he called me and made such a strong argument, it meant that his logic was complete.

‘Besides, there’s a map… … It must mean that the correct answer is here.’

If I can’t break her logic with my own strength, there’s one thing I have to do.

It was riding on her logic.

I looked at the map and listened to her story in silence.

“If you observe on the map, the closest place to this place is Kohat Castle.”

She said, pointing to Kohat Castle with her finger.

Naturally, I was able to focus a little more on the map.

“Time it takes to get here… … And, if you calculate the time to form an alliance and return here-”

‘… … !’

… … It seemed.

The moment she mentioned time by naming it ‘time spent’ and ‘time to return’, I felt like I knew what she was talking about.

“You are talking about a landslide.”

“!!!!”

She was startled by my words and looked at me with four eyes.

Looking at that expression, I could easily tell that the answer I gave was the correct one.

What I kept thinking about while looking at the map was the fact that Serpina was now asking me if I was ‘trying to save myself.’

If so, it was clear that there would be a clue to her death in this map.

Are there clues to death within the map? The number of ways she could die is drastically reduced by that alone.

And the reason was condensed into ‘natural disaster’ when she pointed to Kohat Castle, located on the border.

No matter how many rebel forces were targeting her, an attack within the territory was less likely than a natural disaster.

However, Serpina does not have a brain power of 100 like me, and even if she had that ability, she still couldn’t know exactly where and how a natural disaster would occur.

In that case, it had to be a natural disaster that even a logical person like Serpina could naturally predict.

For example, the conclusion, ‘Lightning is going to hit you on the road, aren’t you worried about that?’ was an absurd claim that Serpina couldn’t easily come up with due to her personality.

Lightning leaves no evidence. The idea that someone would check and report on the situation is too contrived and unlikely.

Crucially, rain must fall for lightning to strike, but the northern continent has maintained calm weather so far.

The weather might be a little different if you go all the way down to the south, but it’s not that far.

So it’s not a lightning strike.

then?

What caught my eye at that time was the valley located between the shortest road between Eingart Castle and Kohat Castle.

Considering that crossing a valley in this game means always having to prepare for landslides that may occur at any moment –

There is only one answer.

Moreover, it was clear that it would not be difficult to report a landslide since evidence of the landslide would continue to remain after it occurred.

Coincidentally, there was also a village nearby.

“As expected… … You… … You were trying to save me.”

“… … .”

“But… … Even if you claimed that a landslide suddenly occurred, I wouldn’t have believed you. Just like last time… … And if you had told me straight, Yeo might have acted as she insisted. To be honest, I don’t really believe in things like the movement of the sky or anything like that.”

‘… … ???’

“You definitely… … I guess they all realized that this body would think like that… … ?”

No, I didn’t really do that… … I swallowed the words.

In the first place, it was the first time I heard information that Serpina ‘doesn’t really believe in things like the movement of the sky.’

He listens well to what I say and he talks about the mind’s eye and all that, so I vaguely thought you’d think there was such a thing?

You may or may not know that I’m thinking this –

Serpina looked at me with a very pitiful expression and said.

“Answer me, Swen… … Is what she thinks right? You… … Is it true that you claimed this to save me, my life?”

I thought as I listened to Serpina’s trembling voice.

What should I do in Serpina County?

That was to save her life.

So, the most important thing was to get her to listen to me as well as possible and to trust me.

Haven’t there already been two monarchs who didn’t listen to my advice at a critical moment and ended up ruining it?

Serfina is different from Lunarien. In order to gain her trust, I needed to prove something.

And now this situation is-

Wasn’t that pumpkin called ‘Opportunity to Prove’ rolled over to me in its entirety?

If I were Serpina, I would have thought a little more deeply about the unbelievable fact that I could predict landslides, but for some reason, I could see urgency rather than intelligence in the way she seemed to be focused on something.

Was there any reason to think like that?

anyway… …

Wouldn’t it be better to just take whatever she gives here?

Thinking lightly, I slowly lowered my head.

“… … I wanted to be honest, but I was cautious because I thought it might sound a little weird… … .”

“… … !!!”

good.

Now, slowly raise your head and say, ‘If I was able to save my master, I am satisfied with that.’

If you ask how I found out, wouldn’t it be possible to just say something about the sky? The results came out anyway, so she won’t bother to argue.

Thinking about that, I raise my head and slowly open my mouth-

“I can save my lord-”

… … ?

weird.

Suddenly no more words came out.

No, to be precise, the mouth, an organ of the human body designed to enable speech, was blocked.

The thing that filled my mouth to the point where I could barely speak… … It was something chattering.

I easily realize its identity.

tongue.

Three inches of tongue.

The tongue that somehow brought me to this place on a day when I only knew the conclusion and knew nothing about the process… … I feel myself mixing with someone else’s tongue.

And only after realizing that much do you notice.

―Serpina is covering her mouth with mine.

Even though it happened so suddenly, I mixed my tongue with her… … Rather than feeling embarrassed, I feel a sense of relief.

It felt like it wasn’t the first time.

why… … ?

Before I had time to think in detail about the image that came to mind, her warm, soft tongue invaded every corner of my mouth.

How much time has passed?

Eventually, slowly, mouth to mouth separated… … Between the two of us, there is a transparent string of saliva that no one can invade.

“Ha… … .”

Serpina looked at me with a bright red face, panting… …

Those shining golden eyes contain only human beings and speak in the voice of a woman, not an absolute being.

“… … Swen. It doesn’t matter who is in your heart. Whatever your number, it is only the second problem.”

“So.”

“It doesn’t matter if it’s just a part of you. please… … At this moment, as long as you are by my side, be mine.”

As I looked at her saying that to me in a trembling voice, I thought.

… … My first kiss tasted like citron.