episode_0076

Zion felt the commotion outside.

The door was shut tightly, and I couldn’t hear it properly because of the noise and draft coming from the abandoned building itself, but something felt off.

I wonder if someone else has come to visit again.

The frequency with which authors who call themselves guests visit is strangely frequent.

‘···It’s not something I should get involved in.’

Zion pulled the blanket up to his head as his body reached its worst state.

How much time have I wasted in light sleep, unable to fall into a deep sleep due to the hunger that was prickling my stomach and the cold that was stinging my skin?

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Someone was pounding on the door and shouting.

─ Princess! Let’s go in!

A familiar voice. Zion opened his eyes to the desperate voice coming from outside.

“Hmm···?”

Crunch! Crunch!

The closed door rattled. It was the sound of a lock being unlocked.

Zion, half-asleep, put on the coat hanging on the chair. He sat on the bed and waited for the door to open.

‘Did the elders think they would give an answer?’

As expected, it was a fight that I could win if I just lay down and endured.

I thought it would take much longer, but the ending came faster than expected. Either way, I’m happy.

After I finally unlocked the lock with trembling hands.

Clank! The elder opened the door and came in with an urgent look on his face.

“Princess! Please get dressed and come out!”

“···What?”

“Urgent! You must prepare quickly!”

Zion had a suspicion that this was not the moment he had been waiting for.

I asked the elder who was rushing as if he was going to bite his fingernails.

“Are you answering my question now?”

“That’s···!”

A question asked in a hoarse voice due to not being able to drink water.

The elder made a face of surprise, and Zion’s doubts turned into certainty.

“I don’t know what it is, but if it’s not that, I won’t go.”

“Princess!”

“Get out of the room. Unilateral negotiations are not allowed.”

The elder was in a difficult position. The errand he had given was not easy.

I feel like I’m going to tear my hair out and run around in panic from the sudden stress.

‘How can I convince this···.’

It is the elders’ basic rule not to mention the reflux praise meeting and its related matters to the princess.

If it is decided to be scrapped, then it doesn’t matter, but it is a situation where I cannot give an explanation because of the possibility that an unexpected result may come out.

Now that the elder who has the decision-making authority is gone, it was inevitable that the elder would be speechless.

“How long are you going to stand there? Get out of my room.”

The elder clenched his teeth at Zion’s cold response.

After taking a few deep breaths, I threw out some bait mixed with facts.

“···The guests who have arrived now are the ones who know everything the princess is curious about.”

Zion’s eyebrows twitched.

A thousand-year-long silence passed between the elder and the elf girl.

“After···Go out. I’ll get ready.”

“Princess! Please hurry up!”

“Okay, then close the door.”

The elder was about to leave, holding the doorknob, as Zion had said.

I stopped moving as a question suddenly popped into my head.

‘Since he said he would evaluate the quality of the vessel, should I also bring a weapon?’

The man who came as a messenger for the reflux praise meeting does not forgive the mistake of making a mistake.

If you have to wait another minute for the same thing, this time the violence will definitely be directed at you.

The elder gulped in fear and checked his gums, which were still intact.

He spoke to Zion with a nervous face.

“···Please dress neatly and bring a weapon.”

The elder finished speaking and closed the door, saying he would wait.

Zion thought as he changed his clothes.

‘Dressed neatly and with a weapon?’

Even if you try to be neat, Zion only has one outfit that she can wear outside.

You know that, but why are you talking like that? Who on earth could be here to do that?

‘Well, that’s none of my business.’

In fact, it is a mindset that it doesn’t matter who the guest is.

If the words the elders threw as bait were false, Zion will not remain silent any longer.

Looking at him struggling like that, he must not be an ordinary customer.

Zion is going to ruin the meeting with that guest if he doesn’t get the results he wants.

Bam!

Zion, who had finished preparing, opened the door and came out.

After changing into his uniform, he even grabbed a sniper rifle and goggles. The elder knows that this is the best outfit he has.

“I dressed neatly and took my weapon as I was told.”

“I’ll show you. Let’s go quickly!”

The elder confirmed Zion’s appearance and quickly walked ahead.

Zion asked, sensing that he was in a hurry.

“Where are you going?”

“This is the conference room.”

Zion furrowed his eyebrows at the elder’s words.

The situation is questionable.

‘cabinet?’

Isn’t this the place where the elders usually run around telling people not to go in even if they want to participate in the meeting?

As the elder guided him there, Zion dragged his weak body.

“Please go in quickly.”

The moment I stepped into the conference room as instructed, my mind froze.

‘???’

Am I hallucinating?

I couldn’t understand the situation before my eyes.

Why is that elder just standing there without receiving any treatment, with blood flowing out of his mouth like a waterfall?

What are these bloody splatters of radish on the floor?

“···.”

Before questioning them, the most important thing for Zion.

Why are Rohan and Clara sitting there?

‘Is this a dream? A lucid dream?’

A picture I had never even imagined was thrust before my eyes.

Zion’s mind ended up escaping from reality.

“···.”

But the girl knows very well that this is not a dream.

A dark fantasy, just in case.

Just thinking about it made my heart swell with sadness. I felt like I was going to burst into tears at any moment.

Rohan’s lips twitched in joy at the sight of Zion’s face.

I glared at the elder, trying to suppress my anger.

“Why are you wasting your time like this just to bring something?”

“I’m sorry! Actually···.”

“Go ahead and say something. If you come up with an excuse that I can’t accept, I’ll put a knife in your mouth.”

“···.”

The elders all fell silent at the chilling threat.

Rohan checked the frozen Zion.

And I was so embarrassed that my expression broke.

While the elders were just looking ahead and not paying any attention, Zion had a face that looked like it was about to burst into tears at any moment.

‘no way.’

Did I misunderstand just by looking at the picture?

Rohan continued to speak pitifully, looking at the elders, trying to move the situation forward as quickly as possible.

“Useless things, I can’t trust your work. Go and check it out for yourself.”

Rohan nods to Clara.

This is what it means to convey meaning with just a glance. It was clear what Clara had to say to Zion.

“···.”

The girl who had been sitting silently fell off her chair.

He led Zion outside, holding back tears without saying a word.

Again. Again. Again. Again.

As the sound of their footsteps grew distant, Rohan got up from his chair and grabbed the sword he had propped up against the wall.

“Then shall we hear the reason now?”

Rohan hits the palm of his hand with his sword sheath!

The elders’ eyes shook without mercy at the sight of Rohan closing the distance without hesitation.

“Hex must have told me to properly grow the bowl, what is this?”

“That, that···.”

The Zion that Rohan encountered had a gaunt and haggard face.

He looked like he couldn’t eat or drink properly. He looked much healthier when we were struggling together in the dungeon.

The heat was bubbling inside me.

“You idiots. Can’t you do something this simple?”

──Bam! Rohan started steaming with his thick scabbard.

He started beating up all the elders he could see, whether their bones were broken or not, making them incapable of fighting.

Crack! Bam! Bam!

“Oh my god···!”

“Ugh! My legs···!”

A dull, dull sound echoed throughout the conference room.

And the voice that comes out ridiculing the pain.

The elders other than the one sitting in the seat were turned into blood cakes and rolled around on the floor.

The elders never rebelled against Rohan while he was still alive.

‘You idiots.’

Even if we borrowed the name of the Countercurrent Praise Society, would it be possible to solve it this easily?

Rohan buried his joy at having easily neutralized the majority.

I glared at the elder, my teeth chattering, the anger lingering inside me driving me forward.

“We don’t need any other guys. Elder Levin Maxwell. You tell the truth. ”

“···.”

A look of embarrassment crossed the old man’s wrinkled eyes.

The behavior of rolling one’s head like crazy. Rohan did not give him any leeway.

“Do you have anything to say? If so, I think there will be no objection if I report it to Hex.”

“Even I, a politician who never went to war··· know that a healthy body is important for building up military power.”

The elder speaks out after a period of silence.

Rohan was ready to bite as if he had been waiting.

“Oh, you know that, but you still act like that? Why don’t you keep talking like that?”

“However, it is believed that suffering is an essential element for an intelligent being to have wings.”

“You made it like that for mental growth?”

“That’s right.”

Rohan suppressed his laughter as he watched the elder ramble on at length.

It was moving in a direction that was good for its own good.

“You don’t know what you’re talking about. Only a very small number of people can grow and grow after falling into the abyss.”

“Yes, that’s right. But I’m proud to say that Testarossa’s blood is part of it.”

So, what I mean is, please don’t throw it away.

Rohan swept his chin, tapping the floor with the blood-stained scabbard.

“It was a plan, but it was ambiguous to say that it was an intentional plan.”

“That’s because… the hardships have just begun.”

You speak very fluently.

Rohan’s eyes turned to the entrance of the conference room.

‘When will you come?’

Rohan waited for Clara and Zion to return.

Because now seemed the most ideal moment to keep his promise to Zion.

“Levin Maxwell.”

“Yes, go ahead.”

“I am dumbfounded by the ordinary training you guys have organized. It’s like child’s play, so I’m not even angry.”

“···I will push harder. If you just wait a little longer ─.”

Kuung! The scabbard hit the floor hard, cutting off the words.

“I would have judged the possibility of the bowl today.”

“···.”

The elder kept his mouth shut, as if he had nothing to say.

“Levin Maxwell. He was proud that the vessel would overcome the mental hardships and grow.”

“That’s right.”

“Good. I must see with my own eyes the mental strength of that confident vessel.”

Rohan ordered the elder.

When Testarossa’s bloodline returns, he will reveal the truth that has been hidden until now.

The elder’s expression was clearly flustered.

Rohan nodded as if he had never been flustered when he said he would take responsibility.