28. Reunion, Reunion.

The Princess and Veronica turned to look at Seo-hyun.

 

 

Neat attire and a clean appearance.

A figure you could present anywhere without shame.

 

 

Moreover, perhaps because she was a maid, her disciplined movements exuded etiquette and even elegance.

 

 

“What’s going on?”

 

She asked with a hint of doubt.

Did Yu-eun have something to convey?

 

 

“From the moment we arrived here, I sensed a group hostile to Master-nim, but now it seems even more intense.”

“….”

 

 

Ludmila stared at Seo-hyun with a dumbfounded expression.

Her face was utterly expressionless.

But it contained a lot.

 

 

As if she didn’t care at all what happened to them.

Of course, she didn’t understand, nor would she try to.

 

 

‘Why is she like this?’

 

The question demands an answer from the other party.

She doesn’t spare any time to consider the answer.

 

 

That violent gaze.

Ludmila barely suppressed the displeasure rising from within.

 

 

“…Was it you? Who started the attack out of the blue?”

“Yes.”

 

Seo-hyun, on the other hand, answered calmly with the same expression.

Ludmila bit her lip, deeply annoyed by that attitude.

 

 

“At least that Yu-eun showed a glimmer of apology, but you don’t have any of that, do you?”

 

Is it due to loyalty, or is she just that kind of person?

She has committed large-scale massacres and is now casting such a remorseless gaze.

As a knight, and as a person, she found her attitude very disgusting.

 

“I only removed things that were bothersome to Master-nim.”

“Ha… ‘bothersome’… Watch your mouth. Even if it doesn’t matter to you, my family members were also sacrificed.”

“Isn’t it better that it doesn’t matter? Thanks to that, you became king-“

 

Ttchak!

 

 

Seo-hyun’s face snapped to the side.

Ludmila’s face, who couldn’t hold back and slapped her, was flushed with anger.

 

 

“Like master, like maid… Your rudeness is far worse than that human’s.”

“….”

 

 

Seo-hyun caressed her cheek and looked back at Ludmila.

Her gaze, even more sunken, went beyond expressionless and felt terrifyingly cold.

And,

 

Sseuk.

 

 

An unpleasant smile.

The one on Seo-hyun’s lips made the two women flinch momentarily.

 

 

“The only reason my hand isn’t going out right now is entirely because of Master-nim. Whatever the reason, you two are Master-nim’s wife candidates.”

“Who’s a wife candi-“

“You should be grateful that I’m calling you wife candidates. And try to be worthy. Because….”

 

 

Seo-hyun disappeared in a flash.

Appearing behind Ludmila, she whispered in her ear.

 

 

“The moment you fall from there, it’s going to get very interesting.”

“Princess!”

 

Surprised, Veronica immediately drew her sword and thrust it towards Seo-hyun’s face.

A movement as fast as lightning.

But it was far from enough to catch Seo-hyun.

 

 

She jumped up to avoid it and smiled faintly.

 

“The conversation went a bit off track. Anyway, the important thing is that there are still many who show hostility towards Master-nim… probably the nobles, right?”

“….”

 

Seo-hyun continued to speak nonchalantly, while the Princess and Veronica glared at her as if to kill her.

The atmosphere between them was very hostile, but no one attacked first.

 

 

Seo-hyun had no intention of doing so in the first place, and the Princess and Veronica were already aware of the overwhelming difference in skill.

 

 

“I hope you handle it well. They certainly won’t be properly controlled, and they’ll conspire among themselves to commit cunning acts, but at least make sure they don’t bother Master-nim. You can do that much, right?”

“You impudent-!!”

 

 

In the end, Veronica charged.

The royal sword delivering retribution to the one who dared to point a sword at the royal family.

Her sword, swung quickly and largely, seemed ready to cut Seo-hyun in half right away.

 

 

But that was just her hope.

Seo-hyun lightly dodged and tapped the back of Veronica’s sword with her fingernail.

 

 

Ting!

 

 

“!!”

 

With just that, her sword, which many artisans had painstakingly hammered out stitch by stitch, broke easily.

 

 

 

 

 

“Ah. I guess they really are barbarians, they don’t understand.”

 

 

With clear mockery, Seo-hyun declared.

 

 

“If you were swept away so unilaterally yesterday, you should have known that it was a favor when Master-nim called you wives and been grateful. Of course, you should take care of the aftermath yourself. I was going to explain basic ‘etiquette’ just in case, but you really don’t know.”

“Ha….”

 

 

Revealing their true nature.

The two women froze, so dumbfounded.

 

 

“I’ll be watching you. You all… and those self-proclaimed nobles… Drones aren’t our only power. I hope you don’t provoke Master-nim. Well then.”

 

 

Seo-hyun said that and bowed about 45 degrees.

It was a polite greeting, but the person watching felt terrible.

 

 

 

 

 

+++

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While the Princess and Veronica were being insulted, the nobles of the royal capital were gathered together for a meeting.

Just as Seo-hyun had predicted (?).

 

 

Most of them had suffered enormous damage due to the drone attack, and some were even bereaved families, so they had no intention of just letting it go.

If the royal family didn’t move, they would gather the strength of each territory and punish them on their own.

 

 

“I think everyone gathered here feels the same.”

 

 

A young man started.

 

 

“We have all lost family and suffered great damage. Nevertheless, the royal family is ignoring this. If we condone this and let it pass, the world will laugh at us. Even the heavens will laugh at us.”

“That’s right!”

“That’s right! We must punish those bastards immediately!!”

 

The hall was boiling over.

The fact that Plupumir, the only master at the time of the attack, had died in vain was already forgotten.

What was important to them now was revenge. Anything else was a luxury.

 

 

 

 

 

“But… is there a way?”

 

Of course, not everyone was like that.

Some of them maintained their composure, and when they started like that, the others would realize it with an “Ah!”

 

 

“I’m also very frustrated with this reality… but the power they showed was not something we could ever oppose. Even that Plupumir-nim died in one blow, didn’t he?”

 

The nobles, who had been heated up, nodded and groaned.

 

“Indeed… those flying golems are quite troublesome.”

 

The heated atmosphere subsided.

The biggest challenge.

 

 

It was too easy to say, but difficult to execute.

If they were careless, they could be counterattacked and lose even the forces they already had.

 

As the silence continued, the young man who had spoken first spoke up.

 

 

“I have a good idea.”

“A good idea…?”

“Aren’t we all being held hostage?”

 

 

By hostages, they meant the women who had become maids to Yu-eun.

Of course, they and their families wanted to meet each other, but Seo-hyun had arbitrarily transferred them to the Space Battleship, and Yu-eun’s side hadn’t really done anything to guide them.

 

 

The decisive reason why the perception of the palace was at its worst.

 

 

“If you look closely, you can see that they are all women. And there are always women by his side.”

“Come to think of it….”

“So we use that tendency. After all, it was women who moved men.”

“Indeed…”

“We lure him here and take him as our hostage.”

“And exchange them?”

“That’s right.”

“But will that work?”

“We have to try.”

 

 

The nobles nodded with a lukewarm reaction.

 

 

“After we get rid of our hostages, we wipe them out.”

“We can definitely reduce casualties by doing that.”

 

They didn’t think this was a perfect plan.

No one thought so.

 

 

But there was no other way.

What could they do when their daughters, wives, or concubines were captured by the enemy?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+++

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few hours later.

 

A person sent by the nobles arrived at Yu-eun’s camp after he had been rolling around with his wives.

 

 

“Greetings.”

 

 

A woman with a neat impression.

She conveyed her message with a kind smile.

 

 

“Marquis Ameld-kakha invites Yu-eun-nim to a party.”

“A party? Out of the blue?”

“Even though the situation is like this, it is meant to treat those who have taken on the important task of suppressing the north.”

“Hmm?”

 

When Yu-eun tilted his head, she approached him slightly.

 

 

“And….”

 

 

A whisper followed.

She moved her lips near his ear so that no one but Yu-eun could hear.

 

 

 

“He said that he has prepared the beauties of the kingdom just for Yu-eun-nim, so please be sure to attend.”

 

 

 

 

A honey trap!

It was a scheme that Yu-eun was almost 90 percent likely to fall for.

In fact, Yu-eun almost nodded when he heard those words.

 

 

“May I be excused for a moment?”

 

 

If it hadn’t been for Seo-hyun’s intervention.

 

 

“Huh?”

“When a king goes out, it is the duty of those below to go and scout first. I don’t know exactly what kind of party it is, but may I and the maids go and scout first?”

“Ah. You want to?”

 

When Yu-eun nodded, the woman nodded as if to say, “Please do.”

 

After all, she was Yu-eun’s right-hand woman and maid. Even if she knew that beauties were being prepared, she wouldn’t really stop him. And decisively,

 

 

‘They are outsiders. I heard they know almost nothing about magic. At best, they know translation magic. Then it’s easier. They’ll think there’s no problem.’

 

 

Seo-hyun and the others didn’t know about magic.

That’s why they looked down on them more easily.

 

 

 

But would they know?

That the palace’s technology was so advanced that it scanned all the information as soon as it arrived in this world and learned the language without contacting the locals.

 

 

 

 

 

So the woman, Seo-hyun, and the maids left.

And…

 

 

 

 

“Ha! They prepared women? Are you going to go there?”

“Heh….”

“Look at how much you like it. It’s annoying for no reason.”

 

Sora frowned.

 

 

She whispered in his ear, trying to lower her voice as much as possible, but of course everyone here heard it.

And of course,

 

 

“It’s obviously a trap from the start. Just a moment ago, the Princess came and complained that she couldn’t control them, and those people are inviting you to a party?”

“Haha… that’s why I sent Seo-hyun. Won’t she get rid of anything dangerous on her own?”

“So? Are you going to go? Just bring Sarang-i and have sex. Don’t go to such a place.”

“Heh….”

Is it because they had sex, but her reaction is surprisingly intense.

 

“No, even if you just go to the Space Battleship right now, there are mountains of women who have become maids, so why go to such a place and invite danger?”

“Hey. What’s so dangerous about it? I just sent Seo-hyun just in case.”

“Oh really? Who was it that was careless and got blown away to another world 4 months ago?”

“Ah….”

“Since you don’t know what might happen, don’t be careless and get into something weird again, just stay still. Don’t pick up just anything to eat.”

“…Yes.”

 

 

She had nothing to say after she said that much.

 

“There are plenty of women to play with. Go to the battleship or something.”

“Come to think of it, I’ve never seen the inside of the battleship.”

“Go now.”

“Oh… then let’s go when Seo-hyun comes back. Please help me look around.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+++

 

 

 

 

 

“Keueok…!”

 

Thud.

 

 

A bloody figure knelt down.

Drops of blood dripped down her slender jawline.

The woman’s gaze was looking up with fear and anxiety.

 

 

“S, save-,”

 

 

Ppak!

 

 

Her body slammed into the floor with a dull sound.

 

“How long has it been since I warned you, and something’s already happening. Ah. Maybe the message hasn’t been delivered yet? That could be the case. Then there’s nothing I can do.”

“Kkeu…eueok…!”

 

The woman coughed and spat out blood, desperately trying to crawl away.

 

Eudeuk!

 

 

“Aaaaaaaaaaack!!”

 

But she was stopped by Seo-hyun stepping on her back.

Her screams echoed throughout the area.

 

 

“If you’re going to play tricks, you should have done it plausibly. Why would you use such a stupid trick that even our Master-nim could notice?”

“T, trick… what trick…!”

“You’re trying to do something to Master-nim, aren’t you? Do you think I wouldn’t know?”

“N, no… I… I’m not…! Please…!”

“What do you mean no?”

“D, do you have… evidence…?”

“Evidence?”

 

Seo-hyun smirked and grabbed the woman’s arm, twisting her wrist.

 

 

“Aaaaaaaaaaack!!!”

 

 

And she declared eerily.

 

 

“Do I need that kind of thing? You’ll be telling me soon enough.”