Episode 53. Retinel (4)

After finishing the last breakfast at the Retinel Inn, I checked out and carried all my luggage outside. Originally, I was going to go alone and then come out, but Winnie wanted to come with me, so I ended up carrying everything out like this.

“…Still, couldn’t we have picked up the horses later?”

“Hehe, carrying heavy things is tiring, you know.”

“No…”

Isn’t it inconvenient to bring the horses? There are so many places you can’t ride them. Even the cemetery we’re going to right now doesn’t allow horses inside. It’s not a matter of permission; it’s just too narrow for horses to pass through.

I climbed the hill and entrusted the two horses to the gravedigger. Winnie, walking ahead of me, looked light and seemed to be anticipating something.

“Count-gakka, it seems we’re almost there.”

“Ah, is that so.”

Count Henry Mountberne of the Mountberne Count Family was awakened from his thoughts by the escort’s words. It seemed he had been lost in thought during the long journey.

“Will you go straight to the city? Or will you do as you usually do…”

“Are the schedules very tight?”

“No, that’s not it. The schedule is set for the evening, but…”

It was worth hurrying. Having done this several times, his loyal escort seemed to understand and spoke discreetly.

“I will lead the rest of the group and go to the city in advance, so my lord, please take your time.”

“Yes, shouldn’t I do as I always do before an important contract?”

When coming to Retinel, he would visit the cemetery and find the grave of the maid who had taken care of him. That was his lord’s own routine.

“The escort as usual…”

“No, one person is enough.”

“One person is too few!”

Count Henry Mountberne had a habit of taking the minimum number of escorts each time. It was unacceptable for safety reasons, but this time his will was so firm that he could not argue any further.

“I understand your loyalty, but don’t I deserve some time to reminisce alone?”

“…But.”

‘What can I say when he puts it like that?’

“Besides, including me, there are two knights. What could harm two knights? It’s not like we’re in a mountain village with bears and other wild beasts.”

He still tried to increase the number of escorts, but in the end, he concluded to take only the most clueless rookie. He was still dissatisfied, but it was not a vassal’s duty to constantly oppose his lord’s will. He tried to reassure himself that everything had been fine so far, so it would be okay. He ignored the unknown anxiety. As the Count said, there wasn’t much that could harm a knight.

“Then go ahead.”

“Have a safe trip.”

Count Mountberne and his squire-like rookie knight parted from the group and headed to their destination. He was a unreliable guy who hadn’t been a squire for long, but now he had no choice but to rely on that unreliable guy’s loyalty. As they got quite a distance away, the rookie knight asked him.

“Captain, where is the Count-nim going?”

“It’s a place he visits every time he comes to Retinel. He’s still young, so he’s tender-hearted like the previous Count-nim. You know the second young master, right? No, the Count-nim’s younger brother.”

“The second young master… Is it a grave?”

“This bastard. You can’t say anything right.”

The rookie knight, who had guessed wrongly and got a smack on the head, looked aggrieved.

“Then whose grave is it?”

“That second young master… I mean, Sir Edward’s birth mother. Originally, that woman was the Count-nim’s nanny and maid. She died giving birth to Sir Edward, though. Since she took care of him when he was young, he comes to see her every time he comes to Retinel.”

“…But why is her grave here and not in the territory?”

“…I wonder?”

He had never thought about it. It would be more accurate to say he had no interest in it.

“Don’t worry about useless things, and don’t let on that you heard this. You know what happens if you blab about a noble’s private life, right?”

“Yes, yes.”

‘I’m glad he’s being quiet.’

He acknowledged his loyalty, but what he needed now was not that, but tact. The last time he followed him to the grave and acted as an escort, he couldn’t do what he wanted because he was too aware of him, and he didn’t like it at all.

The closer he got to that place, the more violently his heart beat. He was aware that it was an abnormal act, but he had no time to worry about such things. He had become addicted to this act, and he had hardly slept with his wife since he found out about it. He entrusted the horses to the gravedigger and hurried his steps. Soon, Diana’s grave came into view.

“What’s your name?”

“E-Eddie, Count-nim!”

Eddie… He didn’t like the name because it reminded him of that damn younger brother. Not Count-gakka, but Count-nim. He was also clueless, and if it were normal times, he would have called the head of the escort and reprimanded him. But today, this level of stupidity was just right. What should he say?

“I want to be alone for a while, so take a walk around the area.”

“Yes? Th-that’s…”

“Ahem. Eddie, I told you to do it, why are you still talking so much?”

“Walking around in a cemetery is a bit… I don’t think it’s a good idea, Count-nim.”

“…”

He’s stubbornly clinging to my words. I wish he would just leave discreetly, but he doesn’t seem to understand at all because he’s so clueless. Count Mountberne missed the head of the escort at times like this.

“And I am an escort knight. I can’t take my eyes off the Count-nim for a moment…”

“Don’t you know that the basic of escorting is to eliminate danger? Go around and check if there’s anything strange!” Don’t even think about coming back for fifteen minutes!”

At the Count’s stern order, the rookie knight Eddie hurriedly left. Finally, he was alone. After looking around and confirming that he was completely alone, Henry felt a sense of liberation.

‘I don’t have much time…’

He had to finish it within fifteen minutes, which was not planned. But there was no problem. His thing was already swollen with sweet fragrance. He quickly put his hand inside his pants and started shaking his thing. Because it was the perfect size to fit in one hand like a handle, there was no problem with the act even inside his pants, which were wide.

He remembered that day when he happened to stop by Retinel. Diana’s grave suddenly came to mind, and soon a sweet fragrance bloomed in that place. The fragrance resembled Diana’s scent that he had smelled when he was young. A soft and sweet fragrance that reminded him of her warm embrace and touch. He indulged in the act, recalling her appearance when he was young.

As he felt the end approaching, he slyly took his thing out of his pants and aimed at the tombstone. Soon, with a pleasant sense of exhaustion, a white liquid stained the black tombstone. After ejaculation, he felt more regret than emptiness.

It’s not a short distance, so he can’t come whenever he wants. From spring to autumn, he creates an excuse to visit Retinel and can only come every few months. In winter, he couldn’t come in case he ran into that Edward bastard.

‘If only that bastard hadn’t been born…’

It would have been Diana herself who received his affection, not that stone. A thought crossed his mind that it wasn’t his fault he was born, but the curse of a mother-eating bastard came out of his mouth first. He had already sent his brother, whose face he didn’t want to see, away as if chasing him out after marrying him off.

“Edward, you son of a bitch…”

“Why are you calling me? You pathetic bastard.”

“Huh?”

And that brother was right in front of him.

“You filthy bastard.”

What kind of crazy짓거리 is that? His eyes felt like they were rotting at the unbelievable sight. I had never seen her, but Diana was clearly the one who gave birth to me. Even if you wanted to insult the dead, how could you do 용두질 in front of her?

He gave in to his anger and ran towards him. The surprised bastard tried to run away while pulling up his pants, but it didn’t seem easy because of his lowered pants. He strode over and grabbed the back of his neck.

“L-let go of me! You lowly thing!”

It wasn’t worth responding to the dirty words coming from his dirty mouth. Peok- As his fist swung, he felt the sensation of a few teeth being knocked out.

After that, he seemed to have come to his senses and kept swinging his fists, but he didn’t land any effective hits. Even though he was older than me, Henry was clearly a knight. Soon, their arms were intertwined in a confrontation.

“If only you hadn’t been born!”

I was the one who should be angry, but Henry was glaring at me with bloodshot eyes. His condition was not normal. He looked so different from the man who had maintained a cold and ruthless attitude even when he was tormenting me.

As if to break this confrontation, Henry suddenly pushed with force on his arm. I reflexively pushed back, and he was pushed back so hard that he landed on his butt.

“Ugh!”

But I seemed to be okay. Henry, whose pants had slipped down to his ankles due to the violent movement, lost his balance and fell backward like a rotten log.

Peok-

Henry, who hit the back of his head on the tombstone he had defiled, was foaming at the mouth and trembling.

Episode 12. Rebellion (6)

Monica arrived much faster than I expected. After putting a fast messenger on a fast horse, it only took Monica five days to come, even though it was a distance that would normally take three days one way.

“Okay, everyone go in and rest.”

Monica dismissed the soldiers who had gathered to salute with a wave of her hand and immediately headed to Baron Enicson’s office-cum-bedroom where I was staying.

“It seems the damage is greater than I thought?”

“Well, it was a siege… But we captured it in one day.”

“Of course you should do that much. What kind of castle is this tiny barony…”

Does she have to belittle me with every word she says? I felt like only my heart, which Vera told me to treat her kindly, was being chipped away.

“So, what’s the reason I had to come all the way here? You should be able to handle things well enough so that I don’t have to deal with things twice. If it’s nothing special after making me come all the way here…”

Because there was no one in the unit who could write, I had the messenger deliver the message orally, so it seemed that many explanations about the circumstances were missing. I thought he was smart for a commoner, but his limitations are clear.

“In conquering Baron Enicson’s territory, there was an unexpected collaborator.”

“Unexpected?”

“When we broke through the outer castle and entered the inner castle, a woman named Enicson Young Lady had already subdued Baron Enicson.”

“His daughter subdued her father?”

It’s very annoying how she keeps asking back as if she’s picking a fight with every word.

“No, judging from the circumstances, she seems to be Baron Enicson’s younger sister. She introduced herself as Young Lady. As soon as we entered the inner castle, she greeted us as if she had been waiting and handed Baron Enicson over to our side.”

“Baron Enicson’s younger sister, Jena Enicson? That ugly old maid calling herself Young Lady is ridiculous. She should have gone to a monastery.”

Monica sneered coldly. Compared to Monica, that woman is quite ugly. Monica has a pretty face even though her personality is terrible.

“So, are you sure it’s not a tail-cutting?”