episode_0253

A large room lit by three candlesticks.

Glenn didn’t know what to say or how to act in the situation he was currently facing.

First of all, I met my brother. What should I do then? Their relationship, where they barely even know if each other is alive, is much more strained than Glenn expected…

Glenn jumped up from his seat.

“I’m going to go to the bathroom.”

“Didn’t you come back from earlier?”

“It’s because of the coffee. This always happens when I drink tea. It’s really difficult even on a regular basis.”

“This is already my fifth time here…”

Hugo crossed his arms and frowned.

“Well, you’re old too.”

“…Yes? Well, that’s right.”

“Broccoli, tomatoes, and paprika are good for the prostate. It’s even better if you drink water regularly.”

“…”

“I heard from Yuma that every time he crosses a mountain range, he fills his meals with dried beef jerky and the meat of demonic beasts. Eat at least some dried vegetables.”

“…Yes.”

Glenn didn’t know what advice Hugo was giving, but he decided to nod.

prostate? Unbalanced? The latter was roughly understood as something he said to break the silence, but Glenn couldn’t figure out why the former was said.

But Glenn felt a lot lighter.

‘…Your brother takes care of all your worries.’

The last time Glenn saw Hugo was on the day Siron was born. As it was an auspicious occasion, Hugo did not try to cause unnecessary friction with Glenn, but the atmosphere between them was so cold that it was impossible to imagine such a friendly conversation.

Truly a great development.

‘Has my anger dulled as time has passed, or is it something else…’

Glenn looked down at the girl sitting comfortably on Hugo’s lap.

Latera, she wondered what kind of child she could be in a place full of big people eating cutlery, but while Glenn was in the annex, he learned that she was no ordinary child.

He introduces himself as a guardian angel, a symbol of a warrior. Although she does not have the halo that marks a saint or the wings of the heavenly path described in the Bible, the overwhelming divinity felt in this tiny girl simply proves her.

“Hugo. What is the prostate?”

“Honey, you don’t need to know.”

Tae, with his dainty buttocks resting on his wide knees… did not fit the title of God’s messenger, but Glenn nodded when he saw Hugo, who had become a kind-hearted grandfather rather than the presence of Latera.

‘It’s natural for the mood to soften when there’s such a cute kid next to you.’

After thinking about that, Glenn thought about what topic to discuss next.

As I talk about the future in which my death appears, the atmosphere that had eased at first seems to become heavier again.

When I told him about the fact that I abandoned Prien’s duty and the reason for that, I had a sense of loyalty to Lucia, and I couldn’t tell what kind of mess would happen after that.

‘It’s not easy…’

Conversation is really difficult. Glenn eventually decided to keep quiet until someone spoke up.

“Keuhm.”

To a different degree, Hugo also felt awkward. The relationship between brothers, who had been at odds for 40 years, cannot become friendly overnight.

But Hugo clearly had some advantages over Glenn. How to break silence in awkward situations. that…

“But it’s Latera. What happened here? It’s a pity, but I didn’t pack any snacks because I didn’t know you would come.”

“Well, you know.”

Latera looked up at Hugo with a somewhat childlike gaze.

“I told Hugo to stay for a while as I would finish it soon.”

“…who?”

” Siron.”

“…Hmm. I see.”

Hugo twitched the corner of his mouth and broke into a cold sweat. Like that for a while. As Latera said, Siron showed his face.

Hugo sighed at the appearance of his nephew, and Glenn’s expression brightened, saying that someone had finally come to break the silence… but then he became embarrassed.

This is because the gait of Siriel, who came in next, was quite awkward. The inside of his groin feels tingling, and he walks with his toes pointed inward. You can see that he was trying not to show it, but he couldn’t hide it from Glenn.

Clap-

Siron closed the door only after confirming that Siriel had entered.

“Sorry. The work took longer than expected.”

“…What happened here? I was planning to return in a month.”

Hugo looked at his daughter’s blushing face and opened his mouth. It was obvious that I had done something embarrassing, but I still felt more comfortable talking with Siron than with Glenn.

“It took quite a while for me to arrive, but did you really not hear anything?”

“I was going to tell you, but you happened to be here.”

Glenn shamelessly ignored Siron’s glare and pointed to the seat next to him. Siron, who suddenly found himself between Siriel and Glenn, sighed at the stinging glare.

“Have you encountered any problems?”

“Problem?”

“Why? There was a setback in the operation, or a unit was annihilated.”

Siron decided to first talk about the group he met on his way to the prairie. We decide to spend more time talking about Glenn’s prophecy. It’s not that I’m a child, but I thought it would be better for Glenn to achieve reconciliation on his own.

Siron took out the breastplate he had already packed from his chest and held it out.

“On the way, I met some suspicious people and killed them. Why did something like this come out?”

“This is…”

Hugo took out his reading glasses from his pocket and examined the breastplate.

“It’s the Margrave’s emblem. Where did you find this?”

“It’s in the Amur River basin… Is there anything you can point out?”

“Not just.”

Hugo answered with a somewhat serious expression. I don’t need to say anything to know that what I’m about to say is a very serious story…

“A few days ago, an entire knighthood was annihilated.”

“It belongs to that knighthood.”

“Yes, he is directly under the empress. Perhaps, they were filled with quite capable people.”

“Speaking of the empress…?”

“She’s the woman you just spoke with.”

“Huh…”

Siron let out a sigh and remembered the ragtag group of guards he had met a while ago.

‘Indeed, I wondered if the emperor’s wife was leading knights who were not unified, and there was a reason for that.’

Aside from the fact that the Empress was not pleased with the poor first impression, the annihilation of the Knights was certainly a pity. Siron opened his mouth with reasonable sympathy.

“Then, who are the people wearing these armors?”

Siron continued speaking as he lined up the remaining keepsakes.

“He used too neat vocabulary to call him a thief or barbarian. There wasn’t much difficulty in killing them all, but they all radiated sword energy and there was no need to attack them as a group, and when interrogated, they committed suicide.”

“I don’t know either.”

Hugo scratched his head as if he was in some trouble.

“What do you mean by that?”

“There is only one story about an entire group of knights disappearing, but it came out because there were eyewitnesses. However, it has not even been confirmed whether the people you met were barbarians or undercover soldiers from an enemy country.”

“Then, can you meet the only witness? At least I want to know why the Knights were wiped out.”

“Um…”

Hugo looked very troubled at Siron’s next words.

Louise Visconti. Isn’t it natural that she is the owner of the annihilated Order of Knights? Hugo thought that Siron was just pretending not to know, but he soon changed his mind.

‘Well, it’s funny that someone with the status of an empress wanders around the battlefield.’

In the end, Hugo opened his mouth candidly.

“The Empress.”

“……Do you think she lacks intelligence or has an inferior mind?”

“… Let’s pretend you didn’t hear what I just said.”

“We experienced a major incident that wiped out the entire knighthood, but we managed to come back alive.”

Siriel held the hand of a dumbfounded Siron.

“Did you say that it was the adjutant who was leading from the front, and that he was watching from afar? It must have been like that.”

“Victor almost brought in a new woman.”

As Siron washed his face, he thought of his friend’s face.

Unlike other powerful men, Victor was adhering to the highest standards of monogamy.

For someone who looked like a gisaeng brother, his circle of women was quite limited, but Siron quite liked the way Viktor was like a gentleman who only had eyes for one fiancé. So, it was natural that I felt bad thinking about how sad Viktor would be after losing his partner.

“Then I don’t think this is the time. I must quickly meet the empress.”

“Oppa.”

Siriel opened her mouth with a stern expression.

“I think it would be better for you not to meet the empress. This time I will step forward.”

“Why? Is it possible that the queen’s lodgings are in Geumnam’s district or something like that?”

“Uh… it’s not like that.”

“Then?”

Siriel turned her attention to Siron’s questioning.

“Um… uh… I was quite weak from the shock at the time. Should I say I’m a little out of my mind?”

It wasn’t a lie because he put his fiancé down in front of the person in question and cried all day long.

“Weakness? In that case, I should actually step forward. Even though I’m like this, I use one holy method in an amazing way. Even a severed arm sticks with a snap if you gently touch it.”

“…It’s a serious mental problem, not a physical one.”

“When it comes to mental health, Seira is also an expert. If the Holy Law doesn’t work, you can just wait until that guy comes.”

Shiron chuckled and stood up.

“Then come with me. I’ll let you know.”

Siriel did not block Siron’s path. She just hoped that the Empress would not go against her brother’s wishes.