episode_0085

Since that day, I have been waiting for a reunion with Eros, but sure enough.

They say you don’t always call me when you need me.

Time passed like that and it was already the morning before the start of school.

A few days ago, I thought it would be a good idea to spend the last part of the vacation at the imperial palace.

Agnes’s comment that ‘I don’t want to go home’ and that Professor Jan was coming to take care of me anyways overlapped, so I decided to stay in the North until the end.

Bea also said that it was more fun(?) to use the demons in the north.

I woke up early in the morning, which I am now accustomed to, and after a light wash, I finished dressing.

However, no matter how quickly we repaired it, it’s only been two weeks.

The northern knights, who had been doing this for decades, had already finished preparing and had gone to their seats.

The Count was waiting for us.

“It’s a shame. It was a short period of time, less than two weeks, but it was good that there were no deaths..”

“.. That’s too much praise.”

“No. Your talent is the best I have ever seen. I look forward to seeing how much you have grown the next time I see you.”

While walking to where the knights were.

When the Count, who rarely expressed his emotions, praised him sincerely, he scratched the back of his head out of awkwardness.

After the sudden attack almost resulted in deaths, the group changed to waiting near the castle wall.

I wish it had been like this from the beginning, but that was our standard.

For the northern knights who fought life-and-death battles every day.

Sitting still and waiting was more stressful than fighting.

I shook my head at the sound of groaning around me and lowered my head to see my clenched fist.

When I unfolded it once and squeezed it again, I felt a little pain.

Despite receiving treatment from Gloriana a few days ago.

Surprised by the lack of healing, she cried and poured out her holy power several times.

But still, there was no progress.

-“.. This is not possible with my abilities..”

-“.. I’m sorry.. I’m a saint, but I can’t heal.. and it’s useless..”

He comforted Gloriana, who was crying and blaming herself, by patting her on the back.

After a while, she calmed down a bit and explained the reason.

-“.. My body is weak compared to my abilities.. And it’s too weak. To put it simply, it’s like a person without mana trying to stop a tsunami.”

Her words reminded me of my recent training.

Muscle strength was just magic, magic, magic.

But in order to train your magic beyond this.

No, in order to use trained magic, you have to train your body.

How vain.

‘.. So there are only mid-level or lower wizards among men..?’

When I think of men among advanced wizards and above, the only thing that comes to mind is my father.

The reason is simple.

Because my body is weak to begin with.

Even if you can become stronger to some extent with training.

The fundamental differences cannot be narrowed down.

It would have been possible if it were Earth, but this is not Earth.

The existence of a force called Mana that cannot be explained by science has destroyed all basic common sense.

That’s why my father is even more special.

You are an exceptional person who ignores gender differences.

-“.. That’s it..?”

-“Honestly… It’s a miracle that I’ve survived until now. I guess making dishes comes first before anything else.”

Gloriana spoke while looking at me little by little.

Even now, I am still glancing around and worrying.

Even if the mana exploded at some point, it wouldn’t be strange.

The reason I have been able to withstand such mana until now is probably thanks to the power of immortality.

If not already…

‘But if you’re going to do that, I’ll hold out until the end..’

It is said that if you give a person one, he will want two.

I guess it was no different for me.

As I was smiling bitterly inwardly, I heard the sound of the door being kicked in.

I was able to come to my senses.

When I raised my head, I saw a knight with a pale expression and a clock reading 11:20.

From the looks of it, he was not a trainee engineer, but rather an engineer with quite a lot of experience.

The others, seeing the driver’s urgent appearance, checked their equipment and began to stand up.

I felt like I didn’t think much of it, but I felt a little uncomfortable.

Unless you’re a trainee knight, you’ve probably seen an orc or a vampire more than once, so why is your expression so pale?

As he was thinking deeply, the knight approached the count and whispered quietly to him.

“.. Got it. Then..”

The Count nodded at the knight’s words and whispered to him.

The knight, with a stiff face, nodded like a count and ran outside again.

“Orcs have appeared. Everyone wait outside!”

“Yes!”

“I was bored, but it turned out well. I have to kill them all..”

“Hey..! The Count might hear.”

“Are you sure.. can you hear this..?”

At the count’s command, the other knights went out one by one.

And we also wanted to go out with them.

“You guys stay for a while.”

However, the Count, who had not yet left, called us over.

Behind the count, Solar and the saint were held captive, just like us.

The Count checked whether all the knights around him had gone out.

His usually strong gaze seemed confused.

After realizing that all the trainee knights had left, the Count spoke quietly so that only we could hear.

“.. The Orc Lord has appeared.”

“Oak Ro..!!!”

Gloriana, who had been listening quietly, almost screamed out loud in surprise.

Fortunately, I was able to close my mouth before that.

Gloriana then realized her mistake and blushed.

As she covered her mouth, I could feel her lips twitching in shame.

After calming down a little, Gloriana removed her hand from her mouth.

I must have misread her eyes that seemed to be somewhat regretful.

Gloriana adjusted her slightly disheveled clothes and cleared her throat.

“Hmmmm..! Sorry for showing you my ugly side… So how will you deal with the Orc Lord?”

“.. I will deal with you the same way I always do. Before that…”

The Count’s words were interrupted and a knight rushed in.

Someone told me it was an article that reported the invasion of the Orc Lord earlier.

Just like before, the driver approached nearby and spoke.

“We have prepared a carriage as you said.”

“.. Prepare the carriage.. No way..!”

Solar appears greatly shaken by the word carriage.

And it was the same for me too.

“The north here is protected by our northern knights. So you…”

Run away.

*

Among the knights standing on the castle wall, there was only one man.

The man, the count, looked into the distant forest and recalled what had happened a moment ago.

-“Father!! What do you mean by that!!”

My daughter, who had not shed a single tear even during her hard training as a child, was glaring at her with an angry face.

With tears flowing from both eyes.

But even so, he could not wipe away those tears.

On the contrary, it only pushes it further.

-“Don’t be arrogant. You are still young. The Northern Knights are not weak enough to borrow the strength of you, who are only fifteen!”

-“Father!”

The daughter’s expression, filled with a deep sense of betrayal, became like a nail that was driven into the Count’s chest.

However, I tried to push once again, thinking that I would not stop there and run away, but would endure until the end.

-“.. I understand, Count.”

-“Berador!!”

-“We will leave now.”

Berador covers Sola’s mouth like he did with the saint earlier and drags her to the carriage.

He didn’t seem particularly reluctant, but he seemed to understand what he meant.

In fact, what the Count said was contradictory.

Although unknown to people.

There are only a few demons that engage in direct combat with humans.

Among them, he fought the most battles.

The demons that slaughtered the most humans are the orcs.

Orcs attack every day.

But nevertheless, their numbers are increasing.

The reason is none other than fertility and gender.

Among the races that exist in this world, it is the only race in which men are superior to women.

Most of the rumors about orcs…

This is the end of the knights who were taken by them.

They only take strong knights and use them solely for breeding purposes.

It only takes one month to give birth.

And the number of orcs that appear at one time is about one to five.

If they are not strong knights, their stomachs will explode and they will die before giving birth, and even for strong knights, there are many cases where they cannot recover.

But the orcs don’t care about that.

Even if my body is unable to conceive.

Their purpose simply changes from reproduction to satisfying sexual desires.

If something like that happens to your daughter…

“.. Blood from the Count’s lips..”

“…”

The count came to his senses when he heard the voice of a nearby knight.

I could find myself chewing my lips just by assuming something.

The children are now only fifteen years old.

We cannot allow the children who will become the future of the empire to be ruined now.

In that case, protecting the future is the job of those in the past.

“Um.. over there! This is Oak Road!”

Unlike other places, there is one side where the tree falls and the road opens up.

Unlike other orcs, it has dark red skin and two heads.

A large oak lord whose head could be seen slightly above the trees walked by.

Silence and tension on the castle walls.

I was filled with fear.

Wow!!!!!!

The huge roar of the Orc Lord.

“Attack!”

With the Count’s orders.

The true war in the North has begun.