episode_0146

“Lucius, it’s been a while.”

Lucius’s body froze at the sudden appearance of Cheonharang, and the only thing moving was his throat, which was twitching due to nervousness.

“That… .”

Lucius, who was observing Cheonharang’s expression, quickly thought about it.

How on earth do I get through this situation?

No, can you pass it on in the first place?

Immediately, he hears the sound of armor clanking behind him.

If you look at yourself and your knight, even the most foolish of you will know that you were preparing for battle.

In addition, the knights are extremely alert and even glaring.

‘You idiots…!’

Lucius bit his lip, took a step forward, and bowed his head.

First of all, the immediate situation needs to be resolved first.

Unless you want to commit suicide, there should never be a conflict.

Lucius took a deep breath, opened his eyes and opened his mouth.

“Yes, Cheonharangnim, it’s been a while.”

It starts with a greeting asking how you are doing.

“Um.”

Just as he was about to naturally continue the topic of the anonymous person, Cheonharang nodded slightly and raised his wooden sword, pointing it behind Lucius.

“You look a little heavy-dressed for a friend you haven’t seen in a long time… .”

“…”

“And there are a lot of people I don’t know? How am I supposed to accept this?”

“I don’t know either.” Lucius swallowed the words he almost blurted out, then said carefully while observing Cheonharang’s expression.

“I fully understand why you think that way, but it is truly a misunderstanding.”

It’s actually a misunderstanding.

He said that he had simply followed the Emperor’s orders and came here, and that he did not explain the plan because there was still quite a distance left.

I had no intention of attacking.

Although they still showed their hostility, their momentum has subsided, perhaps because they were somewhat relieved that they did not attack right away.

…let’s calm down.

Since he is fundamentally good and pure, he will only need to speak well of himself.

“We-”

Just as I was about to make excuses using the Emperor’s delegation as an excuse, the worst that I had feared happened.

“You still haven’t figured out the situation, you wicked witch!”

“Hmm?”

“Your years are over now! The warrior will punish your evil deeds!”

Lucius wiped his face, feeling a strong urge to knock the knight unconscious.

* * *

“I’m a witch?”

“Yeah!”

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the witch’s voice before, except when I first met Myeong-i.

… I’m confused.

What about me is so witchy?

I scratched my head in embarrassment and thought.

Even if I claim here that I am not a witch, will those knights with swords believe me?

Hmm, I don’t think so.

When they call me a witch, it’s not because they use something special like sorcery.

It’s probably just used as a derogatory term.

So are they enemies?

… It may be a bit embarrassing to say this now, but even this is ambiguous.

Even if you look at Lucius right now, his face is pale and he is shaking his head roughly, so it is difficult to see that Lucius has the same opinion as them.

First of all, didn’t you greet me first, rather than giving me a sword?

Lucius, who has been trained in map combat, will know that he cannot defeat me unless he is ambushed.

Of course, a surprise attack doesn’t seem very likely either.

Then, even if they are enemies, Lucius doesn’t care…

Although it was at the forefront of saying that it had no relationship at all. Anyway.

He opened his mouth, tapping his sore throat with his sword in an absurd situation.

“So, what do you want to do?”

“I think they’re a little excited-”

“Hero! Please give orders quickly!”

Lucius frowned and turned his head.

The knight who received that gaze faced Lucius with a joyful smile and began to curse me even more harshly than before.

Perhaps the warrior thinks that now that he is being noticed is his chance to advance.

“Tsk, foolish thing.”

He clicked his tongue slightly and moved his arms.

-Hung

A wooden sword cut through the air, but unlike what it looked like, something with physical force flew through the air towards the knight.

“Wow!”

The wrongly hit knight fell backwards ugly and rolled around on the floor three times.

Probably, it was just a light breeze, so he wouldn’t have been hurt.

The original intention was to make him shut up by lightly hitting him, but the fact that he rolled around like that is proof that the knight was slacking off on his training.

“… The witch attacks-!”

“Can’t you see me and Lucius talking right now? If you’re in your right mind, keep your mouth shut.”

He dispelled the impure gazes of the other knights with eyes that seemed to be looking at something disgusting.

Lucius lowered his head and opened his mouth.

“… I’m sorry.”

“What.”

“… How can the warrior go to the witch?”

“Please be quiet.”

He shrugged his shoulders slightly.

Because there are foolish people everywhere.

“Tell me where.”

Why did you come here with an armed knight?

* * *

“… Really?”

“Yes.”

After hearing Lucius’ explanation, I was speechless and kept my mouth shut.

No, what are you talking about here?

It is true that the Heavenly Demon Sect attacked the palace, and it is true that the sky suddenly fell… I have nothing to say.

Of course, there were plenty of excuses, but Lucius added them all as he explained.

He knows his intentions.

But it is not the emperor of the empire who misunderstands him, but a few nobles.

Anyway, the reason Lucius told me to come here was because my intentions for attacking the palace were different from what he had thought.

If it was different, he said he came to find out why it was different.

Now, he seems to be confident in his own thoughts.

By the way, it is said that Lucius was originally not planning to come.

But there are quite a few thoughtless people like the knight who just fainted to me, so I came to monitor what might happen.

Well, looking back now, that choice was the right one.

If Lucius hadn’t been there, I might have been in trouble.

Of course, it’s not the lesser knights who are causing the accident, but the anonymous people who are watching from behind as if they don’t like the situation.

He let out a deep sigh and waved his hands.

“So, is that the end of our business?”

“Yes, but… .”

“… But?”

Lucius, who had been watching me, bowed again and opened his mouth.

“Actually, I have a favor to ask.”

“… What is it?”

I didn’t bother to ask Lucius to take refuge in me or anything.

Well, I really didn’t want to do it… .

“If you don’t mind, could you please visit the palace one more time?”

“… In the palace?”

“Yes, I would like to clear up the misunderstanding between the Empire and the Heavenly King.”

Lucius added as I tilted my head as if I didn’t understand.

“If I tell the Emperor, things will probably work out for now, but there will still be discontent among the nobles.”

He nodded as if telling me to continue.

“Even if the work of the Heavenly King was to eliminate danger, from the Empire’s perspective, it was a big deal to do something so big in the palace, which was like the heart of the empire, and without even a little warning… .”

That’s certainly not wrong.

No, actually, the Empire didn’t do anything wrong. Rather, I was the one who did wrong.

“So now it seems better to stop and face each other, and gradually resolve the misunderstanding and find common ground.”

“… A point of agreement.”

“Yes, even if we go back like this, the empire will once again send people to this magic zone… no, this mountain range. Then, won’t you be annoyed by that, Cheonharang?”

I was left speechless by Lucius’s words, which made perfect sense.

But still… I don’t want to go.

How did I come back here, and now I’m being told to go back to the palace?

“… You can decide slowly.”

“Is that okay?”

“Since the palace has already dispatched me, I think things will work out somehow.”

Oh, by the way, this kid is a warrior.

Sometimes, it shows its shortcomings, so I forgot about it.

Hmm… then what.

“Why don’t we go to the cabin first?”

He said he could take his time answering, so I guess I should invite Lucius to my house.

When they heard that the Cheonmasingyo was coming here, they prepared a room for about three people to stay.

If necessary, you can do some repairs to the storage area where the firewood is stored.

“… Cabin, you say…?”

“Yes, that’s the house where I and Anonymous live.”

And, until he hears an answer from me, Lucius will have to sleep out with those lacking knights, so what’s the point of affection in the meantime?

Even though I don’t like Lucius that much, I still hate him.

Lucius looked puzzled for a moment at my suggestion.

He nodded with a small smile, probably deciding that there was nothing wrong with my suggestion.

“… Then, I’ll be in your care for a moment.”

ah.

“Of course, let the knights sleep outside.”

There is no room for them to stay.

What about the tent? They probably brought it themselves.