episode_0158

“When you get home, warrior, try it too! It’s so delicious!”

After finishing the small tea party, we headed back to the villa. Latera, who was holding a snack, smiled and followed Siron.

Latera, who gnawed at the snacks as they were handed to her but never failed to say thank you, was so happy that Hugo handed over all of his portion to the family members of the mansion.

Moreover, Hugo even told us to come into the main house at any time and take snacks. They say that making it is worthwhile because there is a little girl who enjoys it.

‘I’m scared of the late wind. ‘How can a person change so much in just a few days?’

Siron thought about Hugo’s changed appearance in just a week and glanced at Latera who was following him.

“I… don’t really like snacks. So, you eat a lot.”

“Why? It’s so sweet and delicious.”

“Despite deliciousness, sweetness is the problem.”

“…Sweet is the problem, isn’t it good because the more you eat it, the happier you become?”

“Of course, I’m happy right now.”

Siron stopped walking and looked at Latera, and Latera looked up at Siron, who for some reason frowned, with an innocent face.

“Listen carefully, Latera. There is no free happiness in this world. You can be happy right now, but you might develop cavities later.”

“Uh… I’ll brush my teeth properly later.”

“It’s not just brushing your teeth. They say that people become accustomed to sweet tastes and their eating habits begin to revolve around sweet things. Do you know what happens then?”

“…What happens?”

“You get a terrible disease that not only rots your teeth but also your hands and feet. And it doesn’t get better just by brushing your teeth.”

“…Is that true? How can you get sick just by eating something sweet?”

“You can quickly check whether I am lying or not.”

“…Then.”

Latera narrowed her eyes and looked at Siron’s soul. He looked sturdy and sturdy… but he was trembling little by little, and I could feel his worry and concern.

“How about it? Does it look like I’m lying?”

“Oh, no.”

Latera shook her head and tried to turn around, grabbing the bag containing the snacks.

“I’ll return this to you!”

“I’m telling you to eat in moderation. Don’t overeat, but if you decide to eat just a few a day, you won’t get sick. Just eat enough to not gain weight like your uncle.”

“…Really?”

“I also exercise hard.”

Shiron, nagging with a stern face, took Latera’s bag of cookies.

As Latera said, you could guess how sweet and fantastic the snacks would be just by looking at them. However, just by touching them to his nose, the sweet smell vibrated and made Siron feel uncomfortable.

Hugo’s late wind is like a sweet cookie.

It is certainly a welcome phenomenon to see Hugo no longer obsessed with fame, but enjoying hobbies for his own happiness. However, if it goes too far, it will be detrimental not only to the empire but also to Hugo himself.

“Hero, you look distressed. I’ll take it.”

“It’s okay. I will carry it. My uncle would also like me to join.”

“Um… Then, I’ll ask you a favor. I’m going to stop eating snacks today too!”

“Well thought out.”

“…I guess I’m lucky that you’re a hero.”

Latera held Siron’s free hand and laughed.

“I really like this mansion. Hugo is kind, and Eldrina is a little strange, but she’s not a bad person… and there’s a lot of delicious food.”

“…”

“It’s a bit odd that there are devils. Looking at the way they treat the warrior, I don’t think it’s something they can’t live with at all. I will become a great angel. I can turn a blind eye to that.”

“Why are you acting like this all of a sudden? Excited alone.”

“I can’t help but be excited.”

Latera looked at Siron with narrowed eyes.

[Imperial First Sword’s Cheering]

At some point, a translucent window appeared and floated above Siron’s head.

“The warrior’s soul has become more excellent.”

“Are you given penalty points?”

“Um… not really. I think I can say that it is better than just giving a penalty point.”

“Thank goodness.”

It was a meaningful remark, but Siron dismissed it as insignificant. It was because I was too busy thinking about how to respond to the next expedition rather than making an abstract assessment that my spirit had improved.

And that evening.

“What the fuck.”

Siron received a letter from Lucia containing shocking content and read it.

[Active Duty Call-up Notice]

[Name: Siron Prien]

[Hometown: Lien]

[Type of soldier assigned… Date and time of call-up… Unit to be enlisted… Place of gathering…]

Even though it was the first time he had received that letter, it felt familiar somehow, making Siron feel uncomfortable.

“Convocation order?”

“…I did something, but it came to you too.”

Lucia stared at Siron with sad eyes, and Siron crumpled the notice with trembling hands.

“I’m already saving the world. What kind of nonsense are you talking about? I, I am a warrior?”

“Isn’t it because you didn’t announce that you were a hero? Very few people know that you are a hero.”

“Even if we exclude that, it doesn’t make sense that I am subject to conscription as a regular soldier. What a highly skilled person I am!”

Shiron nervously slammed the crumpled notice on the table, and Latera read the words on the slippery paper.

“Hero. So are you going to accept this?”

“Are you crazy? never! I’m not going!”

Siron clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. Isn’t this like… an enlistment notice calling for a free slave? I don’t know what kind of bastard made it, but it was so similar to the one before possession that it made me scratch my head.

“However, if you fail to comply with the summons, you will be sentenced to imprisonment according to imperial law. Then the penalty points will accumulate a lot?”

“Prison? Fuck you. Are you arrogant enough to use someone as a free slave?”

Even before being possessed, I had been hitting and running for about two years, and even after being possessed, I couldn’t hit and run.

“You can never be dragged away like this. cancer. How much I have done for this country.”

“Then what should I do? It’s obvious that if you don’t obey the summons, the military squad will come. Are you going to do a sword dance and chase me away?”

Lucia wiggled her fingers and blushed.

“…I can do the sword dance if you want. Even if you take refuge in a neighboring country…”

“There is no need for that.”

Siron said with his eyes wide open.

“Before someone comes to catch me, I’m going to go negotiate in person.”

*

A few days later. Siron was able to face the blonde young man.

“What’s going on with you? I called him aside to meet him first like this.”

Victor Ado de Lienne.

He was the only prince in the empire and the crown prince before he was reborn as the next emperor in name and reality. Even though he was in such a heavy position, Victor readily agreed to Siron’s request as soon as he expressed his intention to meet.

However, the behavior is quite different from before and has changed 180 degrees. A few days after expressing his intention to meet, Victor rented an entire building in the center of Lienne and prepared a place for the two of them to talk.

Numerous guards were double and triple encamped around him, and a number of attendants that were hard to count on one hand followed him. Is that really all it is? Siron felt the dense mana contained within the building.

“Please do me a favor.”

However, Siron did not pay any attention to him and began to talk about business.

“Is this a request so important that you had to call me aside?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm…”

‘…It’s an important request.’

An authoritative stance in poetry that you would never see before. After checking him, Viktor sat crookedly, crossing his legs.

“I will listen to what you are saying.”

Viktor blurted out a smile that made me want to beat him up. Siron felt the top of his head heat up at that openly angry attitude, but he decided to hold back for once.

“Let me meet Your Majesty.”

“Hmm… I think I need to hear more details.”

Viktor didn’t adjust his posture, but a slightly provocative smile left his face.

“You may have heard, but His Majesty wants to minimize contact with the outside world right now. No matter how much you have done me and other good deeds. Meeting face to face might be tricky.”

“It doesn’t matter if I can’t have an audience with you. Asking to talk face to face is just formality.”

Shiron spoke harshly and took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms. Victor then had an attendant check the contents.

“What is this?”

“You wouldn’t know it if you saw it? It’s a summons notice.”

Siron crossed his arms and spoke in a solemn voice.

“There’s nothing special about what I want. Please exclude me from the summons.”

“…”

“I can’t explain in detail, but I’m a very busy person. I don’t have much time to look at the border while fighting with idiots who can’t prove anything.”

Siron made a one-sided request, not a request.

It was a behavior that could hardly be considered an attitude of speaking to the crown prince, but not only Victor but also his attendants did not say anything to Siron. This was because Victor had trained his own people thoroughly.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can grant your request to be excluded from the summons. Of course, I cannot grant your request to have an audience with His Majesty.”

Victor said, holding out a crumpled piece of paper to Siron.

“…Explain why it doesn’t work.”

“The issue of equity is natural.”

Victor spoke calmly.

“Historically, there have been a few instances where summons have been issued at the national level, but they are just forcibly reviving a system that has not existed for decades. Because it is obvious that many complaints will erupt… I am also included in this summons to calm the complaints.”

“You too?”

“Okay. In order to raise the morale of an army that is forcibly mobilized, various methods must be used. If you take someone with you and don’t, it’s obvious that there will be deserters and other problems will arise.”

“…Hmm. It’s surprising that you are also subject to a summons.”

“For that reason, it is probably impossible to refuse the summons no matter what. I don’t know all of His Majesty’s intentions, but regardless of the issue of efficiency, His Majesty seems to be making it his main goal to help the people of the empire face the immediate crisis. As long as you are a noble and are of conscription age, they will definitely make you go on an expedition.”

“…Is this my uncle’s job?”

Victor nodded at Siron’s muttering.

” That’s right, His Majesty was very angry when he heard that Sir Hugo had been secretly checked. You want to make it so that you can never do that again.”

“Then what.”

Siron lowered his head and traced the corners of his mouth. When Hugo’s story came out, his spirit was lost.

‘I just stabbed it once, just in case. It didn’t work either.’

“Then how about this.”

Siron, whose first move was blocked, decided to take out his next hand.

“Please change my position at your discretion.”

“Position?”

“At least you are the crown prince, so you wouldn’t have been called up as a regular soldier.”

“That’s right. At least he’s the crown prince.”

Although it was a folding screen, Victor was scheduled to serve as the commander of the attached unit during this convocation. Siron smiled with satisfaction after hearing Victor’s explanation.

“Make me assigned to the same unit as you.”

“That’s enough… But is that the end?”

“Of course not.”

Siron faced Viktor with a face that could not have been more serious.

“Incorporate me as your lieutenant.”

“…”

“Of course, I’m not asking you to look after me like that. But what does it mean to be a good friend? Let’s help each other in difficult times, that’s it.”

‘I’m friends with the crown prince, so I need to get a job.’

Victor couldn’t understand what nonsense his friend in front of him was talking about.