episode_0282

Princess Haehwa’s eyes shine brightly.

“Has the pollution been cleaned up? that’s right?”

“yes. As you can see, everything has been purified.”

“How long did it take?”

“The purification period varies depending on how much capacity is used. The more you use it, the faster it purifies. “When one bottle of this is poured on the ground, this entire area can be purified in up to 10 days.”

“… Is this much for one bottle? “10 days is very short.”

“that’s right. If you reduce the area a bit, it can be done even faster. However, if you expand the land here, the time required for purification increases by about 5 days, so we believe it is appropriate to use 1 bottle for this area.”

Princess Haehwa continued to touch the purified land with her hands as if she couldn’t believe it.

We checked to see if there was a musty smell coming from the contaminated soil, and we also dug deep into the ground to check if the contamination had truly been purified.

“If this is true… .”

Princess Haehwa’s mind seemed very complicated.

Princess Haehwa, who gathered her thoughts while staring at the purified dirt, spoke to Princess Mona.

“Can we purchase purification fluid too?”

“Sure. But it will be expensive. There are high expectations that the Empire will be able to clean up the contaminated area. But the quantity is limited.”

Princess Mona, who lied calmly, secretly looks at me.

It seemed like she wouldn’t tell Princess Haehwa who made the purification liquid.

The way he was looking at me as he said those words was a silent protest asking the imperial palace to provide an abundance of purification fluid.

I quietly looked away from the princess’s gaze.

‘I know what the Empire will do with that.’

In addition, the purification liquid is purchased at the store, but it is a bit expensive.

Although I was steadily receiving cash by making a deal with the military and receiving a certain amount of money in the form of monster corpses, the item requirements from the top were increasing day by day, as it was said that you should spend as much as you earned.

So, even if a significant amount of cash comes in, it is drained by collecting items, and as you also have to buy purification fluid, life becomes increasingly tight.

“Isn’t that something we need to discuss carefully?”

Princess Mona takes a step back.

This was the moment when she, who had been constantly showing affection for Princess Haehwa, began to change her attitude.

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“No, let’s say the price was subtly raised. Anyway, the effect is better.”

Erintina suffered a lot because of the improved efficacy.

It may be unexpected, but the effectiveness of the product you normally sell has improved, but you can’t sell it for the same price?

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“Thank you for giving me a better item.”

To be honest, what I needed most right now was not a better item.

“Please give me 100 drawings…” .”

Draw 100 times in a row.

Or, it would be better to draw 1,000 times in a row.

I wanted to escape the shackles of drawing 10 draws in a row.

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What would I do most of the time in an idle general store?

“I’m in the capital now.”

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My job these days is to extract the items we need at the top.

I was killing time by clicking on the draw button 10 times in a row, and even though I knew this was absolutely necessary, there were many times when I honestly got frustrated.

This would all be resolved once the 1,000th consecutive drawing was drawn.

Or is there a function that extracts the amount you set?

So far the store has been making updates that have been helpful to me.

So, if you consistently ask for what you want, you will think that it might be given to you.

“How long do I have to stay here?”

Since the children have all enlisted in the military, there is no need to rush back to the general store.

The only thing that bothered me was Yul, but Sasha said he would take good care of me, so I didn’t have to worry.

Still, it was true that it was easier to go back to the general store than to stay in the uncomfortable imperial palace, so I couldn’t help but miss it.

“I don’t think I should just disappear alone… .”

At this point, I began to wonder whether I would have to wait at the imperial palace until Princess Haehwa returned.

“I should go for a walk.”

I was bored after just drawing items for hours, so I jumped out of bed and wanted to go for a walk.

After hearing that Princess Mona was living outside the palace, she immediately prepared a place for me to stay in the palace, so I was living comfortably.

I was trying to protect myself as much as possible because there were a lot of nobles who would find me very interesting if I went out, but I felt like I couldn’t survive because I would get sore if I stayed like this, so I made up my mind and decided to go out.

‘Where should we go?’

The imperial palace was a place worth seeing.

Last time I visited the imperial palace, I had to go back without being able to see it properly because I was harassed by the nobles and royal family, but after leaving Princess Mona behind, I felt like I could take a leisurely look around.

‘It’s really gorgeous.’

No matter where I look, I can’t help but think it’s gorgeous.

Just looking at the imperial palace of the empire, it does not even occur to you that this world is in danger of survival due to pollution.

The people are starving to death without earning even the value of a single ornament decorated in the imperial palace throughout their lives.

“Should I go out and see the capital?”

I walked around the imperial palace alone, looking at people and people working.

and.

“Let’s go!”

“Wow, if you miss it, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life!”

“???”

I found myself running somewhere, forgetting about all the arrogant nobles who usually show off.

“Does that mean there’s something out there that I’ll regret for the rest of my life if I miss it?”

It wasn’t just one or two, more nobles appeared from somewhere and were busily moving in one direction.

It felt like something was going on that I didn’t know about.

I don’t know what happened, but it seemed like rumors had already spread throughout the palace.

“I should go, right?”

It was difficult to turn away since I had already felt an unbearable interest.

I followed behind the stampeding nobles.

Since I didn’t know where my destination was, it was best to follow their lead.

How far did you follow?

The place we arrived was a huge playground.

No, what can I say… .

‘It feels more like an arena than a playground.’

The stage was spread out, and ethnic groups and knights were gathered together.

“Could it be that there was a fight?”

Perhaps I could consider myself lucky that nothing has happened so far.

The distrust that had built up between the empire and the ethnic minorities eventually exploded.

I looked around, but Princess Mona and Princess Haehwa were nowhere to be seen.

“Seeing that there is no one in charge, did the subordinates explode among themselves?”

There is a calm atmosphere, as if a fight is about to break out at any moment.

“It’s exciting, right?”

“… ?”

I thought it would be a good sight to see, so I sat down and looked around at the situation, when someone sat down next to me.

Not only did he just sit there, he even started talking to me.

“Do you know what the situation is?”

Rather than being wary, I asked the person who was pretending to know me if he knew what happened.

“It was close from day one. Both the imperial knights and our warriors want to fight. “I will definitely fight.”

Our warrior?

“Were you from the North?”

I didn’t know they were from a minority group because their entire bodies were wrapped tightly.

Now that I think about it, he was wearing a rather suspicious outfit with his hood pulled down too deep.

“yes.”

“When you say warriors, you mean people from the north, right?”

“that’s right. Our warriors are good. “I will win.”

Suddenly, I thought about the knights of the imperial palace.

‘How skilled are the knights?’

It is unlikely that the suspiciously wrapped-up minority group was bluffing.

Even if I thought about it, I didn’t think it would be easy for an imperial knight to defeat ethnic minority warriors.

“that’s right. “The knights will suffer badly.”

Minority warriors probably fought monsters before coming here.

On the other hand, what about the knights of the imperial palace?

After I was discharged from the military, I would have rarely encountered monsters.

Since he is a knight, he must have trained consistently, but it will not be easy to defeat a minority warrior with a keen sense of practical combat.

“… Do you really think so? “Aren’t you a citizen of the empire?”

A member of the minority group who heard my muttering asked.

“Should I take your side when it is obvious that you will lose if you are an imperial citizen?”

“It’s even weirder to take our side.”

“Is there a law that says imperial citizens cannot side with the North?”

“… … .”

I stared at the ethnic minority whose faces were completely covered, so I couldn’t even see their eyes.

It wasn’t that I was expecting an answer, it was just that my ears had been bothering me since a while ago.

I couldn’t help but speak before he could react to my words.

“You know me.”

The reason why I kept thinking that it was annoying to my ears.

It was because this person’s voice sounded familiar.

At first, I couldn’t recognize him because he intentionally kept his voice low, but after talking to him for a while, I couldn’t help but recognize him.

“… yes?”

“Even if I force myself to speak low, it’s bound to be noticeable.”

“… … .”

I said, looking at the minority group, no, Princess Haehwa, who suddenly fell silent as if they had become part of a group of people.

“Is it okay if I go and stop him? princess.”

It’s normal for a representative to stop those guys, but it was ridiculous that they were just watching without notice.

“I said I definitely didn’t know… .”

“I know the voice, but how can I not know it?”

“Please pretend you don’t know.”

“What if you keep making secrets from me?”

I barely managed to prevent my secret from being revealed to Princess Mona, but if I make another secret like this, my burden will increase.

“I don’t know either.”

However, Princess Haehwa seemed to want to give up hiding her identity once she was discovered, so she pulled up the black cloth that was covering her face.

I thought my face would be revealed, but when the cloth was removed, the goggles popped out.

“So why aren’t you stopping me?”

“Our warriors have been neglected a lot. “Princess Mona is good, but the others are not.”

“… … .”

It seems that the nobles in the imperial palace were causing quite an accident.

“I’m angry and I need to let it out. But if I show up, you have to stop me.”

“Yes. “You can’t just leave the CEO fighting like that.”

“So I came secretly.”

Princess Haehwa calmly revealed the reason for hiding her identity.

It was such a naive reaction that I couldn’t understand what he was thinking if I told this to other places.

Since he kept the secret last time, he seemed to think he would keep it now.