episode_0587

The next morning after spending a night at Silverwood Estate.

As soon as I woke up in the morning and saw Agnes and Antonio coming out of the next room, I could roughly figure out what had happened.

-Squeak, squeak… .

“Agnes, wouldn’t it be better for you to carry me?”

“… It’s noisy. I can walk alone.”

“You don’t have to be too hard. I apologize for my actions last night being a bit violent… .”

“I, I said it was just curiosity. I, I was just curious about what it felt like… .”

… Yeah. I guess I know what happened.

Looking at Agnes’s wobbly legs as she walked with a cane as a splint and Antonio’s worried gaze, I could roughly understand the situation.

I was worried because it seemed like things weren’t going well, but it was a needless worry. It was a problem that could be solved by just making them sleep in the same bed.

If they went from not even exchanging a word to having sex in just one night, it means that both of them were ready to reconcile at any time.

“Looking at Miss Agnes, it seems like the prince exerted himself a bit last night.”

“… I guess it would be better not to mention it in front of Blaze Youngae.”

Of course. He’d probably be embarrassed and run away or get angry.

If you just pretend to be by Antonio’s side and hang on to his arm, he’ll think you’ve just mended your relationship and it won’t be noticeable. But I wonder if it’s really necessary to go around making it look like, ‘I did it last night.’

I don’t intend to give you any advice. The members of the warrior party are all people with manners and tact. Except for one person.

“Eeee~! Ah, good night, Lilith! Prince Edan!”

“Ah, did you sleep well… Prince Blackwood, Lady Rosewood… .”

Natalie appeared with a lively voice and a refreshing stretch, and Thomas greeted her with dark circles around his eyes.

It seemed that this side had still failed to cross the line. Judging from Natalie’s expression, it was obvious to anyone that she had been sleeping soundly without being disturbed.

“Yeah, good morning to you too.”

“Wasn’t your sleep uncomfortable, Miss Natalie?”

“Yes! Thanks to the consideration of Silverwood Baek, I was able to sleep really soundly!”

“… That’s fortunate.”

Of course, even though Natalie was sleeping comfortably, Thomas couldn’t sleep properly, so it seems he spent the night with his eyes wide open.

The feeling of being teased about that rice cake will probably be resolved when I return home and Thomas confesses. There is no need to touch this part either.

“If you go down a little further from Silverwood, you will reach the village where you left the carriage, so just hold on until then.”

“… Yes, Prince Blackwood.”

Ethan, who had seen Thomas’ condition and assessed the situation after recharging, and the group quickly headed to the center of the empire after breakfast.

⁎⁎⁎

As soon as we somehow returned to the palace from the Demon Realm, Edan and I were busy with our schedule every single day.

The first thing we started was preparing for the armistice. Normally, each person would have a ceremonial outfit prepared according to their status at the armistice, but unlike the existing warrior party, Edan and I were more like extras who got involved.

With a dozen or so maids attached to her body, measuring her size and fitting her clothes, and putting on and taking off accessories like rings, necklaces, and bracelets dozens of times a day, she had no time to relieve her fatigue.

Even when taking a bath, there were five or six managers at a time, scrubbing away all the old dirt from my body, so the only place I could feel at ease was on my bed in the middle of the night. I envied the members of the warrior party who had already made all the preparations and had a relatively leisurely schedule, but it couldn’t be helped.

‘It’s strange that they’re treating us like a warrior party in this way in the first place.’

You treat me the same way as the kids you were at the academy for, let alone two years after graduating? Just because you participated in the journey to defeat the Demon King once?

Fortunately, no one expressed displeasure, even though the action was enough to make other people feel dissatisfied.

Well, among the warrior party members in the first place, there aren’t any people with twisted personalities who would get angry or jealous if something good happened to them.

Although Silena had some room for complaint, she seemed satisfied with the fact that she had prevented the hero from returning to his original world.

After about a week of preparations, the Emperor gave his victory speech, and I was able to see many faces of other royals that I had never seen before.

The first princess with a bold impression who leads the border guards, the second prince who seemed to have the highest chance of succeeding to the throne until Seraphine defeated the Demon King, the second princess who we saw briefly as a substitute professor in the oceanography class, and even the third prince who has almost no presence in the story or in reality.

“Seraphine, you are a child who carries the name of royalty but does not use it as a shield. You are a true example of royalty, and the empire will be proud of you.”

“… I am very sorry, Father.”

Seraphine’s line of succession will probably rise considerably with this Demon King subjugation. She will also have a full-blown conflict with the First Princess and the Second Prince.

Of course, from here on out, it’s a problem that Seraphine has to solve and has nothing to do with the main story. There is a mini-quest in the sequel to Part 5, but it’s a given that Seraphine will become the empress even if she doesn’t complete it. That is, unless she dies in the final battle to defeat the Demon King.

In the first place, if you marry the warrior, even that mini-quest will become meaningless because you will immediately become the next emperor. The warrior said he will take responsibility, so he will take care of it.

The rewards for subduing the Demon King were generally similar. Those who were not nobles were given noble titles, and those who were already nobles were given an increase in the size of their territory or a tax cut.

Although Agnes was granted permanent access to the royal family’s private library in addition to similar rewards, this was actually closer to a reward for becoming Antonio’s wife than a reward for subduing the Demon King.

‘Still’ they think they haven’t made their relationship public, but honestly, if a third party looks at it, it’s obvious that they’re a couple and will be getting married soon.

“Agnes, it’s time to close the library. How about coming tomorrow morning?”

“… Carry me. I’m tired. ”

“Is that okay? If you let me, I might take Agnes to the embankment.”

“… It doesn’t really matter.”

Antonio was originally the type of person who would constantly court Agnes, and Agnes also began to accept Antonio’s affectionate behavior.

I heard later that they would hold an engagement ceremony right after the victory ceremony, so it seemed like I would have to attend the engagement ceremony for both of them to be able to return to the Blackwood Duke’s residence.

No matter how busy you are, it is an unconscionable act to ask someone to come to your wedding and not attend your friend’s engagement ceremony.

⁎⁎⁎

…after the armistice that lasted about two weeks.

Ethan and I were still tied up, unable to leave the Imperial City. Right now, the Empire was in the midst of a celebration to celebrate the victory in the subjugation of the Demon King.

All kinds of people flocked to the imperial palace to see the faces of the warrior party even just once, and countless merchants and mercenaries who smelled money also flocked in, and the population density within the imperial palace soared to more than three times the usual level, and the outside of the palace was noisy day and night.

“This is Release from the warrior party!”

“Gyaaak! It’s the Archmage Lilith!”

Even if I tried to go out for a little while, there were so many people who recognized me that I had to rent a palace carriage every time I went out. Even though I covered my face, there were so many people who recognized me, perhaps because of my chest.

But does that mean I feel at ease being in the palace? It’s not like that at all…

“Release, Princess Victoria asks if you would like to attend the afternoon tea party.”

“What about Princess Seraphine? What about Princess Seraphine? What about Princess Seraphine?”

“… I heard he’s out with the warrior today and isn’t at the palace.”

“AAAHHHH! AAAHHHH!!”

Because the First Princess Victoria, the Second Prince Panos, and even the Third Prince Layton were constantly trying to recruit me by inviting me to dinner and tea parties, I wasn’t able to rest properly.

Rather than getting caught up in the political infighting among the royal family, it would have been better to go out, but since both Antonio and Seraphina had to go out in carriages, it meant that if they couldn’t afford to go out, they would have to endure a bed of thorns for hours.

‘I feel like my stomach is going to burst…’

… It means that I have to endure this for two more weeks, not just one or two days.

If you don’t make an excuse somehow, you might be in trouble in the future.