Chapter 37 – Flowers of the North Sea (9)

After sending off her only retainer, Adela, she quietly left the dormitory.
Her pockets were light. Extra gloves and handkerchief to give to the other person at the dance, and small earrings that I haven’t put on yet.
Holding the hem of her long skirt with her hand to keep it from dragging on the floor, she started walking along the night street.

South Street. Dehatan Salon.
The location of the ball informed by Count William.

If she gets there, she won’t have to worry about her family anymore.
She dances lightly with him beneath the ornate chandeliers, and all she has to do is promise a little deeper companionship, and she takes a step away from Rochear’s grasp.
After that, the moment she became engaged and became the daughter-in-law of Count Clove, Rocheire would never be able to steal her heart——she would have played a fool all her life and achieved the purpose of coming to the academy. She survived.

The golden light from the gas lamp transformed the blue dress into a heavenly beauty.
Adela’s appearance was such a great debut that it made anyone watching her gasp in awe.

“Ha… “It’s really far.”

After walking for a while in her hard shoes, she saw the main gate of the academy in the distance.
Outside, the colorful lights of the city announced the arrival of Parenzia night.

After stretching out her hand towards it for a moment, out of reach, she quietly turned her body.
And I smiled in front of a three-story wooden building with all the lights off.

“Arrived.”

***

Even though the door was locked, Adela walked up to her and retrieved her key from the bottom of her palm-sized flower pot in front of her front door.
A cactus with her thorns was planted, and I couldn’t help but laugh as it showed Louise’s personality of ‘if you touch it, you’ll die’.

Opening the door with the key, she entered the store.
The quiet interior, with no customers or clerks, evoked a strange sense of nostalgia.
The floor, which had been visited by countless people today, was thoroughly cleaned, and several writing utensils and notebooks that had not been returned to the shelf were left on the counter.
The leftover bread was covered in a large piece of paper, emitting a faint smell from inside the glass lid, and one of Louise’s outerwear was hanging on the back of her chair.

Sigh.

Adela slowly walked around her stall and looked back on everything.
As her slender fingers swept away the dust that had accumulated on the shelves, counters, and stairs, memories of Louis came back to me again.
With a light smile on her lips, she held up the hem of her dress in her hands, illuminated by the moonlight.
She looked at herself in the mirror and tried to bow like a noblewoman, and showed off her clumsy dancing moves by walking around.

I’m sure you think you’re pretty, too——

Adela wondered what kind of expression she would make if Louise came back, seeing herself like this.

As time passes, the lights go out in the academy building where the experiment was completed late into the night.
Adela, who was left alone, was sitting quietly at the counter. She was hungry, so she took out some bread and ate it.

She had no intention of going to the prom. Even though she could escape Rochear if she met and married the Count, she had no intention of doing so.
Her heart belonged only to Lewis. Even if her heart was stolen, she hoped that her final feelings would be for Luis.

“Ah… Teacher.”

Will I be able to convey this feeling once again?

“I hope you come quickly.”

***

The day dawned. The trainee priests who woke up first at the Temple of Light washed their eyes and rang the bell of the bell tower.
It was a morning with the morning star shining faintly. Street cleaners got ready for work, and the city guards took off their helmets with a loud yawn when it was time for their shift.

It’s been a long time since spring came, but today a particularly cold wind blew.

Parenzia, a city in the central part of the Kingdom of Finheim, introduction.
A new security guard who had just finished his shift saw a group of figures approaching from a distance.
Azim, half asleep, rubbed his eyes and thought that he was just getting milk from a nearby ranch.
However, upon closer inspection, neither the cart nor the sign of Alipass’s winged shoes indicating that it was a top was visible.

Instead, what began to appear was a black military standard.
A three-dimensional text in which three triangles are geometrically intertwined.
The Order of Four Leaves with four laurel leaves. Grand Dopisie.

“Well, well, that… !! Why on earth… Here? … !!”

The guard’s eyes opened wide as if they were about to explode. He held the spear with trembling hands and shouted as if he was going to tear himself apart, and it was almost at the same time that a huge cold wave hit Parenzia.

“Roshiarda———!!! The Knights of Rochear have arrived——!!”

Senrir’s Nightmare. Guardian of the frozen lake.
The sharpest spear of the Penheim Kingdom and a blue-armored slayer comparable to the 12 Alliances of the Ravier Mountains in the Great Demon War.
The Blue Rose Knights of Rochear, who froze the North Sea for fifteen days without being noticed by anyone, landed in Farenzia.

Although there were not many troops, resistance was meaningless in the face of overwhelming power.
The knights who first entered through the west gate headed to Parenzia Academy without hesitation.

The Lord of Reincarnation, Lehel Darad, is not present. The Lord of Parenzia is also not here.
There was no one who could block their advance, which was almost bloodless.

“What are you guys!? I know where this is… “Gagging!!”

Mark Botterval, who had drawn his sword upon seeing the knights who suddenly came to the academy, was hit by the blade swung by the knight commander and was sent flying all the way to the outer wall.
Ignoring the disparaging glances of the nobles looking at them, the leader of the knights of Rocheire —— Siegfried Steiner, gave orders to his subordinates.

“Group 1 should go to the dormitory, and group 2 should go to Privity Hall. Murder is prohibited. Just suppress it.”
“””Yep!!!”””

After splitting up the group to look for Adela, he walked towards a suspicious building in the middle of the cafeteria.
And when I made eye contact with the person waiting inside, I broke the glass door and entered without hesitation.

Cheer up!!

North Sea flowers dressed up in beautiful dresses.
Adela smiled bitterly as she looked at her unwelcome guest who came with Dawn.

‘In the end, this is what happened.’

Rather, it may be fortunate. No matter how strong you are, you probably won’t be able to take on the huge family called Rochear.

“It’s been a while, little lady.”
“It’s been a while, Sir Siegfried.”

Adela greeted the middle-aged knight with a light politeness in the same elegant manner.

“That’s amazing. “I can’t believe you’ve been fooling the head of the family all this time.”
“My sister doesn’t really care about me. “It wasn’t difficult.”
“It might be different from now on. You too will understand the matriarch’s intentions. Then…”

I understand——
I don’t want to understand the thoughts of someone without a heart.
But Adela could no longer run away or continue her act.

A large hand raised above her head.
The pommel on the end of her sword hilt fell over her head.

***

— What is the damage?
— There are no deaths. However, the soldiers guarding the west gate have severe frostbite and will likely require treatment at the temple.
— Frost in nearby pastures killed all the crops. It is said that the situation is the same in Aldran beyond the western forest.
— Sir Mark, the academy’s guard captain, is seriously injured and unconscious.
— Record a complete list of property losses and injuries caused by floods. Send a letter to the royal capital to formally protest to Roshoir and lock all the castle gates.

When we arrived, the academy was already in chaos.
Leaving behind the voice of Darling, who was handling the situation, I walked towards the canteen. When I arrived a few days later, my house was literally in shambles.

“President! The concession stand… Sigh!”

Liv, who had no lectures because it was a holiday, arrived to open the canteen. She made eye contact with me and was startled.

Without saying a word, I passed by Liv and entered the cafeteria. The inside was a total mess, and the dirt stuck to the melted snow was left in the shape of footprints.
The curtains were torn apart, and none of the shelves or counters were intact.

The blood stains left everywhere were traces of fierce resistance.
In a particularly large pool of blood, I found a pair of earrings with blue sapphires.

“…”

The blood in my entire body froze cold. I went inside the counter and headed to the basement.
As I cleared away miscellaneous items piled up on the floor, I found an old pickaxe. I picked it up, arrived at a small room inside the basement, and stood in front of the tombstone I had built when I first came here.

Kaang!!!

As I hit the floor, I heard the sound of sharp stones splitting.

Kaang! Kaang!!

After taking a few more shots, the ground started to crack.

Kaaaaang—!!!

“President!!!”

As I was about to start work, Liv shouted from behind me. She desperately tugged at my collar, her hands shaking.

“You can’t do that.”
“Let go.”
“Let go of that first. “Hurry!”
“I told you to let go.”
“Someone precious is buried there!! Ah, no matter how angry you are, you shouldn’t do something like that… !!”
“It’s buried, but someone is buried there.”
“Yes?”

I pointed to her headstone and spoke to her as she stood there blankly.

“Who gets buried? “I’m not a murderer, so why bury someone on the basement floor?”
“Well, then this is…” …”
“These are equipment used in the past. “I’m going to take it out again.”
“No, yes, an old colleague…” …”

What does that mean?

“A colleague? I told you. I’m having a good trip. “I came to take out my sword and shield.”

Okay. What is something that a hero summoned to another world absolutely needs? Isn’t this the holy sword that will kill the devil?
Of course, since I did not return the weapon after taking the devil’s head, my equipment was still sleeping here.
And now the time has come to bring it out again.

“Get out of the way, stones will fly.”

I played hard with the pickaxe again. Kaaang, kaang The sound of breaking rocks echoed in the basement.

How much time passed, the tip of the pickaxe finally touched something hard inside.
The moment I thought I could dig a little more, my arm was thrown back by a huge shock.

Rumbling—!!

“Uh?”

When I turned my head, I saw that the pickaxe that had bounced off the wall and got stuck had turned into powder.
I looked at the brilliant light oozing from the last photo taken and thought about it for a moment.

“Why are you doing this?”
“You’re screwed.”
“Yes?”
“I guess I buried it too deep.”
“…”
“No, I put the sword down and put the shield on top of it? “I didn’t know when I buried it, but it was completely sealed like a lid.”

Liv’s expression turned cold for an instant.

It’s difficult. The sword and shield are one of the three sacred weapons of the warrior. It was very difficult to dig it out with bare hands now that it was completely stuck in the ground, as it was only 1/3 of my strength.

“Shall we take it out with magic?”
“It won’t be of any use because its magic resistance is ridiculously high. What if we blow up the entire store? … Ha, Mr… “I didn’t mean to watch John Wick when I was young.”
“What is that again?”
“There is such a thing. “A movie that is perfect for the current situation.”

I had no choice but to dust myself off and get up. If you don’t have teeth, you have to go to the gums.
You don’t really need a weapon. Rather, it would be better to bury it as is, as it is a holy relic that the Holy Kingdom has been searching for with great zeal.

“I’m going to take a quick trip to North Sea.”
“North Sea… Yo. This?”
“Yes.”

I went up to the first floor. And he looked at the empty bread basket and said.

“I said if you steal bread again, I will definitely come catch you.”