Chapter 205 – 9. Hormia’s Dictator, Countess’s Insidious Task

The feeling of sticky, blood-stained soil sticking to the soles was disgusting no matter how many times I experienced it. Jiik – Scratching and wiping the soles of the soles of the rolling stones on the floor, I walked to the wide open tent under the half-collapsed bell tower and said to the soldier guarding the front.

“I am called Cassano, the messenger of the Countess.”

Upon hearing the name and temporary position, the soldiers nodded as if they had been tipped off beforehand, lifted the evil-tent, and guided me. I naturally stooped inside the tent and approached the knights who were looking at a map of the nearby terrain on a large table.

“Oh! Cassano, are you done reporting to the Countess?”

The eyes of the knights who were staring at the map shook at the word countess. Shaking my head, I overcame the attention focused on me and spoke calmly.

“The countess asked me to show you all the hard work you have done for the remaining 15 days. And he didn’t tell us the exact date, but he said don’t worry, he’ll send supplies in a few days.”

At the word replenishment, the knights let out a sigh as deep as poison, and, visibly delighted, bumped their shoulders against each other. Seeing that, I sneaked up to Mild and relayed a bit of the story I had shared with the countess. Mild, realizing my whereabouts and their mission, nodded and looked around at the knights with a serious expression.

“It’s finally supply, I thought I was going crazy eating only the water I’d grown and boiled wheat bread.”

“Whew – why did the lord tell me to protect this place… “

After the death of the knight commander, the knights complained as if they were very tired. When the question about the lord came up, Mild, who hit the table with a bang, began to warn the knights in a stern voice.

“Do not doubt the lord! The Countess also promised to support, and although she is not a knight, Cassano, who is recognized as a mercenary, will be with her for 15 days, so take care of yourself.”

“”Yes!!!””

With a military discipline-like answer, Mild, who slapped me on the back, sent the knights out with a deep smile. After all the knights left, with Sonia glaring at me until the end, Mild spoke to me with a serious expression.

“First, you need to decide your role. Since you can’t be tied up with soldiers, I’m thinking of organizing with knights, but are you unhappy?”

“It’s okay.”

“Huu-As you can see, there are eight knights, but I am the leader of the knights, so the soldiers are busy commanding and organizing the knights. “

At Mild’s reference, I slightly turned my head and looked into Mild’s eyes.

“Are you Sir Sonia?”

Haa- Mild let out a sigh and nodded as he answered.

“I don’t know what your relationship is with Sir Sonia, but Sir Sonia is the only one acting alone, and the other knights have accumulated complaints about Sir Sonia, so you are the only suitable person.”

“You mean the knights’ complaints?”

When I asked while rolling his eyes, Mild nodded his head, knocked on the table, hesitated, and finally answered in a slightly subdued voice.

“Currently, Sir Sonia’s attendant has been seriously injured. We all know she’s a cherished child like her little brother, but now she doesn’t listen to her missions or orders, and she’s taking care of him. Of course, it’s not that she’s bad at taking care of the injured, but she’s not doing her job.”

Mild, too, began her story with her aloofness, but blamed her in her slightly exasperated voice as her topic of Sonia continued. All the knights and soldiers try to do their part, she said, but only Sonia.

“If I order you or entrust you with a job, I want you to act a little like you did to coax Sir Sonia. Please.”

Nodding off – Mild’s mustache was drooping, but he didn’t straighten his bowed back easily and asked me. When I lifted his waist, saying that I understand, Mild, who lifted his waist, spoke with a deep smile.

“It’s not that Sir Sonia is bad, but if she’s the master’s knight, she has to take great responsibility for everything that happens in the fortress. Thank you! Cassano.”

Paang- Mild tapped me on the shoulder and said he would leave the tent, so I followed him. He suggested that I talk to Sonia, but I agreed later, so I looked around the inside of the fortress until nightfall and started working on the goodwill inside the fortress slowly, matching the soldiers who asked for help. It was clear that the worst would happen the moment I, the stone that rolled in because I had to stay for 15 days, was hated.

Food deuk-!

Swoop- I slipped out of the tent and walked low, unnoticed by a soldier carrying a torch around the fort. Listening to the fluttering of birds at night, I headed to the back of the bell tower and looked at the woman who was already seated, holding her hand tightly.

“Long time no see. Cassano.”

Taking off her helmet, Sonia looked no different from the way she looked a few years ago. Rather, she was her mature appearance as a woman, her swollen breasts that seemed certain to have grown a little bigger, and even her hips slightly crushed against her bell tower. She was imprisoned in the fort for 15 days and paired up with a woman like this. Mild was also a very difficult person to ask.

“You have become even more beautiful.”

Jab-!

An angry palm slapped his cheek, but the bitterness outweighed the pain. Her innocent, love-seeking Sonia was now looking at me hatefully with her ferocious eyes.

“You seem to have gotten stronger. You must have trained hard.”

“Shut up!”

It was a sincere compliment, but Sonia, who seemed to take it as a mockery, sighed with mixed emotions and glared at me.

‘Oh… ‘

Her annoyance at the Countess and Sonia’s reaction to her long-awaited meeting felt a bit complex and subtle. How about letting Sonia vent her wrath on me with her desire to crush a cheeky woman over her selfishness? The thought came to me.

Of course, she had no intention of committing rape or anything like that. Sonia just glared at her to death. Is there no situation where I can beg myself to eat it?

“Aren’t you lonely? They stuck together so cutely, but please just hug me now.”

I grabbed her hand and pushed Sonia behind her, clutching her wrist. Trembling—how hard she exerted herself. Her hand trembled, but Sonia, who had lost her way as she crashed into her bell tower, glared at me with an expression of disgrace.

“Now you’re coming out all low, I was an idiot for thinking I was in love for a while!”

“Don’t do that, because I don’t mean to.”

When I let go of her trembling hand, it was Sonia who swung her palm at me several times like a whip.

“Come to think of it, the seed was seriously injured? Are you okay?”

Sonia’s eyes twitched at the servant’s story, but she couldn’t control her emotions for a moment, but she must have calmed down before long.

“Whoa, you’ll be fine now. With the support of the countess, if potions or priests come, not only the wounded in the fortress, but also Zeke will be able to recover.”

“I haven’t heard of that.”

The Countess did not tell me that she would supply me with anything. Sonia’s eyes trembled again at the testimony of me, who was the Countess’s aide, but the real Sonia shook her head and said,

“Even so, it’s something you can ask for next time. None of your business.”

“Don’t talk too coldly. I am telling this story because I can help Sonia-sama’s seed.”

“How are you?”

Heung- I shrugged my shoulders at Sonia’s snoring and ignoring me, summoning mana to my fingertips. Sonia looked at the mana on her fingertips with wide open eyes to see if she could see it too.

“There is a spirit that I contracted with, and I thought it would be possible to treat the child with therapeutic sleep. It looks like it was seriously injured, but it needs to be treated right now before it gets worse.”

“… It is a lie. They’re trying to trick me with sweet talk again.”

The real Sonia, who clenched her trembling hands, tried to change the subject by saying that my words were lies, but I showed the mana bubbling up all over her hands and presented evidence. Sonia ended up biting her puck-lips and she spat it out quietly.

“Even so, I will never accept help from the likes of you again. It was always like that, you seduce me with your sweet whispers, but in the end, it was you Cassano who made me fall into the abyss.”

I had nothing to object to about that, so I looked at Sonia with a big smile. I had no intention of threatening her with this, and I was thinking of doing her favor with her old love and getting paid for it, so I replied as if I was sorry for Sonia’s refusal.

“I was just trying to do a little good and get a small price.”

Snug—I got closer and stretched out her hand toward her voluptuous breasts, a startled Sonia grasp—and removed my hand. I backed off, saying it was a prank on her tingling wrist, and spoke to Sonia one last time.

“Are you really going to say no?”

“Yes, no one wants help like you. Just in case, just in case, I wanted to meet you to ask for an apology or forgiveness for my mistake, but that’s low! You.”

I smiled at the tone of her words, “You’re the one I’ve been hearing for the first time in a while.” Situated in Hinera Village, I saw one or two women living by my side with no regrets and Sonia overlapping.