Chapter 357 – The Reason I’m Going

Chapter 357: The reason why I step forward

Duke Dupre opened his mouth for a moment at my unexpected answer.
Stupid look.
Then his eyes come back and he smiles.

“Are you saying you don’t like me too?
Or are you saying you don’t like me either?”

“The latter.”

“Why?”

“If you tell me why you don’t like me, I will tell you.”

“That’s why you guess.”

I thought I was going to live under a woman’s ass, but thanks to being so handsome and charming, the queen said helllele?
Because Princess Anne likes me for similar reasons?
Are your grandchildren out of control under its influence?

Um, since your affinity won’t drop below 50%, why don’t you give it a try?
Aye, I have specially purified it.

“Is it my fault that Queen Stella became enterprising?”

“Similar.
Same goes for Anne.
I didn’t expect that in front of Prince Fernando.
I thought I’d learned enough lessons from my idiot daughter-in-law that child farming didn’t go my way.
This time, my daughter-in-law’s daughters are rotting inside.”

Princess Grace.
A woman who had affairs with Alberic and abetted and concealed the assassination of the former king.

“To be honest, I’m disappointed in you in many ways these days.
As for Prince Fernando, you’re offended, but I have no intention of apologizing.
I never promised to give you even Anne.”

“You’re right.
She just said she could consider it based on the situation.
You don’t have to apologize.
It’s just that she was uncomfortable with allying with the prince of Ariandel, the enemy’s swarm.”

“It is a diplomatic matter on our side.
Don’t be too sad
Originally, isn’t an alliance a way to make an alliance with someone you want to cling to rather than with someone you want to be with?”

“You are right.
It’s the pinnacle of diplomacy.
However, if you are confident that you won’t be eaten while hanging on to it.
Is there anything else you don’t like about me?”

“It’s rash to decide to follow Stella just because she’s going.”

Stop.

When I stopped first, Duke Dupre followed suit.
Eye contact.
DuPré said, stroking his handsome mustache.

“Thanks to you, I sent back Prince Fernando too.
You are the only mediator between the Demon King’s army and Amitie.
If anything goes wrong with Stella, she’s all I have left is Anne.
If Stella is lost and you are not there, don’t you know how the Demon King’s army will treat us?”

“I am surprised.
I thought you would thank me.”

Duke Dupre laughed bitterly.

“Personally, yes.
Her youngest grandson, who was only younger than her unpretentious daughter-in-law, is now more reassured.
Even if not as much as her daughter, her grandchildren are a precious family.
But the most important thing is the family name.
Our Rainstar family is traditionally a descendant of the royal family, producing consorts or prime ministers for heads of state.
As a result, the current family was able to take root and maintain it.
Even if an individual dies, the family must remain.
To me, the fact that Stella gives birth to a half-blood child with her demon tribe is a gamble in itself.
But if even Anne is like that, and if the nobles and people of Amitie can’t accept that fact at all…
The Rain Star family might also slowly disappear into the backwaters of history.”

I don’t know.
Since I was young, there were only four members in my family.
I heard the concept of family from Van Dark and other motives, but it didn’t touch me.
It is a group that is more valuable than individual members…
Well, I’m not sure.

“Whether you are harmed or Stella is harmed, either way is bad for me.
So I don’t like you.
You are so romantic.
Not ideal
I heard that the aristocratic corps commander named Vandak is like a brother to you.
Didn’t she think you were going, even though in fact she didn’t say Stella was going?”

He shakes his head heavily.

“It is not.
I believe in and trust Van Dark.
However, from the moment the proposal for the operation came out, Stella’s input was expected to be inevitable.
Success or failure, advance and retreat of the penetration team.
Everyone has to rely entirely on Stella.
Just as the enemy relies on Rousseau’s Mass Teleport.
Or as it was at the time of the previous Demon King’s assassination.
So I go too.
What husband in the world would send his wife to the enemy camp and be at ease?”

“What a frivolous thought.
A commander must be cool.
It’s like putting your life on the line.”

“I know.
The reason I go is to increase the success rate and survival rate.
The reason is that I told you earlier.
And Stella is a special woman to me.
Just like I do with her.
Me too.
And I will make the subordinates I send come back alive, regardless of the success or failure of the previous one.”

“I don’t think you know much, but her men are like sheep.
We think the sheep on the ranch are cute and useful, but we don’t name or remember each one.
We see sheep as colonies.
That way you can make the most efficient choice.
Just like when a wolf appears, you choose to abandon the sheep, save it, or run away.”

I’ll have to get over this

“Great-grandfather, from now on I will speak to you in plain language.”

“What?”

“Hey, Dupre.”

“!”

Duke Dupre’s expression hardened slightly.
Well, you don’t have to.
Didn’t you say you could talk casually with your mouth?
Did I have a hard time with my girlfriend’s dad before?
So this time I just wanted to be well.
But I have to get over this.
I don’t tolerate being seen as a dick.

I looked him straight in the eyes and took a step forward.

“When your great-great-grandfather was in sperm, I made laws in Parliament as a tribune and danced swords as a centurion in the army.
What? ‘I don’t think you know much’?
Speaking of sheep, have you ever herded a sheep?
I raised military dogs in the army, and the battalion commander told me to take care of sheep.”

Ha, fuck
Every time I think about it, my blood pressure rises.
There were so many shitty things.

“If you view the sheep on the ranch as a colony, it is because you are a tourist.
It doesn’t matter if the third person cannot distinguish the object of the target.
Since you are a noble, you must have participated in the war mainly as a cavalry soldier.
Since you’re a noble person, the start is probably light cavalry?
Yes?
They were in charge of the chase, were free to advance and retreat, and were safe.
I don’t know all about your life, but I’ve seen plenty of officers like that.
They’re fucking tourists.”

Fuck yeah
I’ve seen a lot of scumbags of executives beating up enlisted soldiers as if they were on tour after coming from the military.

“But you know what?
The shepherd knows all the sheep.
A guy with a name or not, a guy with a temper, a guy with lame legs, a guy with a short head, a guy who always falls into the side road.
I know roughly everything.
So the sheep know.
Does the shepherd care about the sheep or care about them?
If you treat the guys below you as chess pieces as an efficient choice, you know they are chess pieces too.
But reality is not a game like chess.
It’s not a safe playground with rules and balance, where lives are not at stake.
Long time?
Fuck you, be safe.
Losing won’t cut your throat.
The guys who fight like playing chess think that the guys below left their brains at home and give orders.
Does that make the kids move?
If you have more to gain than to lose, then yes.
But if you don’t want to, all the guys who are considered to be chess pieces run away.
Or hit the chess player’s neck.”

About 10% of the officers in the Demon King’s Army were killed by friendly soldiers.
And about 25% of them die from friendly fire.
I’ve also had a ‘misfire’.
In a melee situation, you hit that bastard’s ‘back’ ‘if you have to’, what is it?

“Twenty-year-old fresh-looking kids, the subject of dragging the army so that they can’t even eat rice cakes.
When old people cling to young girls and give orders from behind, they don’t want to do what they can.
Young kids are busy looking for work and having sex while playing.
Being forced into the army in the golden age of your life and being forced to fuck is like shit, but it’s even more fucked up if the tops are holding their hands behind their backs.
Command doesn’t need tourists.
Need a shepherd
I’m the deputy commander, and I’m a top soldier.
Take responsibility
Position, position, everything is said to be so.
I know you’re worried about me, but don’t try to teach me, saying, “I don’t know.”
If you’re going to talk, share your opinions equally.
Do you understand, you young chick?”

“…”

I smiled and gently held out my hand.

“… If I say that, my great-grandfather will be very surprised, right?”

Haha, I was stupid.”

“You’re welcome.
I know it’s because you’re all worried about me.
Even if I look like this, I always want to get along well with my in-laws.”

Duke Dupre shakes hands with a big smile.
I smile brightly.
This time, both of them laughed without lies.

“Yes.
Guk-seo has such a young face and lives so young, I sometimes forget her age.
I can’t help but envy the demon’s long youth, haha!
You are a great person.
If I cared about each and every one of my subordinates like that, I don’t think I would have been able to hold on anymore.”

A long lifespan, a long military life, and an unforgiving nature.
Yeah, it was hard
Because every day is someone’s anniversary.

“Yeah, I couldn’t stand it.
But what would you do?
That’s what your natural temperament is like.”

“Then how did you overcome it?
You even served as a corps commander.”

“I hypnotize myself.
That everything is fine
Be strong.”

Self-hypnosis, how useful it is.
If it wasn’t for that, I might not have been able to endure this.
Even if Nene and Rumika were there.

Duke Dupre, staring blankly at me.

“This is true.
I can understand why the grandchildren are worried every time they talk about Guk-seo.”

“What did you say?”

Haha, it’s a secret.”

***

“It’s like being stubborn…”

Rumika squeezed her temples with her hands, but she finally allowed me to enter.
In detail, after gathering information for several days and carrying out a diversionary operation on the front line to confirm the location of Alberic and Marquis John, they decided to move.

Way back.
The time when the dawn twilight approaches.
I see rain clouds approaching from afar.
It’s summer, so the sun is getting longer and you can see the brightness from afar, but it’s still early.
I don’t know if Marie woke up.

Smart.

“I’ll go in.”

Kiki-.

“Hmm… Haaa…”

“…”

No knocking, no talking, maybe it was because I kept it quiet because I was worried that Marie might be sleeping.
So maybe you didn’t hear what I just said.
So, it’s not my fault to see Marie tugging at my shirt right now, eyes closed and piercing her nose.

“Huh- ha ha…”

“…”

How did Nene feel when she saw her babe smelling her panties right in her face?
It’s my first time, so it’s a bit embarrassing, but I’m very happy.
Rumika and the other girls are almost half-killed out of shame, but Nene seems to do it for some reason.
No, wouldn’t it rather say, ‘Come here and take on the real thing’?

Anyway.
The smell from the shirt is usually just a man’s sweat or body odor.
Trying to endure the absence of the man you love is something more special, isn’t it?

“Hmm…”

My white shirt hanging on a hanger on the wall.
Marie holds it dearly, burying her nose and savoring its scent.
It looks quite pious.

“…”

I don’t say anything, I don’t breathe, I watch.
Quietly, without breathing, I moved in my blind spot with my back to the wall.
This is a covert maneuver!
In a dark room where the sun hadn’t risen yet, the moment only twilight shone, I hid in the shadow of a corner of the room where the sun hadn’t risen.

After a while.

Click.

After hanging up her shirt, Marie goes through the laundry basket this time.
Wait for a sec.
You’re not looking for my panties?!

Rustle.

OMG?!
I think I’m a little conflicted with my panties and towel right now?

“…”

Phew.
Thank god.
What I chose was a towel.
Wait, are you happy?

Rustle.

Huh?
That’s not mine, it’s a Jacques towel?
Because it’s blue, I think I threw it in my laundry basket because I left it after a run in the morning.

Sniff sniff.

“Oooh!!”

The saint who took a towel for a while and threw it right away.
Even the tears are welling up, and I’m coughing.

“Collock, mouth-watering, mouth-watering! Coke…”

Marie burying her nose in my shirt again.

“Sue… Haaa…
Haha…”

Looks a bit calmer now.
That one-piece dress I’ve been wearing since yesterday, the hip line subtly sticks out and it’s very hot.
Sneakily approaching from behind
Huhuhu, quiet walking at night, standing type!

Sneakily… Bang!

Surprise back hug.

“Kyaaaaah?!?!?
Who, who… !!
Kamyu-sama?!?!”

“Ouch~
It’s so cute
Oh, by the way, that towel was from Zach.
He left it.”

“Somehow, it didn’t smell like Mr. West… Not go!!
When, when did you come?!
Saw?!
Eh, since when did I see you?!”

Marie freaked out while holding my shirt.

“I saw you holding your shirt and sniffing~
It’s cute~
Side. Jjook~”

“Uh, uh… !
How how… !”

She buried her face in her shirt and stamped her feet.
I press my body close to her soft and fluffy body and whisper in her ear.

“Since yesterday, you have been an erotic and cute saintess.
You are very good at dancing~”

“Yu, it’s a dance?!
Haha… I’ve never done anything like that…”

The eyes poked out over the shirt avoid my eyes.
An honest saint who can’t lie.

“Why?
Did you do very well?
It’s sprouting~ It’s sprouting~ Love in my heart~ Wormwood! Wormwood!”

“Aaaaa~~!!!!
I didn’t!
I didn’t… !!”

Now my eyes are spinning round and round

“No, it was really cute.
I can’t do it like a newborn giraffe, but I was so excited to dance~
Where did you learn that?
Did you learn anything from volunteering as a child care worker?”

“Ahh… !
That, that’s not me!
Something is wrong!”

“Oh, don’t keep averting your eyes!
Come on, kiss your eyes with Seobangnim~
Do you have a lover who doesn’t look at Seo-Bang-nim right now?”

“Stop teasing me!”

“I fall in love with being eaten as if I was being eaten by the West♡”

“Aaaaa!!!!
I want to go!
I want to go!!!”

Marie struggles in fright at my deadly vocal imitation.
She lightly picks her up with her back hug and throws her on her bed.

“Come on, go go go go go go☆”

Thump!

“Wow!”

Then, they perform while imitating the rhythm that Marie danced.
Jeolchanli performance is imminent!
A mimicry performance for only one person (to fool)!

Jump, jump!

“Oh hot, oh hot! Love of the sun god!
Puhahahahaha!!!!”

“Ah really ah!!!
Stop it, squooooom!!!”

Unknowingly, I imitate Mari’s dance, but I keep bursting into laughter.
Marie is so happy.
For her sake, she awkwardly wiggled her limbs and showed her cute babies.
I am cute too
Marie is fine too, right?

“Follower! Fool! Mongchong! Bastard Mew!!”

“Uh ~~?
Follower~~?
Do you remember what happened yesterday?”

“Ah… Didn’t you?
Anyway, I’ve never been like that!!”

“Anna?
Then, from today, I will call you ‘Volcano’ Marianne.
The appearance of vomiting while lying down is like a volcanic eruption, hence the nickname.”

“Lies, lies!!!”

Huhu, I’m not even sure.

“Really~
Ask the nun classmates who were with you yesterday~
I can’t help but feel how much I’ve drank. I’m really~”

“Lies maaaaah!!”
West, you idiot!”

Her messy hair, her face flushed red.
Marianne, who laughs and gets angry because she is dumbfounded.
She is a woman I really really love.

Between the demon general and the human saint.
Still… Maybe it’s our natural match.