Chapter 178 – Chapter 18

“Ha. What a bizarre fate. Of course, you are the ones who helped me.”

Sitting with her back to the tree, Shirin smiled dumbfounded at the strange fate.

“The same is true of me. To meet in this way under this circumstance. It is impossible to express it other than that fate was twisted.”

Akina also smiled at her face, empathizing with how absurd the situation was.

Upon learning what situation she was in, Shirin thanked her for the honorable act of rescuing her enemy.

“But why is the armor intact?”
“Even if it looks like this, the magic on the armor is gone. Did you have a more serious problem?”
“When I came to my senses, my armor was destroyed, so I had a hard time.”
“Hmm… It’s not like I was the only one left alone, it seems that not everyone met the same result.”

While greeting and chatting briefly, Akina opened her mouth with a serious expression.

“Sirin Valantion. Can I call you Sirin Sirin?”
“Does not matter.”
“The undead incident in Harlot Kingdom is really… Big. Is it unrelated to Cameld Kingdom?”
“I’d like to say no… But…”
“I want to?”
“The kingdom’s high-ranking vampires are angry with you. The power of the hardliners to attack humans and rule this world our way continues to grow stronger.”

After hearing Shirin’s explanation, Akina frowned at her.

“Are you angry? At us?”
“Why is that?”

Kaisent, who had been listening quietly, also joined the conversation as if he had doubts.

Then, Shirin shook her head lightly, as if she knew this, with a motion that seemed to be sighing even though she was not breathing.

“As expected. It seems that nothing is known to you.”
“What do you mean?”
“We sent messengers to talk with all the kingdoms of the Western Continent, including the Kingdom of Harlot, from long ago.”
“What? A lion? I’ve never heard of it?”
“Of course. Killing the messenger we sent was considered an undead attack and assassination.”

Shirin also wondered if there was a lot that had accumulated so far. Once she vomited her story, she continued to pour it out.

“I have no intention of making excuses for the affairs of the Kingdom of Luciar Kennel, but it was a mixture of misunderstandings on both sides. From our point of view, we thought that humans had suddenly invaded the capital on a large scale.

Afterward, she explained that their numerous attempts at conversing with humans had not only been ignored, but had also been tarnished.

“If we were the evil undead you say, we would lead the undead army and turn this continent into a land of the dead.”

Having said this, she looked at Akina’s reaction.

It’s the first time I’ve actually seen her on the battlefield, but I know about her who will stand in the vanguard when Harlot Kingdom attacks.

An aristocrat with a dignified character who is strict but develops the territory and does not exploit the people.

How she responds to hearing her own story will have a huge impact on her future relationships.

“…I see. That’s why you haven’t been attacking until now.”

Akina, who had been questioning why the Cameld Kingdom didn’t attack until now, was cleared of her doubts thanks to Shirin’s explanation.

“Do you believe me?”
“It’s foolish to believe the words of the other person for no reason. But I’ve had my doubts since before, having prepared everything to stop you guys. According to your explanation, my doubts will be resolved.”
“Is it.”

It seems that the direction the kingdom has set is wrong.

Rather than sending envoys to the kings, he should have gathered public opinion by visiting the nobles he could speak with one by one.

“But even if the misunderstanding is resolved now, it’s still a problem.”
“…That’s right. There are already more hardliners, but since the war has already been fought, it won’t end well.”

As long as the war has been fought according to Kaicent’s words, everything will not be solved well just because the misunderstanding is resolved.

Especially since both sides think they are victims.

However, Akina, who was quietly thinking about something, opened her mouth as she pondered something.

“Sir Sirin.”
“Hmm?”
“Is it true that the queen you serve is guilty of that day?”
“You’re still depressed about what happened that day. Why do you ask that?”
“Huh!? Perhaps!”

Kai Sent noticed what Akina was saying, and she wondered if she should stop it or not.

“What if there is the last blood relative of the Lucy Arkenel royal family?”
“What!? Oh, no, wait. There’s no meaning to distant collaterals…”
“That’s also a direct descendant who survived the horrors of that day.”
“!!”

She had the same worries as Kaicent, but she thought that this was the only way to stop the war, so she announced Lillian’s existence.

“I will create a public opinion against the war in the kingdom. If the queen and the direct descendant I told you about talk to relieve the atmosphere of war, at least the immediate war will be prevented.”
“Right now. But over time…”
“That’s at that time. I can’t think of such a future in the current situation, but I think the only way to create an atmosphere is to somehow.”

Shirin, who was pondering Akina’s proposal, asked a question based on the information she knew.

“Count Akina, I heard that you have very little relationship with other families in the aristocratic society.”
“That’s right. But, in this war, the king did something he shouldn’t have done.”
“What’s wrong?”
“After using the nobles as bait, he took the black soil by operating a separate unit.”
“Ah. I guess you didn’t know about that.”

Perhaps the king planned to sneak, but Shirin uncovered it.

The nobles must be angry at the king for using them as bait, but they must be grunting because there is no one to take the lead.

There, if Akina puts on her arms, she will be used as a shield, and her other nobles will also vent her complaints.

Since it was known that the Cameld Kingdom used a bizarre technique to block divine power, everyone must have become passive about the fact that ordinary fighting would only increase damage.

Following detailed discussions, the two men were able to reach an agreement to end the war.

“Okay. When we return to our respective kingdoms, prepare to stop the war.”
“Thank you for understanding.”

After the conversation ended, Akina stood up.

“Then let’s make a hut soon.”
“A hut? Why are you making that? You have to go back to the manor as soon as possible?”
“It’s big. My body hasn’t fully recovered yet. It’s to make a place to stay for a few days just in case.”

If you become a high-ranking undead, you will be able to feel the emotions of living beings.

So Shirin has been discussing it seriously, knowing that all of her lines are sincere.

However, now I feel a strong false aura.

‘Why are you lying about this? Is there something I don’t know?’

Once she agreed to keep her abilities hidden from her opponents, she decided to dig into the details.

“If you give me some mana, I’ll help you build a hut.”
“Huh? The cabin? Didn’t you say the Queen’s Knight?”
“Before becoming the master’s knight, I came from a poor family. I had to be self-sufficient for most things, so I can help build a hut.”
“Uh, uh, uh…”

Akina hesitated at Shirin’s proposal and did not immediately respond.

‘I want to collaborate with Seobang-nim alone!’

Since everything she does with Kaisent has a special meaning, Akina is hesitant to think that if Shirin interferes, that happiness will be halved.

“Then I’ll give you some of my power.”
“Sir…Kaisent.”
“Isn’t it important to build a hut quickly and rest comfortably?”

Akina, who wants to be a good relationship for a long time with Shirin, whose conversation works with her, did not want to show that he was committing her affair in front of her.

Kai Sent, who knew her heart, suggested using her Shirin to build her cabin faster.

“That’s… That’s right. Then I’ll get your help, Sir Shirin.”

Shirin, who saw the two people talking with each other’s eyes, felt a huge question.

‘What? Why are you happy What the hell are these two thinking?’

Shirin’s doubts about the feelings of the two people are getting bigger.

She questioned where she felt the atmosphere of these two people, and accepted the Kai Sent’s energy flowing into her own body.

“Laugh!?”
“Huh? Is something wrong?”
“No, I was surprised to feel a stronger vitality than expected. This is the first time I’ve ever experienced such strong and hot energy.”

The extreme energy Kaicent possessed on the body of the undead was burdensome.

‘How can you have such a strong vitality? A boy so small and young?’

The strange thing is that even though it is a startling vitality, the undead himself does not feel the burden of that vitality.

As if understanding and adapting to one’s own body condition, the energy of the extreme yang is changed into a high-purity morale for the undead.

‘How can you be this kind of tolerant magic!’

I couldn’t help but be astonished at how the aura, which had enough vitality to burn a tolerably high-ranking undead inside, was instantly adapted for the body of the undead.

It’s as if the manas have a will and change themselves.

‘It’s much purer than the mana I used to use. If I have this power, my power can increase by 1.5 times.’

But, of course, I couldn’t ask for the secret to creating this power.

‘Let’s focus on making a cabin for now.’

If you build a hut, something will come from Akina.

Shirin, who decided to focus on that for now, received a sword from Akina.

Her original sword disappeared somewhere, so she had to use the sword Pee Jetten used.

He lost a significant part of his strength, but since the three Supermen gathered, as soon as he confirmed how to build the cabin, he started moving at once.

In particular, thanks to Shirin’s experience and skills, which had to be self-sufficient, I was able to make it in earnest than I thought.

“Hey… By the way.”
“Hmm? Do you have any questions, boy?”

Shirin, who cut down a tree and carried it to Kaisent, who was in charge of processing, stopped moving at the boy’s question.

“Why do you keep wearing a helmet, Shirin-sama?
“…”

Following his words, she for some reason did not take off her own helmet.

After thinking about something for a moment, she shook her head and replied in a soft voice.

“It’s because it’s not a face that others can see.”
“Yes…”

After that, Kai Sent had to keep her mouth shut when she bluntly expressed that she did not want to talk about the topic related to her face.

But something unexpected happened.

‘Wow!?’

She replied coldly, deliberately trying to draw attention to her own face, feeling something in the boy’s figure, sullen by her own overreaction.

‘Guilty? Why?’

It is true that he responded bluntly to a child who honestly did not know anything, so it is clear that he had a sorry heart.

However, that sorry turned into guilt and made me feel that I had to take off my helmet right away.

‘Emotions are out of my control! What the hell is this… !’

“Kaisent. When you’re done, send it this way~”
“Yeah~”

At that time, Akina called Kaicent.

He shaved off her bark and dried the inside of the tree using magic, and sent several logs to Akina using magic.

Originally, it would take a considerable amount of time, but with the combined efforts of the masters who could use mana, it was completed with incredible speed.

It is even more perfect by improving the dissatisfaction or inconvenience in the old cabin where I lived after repairing it.

Just as the cabin was almost finished, Akina opened her mouth to Shirin.

“Sir Sirin.”
“Hmm? The cabin is almost finished, so what…”
“No, that’s not it. As I said before, we plan to rest for a few days until we fully recover. Isn’t that a waste of time?”

I feel the aura of lies and truth together.
The lie is a break, the truth is a waste of time.

‘He’s trying to let me go somehow.’

Why do you want to send yourself away?
I don’t have any bad intentions since I helped myself, but it’s just too annoying.

‘And that child, for some reason, has stood out like crazy from a while ago.’

Once, unknowingly and unconsciously, in the middle of moving a tree.
Once while arranging the trees.
One more time when I went inside to cut down the tree for the last time.

Kaicent keeps stepping on his eyes on an unconscious level.

“I’ll have to recover my mana too. The uncivilized realm of this world is dangerous.”
“Uh, uh, but Sir Shirin has the aura of death, so it’s hard to rest with us…”
“You don’t have to worry about that. I’ll make a place for myself to rest far away.”
“Uh… Uhm. In that case.”
“Then excuse me.”

Having said that, Shirin headed for a place far away, out of sight.

‘I hate to doubt the person who saved me, but I want to know for what purpose he lied.’

Her beginnings were to let her opponent’s guard down, but once she got to making her own abode, she found it subtly amusing.

‘Ever since I was little, I wished I had my own secret base. Shall I do it right?’

Shirin, her motivation burning in strange places, went to work to create her own secret base, something she had thought of since she was a child.