Chapter 191 – Chapter 20

“””Ah.”””

While avoiding people and fighting various monsters blocking the road, the three people recklessly headed eastward, looking up at the sky and uttering different voices.

“I didn’t want to see it because it was dark in the past.”

Seeing the dark clouds that covered the entire kingdom of Lucy Arkenel, which was like pitch-black, impervious to sunlight, Akina murmured in a voice mixed with regret at the thought of not being able to live as Kaicent’s wife, as well as the joy of returning to her territory.

The presence of dark clouds in the Cameld Kingdom means that they have come in the right direction.

“I will part here, Master.”

Originally, the person who should have been most happy was Shirin, but she also said goodbye with a voice full of regret, just like Akina.

It was because it was hard for her to imagine living without Kaicent’s cock from now on, having known her happiness as her lady rather than her knight.

“Sirin. Take off your helmet.”
“Yes.”

Without questioning his master’s order, she took off her helmet and the boy pulled her back and kissed her.

“Ah♥”
“If things go well and the war doesn’t break out, you’ll have a lot of free time. I’ll make sure you don’t stand up properly at that time, so you can look forward to it.”
“Thank you, Master♥ Let’s meet again♥”

After that, Kai Sent put her hand through her Shirin’s hair and gently stroked her, and the thread snakes that expressed her feelings began to tangle in her warm hands as if they didn’t want to leave.

Shirin, who herself held Kai Sent’s hand with both hands and felt the warmth of her living body, immediately corrected her expression and her thread snakes returned to their original positions.

“Please be well in the meantime.”

If she stayed with Kai Sent, she wouldn’t be able to leave, so after saying goodbye to her, Shirin put on her helmet and left without looking back.

“Then let’s go too.”
“Yes, Mr. West.”

Since it was not okay to show the three of them together yet, she decided to take a route away from Shirin.

“Haa. There must be a mountain of things to do when we go back. Post-war handling, territory issues, even the royal family’s responsibility for this defeat.”
“Does Akina have to do all of that by herself?”
“My ex-husband is good at work but has a weak pulpit, the eldest daughter who should be the heir is timid, and the second daughter is only interested in magic. There are many people who can help with work, but I had to make important decisions.”

Akina, who had enjoyed the uncomplicated life of a castaway with Kai Sent, was overcome by her desire to return to the nest where they stayed even now.

“Then can I help you?”
“Yes?”
“Exactly this way.”
– Diversity of information is necessary to make an accurate decision. As of now, I can only judge based on the assumption that the contents of the given document are true.-

Noticing that Kaicent was pointing at her, Artemis explained the possible limits to her current self.

“Can Artemis do that?”
“Foot! Ahahahaha~”
– Hmm. This is the first time in my life that my abilities are doubted. This is also a strange feeling.-

In a way, Akina’s misunderstanding of Artemis as an artificial intelligence that makes her excellent things is also natural.

Because she has never shown anything other than her ability to make her own things.

“Using only 5% of Artemis’ processing power, I can handle all the administration, production, and management of this planet. Humans can enjoy a rich life without lifting a finger.”
– Of course, there is a condition that I have to manage all of them. 5% will increase to 6,7% if humans get in the way.
“…”

Akina put on a blank expression, as if the two people’s explanations were beyond the scope of understanding.

-If you give me some of the resources in Akina’s territory, I will use it to make nano machines that can check the entire territory. If Akina-sama wants, you can leave all the headache-inducing administration to me and just check the finishing touches. You can spend the rest of the time with your master.
“!!”

I didn’t understand anything else, but Akina, who correctly understood the part called Seobang-nim and sweetheart, fell into a strong temptation.

To be honest, since she is a lord and she has no one to deal with, she has to handle the important part alone, but with Artemis’ help, she has a lot of free time.

– A lot of time to think. Think carefully and decide…-
“The West said it, and there is no doubt about it. How much resources can I give you, Artemis?”
-You don’t have to say respectful things to me, Mistress.-
“Lord, mother-in-law~♡”

When she hears that she is a housekeeper from the person (AI) who attends Kaicent, a prickly, pleasant sensation travels down her spine and spreads throughout her body.

“Keu, keuheum! Keuheum! Then, I’ll leave the resources to you, so you can use them yourself.”
-Yes. I will. I also want to analyze a metal called tertium. We want to analyze the structure to find out how to use it efficiently.-
“Do whatever you want. Everything in my land belongs to the West anyway.”

No kidding, if it hadn’t been for Caitlin’s interjection, she would have kicked out and divorced her ex-husband.

That will get her into a lot of gossip, but what matters to her is her husband and her own happiness, not her public eye.

If that was disturbed, she was prepared to throw away even the knights who were loyal to her.

When Akina decided to leave her territory to Artemis and only make her final confirmation, and she continued to move,

-Master. The communication frequency is captured. Artinim is within a 50km radius.-
“Artiga!? Quickly connect me!”
-Yes.-

After confirming that Arty’s communication frequency was set, Artemis connected the communication.

=Master!?=
“Artie!”
= Ah! Ahhh! Master! Master! Master! Master!=

Artie, who was able to see Kai Sent’s face and voice again, let out a scream or exclamation, and released emotions that would destroy her circuits if she didn’t vomit them out.

= Thank you! Thank you very much! Thank you for being alive!=

Artie, who had lost all her will and was in despair due to the shock of Kai Sent’s disappearance, was delighted that her master had returned.

= This is the master! The master is coming!=
“Artie, is anyone around?”
=Yes! I was scouting the area with Lilith!=

Lilith was with Artie, but unfortunately, her communication function was installed in Artie, so she had to relay Lilith’s words instead.

“I’m going back with Akina… Now. I can vaguely see the edge of the castle wall.”

Kai Sent thought that if she explained her relationship with Akina, she would be several times more confused than now, so she decided to explain later.

=Frequency location confirmed! I’m going there right now!=
“Don’t move too radically. Even if you don’t know how to deal with the aftermath of the war, the enemy can react sensitively if you move radically.”

Since they did not know what happened to the war situation after they disappeared, there was no need to provoke the opponent in the current situation where they wanted peace with the Cameld Kingdom.

= It’s okay! After all, there are no undead around here!=
“There are no undead?”
“?”

In the war they disappeared, regardless of victory or defeat, it was normal for the Cameld Kingdom to follow up.

But let alone follow-up measures, there is no undead itself?

In addition, in the political situation of the Kingdom of Kameld, where hardliners have gained power?

Kaicent and Akina instinctively sensed that there was a problem inside the Cameld Kingdom that they did not know about.
A problem that can’t be turned away from the outside.

Quagga gag gag gag—-

After a while, I was able to see a humanoid form in the distance, creating long dirt dust by digging up the hard ground despite the fact that it was winter.

“Master!”
“Kaisent!”

Artie ran through the ground, and Lilith, who fluttered swiftly beside him, came running with a tremendous face.

Wow!

As if they would never lose Kaicent again, the two women hugged each other tightly and smiled with a mixture of sadness and happiness.

“Wow, wait, everyone, billion, excitement, a little, ugh, slowly.”

Caught in their arms, Kaicent showed no sign of displeasure even though he was unable to move.

It means that they were worried.

‘Ah.’

However, Akina, who was watching them, realized something about her.

‘It wasn’t just me.’

The faces of Arty and Lilith hugging Kaicent went beyond worrying about their precious comrades.

If I hadn’t served Kai Sent as her husband, I would have just gone over her expression of affection, but now I was able to notice how they felt.

‘… Let’s not be greedy. To be honest, I’m a little disappointed… You should be grateful for accepting a large woman to an aunt with two daughters who attended her coming-of-age ceremony.’

In the first place, there is no reason for a male who is as talented, strong, and even attractive as Kaicent to cling to someone like himself.

On top of that, he has a huge libido, so it’s clear that he will get more women in the future.

‘It’s okay though. If you don’t forget her old lady like me who even has a daughter… I can be satisfied with that alone.’

Akina looked at Artie and Lilith, thinking that she would be fine as long as Kai Sent didn’t forget her.

“Release.”
“Ah, hmmm.”

Arty, who felt her gaze, was the first to come to her senses and imprinted Akina’s existence on Lilith.

The girls, who did not yet know the relationship between the two, came to their senses and settled the atmosphere.

‘Even if it’s more flexible than it looks, if I had sex with a young boy like my master, there might be a problem.’
‘There’s nothing good about my relationship with Kaicent.’

The atmosphere that was almost overheated by Akina’s presence quickly cooled down, and the two regained their composure and demanded an explanation of what had happened.

Kai Sent thought of introducing the relationship between Shirin and Akina later when everyone was together, and she explained the rest except for that part.

“I’m glad you didn’t die.”
“Yeah. I can’t even use mana, so I had to overcome this cold, so I must have suffered, but I’m glad I’m still alive.”

And the baton of questions passed to Akina.

“There are so many questions I want to ask, but let’s ask them in order here. How has the war situation since we disappeared?”
“With the top commanders on both sides gone, of course everyone was in chaos. Fortunately, your knights didn’t fight randomly in the confusion as they retreated without being forced.”

Lilith, with her strong self-esteem, did not consider Akina to be her superior, so she answered in short words.

As for Akina, she had no intention of asking a different kind of dark elf to be polite, so she was busy nodding her head as she listened to the details of what happened on the battlefield.

When the magic circle blocking the divine power was destroyed, the Cameld Kingdom also quickly escaped without forcibly pursuing it.

There was an incident where the paladins who had regained their holy power demanded a chase to make up for their ignorance, but the prevailing opinion was that there was a possibility that the enemies would leave the same magic circle and wait.

Satisfied that the knights she had trained made the right choice, Akina soon had other questions.

“But why are you guys out here? ㅅ… According to Kaisent, there is a machine called Ati running around outside.”

As per her question, there is no reason for Arty and Lilith to scout outside the city walls.

At the question, Artie and Lilith’s faces contorted with anger.

“It’s because of the damn prince of your kingdom.”
“…I want to hear more about that.”

Akina’s atmosphere became colder than the winter wind in an instant when her information about Prince Geride came out.

“Release. That’s…”
“If I don’t tell you this, I can’t explain why we’re going through all this trouble.”

Artie glanced at Kai Sent, but she couldn’t argue with Lilith’s words, so she just hoped that her master wouldn’t be too angry.

“I’ll explain from the beginning.”

Lilith explained what happened after Akina disappeared.

Prince Geride, who did not want to be a knight from the beginning, was delighted with the news that Akina was missing and began to rampage to his heart’s content.

First of all, it was basic to go around the town outside the castle and cause trouble by causing all sorts of riots, and it became common to enjoy entertainment in other cities with teleport facilities and return.

But things took a twist when he happened to see Lillian.

Originally, she was interested in Lillian and Priscilla, but she lost interest when she learned that Priscilla was originally a man and then she became a woman by a curse.

Anyway, when Jeride saw her bare face, Lillian, she asked her to be her own concubine.

Naturally she considered herself Kaicent’s woman, but she refused at once.

When he dared to reject his offer, an enraged Jared came up with a bad idea.
That is, the Wolf mercenaries were stationed outside the walls.

Of course, he had no right to transfer her troops, but her husband, who took over as Akina’s disappearance, accepted the prince’s offer.

Because of this, the Wolf Mercenary Corps, which was stationed in a position where it had no choice but to become a meat shield before the castle walls when attacked by the undead of the Cameld Kingdom, could not even complain.

“What? My husband? Merencia? That she didn’t respond to such an unreasonable order?”
“Your husband, let alone hold the reins of the prince, is afraid that he will even step on his shadow. Even the eldest daughter, the heir, cannot pray in front of the prince.”
“Big…!”

He knew that her husband was a strong safety-minded person and that her eldest daughter was timid, but he never imagined that he would just accept such an unreasonable order.

“Those idiots! That prince doesn’t hold the reins once…!”

Cood deed deed—-

“!?”
“Town!”

At that time, Kaicent, who had been listening quietly, started spraying the surroundings, categorizing a strong life that was about to explode at any moment.

‘Are you aiming for Lillian, my woman? For refusing to do so, will you drive the Wolf mercenaries and my comrades to death?’

When Geride had ill will towards him, he was scared and ran away, but if his woman was harmed, the story is different.

‘Jeride. Geride. Jeride… !’

After Kang Myeong-cheol, Kaicent, who had a strong malice to destroy others, spread his murderous intent toward Geride.

“Kuh…!”
“Oh… To live…!”

Lilith and Akina, who showed restrained intent to kill even the enemy who was trying to kill them, felt embarrassed when he gave off a life that made it difficult to breathe.

“Master!”
“!!”

However, Artie, who is not affected by murderous things, shouted strongly while holding Kaicent by the shoulder.

“Unreasonable orders, but no one has ever died because of them. Calm down.”
“…Nobody died?”
“Yes. For some reason, the follow-up attack from the kingdom of the dead did not come.”
“…I did. I said so.”

He was calmed down by the fact that no one had died, but his breathing became rough as if his anger still lingered.

“Don’t worry, this will never go well.”

Akina moved her steps toward her estate, vowing to punish the prince who dared to anger the West.

‘Huh?’
‘Something feels strange?’

However, Arty and Lilith, feeling that Akina’s anger had gone beyond the level of ‘daring to give an unreasonable order without her own command’, sensed something strange, but imagined that ‘that’ Akina had an affair with Kaicent. Those who couldn’t do it thought that he personally hated the prince very much.

Thus, the storm that overturned everything in the territory began to move.