Chapter 296 – The Levantine Empire (5)

Sometimes silence conveys more meaning.

Because a person’s thoughts are not one coherent thing.

There are many cases where thoughts that are just swirling around in your head don’t match, and there are times when it’s hard to say what it is.

However, the moment you refine it into language, the story changes.

Everything except the contents of the mouth is forcibly cut out, and it converges into a single point that is spoken out.

That is why language is sharp, and with its sharpness, it is like a sword that cuts through thoughts other than oneself.

On the other hand, what about silence? Non-verbal expression… Therefore, the mass of unrefined thoughts is extremely blunt.

Instead of stiff

If you don’t care at all, it doesn’t have any meaning, but the moment you pay attention to it, the numerous meanings contained in it weigh heavily on your surroundings.

Okay. Just like Havel right now.

Carla’s belief that she is the happiest next to me because she can’t live without me anymore.

Indeed, Havel looked this way with a creaking movement at the blunt declaration like a normal woman.

He didn’t say anything and just looked at him, but the emotions inside him were conveyed intact.

Surprise, bewilderment, anger, lamentation, gratitude, and, finally, self-loathing.

Since he is a superman with a clear presence, I also felt the emotions running around like on a roller coaster.

Maybe that’s why people don’t regard silence as just serenity. Just because you can’t hear anything doesn’t mean you can’t feel anything.

Havel talked a lot just by looking at me, but… He is a sword master

I don’t know anything else, but like a person who is incredibly good at cutting a knife, he soon cut out the swirling thoughts and molded them into a single language.

“… Is it.”

Agree.

That was the conclusion that Havel reached out of countless options.

“In the end, I couldn’t do anything, so it would be foolish for me to say something now.”

A voice filled with deep remorse. Honestly, I feel sad for what I did well. .

In this case, rather than having Havel as the problem, we should be wary of Fiona’s ability to secretly control even the sword master.

He was the one who had no authority except for the protection related to camouflage, and had penetrated into the heart of the empire with only his own resourcefulness and speech, and manipulated many things from behind.

The archmage destroyed the family with both eyes open, but it wouldn’t have been that difficult to put the Sword Master’s feet on hold for a while.

Havel is strong, but he is also a person bound by the Empire more than that.

In many ways, it was a monga monga situation, but Kara kept her smile on her face as if it didn’t matter anyway and opened her mouth.

“Therefore… Havel-nim is thinking of helping us?”

“Do you want anything from me?”

“Yes! Soon, our master will have an audience with His Majesty the Emperor, right?”

“I guess so. In the first place, the order I received was to guide the saintess and the others to Your Majesty.”

Havel’s eyebrows wriggled at the word master, but nodded silently.

Carla asked Havel in a serious voice.

“Only once.”

“Hmm?”

“Just once is fine, so please take my master’s side in front of His Majesty. That’s enough.”

“…”

Carla, who stared straight at Havel, who couldn’t easily nod her head, continued her words.

“Please.”

“I get it.”

As soon as the word “Please” Comes out, Havel readily accepts it.

It wasn’t hard to guess what he was thinking of from Carla’s words. Maybe this time… I must have thought the same thing.

Only after she answered promptly, Havel looked at Helena with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“I’m sorry. I have offended the saintess because of my personal circumstances.”

“It’s okay. No matter what Ms. Carla’s status is, she will one day become a family centered on Brother Yandel. Her sister’s work is also mine.”

“They said they were a family… ?”

She was Havel, who was looking at me, Karla, and Helena alternately with a puzzled expression, but she soon realized something and opened her mouth blankly.

And Karla rubbed her forehead against my shoulder, as if there were more important things to do whether or not Havel was shocked.

“Master! Did I do well? You did a good job right? Give me a prize! Award!”

“Uh, yes…”

I gently brushed the platinum-colored crown of her head in order to lightly drop Karla who kept rubbing it.

“Ehehe.”

Carla enjoying my touch with a worldly happy expression.

Havel’s expression became even more complicated at this, but… It seemed like I was the only one who cared about that.

***

There were a lot of things that happened on the way, but the imperial palace arrived safely anyway.

Its appearance was too hideous to be the residence of the emperor who occupied half of the continent of Eurelia.

High-rise walls. A magic cannon sprang through the cracks. Although inactive, there are golems as large as 30M, placed at regular intervals, all protected by dozens of layers of magic.

It’s a fortress if you put it well, and if you put it badly, it’s no different from the Devil’s Castle.

That was the imperial palace in front of her.

I heard that it was actually treated as a main base during the War of the Gods and was renovated over and over again as a battle fortress.

The outer wall we passed through was a wall newly built after the war was over, receiving people and growing in size.

Seeing this, it’s definitely creepy. The performance will be as great as the bloody appearance.

If you make a mistake, transcendentalists such as sword masters, archmages, and apostles will die one after another.

The dragon, a fraudulent race that claims to transcend by simply breathing, has become extinct.

It is said that they have never been captured in a ridiculous war in which the gods who descended as their bodies split mountains and pumped up the sea from the bottom.

… Well, if left alone, within a few years, Fiona, who has awakened as an apostle, will destroy everything from the inside out.

While shrugging. After confirming Havel’s face, he began to open the tightly closed door in the imperial palace.

Ki-Ik-

Usually, a few people do not open and close this huge door. It comes and goes through a small door drilled nearby.

But aren’t we not ordinary people, but the saintess and her companions? I’ve already attached a sword master as a guide, but it’s about the castle gate.

… Although I knew it in my head, when I actually saw that huge castle gate open, admiration flowed without my knowledge.

“And…”

“This… It is spectacular.”

Me and Elisha couldn’t take their eyes off the door opening. But why is the reaction around me flat?

I’m sure you’ve seen Havel often, but even so, why do other people… ?

Recognizing my doubts, Iona came over and whispered.

“Everyone, everyone. It’s not the first time I’ve seen it today. Iris and I have seen her before, and Karla must have entered the palace a few times when she was young.”

“Ah.”

That’s right. Elisha, who grew up among elves and just came out at the age of 20, and I don’t know much about outside the academy, so this is the first sight I’ve seen.

It was new, but everyone passed through the open gate with a smile at the thought that they were not normal people.

It was so tall that it made me feel like I was a dwarf.

How the hell does this door open? It looks like it’s made of solid metal. The thickness is also substantial.

The doubt was soon resolved.

It was because there were two golems standing on either side of them that looked the same as the ones deployed outside, but held on to thick chains instead of weapons.

Therefore… It’s just terrifyingly huge, is it the same structure as the other castle gates? Human power is not enough, so open and close with a golem?

“Isn’t this where magic is needed?”

The self-talk that came out without me knowing. Iris, who was slightly behind her due to her short legs, ran to her door and said.

“They made it hard to open on purpose.”

“Huh?”

“Even if there is friction reduction or weight reduction magic, it will be much easier to open and close the door. There must be a way to enchant the entire door so that the door moves by itself. But what is the purpose of the gate? Isn’t it for defense, not convenience?”

“… Are you saying that the reason I can open and close easily is that the other person does too?”

“That’s it. Inside, there is at least a chain to pull on, but there is nothing outside.”

Should I open that gate with pure force without any device?

I’m sure it would be impossible no matter how clinging Ow or Cyclops, who are called living siege weapons, would be.

Even if they pushed each other’s backs from behind, it was certain that the guy in the lead would be crushed to death before the door even opened.

And usually the gates are weaker than the walls.

In other words, you must be at least an apostle level to attempt to break into the imperial palace.

But in the meantime, will this side be playing? The innumerable magic cannons attached to the castle walls were not even decorations.

More than anything, there is a sword master, Havel, in the imperial palace.

It would be reasonable to say that it is impossible to do anything unless the evil spirit comes directly.

… I can see why Fiona went into hiding.

If it was a fortress that could never be broken from the outside, it must have been thought that it could be destroyed from the inside. Surprisingly, it’s on the brink of success.

Of course, I have no intention of leaving it like that.

He lightly clenched his fists and made up his mind.

“Oh, that hurts!”

Iris, who was secretly holding my hand, was in pain, so I immediately relaxed.