Chapter 534 – 43. The Empire of Dezac – Confusing Systems (7)
“It’s free.”
Valdez opened his eyes and looked up at the sky.
Except for one or two white clouds, the clear sky was full of blue.
The clear summer sky was a completely different world from the cluttered ground.
‘This isn’t a mess.’
Of course, even if it’s a mess, it doesn’t matter to most people.
After all, the only ones who have to move busily are the emperor and his henchmen.
They are busy preparing for the continental talks in about a month.
It was not decided a long time ago, and the meeting was confirmed only three days ago.
A month may seem like enough time to prepare, but it is a meeting where heads of state gather.
Given the emperor’s personality and arrogance, he will go out of his way to show the overwhelming difference in many ways to those who come to the system. It’s not the emperor himself who suffers from it anyway, but the people who work under him.
‘I’m sure the person involved is busy too.’
In any case, this gave Valdez more leeway than he thought.
“Are you hungry again?”
“Again. This is the second time.”
“Then you say that every time I come, you’re ding-taeng?”
Adele Ulrich sits next to him snorting nonsense.
After her first experience with Valdez, she seemed quite relieved, as if she had robbed her grandfather of his affairs.
Instead, he strangely developed a tendency to become obsessed with Valdes.
I don’t know if it’s still too weak or if it’s just his misunderstanding, but he visits him once every two days.
Valdez squinted at Adele, who was holding onto his knee-length skirt to keep it from slipping down.
‘It’s so cute.’
Even though it was clear that he had come to see him, it was cute that he acted as if he had come for something else, acting the other way around.
In the first place, he came to the academy, which he had never visited a few times in his life, at the rate of once every two days, and what was the reason for visiting him after finishing his business? I really want to attack it, but I decided to hold it in for now.
“It didn’t even come out half way anyway.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes. No, maybe a little more than half. High-ranking nobles rarely come out.”
“Wow.”
Adele exclaimed, then tilted her head.
“Huh? But are you okay?”
“It’s not okay.”
Not okay.
That was the position of the emperor and the imperial family, not them.
High-ranking nobles.
The nobility of the empire possessed enormous power that even the emperor, who wielded almost omnipotent power within the empire or system, could not easily touch.
They usually refer to the title of Marquis or higher, but among the Counts, there are not a few holders of formidable power. As befits a country that occupies nearly half the size of the continent, the empire has a lot of nobles, and there are many people who can be called great lords.
If the emperor had the power to overwhelm them all, he would have no reason to order marriages of convenience.
“Hmm. I see…”
Adele deliberately kept quiet.
It was because he had been told by his teachers that he should be careful, careful, and careful when talking about the emperor.
‘Emperor’s eyes, ears and hands are everywhere in the islands… He said.’
It’s not really everywhere, but that means there are countless of them.
Natalie urged Adele, especially after the incident.
A number of members of her Imperial Intelligence Service must be watching her.
Neither Natalie, nor Adele, nor one of her grandchildren knew about Robert.
However, it was not for them to prove, but for the imperial family to judge.
‘It’s really annoying.’
In the grumbling Adele’s heart, hatred for the empire and the emperor was sprouting.
Reading it with a sad face, Valdez laughed inwardly.
It wasn’t intentional, but it was a really nice change.
“…Will you still be here?”
Adele spoke to him, shaking off her brooding thoughts.
“Why?”
“No, well… I thought there was a reason why I was here.”
“Why. How nice.”
“You like it…?”
Adele didn’t understand.
Now, this is a small back mountain on the outskirts of the academy.
It is mainly used at the academy for small outdoor experiments or for growing magic reagents.
It’s a mountain, but it’s closer to the hill, so there are no trees to speak of.
There is no more mana.
Yes, there would be more natural mana than a crowded place like a city, but there would be more of that in the forest, etc., If you take a wagon a little further from here. But there is nothing to see around, so what’s good about it?
Reading her mind, Valdez laughed.
“Come here.”
“Uh, huh?”
“Hurry.”
“That… Ok.”
Adele replied that she knew, but she crouched next to Valdez.
But that wasn’t what Valdez wanted.
“It’s not like that.”
“Wow?!”
“It should come like this.”
Adele caught Valdez by the wrist, and she was instantly drawn to him and they lay together on the ground.
No wonder her head rested on her forearm.
“Ah, yes, ah…♡”
She groaned in embarrassment at the sudden distance.
Her heart beats so hard that she’s afraid she won’t be able to hear it.
Even though Valdez was aware of this, he raised one of his remaining arms casually.
“Look up.”
“Up, up?”
“Isn’t the day very clear?”
“…That’s right.”
“Sometimes you just need to lie down and relax like this.”
“…”
Adele, who still couldn’t agree with her, didn’t answer.
Now all her attention was on Valdez.
Muscular forearms felt through the back of the head.
His left cheek and right hand are touching his clothes.
Even though she’s wearing the academy-designated school uniform, her inner flesh comes to mind.
She had only seen it once, but nonetheless her naked body of Valdés had seduced her again and again in her imagination. Hadn’t she just woken up at dawn, shimmering in her dreams only yesterday? Thanks to that, Adele was in a state of tension now.
‘Is he okay?’
Adele was a bit disappointed.
She thought that she would be thrilled with the smell of his scent that came along with the smell of grass, but that she was so calm.
‘The sky is of course blue, but what’s so…’
“Ah…”
The wind blew.
Her hair and skirt swayed in her sudden gust of wind.
The sky was clear, and the wizard had an epiphany.
‘And.’
Valdez glanced at the quiet Adele in his arms and burst into admiration.
This was not particularly intentional.
I just said something in moderation to spend one more day at a leisurely pace, but I never thought I would gain enlightenment from something so trivial. A genius is indeed a genius. I just thought I could afford it and was lucky.
‘Mmm. It will take quite a while to capture the realization.’
Fortunately, there is no afternoon schedule.
Valdez decided to wait quietly for her level to rise.
There’s nothing she can’t get out of with a little skill, but she doesn’t have to.
“Um…”
It wasn’t until three hours later that Adele opened her eyes a little more in her heightened state.
“Ah… Ah?!”
Before she could even rejoice that she had risen, she realized the current situation and screamed at her.
“Oh, are you awake?”
“Ah, ugh, mi, sorry!”
“I’m sorry. It must have been a pretty good realization.”
“Yeah… It’s been a while, but I felt relaxed.”
“Wow, I got enlightenment in that moment.”
“Yeah well, um. That’s right… Hehe. It’s all thanks to Valdez!”
“What’s my virtue? You’re a genius.”
“But! This kind of leisure… If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t even have the energy to feel it!”
“Haha, that’s good.”
Valdes moved her sly mana and inspected Adele’s body.
Although she has safely captured her enlightenment and become stronger, she has not reached Master yet.
Roughly two or three steps.
It seems like there’s not much left, but originally, the last step in the master’s stage was the most difficult. At the end, there are numerous knights and wizards who die without being able to progress even a little further or give up trying to become stronger.
‘That’s why the Goddess’ System Blessing is a real scam.’
No matter how much she pushed through various conditions, she grabbed the sword and became a master in just over a year.
That’s something that even those with extra-standard talent couldn’t achieve.
“But what time has it been?”
“About three hours?”
“Then lunchtime is over and I’m in the middle of an afternoon lecture…”
“That’s right. It’s too late to go back now, so I’ll just go today.”
“Then!”
“Huh.”
“So… Uh uh, uh. I’m hungry!”
“Bae? Eh, what should I do?”
She glanced at Adele, pretending to be troubled, and was looking up at him with eyes full of anticipation.
We can assure you that the expectation is not simply to have a meal together.
Valdez, who had been thinking about it from the beginning, smiled.
“Okay. Then let’s go eat together.”
“Yeah! I’ve found another good restaurant.”
“Oh, yes? You want to come with me?”
“Uh. Next time I’m with you… De… This… Ah…”
Adele, who has a naive personality, is very easily caught in his fishing.
The magician, who was excitedly teasing words and spitting out his inner thoughts, dyed his face red and opened his mouth. He was so cute that he grabbed his chin and kissed his mouth.
The eyes widened in surprise soon closed quietly, and the two kissed in that state for a long time. Full of the urge to stick his tongue in, but putting it off until later, Valdez slowly dropped.
“Shall we go?”
“Joe, just a little… A little more…”
Adele, whose legs were weak, said to stay like this for a while.
“Oh yeah?”
Understanding differently, Valdez ate her lips once more.
“…?! Yes, please…♥”
Of course, that didn’t mean Adele pushed him away.
The man and woman who shared a happy kiss for a long time only got up and left the academy.