Episode 110

The hunting festival proceeded in order. All the knights withdrew into the tent for a while to prepare.

In fact, at the banquet before the hunt, all people were drinking and chatting, so Elisha became a little bored.

“Lady Elisha! Nice to meet you. You are as beautiful as your reputation.”

“Please join us at our tea time next time.”

“Where did you get this dress from?”

Numerous noble ladies gathered around Elisha. Elisha says she says the least and she gently exchanges her words.

'As expected, socialites are tired.'

Carola enjoyed these occasions, and she could not stand it when her attention was not drawn to him. She had to steal the attention of her men by trampling on them if another woman drew her attention.

Now that I see it, even for such a Carol, she was no ordinary person. Elisha said she was tired of talking to a lot of people.

Woo woo woo woo.

At that moment, a horn sounded along with loud music. It was time to enter the Knights.

“Imperial Guards, enter!”

“Western lords allied forces position!”

“Enter the Temple Knights!”

The messenger called out the name of the knights and the name of the region one by one. It was common for hunting to be a group event in which knights competed. Along with each knight, the slender hounds raised by the knights walked proudly.

It was spectacular to see dozens of hounds walking and knights dressed in various colors of cloaks and armor walking in line with each other.

“Imperial Imperial Black Lion Knights enter!”

Finally, Black Lion, the protagonist of the hunting festival, entered. There was also a regular member that Elisha didn't normally talk to. However, the Sid who stood proudly in front of her were people Elisha knew well.

The majesty of the figure wearing a black cloak with silver embroidery and walking at a steady pace was amazing. The knights who stood at the rear had about ten black hounds. The hounds, whose names I did not know, were slimmer than the others, had longer necks, and sharp eyes.

'Looking at it like this, it looks like other people. Cool.'

Elisha thought.

She stood in the front row as Ian and Nora also joined the Knights.

'Did Lapis and Lazuli grow this much?'

They looked alike, but they were two different people. Elisha saw him only as her mother-in-law. That's because they were still growing bones.

However, looking closely, both of them were quite handsome, Lazuri was already close to 180, and Lapis seemed to be in the mid-170s.

'It looks different from when I first saw it.'

Besides, Elisha is usually rough with Corinne, but she is a kind person. She thought only that much. However, Corinne was tall enough to approach Lucerne among the knights, and unlike Lucerne, who was skinny and strong, he was muscular.

His face was also cool and manly, which suited his body type, and several noble ladies blushed at the sight of them.

The knights all stopped in front of Elisha. And at the same time, he prostrated himself, saluted, and got up.

“Glory to Lady Elisha. I wish you no luck.”

People looked at Elisha with admiration in front of the famous Black Lion. To the general public, Black Lion is almost a mythical being, but it is not enough.

“Elisha.”

Ilione whispered. Looking around, she was carrying a basket full of flowers.

She passed her basket to Elisha. She looked around and saw that everyone was handing flowers to the knights, wishing them luck. However, it was not given to everyone, and one representative knight came forward to receive it.

Everyone wanted to receive flowers from Elisha, so at that moment, an urgent fight broke out between the Black Lions.

“Then I…….”

The moment Ian was about to step out without hesitation, Nora took a step forward. 'No, I'll take the flowers.' But Nora flinched at Corinne's bitter eyes.

“Get out.”

In the end, Lazri pushed Lapis's back. Lapis came forward, startled. The other knights had a steamy look on their faces.

“Oh, what…… Yes.”

Lapis looked down at his irritation and blushed.

“Lapis, come here.”

Elisha said kindly.

Lapis strode forward and bent her knee to Elisha. Elisha handed over the pink hydrangea that Ilione had given her.

“Goodbye, Lapis.”

“Yes! I'll bring you a nice game. With the best one.”

Lapis, who had been shy, turned bright when Elisha spoke kindly to her. When he spoke hesitantly, all the ladies around him smiled. It was because the boy knight's chivalrous appearance looked cute.

“Cute. It would be nice to see a handsome knight adore you.”

Several noble ladies who had been wanting to talk to Elisha from earlier said with smiles on their faces.

“I?”

Then someone hugged Elisha from behind.

“Oh my goodness.”

The noble ladies fell with a startled sound. Then she blushed and glanced at the person holding Elisha.

It was Lucerne. Elisha looked around. It was a time when the knights were a little confused as they were preparing to launch.

Elisha tried to take Lucerne away. But he didn't even budge.

“You are not a member of the Templars. It seems to only be given to knights.”

“I have a knighthood too.”

“You are more of a master than a knight.”

“Where is there a person who is not a servant of the Empire?”

“There are days when you become humble enough to accept a flower.”

“It's a flower given by someone, so that's how it should be.”

It was a whispered conversation. Only Ilione, who was right next to her, could overhear the conversation. Ilione's eyes widened. In the end, Elisha gave Lucerne a flower as well.

“I wish you good luck.”

“What gamble is this?”

“Hurry.”

She knew that Lucerne's stubbornness could not be overcome. Elisha reluctantly kissed her hydrangea. As Lucerne placed the flower in her bosom, the ladies blushed and glanced at Lucerne.

However, the problem arose in the next sequence. It was because the noble ladies took out scarves from the baskets and began to hang them on the knights.

'What are you doing now?'

Elisha had never attended a hunting festival either in her previous life or in her current life. Jacob, whose bow skills were mediocre, did not like hunting.

“Oh my goodness. I guess you didn't prepare a scarf. This is a very important sequence in the sense of blessing the knights. You forgot something so important. Black Lion is out of luck today!”

Then a woman spoke out. Elisha realized that she was one of Carola's few close ladies.

'Was it Countess Aaron?'

People's eyes were focused on Elisha for a moment.

“Elisha. Didn't you bring anything?”

Ilione whispered.

“…… I did not know. Should I prepare a scarf?”

“This. You didn't know the order of handing down scarves to the Templars. I will inform you in advance.”

Ilione quickly whispered, conscious of people's gazes. However, in those short words, Elisha felt a lot. Ilione was really sorry and she was concerned about the embarrassment Elisha would feel for her.

It was so natural for her to give scarves to knights, so no one advised Elisha. She had no chaperone-like lady to advise her anyway.

She had never received a hostess before, and could not ask for it first, as the knights did not have a hostess. Lucerne wasn't the type to care about that at all. He would have been conscious of such an event for the first time.

'I never thought I'd make a mistake in such a stupid place.'

It was an absurd first failure. He thought that so far she had been a good wife for Lucerne. However, from such a trivial mistake, the origin and level of education were evident.

Elisha was afraid that Lucerne would look at me badly.

“Luce…….”

“What does that mean?”

Lucerne asked Illione expressionlessly. With her hand, she was pointing at a lady's scarf.

“It means to hunt well and come back.”

Lucerne nodded his head. He looked at Elisha with a softer gaze.

“Then you can just do well without it. Right?”

“…… Elisha. How about tying a ribbon to Lucerne? Because I do that to Jeong-in. As proof.”

Ilione recommended. Elisha had put her hair up and adorned it with a long ribbon wrapped around it. She untied her ribbon and tied it around her lucerne's finger.

“Sorry. Lucerne.”

Elisha whispered very softly.

Lucerne did not answer. He erased his smile and looked over the articles.

“I understand the situation. Everyone.”

“Yes.”

“Your mistress, save me. Should I do well?”

The knights did not answer, but their eyes were determined. They said it was more important to keep Elisha from embarrassing her than not getting the scarf at this moment.

If the Templars do not perform well, she will be told by Elisha that she did not perform well because she did not receive a good luck scarf. So they had to win.

'I'll have to win that overwhelmingly.'

Nora thought so. Looking at her eyes, everyone seemed to be thinking the same thing.

“I will do well.”

“What do you do if you speak well? Come on.”

“…….”

“Dry the seeds and come.”

“Yes.”

The knights answered simultaneously. They walked into the woods.

“What kind of expression is that?”

Lucerne said quietly. Now, only Lucerne remained, looking down at Elisha.

“Do you think I would have allowed you to hang a scarf on another man? Even if you knew, you weren't ready.”

“…… Lucerne.”

Elisha straightened her expression. It was stupid to see him shaken by something like this. Elisha was blaming herself. She was just as expressionless as usual, she just didn't show on the outside.

“I will be back.”

Lucerne said. Elisha nodded her head a little heavier than usual.

“Wait a minute.”

“…….”

“I'll save you.”

Lucerne smiled through her eyes.