Episode 30

“So, if this research goes well, the magic tool lamp will be improved. Even if you look at it like this, I have a legend in the battlefield again. I'll give the development product to Lady first. Oh, by the way, I'm not the kind of person who just sits in the corner of a room doing research like this. Do I even fight?”

“Okay?”

“There was a time when I wiped out hundreds of monsters by myself. If Lady Elisha is in danger, I will always help.”

It's been two months since I came to the mansion. Elisha has an unexpected friend of hers. It was Lapis.

'Why is he doing this to me?'

Elisha was fascinated by Lapis, who had an excessive crush on her. She had no idea what had made him like him.

'I like it when they treat me kindly.'

Elisha thought. Although Lapis was only fourteen years old, he was not to be trifled with.

Lapis was a consummate wizard who caused blood on the battlefield, and a wizard who developed numerous magic tools at home. There are only 97 wizards in the empire, and they say they rank them according to their ability, and Lapis came in second.

'Because a wizard's ability is determined by his talent…….'

Age seemed to be irrelevant. Anyway, nothing bad. It was not difficult to listen to Lapis come to him and talk nonsense. Elisha didn't say anything useless, so this kind of Lapis was amazing.

'It's good to be young. I wish I had a younger brother too.'

Even thinking about it, it was funny. It's a hard life to take care of myself, but what if I have a younger brother?

'Do I have the ability to protect anyone?'

Thinking so made her heart ache. It was so strange. Sometimes, as if she had forgotten something, her heart felt empty and full.

'It's been like this since I got the contraceptive pill through the butler.'

What is that In fact, if Lucerne hadn't handed her birth control pills, she'd tried to ask for them first, Elisha. In Elisha's current situation, having her child was crazy.

'But it definitely tells you my situation, that you don't want a child from a contract bride like me. Nothing bad.'

She tried to think positively. Lapis was watching Elisha's eyes before she knew it.

“Madam, where are you sick? Are you upset that the general didn't come back?”

“Yes?”

Elisha raised her head.

'Why are you looking at me?'

Elisha was unfamiliar with such lapis. Lapis was a person in a position that did not require that.

“The general and I are not like that.”

“Then, would you like the general not to come back?”

“…….”

Elisha turned her words around.

“Lapis, you were talking about the war earlier. Tell me a dance story.”

“Ah, yes. Me One day, I dealt with 457 monsters in one night and cut them all down. Among the knights, I'm currently number one on the record. Although the general cannot stand it.”

It was also the story of Lucerne. Elisha smiled bitterly at her.

“I can't imagine. A person stronger than a person who can slash 457 monsters in one night. I think Lapis is strong enough.”

“There is no comparison, the record.”

Lapis grumbled.

“How many did the general kill?”

Lapis held out his two fingers. Elisha looked at Lapis with her puzzled eyes.

“Two hundred?”

“No?”

Said Lapis.

“20,045.”

” …….”

“That's the number of monsters our general has cut in one night.”

Saying that, Lapis's face was warlike to the point of chilling.

Awe, fear, and pride for Lucerne appeared on his face. Elisha looked at that face from a distance.

*​ *​ *​

The corpses of the enemies were piled on the floor, and the blood flowed down in streams. The task of cleaning up the remnants of the Old Kingdom coalition centered around Suzu Castle ended sooner than expected.

The problem was that the wizard of the remnants went crazy and went into the mountains and began to infuse mana into the magic stone like crazy.

“The Witch Beast on the front?”

“About five hundred, now the last. These are the last demons.”

After two months of war, Lucerne's fluttering black hair was stained with blood. The same goes for the cheeks. The thick shadow of death was approaching the man riding the black warhorse.

“Lazuli, stir them up and make them come down in front of me all at once.”

Lazuri came forward, with the same face as Lapis, but with darker skin and cat-like eyes. He was a wizard just like his twin brother.

“Listen to the army. Step back, and don't disturb the general.”

“…….”

“From now on, everything is over in 15 minutes. Prepare to return yourselves to your families, for I will slaughter the enemy.”

The sight of a man as beautiful as a god, standing firmly in front of a pile of corpses like a mountain, was astonishing. Seeing the figure of the god of death, the soldiers wanted to throw their allegiance close to despair.

A bright light burst from Rajri's hand.

Crow, roll, roll!

The troll's howl echoed from the mountains. Lucerne's hand went up. A black shadow snake appeared from his hand. The lofty snake grew in size and started crawling on the floor with a body as big as a dragon.

Kwack, Kwack! Shih, shh!

It was only seconds later that the troll's head exploded as it rushed to the vanguard. Lucerne drew his sword and rode his horse. A black snake wrapped around it as if protecting it.

Queueek!

The monsters that approached Lucerne had their limbs cut off without fail, and their heads flew off and spewed green bodily fluids. The beast-type monsters spurted red blood. It itself was like a living blood.

There was also a soldier who collapsed on the floor while urinating at the horror. As Lucerne slashed Kibaek's head from the front, the rest of the Black Lion Knights ran.

As he said, only 15 minutes. It was 15 minutes later.

A man covered in blood stood in the middle of the corpses of five hundred demons. It was the end of the war.

*​ *​ *​

The rebellion was suppressed and the war ended. Not only that, Lucerne took this opportunity to dry all the monsters near the West Gate.

As a result, a new trade route will be created, and the bundle merchants will already have their butts shaking.

Lucerne notified the butler of the news of his return.

'The return is tomorrow.'

Elisha thought as she got into bed.

'Then will you come by morning?'

According to her butler, she would personally meet her at the gate tomorrow at the imperial palace. Citizens will surely come out on the streets. The kingdom was rejoicing over the extermination of the monsters in the forest.

It will probably be a riotous return ceremony. Elisha recalled the return of Lucerne, which she had seen only once in her previous life. Amid the commotion, he climbed onto the balcony and watched the crowd. Everyone cheered for him.

'I'm glad he didn't ask me to leave.'

According to the butler, there was no need to go out to meet him. He said it would be hectic because there were so many people.

'Because you are yet to enter society as a lady of the General, it is against the law to go out tomorrow. You can leave next time, of course, if there is another event like this.'

Elisha lay down on the bed. Somehow I couldn't sleep. Suddenly Lucerne's words came to mind.

'Don't sleep in your underwear the night I come back. Because it looks like it will be rushed.'

Suddenly, his cheeks flushed.

'Yeah, it might be a joke.'

If Lucerne returns this time, he will be inescapable. Clearly……. Will do it to the end He would kill countless people and slash monsters on the battlefield, but he couldn't tell how terribly excited he would come.

'If you commit adultery, you will be exempted from debt for 10,000 gold coins.'

It was hard to know how far Lucerne's words were sincere. He was a man who never joked with that kind of thing, so it seemed that there would be no women on the battlefield. He tossed and turned several times because he couldn't sleep.

'Should I take a bath?'

The good thing about coming here was that he was free to take a bath. The bathtub was planted with magic crystals that were always temperature controlled, so he could wash at any time. That one was good.

Elisha undressed her. All of her underwear was taken off, and she only put on a gown. Then she heard a rattling sound from somewhere. Elisha was taken aback.

'The room the butler said he couldn't use.'

The door, apparently firmly closed, was rattling. Elisha took a step back. Profit. The door was open.

“Lucerne?”

An unexpected person was standing there. Elisha doubted her eyes. She was definitely him.

He walked in calmly, dressed in his travel clothes, like someone returning from a short stop. Seeing Elisha startled by her, he was leisurely examining her body.

“It's a pretty old promise, but I guess you remembered.”

“…….”

Elisha's cheeks turned red. Apparently, at the time of his second meeting, Lucerne was in a bathrobe in a bathrobe. Elisha had raided there by surprise. She did the opposite this time, so Elisha felt like she got the job back.

Elisha finished the knot in her gown with her trembling hands.

“What's going on here……. No, he said he would return tomorrow. The soldiers…….”

“Soldiers are stationed near the gate. Tomorrow morning, I will take the gate as scheduled.”

He raised an eyebrow. Elisha caught a glimpse of madness in his eyes.

“Then why do you…….”

“Well.”

Lucerne muttered.

“I came early because I had a lot to do.”

“Do you open the gate at this hour?”

“Open it.”

Elisha recalled the gate dedicated to the imperial family she had climbed up on. It was a stupid question for Lucerne, who could open the gate exclusively for the imperial family at will.

'By the way……. The general said he left his soldiers behind?'

The more I listened to it, the more strange it was.