A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 228



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Episode 228. Your Wedding

I looked into the princess’s emerald eyes, which sparkled with a strange light… and answered.

“I don’t like it.”

“Ugh. Why?”

“Everyone else is leaving, so why should I be a warrior?”

The princess tilted her head.

“Aren’t you a warrior?”

“How can you tell I’m a hero?”

Dauphin, who had been listening quietly, interrupted with a chuckle.

“Yes, Princess. He is far from a warrior.”

But this stubborn princess stuck to her opinion to the end.

“No. In my opinion, you are the hero. The hero who will save our kingdom of Maia!”

“… … ?”

Save the Kingdom of Maya?

What the hell are you talking about?

“Who cares?”

“Uh… As you wish, warrior?”

“I have no intention of doing that.”

“Don’t be like that. Think about it carefully. Don’t you have even a little bit of that kind of feeling?”

“… … .”

“Even if it’s just a little bit. Even if it’s just this much. Yes? Even if it’s just this little bit.”

“I told you not to, so that’s what I’m saying.”

“Hey. You’re being dishonest.”

“… … .”

Is this really a princess?

“That aside. Salvation? From what?”

The princess’s eyes sank slightly into a serious look.

“From the demons moving south across the frozen white land.”

“I’m not interested in salvation or anything like that.”

“Really?”

“How many times do I have to say this?”

“Uh… Can I ask you something like this?”

The princess, who made a flower cup under her face with both hands and blinked her emerald eyes wildly.

I looked at the impudent princess, shaking my head like a grown man would at a reckless child.

Why is he acting so fearless towards the villain who just beat up the second prince’s knight?

“Princess. I’m a mercenary, not a warrior. Wouldn’t it be proper procedure to make a request rather than a request?”

The princess’s eyes widened.

“… … A request?”

“Yes, request.”

I immediately reached out to Schmidt, and he quickly placed a request form and a fountain pen in my hand.

I immediately wrote down the details of the request on the request form.

“Um… So, Princess, you want me to go north and break the heads of all the evil bastards who come south with the blizzard?”

“yes that’s right!”

I quickly filled in the items and handed the request form to the princess.

“Okay, then you can sign here.”

As soon as the princess received the request, she picked up the fountain pen without even reading it properly.

“Okay, I’ll sign!”

“Princess, just a moment.”

At this moment, her guardian knight Monde hurriedly intervened, picked up the princess as if he was carrying her, and quickly took her to one side.

Then they turned their backs and started talking amongst themselves.

“Princess, I don’t know about the others, but Sherwood is a no-no.”

“why?”

“Because it’s a den of lunatics, Princess. Especially that guy, who’s not well known. Have you seen his eyes? He’s the craziest of the Sherwoods.”

“Huh. I don’t think it’s that bad.”

“He’s the guy who killed a Class A demon hydra while laughing. He also caused quite a ruckus at the Richtiel House.”

“What is that? Since ancient times, men have been expected to have their own wild tastes!”

“I’m telling you this because it’s going too far.”

“I like it! I like it! It feels just right!”

“No, that’s not the problem… … .”

I watched the two people like that, and then looked at Dauphin walking towards me with a stomping motion.

“That article?”

“This is Princess Lily’s guardian knight, Sir Monde.”

“The momentum is unusual.”

Dauphin nodded.

“He’s a real knight in terms of skill. He’s not like the bastard my brother beat up earlier. His personality is a bit far from that of a knight.”

“… … It looks like that.”

If it weren’t for the fact that he was the princess’s guardian, I would have thought he was just an overly strong Nallari.

Why is the article so light?

Mess around. His actions are like those of a back alley thug.

[Still, it’s better than those who just carry a lot of weight.]

“That’s true.”

After a while, the princess approached me with a guardian knight whose face looked like he had given up on something.

“Are you Lord Ashvan, the leader of the Sherwood Mercenaries?”

He nodded.

“That’s it.”

The princess opened her mouth in a tone that was even more subdued than before.

Her words had a soft, royal dignity.

“I apologize for my hasty response. How about we formally invite you to our mansion and have a more detailed discussion there?”

The princess is royalty.

An invitation to his mansion.

The first wall of Milgad, where the royal family resides, meaning that you are invited inside.

So, it was an invitation to District 1, a sanctuary reserved exclusively for royalty.

Schmidt’s eyes widened.

Dauphin was just grinning, and Linda, distracted, seemed to have lost interest and was scribbling on the floor with a stick on one side.

But I don’t really want to know how those royal bastards live. I’m not even curious.

“I refuse.”

“Ugh. Why?”

The royal dignity was instantly extinguished.

“Just. I’m lazy. And I’m busy.”

“I’ll give you lots of delicious food.”

“… … Do I look like the kind of person who would be tempted by something like that?”

“Something delicious?”

Linda looked up from her scribbling on the floor.

Linda looks cold.

“I am not a warrior, but a mercenary. As you said, I am the leader of the Sherwood Mercenary Corps. Mercenaries receive a price and carry out requests. If you want to use me, then make a request. Don’t do anything useless.”

It was a rather ominous thing to say to royalty, but neither the princess nor her guardian knight seemed to care.

The princess met her guardian knight’s eyes and sighed deeply.

“Okay, I understand. Then, could you please give me the request form again? I will read it carefully and sign it.”

“Or so you say.”

The princess received the request from me again and read its contents carefully.

The guardian knight, Lord Monde, also put his face next to him and moved his eyes diligently.

… … These guys were also quite a special breed.

I heard that nobles and royalty live and die for their reputation.

How can you say nothing when a mere mercenary speaks so carelessly?

I motioned to Linda as she, unable to bear her boredom, stirred up a pile of trash in a back alley with a stick.

“Linda. Stop fooling around and come here. I’ll support that.”

“Yeah. Support.”

Linda threw down the branch, came over to me, grabbed the hem of my clothes, and looked around.

Dauphin, unable to bear it any longer, tried to say something to the princess and her guardian, who were reading the request, and was scolded by Monde, who told him to shut up.

After a while, the princess looked up at me with a mysterious expression.

“Your Majesty Ashvan. The price for this request is a bit unusual.”

I shrugged.

“Is it difficult? I thought it wouldn’t be that difficult for a princess of a country.”

“Of course, it’s not that difficult. But I’m a bit hesitant to say this as the person who’s making the request… Do you really think this will work? I thought you were going to ask for a huge amount of money.”

Judging from the expression on his face, it seems he was willing to give me ten million won, but I have once again realized that I am the owner of the legacy of Oposis.

Money doesn’t mean much to me.

Instead, there must be something of greater value that can be obtained from the princess of the kingdom of Maia.

I nodded.

“Yes, that will be fine. Would you like to sign?”

The princess raised her head and looked into my eyes.

I stared into those emerald eyes for a long time.

The princess soon noticed something in my eyes, smiled brightly and nodded.

“Yes, I will!”

Then he gestured to Lord Monde.

“Mond Sir.”

“Yes, princess.”

“Just bend down for a moment.”

“… … .”

The princess signed in an old-fashioned handwriting, using the Guardian Knight’s back as a bookend.

I wrote another identical request form, got it signed, gave one to the princess, and shook hands with her.

“Is it okay?”

“Yes, sir. Your request has been successfully completed.”

“huh?”

“Thank you for trusting us, Sherwood. We will comfortably take you to the north where a pure white snowstorm is blowing.”

The princess chuckled.

“After signing the contract, your speech became completely different.”

“Of course. You are our valued customer. Please write a nice review later.”

The princess laughed playfully.

“Because I saw what you were doing.”

I imitated the greetings of the nobles.

He waved his hands vigorously and stepped aside as they did, giving a polite greeting.

“Let me formally introduce myself. I am Ashvan Sherwood, the leader of the Sherwood Mercenary Corps.”

The princess greeted me by bending her legs and lifting her dress slightly with both hands.

“The girl is the third princess of the Maia Kingdom, Lillia Adrian Maia. Please call me Lillie. I look forward to working with you in the future.”

Three princesses.

The Black Prince was the third prince.

Cheonma laughed quietly.

[It seems like you have a connection with the number 3.]

I looked into the emerald eyes of the three princesses and smiled.

Since we were going to do it anyway, there’s no harm in extorting additional payment from the royal family.

* * *

It’s been three weeks since the Sherwood Mercenary Group completed a long-distance mission and entered Milgard, the capital of the Kingdom of Maia.

A night when the sun that had been gazing at the city had set and a gentle darkness had fallen.

A grand wedding was held in the temple of Ketel.

Arthur, the groom, and Ophelia, the bride, were dressed and decorated beautifully as the main characters of a wedding, but they looked dumbfounded even though it was their own wedding.

The guests cheered and congratulated the appearance of the two main characters.

“Hahaha! Look at that stupid expression!”

“Whew! Whoosh! It fits so well!”

“Arthur! That’s good, you little punk!”

Among them were the hunter Camus, the mercenaries who had requested the escort of the Saluki Merchant, as well as the merchants of the Saluki Merchant, and even the representatives of the Saluki Merchant.

Ventor, who came out as a representative from the mercenary guild headquarters, was unable to smoke and kept licking his lips.

The groom and bride walked to the center of the temple, receiving congratulations from both sides.

The men patted Arthur on the shoulder, and Ophelia slowly moved forward, nodding her head repeatedly to the pouring applause and congratulations.

Flower petals were scattered in front of them.

At that moment, the voice of the man on the podium was amplified by a magical device and echoed throughout the ceremony hall.

– Hurry up and come here. I’m going to get suffocated.

At his voice, people giggled and let go of the groom and bride, and the main characters smiled faintly and hurriedly walked to the stage, stepping on the flower petals scattered on the path in front of them.

There, a man with blood-red eyes was standing with a rare clean appearance, one corner of his mouth raised.

Arthur smiled faintly.

“colon.”

Ashvan grinned at him, then stood in front of the stage, looked down, and began to read something incoherently.

―Uh… Well, the bride and groom. First, please greet each other. Yes… Next, there will be a congratulatory speech by the noble Princess Lilia Adrian Maia of Maia.

At those words, not only the groom and bride, but all the guests were shocked.

A princess?

Why would the princess of the kingdom of Maya come to such a shabby wedding and give a congratulatory speech?

When Princess Lilia finally appeared in a simple, silvery green dress, the guests began to chatter.

“I was wondering how you managed to rent the entire temple of Ketel, and it turns out the princess was behind you!”

“How does the captain know the princess?”

“Did you have any royal connections?”

-Now, be quiet! The princess is speaking!

The chattering voices at Ashvan’s words died down, and Princess Lilia’s congratulatory speech continued.

“Yes, I heard the story of the bride and groom through our Lord Ashvan. What a romantic story it is! It was like a flower blooming and bearing fruit in a barren field.”

‘Our’ Ashvana?

The guests looked at each other, their eyes widening at the choice of words.

“After sorrow, there is only joy. It is the darkest before the sun rises. The most splendid and passionate time will pass and a peaceful night will come. Congratulations to you two. I hope that from now on, you will be filled with only calm happiness like the night.”

Clap clap clap!

After the princess’s speech, there was a thunderous applause.

Arthur still had a blank expression on his face, as if he couldn’t believe the sight before his eyes, and Ophelia was nodding her head as if she didn’t know what to do with herself.

Tears were welling up in her eyes.

Whatever.

Ashvan’s weekly sermon followed.

―Uh… And then, greetings from both sets of parents… Huh? There aren’t any parents from both sets of parents? Then let’s skip that. Next, there will be a congratulatory speech.

And silence.

“… … ?”

A question appeared on the guests’ faces.

Ashvan, who had been blinking, belatedly hit his forehead.

-Ah, this is my wedding speech.

The wedding hall erupted in laughter.

“Hey, Captain! What are you doing?”

“Is this your first time seeing society?”

“Oww! Trash! Get down!”

“Hehehe! Even the devil is confused!”

“Brother, don’t be nervous!”

Ashvan shouted with a slightly red face.

-Shut up, you little shits! Who said you were nervous?

“Ouch. The guy who farted is getting angry.”

“Oww. Trash. Dance naked.”

The groom smiled faintly, as if he was used to the commotion, and the bride covered her mouth and chuckled.

Ashvan continued his speech, coughing.

―Keum. So… in the season of fresh green leaves, we invite the elders of the two families… What is this? The season is not right at all. There are no elders of the two families here.

A man who appeared to be a priest of the Temple of Night spoke to him in a whisper with a puzzled look on his face.

“Um, so, please just use that as a reference… … .”

-Era!

“Oh, no!”

Ashvan threw down all the papers on the stage and began to read the scriptures as he pleased.

Of course, there was a lot of booing from the guests.

-May the groom and bride live well, relying on each other. That’s all.

“Ugh! Trash! Get out there and die!”

-Who was that just now? Miles? If you have any complaints, come up. I’ll physically remove them for you.

“… … .”

Ashvan, who had suppressed his discontent with force, soon moved on to the flower of the wedding, the wedding vows.

-Does Arthur, the groom, take Ophelia as his bride and swear to live a long life with her?

Arthur replied, holding back a laugh.

“Yes, I swear.”

-Does bride Ophelia swear to torment groom Arthur for a long time by scratching his bowl?

Ophelia answered with a smile.

“Yes, I swear.”

The eyes of the groom and the bride met.

―Then, in behalf of Ketel’s will, I solemnly declare that the bride and groom are now husband and wife.

“Wow!”

-The groom and bride should kiss.

The moment the groom and bride kissed, all the candles and magic lanterns that had been illuminating the darkness went out and the wedding hall was plunged into darkness.

“what!”

“what’s the matter?”

While the people were confused, the priests who were assisting with the meal knelt down and prayed toward the night sky.

“Oh, Ketel has arrived!”

“Ketel’s eyes are upon this place! Ketel is watching!”

“It’s Ketel’s miracle!”

“How could I come to this shabby, insignificant place…!”

“Oh, Ketel!”

As the guests looked up at the night sky in surprise, two moons were looking down at the ground like eyeballs.

“… … !”

People were speechless.

The moon suddenly swelled into two?

The miracle of Ketel, the god of the night sky, moon and stars, was evident.

“Oh… … !”

“To witness the miracle of God with one’s own eyes!”

“how……!”

Ashvan, who was watching the ceremony, smiled brightly and looked at the two eyes floating in the night sky, mumbling softly.

“thank you.”

At those words, a crescent moon that looked like a smile appeared briefly below both eyes, then disappeared.

It was as if the night sky was smiling.

The people were in an uproar again.

“Did you see that just now?”

“A crescent moon appeared like a mouth and then disappeared!”

“Ketel smiled at us!”

And so, the last night in Milgard was coming to an end.