Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With - Chapter 301



301. 10 Years Later (4)

It has been nine years since Princess Leia ascended to the throne as Emperor.

The empire achieved an era of peace thanks to the peace brought about by her predecessor Leonhard and her political power.

As the country became prosperous, the people began to accumulate wealth.

The methods varied greatly.

Most people have made their wealth through legitimate business or investment.

However, not everyone was like that.

Two men loitering around a pizza place downtown.

Because the Ginter brothers have made money in more vicious and mean ways than anyone else.

“Brother, if you’re going to do the work, why don’t you do it in the western part of the country? Why do you insist on doing it in a place like this?”

The younger of the brown-haired brothers clicked his tongue.

No matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t see anyone in the city who seemed to have a lot of money.

“You only know one thing and don’t know the other, Gin-ter. If you get caught extorting money in a wealthy neighborhood, your reputation will be ruined and you won’t be able to do business.”

His brother leaned back against the wall with his hands stuffed into his pockets.

Then, my brother retorted, pointing to the pizza place sign with his finger.

“Witch Pizza.”

“No, but that’s true. Which rich people come to a restaurant like this to eat?”

“That’s nonsense.”

My brother said, looking at a group of guests approaching from afar on the horizon.

A boy and his father riding a calf with luxurious oriental decorations.

And, there are children who, at first glance, appear to be very noble.

“It may be different if they were born rich, but rich people who had poor childhoods sometimes miss the food of their memories.”

His jet-black eyes gleamed through his brown hair.

He turned his head quickly as he saw my face approaching from a distance.

“Oh… It’s definitely that dad. I can feel it. The booty is definitely there.”

“You idiot, don’t you know who that person is? He’s the one delivering the veil letter.”

National letter.

Just hearing those two lofty words made Awu’s lips part involuntarily.

“Ah, you’re telling me to deliver a letter. Isn’t this someone I shouldn’t touch…?!”

“That’s certainly true. But you know. People with extremely high positions are said to avoid being the subject of gossip to the extreme.”

I glanced at the two men standing in the back alley.

Then, I tied the puppy in the alley and leisurely went into the pizza place with the kids.

“If we pretend to be slightly injured, they’ll easily give us money to keep our mouths shut. They’re already known to be lazy and easygoing people.”

The extortionist approached the calf tied to a pole and told it to follow him.

And then, he lightly slapped the back of the obviously classy guy.

「――――――」

“Welcome. How many people are there?”

“Let’s see. One, two, three… There are five of us in total.”

I said, pointing to the children’s heads one by one.

Then, the staff member smiled brightly and guided us to a table for six.

“Where did the boss go?”

“He went out for a moment to buy ingredients. He’ll be back later.”

I nodded at the kind female employee’s words.

And then, he lined up the children and sat them down at the table.

“Wow-!! It’s pizza!!”

Lydia’s second child, Leon, sat across from her with an excited expression.

Ian also took the seat next to him.

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However, the two daughters were different.

“Hmm-.”

Helena, who has always been mature.

I invited her to sit at the table first, but she just stood there blankly.

“What, why aren’t you going in?”

“Do you want to go in first?”

Helena smiled at Lily’s question and gave up her seat.

However, the black-haired girl knew the princess’s intentions.

“Nope.”

If you go inside first, you won’t be able to sit next to me.

“You always act like you’re an adult, but in the end, you want to lean on your dad’s side too, right?”

“… .”

Helena had no answer to Lily’s question.

He just blushed and coughed.

“Okay, okay-. Our princesses. Then Daddy will sit in the middle. Then both of you will be stuck together, right?”

“I’m sorry, Father. Lily is so jealous.”

“What? You didn’t go in first!”

I sat between the two bickering girls and laughed heartily.

How can they resemble their mothers so much?

As expected, blood is thicker than water.

“Dad, what do you want to eat?”

Unlike those daughters, the sons only had food on their minds.

Leon stared down at the menu with his sharp fangs bared.

“I want this pizza with pineapple.”

“Hey, what’s that pineapple!”

The team left the children behind and called for staff in a hurry.

And, to keep the kids from fighting, I ordered three pizzas for them.

“You have four children. Can you eat all three plates…?”

“Oh, it’s okay. Two more families are coming later.”

The woman wearing an apron nodded at the mention of two more families coming.

And then, he leisurely walked back to the kitchen and said.

“Okay, the boss will be back soon.”

There weren’t many customers in the store, perhaps because it was still broad daylight.

Still, the interior was neat and the tables were clean.

‘You put a lot of effort into the store.’

“Hwaaam….”

Leon yawned, perhaps tired from coming all the way from the Eastern Palace.

Then, Ian personally wiped away the tears of his half-brother.

“Dad, look at this-.”

Lili proudly showed off her gold-plated competition medal to me.

Her eyes, which were as cute and sharp as a little devil, were brimming with confidence.

“Wow. Is this really gold? Did Principal Mosian pay some attention to it?”

“That’s right. With that budget, we can repair our uphill road.”

On the other hand, Helena spoke precociously, not caring about the months.

Her intelligent eyes were focused on the state textbook she had brought to the pizza place.

“Doesn’t that mean our daughters performed well in such a valuable competition?”

I put my arm around the cute girls who occupied both my sides.

It was a feast for the eyes to dine with beauties who looked exactly like Leah and Lydia.

“Know that it’s an honor, Dad-.”

“If Father says so….”

The happy times continued.

The doorbell rang, indicating that Richard’s family had arrived behind him.

――――――.

When I glanced up, what I saw was not the large Richard couple.

They were the two men I saw in the back alley a little while ago.

“Excuse me… Who parked the puppy outside…?”

A man in his 30s extending one hand in a polite voice.

A clear horseshoe mark remains on the clean white shirt.

“I was smoking a cigarette and passing by when suddenly a calf kicked me. Ugh… .”

“Oh my, bro… Are you okay?! I’ll carry you!!”

The children all turned their heads toward the noisy counter.

“Uh… If it’s a puppy, is it our Tony?”

Leon tilted his head with a harmless expression on his face.

Then, I left the kids alone for a moment and got up.

“Guys, just a sec-”

I quickly approached the counter.

Among the men whose eyes met mine, the one who seemed to be my older brother made eye contact with me.

“Are you by any chance the owner of the horse tied outside?”

“That’s true. But do you think our words have turned you away?”

I sent the embarrassed female employee away and spoke to her myself.

Then the man continued speaking in a polite voice.

“Yes… I was just going to let it go, but my ribs are broken, so it hurts a lot every time I walk.”

I focused my mana into both eyes and silently stared at his body.

Then he tilted his head, licking his lips again.

‘That’s strange. For someone with a broken bone, he walks fine.’

If you suffer a serious injury that breaks your ribs, the bones will pierce your insides every time you walk, making it impossible for you to move.

But this person somehow managed to enter the store while limping.

“Really? Oh, I’m really sorry about this. Should I take you to a nearby hospital?”

“Oh, no… I think you are having a meal with your children. How dare you waste your time because of me?”

He looked at my children with a very apologetic look.

The other children looked at the situation with curious eyes, wondering what had happened.

but.

Lili and Helena were different.

“That’s strange, our Tony isn’t the type of guy to kick.”

“That’s right. The Samad Black Horse breed is always docile unless provoked.”

The emperor’s eldest daughter opened her characteristically sensual eyes thinly.

Lili also watched the situation with the eyes of a monarch who resembled her mother.

“It’s strange. You got hit in the ribs, but you’re limping. Normally, you’d have trouble even breathing.”

“Ugh, ugh… .”

Ian also intervened with a sharp gaze.

Leon looked back and forth between his three older sisters and his older brother as he munched on the pickles.

“When our Tony kicks, it’s usually because someone has really surprised him.”

Even though he had an innocent expression, he also left a sharp remark.

Then Ian stood up as a representative and came over to me to represent Tony.

However, I told him that it was okay.

I also find the situation suspicious, but I still value the time I spend with my children more.

“Just give me a little bit of money to go to the hospital and I’ll quietly step down.”

The man in front of me looks polite, so I think it would be neat if I gave him a few pennies and sent him on his way.

So I put my hands in my pockets and asked.

“Okay, then how much would you like me to give you?”

“Well… about 300 gold…”

‘This kid?’

In a time when 1 gold can buy 3 pizzas, they are asking for 300 gold for hospital bills.

No matter how much money I had, my eyes became sharp when I was asked such an absurd request.

“If you give me just that much, I will figure out how to treat it…”

“Haa… Honestly, I want to argue, but I’ll be more lenient.”

I was in awe of the sight of even my younger brother taking care of me.

At that moment, I wanted to throw money at him and tell him to get lost, but then the passion I had in my twenties started to well up in me.

The female employee fidgeted, perhaps aware of my murderous expression.

It was only when I saw the door opening that I finally felt relieved.

“What’s going on? Why is it so noisy in front of the counter?”

“president…!”

A petite woman came in with a girl in a black one-piece dress.

Because she appeared with her beautiful black hair reaching down to her waist.

“What are you doing here?”

“Hi, Dad-.”

A six-year-old girl held on to Margot’s skirt and waved with one hand.

The name is Marie.

She wore her hair short in pigtails, just like her mother did when she was young.

“Oh, you’re here? It’s because these people here were attacked by our puppies and got injured.”

The female employee stared blankly as the boss’s daughter called him “Dad.”

The hair colors of the children I’ve brought home so far vary greatly.

The boss also has children.

I guess he’s curious about what my true identity is.

“Did you have another accident, Veil-?”

Margo smiled friendly like a childhood friend.

And then he grabbed my ball and shook it gently.

“Ahhh-. I feel wronged too!!”

The female employee’s lips opened automatically when she heard the name Veil, as if she realized I was a national secretary.

However, the guys who were asking me for medical expenses didn’t change their expressions at all.

As if he knew my identity in advance.

“I can’t stand there any longer. Could you please pay me the compensation?”

“That’s right. What if my brother collapses like this…!”

Margo stood alone with her arms folded, watching the two men intently.

Currently running eight pizza restaurants and serving as the president of the Imperial Witch Doctors Association, she has seen all kinds of people.

So maybe that’s why I sensed something uneasy, like me.

“Hmm… So it’s because of Lydia’s calf that was tied up in the alley behind our store-.”

She rummaged through the handbag she was holding, telling me to wait a moment.

Then, he took out a smooth crystal ball.

“…?”

After a new magic called sorcery was recently recognized in the empire.

Margo opened a pizza place and engaged in various social activities to improve the perception of witches.

“Okay, let’s check how these people got hurt.”

She activated her crystal ball, her round eyes flashing like a black cat.

Then, the back alley scene from 30 minutes ago was reflected in the smooth cross-section.

“Uh uh… .”

When their appearance was revealed to everyone, the Ginter brothers’ faces turned pale.

It’s as if I never thought of this kind of thing.

“Okay, just a moment…!!”

The younger brother, who was relatively large, instinctively reached out his hand.

Then I grabbed the guy’s wrist and said with cold eyes.

“Just wait. Do you dare to touch my wife?”

“That, that…!”

Margo blushed slightly at the sight of me stopping the man.

He came a little closer to me and continued to pour mana into the crystal ball.

That moment.

“Brother, even though you’re a puppy, your thighs are quite large, so be careful…!”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. If you lightly slap my back like this, I’ll kick you lightly as a threat.”

The guy, who often tampered with other people’s words, slapped Tony on the back with a skillful movement of his hand.

Then, the black calf was startled and stretched out its hind legs with all its might.

“Purururung… …!!”

Pfft―――!!

“Khaaak… … !!”

“older brother!!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay… Wasn’t my brother a knight candidate at one point? He said he defended himself in the moment.”

The guys were lying sprawled out, getting beaten by the pup, laughing and laughing.

“Okay. Now let’s go and ask for some money. He’s handing over the letter, so if you’re as polite as possible, he’ll probably give you a few bucks.”

“As expected of you, hyung. I always watch and learn from your shameless moves!!”

After the last scene was broadcast.

As the crystal ball extinguished, the cold faces of me and Margo were reflected.

“Are you a former candidate? I don’t feel any mana.”

“It’s so minimal that you can’t even feel it.”

While we were talking with my lifeless eyes.

The two brothers began to back away secretly.

Then the moment we noticed.

I hurriedly pulled the doorknob and tried to run away.

“Just jump out!!”

“Brother, let’s disperse and meet!!”

The pizza place door flew open.

And then, when the guys just ran forward.

They ended up bumping into the massive body of someone who had arrived at the door.

“Khaaak…!!”

“What the heck, get out of the way!!”

The guys pushed with their shoulders, trying to somehow push his body away.

but.

For some reason, the man in front of me didn’t move at all.

“What are these?”

Because the one they witnessed was one of only seven knight commanders in the Empire.

“Because of you guys, our child almost got hurt… … ?”

Richard made Lina, who was clinging closely to his side, step back.

And then, his characteristically murderous face flashed.

“Eek… … !!”

They instinctively turned their bodies towards the store again, perhaps in fear.

But, behind them, there was an even more terrifying being following them.

“Haa… It’s been a while since I’ve made my personality come out.”

I put my arm around the two men.

And then, he looked down at them with the eerie gaze he had when he was a knight escort.

“In my entire life, I’ve never seen people come here to threaten Gukseo.”