The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace - The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace chapter 160

159 Jumbo goes to see his mother

“Nine, ten… done!”

Jumbo stomped his feet to and fro and spun around. As her ears danced, her body rose a little into the air.

“No! No! You can’t fly now!”

Jumbo shouted hastily and stuck out his long nose to catch the fluttering ears.

When the body is lowered to the floor, count again.

“One, two, three…nine, ten. All done!”

I stomp my feet dizzy again. My ears fluttered spontaneously and my body flew away. No, no, I shouted and grabbed my ear again.

Then, as Jumbo counted again, ten and ten again, he tilted his head.

“Is it done now? Is it done? Huh? Huh?”

I counted 10 times, 10 times, 10 times, 10 times, and so on, just as the master said. Maybe it’s over now?

“…”

My friend, the mouse, whom the owner attached to me so that I wouldn’t be bored, climbed up on its long nose and stared at my left eye.

“Ooh, ooh, it hurts my eyes.”

My eyes hurt a lot when I focused my eyes on the left side and looked at the mouse. Blinking her painful eyes, she asked her friend, the mouse.

“Can we go now?”

“…”

My friend mouse can’t speak yet.

“Because it’s a baby!”

My friend, the mouse, has only been a few days since the owner made it, so how many years has it been? huh? was it ten years? Anyway, compared to Jumbo, he was a baby. So I guess I haven’t learned to speak yet. Jumbo is smart enough to talk.

“I’m sorry. I can’t speak.”

Feeling sorry for her, she lightly stroked the mouse’s head with the tip of her nose. The nose just passed through the transparent body, but it didn’t matter. Even my friend mouse will know that I touched her.

But that doesn’t mean Jumbo and his friend the mouse can’t talk. Even without words, the heart communicates. Because we are friends!

“Ahahahaha! Friend! My friend!”

For some reason, I was so happy that I went round and round. happy. rotated one more time. It spins again and again and again. As my eyes rolled around, I felt better for some reason. My ears fluttered and my body floated into the air again.

Suddenly I remembered an old friend. That friend pulled me down every time Jumbo came up like this.

The friend the master made in the past was taken away by the Witch of the West. My friend lost his magic power and disappeared. Later, I heard that when the master returns, the friend will be reborn, but now the master has suffered a head injury. I couldn’t even remember what kind of friend it was.

“I feel sorry for you, Master.”

The friend was a good friend, but I feel sorry for the owner that I can’t meet him.

“Ah! Master!”

Jumbo remembered that he seemed to have counted as many as his master had said.

“My friend, can we go now?”

“…”

The mouse friend sighed. Will it work or not?

I feel like saying I’m an idiot, but I don’t think so. Jumbo can talk, unlike his friend the mouse, who can’t speak. A fool is a friend mouse.

“I’m sorry. Stupid.”

Too bad. Out of pity, he stroked the mouse again with his nose.

“My friend, can we go now? Do you think you’ve counted the numbers? Shall we go to the master? Huh? Wouldn’t it be better to go? The master must be bored.”

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve been with Jumbo, so my master might die of boredom.

“No, if you die.”

suddenly became sad

It is said that he died after his master sent Jumbo to play hide and seek. the dragon did that the master is dead They said that if you die, you won’t be able to play hide and seek for a while. So Jumbo waited a long time. If the tagger doesn’t come, you have to wait for a really long time in hide and seek.

“When I die, I feel sorry for Jumbo and my master. But I feel more pity for my master. I can’t play with Jumbo.”

I have to hurry up and go. It’s a big deal when the master dies. Jumbo needs to be taken care of by his side.

Jumbo snorted the mouse. Cannot be captured by passing through the air.

“ha.”

A sigh came out. I’m in trouble because my friend mouse is stupid.

“My friend! Come on up on my head. Now I’m going to the master. If I don’t go quickly, the master will die. Let’s go.”

“…”

My friend mouse seems to be copying Jumbo’s behavior. The mouse sighed. Faha, I couldn’t hear it, but I could see the tiny mouth taking a long breath. It felt like I could hear it.

“You can speak with a little effort.”

Yeah, yeah, because sighing really feels like being heard. With a little effort, I think I can speak. At least you’ll be able to make an ah sound.

Jumbo raised his nose vigorously and cheered. My friend, the mouse, sighed again and climbed up on top of my head.

“Goes!”

Jumbo shouted vigorously and flapped his ears.

The two ears created a whirring wind, and the body floated into the air.

“But where are you going?”

If the owner is nearby, you can roughly know where it is. You just need to follow the magic, just like how you went to visit the master while playing the Spirit of Rage in the past.

However, the master was not felt here. I think it’s gone.

“Where is this?”

Suddenly, his head tilted.

My friend mouse came down from my head to the bridge of my nose. I look into Jumbo’s one eye.

“Yeah, I knew right away with that expression. You mean pathetic. Huh? Are you pathetic? No, my friend.”

Jumbo shook his head. I remember what the master told me about where this place is.

“This is Putegrin! It’s the mountain behind the imperial palace!”

This mountain is behind the master’s house. I couldn’t see it, but I could always feel the master’s magic because the house where the master lives is nearby.

This place is slightly smaller than when the spirit of wrath was used, but it is big enough for Jumbo to wander around freely.

Jumbo’s ears drooped slightly. Until recently, I was able to know where the master was, but it got further and further away, and now I don’t know. If I had counted a little faster, I would have followed him, but I became sad.

“Wow!”

Her ears drooped and her body, which had been flying, fell to the floor. I think it will fall like this. Jumbo hurriedly flapped his ears vigorously again. Flying is not easy either. If you use your head a little, it will fall off.

But where did the Master really go? worried.

‘A place without Jumbo is dangerous. Seriously, Master is so arrogant!’

I don’t know what stupidity is, but the owner often said that when Jumbo was just born. The master must have been a fool since he had just been reborn. Because he is a fool, Jumbo must protect the owner.

“If the master calls my name, he will come to me right away.”

Shall we call the dragon? Because dragons are smarter than jumbo, they may know where their master is.

“What shall we do, friend?”

Jumbo was spinning in the air while thinking, and suddenly he remembered the words of his master.

Oh, yes. The owner said he would let me meet my mother if I stayed here. My mother is still too young, so I have to wait a bit, the owner clearly said that.

Ahahahaha! I had a good idea. Jumbo’s eyes sparkled.

“Shall we go see mom?”

Yes, my mother might be in danger because the master is not at home. I’m protecting my mom. okay? friend?

“Jumbo, go to Mommy!”

When Jumbo shouted, his friend mouse suddenly stabbed Jumbo in the eye with his tail.

“Ah!”

tingling It hurts, but somehow it made me happy.

Ahahahahaha, I smiled and spun around in the air, and my friend poked me in the eye with his tail again. sick but fun

Spinning around and flying through the air, Jumbo flew towards the house where her mother lived. My friend mouse kept poking my eyes, so it was tingly, painful, and fun.

My friend, the mouse, seems to be happy when I say I’m going there. That’s why I keep poking it with my tail.

Besides, there’s Jerry the mouse. The owner let me meet him several times. Jerry is my mother’s friend. You said you were best friends with your mother.

“Meet my mom and meet Jerry and it’s the best!”

While flying away shouting like that, I began to see the imperial palace where my master and mother lived in the distance.

“Mom! Jumbo is here!”

As he shouted, people who looked as small as ants stared at Jumbo. People move about in lines like swarms of ants, parting and regrouping.

Some of them were holding toy sticks made by the Master. Light comes out of the long stick. It was really fun too. It was really fun to dodge every time the light burst.

Several people pointed long sticks at Jumbo. are you doing it again? Will you light it up again? good! Hurry and shoot!

I was so excited and flew in a big circle, but I soon changed my mind. Now is not the time to do that. Jumbo has come to see her mother. Mum might be in danger. Now that the master is gone, only Jumbo can protect his mother.

“…”

But where is mom? what does your mom look like Are you the same as your old mother? Or has it changed like the owner? Or is it a complete stranger stepmom?

“Jumbo doesn’t know what mom looks like!”

What do we do?

“I’m in trouble. I’m in trouble.”

There was even a short tongue sound that only came out when I was really in trouble.

“My friend! What should I do?”

My friend mouse tried to poke my eyes again, so I closed them this time. It’s not the time to play. It’s time to get serious. However, the tail of his friend mouse came inside, even with his eyes closed. The whole eye was thrilled.

“ah!”

I got a good idea thanks to you teasing me, my friend.

“You just have to look at each building one by one!”

Even if you don’t know the face, you will know it when you see it clearly.

Yes, you can figure it out face to face. Obviously, the mother is full of the master’s magical power.

If you have magical powers in your body like the master, you can tell without seeing it, but my mother is a weak human being, so she has no magical powers.

‘Because my mom was like that before, I’m sure my mom doesn’t have magic either.’

I’ll find you anyway, Mom. Don’t worry!

Jumbo raised his long nose vigorously in the air. a sign of promise

At first, stick lights were fired at Jumbo a few times. But as Jumbo got closer to the building, the humans no longer fired their light. I’m a little sad, but I can’t help it. have to play later It’s more urgent to find my mother now.

***

After Rudy left for Cania, Lilitha embroidered a little bit of horseshoe pattern every day.

Since ancient times, horseshoes have been carved by women to pray for men to return safely from the battlefield. It is said to bring good luck and protect men.

Embroidering together were some of the wives I had become friends with at the salon. What I used to do with ladies-in-waiting, now I do with ladies. Somehow I felt strange.

A significant number of wives staying in the imperial capital also had their husbands participate in this war. It is said that most of the noble families that owned the territory gathered a certain number of soldiers and dispatched them.

“I heard that His Majesty has limited the number of soldiers so that we cannot have too many soldiers.”

“They said it was for the farmers.”

“He forbade conscripting farmers, saying that the country would become unstable and impoverished.”

The wives who were quietly embroidering spoke one word at a time.

Most of the wives gathered in this room are young. Only women who were close in age to Lilitha gathered and embroidered several times a week.

One of them is a very old woman, a kind of protection. According to the wives, he is a wolf exterminator who preys on lambs.

I laughed a lot when I first heard it. What is a lamb and what is a wolf?

As Lilitha laughed, she was told very seriously that a woman who could play such a role was absolutely necessary. Previously, the role of protecting Rilisha was unexpectedly behind the scenes. really weird though.

Previously, several elderly wives took turns coming to the embroidery meeting, but now there is only one.

This is because several of the wives included in the salon returned to the manor. Those who left the ecliptic were mainly elderly wives. I heard that it was for the manor management.

Women do not directly run the manor. For each territory, most of them had officers or officials who took care of the administration, and they did the actual work.

However, in the absence of the lord or the lord’s deputy, the lord’s wife sometimes stays and manages the manor with the officials.

I thought all women couldn’t do things like politics or manor management. So when I heard that women were running the manor, I was a little surprised.

Later, I heard from the chief chamberlain that such a thing often happens in noble estates where the field is not subdivided like the imperial family.

It’s called a restraint of sorts. It was to prevent officials in charge of embezzlement or arbitrarily handling important matters while the lord was away.

Rilisha was deep in thought while embroidering.

Will he be able to help Rudy in that way someday?

I wish I could. How nice it would be if I could give even a little help to Rudy, who is always busy and tired, if the two of them could build a relationship where they could rely on each other.

‘Should I ask for a politics or economics teacher?’

Rudy said it was okay for her to do whatever she wanted. If there’s anything you want to learn, do it. He said it didn’t matter even if it was for men.

He also learned horseback riding from Rudy after all.

To Lilitha, who had given up riding a horse for fear of harming others, Rudy rode it around whenever he had time, saying that there would be no problem if he taught himself.

‘It was fun.’

Yes, I hate studying, but if it helps Rudy, let’s learn a little.

Thinking so, I was inserting a needle into the fabric, but suddenly one of my wives let out a short scream and fell to the floor.

When Lilitha looked up in surprise, the other wife pointed her finger at the window.

“That! That! There! There!”

Then he lost consciousness and fell helplessly to the floor.

At about the same time, escorts and soldiers rushed in from outside.

“mama!”

The soldiers each raised their weapons and aimed at Lilitha’s back. Among them was a soldier with a magic weapon that Rudi invented.

There seems to be something in the window on Lilitha’s back. I got a little scared.

But it’s strange. None of the demonic creatures that were always attached to Lilitha came out. They are the first children to come out when she is in danger, but why?

‘Anyway, I’m scared.’

Lilitha slowly turned and looked at the window.