The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 69
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The soldier shouted save (69)
Episode 9
The second princess who visited Sunlight.
He asks the chief, mulling over Violet Gerard’s words about helping the saint.
“If you want to help the saint, don’t you know our situation?”
“Well, I’m sure of it. The lord has decided to offer gold and a saint to the second princess.”
“… … How can you use a saint as a bribe?”
“I was curious, so I asked first when I was interrogating you. You said you were going to hand over information related to the saint. Information about me and your sister.”
The meaning of the leader’s words was simple.
The second princess had been wanting information about the candidate for sainthood for a long time.
‘So you wanted Croa in the end to make a deal with the princess.’
At first, I thought he was trying to find a weakness in Walker, but Lord Sunlight never mentioned the name Croa in front of me even once.
The person who wanted Croa through the lord was, in the end, the princess.
But there wasn’t much time to think about why the princess wanted Croa.
“S, Your Majesty. I was going to send you back to tell Your Highness that the lord had contracted an infectious disease, but I refused to go back until I saw his condition in person.”
“Ha, Your Highness is really vicious. You want to meet someone with an infectious disease? Don’t you think the lower-ranking men will stop you?”
“The knight next to the princess seemed to be actively trying to stop him, but when the princess noticed, he kept his mouth shut.”
Who can break the stubbornness of the second princess?
‘I guess your tomboyish personality is still there.’
The chief sighs as he recalls the image of Violet Gerard he saw during his days as a soldier.
“Tell her to wait a moment so I can get ready and go. Tell Seoyoung to come over too.”
“yes!”
The meaning of the leader calling for Oh Seo-young, who had the ‘customizing’ privilege, was simple.
“What do you plan to do? Are you planning to appear before the princess?”
“What can I do? I have to speak well in front of the princess. I can’t send up a lord who is addicted to drugs, right?”
As the masked chief sighed, someone knocked timidly on the door and came inside.
“Chief… Did you call?”
“Swap Allen and me. I want my bangs to cover my eyes. Allen… I want long hair.”
With Oh Seo-young’s ‘customizing’, she changes her hair and comes back to change clothes in another room.
Then, the figure of the chieftain dressed like a maid appeared, glaring at a man.
“What, what should I do?”
“Just think of the Lord as having a real contagious disease and act normally. You’re one of Lord Sunlight’s close associates, so you can handle it, right?”
The man nods vigorously as the chief threatens by tapping his collar with the tip of his dagger.
“Okay, if you’re ready, let’s go. We can’t keep the royal family waiting for too long.”
Ask the manager heading to the reception room.
“Do you think the Second Princess will be fooled?”
“I would never be fooled. Violet Gerard is the only one in the royal family with a proper head.”
Early days of military service.
The last time we saw Violet Gerard, she was a tomboy with a lot of intellectual curiosity.
A troublemaker in the palace who reads books while eating, lightly disregarding the dignity of the palace.
‘Now, his reputation has changed to that of being the smartest person on the Gerard Continent.’
Standing in front of the door to the room where the princess was, the chieftain raised his voice.
“Your Highness, in place of the seriously ill Lord… … .”
-Squeak.
Before the chief could finish speaking, the reception room door opened.
“Come in.”
The knight glaring with an annoyed expression and the princess drinking tea elegantly.
“Ha, haha… Nice to meet you, Your Highness. I am… … .”
The princess gestures to the lord’s entourage without even looking at them.
“Get out.”
“……yes?”
“I told you to get out so I can talk to your master.”
The princess’s blue eyes turn to the other side.
“… … .”
The princess’s gaze was directed to the chieftain whose red eyes were covered by his bangs.
“Go out and look.”
“Yes, yes… … .”
As the man leaves, the chieftain pushes back the bangs that had been covering his eyes over his forehead and raises the corners of his mouth.
“Is this really the Imperial Palace? I didn’t know that even in such a shabby guild, there would be a hidden part of the Imperial Palace?”
“Your eyes and ears are also rooted in the palace, so aren’t they the same?”
The princess put down her teacup and spoke without even giving it a glance.
“But I like it because it feels refreshing.”
As the chieftain, who had slumped down on the chair, lifted up the hem of her skirt and crossed her legs, the princess’s escort knight shouted with an angry face.
“How dare you! Who are you to be so impudent in front of!”
“Lector.”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
“Shut up.”
“……yes?”
The knight’s eyes widened in disbelief at the princess’s harsh words.
“Poem, I’m sorry.”
The escort knight who was glaring at the chieftain took a step back, his eyes trembling.
“It’s been a while, Sir Allen.”
When I turn my gaze to the changed tone of speech, I see the princess smiling at me.
“It seems like only yesterday that I saw Sir Allen, who was a soldier. Doesn’t time really fly?”
The princess invites you to sit down with a friendly smile.
‘When I was a soldier…’
I smile back at the princess, who seems to miss me as she remembers me as a soldier.
“You have become excellent not only in your studies but also in capturing people’s hearts.”
The second princess stood in front of the soldiers only once.
Did the princess really remember me among the thousands of soldiers?
The corners of my mouth go up at the sound of the princess’s lips.
“That’s a funny joke. If you were a normal man, I would have thought you really remembered me.”
In just one speech on the eve of war.
It is impossible for the princess to remember me among the thousands of soldiers wearing the same armor.
As she said that, the princess, who had been lowering her head, raised the corners of her lips to below her ears.
“It’s funny. There were so many people in the palace who pretended not to know and were fooled that I couldn’t realize it, but I still had a lot to learn.”
The princess raises her head for the first time and looks at me and the chief.
Purple hair with golden bangs.
Although the hair color that symbolizes the palace is faint, the blue eyes that seem to be set with jewels are more distinct than those of any other member of the royal family.
“I know you’re busy, so I’ll just ask briefly. Can I speak to you instead of Lord Sunlight?”
A tone of speech that says it doesn’t matter who the business partner is.
He asks, observing the princess’s expression, which he cannot read.
“May I first ask what it means to help the saint?”
As we say that, someone raises their voice and interrupts the conversation once again.
“How dare you! Ask the princess’s question as a question… … .”
Someone let out a deep sigh at the angry voice of the escort knight.
“Get out, Lecter.”
“Ah, Princess! These people don’t even know how to be grateful that the Princess came to see you! With people like this… … .”
“I told you to stop teaching and get out. Do you want me to tell you twice?”
An intimidating force that comes from pure charisma.
“Excuse me, Your Majesty.”
As the escort knight steps out the door, the princess twists her long hair as if lost in thought and speaks.
“Surely, Sir Allen was a member of Saint Croix’s family?”
“Yes.”
At those words, the princess smiles and reveals a secret of the palace.
“The Emperor plans to summon all those who have the qualities of a saint to the Academy and kill them. He has not revealed the method or exact time of the killings.”
A secret that could shake the very foundation of the palace.
When the princess casually tells the secret, the chief and I frown and lock eyes.
“… … Hey, Princess. I don’t get what you’re talking about. You didn’t come here to talk bad about the Emperor, did you?”
“Didn’t I tell you? I came to help the candidate for sainthood. I have no intention of letting the candidate for sainthood die.”
“… …Why doesn’t the princess follow the palace’s will?”
At those words, the princess lets out a meaningful laugh.
“I have a question. Is it really the right thing to do for the palace to kill the candidate for sainthood?”
The princess leans back against the back of the chair and speaks with a sigh.
“I disagree with your father. I think that the candidates for sainthood must survive so that the palace can find its proper place.”
“What does it mean?”
When the princess smiled as if she had no intention of answering my question, the chief smiled mischievously and raised his voice.
“They say the reason the emperor fears the saint is because she sold her body to the devil. I guess the rumors are true?”
An insult to the emperor.
The princess raises her voice with a consistent smile.
“If you want information, why not pay the price instead of provoking it?”
The princess says with a smile.
“When I see a dirty commoner crawling, I want to step on him and kill him right away.”
Mana full of life force instantly flowed out from the princess’s body.
‘Did you learn magic too?’
I ask a question on behalf of the silent chieftain, guessing at the princess’s power.
“So, how do you plan on helping, Your Highness?”
“We can’t block admission against the imperial order, so we should consider attaching an escort. Does Sir Allen have any good ideas?”
I ask the princess who asked for my opinion if there is a way for me to enter the academy myself.
“Certainly, not only in skill but also in trust built on blood ties. If Sir Allen can stay at the Academy, there is no more reliable escort.”
The princess nods after much thought.
“It might not be easy to call Sir Allen, who is related to the saint by blood, to the Academy… but it might be possible if we use someone else’s identity. Let’s find a way for Sir Allen to infiltrate the Academy.”
I suggested that the princess’ side prepare an escort for Croa, but the answer I got was that it would be difficult because the palace had its hands full of famous and powerful figures.
“Instead, you may be able to find an assistant who can relay information from within the Academy.”
When discussing methods with the princess for several dozen minutes.
The chief, who had been standing with his arms crossed, turned his head toward the closed door.
“Hey, Princess. Is everything okay over there?”
The chief looks out the door and points to his ear.
‘Are you eavesdropping on the conversation?’
A faint mana felt outside the door.
As the chieftain informed the knight with a quill that the escort was eavesdropping on the conversation, the princess began to draw on the table.
“Tacitum.”
As the princess, who had been mumbling for two minutes, shouts the opening words, blue particles cover the room.
“… Is that great? I heard that soundproofing magic is difficult to calculate.”
“It’s just a common excuse from those who don’t try hard enough.”
The princess, who had perfectly used soundproofing magic, emptied her teacup and spoke in a calm tone.
“You don’t have to worry about my escort knight. I brought the one who was supposed to be disposed of by my side in the first place.”
The princess continues speaking with a smile.
“We plan to deal with it so cleanly that even the necromancer cannot open his mouth.”
The leader lets out a hollow laugh in admiration at the princess’s words.
“If we dispose of those we brought in as escorts, will the only one who knows about today be the princess?”
“No, you will be the one who puts the value on my actions. It would be a hassle to keep your mouth shut, so I have put it off until later.”
As the princess gives him a blatant look, saying that the chief’s mouth is also on guard, the chief lets out a small sigh and says.
“Your Highness, you know that I am also a candidate for sainthood, right?”
“Among the saints, I consider you last in line. I don’t want to think of you as the palace’s hope.”
“… … Thank you very much. For the sake of the princess who thinks so, I must survive desperately.”
After discussing the upcoming events for a few more minutes, the princess sat up from her chair.
“I will send a letter or person to Yeongji later.”
As soon as the princess left the Sunlight Estate, I also immediately packed my bags at the inn.
‘When I return to Walker, I think it would be a good idea to read Galtarang’s notebook again.’
How to perfectly control the red sword with the ring of trust.
I was thinking of preparing my own method.
* * *
A month after returning to Walker with Sunlight’s chief technician, the streetscape began to change.
The walls of the building were coated with luminous stones, making them shine brightly even at night, and the people of Yeongji, who could walk around at night as if it were day, did not stop spending even at night.
‘It’s gotten so big.’
Walker’s power has grown to a point where even the palace cannot ignore it.
Marie Walker knew how to harness this power.
With the power of Walker, he pressured other territories to stop them from trading items needed for Freya’s rituals, including the leaves of the World Tree.
They succeeded in delaying the timing by blocking the Freya cult from taking Croa as a saint at any moment.
‘Still, I couldn’t stop him from entering the academy.’
Was there a deal with the palace?
An entrance that even Walker’s power could not stop was approaching.
The threat of assassination against Croa is looming before our eyes.
It was time to stop preparing and start creating results.
‘Let me focus on what I have to do.’
Shake off your distracting thoughts and quietly look at your opponent holding the sword.
-Whoosh!
A real sword passing before my eyes.
I easily dodged the sword and stabbed the collarbone in front of me with my bladeless sword.
“Ugh, ugh!”
Unable to overcome the shock of having her collarbone pierced, Lian’s body falls limply.
Lian struggles to get up, using her sword as a cane.
I saw that sight, put away my sword and said.
“If you want to give up, tell me anytime. If you want, I will assign another seed beside Croa as an escort.”
It was decided after discussion with the princess to bring Lian to the academy as a squire to assist the saintess.
A situation where a trustworthy person who is not influenced by the palace is more important than someone with power.
In that sense, Lian, Croa’s childhood friend, was perfect for the role of the seed.
“… No, you can.”
Ryan and I were no longer like brother and sister.
Lian, who belonged to the church, and I, who became a noble and became the commander of the knights.
I raise my sword again as I look at Lian, who can no longer even speak informally to me comfortably.
“You can’t use the power of a paladin on your own. If Croa, who blesses you, faints, you’ll be nothing more than a weakling who can be defeated by even a sword like this.”
Lian, whose face distorted at my words, swings her sword with all her might.
-Whoosh!
A slow and sluggish attack.
“Ugh!”
As I dodge the sword and grab his collar, Lian’s body loses balance and rolls on the floor.
“Think carefully, Lian. If you can’t do anything like this, wouldn’t it be safer to have someone else with power beside Croa instead of you?”
– Far away.
Gritting his teeth, he looks at Lian, who is gradually emitting a golden light, and drives the wedge in.
“I wish it had been a talented guy, not you, who was Croa’s childhood friend.”
At my words, Lian raises her sword, her eyes trembling.
“Eww!”
Lian’s crying voice echoes throughout the training grounds.
As Lian, radiating golden light, rushes forward with her sword raised, he secretly smiles.
‘Did you amplify the remaining divine power?’
It was Lian who received the divine power of Croa overflowing from the bowl every day.
Although he cannot create divine power on his own, he is first-class in accepting the divine power within his body and freely handling it.
‘In the end, the problem was my lack of confidence and lack of practical experience.’
He swings his raised arm and meets Lian’s golden sword with his sword.
-Whoosh!
The sword I was holding was easily cut off.
A golden sword heading for my Adam’s apple.
“Ugh, ugh… .”
I watched Lian relax as the tip of the sword seemed to touch my neck.
“Oh, oh!”
He stretches his leg out like a spear and kicks Lian in the stomach.
“The reason you hesitated before the vital point is not because you have a lot of affection. It’s because you don’t have the eyes to discern your opponent’s skills.”
Lian bit her lips in anger at the irrefutable words and hit the ground.
“… Not yet.”
Lian doesn’t give up and tries to get back up again.
Even Lian, who is becoming a young man, is realizing this.
That one’s failure means someone else’s death.
“Well done. I can trust you and leave it to you.”
He puts down the severed sword in front of Lian’s eyes.
Lian, who belatedly saw the sword she had cut, stood up with a dumbfounded look on her face, holding my hand.
“Listen carefully, cutting off your opponent’s head isn’t the only way to win.”
Victory is not winning, it is achieving a goal.
“Know your place, then you will know what victory is. You know what I mean?”
“… … If I come across an opponent I can’t beat, I’ll try to buy as much time as possible.”
He smiles and says this at the understanding words of Lian.
“Yes, I believe it.”
An afternoon after a short break.
Lian’s black sword, which had achieved mental growth, had become stronger than before.
“Don’t imitate me. Think of the best your body can do, not mine.”
When he was training Lian roughly, swinging his sword without touching it.
Someone was running with urgent steps.
“Ah, Allen! The Freya Church is trying to take Croa away!”
A schedule that was faster than expected.
“let’s go.”
As we hurriedly ran towards the church with Lian, we came into view of a knight in golden armor and an old pope in white robes.
“Paladin Lian, bring the saintess to us immediately.”
The Pope calls Lian with arrogant language.
He was taking Croix.