IWAEBS - Chapter 181 < A handsome guy is looking at me >



I called Moiya and quickly looked at the knights of the Principality of Aklatto.

They were all surprised by the appearance of the baby wyvern, their mouths agape, and looked up at the sky.

“Now that we’ve seen the wyvern, none of them should be let live.”

The Lord of Magic Tower whispered to me and Commander Macrom.

Meanwhile, Moiya was spitting fire at the giant Galaco.

“Kwaaak-!”

He was still a baby, so it wasn’t enough to deal with an adult Galaco, but the fire was quite strong.

When Galaco’s wings burned, it writhed in pain and opened its mouth wide, which was biting Bonis.

Bonis’s body fell into the gap, and Commander Macrom desperately caught her.

Only then did I exhale and fall to the ground.

After I let go of the sword of the incarnation, the fever that had been circulating throughout my body suddenly subsided, and I lost all my energy for a moment.

“Zelda! Come to your senses!”

I heard the voice of the incarnation waking me up in my fading consciousness.

I opened my eyes again. I saw the knight of the Principality of Aklatto looking down at me, about to strike me with his raised sword.

I just... closed my eyes.

“Huh!”

As soon as I closed my eyes, I heard a short, final scream.

It definitely wasn’t coming from my mouth.

“Your Majesty, are you okay?”

I opened my eyes again at the sound of someone calling me.

“Empress Elan...? How are you doing here?”

“You seem tired, so please rest for a moment. I will relax from now on.”

She bowed to me and turned around.

Empress Elan, holding her twin swords, began to deal with the remaining knights of the Principality of Aklatto.

***

“It would have been better to leave when Hetor had sorted out the situation. No matter how much I thought about it, it seems too early.”

Duke Haymitch set sail for the continent earlier than scheduled with Roxana’s Holy Fire, but soon regretted it.

Before Hetor could sort things out, staying in the northern continent would only mean watching the slaughter for a few more days.

“We should be together from the beginning so that we know what’s going on. It’s better to let the guests of each continent know about our presence early.”

“This father is thinking about the slightest chance that something goes wrong.”

Duke Haymitch said, displeasedly. He was displeased with his daughter’s frequent backbiting.

“Hetor is a puppet anyway. I can’t leave everything to him. You need to have a sense of ownership, Father.”

“Roxana.”

“Yes, father.”

“Don’t be so cocky. You are the puppet’s match. Not only him, but you too.”

“But when we start living on the continent, you will have to be my puppet.”

“What?!”

In response to Roxana’s unusual response, Duke Haymitch took out the whip he had stored in the cabin.

“Did you eat something wrong, or is it because you haven’t tasted this lately?”

Duke Haymitch had no intention of swinging the whip for the time being.

He was just trying to scare her.

But for some reason, Roxana didn’t seem scared even when she saw the whip.

Instead, she looked like she had been waiting for it.

That sight irritated Duke Haymitch.

He couldn’t understand why she was smiling and saying such things without fear.

“Hit me.”

“What, what?”

“I think that would... make me feel better.”

Roxana knelt down, bent her upper body, and placed both palms on the floor.

“T-what is this arrogance! There are many ways to talk back to your father!”

“Ugh...!”

The whip clung to Roxana’s back and then fell off.

Today, it felt like a hug from an old friend.

“Ha, hahaha!”

She burst into laughter for the first time as she was hit by the whip.

But Roxana's tears were falling on the floor without fail.

Roxana never lost her smile, even though she was shaking in pain while being whipped.

Duke Haymitch couldn't control his anger at Roxana's reaction and swung his arm wildly and bringing down the whip.

The Duke thought something was wrong, but once he started, he couldn't stop.

He was a man who pathologically enjoyed whipping his daughter.

'Yes, keep whipping me. This is my last... gift.'

Roxana gritted her teeth and endured it.

The red potion made her dizzy from the heat that rose up without warning and the pain of her skin tearing on her back, but this was the last day.

If her father had not swung his whip, she would have fainted.

Duke Haymitch swung his whip a few more times and returned with a kind expression, pouring healing water on her back.

“Daughter, I am doing this for your good.”

Duke Haymitch said, throwing away the whip he was holding.

Roxana also looked at the whip and threw away the love and hate she had for her father.

The ship had already arrived at the northern continent bordering the Elanji Forest.

***
 
When I came to my senses again, the Empress Elan and the two of them had killed all the knights of the Principality of Aklatto that remained.

We rode until just before sunset.

After crossing the large river, we had to ride for more than an hour before we made camp.

After settling down, I buried Bonis, whom I had brought with me on the horse, under the apple tree.

‘Bonis, I will find the one who caused this situation and take revenge....’

I wiped away my last tears as I vowed revenge.

“I’m sure she went to a good place.”

Empress Elan consoled me in front of Bonis’s grave.

Oh, Bonis’ grave...

It still didn’t feel real.

I wanted to let go of everything in the sadness of losing my lifelong friend, but I couldn’t just break down and let Bonis’ death be in vain.

It wasn’t the time to be sad yet.

I tried my best to act calm and asked.

“My Lord, what about the Incarnation Sword?”

I asked, thinking of Galaco, who had disappeared with the Incarnation Sword stuck in his chest.

The direction that Galaco had flown was definitely toward the monastery.

If it had fallen where the Allied Forces were, there was a high chance that the Incarnation Sword would have fallen into their hands.

“Just because you own the Incarnation Sword doesn’t mean that anyone can handle it. So don’t worry too much.”

Bellos replied in a calm voice.

In fact, I felt more regretful than worried.

After a while, the sun completely set.

Instead of a bonfire, we decided to light the oil lamp we brought from the monastery.

Since everyone already knew that I was holding a fire, I lit the wick inside the lamp without paying attention.

Only Empress Elan looked at me strangely.

“Aren’t you going to light a bonfire? Then I can light it all at once, Moiya~.”

Moiya raised his head to the sky and said, spitting out fire.

When I motioned for him to stop, Moiya shut his mouth.

“I didn’t know you would be this wild... I thought you were so docile when you were in the egg because you didn’t come out. Anyway, it’s been a while.”

The Lord of Magic Tower smiled and greeted Moiya formally.

“If you want to talk to me, would you mind telling me through our master?”

Moiya ignored the Lord of Magic Tower while picking at his ear.

None of the Allied Forces that had been chasing us returned alive, so there were no witnesses to the wyvern.

But apart from me and Commander Macrom, the Lord of Magic Tower and Empress Elan learned of Moiya’s existence.

It was inevitable, but I was still a little worried.

On the outside, neither of them seemed too shaken.

The Lord of Magic Tower treated Moiya as if he were meeting an old friend, but Moiya, as always, was upset with anyone but me.

The Lord of Magic Tower, who was his original master, was no exception.

I looked down at Moiya, who was playing in the dirt like a child, and said to Empress Elan,

“Thank you for helping me.”

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty, the Empress has already saved my life twice. So... don’t worry.”

Empress Elan seemed to know what I was worried about, so she looked at Moiya too, then looked back at me and smiled slightly.

She said she had been sent as a guide to show me around when I arrived in the Tebello Empire.

I couldn’t believe that Emperor Adrian had asked Linel first, but in any case, I was able to avoid the crisis thanks to Empress Elan.

At that moment, I heard Moiya’s stomach growling.

“There should be something simple to eat in the pouch on Bonis’s horse...”

“I’ll get it.”

As I tried to stand up, Commander Macrom limped up on the leg that had just been treated by the Lord of Magic Tower.

Commander Macrom, who rode Bonis’ horse and carried her body, remained silent the whole time.

Bonis’ death must have been a great shock to him, too.

And it must have been even more so because she had been shot by an arrow while trying to protect him.

Commander Macrom took out some beef jerky from his saddle pouch.

Suddenly, I remembered the lemon tea that Bonis had told me not to drink, saying it was better to drink during meals.

“Ah, Macrom. Could you please bring me the water jug ​​that’s hanging next to it?”

“Here it is, Your Majesty.”

Commander Macrom handed me the jug containing the lemon tea.

Since I had been thirsty the whole time, I drank it in one gulp.

“...Your Majesty!”

The Lord of Magic Tower, who had been away for a while, came back holding five apples in both hands, startled at the sight of me drinking the lemon tea, and dropped the apples.

Ah, I should have shared some with the others...

Since there was plenty of water, I ended up drinking all the lemon tea by myself without realizing it.

“Sorry, I have one sip left. Would you like to drink this?”

I awkwardly handed the jug to the Lord of Magic Tower.

“Oh, no.”

When the Lord of Magic Tower refused, I drank the last sip, added some more water, and drank all the remaining lemon flavor.

Instead, I ate a little less jerky as a matter of course.

As the night grew deeper, we each went into our sleeping bags in silence and lay down.

I thought about Linel before I fell asleep.

The Allied Forces must have arrived at the monastery. Will he be okay?

The Master of the Towers said that they don’t want war.

Then why did they invade the forests of Galaco during the Continental Hunting Competition? I had a headache.

I put my complicated thoughts aside for now and went to sleep, thinking only of meeting him again.

And then I saw Linel in my dream.

‘Strange...’

The face of the man I met in my dream became blurry as we talked.

***

A month later.

The remarriage of the Emperor of the Lapion Empire was postponed.

This news was announced to the people of the empire through the palace newsletter.

The reason was the health of his future wife, Princess Roxana.

Roxana suffered from a fever that she thought was over again.

This time, her symptoms were more severe than before.

She was staying in the palace of Empress Zelda, who was revealed to be the ‘Acting Empress’, and was suffering.

Roxana was not fully conscious due to her high fever, so she was unable to contact Logan.

Moreover, no one except her servant, Nancy, knew that she was suffering from the side effects of the red potion due to Bellos’s absence.

People simply thought that Roxana was suffering from an endemic disease after moving from the warm island nation of Aklatto to the northern continent.

While the person being remarried was suffering from a fever, the main palace where Linel was staying was swept by a cold wind.

He was working every day, locked in his office.

Raphael knocked and came in.

“Your Majesty, I will be going to the palace.”

“What’s the matter?”

He kept his eyes on the documents and asked.

“Today is the day to go to the clinic of the wizard Big and get the potion you are taking. Since you came back from the hunting competition, your body temperature has been dropping rapidly, so lately...”

“Yes, I am abusing it.” 

“Yes, don’t rely solely on potions. You should get some sunlight during the day and take a walk to raise your body temperature.”

Linel put down his quill and stood up from his chair at Raphael’s nagging.

“Let’s go.”

“...Where?”

“To raise my temperature.”

“Are you saying you’ll go to the palace with me?”

“Yes, while I’m out, let’s have a drink. I don’t think my temperature will rise.”

Linel left the office first.

It was his first outing since returning to the Lapion Imperial Palace.

***

“It’s still so damn fancy.”

I looked at the Lapion Imperial Palace in the distance.

Last night, I returned to the Lapion Empire with the Lord of Magic Tower and Empress and Empress Elan after a month.

In the Tebello Empire, with the Lord of Magic Tower and Empress Elan’s help, I was able to obtain the ‘Yakante’ herb without much difficulty and make plenty of magic potions.

The two desperately tried to stop me, but there were too many reasons to return to this freezing land.

There were still people I had to protect in that damn palace.

And my husband, who had been dying day and night for me, was getting remarried.

...Of course, I don’t remember that in my head, but according to Moiya, that’s true.

His remarriage was a good opportunity for me.

I plan to sneak into the palace during the remarriage ceremony... and sneak into the palace.

The fact that I was the ‘acting Empress’ has spread throughout the Lapion Empire, so I have no choice.

I don’t even remember the face of my husband, the Emperor, but I have to go into the palace and meet with Rose and Sharon.

Both of them must have been worried about me.

And I have to get back the 'Sword of Incarnation' in the palace.

Of course, I can't be sure. However, since arriving at the palace, an indescribable feeling and fever have been rising in my hand.

The closer I get to the palace, like today, the worse the symptoms become. I plan to leave the palace once I finish my work.

Revenge on Bonis... I have to wait for the right time.

Once I finish everything, I plan to leave the Lapion Empire without any regrets.

Anyway, I'm on my way to buy sausages for Moiya with the hood of my robe pulled down all over my head, but I stopped in front of a tavern and said,

"Shall we have a drink before we go?" 

Yes, alcohol is best for daytime drinking. 

"Let's just have one drink before we go." 

When I entered the tavern, there was only one empty seat at the long table in front of the owner who sells alcohol. However, there was a small glass of whiskey left in the empty seat. Who had left the seat for a moment? 

As I slowly walked to the seat, I looked around, but it seemed like the owner of the liquor store had left without emptying his glass. I hope so. But just in case, I asked. 

“Is this an empty seat?” 

“...” 

The man sitting next to me rolled his eyes at me. Oh, how his eyes rolled back unpleasantly. The man must have had a lot of filthy things, because he pulled down the hood of his robe as much as I did. 

At first glance, his face was perfect enough to make the hood seem colorless. However, his personality seemed quite dirty. Judging from the fact that he didn’t say anything, I guess this seat was empty. What urgent matter was there that he ordered this precious drink and left? 

I sat down naturally as if the drink were mine. A few seconds later, when I secretly picked up the glass, the man started staring at me openly this time. I tried to drink, but when I realized that I couldn’t, I said something sharply. 

“I don’t care.” 

“?” 

“You’re not my style.” 

“!” 

The man frowned with a shocked expression. Wow, that handsome guy is still handsome even when his face is crumpled like that! 

I was shocked for no reason and stared at the man.


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