A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

097. The Lord’s Passion

A little over ten people were gathered in the conference room of Trine’s mansion.

Among them, the only ones with trine and spherical faces are Lisbeth, Muscle, and Ally.

Trine cleared his throat once and then spoke to everyone.

“Representatives from each village, I sincerely thank you for attending this event today.”

He bowed his head politely, greeted everyone, and then spoke again.

“I am Trine, the lord of this Teor territory. Please take care of me in the future.”

Everyone stared at Trine with disapproving expressions.

But soon Allie took the lead and applauded.

One by one, we reluctantly gave them a round of applause out of courtesy.

“The reason I wanted to meet you today is to discuss the future management policy of the territory.”

Trine smiled awkwardly and continued.

“First of all, I would appreciate it if you could honestly tell us about the current situation in each village.”

One of the village chiefs asked cautiously.

“First of all, there is something I would like to hear from you, my lord.”

“Yes, please speak.”

“Aren’t you trying to use us to start a war with Heaven?”

Trine paused for a moment and then answered carefully.

“As you know, the destruction of the Red Stone in Theor Volcano changed the situation significantly.”

At those words, most of the village chiefs looked somewhat uneasy.

They also knew to some extent through rumors.

An angel tried to blow up Mount Theor, and the hero Trine and the martial dragon Grokath stopped it.

However, in the aftermath, they could no longer be free from heaven’s gaze.

Trine studied their reactions for a moment and continued.

“That is unlikely to happen, but if a war with Heaven breaks out, we may have to borrow your strength.”

Then some village chiefs began to shout.

“We absolutely do not want war!”

“We just want to live quietly!”

“Isn’t it your fault that we ended up like this in the first place?”

Lisbeth got a little angry at those words and opened her mouth.

“How rude! Trine risked his life for you and fought an angel-”

Trine quickly covered Lisbeth’s mouth and spoke.

“I also never want war. I fully understand your situation.”

Allie’s village seemed to be the only village that tried to erase memories with snow lavender.

However, there were quite a few demons living in hiding in other villages as well.

They also wanted to disconnect from the secular world.

“But you know that your situation is dangerous regardless of whether I am there or not.”

At those words, the village chiefs lowered their heads with an expression of resentment.

From their perspective, Trine is clearly someone who cannot be trusted.

But even without him, the situation was still dangerous.

… Trine slowly pulled out his trump card.

“But at least as long as I’m around, angels won’t be able to easily cross this land.”

Someone sneered at those bold words.

“How can you be sure of that?”

“I made a contract with the martial dragon Grokatsu to protect this place from the heavenly world.”

At those words, the village chiefs began to murmur.

“Was the rumor true…?”

“How on earth can that person come with Grokath…?”

“But if that’s true…”

Trine waited for a moment, cleared his throat, and continued speaking.

“Anyway, as long as the heavens are afraid of Grokath, they won’t be able to touch this place carelessly.”

“I see.”

“From my perspective, I have no intention of causing trouble to heaven first.”

“Can I believe that?”

“Of course, if the heavenly world touches on us first, we will fight back with your strength.”

At those words, the village chiefs were silent for a moment.

If everything Trine says is true, there is absolutely no reason to deny him.

However, it was not easy to shake off the distrust and anxiety caused by the sudden change.

Eventually, a village chief asked Trine.

“Why are you protecting us so much?”

Trine answered right away as if he had been waiting for that question.

“I was shipwrecked here once, and my life was saved thanks to Chief Ally’s village.”

Allie smiled quietly at those words.

Trine made eye contact with her once and then spoke to everyone.

“I promised you back then. I would return the favor.”

Trine stood up.

“I’m not going to tell you that you have to trust me unconditionally.”

And then he bowed to everyone and said.

“However, I would appreciate it if you could give me just one chance to earn your trust.”

… In response to Trine’s sincere appeal,

Only then did the village chiefs’ distrust begin to fade little by little.

“Okay, I’ll keep an eye on you for now.”

“If you say it that way, I can’t help it.”

“As long as our interests are aligned, I will follow you.”

“…thank you.”

Trine sat down again.

“Then, going back to the original story, I would appreciate it if you could tell us about the current situation and difficulties of each village.”

Afterwards, a serious discussion took place for about two hours.

There were three main problems common to most villages.

There are a lot of monsters, food is decreasing, and there are no troops to fight when the time comes.

Trine listened to everyone’s comments, took notes diligently, and concluded the meeting.

“We will review the agenda items you have informed us of today, come up with measures, and discuss them again at the next meeting.”

… After that, the village chiefs left,

Only then did the mansion become quiet again, and Trine leaned back in his chair, exhausted.

“I don’t know if this worked out well.”

Muscle and Lisbet said, each placing a hand on Trine’s shoulder.

“Good enough.”

“I guess I just saw it again a little bit?”

At that time, Allie, who had not yet left, came over and handed over a large basket.

Inside the basket was a note along with dried meat and raspberries.

‘cheer up! ‘I’ll cheer you on!’

“Yes, thank you.”

Lisbeth said as she grabbed a raspberry and ate it.

“Oh, this is pretty delicious!”

Trine was about to pick up the fruit and looked at Allie with suspicion for a moment.

“I’m sure they also mixed in snow lavender, right?”

Allie momentarily avoided eye contact.

“Ugh… Is this really true?”

Soon Allie smiled mischievously and turned over the note in the basket.

‘You couldn’t have put it in, idiot :P’

“Ha. Ha. Ha. It’s fun.”

After a while, Ally left, and Muscle and Lizlette also left to straighten out the furniture.

At that time, Myeong-yoon spoke as if he had been waiting.

‘It looks fun.’

“It’s not particularly fun, Senior Myungyun.”

‘Didn’t you decide to call me Mary instead of Myeong-yoon from now on?’

“…I did, Mary.”

This time, spirits, Yumano God, and nameless demons also spoke.

‘Thank you for your hard work today.’

‘I’m glad it’s going smoothly one way or another.’

‘You finally break free from your student status and do something heroic.’

“I haven’t given up my student status yet.”

At that time, Hwaran approached Trine, controlling the body of a maid doll.

“We have a guest, master!”

Trine, who found Yuril standing behind her, said to Hwaran with a straight face.

“If you’re really going to use that body, don’t use the title ‘master.’”

“Why? What’s wrong with calling my master ‘master’?”

“Of course it’s bad! I look like a pervert!”

Yuril sat across from Trine, ignoring their argument.

“It seems like things are slowly settling in now.”

“Well, I still have a lot of work to do.”

“Cat wants to move the workshop here.”

“Really? Then do you want to live here too?”

Trine said that, but then blushed and panicked.

“Oh, no! It’s not like it has any strange meaning!”

Yuril answered, taking out the raspberries in the basket and looking around.

“Actually, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to come here too.”

“Huh? Really?”

“The pharmacy is so hectic that I don’t have time to do the research I really want to do.”

“Is there anyone you would like to pass on the pharmacy to?”

“A person I met at a pharmacy conference was interested.”

“That’s good.”

Yuril asked with a slight smile.

“Can I rent a room?”

“You can think of it as your home and use it however you want.”

“Be careful what you say. If someone who doesn’t know you hears it, it will sound like you’re trying to bring an adulterous woman into your newlywed home.”

Yuril flicked a raspberry with his finger and hit Trine’s forehead, then stood up.

“Anyway, the reason I’m moving here is after Sia settled here first.”

“Yeah. I’ll keep that in mind.”

After Yuril went back to the pharmacy.

Only then did Trine stretch out, thinking he could get some rest.

At that time, Hwaran brought someone again.

“Sir, we have a new guest!”

Behind Hwaran was an unfamiliar girl.

Black, neat short hair and a shabby-looking leather cape.

She bowed to Trine and shouted.

“Ah, hello! I’m Hye-rim, an apprentice angel!”

At the word angel, Trine immediately stood up and became alert.

“What brought the angel here?”

“I, uh, have come as the successor to senior Myeong-yoon, who passed away!”

… According to the god Yumano, the heavenly world thinks Mary is dead.

The academy decided to treat it as if she had gone to study abroad.

In other words, this apprentice angel named Hye-rim came to fill the vacant position at the academy.

“Are you planning to enter the academy next year?”

“Yes! I have decided to enroll in the knight department!”

“Then why did you come to see me?”

When Hye-rim hesitated in response to Trine’s harsh question,

Mary yelled at Trine.

‘Yes, you guy! ‘Don’t scare my cute junior!’

‘No, no one can tell that they came to watch over me.’

‘From the beginning, that child was scheduled to come in as my successor after I graduated.’

At that time, Hye-rim suddenly shouted.

“T-I came to say hello to try to impress Trine!”

“What does that mean?”

“I was supposed to be Trine’s watchdog and assistant!”

According to Hyerim’s clumsy and lengthy explanation that follows,

It seemed that Heaven was trying to establish a friendly relationship with Trine.

Because Trine killed Gohyeop, it is clear that he is a dangerous person.

At the same time, it was also known that Trine had no intention of threatening Heaven right away.

That’s why it was said that Heaven would rather form an alliance with Trine.

… Yumano Shin also told a similar story before, so it’s probably not a lie.

“I understand for now.”

Trine held out his hand to her.

“Please take care of this situation from now on.”

“thank you!”

Hyerim grabbed Trine’s hand and swung it around.

After a while, she let go and hesitantly spoke to Trine.

“Hey, and shamelessly, I have a favor to ask.”

“What is it?”

“Can I live in this mansion for a while?”

Trine responded to the sudden request with a wrinkled expression.

“I don’t like it.”

“Please! Just for a month, no, just for a week!”

Hyerim whined, holding on to the hem of Trine’s pants.

“Wait, why are you like this!”

“I’ve been homeless for a few days because I had no money and no place to go!”

Mary muttered in a sympathetic tone.

‘Heaven does not provide a single penny of money when dispatching an apprentice angel.’

“No, no matter what, not here!”

“Even the attic is fine, so just lend me a place to sleep at night!”

“Not even my wife has come to this house yet!”

“You can serve me for free! If you want, I’ll even be your maid!”

At that time, due to bad timing, Yuril returned to Trine again.

“Trine, and Bonnie Siaga-”

Then he glanced at Hye-rim, who was tangled in the trine, and immediately turned around.

“Sorry, I interrupted you. Just keep doing what you were doing.”

“Stop for a moment! It’s all a misunderstanding!”

“Please! I can’t live without Trine!”

“Shut up for a moment! Yuril, I’m really misunderstanding you!”

… Trine had once expected to spend at least some peaceful time in this mansion.

But, as expected, Trine’s simple expectations were on the verge of collapse.