chapter 8
8 – Village Trip with the Grand Duchess (5)
“That’s it.”
When the man opened his mouth in a cold voice, no one in the space opened his mouth.
This… this bastard… ! Uh, what are you doing… hahahaha!!”
Except for the coachman who rolls across the floor.
The village guards, who were dazed for a moment at the sight of the coachman screaming loudly, came to their senses a little later and surrounded the man.
“Violence is prohibited in the village! Follow me obediently!”
The most senior among the guards opened his mouth.
However, he noticed cold sweat dripping down his back.
Instinctively, they realized that they were not someone they could deal with.
“…… That’s funny.”
The man looked back at Illensia, curling up the corners of her mouth.
Illencia looked at the coachman lying down with her blood spurting with her calm eyes, then turned her attention to her man.
“My lady, are you okay?”
“… Huh.”
Miss?
Everyone around the boulevard doubted their ears.
Everyone here was ordinary people who didn’t know about swords, but I could tell that her man’s skills were extraordinary.
But what exactly is the identity of such a man being called a young lady?
Daniel in the carriage trembled with fear.
He couldn’t help but doubt his eyes as he pushed his massive body into the corner of the carriage.
Although he was only working as a coachman, he was a person who had learned quite a bit about the sword.
Naturally, I was working as Daniel’s escort and coachman.
Before he could react, his wrist was cut off. He realized that the children he had touched were unusual, and Daniel trembled with fear.
Originally, Daniel’s stupid mind, who has a strong desire to show off and look down on others, but has a lot of fear, couldn’t keep up with this situation.
“Berman.”
“Yes, my lady.”
Berman.
The so-called knight bowed his head in response to Illensia’s words.
An escort knight for the Grand Duchess of the North.
Of course, it was a position that could not be reached with modest skills, and he was strong enough to enter the Sword Expert this time.
He just waited for Illencia’s words, not paying attention to the spear points of the guards who had stepped towards him.
To Berman, Illensia spoke quietly and clearly.
“Kill.”
“….”
“The person in that carriage, and that person rolling on the floor. Kill them all.”
“I will.”
“And….”
Illencia’s red eyes turned to her wagon.
Daniel, who was watching the whole situation from inside the carriage, thought that he had met her eyes.
Illensia finished her words when Daniel, who was shaking her body, drove himself further into the corner of the carriage.
“Even that guild erase their names from this world.”
Berman bowed his head in response to Illencia’s words and turned to the coachman.
To him, she had no idea that Illencia was still six years old or that she was still incapable of making normal judgments.
He just obeyed Illencia’s words, and although her words might not be understood by ordinary people, it was because the words of the Northern Princess were natural.
Anyone who touched the Grand Duchess of the North had to pay the price with her life, even if he was the emperor’s cousin.
“… Mi, don’t be crazy!! If you kill me in a place with a lot of people like this, I think you guys will be safe!!!!”
The coachman heard everything and shouted in a fit of rage.
Every time Berman took a step towards him, he grabbed his severed wrist and crawled across the floor and started running backwards.
“Stop!! I will not forgive any more tyranny!!”
The guard raised his voice to dispel his fear.
Pushing the tip of his spear into Berman, he strengthened his will.
However, to Berman, who was watching the whole situation, it was just a funny story.
When Cain and Illencia were in trouble, they couldn’t even stand up and hesitated.
Of course, Berman also knew.
The fact that the Fallen Merchant Merchant supplies goods to this village through its own route, and that’s why the guards can’t rush to pretend to be the heirs of the Fallen Merchant Merchant.
However, it was all a misjudgment.
Not because they are young children. It was because the people they touched were the second son of the baron who ruled this territory, and the daughter of the grand duke who ruled the north where they lived.
Berman sneered as he raised his sword and opened his mouth.
“If the only punishment for the guy who whipped the Northern Princess was my life, it seems like he gave it very cheaply.”
For an instant, the air froze.
The guards who pushed their spears, the coachman who ran away crawling on the ground, Daniel who trembled in fear inside the carriage, and Evan who stood firm in front of Illencia.
Everyone on this boulevard doubted their ears.
“What… Called?”
Among the dogs, the most insane was, without a doubt, the coachman.
The coachman asked blankly, feeling like he was losing his mind whether what he heard was correct or not.
And Berman, who looked down on him coldly, told the driver the truth in a kind and firm manner.
“The person you wielded the whip is Illencia Khan Derdamius, the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Dedamius, who rules the north.”
The moment the coachman heard Berman’s cold voice, he felt his heart thump and fall.
Archduke Derdamius… ?
Only then was he able to correctly look at Illencia.
Glossy black hair, red eyes darker than blood, and luxurious clothes that commoners cannot easily wear.
Each and every one of Illencia was letting her know that she was not the daughter of an ordinary family.
Gulp.
He swallowed dry saliva.
You must hurry and beg for help. He was just about to get up with that thought. Berman continued with a cold sneer as if he had read his thoughts.
“And the person you hit with the carriage is the second son of Balenciaga, who rules this territory.”
“… Hey!”
The coachman didn’t even think of stopping the hiccups that erupted involuntarily, and he stared at Cain and Ellensia alternately with his mouth open in a daze.
And Berman, who arrived in front of such a coachman, raised his sword and said quietly.
“Do you understand now that you have enough reasons to die?”
There was no answer coming back, but the coachman’s blankly stiff appearance took the place of the answer.
Berman made up his mind to lower his sword.
For a bug like this, making a will is a luxury.
And Illensia did not take her eyes off her to see him die clearly.
Until I heard a voice behind me.
“Ilen…… Shia….”
“Cain?!”
The moment the light returned to Illencia’s cold, emotionless eyes, she hurriedly turned her body and looked at Cain.
Sack, sack.
Exhaling with difficulty, Cain opened his eyes and looked at Illencia with a smile on her face as she raised the corners of her mouth even in the midst of pain that seemed like her whole body would break.
“Cain!! Are you okay?”
It can’t be okay.
Capturing her wry smile, Cain raised her hand to appease Illencia while frowning at her pain.
With a bang, Cain’s hand weakly touched Illencia.
Cain seemed to be about to lose her spirit, but she squeezed the strength she had been sucking on and soothed Illencia by holding on to her spirit.
Despite the faint smile and face distorted by pain, he gazed at Illencia until the end.
It was because of some instinctive fear.
He was overcome with fear that if he left Ilensia alone here, he would no longer be the Ilensia he knew.
Cain exhaled with difficulty and touched Illensia’s white cheeks with her raised hand.
“No… are you okay….”
I thought I was going to die.
No exaggeration, really.
If I were to die now, it would be my second time to die, but in my first life, I did not die so painfully, so it was the first time I felt the pain of dying.
Nevertheless, Cain, who spoke as playfully as he could, comforted her by stroking Ilencia’s cheek with her slowly trembling hand.
“Wait Cain, I’ll take care of those guys quickly… !”
As if she was really surprised, Cain shook her head slightly as she smiled at Illensia, who spoke a lot differently than usual.
“Let’s go back… hurry….”
“That, but….”
“I am so sick… Hurry… Kut! Go back and rest… Want….”
hahahaha….
Cain finished his speech by holding back the pain that surged through him even as he spoke.
Cain let out a long breath after he finished his speech, and quietly closed his eyes.
“Ah… okay…. Be, Berman!!”
It was because she didn’t even have the strength to open her eyes, but Illencia, who felt that she was out of breath at any moment, called Berman to deal with her coachman.
Stand tall.
The sword she was trying to reach stopped in the air, and Berman turned her head to stare at Illensia.
Ilencia grabbed Cain’s hand as he was about to fall and shouted.
“Uh, hurry Cain!! We have to move to her priest!!”
“…… All right.”
Berman reached her in an instant, pushing her sword back into her scabbard at the urgent voice of her Elencia.
Unable to carry both Cain and Illencia on his back, Evan resolved his troubles at the moment he thought for a moment.
“I will help.”
“Thank you.”
Evan carried Cain, and Berman carried Illencia.
Normally, Illencia would never have been carried by Berman, but Illencia, knowing that the situation was urgent, was quietly carried by him.
“I will guide you.”
“Please.”
Evan, who knows the geography of the village, quickly kicked the ground.
“We have to keep them well detained so they don’t run away. They have to take responsibility, and if they disappear, you guys will take that responsibility for them.”
“…… Oh, I see.”
At Berman’s cold warning, the guard hurriedly nodded and replied.
“I believe.”
Berman kicked the ground with only one word left.
Since Elencia behind his back was fidgeting and urging instead of urging, he hurriedly moved to catch up with Evan.
On the road where Cain and Illencia, Evan and Berman disappeared.
Only quiet enemies flowed.