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Chapter 43
I'm Angry
Ruri's intrusion into the Imperial Palace might have looked impulsive.
But in reality, it was closer to a rational action based on reason.
Breaking the magic circle and summoning all mages and knights was to show she recognized the gravity of the situation and to raise alarm.
It was a very small warning showing what could happen if the dragon's consort got hurt.
That's why Ruri brought out everything she usually kept hidden.
E nu m а̂ . ī_d̆
Her tail, horns, and even her Four White Eyes.
If they knew she was someone who could communicate, the enemy commander would ask for her affiliation.
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Ruri would answer that she's the Grand Duke Valdrova's attendant, and then they could talk.
'Lord Ferda will be fine anyway.'
Even if he got hurt in the palace, there would be resident priests.
They all individually possess bishop-level divine power, so treating an injured Ferda would be nothing.
E̊ n̆ um ä.і̃d̊
'But still......'
It kept circling in Ruri's mind.
She couldn't be at ease.
Immortals and mortals are different, and so are dragon spawn and humans.
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What if the injuries are too severe and even healing the wounds can't wake him?
What if some demon in the sealed vault put a curse on him?
Еǹ ŭm̃ а
What if he couldn't resist the temptation and ended up making some absurd contract?
Those worries leading to her master's sadness were complicating her mind.
The master's worry is the servant's worry too.
Ruri didn't let that anxiety sway her and maintained her reason to the end.
Ruri knows well that sentimentality doesn't help in this situation.
Ruri cleared her path by slicing through all the palace gardens blocking her way.
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After even smashing the rose vine wall, she could see the knights who had been moving noisily now waiting to face her.
Among them, Ruri spotted a familiar man as well.
'Ferda.'
Gray hair, blue eyes.
Tall stature, but a frail-looking body.
Yet a serious expression unbefitting his age.
W̄ ӗ b̊ ñ о̌v̈ е l̆ Ѐ ṅum̂ã
Ferda Valdrova.
Everything entering her eyes was Ferda himself, just as she knew him.
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Unlike the info that he was injured, he looked unharmed.
'He's safe.'
For a moment, she felt the worry lodged in her heart leaving.
Since the worry left, she should be relieved.
Ӗ n.ǔ ḿ а. і̀d
But it was a bit different from the usual sense of relief she felt.
The satisfaction of watching grime wash away.
The relief of resolving anxiety that drove her crazy.
What was in Ruri's heart was neither of those two.
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'......I'm pissed.'
She was angry.
Е num а
The void left by the huge worry and concern was filled with the emotion of anger.
'The regent, the Grand Duke Valdrova's fiancé, goes to some useless place, causes trouble, and gets hurt?'
Ruri's taut string of reason snapped, and she unleashed Dragon Fear.
Toward Ferda.
Innocent knights were getting their backs broken without knowing why.
"C-Commander! Give orders qu......!"
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If we just face off like this, we'll collapse before even fighting.
The palace guard knights had to decide whether to fight or retreat.
"W-wai......"
Just as the commander tried to give the attack signal, someone placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Wait a moment."
A calm man's voice, unlike the trembling commander.
Еn u m̆a
"I'll handle this."
"Huh? Pardon me, but who might you be......?"
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"I'm Regent Ferda. Today's invited guest."
Ferda pointed at Ruri with his chin and spoke.
"And that maid girl over there is the Grand Duke Valdrova's attendant."
"Ah, is that so?"
Е̊n uḿ а̌
The knight commander's tension eased slightly.
Since the Valdrova Regent was here, it meant they could talk.
"So can you give me a moment?"
Naturally, he had no choice but to give it.
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Why she broke through the magic circle and even unleashed Dragon Fear.
He was curious about all the circumstances, but resolving the situation came first.
Ёǹ ü m̊ а̀. ĭ d̆
The knight units maintained formation and fell back, and Ferda walked forward.
With each step he took, the Dragon Fear grew thicker.
His expressionless face gradually creased with wrinkles, and veins bulged on his neck.
'Feels like I'm walking straight into a dragon's maw.'
He stopped five paces away from her.
When Ruri made a gesture of drawing a circle on the floor with her index finger, pure white wind began swirling around the floor where Ruri and Ferda stood.
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The wind rose up and formed a hemisphere covering Ferda and Ruri.
Ruri, who had been pressing her lips shut, let out a deep sigh through her nose.
It seemed like she was releasing the built-up pressure from her rising heat.
"We're cut off from the outside here. Whatever we say won't leak out."
"I see."
"So...... I'll just speak plainly."
Ēňu m̊ а̀ .id̆
Ruri spat out her surging emotions as they were.
"Have you lost your mind?"
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So damn honestly.
"The Grand Duke's fiancé, not even knowing what his position means, running around doing stupid shit?"
"It was necessary."
"That's not an answer. Even if it was necessary, if this news reached the Master, everything would've gone to hell. Are you even aware of that?"
E n ǔ m̌ а́.. і̌ d
"I know. And I also knew you wouldn't tell."
"Why?"
"Because you cherish the Master. You wouldn't want her moving."
He also knew that if someone came from Valdrova Castle, Ruri would be the first to arrive.
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"Yes. I have the duty to serve the Master. But Ferda-nim, it doesn't seem like you love the Master as much as I thought."
"I cherish her too."
W е́ b̄ n̂ о v́ е̊ l̄ Е̇ n̂ úm̂ а
"Then why make her hear news of you getting hurt in the sealed vault? Fine, I'll concede that one a hundred times over."
Ruri got even more pissed as Ferda approached, and there was a separate reason for that.
Even he had overlooked one thing.
Ruri grabbed Ferda's wrist and brought it to her nose.
"And someone who cherishes her goes around smelling like women's perfume on his hands?"
"........."
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She shook Ferda's wrist and asked.
"Which bitch is it?"
"......Olivia Arken."
"That Imperial Flower with the vulgar body?"
Ruri's expression deepened with even more venom.
Accordingly, the hand gripping his wrist tightened.
Еñ ǔ m а̃_. í d̄
It felt like it might crush.
"......She does have that nickname."
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Ferda treated the previous remark as if he hadn't heard it.
Not only getting hurt, but the fiancé held hands with the Empire's greatest beauty.
Ruri's whole body trembled.
Her gaze looking up at Ferda also dropped to the floor as if she couldn't bear it.
Е n̆u m̀a . і̇d
"Are you the kind of man who just grabs any woman's hand? Was approaching the Master just to hold her hand once too?"
"Don't jump to conclusions. That woman grabbed me first. I had to play along to talk with her. It's not like I did it because I wanted to."
"......Don't believe you."
Ruri's left hand clenched into a tight fist.
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Ferda, watching her seething, asked with a resigned face.
"Want to hit me once?"
Ẁ е̊ b̂ṅ ö v̀ е̇l̂ Ӗ n̂ ǔm а
"........."
"Go ahead and hit me. If that's what you want."
Only then did Ruri's eyes, dropped to the floor, glance up at Ferda.
She saw Ferda's angular jaw and cheeks.
That face she wanted to punch at least once because his casually thrown words were so annoying.
Her emotions didn't settle and kept surging up.
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Eventually, Ruri reached out her hand.
Ferda closed his eyes tightly like a death row inmate.
Several seconds passed, but no stinging sensation came to his cheek.
Instead, Ferda's collar rustled and moved.
"So...... did you get what you wanted?"
Ferda nodded.
Ẅ е̊ b̊ñô ve l̊ .Е̌_ń um̊ а
"There was a harvest."
"Is that so?"
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Ruri, having sorted things out, let go of his hand.
The spot her hand passed was cleanly organized.
"Please don't disappoint the Master."
"Understood."
Е́n̄ û må . í d
Ruri said that while examining Ferda's expression.
Only after seeing his face, where dead emotions seemed to revive, did she feel at ease.
"Then."
With another gesture from Ruri, the hemispherical space released and returned to normal.
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Ruri glanced at the knight order, then flapped her wings and left the palace.
The knights and mages who had been watching with bated breath only stared at the spot where she disappeared.
Ё ń u m a
"......Situation resolved."
"Huaaaa!"
"Hup, hup......"
They let the intruders who barged in just leave, but no one dared point it out.
"But is it really okay to just let them go? They're intruders?"
Except for one clueless bastard.
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* * *
The Level 1 Alert was lifted, and the commander walked to Ferda and bowed politely.
"Thank you for resolving the situation."
"No, I'm the one who should apologize. It happened due to my carelessness, and the place got turned upside down."
"Not at all. Just the fact that we got through a situation that could've drawn a dragon's wrath without bloodshed is enough to be satisfied. How would you like to handle this, Regent-nim?"
If he raised the issue, it could lead to a muddy fight of rebuttals.
W̃ e b n̈о ṽ е̂l̈ Е n̂ ǔ m̆ а
But that wasn't what Ferda wanted.
Now that Olivia Arken had become a collaborator, making unnecessary enemies of the imperial family wasn't good.
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"Let's bury it as you say. No arguing over who was wrong. Thanks to this, we found out a dragon spawn can smash through a magic circle and barge in, didn't we?"
"That's true. The Magic Department bastards only cared about their own rice bowls, but now we have a pretext."
The commander nodded with a 'this worked out well' face.
Don't know how palace politics work, but the inside is definitely a tough battlefield.
W̆е̂ b̊ n о̊ v́е l Ē n̈ um̊а
"Seems the talk's wrapped up, so can I go now?"
"If your business is done...... of course, but wouldn't it be better to rest a night in the palace? You were injured today too, so it'd be good to rest for a day or two while monitoring your condition......"
The sun was still up, but sunset would come soon.
As the commander said, resting for today was better.
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"Sorry. I'm a busy man."
"Ah, you have a schedule? Understood."
E̊ n.u ḿ å
Nothing in particular, but Ferda just wanted to escape this uncomfortable space and return quickly.
"Ah, and one more thing."
Ferda suddenly spoke to the commander as if remembering.
"Yes."
"I want to take one of the knights here. Is that okay?"
"A knight...... you say?"
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Too sudden a demand, and an unacceptable story.
Palace knights were each outstanding talents; even the last one in line could be a remarkable knight in another kingdom.
But the other party was the Grand Duke's fiancé.
Refusing outright would be against etiquette.
"Which guy caught the Regent-nim's eye?"
"I saw him earlier...... but I don't remember his name."
Е̄ ṅum̆ а̃. і d
Ferda looked around to find that guy.
Before long, he spotted him.
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He was in a prone position, getting chewed out by his seniors.
"Malcolm, you bastard! You fell out during formation, didn't you?"
"Hey you bastard! While we were busting our asses, what did you do? Sleep?"
"Ah, so, sorry! At that time, I was trying to stop the Regent......"
Ŵ е bnо̌v̊ё l Ê ňŭ m̃ а̄
"Stop the Regent? So did you stop him, you bastard!?"
"I definitely saw him walking through the garden?"
"Couldn't stop him! Because touching a noble's body......!"
"During a Level 1 Alert, we're first after the imperial family, don't you know!?"
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"Ah, I didn't know!"
"Don't know, end of military life!? You really want to be finished!?"
Е́ n u m̌ а_
Ferda pointed at the guy sweating buckets while getting punished.
"That's the one."
"......That trash?"
The commander made a 'are you serious' face.
"Is he famous?"
"In the bad way, he's top tier. Don't know how that bastard got into the palace knights, but he's useless. Can't do swordsmanship, rides a donkey-looking horse...... Take that away and no one knows how he got in."
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"Is that so?"
"Was thinking of kicking him out anyway...... but you still want him?"
The commander asked worriedly.
Not worried about losing talent, but felt like passing a bomb.
But Ferda nodded firmly.
"Perfect. Package him up."
E ńū m ӓ
"Understood."
Palace knights are each precious.
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But Malcolm was the exception.
* * *
As the sun set beyond the hazy western mountains,
The Valdrova Castle official carriage left the capital.
W̄ ě b nǒvёĺ Е̃ n̂ ü m̊.ã
At the same time, a man hiding under the carriage, holding his breath, revealed himself.
"Hoooo!! That was seriously close."
It was Jed.
He'd escaped from the sealed vault somehow and managed to climb onto the carriage.
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"Good work. The goods?"
"Kept them safe right here. And didn't open them."
Е̇ num̂ а̊
Jed pulled out a golden wrapping cloth he'd been holding inside.
A black cover bound by silver chains wrapped in golden silk.
Ferda couldn't cut these chains and open it by ordinary means.
Didn't plan to look right now anyway, so Ferda wrapped it in cloth again and set it aside.
"But still. We're not in trouble, right? Even so, taking a book from the sealed vault, there's no way it'll stay quiet......"
"It's fine. Got a collaborator, so it'll go smoother."
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"Who is it?"
"Olivia Arken."
Jed's eyes went round.
"Oh. You talked with the Empire's Flower? She's supposedly super pretty and pure, how was she?"
"Rotten inside."
"She's a noble lady...... lots of people like that."
Еn u m̌ а̌ .ĩ d̂
Jed had dealt with many nobles, but still couldn't take his envious eyes off.
She was a woman with devilish charm.
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Hihihing!
Just as they were slipping away leisurely, a horse's cry came from where the knights were.
"Eoheyi, eoheyi! Hey mister! I said keep the lines straight when moving! If horses get too close it's a mess, how many times do I have to say it!"
"Ah, so, sorry! You bastard Rosie! I said don't cling!"
Ē n̂_u mа. і̂ď
Jed stuck his head out the window at the unfamiliar voices.
There was a man hurriedly packing luggage and loading it onto a saddle.
"First time seeing that face, who's that?"
He's dressed like a wandering knight, but it's awkward as hell.
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Not just the clothes.
"Riding a donkey of all things......?"
Е̇ ǹ u̇m̄ ӑ . і̌d
He wasn't riding a horse, but a donkey.
"His name's Malcolm. He's a palace knight and an apprentice knight at the same time. Thinking of using him as a specimen."
"Specimen?"
Jed tilted his head at Ferda's words.
"Yeah, specimen."
Just a simple reply.
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