< Chapter 38 - Expedition #2 >
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“Oh my, oh my. Ahem, ahem, oh my.”
Inside Uther and Cordelia’s tent after the meeting.
Everyone gathered smiled as Cordelia showed off her wit(?) while looking at the new items of the Blade Song spread out on the floor.
“They’re all travel-related.”
“Yes, I guess it’s because the cause is the cause.”
The pretext was to get help getting over the Sky Roof Mountains, so I couldn’t ask for something so far out of the ordinary.
If Uther had only focused on ripping it off, the wild gods would not have cooperated in the first place, regardless of whether the Blade Song permitted it or not.
“But it’s fresh water, and it will all help.”
Adelia nodded at Cordelia’s words.
“Yeah, they all look useful.”
There are three new things that the Blade Song gives us.
To list them one by one, they were ‘mysterious water jug’, ‘black wolf skin’, and ‘the coziness of one pyeong’.
“Can this be interpreted as a space-expanding water bottle, transforming leather, and a tent that can be easily used anywhere, anytime?”
When Gale asked anyone, Uther agreed.
“Yes, they are all useful items.”
Cordelia’s bamboo bucket, the size of her forearm, could hold as much water as several bathtubs, despite its appearance, and she could transform into a large black wolf by putting on the black wolf skin and reciting a spell.
The last square meter of coziness was a small ball, which, when thrown, became a wonderful one-square-meter tent.
“It seems like some kind of shelter creation spell.”
“Looking around the cozy, one-square-foot room shaped like a round leather ball,” said Adelia.
From what I’ve heard, it was a great magical shelter with many additional features.
And the last one, an ancient drug.
Gail and Adelia didn’t really discuss drugs.
Because it was an item related to Yuder’s growth rather than a convenience for travel.
“This is exciting. If you drink this, your yudder will become stronger.”
But Cordelia said with an innocent face.
She had always been happy about Uder getting stronger, such as by changing his equipment, as if it were her own business.
Uder thought that Cordelia’s psychology was similar to ‘raising a game character’, but Adelia and Gale saw it completely differently.
‘Oh my, is it that good?’
‘I really like you.’
How much must one love Uther to do that?
The eyes of Gale, Uther’s older brother, were filled with joy, and Adelia smiled as if she had no choice but to admit it now.
“Anyway, Uder, can I talk to you for a moment?”
After finishing organizing the newly acquired items, Gale spoke to Uther.
We’ve already discussed our plans for the future, but I wanted to make sure.
“Yes, brother.”
“Then let’s go out and walk for a while.”
After saying that, Gail excused himself to Adelia for a moment and left the tent, and Uder hurriedly followed after her.
“uh······?”
But why do you insist on going out?
Cordelia blinked and looked back at Adelia, and she flinched without realizing it.
Because Adelia was looking at me with a very worried expression on her face.
“Hey, sis?”
“Let’s talk too.”
Adelia instinctively grabbed Cordelia’s wrist as she tried to pull away, and continued speaking while sitting close to her.
“Cordelia, as I said before, Prince Gale and I will be moving separately from you.”
“Yeah, yeah, but?”
“You and that guy, Yuder, will head to the Sky Roof Mountains alone.”
“Yeah.”
Is it because the Sky Roof Mountains are a rugged terrain that even barbarians are reluctant to approach?
“Cordelia.”
“Yeah, sis.”
“You have to be careful.”
“Yeah, I’ll be careful. I’m good at hiking even though I’m like this. I don’t get cold that much because I have the protection of winter.”
“No, not the mountains or the cold, but the milk.”
“···uh?”
Beware of Uther? Why?
When Cordelia tilted her head with a bright face, Adelia narrowed her brows.
He sighed in frustration at having to leave his innocent and kind sister in the hands of a dark-hearted guy like Yuder, then said in a low voice.
“therefore······.”
And whisper whisper.
Cordelia’s face turned bright red as she listened blankly.
“You understand? You have to be careful? You’re obviously engaged, but after all, you’re still just engaged. You’re not married. And you’re both minors. You understand what I’m saying, right?”
Adelia spoke as if giving a stern warning, but Cordelia couldn’t hear it properly.
No, what on earth are you talking about, sister?
“No.”
Me and Yuder?
Me, me and Yuder?
It was something I never could have imagined until now.
No, he’s definitely my fiancé, and we’re engaged, but I can’t imagine that he would do something like that with Yuder… Should I say it’s just unimaginable?
“What is it that isn’t it?”
“No… That, that… That’s right! Uh, we’re not like that?”
It’s me and Yuder?
Are you impatient because you can’t catch each other?
Cordelia felt a strange sense of relief at the excuse she had squeezed out, but Adelia felt otherwise.
He asked, snorting as if it wasn’t even funny.
“Look at this. If that’s not your relationship, then what is it?”
“uh?”
“You can’t live without Yuder. You are Yuder’s and Yuder is yours.”
Cordelia’s face turned even redder at the direct sentence.
“Ah, no··· That, that’s right······.”
I couldn’t deny it because I had already said it.
In fact, it was a situation where she could have just said that she understood and would be careful, but Cordelia, whose thoughts had stopped, was at a loss and chose to counterattack in order to overcome the situation.
“Oh, you too, sister!”
“uh?”
I just yelled at her, but Adelia’s expression changed.
Cordelia, a genius in battle, instinctively took advantage of the gap.
“Sister, of course! With, with Uncle Gale!”
This time Adelia’s face turned bright red.
Cordelia and Adelia were sisters who resembled each other in many ways.
‘Joe, good. Counterattack successful.’
That was when Cordelia breathed a sigh of relief.
“That··· We······ Ahem, well, we’re both adults······.”
Adelia turned her head slightly and spoke softly, and Cordelia blinked.
No, what are you talking about now, sister?
Because we’re both adults?
Because I’m an adult?
“Wait a minute, what’s your relationship with Uncle Gale?”
There was definitely a pink undercurrent between the two, but it wasn’t like this when I first saw them?
When Cordelia asked, pulling at her arm urgently, Adelia trembled slightly, then spoke with an expression on her face that was so sweet that the royal subordinates could not even imagine.
“Uh… Are we not related at all?”
What the heck is that?
What are we doing together?
No, I think you know without me saying it.
My sister’s flushed cheeks said it all.
“Ugh.”
Cordelia narrowed her eyes and Adelia cleared her throat.
And outside.
While the two sisters were happily chatting about their pink story, the two brothers were talking about something completely different.
“Whether the West or the East wins, the North needs to prepare.”
It was Gale’s usually gentle face, but her eyes were different.
Although he came to this land as Uther’s older brother, he was also a knight of the North.
The safety of the Kingdom of Cailun had to be given priority over the conflict that was occurring in the Wild Lands – no, the Wild Lands itself.
“If the West wins, there will definitely be a war. Even if the East wins… there could be a war. It would be a shame to just scatter the strength that has been gathered together.”
I knew the Red Storm’s character very well.
He was clearly a man of great character.
But individual character and war are two entirely separate stories.
The chieftains of the wild lands who had invaded the Kingdom of Cailun so far were neither madmen nor bloodthirsty war mongers.
They were all respected leaders in their respective tribes.
But despite this, the war happened.
‘Concentrated power breeds war.’
Moreover, the Red Wind was not a despotic king. He was the leader of a confederation of tribes. If the chieftains’ thoughts were inclined toward war, he too had to consider war.
‘War can happen no matter which side wins.’
Whether the West wins or the East wins.
So the North must know in advance and prepare.
“Maybe it will help.”
After all, it was better for the East to win than for the West to fall into the hands of the devil’s followers.
But even if I were to help, I wouldn’t step forward unless there was a really crucial moment.
For the North, the best thing would be for the West and the East to destroy each other.
It was a ruthless calculation.
But Uther understood Gale. He was a knight of the North, sworn to protect the North.
“Are you going to the crows’ nest with Sister Adelia?”
“That’s right. I’d like to take you too, but… that’s impossible.”
It was Uther and Cordelia who were chosen as guardians by the Golden Dragon King, the king of the wild gods.
With Iron Man Landius and the Holy Cross Guardians involved, the days of reckless children running away from home have become a thing of the past.
‘And he has the power to match the mission.’
Just a couple months ago, Yuder was extremely sickly, but now he has become so strong that it seems like he has become a completely different person.
Moreover, it wasn’t just Yuder. Cordelia had also become several times stronger than when she had been seen in Langest.
‘Maybe it was heaven’s will.’
A series of coincidences that happened to two people one after another.
In fact, starting with the Sun Necklace, all of them were miracles artificially created by Uther and Cordelia, but Gale had no way of knowing that fact.
Each one was a wonderful thing, but when they happened one after another, it seemed to Gale that the will of heaven was with the two of them.
That’s why Gale readily admitted it.
Each person has their own mission.
It does not interfere with that mission.
“But I’ll be back soon. My purpose in coming here was to end your honeymoon, but at the same time, to protect you two.”
“Is it true that Knight Gale Bayer personally helps the Wild Lands?”
“It may be a bit grandiose, but I guess that’s what it is.”
“Apart from Sister Adelia?”
“I’d like to do that, but… I don’t know if it’s possible.”
Because he wasn’t the type of person to listen to what was said.
As Gale spoke with a smile, Uder took a deep breath. He looked in the same direction as Gale and asked as he passed by.
“Are you feeling better now?”
Why Gail Hasn’t Married Until Now.
An event that occurred in the past.
Is it okay now? Has the pain from back then been overcome?
“I don’t know. But… it’s already been almost ten years. Maybe I just needed an opportunity.”
And if that’s really the case, it must have been thanks to Uther and Cordelia that it happened.
“Thank you for running away.”
Uther blinked at Gale’s sudden words, and Gale smiled again.
He turned to Yuder with a serious face as if he had never said anything.
“Take good care of Miss Cordelia.”
“Yes, brother. I will treasure it more than my life.”
“I guess so.”
Gale, who had patted Uder on the shoulder, looked back to the south.
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Neither Yuder nor Gale wasted any time.
The day after the meeting ended, we packed our bags and headed to our respective destinations.
“Be careful.”
“Cordelia, remember what I said? You have to be careful? Okay? Got it?”
After a brief greeting from Gale and a long greeting from Adelia, the two headed south, while Uther and Cordelia headed north.
“Cordelia.”
“huh?!”
When Cordelia flinched at the trivial call and responded, Uther narrowed his eyes and tilted his head to ask.
“Are you okay? Did something happen with Sister Adelia?”
“No? Nothing happened. Yeah, nothing happened. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the snow is really white. It’s white. Why is the snow so white?”
Yuder’s eyes narrowed a little more at the suspicious turn of words.
‘I can tell there was something going on because you were flustered and stuttering.’
What could it be?
What on earth did you and Adelia talk about?
“Cordelia.”
“huh?”
Cordelia, who had been walking ahead, turned around a little exaggeratedly.
Uder asked, pretending to be normal.
“I have a long way to go. Should I carry you?”
Normally, Cordelia would immediately shout “ok” and run over.
But today, his eyes sparkled for a moment as if he had been struck by lightning, and then he quickly turned around.
“No, it’s okay. I’m just going to walk today. Yeah.”
Because I was embarrassed.
Up until now, I didn’t mind being carried or held by Yuder, but I suddenly became embarrassed because of Adelia.
“Let’s go quickly, quickly.”
Cordelia started to walk ahead more quickly to hide her flushed cheeks, and Uther narrowed his eyes but didn’t really press her.
I took a step towards the Sky Roof Mountain Range.
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Time passed.
Three days after the first meeting of the Eastern League.
The main force of the Angry Horn Tribe, which had finished conquering the West, headed east. The western forces also began to gather in one place.
The East did not just watch these movements in the West.
As confirmed in the first meeting, an expedition was launched to make the West a battlefield.
And then again three days later.
The moment when direct confrontation between the East and the West is about to begin.
An incident occurred to Gale and Adelia as they were heading towards the border.
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