< Chapter 81 - Prime Royal Family #2 >
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“Ahem, then shall we talk now?
There were three people sitting at a round table in the room.
Princess Lyca, Uder, and Cordelia.
Unlike Princess Lyca, who smiled awkwardly, Uder’s face was filled with discontent that could not be hidden, and Cordelia’s face was filled with resentment and embarrassment.
Anyway, I had already started.
Princess Lyca continued speaking, ignoring the atmosphere before her eyes.
“As you might have guessed, everyone is in an uproar. The Spirit King has appeared.”
Aynix, the spirit king of storms and lightning.
It had been five hundred years since the Seventh Sword Dance was lost, so most of the elves had never seen him in person before.
‘That doesn’t mean I’ve seen any other spirit kings, though.’
The spirit kings were kings, so they were not easy to see.
Because the very act of summoning them was too difficult, regardless of their status.
“Originally… it seems that even if you dance the spirit dance, the spirit king won’t appear.”
Although his face still looked dissatisfied, Yuder listened to Princess Lyca and continued the conversation.
Princess Leica nodded, feeling relieved thanks to that.
“Yes, it seems that normally, like the other six spirits before, a normal storm spirit or lightning spirit appears.”
“Huh? Have you never seen the princess before?”
When Cordelia asked with wide eyes, Princess Lyca answered with a bitter smile.
“It’s been a long time since the seventh sword dance was lost… I don’t know what you guys think, but I’m on the young side.”
Cordelia frowned at Princess Lyca’s answer.
It’s not that I don’t like her answer, it’s that I’m curious.
‘By the way, how old are you?’
Judging from the way he speaks, he really seems young.
But since he’s an elf, he’s probably over a hundred years old or something?
“Anyway… So, apart from Cordelia’s contract with the Spirit King, you’re saying that my swordsmanship has great value?”
When Yuder spoke softly, Princess Lyca narrowed her brows as if she had been pricked in a sore spot, then nodded.
“You’re right. The fact that the smoke has been restored is important. Being able to communicate with the spirits of storm and lightning that were once cut off is valuable in itself. And… Well, Midas will probably get angry if I say this much, but since you guys are the ones who should just say it… After all, only a handful of the previous kings made contracts with the spirit kings.”
The fact that he was unable to make a contract with the Spirit King was not a major flaw.
The problem was that Cordelia, a human, had made a contract with the Spirit King, but there was a way to solve that too.
“That’s what I’m saying, I’m going to make you really popular in the future.”
“Are you floating it?”
“Yeah, it’s a bit like that, but I guess you could say it’s exaggerated? Like he’s some kind of great person.”
Because that was much better than having the Spirit King taken away by some idiot.
A person worthy of being chosen by the Spirit King.
A person who has the basis to make a contract with the Spirit King.
“You guys are going to leave anyway.”
If Cordelia had been an elf, the story would have been quite different.
Excessive deification might have created a following for Cordelia, and might have threatened Princess Lyca’s own authority.
But Cordelia was human, and sooner or later, she would eventually leave the Forest of Eternity.
[Yuder, is that okay?]
[Well, even if they were normally rivals, there are many cases where they just give them credit when they die, right? Since they’re dead anyway, there’s no way to do anything by giving them authority.]
A representative example is that King Seonjo, who had been struggling to belittle Yi Sun-sin’s achievements in order to keep him in check during the Imjin War, changed his attitude after Yi Sun-sin died in battle.
[Well, I guess that’s how it is.]
Cordelia nodded, as it was a story she could understand to some extent, even if she didn’t know the historical examples.
And Princess Lyca continued speaking.
“The point is, I want you to agree with me. I will hand over the settings I have prepared by tomorrow.”
“Settings…is that it?”
“Oh. Oh, of course I’ll listen to your story. It’ll be much more plausible if you mix in a little bit of truth.”
Princess Lyca smiled brightly as if to say, “Wouldn’t that be fun?” but Cordelia frowned and thought.
‘It’s like Yuder.’
No, maybe less than Yuder?
But that was just then.
“Okay, I understand. If that’s the case, we’ll actively cooperate on that matter.”
When Yuder spoke with a dark smile, Cordelia flinched, and Princess Lyca breathed a sigh of relief and was delighted, as it was the first time she had seen Yuder smile since they met in the room.
“Thank you.”
“Yes, then let’s finish talking.”
Although Yuder’s attitude was still stiff, Princess Lyca smiled slightly as if this was enough and continued speaking.
“If we talk a little more about the Spirit King… Cordelia, can you summon the Spirit King?”
“Huh? Uh… I haven’t tried it yet.”
“Have you ever made a contract with a spirit before?”
“no.”
Princess Lyca smiled bitterly as if it was as expected at Cordelia’s answer and waved her hand lightly.
Then, a wind seemed to blow from the tip of Princess Lyca’s finger, and soon a wind spirit in the form of a small, cute girl appeared.
“and.”
Should I say it’s like a fairy?
It was a wind spirit that would look exactly like a butterfly if it had wings.
“Once you make a contract, summoning the spirit itself isn’t that difficult. That is, as long as you don’t fall out with the spirit.”
Princess Lyca waved her hand again, sending the wind spirit back and then faced Cordelia.
“You’ve just made a contract with the Spirit King, so you probably aren’t at odds with him yet, but there’s one more problem when summoning someone at the Spirit King’s level.”
“Magic power?”
Princess Lyca nodded as Cordelia asked reflexively.
“Yes, magic power. Just summoning it requires an enormous amount of magic power.”
At this point, Cordelia seemed to know what Princess Lyca was talking about.
In short, he was asking if I had enough magical power to summon someone.
‘Now that I think about it, will it work?’
If you think about it, in the original, Red Wind summoned the Spirit King of the Heat Wave only after all the final techs had been raised.
In short, you could say it’s a max level ultimate skill.
“Just a moment. I’ll try.”
Cordelia, speaking quickly, closed her eyes and called upon the Spirit King of Storm and Lightning.
When I called out the name of the spirit that was engraved in my mind when I made the oath, I could clearly feel the presence of the Spirit King Ainix, but that was all.
And Cordelia could see why.
‘It’s not enough.’
The magical power was woefully lacking.
Although Cordelia could not match the magical power of Count Chase, who was the great wizard, she had already surpassed that of Adelia, one of the commanders of the Royal Magic Corps.
However, even with Cordelia’s magical power, it was impossible to completely summon the Spirit King.
“As expected, it’s impossible.”
It was as expected.
Even the high elves, who had far more magical power than humans, had to continuously build up their magical power for hundreds of years in order to command the Spirit King.
However, it was highly unlikely that a human child who had only lived for a few decades would have enough magical power to summon the Spirit King.
‘Perhaps it’s a good thing.’
As I said before, if Cordelia really dealt with the Spirit King, it could be politically difficult in one way or another.
‘Because he’s human… he’ll probably never be able to do it again.’
Princess Laika breathed a sigh of relief once again, but soon she began to feel regret.
Even though I made a contract with the Spirit King, I can’t summon him because I don’t have enough magic power.
Even if you try your whole life to summon it, it is impossible due to the limitations of the race.
It was a truly pitiful fate.
But Uther and Cordelia thought a little differently.
[What, are you losing your magic?]
[Oh, attached.]
[Will it be okay if I turn into an angel? Or a witch?]
[Oh, I think that’s still not enough.]
[Um… I guess I should just raise my angel level?]
Because Cordelia was an angel, not an ordinary human.
[I want to hurry up a bit. So, Uther. If I catch Malekith, the Dragon Heart is mine. Got it?]
[Excuse me, as I said before, Malekith is an agent dragon, right?]
[Anyway, I’m going to catch it. Right?]
[Yeah, that’s true.]
Because it was a formidable enemy that had to be defeated in order to achieve a perfect happy ending.
[And… um, no. I’ll show you later.]
[Did you think of any tricks?]
[Hehe, it’s still a secret.]
Cordelia giggled and looked back at Princess Lyca.
“Anyway, I understand, Your Highness. Thank you for telling me this and that.”
“Huh? Oh, yeah······.”
Princess Lyca was taken aback when Cordelia smiled brightly instead of being disappointed, but soon her eyes became very warm and she looked at Cordelia.
‘You’re a good person.’
Are you doing that because you’re afraid that if you show your disappointment openly, Nana Yuder will be in trouble?
I misunderstood him after seeing him make various threats to the fairies, but he really is a good guy.
“Your Highness the Crown Princess?”
“Oh, right. Yeah. But don’t be too disappointed. Since you’ve made a contract with the Spirit King, it’ll be a bit easier to make contracts with spirits of the same lineage.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
When Cordelia answered nicely, Princess Lyca smiled with satisfaction again, then turned to Uther and spoke.
“And Uther, I have a favor to ask of you too.”
“This is the seventh sword dance.”
“Yes, it is as you said. I would like you to teach the seventh sword dance to our elves.”
If you had just said ‘Yes, I understand’ here, it wouldn’t have been Yuder.
Instead of answering right away, Uder hesitated for a moment, and Princess Lyca, like a crown princess, knew the meaning of silence.
“Don’t worry about the compensation. I’ll give you a lot.”
“Okay, we’ll discuss that later.”
They only said it was a lot, but they didn’t really say what they were giving.
In fact, it was rare for Yuder to reveal his feelings so openly, but perhaps because of what happened earlier, his reaction was more prickly than usual.
However, Princess Lyca looked very satisfied with the fact that Yuder had accepted.
“Okay, then let’s talk about the details tomorrow.”
Because there were a few more stories to share besides the setting and sword dance story.
As Princess Lyca stood up, Yuder and Cordelia also stood up, and Princess Lyca waved her hand as if to say that it was okay.
“Just sit down. And do whatever you were doing earlier… um, finish it.”
At the end, Princess Laika spoke with blushing cheeks, then turned around and quickly left the room.
And the remaining two.
Although Uther wanted to put Princess Lyca’s words into action right away, Cordelia seemed to disagree.
Instead of blushing in embarrassment, she looked back at Yuder with slightly narrowed eyes.
“But Yuder.”
“Oh, Cordelia.”
“How did you know all this?”
The existence of the spirit’s dance, the existence of the seventh swordsman, and the seventh sword dance.
Normally, Cordelia would have just said, “Uder Wiki is awesome!” and moved on, but this time it was different.
All three of these concepts do not appear at all in the original work.
“What happened?”
Cordelia looked straight at Uther with her blue eyes again and asked.
Although Cordelia may have been inferior to Uther in terms of knowledge, in terms of instinctive intuition, she was far superior to Uther, who had crossed the line several times.
That’s why, instead of telling unnecessary lies, Yuder spoke honestly.
“The swordsman taught me.”
“Sword Spirit? Sword Origin? The Ultimate Series also has a Sword Spirit?”
“Oh, it’s stuck.”
It was a bit of a stupid answer, but it was true.
Cordelia nodded as if to urge him to continue, and Uther scratched his chin and said.
“The sword spirit of Sword Origin is the fairy sword Velencia. She is the first owner of Sword Origin and also a powerful swordsman of the previous generation… and a member of the Prime royal family. She was a high elf.”
Cordelia blinked and asked at Uther’s explanation.
“Then are you still there? Since you’re a sword spirit, you must live in the sword… Wait, then you’re living in Yuder’s body?”
Because Sword Origin is a sword that becomes one with the user the moment it is equipped.
Uther hesitated and couldn’t answer Cordelia’s question right away, but eventually gave his answer.
“Well, that’s true, but you’re usually asleep? You don’t wake up? It’s like you don’t wake up unless I call you.”
“Will you be able to talk when you wake up? Or is he just watching our conversation right now?”
“That’s not it. A conversation is something that happens in the mental world, or something that happens in your head.”
“Huh… I see.”
“Oh, that’s it.”
“So it’s pretty?”
“uh?”
“Is it pretty?”
Cordelia was still smiling brightly, but Uther could tell.
Because, unlike her smiling lips, her eyes weren’t smiling at all.
Because it was like that of a wild beast eyeing its prey.
Uder swallowed dryly. He slowly opened his mouth, realizing that his back was starting to get wet for some reason.
“that is······.”
“Oh, that’s it.”
“You’re pretty, right? But in my eyes, no, objectively speaking, you’re much prettier.”
As Uther spoke, sweat dripping down his face, Cordelia narrowed her eyes and took out only the necessary words.
“Anyway, this is pretty. And it’s a girl.”
Oh my.
Now that I think about it, Cordelia still doesn’t know whether Belencia is a man or a woman.
But because of your current statement, it has been revealed – no, it has been confirmed – that you are a woman.
“Oh, I see. The sword spirit of Yuder is a woman. And she’s pretty. I guess I can meet her in my head without telling her.”
“No, over there. Count August Chase?”
“And you even combined them? Wow, that’s right. You really did. Uder combined with Belencia. You combined with another woman besides me.”
“Excuse me, over there?”
Isn’t the word choice a bit odd?
“Uder can fuse with anyone. That’s the kind of man he is.”
It was a one-sided affair.
No matter what was said here, the only ending that seemed to be Yuder himself becoming trash.
But that was just then.
Cordelia, who had been keeping her eyes cold, suddenly burst into laughter and started laughing, holding her stomach.
“Looks like you’re flustered. Did you get stabbed? Yes?”
It was really cute when he raised his voice at the end, but it was also annoying at the same time.
“Hehehe, I won again today.”
“No, so what do you mean you keep winning?”
“I won, I won.”
Cordelia, who enjoyed laughing out loud no matter what Uther said, buried herself deep in the back of the chair and asked.
“Anyway, then I have a swordsman too? Grand Order is also an Ultimate Series.”
“Oh, I asked you this before, but it looks like a cute girl.”
“Hey, that’s too bad. I wish I was a cool guy.”
“Miss Cordelia?”
“Why? Mr. Yuder, who can merge with anyone?”
“Ugh.”
It was a fight that had to be won.
Maybe the talk of merging every time it was uploaded wasn’t a big picture for now?
‘That’s ridiculous.’
No matter how great Cordelia’s intuition is, that’s a bit much.
Yuder, who had tried to regain his senses, continued speaking.
“Anyway, I’ll teach you the trick. But according to the Belenians, unless something special happens, the sword spirits just seem to sleep, so it might not work out well.”
“Why was Velencia awake?”
“Because of swordsmanship.”
When Uder briefly told the story of his time with Belencia, Cordelia nodded immediately.
“Aha, I see that’s why you said your fighting style has changed a bit.”
Because Yuder’s fighting style was too similar to swordsmanship to be called martial arts.
“Okay, anyway, I’ll try meditating too.”
Cordelia answered cheerfully, straightened her posture, and closed her eyes while holding on to the handle of the Grand Order.
And a few seconds.
‘I guess I’ll have to do what I was doing…’
We can only look forward to the next one.
Uther, who had laughed bitterly, sat down across from Cordelia and closed his eyes.
I started talking to the swordsman in the same way.
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“I hope the conversation went well.”
Princess Lyca nodded in response to Midas’ question.
“Oh, so-so. I’m going to start learning the seventh sword dance tomorrow. As expected, it seems like Cordelia can’t summon the Spirit King.”
This was a satisfactory result for Princess Lyca, but it was not Midas.
“Is it really impossible to transfer the Spirit King’s power?”
“Midas, that can’t be happening. The Spirit King chose Cordelia. Can you just give and take like a contract?”
“Ugh······.”
In fact, Midas was not unaware of this fact.
But, as he was none other than the Spirit King, it was not easy to maintain composure.
“Anyway, isn’t it better than choosing Keltur?”
“That is true, but.”
Princess Lyca was on very good terms with Keltur, but they were still first and second in line to the throne.
Even if you don’t really have any thoughts about it, things can happen depending on what people around you think.
‘It doesn’t seem like Count Solpage has given up yet.’
Princess Lyca, who thought of Keltur’s real mother, sighed and looked at Midas again.
“Anyway, that’s what happened. So now, stop obsessing over the Spirit King.”
“···All right.”
Although it seemed like he was answering reluctantly, Midas was a man who kept his word.
Princess Leica continued speaking with a smile.
“Aren’t you two truly wonderful people? Thanks to you, I was able to catch Javawalk and get my spirit dance back.”
“I’m wondering how I can compensate you.”
“Yeah. I think you should take good care of it.”
If we list them again, they were two people who had achieved tremendous success in just two days.
He saved Princess Lyca’s own life, defeated Javawalk, and even restored the spirit dance that had been forgotten for a long time.
“Wow, at this rate, I really should give you my country? Should I at least give you a position as my lover?”
Midas nodded with a serious face as Princess Lyca spoke with a playful smile.
“It’s something worth considering.”
Elves, who were precious to them, did not marry in the first place.
That’s why Princess Lyca’s biological mother and Keltur’s biological mother were not queens, but nobles with titles.
“Your Highness, what do you think?”
It was the moment when Midas asked seriously again.
“Your Highness the Crown Princess!”
Vanessa burst open the door and appeared, continuing to speak hurriedly without giving me time to be polite.
“The king has awakened.”
“Your father?”
“Yes, you just woke up!”
As Vanessa spoke with a big smile, Princess Lyca’s face also lit up with joy. Midas also clenched his fists in joy.
Grave Prime, the leader of the high elf clan that leads the elves of the Eternal Forest.
He woke up after a long sleep.
Why is that?
Could it be that summoning the Spirit King had some effect on him?
“Let’s hurry.”
“Yes, Your Highness the Crown Princess.”
With Vasena leading the way with a bright smile, Princess Lyca and Midas hurried out of the room and headed toward the king’s residence.
And at the same time.
A completely different place.
Two men were leaving the royal capital with their horses facing each other.
On one side was Count Bayer, one of the Ten Swordsmen and the new Swordmaster of the Winds, and on the other side was Count Chase, one of the Northern Four Rivers and the lord of the Red Dawn Tower.
“I can’t just let it go.”
Children who ran away in the middle of the night for love while the royal family was paying attention.
I don’t know why engaged couples keep running away in the middle of the night, but it would be unreasonable to just sit back and watch and pretend they were on their honeymoon.
The two were no longer simply children of the twelve northern houses, but heroes of the kingdom that the Royal House of Cailun was interested in.
“This time it’s the south.”
Last time it was north.
Count Bayer, who had been laughing bitterly, looked back at Count Chase, who snorted and then grabbed the reins and said.
“Anyway, let’s go.”
“Okay, I should go.”
To catch runaway children.
Following Count August Bayer and Count August Chase, the two original Counts Bayer and Chase.
The two counts turned their heads to follow the north wind and pulled on the reins.
He rode his horse like the wind toward the south.
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< Chapter 81 - Prime Royal Family #2 > End
