< Chapter 55 - Entering the Royal Capital #2 (Revised) >
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“Again, again, again you ran away! Again!”
“Ahhh! Oh, no, that’s not it!”
Cordelia, who had been caught mercilessly by Adelia, spoke with a sad face, but it was absurd.
“What do you mean, no! I told you to contact me regularly, but you only did it once! And then you only contact me once the king comes?”
“It hurts! It hurts! It really hurts!”
“That’s great! I told you it hurt! It hurts more! It hurts more!”
As Adelia twisted the flesh on her cheek, tears began to flow out of Cordelia’s eyes, and Uther thought.
‘As expected, they are sisters.’
I see you’re doing the same thing.
“Do-a-jeo! Do-a-jeo!”
“What can I help you with? Shouldn’t you admit it quickly?”
“Do it! Do it!”
Adelia kept pulling at her cheeks with her eyes wide open, Cordelia sobbed, and Uther thought again.
‘i envy you.’
Cordelia Ball’s body is really soft. I want to pull it too.
That mysterious taste when you pull it straight out.
I feel like I’m being completely healed.
“He’s always running away from home because he’s so annoying!”
“Ha, ugh. I’m going to sleep.”
“I want to pull too.”
Yuder was startled when he blurted out his feelings without realizing it, but fortunately, it seemed like no one heard him.
There was Cordelia, who could communicate with him just by looking at his eyes, but Cordelia was too busy crying right now.
Anyway, thanks to the startle, Yuder regained his senses and let out a small cough.
To get Adelia’s attention.
‘I feel like I’m jumping into a pit of fire.’
But shouldn’t we save Cordelia?
“Ahem, ahem ahem.”
Please look this way. Please release Cordelia.
As he coughed hard, Adelia lifted her head and looked at Uther while holding Cordelia’s cheek tightly, and Uther spoke in the most calm tone possible.
“That… sister-in-law.”
Selected and chosen words.
The effect was tremendous.
Adelia’s eyes, which were filled with the determination to destroy Cordelia and even Uther, were filled with shame, shyness, and a little affection.
‘I got eaten! Help me!’
Uther, who caught Cordelia’s earnest gaze, continued speaking as if adding impetus.
“There are many people watching. For now, go somewhere else······.”
“Reflection.”
The moment Adelia spoke, a powerful magical force changed the surrounding area.
‘Light refraction magic.’
As the name suggests, it was a powerful magic that refracted light in the surrounding area to create an invisible area.
“Will this work?”
The word “sister-in-law” made me feel a little taken aback for a moment, but it wasn’t enough to make me lose my mind.
Of course, it was not normal to use powerful magic, even though it was non-lethal, at the southern gate of the royal road.
“Uh… Then let’s continue.”
“hey!”
What are you going to do? You’re not going to help me!
If you think about it, you’re an accomplice too!
At the single word that contained the meaning of “-“, Yuder opened his mouth again, and Adelia waited for Yuder to speak with an expression that seemed to indicate that she was going to hear what he had to say.
“First of all, it’s not that you ran away. There’s a reason we couldn’t contact you.”
“What is it? Is it the Holy Cross Guardians thing again?”
“yes.”
“Really?”
“It’s true.”
“What happened?”
“That······.”
After closing the distance a little closer to Adelia, Yuder began to tell her a somewhat made-up story.
‘If I tell anyone about the attack by the Devil’s Hand, my activities will be restricted.’
It was likely that he was locked up somewhere for protection, just like Count Hresvelg had been.
So, Uder made up a story that he spent more time than he thought exploring the ancient temple with the Holy Cross Guardians.
“If it’s an ancient temple, who owns it?”
“It was the temple of Aeris, the goddess of life. Right, Cordelia?”
“Yeah, right after.”
Cordelia answered earnestly, her pronunciation slurred as she was still holding the ball, and Adelia narrowed her eyes before letting go of Cordelia.
“Whoa!”
Cordelia, who had barely regained her freedom, covered her flushed cheeks and then ran away to hide behind Uther.
“Huh? Hiding?”
“Po, anti-violence. Anti-violence.”
As Cordelia spoke timidly, Adelia snorted and took a big step forward. Cordelia, startled, quickly hid her head behind Uther’s back.
‘You’re so cute I could die.’
Although Yuder would have liked to watch the cute sisters bicker a little longer, now was not the time.
“Me, sister-in-law.”
“I’m telling you in advance, you did something wrong too, right?”
“No, that means we didn’t run away······.”
“But you should have contacted me. Do you know how worried your father and father were? Prince Gale was worried too. Of course, I was too.”
Uther and Cordelia were definitely strong.
Adelia, who had personally witnessed their activities in the wild lands, knew this fact better than anyone else.
But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t worried.
There were many people in this world stronger than Uther and Cordelia.
‘No, that’s not the problem.’
Strength wasn’t the important thing.
Even if he was the strongest being in the world, I couldn’t help but worry if contact was suddenly lost.
I wonder if something happened. I wonder if something hurts.
Why did we lose contact?
‘That’s what family is.’
Adelia was Cordelia’s older sister. To Uther himself, she was his sister-in-law.
“sorry.”
Excuses were not suitable for truth and sincerity.
Uther bowed his head and asked for forgiveness, and Cordelia also bowed her head.
“I was wrong.”
Sorry for not contacting you.
Adelia sighed at the sight of Uther and Cordelia bowing their heads side by side, then asked again with a slightly calmer expression.
“Are neither of you hurt anywhere?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“We’re not hurt, we’re both healthy. How have you been, sister?”
“Me, well. I’m always healthy.”
Adelia shrugged her shoulders and smiled slightly.
Anyway, it was nice to see the two of them again.
“But there are no carriages or horses? Did you walk all the way to the capital?”
“Huh? Huh··· That······.”
Cordelia’s voice trailed off slightly at Adelia’s question, and her face became hesitant as if she was wondering whether she should speak or not. Then she opened her lips hesitantly.
“I came riding on a Uder.”
“what?”
“No… That… Yuder is carrying me, and Yuder is running?”
The more I explained it, the stranger it became, but it was actually true.
‘I don’t want to lie anymore.’
But sincerity didn’t always get through.
Adelia frowned as if she didn’t understand, then nodded.
“Just give it a try.”
“huh?”
“Show me how you got here.”
Somehow the atmosphere felt unusual.
Cordelia didn’t want to do it violently, but she couldn’t help but do it.
“Uhm, like this?”
Then she jumped up and jumped onto Uther’s back, and Uther reflexively picked Cordelia up and carried her.
A continuous movement so natural that you can’t even tell how many times you’ve been carried.
Adelia stared blankly at the two, then burst into anger.
“Hey! Cordelia! Hey!”
You said you were carried, but did you really get carried? By sticking so close to me? How shameless?!
“Eek!”
As Adelia approached with a goblin-like face, Cordelia was frightened and tried to cover her cheeks with both hands, but it was impossible. There were many places on her face that she could grab onto besides her cheeks.
“This is it! This is it!”
“Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!”
Adelia continued to scream, pulling painfully at Cordelia’s ears, whether Cordelia cried or not.
“You’re so shameless! Huh? You’re a virgin who hasn’t even gotten married!”
“Hey, you’re engaged! You’re engaged!”
“Are you engaged or married? Didn’t your sister tell you not to cross the line? Huh?”
“Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!”
“I’m pulling because it hurts!”
That was right. If you were pulling it because it hurt in the first place, shouldn’t it hurt?
“Uder! Help me!”
“Yuder, you too, come here! Come here and give me your ear! Since you are Prince Gale’s younger brother, you are also my younger brother!”
When Adelia stretched out her hand, Yuder instinctively pulled back and thought about it.
How can we overcome this crisis?
‘Should I say the line hasn’t been crossed yet?’
Of course, I couldn’t even tell to what extent the ‘good’ that Adelia was talking about was, but I didn’t really do anything other than using my lap as a pillow and hugging and carrying her whenever I wanted.
‘Are you over it?’
How far is the line that Adelia spoke of?
Uther broke out in a cold sweat, Adelia wiggled her fingers as if telling him to hurry up, and Cordelia screamed in frustration.
“Sister too! Sister too with Uncle Gale! Woof woof!”
“Hey, there’s nothing this thing can’t do!”
“Ugh! Ugh!”
I quickly covered my mouth with the hand that had been pulling my ear, but Cordelia continued to shout something.
“Eub-eub! Eub!”
“Hey, we’re engaged, but Prince Gale and I are adults. You’re still kids!”
“Eww!”
Where is that!
Sister, you’re so selfish!
– Thinking that it might be something like that, Yuder once again stepped in to mediate.
“Me, sister-in-law.”
“Profit! Why!”
“That… refracts light, but can’t you hear sound?”
Adelia flinched at Uder’s remark, looked around, and bit her lip.
Because I couldn’t see anything in particular, but I could hear a rumbling sound.
“Ugh.”
Adelia, whose face and neck were red, spoke quickly in a hushed voice.
“Joe, be quiet. Okay?”
“Ugh.”
As Cordelia nodded in agreement, Adelia slowly removed her hand.
“Okay, okay. Let’s move first and finish talking. I even took half a day off today because of you guys.”
“Half day off?”
“Half a vacation. Just half a day off.”
Cordelia’s eyes widened in surprise at Adelia’s explanation.
If you’re going to rest, just rest. What’s the point of only resting halfway?
“Sister, the Royal Magic Corps was a black company?”
“What is the kid saying? Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and get yourself cleaned up. Your hair is all messed up.”
Adelia, who said that, first adjusted her clothes.
‘Now that I think about it, it’s the uniform of the Royal Magic Corps.’
Adelia, who was accustomed to wearing dresses or riding clothes, was now wearing the blue uniform of the Royal Magic Guard.
A top and bottom reminiscent of a blue beret and military uniform.
Although it was a fantasy, it was still reality, so she was wearing pants instead of a skirt and black combat boots.
‘Your hair is in a ponytail too.’
The last time I saw it, it was just loose.
‘Cordelia would look good with a ponytail, right?’
Should I ask you to do it sometime later?
While Uther was daydreaming, Cordelia, who had been adjusting her clothes and messy hair, winked at Adelia.
“Are you done?”
“huh.”
“What have you done? Your hair is still a mess. I’ll give you a hair tie, so just tie it like I did.”
“Yeah.”
Cordelia obediently accepted the hair tie and tied her hair together with her familiar hand movements, and Uther engraved that image of Cordelia in his palace of memories.
‘Thank you, sister-in-law.’
Adelia suddenly tilted her head, wondering if she had heard the gratitude in her heart, and approached Yuder again.
“But, little brother.”
“Yes, sister-in-law.”
“You suddenly grew a lot taller?”
Yuder was originally about 170 cm tall, but he had grown a lot and was probably in the early 180 cm range.
“Ah, that······is the result of training.”
“That’s amazing.”
There are also martial arts techniques that help you grow taller.
Adelia, who had become interested in one way or another, did not delve deeply into it. This was because moving was the most urgent matter.
“If you’re done, let’s go quickly.”
“Ugh, just a moment.”
Cordelia, with her hair tied up, turned to look at Uther instead of following Adelia.
‘suited?’
I couldn’t ask out loud because Adelia was next to me, but I could have talked to her through eye contact.
To Cordelia’s shy question, Uther nodded immediately.
‘They suit you so well. You’re so pretty.’
‘Huh. The number of flatterers has increased.’
But Cordelia smiled brightly, as if she wasn’t in a bad mood.
And there is one person watching those two.
“I feel a bit sick. I miss Prince Gale.”
Adelia muttered softly and instead of wasting any more time, she grabbed Cordelia’s wrist and pulled.
“Okay, okay, it’s really time to go now. There’s only a half day left.”
“Okay, sis. But where are we going?”
Did you reserve a hotel? The one you always stay at?
At Cordelia’s question, Adelia smiled brightly and spoke with a rather confident expression.
“My mansion.”
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The heart of the Kingdom of Seilun was, no matter what anyone said, the capital, and the place where the largest number of people in the Kingdom of Seilun lived together was also the capital.
Because of this, the current royal capital, which is approaching the 300th anniversary of the founding of the nation, has become a land with insufficient places for people to live.
‘Because there’s a wall.’
The residential area could have been expanded simply, but the walls that had already been built were not like that.
Inside and outside the walls.
Inner living quarters and outer living quarters.
‘Besides, the nobles’ mansions are also large.’
It was necessary to have a garden, even if it was small.
“This year, I finally got a mansion.”
It had been several years since Adelia became one of the seven captains of the Royal Magic Corps, but due to her young age, she was always pushed back in the order of distribution to the mansion.
“Now, this is goodbye to the dormitory.”
Of course, the dormitory attached to the Royal Magic Corps headquarters was much more convenient for commuting to and from work, but there was still no comparison between the mansion and the dormitory.
“How is it? Isn’t it cool?”
Cordelia nodded immediately as Adelia puffed out her chest, pointing to a pretty two-story mansion built on a small garden.
“Yeah, it’s pretty. It’s cute and adorable.”
In fact, it was a fairly large mansion by modern standards, but Cordelia had lived there for over ten years as the second daughter of the Countess of Chase.
Compared to the large mansion at my parents’ house, the house in front of me was small and cozy.
“I’ll give you a room on the second floor.”
As an excited Adelia entered the mansion, a young maid welcomed the group.
“My name is Becky, and I serve Lady Adelia.”
Cordelia blushed at the greeting of the pretty black-haired girl who looked like a doll, and she greeted her in return, and this time Becky blushed.
‘It’s warm.’
Yuder, who was slightly impressed, followed Adelia up to the guest room on the second floor.
It was a small room with only one bed, but it didn’t seem like it would be uncomfortable to stay in.
“Then I’ll go back and see you later tonight. My sister made a restaurant reservation.”
“Yeah, yeah, I’ll look forward to it.”
“Okay, don’t eat the snack and wait.”
“Yeah, sis.”
The two people who had been bickering when they first met at Nammun had soon become close sisters.
After finishing the hug, Adelia hurriedly left the house, and as soon as Adelia left, Uder grabbed Cordelia’s wrist and pulled her away.
“why?”
“We need to move forward with the story too.”
With only a little over a month left until the National Foundation Day celebration, there was no time to waste.
“Okay, shall we talk in my room?”
“Oh, my room is fine too.”
“Let’s do it in my room.”
Cordelia, on the other hand, took Uther’s hand and led him to her room.
“Should I leave the door open so Becky doesn’t misunderstand?”
“It’s probably surveillance rather than a misunderstanding, but whatever, you can just talk about it with message magic.”
Uther spoke quickly, sat across from Cordelia at a small table, and tore the scroll open.
[So, what are you trying to say?]
[This is the first thing I plan to do when I arrive at the royal palace.]
[More than becoming friends with Princess Daphne?]
[Oh. It’s something that needs to be taken care of first.]
[What’s going on? We didn’t have this conversation last time.]
[I thought about it today. To be exact, while I was running with you on my back.]
[Okay, so what’s the story?]
In response to Cordelia’s question, Uther took a deep breath, placed his hand on the table, and spoke.
[As you know, the Guardians and the Devil’s Hand have been preparing this operation to exterminate the royal family for quite some time.]
[however?]
[One of the pieces of evidence is the control of the underworld. The largest thieves’ guild in the capital, the ‘Black Moon’, is no different from the Guardians of the Nation’s right-hand man.]
Cordelia nodded at Uther’s words.
In the original work, the Guardian King manipulated the underworld of the capital and ruined the National Foundation Day celebration.
[Not only did they commit all kinds of terrorist acts, but they also blocked roads, making it difficult for knights and soldiers to move.]
[So? Let’s destroy the Black Moon?]
[No, that’s impossible. We only have a month. And it’s not like there’s only one Black Moon under the command of the Guardians, so an operation like assassinating the leaders is a bit ambiguous.]
[Hmm, then what are you going to do?]
There was no way Uder would bring up this topic without a solution.
As Cordelia looked at him with expectant eyes, Uther smiled and continued speaking.
[It’s simple. This is also about creating an organization.]
[Wait, you’re forming an organization? To fight the Black Moon?]
[uh.]
Cordelia frowned at Uther’s answer.
Because it seemed like a more difficult story than disintegrating the Black Moon.
But Uder said it was definitely simple.
If so, there must be a solution that makes the difficult task simple.
[Explain further.]
[Actually, there’s no need to create a perfect organization. Our goal is to prevent the Black Moon guys from interfering with the National Foundation Day celebration that will be held in a month. We just need enough power to hold them back.]
[Where do you get those forces?]
[Other thieves’ guilds in the capital.]
The capital was wide, and so there were many thieves’ guilds.
Of course, there was no organization that could match the Black Moon that received support from the Guardians of the Nation, but if all the other organizations were combined, it would be easy to catch the Black Moon by its ankles.
[The more I dig into it, the bigger questions I get… How are the other organizations going to integrate?]
By the power of money?
Because I brought a lot of things here.
But Uther shook his head at Cordelia’s words.
[I don’t mean to disparage the profession, but the people you’re dealing with are thieves who specialize in running away with money. Money alone isn’t enough to properly control them.]
[then?]
[Charisma is needed. A romance that can tickle the hearts of even the most worn-out thieves.]
After saying this, Uder looked at Cordelia intently, and Cordelia blinked. Then, she smiled.
[Log Master.]
[The Legend of Thieves. The King of Thieves.]
A fantasy thief who can get whatever he wants.
A legendary being that shook the entire continent, including the Kingdom of Seilun and the Argon Empire.
[If the Log Master says so, even the thieves will move. No, maybe even the Black Moon will see many traitors.]
Because that’s what the Log Master was like.
Because he was like a god to thieves.
[But the Rogue Master is in the Argon Empire right now. No, he hasn’t become the Rogue Master yet.]
It was a bit of a strange statement, but it was true.
Because the log masters of that time were still in training.
Scarlett, who would later become one of the four great prosecutors.
A promising candidate to continue the lineage of the broken Log Master.
Although she was still a fairly successful thief, she was not yet a Rogue Master.
This is because I haven’t been able to obtain the Log Master’s secret that proves I am the Log Master.
[That’s better. Because now is the time for a new Log Master to appear.]
[New Log Master?]
[Oh, a new log master.]
Yuder answered with a smile, then stood up and spoke theatrically.
[No one knows where the Log Master’s tomb is. Except us.]
The Log Master’s tomb hidden in the royal capital.
[It’s rare to find someone who knows all the various legends of Log Master. But here’s one who does.]
Because the Uder Wiki will shine today and tomorrow.
Cordelia could now see it too.
That’s what Uder is trying to do.
The emergence of a new log master.
The birth of a new log master.
[wow!]
[Do you understand now?]
[Okay! Now I get it!]
[Then I’ll ask you to take good care of me.]
[uh?]
[Please take care of me.]
The new Log Master is you, Cordelia.
Yuder smiled brightly and took out a black butterfly mask from his arms and put it on Cordelia’s face, who was standing there blankly.
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