< Chapter 5 - The Devil's Hand #6 >
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Time passed.
As is often the case with people waking up from a deep sleep, Yuder opened his eyes half-asleep.
Many things, including the ceiling, entered my blurred vision, but they were all blurry and I couldn’t recognize their shapes properly.
“Ugh.”
Yuder let out a voice close to a groan, squeezed his eyes shut, and only then did proper images begin to appear in his vision.
“ha.”
A few seconds.
Maybe ten seconds.
Finally waking up fully, Uder looked around.
A well-appointed, luxurious bedroom – it was clear that this was the luxurious accommodation where Yuder himself was staying.
“Your Majesty! Are you awake?!”
Just then, Maia’s voice was heard.
It was a voice close to a scream, a mixture of anxiety and joy.
“Maya.”
“master.”
Maia, who often had a cold expression to the point that she was nicknamed the Ice Queen at home, often smiled in front of Uther.
But now the smile was beyond measure.
Maia was now crying and laughing.
“master.”
“It’s okay, Maia. Are you hurt, Maia?”
Although Maia was like family to Jude, outside of Count Bayer’s household, she was ultimately nothing more than an exclusive maid.
Since forcing her to attend the banquet would only have made Maia uncomfortable, Uder sent her back to her lodgings early.
Of course, this was also because we had anticipated this attack.
“I’m fine. I was just staying at the dorm. But more than that, the young master… Ah….”
As Maia burst into tears again, Uther fidgeted with a helpless expression before awkwardly reaching out and hugging Maia.
“It’s okay. I’m safe like this.”
“master.”
And a few minutes.
When Maia, who had been very agitated, seemed to be calming down, Yuder patted her back and asked.
“Maia, where is Miss Cordelia?”
“Are you okay?”
Maia sobbed and wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, straightened her posture, and continued speaking with a faint smile.
“He is still lying down because he overworked himself, but he regained consciousness a little earlier than the young master. The doctors said that he was just too tired, but his health was not in danger.”
“ha.”
Yuder instinctively let out a sigh of relief and slumped his shoulders.
I was worried one way or another.
“Your Majesty, if it’s okay with you, would you like to go see Miss Cordelia?”
When Maia spoke with a bright smile, Yuder nodded immediately.
“Please.”
“Yes, your highness.”
With Maya’s help, Yuder got up and left the room after washing and getting ready.
Since they originally shared one floor, Cordelia’s bedroom was accessible only by passing through the reception room in between.
“Lady Cordelia, Prince Uther has arrived.”
The knight of Count Chase’s family, who was guarding Cordelia’s bedroom, greeted Yuder with a very happy face and immediately told him about the visit.
Then, without waiting long, Cordelia’s bedroom door opened wide.
“Your Majesty the Prince.”
Dahlia, who had a clear tear stain on her face like Maia, greeted Uther with a smiling face.
And in the room, Cordelia was lying buried in a bed large enough to wrestle on.
“Miss Cordelia.”
Instead of answering Uther’s call, Cordelia simply nodded.
Just looking at his condition, he looked much worse than Yuder. His already white face was pale with no color, and his eyes had no strength at all, so he looked like he might collapse and fall asleep at any moment.
“Dahlia, I’m sorry, but can I have a moment alone with you?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Please take care of the young lady.”
Dahlia readily accepted, gave Cordelia a nod and left the room with Maia.
And a few seconds.
Cordelia said as the door closed completely.
“I feel like I’m going to fall.”
“Yeah, me too.”
Uder, who had walked to the bedside with unsteady, weak steps, sat down on the chair where Dahlia was presumed to have been sitting.
“Is your condition really bad?”
“I used too much magic. My head feels heavy and like it’s going to burst.”
“Uh… is this similar to a hangover?”
“hangover?”
“Oh, hangover.”
“Uh… oh, maybe?”
Cordelia answered awkwardly for some reason and then slumped her shoulders again.
“Anyway, it hurts, it’s hard, I feel like I’m going to faint.”
“Well, it really doesn’t look that good.”
Because it wasn’t Yellow Storm who cried openly in front of the outboxer.
“Hey, doesn’t that feel good? Your level has gone up a lot and… Did you see the title pop up too?”
“The one who makes the impossible possible?”
Cordelia’s face, which had been drooping and drooping just a moment ago, broke into a smile like a flower.
She was so good that she even laughed like an idiot.
“The heroic tale will be completely turned upside down.”
“The guys in the chat window will be in chaos too.”
“Maybe Hero Soft will contact me soon?”
“maybe?”
It’s an unlikely story, but that’s why it’s a fun story.
Cordelia took a deep breath and said.
“Dahlia told me that Viola and Felix are safe. And the twins.”
These are the people who would have originally been killed or kidnapped in the Devil’s Hand raid.
They didn’t die.
He wasn’t kidnapped and was alive and well.
“I feel excited for no reason.”
The title was good, and the sense of accomplishment of having twisted the main scenario as she wished was good, but Cordelia was somehow happier about the fact that she had saved many people, including the children of the 12 families.
“Oh my, look how kind our Nobok is. He’s so special.”
As Uther smiled happily and patted Cordelia’s head, her eyes immediately narrowed.
“You’re falling behind? Where are you going to stroke me?”
“This is how we should be, Yellow Storm.”
Yuder smiled with satisfaction and said, resting his back against the back of the chair.
“Anyway, I’ve overcome a difficult situation.”
“So what do we do now?”
“What can I do? Even though I twisted the main scenario, I still have to follow the main scenario.”
Cordelia’s main scenario.
In the Devil’s Hand raid event, Cordelia was destined to be kidnapped no matter what she did.
Is your second mission to escape from the kidnapping situation?
If you succeed in escaping, a survival route will open up, but if you fail, you will become a sacrifice and the game will be over. The survival routes were as follows.
“Cordelia, who escaped from the Devil’s Hand branch of an unknown place, wanders through a deep, dark forest, avoiding pursuers and monsters… and as if led by fate, meets the spirit of a witch.”
Cordelia laughed in vain as Uther recited the summary of the story from the Heroic Chronicles.
‘What the hell was that kid doing… No, he’s a person, right?’
How does a person remember so many things?
It was rotten water and a mess, and Yuder’s memory was far beyond common sense.
‘Shall I ask?’
If you ask, he might surprisingly answer you obediently.
While Cordelia was pondering for a moment, Uther continued talking, whether or not he knew what she was thinking.
“Cordelia won’t have to wander around the forest since we’ve prevented her from being kidnapped by the devil… but we still have to go. We have to meet the witch’s spirit.”
The meeting with the witch’s soul wasn’t a hidden event like the Moonlight acquisition event. It was one of the main events that was absolutely necessary to continue the game.
‘Because I need to improve my specs.’
In any case, Heroes Chronicle 2 is ultimately a fighting game.
If you follow the main events separately from hunting, you will naturally become stronger.
“Uh… That forest was probably north of Langest?”
“Oh, so we have to go north.”
It wasn’t just because of Cordelia.
The main scenario of Uther, which has not yet started, is concentrated in the north.
“Hmm, what should I do?”
“why?”
“No, Dahlia told me earlier, but it’s only been a day since we came to our senses, right? The news hasn’t spread to each house yet, but it seems like the escort knights have decided on a policy.”
“What is the policy?”
“There may be additional attacks, so gather together in Langest and wait until someone from each family comes to pick you up. It also seems like we will all get together later this evening to exchange information about this incident.”
“hmm.”
The Devil’s Hand attack incident itself had been prevented, so the remaining issues were preparations and an explanation for the fight that had taken place yesterday.
‘There’s also the Blue Lion.’
The lie that Uder told to move the leader of the Blue Lions, Lord Barua – the part about Count Bayer’s intervention also needed to be dealt with.
Now that things have gotten this big, Count Bayer will have heard about the Devil’s Hand attack and the surprise attack on the Knights of the Blue Lion branch that came before.
“Anyway, what should I do? If I’m going up north instead of going back home, I need some kind of excuse, right?”
Apart from the aftermath, it was also a situation where a plan for moving forward was needed.
In response to Cordelia’s question, Uther answered with his arms crossed.
“First of all, I have some methods in mind.”
“which?”
“First, you and I have to kiss… Hey, that’s not what I meant, right? Anyway, I guess I’ll need some help from those around me.”
“Who are you around?”
“Well, Luca… Wait a minute.”
Yuder suddenly stopped talking, narrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head.
Because I felt like I had completely forgotten something important.
‘what?’
Caught Mine Minos.
The kidnapping incident ended in failure, and Uther and Cordelia are safe.
‘Of course Lucas will be safe too.’
According to Cordelia, Viola and Felix, the twin brothers, are also safe.
then······.
“ah!”
Uther jumped up from his seat, and at that moment Cordelia’s eyes opened wide.
Because two people remembered the same thing, the same person, at the same time.
“Sylvia!”
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“Eww! How did I, how did I get to this point··· this point··· Eww······.”
A secret room in the corner of the banquet hall that has now become the scene of an incident.
Sylvia, who had been trapped in the pit for a whole day, burst into tears in Cordelia’s arms.
“Sister, I’m sorry. I’m really, really sorry.”
Cordelia still had a sickly look on her face, but she hugged Sylvia and apologized repeatedly.
“I’m scared… It’s dark… And I can’t hear anything… Hmm!”
Sylvia blew her nose with the handkerchief that Yuder had just offered her, and sniffled repeatedly.
Seeing the proud and beautiful beauty crying like a child and revealing all her feelings, it seems that she had been really scared for the past day.
‘You did a great job.’
The pit inside the secret room was put into great detail to be used as a panic room in case of an emergency.
Just in case they were caught by the noise, they even drew a silence magic circle inside the pit, so Sylvia had to tremble in complete silence without any light, not knowing what was going on outside.
“Sister, I’m sorry.”
Because before the Yellow Storm, she was Cordelia.
Cordelia, who had always admired the beautiful and elegant Sylvia, felt truly sorry.
‘Lucas, what the hell has that kid done?!’
Because Cordelia herself and Uther were in a state of fainting.
Didn’t Cordelia ask you to take care of the rest right before she fainted?
‘I found out later!’
As Cordelia made her resolution, Uther gently pulled on the hem of her clothes, putting some distance between her and Sylvia.
I had to leave Sylvia in the care of the knights of the Crossbell Count family.
“Miss, let’s go.”
“Ugh, yeah.”
Sylvia, who had become extremely obedient, left the room with the knights, and as Jude and Cordelia sighed reflexively, Dahlia spoke cautiously.
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t tell you about Miss Sylvia’s disappearance because it seemed like you both needed to rest.”
“No, it’s okay. It’s not Dahlia’s fault. It’s all Lucas’ fault.”
Cordelia, who had come this far, clenched her fists as if rekindling her fighting spirit.
But Uther couldn’t join Cordelia like that.
‘I guess I should dry it moderately.’
Because Lucas’ help was absolutely necessary to go north.
The plan that Uder came up with was as follows:
Lucas’s main family, the Counts of Hresvelg, were located near the Thunderdoom Fortress, which bordered the Savage Lands and was the northernmost frontier where the Counts of Bayer used to reside.
‘And there is a sun flower that contains the energy of the extreme sun.’
It was one of the many means to improve the palatability of the palatine veins.
Although Yuder had already obtained the Sun Necklace and was treating his palsy, he was not completely cured.
‘Heading north under the pretense of obtaining solar energy and accelerating the treatment of the nine-syllable vein!’
And to do that, I had to naturally tell Lucas the story about the sun flower while also inviting him to the North.
“Wait, hey, wait.”
Cordelia returned to her lodgings and listened to Uther’s explanation, frowning.
The mission to get the story he wanted out of Lucas, or the fact that Guumjeolmaek was evolving into something more versatile day by day, was a second priority, but there was one important part missing from Uder’s story.
“Then me?”
Let’s say Yuder goes to the North to get treatment for his illness, but what excuse does Cordelia have for going to the North?
In response to Cordelia’s question, Uther coughed once and turned his head away as if avoiding eye contact.
“Yeah.”
“That’s it?”
“Hey, I knew it.”
Cordelia’s plan to follow Uther.
Cordelia, who suddenly became sad, let out a long sigh and raised her middle finger to Uther.
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“I want to go with my beloved Prince Yude! Come on, I can’t let you go!”
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