“So, you can go in with peace of mind. After all, the ruined farming has to at least look good.”
How can I go into the field comfortably after hearing this story?
I sent a look to Klaus asking for help.
“Go, young lady.”
Klaus lightly pushed my back.
“…Is it okay? That farmer’s eyes look so sad….”
“They say you can go in with peace of mind. Besides….”
Klaus tapped my dowsing rod, which was still reacting frantically.
“This is also continuing to respond.”
… … How did we come to believe in water vein detection rods, which were a craze only during the Joseon Dynasty?
Sighing at the amazing development, I carefully stepped into the silver grass field.
“Relax your expression, young lady.”
“I can’t laugh because of the situation.”
“Don’t you want to be beautiful among beautiful flowers?”
“Yes. Now that I think about it again, I think it won’t work because I’m not a beautiful person.”
I shrugged my shoulders and tried to trudge out, but Klaus came in front of me, frowning.
“Who says the young lady isn’t beautiful?”
“yes?”
“I saw you smiling there. I guess I should leave it as a magic spell.”
“No, over there?”
Neglecting my protest, Klaus started reciting a magic spell a couple of steps behind.
“Young lady, you look so dazed right now. Smile a little more.”
“No, over there.”
“Well, it’s okay for you to be dazed because it’s your normal self.”
Could you please stop trying to convince me of my usual self?
Every time Klaus lightly gestured, the paper fluttered in the air. I think it’s my photo.
I guess they take pictures like this in this world, right?
‘There won’t be any camera lens distortion.’
I burst out laughing at my own foolish thoughts. Only then did Klaus smile.
“Okay now? I want to go out.”
“okay.”
Klaus lifted the papers gathered on the floor.
I looked back at the silver grass field and walked up to Klaus’ side.
“how is it?”
“You’re good at taking pictures.”
The magic photo Klaus handed over had a perfect composition.
Under the clear blue sky, a field of purple silver grass stretched out endlessly, and among them, I, wearing a white dress, made a blank expression and then burst into laughter.
“Why are we still painting portraits when we can take pictures with magic?”
“I think it’s worthless for wizards to use their magic to leave behind nothing more than a phenomenon.”
“You did it, Your Highness.”
Klaus closed his mouth at my words.
Then, among the photos he was holding, he tapped the photo of me smiling with my eyes closed.
“Look at this. Isn’t the young lady beautiful?”
“……Well, I’ll say so.”
It’s a bit embarrassing for me to say I’m beautiful with my own mouth.
While stroking my cheek and raising my gaze to the sky in embarrassment, I stopped.
I saw something unbelievable.
“majesty.”
“why?”
“I… I think the poison has been released.”
My health bar was back to red.
I learned that the strange purple silver grass could be a key treatment for variant violet diseases.
After that, it was all smooth sailing. Immediately, Klaus released imperial taxes and had purple silver grass cut down across the country.
Self-proclaimed prophets who had said that purple silver grass had brought about a famine and that something bad would happen to the empire quickly changed their attitude and sang that God had sent purple silver grass to prevent a nationwide epidemic, and that the empire would last forever.
In the meantime, doctors created a treatment that could most effectively treat variant violet disease by combining purple silver grass with a violet disease treatment plucked from the Peacock Garden.
Next it was my turn to step forward.
Since I couldn’t even say hello properly, I left the capital with Klaus, leaving only a letter to Lariette and the Count.
“…I feel like I’m going to get motion sick just looking at the words now.”
“I just need to go north one last time.”
“Wow….”
Klaus gently stroked my head as I pretended to vomit.
“But thanks to you, I was able to deal with it efficiently. Thank you.”
I rode with Klaus on his horse and went around each region from the east, catching every person infected with the variant violet disease in that region and giving them the cure.
The fact that I could tell by my own eyes whether or not I was infected with variant violet disease was very important.
Thanks to this, I got tired of riding horses and riding around all over the place.
“Right. I should get a plaque of appreciation this time.”
“If you want, I’ll sell you gold.”
“Dig me into diamonds.”
“okay.”
There may be some infected people that I couldn’t catch, but that was okay.
Anyway, the imperial family sent people to distribute the treatment to each region, so the few people I couldn’t catch will get the medicine and be fine.
In any case, thanks to me, I was able to largely prevent the initial spread of the infectious disease, so Klaus, an expert in hate speech, also listened to my complaints.
“If the lady wants, I can make her a statue out of diamonds.”
“No, that’s a bit much.”
… … Doesn’t it seem like they’re turning it around?
“But now, if we just go to the north, that’s it.”
“Are you nervous?”
“I feel relieved. I don’t have to ride horses anymore.”
Klaus laughed at my words.
His eyes turned to the dark night sky.
“It was nice to ride a horse with a young lady, but I guess it wasn’t the young lady.”
“No, just say it like that.”
At first, yes, I liked this too.
The experience of riding a horse while being held on Klaus’ broad chest!
I felt like I was the heroine of some kind of romance novel. Admit it!
‘But it should only be once or twice.’
Since we were touring all over the continent, riding with Klaus wasn’t a problem.
When I glared at Klaus, he smiled again and stroked my head.
“I’m kidding, I’m kidding. You know it’s hard to ride for a long time.”
“If you keep saying strange things, I will go back home.”
“Walk alone?”
“I can catch a carriage!”
And in the meantime, Klaus, doesn’t it feel a bit natural to stroke my head?
While I was doing this, I thought I should point this out as well, so I looked back at Klaus.
“And your highness, my head these days.”
“Oh, my lady.”
“yes?”
Before I could continue my point, Klaus hung up.
“Are you keeping the crystal safe?”
“Yes. First of all, I asked Lariette to take good care of me.”
“There are already three.”
Klaus clicked his tongue lightly.
okay. Three crystals came out.
One from my closet. Another one is in the Duke’s crypt. The last one was discovered while cutting down silver grass in a purple silver grass field.
“As soon as I get back, I’ll have to try an experiment at the origin of the world.”
“As expected, the broken source pillar and that crystal seem to be the same type, right?”
“Other than that, there isn’t really anything to point out.”
Klaus nodded calmly.
A broken crystal pillar said to be the origin of the world, and crystal pieces that keep appearing in unexpected spaces.
They may not be related, but for now, the priority was to confirm the connection between the two.
“Could it be that my dowser is looking for crystal shards?”
“That’s a possibility. You say it’s an ability given to you by the devil?”
“Can I say that out loud?”
“If there is a problem with the imperial prince next to you, you can just say it’s a joke.”
“but.”
Anyway, it seems like Rudeat is leaving it to Klaus.
“But then shouldn’t we just collect all the crystal pieces?”
“why?”
“The fact that the dowsing finder the devil gave us leads us to where the crystal pieces are is because the devil wants us to collect the crystal pieces, so it guides us. Wouldn’t there be a problem with the devil wanting that?”
I shook my head as I thought about White’s face, a liar who couldn’t be trusted and who was even abusive.
Then Klaus looked at me and asked.
“Young lady.”
“yes?”
“Why do you think the devil’s intentions are bad, young lady?”
What kind of Zen question is this again?
“Well, the demons invaded the empire. Oh, wait, wait. By any chance, demons and demons are different races. You’re not going to say something like that, are you?”
“Oh, it’s not like that.”
I thought they were playing around with the settings again, but that wasn’t the case.
“Then why?”
“Just. If you think about it, the demons attacked the empire, but they didn’t attack children.”
“That doesn’t change the fact that demons attacked the empire.”
“That’s right.”
Klaus lowered his head for a moment and then lifted it again.
The confused color in his eyes disappeared, and his face returned to its usual cold and cool smile.
“I was thinking too much. They say people are like this and shouldn’t think alone.”
“Um, yes.”
“You must be tired, so let’s go in. We have to head north tomorrow.”
“all right.”
I nodded slightly.
However, the words Klaus said earlier were strangely stuck in my mind and I couldn’t let them go.
Why do you think the devil’s intentions are bad?
‘Because it’s bad.’
… … Is there something wrong with this?
Klaus and I, who set off from the west early the next day, were finally able to reach the huge castle in the north.
After traveling through the east, south, and west, I finally reached the north. The temperature was cool and chilly, and I thought it was the north.
But even before that, I realized that there were things about going north that I should have remembered.
I had forgotten. The name of the Northern Duke who commands the North.
Duke Bruedel, who was so cold and chilly, called my name.
“Lady Elena Seves.”
“Hello…”
I tried to lower my head to please the man in front of me.
However, the man’s reaction was faster.
“What kind of trick is this again?”
“yes?”
“I believe our story was already over by then.”
… … Huh?
“That’s unpleasant. I told you clearly that I wouldn’t be able to be polite if I had to see you again.”
when?
You crazy guy, when?
You never did that!
Embarrassed, I tried to pull back from the sofa, but Duke Brudel had already walked towards me with long strides and placed his chin on my shoulder.
The moment your hair turns white.
“Peacock.”
A low, eerie voice tore through the space. Duke Bruedel suddenly turned his head.
Klaus’ cold face was seen over the duke’s shoulder.
“Take those hands off.”
Klaus’ cold face was seen over the duke’s shoulder.
“Take those hands off.”
