Chapter 582
Louise von Schwarz was given an unexpected vacation during the winter.
She was ordered to rest by the only person above her, the king and father.
Command of the army during the winter was assumed by the King of Kernstadt.
However, since the minimum handover had to be completed, it took quite a while for her to deliver the current status of Kernstadt County and important matters.
So, after completing all the handovers and delegating full power to the king.
It wasn’t until late at night that she was able to reach the ecliptic through the allied warp spot.
After taking over for a few days, I was able to arrive at the ecliptic late at night.
So now.
Louise seemed to know what it felt like to have her eyes spinning.
First of all, the distance of the ecliptic is the first, and it is a deep night and it is snowing.
It wasn’t that he stopped by the imperial palace at all, but he had never been allowed to go to the temple.
That’s why she wasn’t familiar with the streets of the ecliptic, but because of the snowy streets at night, she couldn’t properly tell where she was.
And now, mentally, Louise is as much perplexed as excited by the situation.
I didn’t know how to handle my father’s anger, but my father was resigned from the beginning.
Because of Heinrich’s existence, Louise was accepting the fact that Louise would take care of her brothers as if it were a predetermined future.
Even, suddenly, the situation that I never dreamed of came.
to go to the temple
So Louise is strangely excited, embarrassed, excited, and sad about this situation.
All of a sudden, he came alone after hearing the word to go to the temple and rest.
Louise felt like a child for the first time in a long time.
Also, strictly speaking, she is not the bright side at all.
Originally, it is difficult to see because it has bright eyes, but it is a perfect environment for wandering, so I wander.
He even went so far as to arrive at the imperial palace, where he had no business to do while trying to find the temple.
In the end, at this rate, he would face the sun tomorrow morning on the street or become a snowman alive in heavy snow, so he asked the imperial palace guards to learn the location of the temple.
‘This is north of Daehe, and the temple is south of Daehe.’
‘ah… … ?’
It was not at the level of taking the wrong road, but at the level of believing that he had deliberately come in the opposite direction.
In the end, she trudged and headed for Irene Daeha.
First you have to cross the river to find the temple.
The famous pride of the ecliptic, the magic train, could not be boarded because it had stopped operating long ago.
‘no… … . It might have been more confusing if it was in operation… … .’
Louise had only heard about the magic train, but had never ridden it. It’s all I’ve seen from afar a few times as it moves making a grotesque sound when it arrives at the ecliptic.
Anyway, it was the first time in her life that Louise had the experience of finding her way alone.
Feeling like a lost child, Louise vaguely walks toward the south of the ecliptic.
If you find the right direction, you can find the way to go even in heavy snow.
The problem was that.
Dozens of bridges linking the north and south of the ecliptic.
You have to take one of those bridges to go south of the ecliptic.
“… … .”
However, because of the snow, she couldn’t see it at all, so she came down to the promenade along the Irene River.
And in front of my eyes, I could see the frozen wolves in the winter cold. Snow was piled up on the frozen river.
Of course, you can also cross the frozen river on foot.
Need to find a leg?
Can we just cross the river on foot? Why?
‘Because I just need to be able to cross… … .’
Louise wasn’t walking along the riverside looking for a bridge. He went down to the frozen river and landed his foot on the ice.
Out of nowhere, Louise started crossing the river in the middle of the night.
– Boo Deuk Bo Deuk
The sound of the Princess of Schwarz stepping on the snow echoed.
Louise fell several times while crossing the frozen River Irene.
– Knocked up!
“… … .”
Even if you have a superhuman sense of balance that has reached a master class, snowy ice will make you fall if you don’t keep your mind straight.
Louise stood up in the snow, brushed her butt, and looked around for nothing. I wonder if anyone saw her.
Since it is in the middle of a snowy ice field, there can be no passers-by. So no one could have seen it.
But Louise, her face slightly reddened, strode quickly as if she were about to run away.
Of course, then I fell a few more times.
* * *
After crossing the frozen river, Louise climbed the streets south of the Great River.
Temples and imperial palaces are buildings that can be seen from anywhere in the ecliptic if you climb to a slightly higher elevation. It is not called the landmark of Gradium for nothing.
But now, because of the falling snow, neither the temple nor the imperial palace can be seen.
Louise took a long walk.
Where the temple is, a passer-by asked on a rare street because of the heavy snowfall, and he found his way.
“You can go over there, over there.”
“here… … . far away… … ?”
It was ambiguous whether it was openly disrespectful or commanding, so Louise had no choice but to say something in an ambiguous questioning style, neither flattering nor polite.
“hmm… … . You will have to go for a while.”
The person who asked for directions disappeared after saying that if he was too busy on his way.
Louise laughed at herself, like a lost child. The words that he was a princess and the heir to the First Empire felt like an illusion.
Of course, aside from that, there is also the ability of a sword master who has reached a master class, but that doesn’t help at all in finding the way.
Still, I couldn’t help but tremble.
It is a temple that was forbidden even to look at from a distance.
Louise’s heart skipped a beat just because the moment she could see where her son had grown up was just around the corner.
Of course, the imperial city of Gradium couldn’t be a brilliant city, and the atmosphere was felt everywhere.
Although it was a snowy night street, the entire city was filled with the aura of despair and death.
If he had come to the ecliptic in good times, he might have felt jealous, but now the ecliptic Gradium was a city of death.
The rare sighting passers-by crouched down the street, and the accumulating snow seemed to slowly cover the city and kill it.
In the capital of Kernstadt, the situation would not be much different.
In a reality where the environment is sure to be worse than the ecliptic wherever you go, the ecliptic may rather be a huge enough city just to maintain its appearance.
and.
Louise suddenly heard a group of footsteps coming from beyond.
Scary as Louise stepped out of the way, a group of people passed by.
‘… … what?’
Louise instinctively could not help but notice in their steps and actions.
Those who have undergone combat training are different from the sound of their footsteps, from the beginning.
They disappeared somewhere without even paying attention to Louise.
I don’t know what was so urgent, but Louise couldn’t bear to ask for directions.
In the middle of the night, what is the reason for these professionally trained combatants to move with such serious expressions?
Louise tried to get lost in her thoughts, but came to her senses.
Now, the priority is to find the template.
If I stayed still, I could really become a snowman.
* * *
As Louise walked in the direction of the temple, the night grew deeper and more snow piled up.
So, inevitably, problems arose.
‘Here is… … . Where?’
It was inevitable that Louise would become a lost child.
I knew the temple was close, but there was no one to ask for directions anymore.
‘I know it’s nearby, but… … .’
Louise walked on the road at once. In the direction I heard that there is a temple.
how long did it take
Louise finally found something beyond the pouring snow.
‘fire?’
Something like a flickering blue flame flickered.
‘what?’
Whatever it is, it’s a board that will get lost and go around the same spot.
Louise soon had no choice but to know what the blue light was approaching.
a person
A person who also strengthened magical powers.
Someone clad in the body-enhancing flames of blue mana was approaching.
And he wasn’t alone, but there was someone beside him, pulling something.
The approaching person was pulling something resembling a cart.
– Am I right here?
– Oh, thank you. It’s all here. put it here
Someone dragged a cart into what appeared to be a warehouse in the dark.
-I would have been in big trouble without you.
– No, I was on my way too. And watch your back.
Louise kept a certain distance and gazed at it.
A young man pulling a cart, and an old man.
I could see that the young man was helping the old man.
However, Louise had no choice but to see something different in that scene, aside from the fact that the young man was capable of magical power enhancement.
– The poor young man suffered a lot. I want to give you this in return… … .
The sleeve of the young man’s right arm was loose.
-no! it’s okay. That’s really fine.
Louise stayed close to him until the scuffle between the old man who wanted to reciprocate and the young man who stubbornly refused was over.
After the old man entered the house, the young man turned around and could not help but meet eyes with Louise, who was still staring at him.
“Even if you want to see me… … ? Previously… … . Are you okay… … ?”
“that… … . that… … .”
Louise von Schwarz.
The princess of the Schwarz family speaks with a pitiful expression on her face.
“The road to the temple… … . can you tell me… … ?”
He is a person who doesn’t hesitate to help someone even though he doesn’t know him well, even though his body is not in good shape.
And now Louise desperately needed that kind of help.
The young man smiled brightly when he heard that.
“Oh, I have to go there too. Let’s go together.”
“Yeah, that’s right… … !”
Louise unknowingly jumped out of place.
* * *
Louise, guided by Ludwig, was able to arrive at the temple in no time.
When I arrived, I wondered why I was lost.
Of course, the falling snow made both Ludwig and Louise look like snowmen.
Louise had to thank God that the young man who appeared at the right time, and that the young man who could even enhance his magical powers, was a Temple student.
But that wasn’t the end.
A temple is not a building, but an area.
As soon as she crossed the entrance gate, seeing the snowy scene of the temple and its expansive grounds in front of her eyes, Louise was taken aback.
I was guided by a Temple student.
However, this student will go where he needs to go, and then he will be lost again. She could be guided, but Louise is half-sure that along the way she will inevitably get lost.
A lost child outside the temple becomes a lost child inside the temple.
Should I capture at least one of the Temple guards?
Louise’s head spins wildly.
Ludwig smiled as if he knew what he was thinking when he saw Louise’s complexion turned white.
“The inside of the temple is also quite large. Where are you going? We will guide you to your destination.”
“I, really… … . Can I really… … ?”
Although he has the attitude that he cannot be excused, his expression shows indelible joy and earnestness.
“yes.”
To think that there is a person who has no hesitation in helping others even though his own body is not healthy.
“I have to go to a place called the Royal Class Dormitory… … . Do you know where it is?”
“… … ?”
At that, the young man tilted his head.
“Don’t you know? Then there is nothing you can do… … .”
“No, it’s because I’m going…” … . I was just a little surprised.”
“… … ?”
“Let’s go. Let me guide you.”
The person who asked for directions is also the same destination.
The young man in front of me is neither a teacher nor a guard. Then, of course, you have to be a student.
Only then, Louise could not help but be conscious of the young man’s empty right arm sleeve, which he consciously refused to ask or look at.
Louise knew about what had happened to her son’s friends.
dead classmate.
And stories about classmates who were injured.
“I wonder if your name is… … . Ludwig… … . Am I right?”
“… … How do I get my name?”
son friend!
“I am Heinrich’s mother… … !”
Louise, who was so excited that she nearly slipped her tongue, bit her tongue.
“!!!”
“Wow, are you okay… … ?”
He bit so hard that Louise couldn’t help but feel the fishy taste of iron in her mouth.
* * *
Ludwig led the way, and Louise followed.
“I thought you were a princess… … . Excuse me. Oh no. Commander… … .”
Ludwig was happy to know that Louise was Heinrich’s older sister and the military commander of Kernstadt. Since Ludwig had nothing to do with Kernstadt-kun, he had only heard about Louise, but this was the first time he had seen her face.
Louise shook her head at Ludwig’s words.
“no no. Okay. Excuse me, not at all. Not at all. I’m grateful. Heinrich’s friend… … .”
When she realized that the person who showed up at the right time was not just a Temple student, but a friend of her son, Louise’s normally excited mind was blown away.
Louise quietly looked at Ludwig’s back.
The sleeve of his right arm was shaking miserably.
Louise couldn’t watch Heinrich’s growth process.
However, through reports, Heinrich had heard what kind of school Heinrich attended in Temple and how he was living.
Heinrich’s classmates who went to the Royal Class.
So Louise had no choice but to know about Ludwig, and he got to know him even better after the war began.
Ludwig.
Royal Class 2nd year B-11. To put it bluntly, his talent is stamina.
It’s a simple talent, but it has an extraordinary intellect that awakens before it learns magical power enhancement.
Of course, there were three more such cases from the second year of the Royal Class, but two of them were the Demon King and the Hero. It is rude to dare to compare.
So, if he had been educated in the royal class without a war, he would have been able to attend the master class before graduation.
But the war took Ludwig’s arm.
Even in that state, if he continued training and practice, he might be able to fight, but Louise read resignation in Ludwig’s eyes.
I don’t know why, but I knew Ludwig’s despair from the desolate appearance of him sitting as if he had lost everything on a snowy night.
War keeps taking something from someone.
“By the way, the cart from earlier… … ?”
Louise saw Ludwig for the first time today.
Losing an arm, he withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the Temple.
But on a snowy day like this, I saw him pulling a wagon of an old man he didn’t even know on the street.
“Oh, I think you slipped on the snow and hurt your back. So I went to the house… … .”
“I see… … .”
Seeing Ludwig scratching his head with a clumsy smile, Louise smiled.
Anyone who sees people with a good heart can’t help but feel better. Even more so if you are in a position that has been helped by that good heart.
so that.
Louise felt even more sorry for Ludwig’s empty right arm sleeve.
Ludwig has a personality that cannot turn away from an old man who is moaning after falling in the snow.
This is the person who spends his time and energy pulling the old man’s cart to the house instead.
Louise doesn’t know the details of how Ludwig lost his arm, but he does know to some extent.
It has been reported that he lost an arm while trying to save a friend from danger.
In the end, the mind that couldn’t turn away from someone took his arm when he met a cruel time.
At this time, I couldn’t help but feel the cruel truth that the heart of wanting to be for someone is a weakness, looking at Ludwig’s empty sleeves.
“It is a sad time.”
At Louise’s sudden remark, Ludwig stares at her.
“… … Yes, it is.”
“It’s such a time, but… … .”
Louise exhales a white breath in the falling snow.
“Let’s try our best to live.”
“… … .”
“Cheer up, let’s survive.”
It’s a world where you just take something, but you can’t take it for granted.
At Louise’s sudden words, Ludwig looked at Louise still.
“Yes, it must be.”
Ludwig laughed, and Louise also laughed.
* * *
what is this lady
Why is the lady here?
“who… … . sister?”
Heinrich stood up from his seat with a bewildered look at the visitor who couldn’t come here, and Ellen was also sitting by the window stroking me and then came down.
Louise von Schwarz.
A person who shouldn’t have appeared at this place appeared out of nowhere.
“I’m also going to rest at the temple during the winter.”
“Your sister too… … ?”
“okay.”
Louise just said that to Heinrich with a stiff expression as usual.
No, can you explain a bit more?
Whether me or Heinrich was flustered, Louise looked at Ellen.
“It’s not the first time we’ve met, but I think it’s the first time we’ve seen each other like this… … .”
“hello.”
Ellen bowed her head in the way she treated her friend’s older sister, not the princess and military commander of Kernstadt.
Louise next looks at me sitting quietly on the window sill.
“Is this the cat?”
Do you know the cat that appeared in the Royal Class Garrison? Even when Louise saw the black cat, she wasn’t too embarrassed or surprised.
“yes.”
Ellen lifted me up and held me out to Louise as if to touch me.
What.
Are you treating me as a means of starting a conversation with someone you don’t know anymore?
uh.
It’s not comfortable.
Louise stared blankly at the cat (me) who was brought out, and patted her head lightly. With the feeling that she is an example costume.
“… … .”
“… … .”
After Louise stroked the cat a few times, Ellen looked at Louise.
It’s not just staring, it’s staring.
how is it?
how is my kid?
tell me quickly
tell me it’s cute
Such longing is revealed in the eyes.
Louise felt a little taken aback by Ellen’s gaze.
“that… … . Ears are cute… … .”
“that’s right.”
Ellen, who forcibly accepted me, tickled my head.
Louise’s expression as she looked at Ellen became quite bizarre.
It’s not that they didn’t know each other, but they’d never talked to each other, so Louise would have no idea what kind of person Ellen was.
But a warrior who brags about cats?
Was he disappointed or did he think it was human?
But apart from what Ellen was doing, Heinrich was still half-panic.
“sister… … . how did this happen… … .”
“They told me to stay in room A-1. Where is it?”
Anyway, why did this person come here?
Temple is not a situation where anyone can enter, and even Louise von Schwartz is absolutely not a person who belongs to just anyone.
It must have been Bertus who gave permission to enter.
But what does it mean to let Louise into the temple?
Louise was allowed to stay in room A-1 of the sophomore dorm.
Ironically, that room had been used by the Emperor during his time at Temple.
During the winter, King Kernstadt decides to take command of the army, but Louise spends a long vacation at the temple.
Heinrich was lost in this unexpected situation, and Louise looked around curiously.
“This is the temple… … .”
Whether it was comparing it to the academy in Kernstadt, or whether it was a completely different impression, even with that firm expression, Louise could feel quite excited.
Heinrich disappeared somewhere with Louise, saying that he would give a little guide to the royal class dormitory, and Ellen was watching the snow falling quietly from the window.
