127. Letter

After the royal support arrived at the count’s family, the situation was quickly resolved.

The wizards’ magic swept across the battlefield, and brave soldiers slayed the surviving minnows. The surviving demons were taken care of by the knights of Adelheit.

An Ainel who has just reached the level of a master. Unlike her, she easily tore apart her black mid-level demon, who had reached the level a long time ago.

Skilled soldiers wiped out all the demons that had no central point left over several days.

In broad daylight, the last subjugation party swept away the monsters.

After Shione and I heard the news that their clearing had ended successfully. I returned to the barracks and had a leisurely rest.

“Hmm~”

Shione hummed her song.

Everyone else was hoarse from shouting on top of the castle wall.

Perhaps it was because Shione used to quietly shoot arrows by my side all the time, so she didn’t lose her cute voice.

Then she smiled and sighed.

“Whoa…… You overcame it in the end. When I first saw the creepy monsters flocking in, I thought there would be no answer.”

She nodded at Shione’s words.

To be honest, when I saw the number of people, I also thought that one part of the wall would collapse.

Even though there might be big cracks in the gates and outer walls, it seems that the castle walls were able to win like this thanks to the fact that they held out until the end.

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“Finally, I won’t have to sleep on this hard cot.”

“Yeah, I want to quickly get out of the barracks and rest in my room.”

Shione says she wants to go to her room quickly. Her blue eyes sparkled.

Somehow, he must be dreaming of a daily life where he eats cookies and rests in his room at the count’s house.

About this much, it’s obvious without even looking at it.

“It’s good to go back to the count’s house quickly, but you’re well aware that the victory ceremony and requiem are still left, right?”

“Ah.”

Unfortunately, it seems difficult to go back to the count’s house right away.

* *

The victory ceremony and requiem went off without a hitch.

After the war, the victory ceremony was held first.

As much as there were many sacrifices. It was not held grandly, but at least it was held enough for a day of rest and enjoyment.

The requiem held after the victory ceremony was literally a rite to appease the spirits of the dead. The event, led by the clergy, was held in a solemn atmosphere.

And after the victory ceremony, the world around me changed.

This continued even after returning to daily life.

“The magician of the castle wall.”

No, rather than the world, it would be more correct to see that the way people treat me has changed.

“The falling wind and oh… ah! A bow that pierces demons!”

“… ….”

As proof of that, isn’t this guy, my master, chanting words that shriveled his hands and feet?

Puff.

Ha Su-ji is the one who reacts to this prank.

Since I am silent with no response to her words, now she even pokes me on the cheek or on her side.

“The popularity of our master of the wind is really great….”

Shione narrowly opens her eyes and looks at my profile.

“Eight, eight.”

When there was no response again, she openly pokes my cheek with her index finger.

“… ….”

All of this is because of what happened on Victory Day.

To the point where Ainel publicly announced that she and Cianella were behind me. Rumors about me that had been spreading implicitly spread explosively.

Those who saw with their own eyes the woman who climbed the top of the wall, or the one I threw her body under the wall and killed the half-man, half-horse. They got along very well at the manor’s bar and talked about me until they got tired of it.

Thanks to that, my tinnitus created by drunken people eventually reached the count’s residence.

Now like this—

“As expected, it’s not easy because he’s an immovable man… !”

It got to the point where even Shione made fun of me for my nickname.

“Haa… ….”

In the end, I grabbed Shione’s hand, who kept poking at my side.

Small white hands. Originally, it was the hand of a young lady who had grown up with almost no calluses. Maybe it’s because I’ve been pulling the bow like crazy every night. There were calluses on the knuckles of her fingers.

“Why do you call me that?”

As if she had been waiting, Shione pointed to an empty plate.

“Brother, I want more cookies!”

“Haven’t you already eaten two plates by yourself?”

“You want me to bring it? Wow, it’s an older brother!”

Shione pretended to be bright and hugged me.

She quickly butted her lips on the cheek and pushed me on the back.

In an instant, Shione opened the door to my room and pushed me outside. She smiled mischievously at me from inside her room.

Shione waved her right hand gently and greeted her.

“Then I’ll be waiting for you in the room.”

Bang!

“No, what is this… ….”

I was lost in the series of situations for a while and looked at the tightly closed door.

‘What the hell just happened.’

Today, he ate two plates of cookies as if he was possessed. Even after eating that much, they’d ask me to bring more if it wasn’t enough. I put sweets in my stomach like that, but I wonder if my stomach doesn’t feel like it.

It’s probably like this because it’s obvious that if you say you’re going to eat three plates, of course you’ll tell them to stop eating.

“It’s amazing….”

In fluent Korean, he praised Shione for her bold actions and moved on.

I was on my way to get refreshments like that. She could run into the women she had glimpsed by Shione’s side in the hallway.

‘That woman… ….’

One of those who entered the count’s manor with the royal army.

That purple haired princess. Adelheit One of the faithful knights of Aicilia, and one of the masters who tore the demons apart.

She remembered her face quite clearly, probably because she had seen her run amok on top of her castle walls.

My name is… Did she say Irene?

‘It wasn’t a half-way entry, but it reached a state of near maturity.’

Concise swordsmanship and moderation. She never mixed unnecessary movements into her sword dance. She was to the point of forming a mountain with only enemies who were slaughtered in a single stroke that she boldly drew.

Even those unfamiliar with swords could tell that her swordsmanship was different from that of ordinary knights.

In fact, even among dozens or hundreds of monsters, she didn’t seem to be doing her best.

She was one of the first monster-like masters I had ever seen in this world.

‘If you think about it, the knights and wizards under Adelheit were particularly outstanding.’

The number was small, as if it were a small number of elites, but there were only those who knew how to use their weapons at the right time and in the right place, whether they were knights or magicians.

Moreover, besides that knight, I also remember one wizard who came with me as the owner of monstrous skills.

‘Yes… With those skills.’

Why on earth did I not show my face when Adelheit’s coming-of-age ceremony was a mess?

She wondered if she had received a separate order from the princess with her purple hair.

If only that wizard or that knight had been guarding Adelheit’s side, I wouldn’t have had to go through all that trouble.

‘Well, it’s already over.’

She neatly erased her grievance and withdrew her gaze, which had been lingering on her, one of Adelheit’s human weapons.

Then, it was the moment I was about to pass by her.

Irene’s footsteps, which had been walking silently, stop, and her pupils focus on me.

“Are you Ray?”

Her face, visible through her black-brown hair, was like a sword.

A sword that has grown cold and does not feel a single emotion, and is only drawn to the master’s handling.

Such a person was calling my name.

“Yes, if it’s Ray, I’m right… Do you have something to say?”

“It’s nice to meet you on the way. Her Highness the Princess has ordered me to deliver a letter to you.”

“You mean Her Highness?”

“Yes, this.”

Irene took out her letter from her arms and handed it to me.

“Her Highness told me. He said that it would be better to read the contents of the letter and ponder deeply.”

“… All right.”

“Enough if you do.”

After finishing her business, Irene turned her steps without hesitation and disappeared somewhere.

‘Adelheit sent me a letter.’

I stood there for a while, staring at the letter, then walked belatedly.

Because Adelheit said it would be better to read it with deep thought. There must be a reason why everyone said that.

I decided to read the letter by myself before going to bed, and now the priority is to go get cookies for our glutton.

* *

The sun was setting and I was finally able to return to my room and rest.

Every time I walk down the hallway, I feel a deep gaze. When I went into Sione’s room to avoid their eyes, I was pretty tired of playing hide and seek with one of my masters.

Originally, I would have thrown myself into bed without delay and fell asleep. I sat down in front of a small desk.

She pulled out a letter from her bosom. It was a handwritten letter from Adelheit, handed to Irene during the day.

I tore off the seal on the letter and pulled out the stationery.

“It’s a master pen.”

I never thought I’d write that winding continental common language so neatly.

Adelheit’s cursive style was not lacking even if it was a master calligraphy.

However, the contents written in that name were not as many as expected.

I quietly read the words she left behind.

“… Due to this incident, the axis of everyone’s fate changed dramatically. My eyes saw through the changed fortunes of all who had to do with the West.”

It must be about this war.

I rechecked the quests I cleared the other day.

The name of the quest is First War.

My intervention changed history, and it was a quest to stop the advance of demons and monsters.

This war seemed to have greatly twisted history from the beginning and reflected the changed fate in Adelheit’s face.

“The axis of fate that I see now is close to defeat in the war, so I send my knights and wizards. At this level, the axis should be tilted toward victory.”

The text was cut off after that. It was a series of meaningless words that were written without words and then crossed out or painted black to make the meaning impossible to understand.

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Then, two lines below, a proper sentence appeared.

“… Victory will create the torrent of history. In an instant, many incidents will come. And those who will board the rapids are none other than Countess Cianella.”

I didn’t like that very much.

The war has just ended. To say that you will already jump on the rapids of history.

It’s true that I wasn’t expecting anything from the goddamn world, but it’s only because of this that I don’t have time to rest.

“Because I sent a letter with a different content to the family head and others. This is the order of the princess and the next king. You, with all your might, ride the rapids with the count family and twist the fate of ruin.”

Adelheit seems to have convinced me that I have the power to twist fate.

She even went so far as to briefly say that thanks to her postscript twisting her own destiny, she is diligently gathering people.

I let out a short breath and closed my chin.

“… Ride the torrent of fate and twist the fate of ruin.”

My status on this side of the world is just a lowly citizen.

Aren’t the expectations placed on fabric too high?

I wonder if I can live well like this because my shoulders are so heavy.

However, among the words she left behind, I remembered one thing from her when I heard her say to devote oneself to one’s strength.

Quest, ‘The First War’.

The rewards for clearing were granted new possibilities and weakened demons.

Of course, the quest announced that the overall influence of demons had decreased due to this war.

‘Ilshin’s New Possibilities’. This opened me to a power unique to the men of this world that I had forgotten until now.

[Grants strength according to your achievements and actions.]

Like the words of the devil who was decapitated by Ainel on top of the castle wall the other day.

Even though it is impossible for this body to naturally accept mana, it has the potential to elevate one’s dignity according to the achievements made throughout life.

And as a result, the result of beating the cultist, protecting the princess, and piercing the devil.

At last, that possibility has come to light.

[Depending on the trajectory of your life, your exorcism will bloom.]

Finally, I have a means to give the demons a more cool blow.