9. What’s wrong with you! (3)

Check your attire.

With clothes that focus on activity and fit.

The overall color is dark, so even if dirt, dust, or blood stick to it, it is less noticeable.

Wearing a jingeom that he had previously worked on on his waist, and a dagger on his thigh, as well as a small hatchet, iron needle, and iron scissors.

Auxiliary tools are also taken care of.

My emergency fund has been steadily saved, so I won’t have to worry about this for a while.

I packed a potion for recovery and trauma medicine made of dried powder in preparation for emergencies, and I checked the packaging and put antidotes to relieve some toxic reactions.

‘Other than that… .’

Let’s say you take dry food from the warehouse.

Luggage is minimal.

However, knowing the truth that the lighter the backpack, the more difficult the journey will be, Kariel carefully inspected it.

By putting on a robe that doubles as a hood, cape, and windbreaker.

Finally, the preparations come to an end by carrying the backpack.

Dozens of times in my head.

No, the days of thinking, turning back, and checking hundreds of times.

To implement it myself, I was deeply moved.

It’s very little, but I was excited.

Soon, though, it faded.

‘Shoes to be used as spares… .’

If I could lead a horse, it would have saved me the trouble of packing my luggage, but there was nothing I could do about it.

… Even if you catch a wild horse later, there is no stirrup, and above all, it is not easy to meet a herd of wild horses within the empire.

… Even more so to capture it.

Tuk-tuk.

Kariel touched the floor with her leather shoes that reached above her ankles.

“… … .”

He looked around his room carefully.

He left the letter on the desk, but after thinking for a while, he immediately retrieved it.

The only thing left is the lute now.

that… I’m going to take care of it as I go.

Look toward the window, turn your back and leave without regret.

“… young master.”

I could see Sylphia standing with a lantern in her hand.

“Boo, to where your wife is… you want to go? Right?”

“… … .”

“Oh, today is still an auspicious day, isn’t it? In addition… I heard rumors. I heard that you killed His Highness in a wonderful way?”

There is a bit of ambiguity in that statement.

Kariel didn’t have to scold.

“That, so… now… .”

“Sylphia.”

“… … .”

usually.

It wouldn’t be strange to have an exclusive lady-in-waiting or an attendant if it was at the level of the count’s family.

However, the Brendiar family, who were a new aristocracy and were initially called people without roots.

Due to the sudden success, there was no foundation yet.

Also, thanks to her mother who is so frugal and her father who doesn’t look down on a sense of authority or ostentation.

The house was managed with a minimum number of people.

Even this was because the emperor cared about it, otherwise there would be no gardeners, including gatekeepers.

Maids are hired people who help out while paying salaries.

and.

Sylphia was the child Kariel brought along so that she could be hired.

“… … .”

okay.

I almost forgot

“Broken… sir?”

“I’m sorry.”

“Yes?”

“… Sometimes I was annoyed with you because I couldn’t do it, and I also poured my nerves on you.”

Then Sylphia widened her light brown eyes and shook her head.

“Oh no! That’s because I’m clumsy and I don’t have a job. Nooo, I’m slow to notice… .”

“it’s okay.”

I said while stroking the boy’s black hair.

“But, since you were there, in this house a little… .”

What should I say?

language does not come to mind

There must have been a plausible sentence.

Still, empty.

However, thank you is sincere.

“I… I can just solve your troubles… If it had been such a competent being… .”

“done. Don’t beat yourself up.”

I held out the letter I was holding in my hand.

“The academy leave is almost over, and I need to organize my thoughts a little, so I will be leaving the Empire for a while.”

“… … .”

She will know.

That I was about to leave the house without saying a word to my father and mother.

Perhaps, she had sensed from the beginning that I had no lingering attachments to this family and that I was about to leave.

… I should have shown a lot of signs like that.

“turn… You mean you’re coming?”

… Was it that surprising?

Did you know you would leave forever?

“… … .”

That’s it.

If it wasn’t for me now.

exactly.

I would have wanted to leave forever.

so they can’t find it.

He probably tried to reach the end of the continent somehow.

“Come to think of it… .”

Before.

I am on the other side of the continent that is not reflected on the map.

I wanted to go to the other side.

… At all, now, when was the enemy.

I don’t know.

“I’ll wait.”

The guy took a step back and calmly lowered his head.

And then, looking at Sylphia, who was trying hard to smile at herself with tears in her eyes.

I thought it looked really beautiful.

“Only the day I will serve you again.”

“… … .”

Sylphia didn’t bother to say that she wanted to train on the day she left, or that she wanted to follow her.

We both knew each other’s circumstances too well.

For her, who has to take care of her mother and younger siblings who are doing small things.

It would be an unavoidable choice.

sad?

No way.

At a young age, she was faithfully fulfilling her role.

You may want to play around like your peers and play a childish way to your parents.

despite being younger than me.

From the first time I saw her… Even though I lacked tips, it was because I worked hard.

“I would like to tell you something else… Don’t you?”

“I know.”

I thought about it for a while.

“I’ll think about that later.”

I will leave forever

However, not now.

Disappearing like running away is not appropriate.

The leave of absence is over, and the Imperial Tournament is coming soon.

It will probably be Alessius, and many of my old acquaintances will attend.

Warriors and descendants of heroes.

All of them are potential winners.

“… … .”

there it is

Let’s sprinkle lye.

And, to conclude with certainty.

never to come back again.

even them.

… so that you will never welcome me again.

sure and clear.

… I will sprinkle you with lye.

—-

The road to the park beyond the wall of the house.

“This is my son! son!”

“Oh my goodness! Really?”

“Oh my gosh!”

As if a festival had taken place in the middle of the night, people were pushing out and making a fuss.

Wearing a gray hood, he retrieved a lute from a secluded spot in the park.

I retook my steps again.

“It is the red suit of the empire!”

“Hero Rueld! hurray! Saint Ermina! hurray!”

“His Majesty heard the news and is about to head to the Great Church!”

“I heard Bariel-sama is already gone?!”

… … .

Somewhere, it sounds like a story from another world.

The system is wide, and the way to go is long.

As usual, I climbed the building wall, climbed onto the roof, and hurled my body to leave the area quickly.

A feast of indifferent wind and countless crowds boiling beneath it.

They were sincerely happy and were praying for blessings.

that sight.

A long time passed, and it continued until the moment they reached the walls of the system.

“… … .”

After skimming through the people patrolling the walls, he checked in advance on the tallest roof where he would not be detected.

Landing on the ground, I ran quickly and jumped up the wall as if climbing up a wall.

and even straight away.

Outside the wall, he threw himself silently.

suddenly.

I turned around as I was jumping.

The wall of the castle receding away firmly fills the field of view.

that gradually grows.

Eventually, like a high barrier from which there is no going back.

dump!

I immediately landed on the ground safely with my whole body spinning, and I clung to the castle wall again.

Outside the walls, of course, there are patrols lingering around.

It is said that the cycle was figured out in advance, but this is the part that can be known at least because I have observed it carefully.

Even so, there may be a glare of surveillance somewhere else.

To avoid being exposed to the torches as much as possible, hold your breath in the dark and throw yourself out.

outside the walls.

The reason why he chose a place with dense forest was not for nothing.

‘The destination is the same… There are fewer things to be discovered for nothing.’

As such, it is said that this place intentionally doubles as an outside patrol, but there is no particular problem.

in the woods.

I am in the forest, in the forest.

… It’s because he’s so free-spirited that he can’t be compared to other people.

Climb straight up a tree to read the direction of the wind, and move considering that your body odor will spread.

You have to get out of a certain area to be free from patrols.

Camping in this area is no different from begging to catch me.

It’s not even a picnic, so I’m afraid I’ll get stuck here.

Even this moves slowly.

The purpose is not to run fast, but to steadily get out of this zone.

I was riding fast through the trees.

Something caught my eye.

Two horses tied to trees.

And stroking those words.

Just, at the figure of someone looking up at him.

Kariel thought for a moment that she had seen something in vain.

Just in case you land on a tree, turn your back and look that way.

“… … .”

Someone wearing a fur hood was staring up at me in the dark.

Then, like a coincidence, the moon hidden by the clouds lifted its head.

pass through the trees.

Toxically, it scattered light towards its surroundings.

Let’s roll up the red hood with pure white fur.

A bright red wave roars.

A blue wall with a noble glow.

peeped out

“why… .”

are you here

That too, of course.

… … at this moment.

“I didn’t wait long.”

So wait.

“To catch your breath, let’s talk with me.”

Kariel Brendiard.

“Or, is it Baron Lutia now?”

“… … .”

like this.

Turning your back and disappearing would be an option, though.

“… … .”

I mean, just because she’s here in person.

I couldn’t bear to refuse that offer.

After all, she did nothing wrong.

If there is a mistake, just because it existed, should it be treated as a mistake that you worked hard for?

that was wrong

It’s wrong.

In the end, my unnecessary emotional consumption towards her is a product of my inferiority complex.

So.

“okay.”

I got down from the tree and headed towards him.

Only around him was the dazzling moonlight.

Elhermina Berg Enzul.

My childhood friend and

The same hero, the 2nd generation of the hero.

their descendants.

But me and you, are these contrasts?

She who passed through the moonlight was very beautiful, strong, confident, and sophisticated.

As the public says.

to rate.

Frozen steel was planted in the heart of such a girl.

Even that golden blood. even blood vessels.

perhaps.

Wouldn’t it be freezing cold?

Even so.

All that such a calm woman showed was kindness, nobility, and noble self-sacrifice.

What kind of scenery is the world engraved in those blue eyes reflecting?