121 – Witch Hunt-7

I thought I had done enough.

If it was the force that included Farseer and Celia right now, it wouldn’t matter if he killed all of Weather’s soldiers and kicked them out by force.

But I did the troublesome thing myself. I tried to respect them somehow and protect their lives.

So, this kind of deviation would be fine.

“Kheuheouk!”

“Don’t move too much. It could be dangerous if you hit it wrong.”

The eldest son struggled and tried to free himself from my grasp, but there was no way he could.

“What are you doing! Protect me! Protect me!”

“You seem to lack popularity. In fact, human relationships are very difficult.”

I thought I would really die if I hit the stomach wrong, so I focused on the shoulder and thigh area, which seemed relatively safe.

“Billion, me, what have you done!”

I snorted and continued to beat him. Because of his difficulty controlling his strength, I couldn’t tell if he was really in pain or if he was just being mean.

“It’s embarrassing.”

I think it’s unavoidable to break an arm or leg or two, but rather than slipping a hand and landing a punch like that, it could have been pretty terrible if I had deliberately tried to break it.

There was a lot of stares around her, so there was no need to lose her reason.

“I am the eldest son of the Weather family! Are you going to kill a nobleman!”

“Because I have a corner that I believe in.”

“Yes, even if you’re a real hero…”

I smiled and pointed behind me.

“There’s a saintess behind you. Don’t worry, I won’t die.”

“What, what?”

“But just in case, if you think you’re seriously going to die or you’re too sick to bear, tell me.”

The eldest son shouted with a distorted face.

“Sah, save me!”

“If you keep doing that… if you set off a false alarm.”

When the calf area was gently pressed with his foot, the eldest son screamed in agony again.

“I can’t tell when it’s really dangerous.”

Carefully, with one fist at a time, he hit his eldest son with concentration. Then, I suddenly became suspicious and called Eleanor from behind.

“Is it okay to hit me like this?”

Actually, I had no intention of doing this. He suddenly rode a horse and tried to kill me, so he grabbed me and beat me, but thinking about it, there was no reason to beat me.

If this beating had the potential to create a political problem, I didn’t see the need for more beatings. It seemed that the eldest son’s face had already been made into porridge to say such a thing.

“Kuh, that, when you talk, ugh, stop your fists!”

“If I had just grabbed it and tied it up… well, I don’t have a rope, but maybe I could have just grabbed it by the collar with my hand and went back.”

“Get out of the way! Go!”

I said this, but seriously, I had no intention of getting the job done without a punch.

I saw the soldiers, so I told them to go back, and by knocking them down, I showed off that I had no intention of killing them and that I was much stronger.

I even defeated the monster there, so I did everything I could. Even so, the eldest son of the Weather family ran out because he couldn’t admit defeat.

If it was murder, there was no way I could let him go without swinging my fist a few times.

“I think you can handle it as you wish, Enerel.”

“That’s why I asked for your thoughts.”

Not all of the bad feelings towards Eleanor and the royal family disappeared, but at least I was able to give them faith.

When the Emperor’s control weakens, my return becomes uncertain.

“From the point of view of the imperial family… Hmm, hit me more. At least one arm or leg should be permanently damaged.”

I wasn’t going to listen to the word to restrain myself, but the thoughts that came out of Eleanor’s mouth were very different from what I expected.

“To that extent?”

“I am a member of the imperial family, but I am also a vassal who serves the emperor and serves the imperial family. .”

I nodded. No matter how chaotic this empire is, if even the emperor’s lineage is ignored, even its shabby shell will crumble.

“It’s better to punish him to the point where he can say, ‘You angered me so much that I was able to temper my anger…’ At least until he goes to the capital and pays for his crimes.”

“It’s crafty to the end.”

Even if Eleanor was slightly hiding her intentions, she could tell if she thought more deeply.

According to common sense, it is Eleanor who should be outraged by the insults of the imperial family. But if I do violence instead of that anger, it becomes a message.

Rumors that my relationship with Eleanor, who was following me around, might not be as bad as rumors.

Doubt that the real hero also belongs to the imperial faction after all.

I had no intention of following the Emperor’s orders in line with that framework, but at least until I act hostile to the Imperial family, a hypothesis that has no evidence to refute, an atmosphere is formed.

“Well, fine.”

Since I asked her doctor first, I had no intention of getting angry at her for being greedy. And I didn’t feel any reluctance to hit more.

“Let’s see…”

Since he was a man from an aristocratic family, he had no choice but to use a healer. If so, you should create a wound that won’t heal easily no matter how much time passes.

“Keuk, kkeuk. If only I hadn’t said that…”

“That seems a bit misleading.”

“Aaaagh!”

When I rolled up my arm, the marks of the beating were clearly visible.

“Really, I don’t have any personal feelings. I’d rather be grateful.”

If the eldest son had not been forced to move the army, nothing would have been solved.

If only to maintain military tension and wait for an opportunity, William’s territory would have been endangered like a lantern in the wind.

“Still, it would be too dangerous to just let you go like this.”

A human who once led an army to invade another noble’s territory. There will be a lot of political threats when it goes back without results, but considering the fact that Weather Aaron also failed, you may not have much to lose.

We didn’t invade this area for any reason or basis, so we can’t create a safety device based on political pressure or grounds.

Literally, unless a large army is stationed here, the eldest son of House Weather could invade again at any time.

“Maybe I should have killed him.”

I had no intention of taking such a risk. Weather Aaron and the second son were not the kind of people to move soldiers recklessly like this.

If you put it badly, you don’t have boldness, and if you put it well, it’s because they were people who do what they think.

“Aaaagh!”

Words are words, and fists are fists. Even though I kept beating, I thought it was a little fortunate.

Now the eldest son of the Weather family is completely incapacitated. Harmless.

They will try to kick him out of the Weather family right away for blasphemy, and even the aristocrats won’t bother to protect him in this case.

It wasn’t just because I was afraid that no one would come to rescue him now.

They are worried about whether he is worth saving and whether fighting to save him will lead to humiliation.

“…just a little bit more.”

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“Mu, I was rude!”

When I came back, Wolf was trembling and begging for a mistake, and the poisonous scorpion mercenaries were also trembling.

The hero and the princess are of different scales.

Leone, who happened to find out that we were warriors, and William, who heard about our identities from the priest, were special cases.

The identity of the princess who covered her face was not information that Wolf could know. Unless it was someone who was familiar with the rumors of the aristocrats or the capital, there was no way that a mere mercenary could know the information that ‘the hero and the princess go together.’

The remnants of the Venomous Scorpion Mercenary Corps, who thought of me as just a wealthy and kind merchant or a wealthy aristocrat, feared me like a woodcutter who saw a beast.

“I am the one who hid my identity. I have no intention of punishing you for that level of rudeness.”

Eleanor raised her hand to reassure them.

“Thank you! I will never mess with my mouth again!”

An old man who was on the side of the poisonous scorpion mercenary band bowed down and prayed. The princess’ expression darkened.

“It doesn’t matter. Be careful from now on.”

“What happened?”

When I interrupted, Eleanor hardened her expression.

“It’s nothing good for you to hear. It’s just vulgar words from an old man who doesn’t know anything, so there’s no need to bother your ears by listening to them.”

I was reacting more sensitively than necessary. My expression also darkened.

“Tell me, Eleanor. What’s up?”

“It’s really no big deal.”

She hurriedly averted her gaze. I nodded slowly.

“How’s the post-processing going?”

“It’s perfect. Even my father would be happy to receive this gift. At least I’ll be able to get enough support to enrich the people around here.”

“is it…”

“I have no choice but to express my gratitude to you. A person without responsibility, above all, has done a great job.”

The situation could not have been better.

In the end, all-out war did not happen, and the plan worked perfectly.

As a result, I succeeded. It was time to laugh.

However, a strange feeling of uneasiness lingered in my heart.