12 – night guest – 2

The position of the queen within the kingdom is important.

An existence that supports the warriors to defeat the demon king, governs the entire kingdom, and takes care of them.

The greatness of protecting everyone and maintaining the kingdom was highlighting the queen’s presence.

If such a queen were to be assassinated, the chaos in the kingdom would be considerable.

It was the same in the ‘Pale Moon’ event. If the queen is allowed to be assassinated, the kingdom will be greatly disturbed, the security will deteriorate, and the battle areas of dungeons and plains will increase.

Some villages used to be destroyed or united by monsters, bandits, those who seek power for chaos, and cultists.

Of course, there was plenty of room for profit in the process. You can get more experience and items because the number of guys you need to kill right away increases, and you can get good items by entering areas that you couldn’t easily enter.

Of course, it was a story that had nothing to do with me. I don’t know if it’s before the main story, but after finishing the main story, there are many better items and better hunting grounds in adventure mode.

That’s why I walked the hallway of Baekamseong.

First of all, since he had been given permission, the traps in the hallway were not activated, and the Lily Knights and ladies-in-waiting, whom he occasionally encountered, simply bowed their heads lightly to say hello.

Thanks to the thief’s trap detection skill, I stopped in front of the antique door after walking down the corridor that made the back of my neck tingle. This is the queen’s bed.

In front of the sleeping quarters, of course, the elite knights of the Lily Knights were waiting.

“Sage. What are you doing at this late hour?”

“Your Majesty has already gone to bed. If it’s not an urgent report…”

come.

The assassin’s skill, Life Detection, woke me up, and I pulled out my staff from my waist.

“Sage?!”

“What is this!!”

The members of the Lily Knights, who saw me raising their weapons, took out their weapons in amazement. lily sword and shield.

When the pure white sword and shield were held in their hands, I laughed bitterly.

It was because he remembered the female knight who used that equipment in the past.

-Wajangchang!!

Recalling the past could not drag on for very long. As soon as the window was shattered, people in black robes tumbled to the floor of the hallway.

– Woo woo woo woo!!

When an intruder appears, trap magic is about to be activated. However, the trap stopped activating the moment one of the black robes raised his hand.

“Oh My God!!”

“Lu, Rukel-sama’s magic?!”

what a great

In the case of magic cancellation, it was something that could be seen even if it was not often in the main story or dungeon, but it must have been unfamiliar to them.

“It won’t take long.”

I said to the Lily Knights as I watched them pull out their weapons with their staffs out.

“Go in and watch over Your Majesty. Don’t come out until I call.”

“Ah. I see!”

Although it’s a bit disappointing to send knights who could be supportive into the room in front of three assassins.

It didn’t matter though. Anyway, it’s a race against time.

There’s no way the soldiers won’t come after hearing this commotion, and since that magic cancellation can’t last, catching them won’t be a chore if the trap magic is activated.

The wizard’s protective shield emitted from the staff covers my body. The eyes under the assassin’s hood flashed in the translucent blue shield.

“…You are a wise man.”

This event is an event that can be cleared by simply holding out until the time limit.

and.

“Kill.”

In this game, there was no job that was more advantageous to hold on to than the Sage.

so i could say

“try.”

After several battles, their tactics changed.

When I used magic from a distance to keep him from entering the room behind me, he beat me until the magical shield was broken.

Perhaps that’s why, without fear, he approached and started pounding the shield.

It’s a stupid tactic, but I don’t feel like blaming it.

For them, it would be a battle with a time limit.

Even if they catch me there, I have to kill the elite of the Lily Knights inside before reinforcements arrive.

That’s why the assassins’ attacks were wild and savage.

There were many gaps.

– Booooong!!

The assassin’s attack that hit the shield cut through the air, not the shield.

The moment his panicked eyes widened, I swung my staff at his head using the warrior’s skill, Bash.

-Bahah!!

The blow was so strong that the staff broke.

Good luck! Cree explodes here!

Anyway, the one who gets hit in the head properly retires with that.

In the meantime, another one tried to enter the room and threw a broken staff.

The assassin’s skill, dagger throwing.

Of course, the one in my hand was a broken staff, so it wasn’t a dagger, but it’s still sharp, so it could be used instead of a dagger.

“Kuk!!”

A sharp, broken cane lodged in his thigh. The moment he frowned at the pain, I stepped back and used my magic.

“Ahhhhhhh?!”

It was shadow stepping, one of the shaman’s beginner spells. One of the rice line skills that seals the movement by stepping on the opponent’s shadow.

“What a dog…!”

“hahaha! Stepping on the shadow! Did you know that you wouldn’t be able to move from the spot if you used that?!”

It’s true.

Originally, shadow stepping was used when a reliable ally was nearby.

The guy who seemed to be the leader laughed and mocked me, and he also mocked me.

“Why do you think I wrote this?”

For a moment, the man’s eyes fluttered. okay. Use this technique when you have a colleague. The moment the guy who noticed it looked back.

-Quad Deuk!!

The ax wielded by the gigantic general slashed his chest open.

“Sage! Are you okay?!

“Not much to say. General Leoden. You’re here sooner than I thought.”

“You held up well! We’ll take care of the rest!”

The knights brought by General Leoden restrained the assassin who was caught in the shadow step.

“sh*t!!”

He inhaled the poison taken from his bosom to commit suicide.

of course.

“…why?”

Although I have recovered from my addiction treatment.

Of course, his addiction treatment skills weren’t very skilled, so he didn’t fully recover, so his condition didn’t look that good.

but what about

It’ll get worse in a little while.

“You’ve worked hard. Sage.”

“It’s nothing special. Anyway…”

I saw the hand of the fallen assassin leader. A silver bracelet worn on his hand.

I lifted the bracelet, which had a place for a small jewel, to hold it.

“What are you doing?”

“I’ll take the loot.”

One of the reasons for stopping the assassination of the queen was to obtain this.

General Leoden looked at the bracelet in my hand with a sullen face and said shyly.

“It is necessary to find out who is behind the assassins. So, I want you to investigate first…”

“I see.”

If I looked into this, nothing would come of it.

But if the rules are there, it can’t be helped.

I put the bracelet on his hand, and after a while the door opened.

What came out was the knight of the Lily Knights who entered earlier.

And it was the queen holding a sword while wearing a gown with a pale expression.

“This… what the hell is this…?”

“The assassin is here.”

“…who asks because he doesn’t know that…”

“And I told you not to come out until I called.”

As soon as I finish my words, the body of an assassin who was hit in the head by me and retired earlier begins to wriggle.

and.

-Paaa!!

A single tentacle emerged from the back wrapped in black clothing. Tentacles with sharp blades flew towards the unwary queen.

I ran quickly and my tentacles were severed by the dagger I swung.

The queen, who was almost dead, stared blankly at me, whitened.

“Thank you is all you need is a decent staff.”

“Eh, being so carefree in a situation like this… Anyway, thank you. Sage.”

“You say something. Are there any other problems?”

Obviously, in the game, attacks came from other places besides here.

General Leoden nodded at my question.

“Follow me. Sage. Let’s go to the princess. You guys, take your majesty!”

“Yes!!”

The knights move according to Leoden’s cry. Under their protection, while the queen was back in, General Leoden and I headed straight for Lucille’s room.

found there

Two corpses dressed in black.

And Lucille Ermeyer standing with a staff in front of the corpse, protected by the maids and knights who seem to have been sent by General Leoden.

“Princess!”

Hearing Leoden’s almost screaming shout, Lucille suddenly came to her senses. and ran

Past Leoden, towards me.

“S-Master…”

Holding me, Lucille trembled. He seems quite startled by the sudden assassination.

I glanced at Leoden, who was embarrassed to see Lucille avoiding me and going to me. Realizing that, he commanded the ladies-in-waiting and the soldiers who followed and began to clear the area.

In the meantime, I patted Lucille and checked the bodies of the assassins.

There are traces of magic, but there is one decisive reason that ended them.

It was the scar of a sword attack that I was very familiar with.

“Did the warrior come?”

Lucille, who flinched and trembled while holding me, hesitated for a moment and then nodded slightly. Leoden was stunned by the answer and clutched his forehead.

“The hero…but it’s fortunate. By the way, Princess. Where did the hero go? Her Majesty didn’t find it where it was attacked…”

Lucille, who was trembling like a fawn frightened by General Leoden’s question, glanced up at me.

Looking at me with watery eyes, she lowered her head again and spoke in a small tone.

“I thought there might be a problem elsewhere… I went there. Hearing that Master saved His Majesty…”

“It’s fortunate. Anyway, I understand. Guys. Organize this place. And the wise man. The princess seems to be uneasy. Can you stay with me for a while?”

It’s not difficult.

Because there was something I wanted to ask.

“Why did the hero come here? Did something happen?”

she didn’t answer No, he didn’t seem to know how to answer.

Thinking hard, she lowered her head slightly and spoke in a small tone.

“…nothing happened.”

Who would believe me when I said it with such an expression that I was about to cry?

what happened

*****

There was a girl with beautiful red hair.

The girl was the noblest in the kingdom.

However, it was a status that could only be lonely.

Even so, the girl was not in a position to reveal her loneliness.

A father who died before he could even recognize the world.

A mother who is the center of the kingdom, following in the footsteps of her father and solving many monsters and problems overflowing in the world.

In a way, it might have been natural for her to turn her attention to children’s books, as there were very few people who could comfort her on an equal footing.

Unlike the suffocating world where everyone struggles with themselves as princesses, the world in fairy tales is different.

In the children’s book, the girl was Lucille Ermeyer, a warrior, not a princess of the kingdom.

Holding a sword that only those chosen by the world can carry and saving many people in the world.

So, I live happily surrounded by many people.

The life she most wanted was in a children’s book.

Not to mention, that splendid sword that can be seen right now in the seat of the hero in the center of the royal capital.

Didn’t the key that connects the fairy tale world and reality exist?

When she held hands with her busy mother during her childhood, which she can’t even remember, and held a ceremony, it left a deep mark in her mind and became her ideal.

I want to pull out that sword.

I want to become the owner of that sword.

So I want to become a warrior who saves the world.

What a lonely girl wants to become a hero.

It might have been as natural as her immersion in the world of children’s books.

Of course, the chances weren’t small.

Lucille, who inherited the royal lineage, had many talents.

Swordsmanship and magic.

A brilliant brain too.

Because all of those qualities were good enough to become a warrior.

and.

those qualities.

that pride.

The day I secretly left the palace and held the warrior’s sword collapsed.

It was a kingdom tradition.

That anyone has the right to pull out the warrior’s sword.

The qualifications are given to anyone, regardless of gender, age, class, or wealth.

That’s why Lucille, who stood on the podium with that qualification, failed like everyone else.

I found out in that moment.

That he was not destined to become a warrior.

For her, who had only dreamed of becoming a warrior and worked hard, the failure that day was inevitable.

Since then she has been in hiding.

With a deep sense of defeat that he is a failure in his arms.

When several years have passed since I stopped coming out of my room like that.

I heard that the one who pulled out the warrior’s sword had appeared, and I had heard that she was coming to the palace.

I was out of breath.

The hero’s appearance to her who still can’t wake up from that sense of defeat.

The appearance of a different victor than himself was such a big blow.

However, as a princess, she couldn’t help but greet the hero, and she realized that day.

That he would never be able to defeat the hero.

It was completely different.

Losing, losing self-esteem.

I fell completely to the floor, muddy and unsightly.

Claire, who received everyone’s praise and blessings, radiated light as bright as the sun.

Knowing her own darkness, Lucille had no choice but to avoid her and fall further into the abyss.

‘But it’s different now.’

As she walked down the hallway, Lucille felt a pleasant sense of fatigue.

No, actually, it wasn’t such a good feeling of fatigue.

The quest I went out for the first time today was quite difficult, and I wasn’t used to it.

still.

It was better than when I was alone in the corner of my room.

“swimming…”

The corner of the mouth is lifted up.

He was still a strange person.

I am grateful that he dragged himself out of the corner of the room as a loser.

I’m also thankful that the feeling of defeat has been erased little by little.

And affirm yourself.

make yourself better

He casually reached out to himself who was still floundering in the filthy swamp.

“Hehe…”

The lady-in-waiting next to her coughed lowly. Realizing that it was a laugh that would lose her dignity as a member of the royal family, she nodded and gently covered her mouth.

but keep going

I couldn’t stop reminding myself of what had happened today.

‘Ah… Master’s performance… I liked it.’

cool wind.

delicious sandwiches.

A juice that revitalizes a body that has been exhausted from fighting numerous wild boar monsters.

And the wise man’s lute playing, which was better than all of them.

Although there were quite a few people in the park.

For that moment, you and the wise man in this world.

I was so ecstatic that I wondered if it was just the two of us.

that memory.

It is overlaid with gloomy and painful memories that he had until now.

Lucille returned to her room, recalling the past, which seemed sweeter the more she reflected on it.

For the first time since entering the palace, he erased his smile.

Because he found a woman standing in front of his room.

“…Princess, could you give me a minute?”

The woman I thought was beautiful from the first time I met her.

And, the woman who ‘lost’ him.

He stared at Lucille with slightly cloudy scarlet eyes and said, and Lucille nodded slightly.

Yeah, I wanted to talk about it sometime soon.

In the past, when he felt inferior and defeated by her, he would not have even met her eyes.

now.

A lot has changed.