The knight fell once again with the sound of ‘brak!’.
“Damn it!”
Lena couldn’t count how many times it was already.
Another miserable southern knight hit the ground in a bad way after failed to beat her.
“Get a hold of yourself.”
A calm voice was heard over the head of the knight who was lying down and struggling.
The knight rose again in a sickening voice. At the end of his gaze, Lena said, “If you’re not disciplined, you should at least be hit.”
The knight struck and screamed at Lena’s provocation. This, too, was repeated countless times.
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It took less than 10 minutes for Lena’s and the southern knights’ meeting to reach this point. A knight insulted Lena first, and Lena responded back to the provocation by beating him.
The knight rushed to her at first. He rushed to catch Lena as if he had waited. At that time, he didn’t know. That he was going to roll on the floor at the same speed as he was running.
Lena turned and avoided his touch, and rather stepped on his foot. The knight who had rushed to her recklessly fell off. Since then, the same thing had been repeated several times.
Many times the knight came only to lie down and shouted again.
It was crazy. He thought she could crush his bones by simply holding it in her hand, but Lena quickly avoided him like a sparrow and teased him.
“Apologize now. That is also courage.”
The knight clenched his teeth at Lena’s suggestion and rose again. He was just standing there and felt a strange pain in his knee. When he looked down, blood was smeared on his white uniform pants, and his knee had been broken on the marble floor several times.
Bloodshot into the eyes of the knight who saw the blood.
“Oh, this, oh my God….”
The knight’s eyes turned and he jumped up. At the same time, the sound of thumping and scraping rang.
“H, hey!”
The knights who were watching were startled and shouted. But the knight, who managed to pull the sword, turned to Lena, regardless.
“You’re dead!”
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Lynn was sitting at his desk, thinking intently. The paper in front of him was dotted with black ink drops as a sign of long agony.
‘What do we do?’
After examining the tomb, the Eastern Duke’s face was full of anxiety. Lynn shook the pen and recalled what had happened in Duham Palace a few hours ago.
—You’re here, how far have you been?
When Lynn returned from the tomb, Klavis said this and greeted him.
It was a rather awkward greeting for Lynn. He calmed his expression and asked his knight.
—How long has it been since I went in?
—It’s been about 15 minutes.
The knight answered sincerely. But from Lynn’s point of view, this was a ridiculous answer.
Lynn went over the crack and checked the tomb’s black ground and castle. In the meantime, the dead suddenly poured out, so he couldn’t come straight back to the castle and bypassed it for a long time.
It would take three or four hours, but it’s only 15 minutes.
Lynn raised his head in disbelief. Beyond the open ceiling, the sky was still blue, as if to rebuke Lynn’s doubts.
‘Is it true that the flow of the time is different?’
As Klavis said, time didn’t past in that crack.
That was true. And the Eastern Duke, who had confirmed it himself, had no choice but to struggle.
‘I can’t use ordinary methods.’
An ordinary method. A method of dragging an army to destroy and plunder the castle gates. Lynn inadvertently muttered and became disillusioned himself.
He’s wondering how to take over the enemy territory. Even though it was the land of the dead, the act itself was unbearably disgusting.
However, he had no time to appreciate it.
‘The army won’t move.’
Lynn regained his mind and devised.
The cracks in Duham Palace were small gates. In order to pass through it, they had to form a long line. But if the time difference between the inside and outside wasn’t controlled, those who enter first might be left in the tomb.
In the meantime, if the dead attacked or the army was running out, it would be like entering the grave on their own.
‘Should I go to a small number of elites?’
He reluctantly found an alternative, but that was not the right answer either.
There were no doors in the castle of the dead. It was impossible to break the high wall with a small number of elites.
No matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn’t find a point. It was time for Lynn to suffer alone in front of a difficult situation.
“Your Grace, the Imperial Cardinal Klavis has invited you to dinner.”
What was he doing again? At the news delivered by his secretary, Deca, Lynn struggled to swallow the complaint that came up to his throat.
“Who was invited?”
“From the East, Prince Ruvid and Dame Lena, the representative of the South. There are three of you.”
“Only people who go directly to the tomb are invited.”
That meant there was something he wanted to say.
What the hell was that?
Lynn was sick of Klavis, but he couldn’t refuse the invitation. He was still out of information, and he couldn’t miss this opportunity.
So he waved his hand hinting that he understood, but Deca didn’t leave, he hesitated. Then he added carefully as if he had decided.
“And there’s another one.”
“What is it?”
“It’s said that one of the southern knights wielded a sword against Dame Lena.”
Lynn’s tired eyes suddenly widened. Deca calmly spoke to Lynn, who was rarely surprised.
“At the first meeting, there’s a minor quarrel, one of the knights was a little raging…. and he was seriously injured afterward.”
“What about the Southern Agent?”
“No….”
Lynn, who urgently asked, frowned. Deca continued to speak in a slightly embarrassing mood.
“The knight who wielded the sword at Dame Lena was severely assaulted by Dame Lena and is in critical condition.”4
“Assaulted?”
“Yes, assaulted.”
Lynn recited the word ‘assault’ with a blank face.
‘No way. No, really?’
Lynn couldn’t believe Deca’s words.
Of course, Lena Rubel was a lady who had the ability to kill someone half. But at the same time, she was also a lady of common sense and good faith.
By the way, did she assault her knight on the first encounter so severely as to be in serious condition?
Lena, whom Lynn knew, was not that foolish.
“Where did you hear that?”
“It’s circulating among the servants.”
“Is it authentic?”
“It hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it’s true that the face-to-face atmosphere wasn’t good and one of the drivers was taken along the way.”
That meant it’s not very rumored.
‘The knights have been anxious since yesterday.’
Lynn kicked his tongue unconsciously. Then he looked out the window like a habit.
He had already done a lot of work today, but the sky was still bright.
He had to wait for the night.
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At that time, Lena was being teased.
“Is this the beginning of the politics of fear?”
“Politics of fear, what do you mean….”
“I heard you broke a knight of the South. He coarsely sprinkled the soil with a blunt weapon.”
“Um…”
At Yuni’s lively punch, Lena smiled with an embarrassed face.
Lena finished the mess and returned to the room. Yuni, who had already picked up the rumors, welcomed Lena.
Yuni’s eyes glistened with a story that wasn’t even true, and it made Lena felt very embarrassed.
“I think words spread in the Imperial Palace is so fast.”
“Is that a leap?”
“Yes. First of all, it was indoors, so there’s no soil, and I don’t prefer to use blunt weapons.”
“But you like the cutlery.”
“Yuni, hush.”
“Yes, hush.”
Yuni, who chatted with excitement, kept her mouth shut. But only her mouth shut, her eyes still twinkled with curiosity. So Lena sighed and explained.
“The knights hated me from the start, and one of them jumped at me. That’s why he tripped over me and fell.”
The meeting was a great failure. The southern knights didn’t welcome Lena as much as the socialite of the Imperial Palace.
In addition, there was a very burly-headed man in the knights, just as there was a Ruvid in the ballroom.
It was a rare piece of shit, but Lena didn’t hit, beat, or kick her opponent. As a commander she kept her duty, she only led him to fall into the grass.
It was the same even after he pulled out his sword, and from the conclusion, the knight fell as violently as he rushed, causing a concussion. And he fainted. That was all the fuss was about and that was it.
Lena’s confession caused Yuni blinked her eyes with a grumpy look.
“I thought you were really upset and making a fuss, My Lady.”
“That’s not true…”
“The rumors are so scary compared to the facts.”
“It’s way too fast.”
“Someone must have planned it.”
Lena smiled bitterly at Yuni’s words. Things were going strangely, but she didn’t know it would happen.
“The old man is going to nag about this again.”
“That’s impossible, if he has shame, he won’t.”
“The old man doesn’t have anything like that.”
Lena burst into laughter at Yuni’s harsh assessment. Yuni seemed to have been interested in annoying Duke Arles.
Lena, who was feeling better for no reason, said in a light voice.
“Then I’ll have to find a way to get close to the knights before I get nagged.”
“That’s a good idea. But before that, there’s work to do, My Lady.”
“What to do?”
“The Imperial Cardinal invited Lady to dinner. It’s this evening.”
A smile disappeared from Lena’s face at the unexpected news.
“What did he say to invite me?”
“To the heroes who are going to conquer the tomb, I have a word to tell you, so please be sure to attend.”
“I’m not the only one who is invited.”
Lena murmured in a slightly relieved voice. Yuni noticed something strange.
“What’s wrong?”
Lena chewed alone without an answer and soon muttered like a monologue.
It was a harsh world for an abandoned girl. Lena was thrown into such a world without any preparation, and she came all the way here, crossing life and death.
“I returned, and the person who pushed me into the tomb looks at me strangely. Maybe do you think we should do?”
Lena smiled like that, looked like arsenic, to Klavis.
A lot of time had passed, but Lena still remembered it well. How he treated herself as a young and powerless girl.
Lena was displeased with him, who approached her so casually. So there was a moment of silence to control the fluctuations at the bottom of her heart.
Yuni watched her quietly, and by the time Lena sighed, she advised seriously.
“Just kill him, My Lady.”
“Should I do that?”
“Instead, plan carefully. Because he’s the cardinal.”
“You’re right.”
Lena laughed again after the vicious cajoling. Then Yuni, who shouted grudgingly, laughed along with her.
As expected, Lena couldn’t beat Yuni. When Lena smiled lightheartedly, Yuni asked.
“Then how are you going to do with the dinner invitation?”
“I should go. I’ll go and listen to something.”
Lena said so and smiled as brightly as usual.
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Lena’s smile continued well at the dinner. However, her smile was quite different from what she had done in front of Yuni.
“What if the South took the lead on the first expedition?”
Klavis said before dinner. It was a light voice as if he were suggesting a play.
“Lead the North and the East from the front, Dame Lena.”
As a request, it was actually an order.
—Someone must have planned it.
Lena suddenly remembered what Yuni had said. So she bit her lip and smiled silently.
The cardinal couldn’t have known the lower extremity of the southern knights, which the maid knew. He must have known that it was difficult to go on an expedition, let alone the vanguard.
So the purpose of inviting and telling this was obvious.
This invitation was clearly a trap for Lena.
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Their chibi versions are so cute ꈍ .̮ ꈍ
Comments:
하노(rabb****):
Today Yuni was so cute ㅠㅠ I want to stroke her hair and suck her cheeks so much….
루나이트(park****)
Heol, respect the writer’s work! Regina means Queen… Something about Queen Lena…. that’s amazing….!