“Your Grace, the blizzard is heavy. How about going back to the outpost?”
Whooooo.
A voice was buried in the fierce snowstorm. Louivid was silent at the words of Commander Jarga, who followed him from behind, as he was hunting monsters.
Clop! Clop!
Louivid, who closely caught up with a black monster the size of a house, threw a spear before he could accelerate further. The spear precisely pierced the black monster’s neck, and the huge body fell bluntly to the ground.
Only then did Louivid stop his horse. He got down and pulled out the spear at once.
Seeing how he easily killed even the most difficult of monsters at once, Jarga couldn’t help but acknowledge Louivid.
He was different from an ordinary wizard.
His natural body type was close to that of a warrior, and if he had sufficiently trained his agility, strength, and skills, his swordsmanship would have been superior to himself.
Nevertheless, he was an outstanding wizard. A fact that made him an even more fearful opponent. In particular, the strong killing intent that subdued the opponent made both humans and monsters freeze alike.
Every time Jarga met the red eyes of his master after he had killed his opponent, he would feel a slight chill. Even though he had met a lot of experienced warriors forged in battle and hardened by killing.
Thus, the lord was one of the only two wizards he feared. The other was Gillard, but considering the Duke’s harsh nature, Jarga was more afraid of Louivid.
In proportion to his skills, the Commander was the slowest in catching up with rumors inside Bellstein.
‘Leader, did you know that? His Grace is a complete daughter-in-law fool. They say that whenever he looks at the little madam, his eyes soften and he even smiles widely?’
At that time, he dismissed it as a joke, but all of the Black Wings Knights, except for him, already knew the truth.
“Jarga. Why are you standing there like a fool?”
“What? Oh it’s nothing, Sire.”
When such a bloody and great man was with his daughter-in-law, the atmosphere changed into a completely different person, so in his heart Jarga was curious.
It was an incredibly hard to believe fact. He thought he might have to go back to the outpost and ask Deputy Ellington for more details.
As it was getting dark, Louivid raised the collar of his cloak and said:
“I’ll go around one more time, you can go back first.”
“……You Grace, that’s!”
“Lead the knights and return.”
“…Understood.”
He could not disobey orders. When all the black-winged knight disappeared from view with Jarga, Louivid grabbed the reins of his horse and moved.
“Ha.”
He frantically ran through the pure white snowy field. He would come and look for her occasionally, but he couldn’t find her anywhere in this vast place.
‘Has it been two years already?’
He recalled it with a complicated mind. He thought it would be a few months at best…….
I still remember the last time she left. Like someone who will never come back. No, she looked like a person going to die.
‘I’m sorry for you. I’m also sorry for the kids, too.’
Her deeply buried voice echoed in his ears.
The Pine snowfields in the northern part was the last place where the Freedom Guild Union subjugation, into which she participated, was active. It was four months ago that he heard the rumor. After a thorough search, he found out that the subjugation union had already been disbanded, but no contact came from her.
She left everything behind, not only the communication gear, but also the accessories with tracking magic Louivid presented her. He really couldn’t find a single strand of her hair.
He couldn’t understand.
Just because she chose the sword path, there was no reason for her to throw everything like that and waste her life in the subjugation. If the only purpose was to subdue monsters, it was enough to remain in Bellstein and lead the Black Wing Knights.
‘There is something else. Another reason.’
* * *
“Little Madam. Today due to circumstances, I have to go out with the Elder Madam. Would you like to have a meal with Master Leoni? I asked Sasha to serve you a meal.”
“We’ll be back soon!”
From the morning, the two appeared in front of Luciel in outdoor clothes.
“Yes. I can do it alone. Don’t worry and go. Look, I tied the waistband by myself.”
She was grown up enough to change clothes and eat by herself. Today’s outfit was a white apron over a cute yellow dress, she looked just like a chick. Luciel turned around and showed the two maids how she had tied the waistband alone.
“The ribbon was really tied beautifully and symmetrically.”
Bessie admired Luciel’s ability to tie a ribbon.
“Really? Thank God.”
Luciel smiled broadly until her dimples widened.
“If you’re that cute, we won’t be able to leave, Little Madam.”
Rose hugged Luciel, and asked if she wanted something to eat. Luciel pondered for a while, and a sudden thought came to mind. A cloud-like, sweet, which melts in the mouth that Kizef gave her as a farewell gift.
“Then buy me one cotton candy. Strawberry flavor.”
“Cotton candy? I think it’s only sold in the capital……but I will look for it.”
“I see. Then you can buy me anything.”
Luciel saw the two off and then opened the biscuit box given by the Duke. She wanted to eat about 10 or so because of the fragrant smell, but she decided to eat only three.
These days, Eva, Bessie, and even Rose have all been busy at the back and calling Grandma Evelyn. No matter where the four of them went, each time they came back, they bought a wagon full of goods.
Luciel muttered while rolling her eyes.
“Are they busy preparing for a festival again?”
I needed some alone time, but it turned out well.
After awakening the power of the jewel, Luciel was actually quite nervous. Thanks to the people of Bellstein who gave her a lot of soft emotions and great joy, from time to time her heart swelled and she couldn’t stop making jewels.
There are times when emotions can’t be suppressed.
Luciel ate one more biscuit and went to the desk drawer. The box with jewels was already full, so she had to prepare another box.
There was only one diamond from when she made it in the altar of fire.
Like the rainbow her father-in-law showed to her last time, all kinds of colors seemed to be inside the diamond. The brilliance and transparency were indescribable. Luciel carefully squeezed the diamond in her hand.
Then she felt a great power different from Mana.
‘What is this?’
It was an energy that sprang like water being pumped up. Should I call it vitality? It felt like the dynamic energy seemed to jump about at any time, but at the same time, it was warm and sweet.
Luciel muttered while looking at her diamond.
‘What kind of power do you have?’
Diamonds, like the other jewels, seemed to have some power.
Luciel hurriedly tried to hold the Topaz in her hand. She closed her eyes and felt the energy of the jewel. But it didn’t feel anything like the diamond. The same was true of the Emerald.
Come to think of it, topazes and emeralds had increased to the point that they were quite heavy. It was proof that there were many moving and happy moments, so Luciel gave out a silent smile.
The size, transparency, and brilliance of the jewels were also slightly different.
Perhaps, depending on the size of the emotion the jewels would be different. In the past, as soon as they were made, they were stolen before they even reached Luciel, so there was no time to look closely at her jewels.
It was only natural that the jewel had never been Luciel’s.
She was once again overwhelmed. If she could keep this power completely as her own, this would be a blessing. But it was too early to judge that. No matter how friendly everyone in Bellstein is and how they don’t covet jewelry, if you can hide them, you should keep hiding them.
In addition, there will certainly be times when she will meet outsiders or go out to other places. There was a limit to just hiding herself here and there whenever jewelry was being made.
Let’s find a safe way to make jewelry. Luciel rolled her eyes that sparked more than jewels and walked around the room holding a teddy bear.
“What should I do? Huh?”
Even if I asked the teddy bear, there was no answer, but instead, I had an idea while petting it’s head.
“Teleport.”
If I teleport like Grandpa Gillard, I can make jewels by moving to a secret place of my own, right before materializing them.
Now the jewels barely fill a single chest of drawers, but it will be insufficient later. At this rate, it seemed that the jewels would accumulate tremendously thanks to the people of Bellstein.
“I also need my own safe space to make jewelry. If I have that I can teleport to that space.”
A place only I know…….
A tree hole in the forest? Empty house? Underground safe?
But no matter how much I think about it, it’s dangerous outside…….besides, Luciel won’t be able to look into it often until she learns to teleport.
‘The inside of the Duke’s Castle might be the best because it is hiding right in front of everyone’s nose.’
Luciel explored the Duke’s Castle and decided to find a suitable place.
The East Wing had already been explored, and the main building was a place where too many outsiders came and went. I also looked at the West Wing last time, but there was no suitable space.
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The North Wing was the road leading to the Administration Building, so it wasn’t suitable, the only thing left was the South Wing. But the door was usually tightly closed.
It was the building where people don’t usually come and go.
‘Still, let’s go there to at least explore it.’
It’s not like the door isn’t open forever, so we’ll have to wait and see when it opens. Maybe it could be released with Unlock magic.
Luciel packed a snack in her bag, tied it up, and set off.