Volume 2 Chapter 16 (1/2)
Editors: Tan & Arekusu
Chapter 2 Episode 16
(Wavering People 5)
Day 137 after being su people 5)
(I see…, if it's a person like this, then we et her to co feels wrong)
That was Ryouma’s impression of Elena, from the moment he had first seen her in the royal capital Pireaus
The person who Earl Zerev had called 「Rozeria’s White Goddess of War」was actually a woman by the name of Elena Steiner
She was an old lady who had retired froo
One could see that she was around 50 to 60 years old
Her blonde hair would have been beautiful when she was younger, but now it had white mixed in here and there
She gave off the ihborhood auntie But after witnessing her entrance, one could see that she had kept her body in good shape even after she had retired
“W-welcome…, p-please come in!”
Meltina's greeting ca too nervous
And the sa present on such an occasion
Ryouma had allowed theet in his way
Yet it see just that, with their faces as red as if they wereshoulders to boot
It was like seeing how flustered girls became when they were around their first love
(Well, since they’re this nervous, I guess they won’t say anything unnecessary, which is good)
However, when he gave the whole situation a second thought, it was reasonable for them to be as nervous as they were
After all, the person known as「Rozeria’s White Goddess of War 」- Elena Steiner - was a living hero of legend in their eyes
A week ago, after Earl Zerev had inforate Elena Steiner
Surprisingly, he didn’t need to put in ain information
Since there wasn’t a single citizen of the Kingdom of Rozeria that hadn’t heard about her
It had gotten to the point where even the children in town had heard the stories about her
It reflected on how idom trusted her
There were a lot of tales of battles she heroically fought in
And aendary one was about The Battle of Notis
The Notis Prairie is on the borderline between the Kingdom of Zalda and the Ortomean Empire
Elena Steiner had been dispatched to the Zaldan Kingdom as a part of the Rozerian reinforce the Zaldans, she had also deployed a reverse-invasion strategy against the Orto soldiers as part of their planned invasion of Zalda
After successfully thwarting their plans,she was declared a National Hero
“Fufufu…, you don't have to be that tense Please drink some tea and calm down”
“Y-yes! P-please excuse me!”
Although Elena tried to calm her down, Meltina instead became even stiffer
“Well, it’s best to leave her alone for now, Elena-sa all the way here”
Elena answered Ryouentle nod
“I was very surprised when I received your letter After all, I haven’t been a knight for almost ten years now”
“I can not thank you enough for listening to our unreasonable request, and I personally feel nothing but gratitude towards you”
“Well, since it ritten in Princess Lupis’ own handwriting, I had no other choice except to cohness”
Saying so, she elegantly lifted the teacup to her lips
“Hearing you say so definitely makes me think it hile for me to ask the Princess to write that letter”
Upon hearing that, Elena became somewhat suspicious of Ryouma
The reason for her suspicion was obvious After all, Ryouma said that he had made the Princess write the letter for him
“That reminds me, I have yet to ask what your name is”
Due to his previous statement, Elena seemed to have taken an interest in Ryouma
“I’m called Mikoshi+ba Ryouma”
A surprised expression appeared on Elena’s face
“Oh my…, you really don’t have the presence of a tactician…”
Certainly, when looking at Ryou past his muscles
He did not look like soht with his head
“By any chance, have you heard of me?”
“Ara~, isn't it obvious? After all, even if I have retired from the ars that happen around here, you know? And soet o Hence, they talk with s”
Looking at Elena’s face, Ryouma was convinced that she was still in contact with soht friends
(I see, she doesn't seeht faction yet, and, that could be a good thing for us)
Currently, hts do not hold any loyalty towards the princess and that is because General Hodraainst the Royal family in the future
Originally, the knights were soldiers ould swear their allegiance to the Kingdom and to the royal faainst the nobles and their militias
Judging frohts that were not satisfied with serving under General Hodram
And they must be the ones who had become her source of information
“Is that so? Well then, it’s a great honor for me that 「Rozeria’s White Goddess of War」knows my name”
Elena’s s Ryouma’s words
“My, ohas old as that, huh? That title of o”
“You don’t seem to like it very much, Elena-sama”
“It’s a relic of the past, after all…, by the way, I've yet to hear the reason behind your invitation to meet”
It seemed as if her nickname was a topic she did not want to talk about and thus she ied the subject
“Then, let’s get straight to the point I want you to give Princess Lupis your support”
Elena’s expression stiffened
She hadn’t expected him to immediately cut to the chase like he had
“Oh htforward of you…”
She sht for a while
“But well, I guess it makes it easier to understand…, and I like it, you know? Your way of doing things, that is…”
Her gaze and tone of voice had so to evaluate Ryouma
“Thank you for your compliment So, what’s your answer?”
“Oh my? No matter how old I aood idea to rush a lady”
“Oh, please forgivesuch a hasty invitation upon you is impolite of me However, we really do not have much time left”
Ryou words
“Well, unless you let ht away, you know?”
“Oh? You want to meet the princess? To be honest, we don't have tiless as that, you know?”
“WHAAAA-T!”
The outrage in Elena, Meltina, and Mikhail’s voices was strong
“Y-you bastard!”
Ryouun to stand up froer
It was a gaze that anyone who ht
It was as if it he saying ‘I'll murder you if you don't shut that mouth of yours!’
Meltina immediately sunk back into her chair
“I', you see…”
After confirhtly lowered his head toward Elena in apology
“That really surprised uts, don’t you? Even as a hero of the army, I've only seen a few people who had a backbone like yours”
“Thank you for your kind words After all, my life is on the line here”
Hearing Ryou in her chair
“So? Why do you think it’s useless for me to meet the princess?”
“Because, if you really wanted to help the princess, you would have coo”
She is someone who has already been in retirement for ten years