Chapter 600 - Back to Southern Continent 1 (1/2)

Splash! Splash! Splash!

On the surface of the endless water, a giant ship ran down.

Even though they were facing the waves which were strong enough to turn down the ships, no ship crashed.

The giant ship was the battleship of the Symphonia Kingdom Navy, Hyredin… well, it was the Auster.

Whatever the past was, it felt inappropriate to name their own battleship based on a pirate ship.

“Master, I never thought that you would name it after me.

Luke, smiled at the words of Hwang Bo-sung, who had turned quite good in his Rhodesian language fluency.

“It was because I couldn’t think of any other name that deserved being placed.”

Auster was the name given to Hwang Bo-sung who had come back to the past from the future.

An ancient word of South, the name which the Baroque Imperial army had placed for Hwang Bo-sung on the bounty flyers for not knowing his real identity.

Luke was grateful and sorry for the one from the future, who had sacrificed himself for Luke and died.

Which was why he decided to name the battleship of the Symphonia Kingdom on him.

Of course, those who didn’t know the things which had happened thought that Luke had just thought of some random name and named the ship.

“But, I heard that you were scolded by the Queen.”

“She said it was too much.”

After returning from the Holy Empire, he fought with Arsene without even being able to get any rest.

Right afterwards, he led the reconstruction of the cities and left his family and headed to the South.

Of course, from Reina’s thoughts, she couldn’t help but worry about her husband’s health.

“She was complaining about turning into a widow. In the past, it would have convinced me, but I feel like I am getting used to it.”

“Hahaha. Master, that is perfectly normal?”

“Normal?”

“Yes, there is a saying in my hometown, once a woman marries, she immediately turns into an aunt.”

Once married, the woman was asked to take care and manage the home.

And if a child was born, it was another bonus task over her head.

Naturally, her life force and will to live was strong, and she begins to turn tough.

A mother who wants to protect her children was stronger than any monster.

“That must be why you aren’t getting married.”

“Wh-what is that supposed to mean, Master?! I do have the intention to get myself a wife, but I need to get permission from my parents and…”

Hwang Bo-sung jumped up at Luke’s joke and began to ramble.

However, none of it entered Luke’s ears.

Because he was thinking about the past.

After losing her because of the fairies, he met Reina again after she became the Pope of the Holy Empire.

At first, he tried to bring her back to Rakan estate.

However, Reina chose to stay there, and by staying there she always helped Luke.

‘Instead of them, she took over the sick Holy Empire to help me.’

Reina was placed in charge of living in a foreign nation and to help those suffering there, she went through various hardships for him.

Not it wasn’t just that, it wasn’t just once or twice that she had helped Luke.

At the same time, they had secretly wed themselves, they hadn’t even consummated their marriage and she was already thinking about turning into a widow.

And just recently, they took in Karen as their adoptive daughter, a child who wasn’t there, a child who didn’t exist in the current world.

‘Was that why? Did she turn into an aunt now?’

The reason why Reina, who was as delicate as a flower, changed because of Luke and his ideals.

He felt like he wasn’t in the position to complain about her, nor was he qualified enough to do it.

“I need to buy a nice gift and take it to her on our return. Yemaek has a rare elixir called wild ginseng, right?”

“Yes, besides the wild ginseng, there are a lot more elixirs called the Jade wine which give the people of Moorim arts a sense of strength and long life to the normal people. And…”

“And?”

“Though not like the aunt, the Yemaek women are strong ones. Among the Kings, and nobles who insisted on polygamy, however, they were all beaten down by their own woman.”

“… isn’t the legendary woman there? What was it called, Amazon or something.”

“I didn’t hear anything of such sort.”

After talking with Hwang Bo-sung, Luke looked at the sea for a moment and turned his gaze to the deck.

Knights were engrossed in their training on the deck.

No matter how huge Auster was, there were limited places to go since most of the ship was filled with Gigants and supplies.

Which was why the knights spend their time training on the deck the entire day.

“Yeah! Tornado slash!”

“Huh. I won’t get caught in such a trick!”

Count Reynard battled with Shirley while avoiding her attack from a halberd.