Vol 1 Prologue (2/2)
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The Warrior Queen, that is her title
With one graceful ht
And was forever entranced by his greatness and blond hair
Following the ht an uphill battle
For the man she loved, she brandished her weapon
For the beautiful cleric, her good sister, she smiled
As she watched the cleric and the knight’s lovely union
When the Holy King and Queen exchanged their vows,
The Warrior Queen raised her weapons and protected the couple,
Until the last of their enemies had retreated
Together, the Holy King and Queen ruled their peaceful kingdom
The Warrior Queen gazed far into the distance, saying
“My mission has been accomplished
It is time for me to return to God’s side”
Thus a beautiful silhouette turned into a shooting star,
And flew into the horizon
After singing in a low voice, Red Cloak smiled and said, “This is the ‘Ballad of the Warrior Queen’ that everyone knows, right?”
Unexpectedly, the bard laughed and said, “Ha! She is indeed a good woman One can send her to war, and then marry another beautiful wife, and she doesn’t even feel jealous After one has no more use for her, one can just tell her to scram back to heaven What a perfect woman indeed!”
Red Cloak was stunned for a moment He had only intended to ood look at the bard’s face However, he was now extre so outrageous, so he could not help but turn to look at him
Seeing Red Cloak turn to look at him, the bard also turned and smiled charismatically at Red Cloak
Red Cloak smiled faintly back at him
The youngbard On his back, he carried a lute, the most co at his waist The bard himself had a head of beautiful blond hair, which was carelessly draped over his shoulder, and his bright eyes were as blue as the azure sky Judging by his youthful face, he was at ave off the feeling that he was somewhere between a boy and a man When he smiled, he seemed like a boy who had yet to ive off the feeling of a grown man then
“You are so weird! Aren’t cloaks usually green or brown, so that you can use it to cover your tracks?” The blond bard looked at Red Cloak curiously Although the cloak was not bright red but rather a darker shade of red, it would still stand out like a sore thurasslands
“Perhaps it’s because I have no need to cover my tracks,” said Red Cloak plainly, without much explanation
“Weirdo” The bard wasn’t really bothered by this, and he sirinned like a little boy
After Red Cloak had finished ad that innocent little boy smile, he did not speak any further He just lowered his head and began to eat the food on his plate
“How about treating h he did not really expect to get what he wanted After all, every ti the “Ballad of the Warrior Queen,” the visitors in the tavern never appreciated it Neverhim some bronze ducats, if they didn’t chase him out of the tavern, it would already be considered an above average day
This was because the Holy King and Queen’s excellent reputation was known far and wide, and many loved them This “Ballad of the Warrior Queen,” with its defa Thus, he only dared to sing it in s this song in the capital, it wouldn’t be strange even if he were killed, right?
Red Cloak raised his head slightly and asked, “Is ale and a bowl of minced meat noodles okay?”
“I wouldn’t mind an extra bowl of minced meat noodles” The bard beamed Today is my lucky day!
“With your voice, if you sang soh food to eat wouldn’t be a probleh the content of this statement seemed like advice, Red Cloak’s tone made it sound like a simple statement of fact
“I do sing normal ballads” The bard blinked, sed the minced meat noodles in his mouth, and said resolutely, “However, it isthe ‘Ballad of the Warrior Queen’ for three days after arriving at a city Only then can I sing normal ballads”
“If that is the case, then why is getting food to eat a probleh he was also curious as to why the bardthe “Ballad of the Warrior Queen” for three days, he did not want to get too close to the bard, so he si about that
A little embarrassed, the bard twirled a lock of his blond hair around a finger and said, “Well, I haven’t entered a large city in a long time, and it just so happened that I ran out of rance hair oil, so I decided to buy a little etting that I still had to sing the ‘Ballad of the Warrior Queen’ for three days…”
“After starving for three days, I bet that you would even drink hair oil,” replied Red Cloak in an annoyed tone after hearing the bard give such an explanation
“How about this, if you let me stay with you in your room for three days, and buy me a tankard of ale and a bowl ofthe ‘Ballad of the Warrior Queen’ for you every single day, okay?” asked the bard, having made the decision to “freeload off this person for three days even if he got scolded for being sha called shah to drink hair oil!
“Just ants to listen to the ‘Ballad of the Warrior Queen’?” Red Cloak secretly rolled his eyes
“You!” As if the ansere obvious, the bard said, “If you didn’t like listening to the ‘Ballad of the Warrior Queen,’ would you have treated me to minced meat noodles?”
On hearing this, Red Cloak fell silent
“How about this then, I’ll sing whatever song you want to hear! Don’t you like listening to , to have caused Red Cloak to become so quiet Afraid that he would have to drink hair oil for the next three days, the bard had no choice but to change his offer as a last resort
“Just when have I said that I liked listening to your voice, huh?” Red Cloak secretly rolled his eyes again This bard seehts”
Feeling extreo, you said, ‘With your voice, if you sang soh food to eat wouldn’t be a proble to my voice?”
Annoyed, Red Cloak said, “No”
After speaking, and not wanting to get hih es and turned to leave… when a corner of his cloak was grabbed
A little angry, Red Cloak turned and was about toon his cloak, his large, watery, blue eyes looking like they were about to burst into tears The bard begged softly, “Please! You really can’t bear to see ht? Just take care of me for three days! Pretty please?”
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