Chapter 227: Prime Royal Family (2) (2/2)

“Hey, Jude.”

“Yes, Cordelia.”

“How did you know all of these?”

About the Banquet of Spirits, the seven swordsmen, and the seventh sword dance.

Normally, Cordelia would have exclaimed, ‘JudeWiki is amazing!’, but it was different this time.

The three things mentioned above were things that had never appeared in the game.

“How did you know?”

Cordelia asked again as she intensely stared at Jude with her blue eyes.

In terms of knowledge, Cordelia might be less than Jude, but in terms of instinct and intuition, she was far better than Jude.

So instead of uselessly lying, Jude told her the truth.

“The sword spirit taught me.”

“Sword spirit? Of Sword Origin? Do the Ultimate series have sword spirits in them?”

“Uh, I just found out when we became one.”

His answer was somewhat strange, but it was true.

Cordelia urged him with her eyes to continue, and Jude said as he scratched his chin.

“The sword spirit of Sword Origin is Valencia, the Elf Sword. The first owner of Sword Origin and a powerful swordsman in the past… Also a member of the Prime royal family and a high elf.”

At Jude’s explanation, Cordelia blinked her eyes and asked.

“Then, is the sword spirit still there? Since it’s a sword spirit, it lives in the sword… Wait a minute, is it living in your body then?”

Sword Origin was a sword that became one with the user as soon as it was equipped.

Jude hesitated to answer Cordelia’s question, but he eventually came up with an answer.

“Well, you see, that is true… but the sword spirit is normally asleep. It’s not awake, okay? It’s like it doesn’t wake up unless you call them.”

“Can you talk to it when you’re awake? Can they watch the conversation we’re having now?”

“It’s not like that. Our conversations only happen in something like an imaginary world, so it only happens in my mind.”

“Hmm… Is that so?”

“Yes, it’s like that.”

“Is the sword spirit very pretty?”

“Eh?”

“Is it pretty?”

Cordelia was brightly smiling but Jude could tell.

Unlike her smiling lips, her eyes weren’t smiling at all.

Because she was like a beast staring at her prey.

Jude swallowed hard. He slowly opened his mouth and realized that his back had somehow began to get wet from sweat.

“That…”

“Yes, that what?”

“She is pretty? But in my eyes, no, even if I look at it objectively, you’re the prettier one.”

As Jude said while sweating, Cordelia narrowed her eyes and only heard the words she wanted to hear.

“So she’s pretty. And she’s a woman.”

Oh sh*t.

Now that I think of it, Cordelia doesn’t know yet if Valencia is a woman or not.

But what I just said now made it clear that it’s a woman, no, I pretty much confirmed it.

“Hmph, I see. Jude’s sword spirit is a woman. In addition, she’s pretty. The two of you secretly meet in your mind.”

“No, that’s not it. Countess August Chase?”

“You even became one with her, right? Wow, unbelievable. You truly merged with her. Jude has merged with Valencia. You merged with a woman other than me.”

“E-excuse me?”

Isn’t your choice of words a bit strange?

“So Jude will merge with anyone. That’s the kind of man he is.”

It was a checkmate.

No matter what Jude would say here, he would only be seen as trash in the end.

But it was then.

Cordelia who had been coldly staring at him suddenly burst into laughter and began to laugh out loud while holding her stomach.

“Look at you getting flustered. Was it a bull’s-eye? Is that it?”

Cordelia raising her voice at the end was very cute, but it was unpleasant at the same time too.

“Hehehe, I won again today.”

“Wait, what exactly did you win?”

“I won, I won.”

Cordelia laughed at whatever Jude had said, and then asked as she leaned her back against the chair.

“Anyway, I have a sword spirit too, right? Grand Order is also an Ultimate series.”

“Yes, I’ve asked about it before, and it seems like it’s a cute girl.”

“Ah, that’s too bad. It would have been nice if it was a charming guy.”

“Miss Cordelia?”

“Why? Mister Jude who merges with anyone?”

“Ugh.”

It was an unwinnable fight.

Aren’t you the one who always called piggyback rides as ‘merging’ though?

‘Anyway, this doesn’t make any sense.’

Even if Cordelia’s intuition is amazing, this is a bit too much.

Jude tried to regain his composure and said again.

“Anyway, I’ll teach you how to do it. But as Valencia said, the sword spirit will remain sleeping unless something special happens, so it may not work.”

“Why was Valencia awake?”

“Because of swordsmanship.”

Jude briefly narrated his conversation with Valencia, and Cordelia nodded her head.

“Ah, so that’s why you were fighting a bit differently.”

Because Jude’s way of fighting now was more like swordsmanship rather than martial art skills.

“Okay. Then I’ll try to meditate too.”

Cordelia answered cheerfully before she corrected her posture and closed her eyes while holding the handle of Grand Order.

And a few seconds later.

‘It’s… already too late to finish what we were doing earlier.’

I have no choice but to postpone it for next time.

Jude smiled bitterly and sat across Cordelia before closing his eyes.

Likewise, he began to talk to the sword spirit.

***

“Did your conversation go well?”

Princess Leica nodded at Midas’ question.

“Yes, it somehow went well. He will teach us the seventh sword dance tomorrow. And as expected, Cordelia is unable to summon the Spirit King.”

This was a satisfactory result for Princess Leica, but not for Midas.

“Is it impossible to transfer the Spirit King’s contract?”

“Midas, that’s impossible. The Spirit King chose Cordelia. It’s not something that we can easily transfer like paper contracts, right?”

“Uuuh…”

In fact, Midas was aware of that.

But it was not easy for him to maintain his composure since this was about the Spirit King and not anyone else.

“Anyway, isn’t this better than having Kelthur be chosen?”

“That’s true.”

Princess Leica and Kelthur had a very close relationship, but nevertheless, the two were still the first and second in line to the throne.

Even if the two didn’t have any thoughts of competing against each other, things might still happen depending on what the people around them thought.

‘I don’t think Solfege has given up yet.’

Princess Leica recalled Kelthur’s mother and sighed before she looked at Midas again.

“Anyway, it already happened. So stop thinking about the Spirit King and move on.”

“…I understand.”

Midas seemed reluctant to answer, but he was someone who kept his words once he said it.

Therefore, Princess Leica smiled and said.

“Moving on, shouldn’t we be grateful to the two? Thanks to them, we defeated Jabberwock and got the Banquet of Spirits back.”

“I’m worried on how we’ll reward them.”

“You’re right. I think we should reward them generously.”

To sum it up, the two had made huge contributions one after another in just two days.

They saved Princess Leica’s life, defeated Jabberwock, and restored the sword dance that had been lost for a long time.

“Well, should giving them this country be enough? Should I bestow Jude the position of ‘my lover’?”

When Princess Leica said that with a playful smile, Midas nodded his head seriously.

“It’s worth considering.”

It was rare for elves to have an offspring, so they didn’t have a marriage culture.

That was why Princess Leica’s mother and Kelthur’s mother were nobles with their own titles and not queens.

“What do you think, Your Highness?”

It was the moment when Midas seriously asked.

“Your Highness!”

Vanessa appeared as soon as the door was opened, and she hurriedly spoke without even giving a courteous greeting first.

“His Majesty The King has awakened.”

“My father?”

“Yes, he just woke up now!”

Vanessa said that with a wide smile, and Princess Leica was filled with joy. Midas was also pleased as he clenched his fists.

Grave Prime, the leader of the High Elves who led the elves of the Forest of Eternity.

He had been asleep for a long time, but he finally woke up.

Why?

Maybe summoning the Spirit King had an effect on him?

“Let’s hurry.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

With the smiling Vanessa leading the way, Princess Leica and Midas hurried out of the room and headed for the king’s residence.

And at the same time.

At a completely different place.

Two people were heading out of the royal capital with their horses besides each other.

One was Count Bayer, one of the Ten Great Swordmasters and the new Sword Saint of Wind, and the other was Count Chase, one of the Northern Sagang and the Tower Master of the Red Dawn Tower.

“Because we can’t just sit back and wait.”

Their children had run away at night (because of love) in a situation where the royal family’s attention was focused on them.

They didn’t understand why their children who were already engaged kept running away at night, but it was impossible for the two counts to sit by idly as their children acted as if they were on a honeymoon.

Because the two were no longer just children from the 12 northern families, but heroes of the kingdom that the Sälen royal family paid attention to.

“Is it south this time?”

It was north last time.

Count Bayer had a bitter smile and turned to Count Chase who snorted before fixing the reins and saying.

“Anyway, let’s go.”

“Yes, let’s go.”

To catch their runaway children.

To go after Count August Bayer and Countess August Chase, their children.

The two counts turned their heads along the north wind and pulled their horses’ reins.

Their horses ran like the wind towards the south.