Chapter 4: Pleiades (4) (2/2)

“D-dear heavens! No way. If you make fun of me like that…”

The two walked for a few minutes while exchanging words awkwardly as if reading a Korean book.

After the two barely gained some distance from Maja and Cordelia who were looking at them happily, they let out a long sigh.

“F*ck, I really can’t do this.”

“I don’t care if you say ‘f*ck’ but do it with a smile. Because they can see your face.”

“Oh my goodness, f*ck. Really f*ck. I can’t do this, f*ck.”

At the terrible sight of an incomparably beautiful girl who kept saying ‘f*ck,’ Jude’s mind was in chaos as he also felt a sense of shame that his heart was beating at her who kept saying ‘f*ck,’ so he opened his mouth.

“Anyway, hold it in. We’ve already come all the way here.”

“But what are we going to do now? It’s still quite some distance from here to the seal.”

“I have an idea. Rather, did you bring everything that we needed?”

“Hmph, of course. Who else do you think I am?”

“Yellow Storm who’s 2nd in the server.”

“Yeah, I’m the server’s… DIE! No, should I just go back?”

“Aww, our second place, don’t be upset. Don’t forget your smile as we’re still being watched from behind. Now, smile?”

Cordelia gave him a middle finger instead of a smile, as she glared at the smiling Jude, who said after clearing his throat.

“At least, you’ve got the items.”

“Hmph, did you know I was troubled hiding it under my skirt?”

As she said that, she lightly shook her skirt.

“Good. As expected of Yellow Storm. I believed in you. That’s my Yellow Storm.”

“I don’t really want to be your Yellow Storm, so tell me the plan first. How do you intend to go from here to the seal?”

They didn’t know if it was just the two of them here, so Maja and Dahlia were watching the two in alertness.

Jude gently moved his body, completely turning his back on Maja and Dahlia, and said in a quiet voice.

“It’s simple. See that cliff over there?”

“I see it. It’s the end of the flower field.”

“Once we get there, you carry me and jump off.”

It sounded crazy, but Yellow Storm agreed to his plan. She could tell that Outboxer009 could say this to her because he had a ‘map’ of this place.

“Is there a secret passage under the cliff?”

“It’s not a secret passage, but about 10 meters downwards, there’s a path under the cliff. We’ll use that way to go to the seal.”

Jude had checked the this and that of the terrain before coming here.

And he was sure of one thing.

Although there were some slight differences, if he looked at the situation as a whole, the terrain of this world and that of Legend of Heroes 2 matched.

Of course, Jude was sure of that possibility because he was someone who had reached rotten water status among the stagnant waters.

“Won’t Maja and Dahlia chase after us?”

“Because it’s 10 meters down, they won’t be able to come down immediately. And we have a solution for that too.”

“What is it?”

Instead of promptly answering Cordelia’s question, Jude paused for a moment. Cordelia was frustrated and tried to say her usual unique ‘exclamation,’ but at that moment, he opened his mouth.

“Just make one promise first.”

“What promise?”

“Promise to hear me and not call it bullsh*t. And also to not hit me.”

“…What are you going to say?”

“Is that a promise?”

“Yes, so what the hell is it?”

“So…”

Jude started talking in a low voice.

And after a while…

At the edge of the flower field.

Jude looked behind his back and signaled to Cordelia.

‘Now!’

As they had talked in advance, Cordelia suddenly held Jude’s hand. Maja and Dahlia, who saw the bold skinship, let out surprised voices, but there was still more to be surprised.

“Run!”

Jude and Cordelia ran towards the cliff edge and leapt without any hesitation.

“Young master?!”

“Miss?!”

No, what were those who were already engaged doing now? It was not like their love was unachievable in this life, so they were trying to achieve that in the next life.

As the two had those thoughts, the startled Maja and Dahlia reached the cliff edge in the blink of an eye. And they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Because they had witnessed the sight of Cordelia carrying Jude in her arms, and landing on the ground with magic.

“Young master!”

“Miss!”

Maja and Dahlia each raised their voices and incessantly looked around. They were trying to find a way down.

‘As expected!’

Dahlia did not know how to use magic.

Jude hurriedly urged Cordelia, and Cordelia shouted with a completely red face.

“I-I want to spend some time alone with Mr. Jude! We’ll be back before dinner, so just wait! Don’t worry about us!”

“Miss!”

Dahlia turned pale from astonishment and cried out, and Jude urged Cordelia again.

“Quickly! Say the next line quickly!”

“W-we’re not going to do anything strange! So don’t worry! Mi-mister Jude is a gentleman!”

That much was enough.

Maja and Dahlia were the only ones out here anyway. Count Chase’s coachman was taking a nap far away at a distance so if only Maja and Dahlia were to shut their mouths, the coachman would not know.

In any case, they succeeded in getting away from Maja and Dahlia, and they also finished making an excuse to buy some time. The only thing left now was to head for the seal quickly.

“Let’s go! Quickly!”

Cordelia reacted quickly to Jude’s prompting. It was also because she felt like she wanted to hide herself in a mouse’s hole.

And after a few minutes…

After moving to a place where they could no longer completely see Maja and Dahlia, Cordelia burst into anger.

“Ah, seriously! Why did I have to do it! No, carrying you while also jumping off a cliff, making excuses, and then I felt like you tried to hit me!”

She said all that with a frustrated face.

For such a Cordelia, Jude explained in his calmest possible tone.

“I’ve already said it once, I have Gueumjulmaek. I can’t carry you with these thin arms. And how will I hit you? It doesn’t make sense if I hit you. Come on, I’m a man with Gueumjulmaek.”

“That b*stard Gueumjulmaek! Gueumjulmaek! Just heal that Gueumjulmaek!

“Yes, I’ll carry you when I get better, I’ll also let you hit me.”

“No thanks? What is this crazy b*stard saying?”

“Yes, yes. Anyway, are you feeling better now? Then let’s hurry up. We don’t have much time.”

The possibility that Maja and Dahlia would really wait for them was zero. They had to finish their task before the two found them.

“Haa, really. Just heal that Gueumjulmaek.”

“Yes, as soon as it gets better, I’ll bake or boil or do whatever you want, so let’s go to the seal first.”

“Take the lead.”

“Come along then.”

Looking back on the surrounding terrain, Jude walked in big strides.

I take back what I said about this series using mostly German names. First, Dahlia Ale’s name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and the Ale is not pronounced as “al”, but as “eyl”.

Next is Maja Tantalotte’s name. I couldn’t find a European equivalent to its Korean pronunciation. However, there was a Korean translation of a Japanese manga called Karubania Monogatari where one of the characters is named Tantalotte too. I used that instead of the English translation’s name, which was Tantalot, as Tantalotte looked fancier than Tantalot, haha.

Lastly is Belkain Mountains, which obviously alludes to the Balkan Mountains, but their pronunciations are different, so I opted for Belkain to make it fit this series’ fantasy setting.