Chapter 93: (2/2) – Legal Guardians (2/2)

She was grateful that he continued to be together with them, and she even called him their angel of luck.

Weren’t those words he had never heard of, or he had thought he would never hear in his life?

“I look forward to seeing you again.”

“Yes, we’ll definitely see you again.”

Kaplan wiped away his tears and broadly smiled, and Cordelia grinned as she turned around.

‘Come on, you too.’

When Cordelia winked at Jude, who was somehow counting numbers behind her, he also opened his mouth and said.

“Sir Kaplan, please don’t forget. Sir Kaplan isn’t a god. He is just a diligent and reliable explorer and archeologist.”

“Yes, I will not forget it, Jude.”

After he shook hands with Kaplan, Jude bade farewell to Blue Whiskers and then left the temple with Cordelia.

“Are we going back right now?”

“I suppose so. It’s a bit unfortunate that we wouldn’t be able to see the Fairy Queen, but it would take some time if we go to Endymion, so let’s just go straight from here.”

They would travel in a straight line without passing through Raptor Canyon.

Cordelia nodded when Jude showed the way to her by drawing on the ground instead of opening the map.

“All right, then let’s start right away.”

“Okay.”

“But Jude.”

“Yes?”

“Did something good happen? You look brighter than usual.”

“Because you won?”

“Mmm, yes, because I won.”

Cordelia softly laughed before she took the lead and began walking. Jude stepped forward and walked together with Cordelia.

And at the same time…

“If we go one more day from here, we’ll reach Raptor Canyon. According to Fine Snow, Jude and Cordelia would be there.”

She already knew of that information, but because those were Gaël’s words, she listened before letting out a sigh of relief.

“Haa…seriously. They’re just going around the entire wild lands.”

“You’re right.”

They thought their journey would end at Count Hræsvelgr’s territory, but they ended up crossing the border and continuing their journey here.

Moreover, Count Chase’s ring, which was the only magic device that could roughly track Cordelia’s location, had been damaged after entering the wild lands, making tracking more difficult.

‘Well…thankfully, the destinations are clear.’

Though the wild land was wide, there were only a few places where people lived. And there was also the fact that it was beyond the border, and that Cordelia didn’t hide her destination, so all these reasons made it easier to track them.

‘Haa, anyway, I’ll spank their butt when we meet.’

Of course, she was referring to Jude’s butt and not the kind and gentle Cordelia’s butt.

“Lady Adelia.”

“Yes?! Ah, yes. Lord Gaël.”

Adelia was startled but managed to answer, and Gaël tilted his head. He then asked again in a serious tone.

“Will your leave of absence be fine? We’ve already gone way beyond our initial schedule…”

“Well, it can’t be helped. Stuff like this happened.”

Adelia shrugged and bitterly smiled, and Gaël said with a sincere look.

“This has already gone beyond a simple runaway. Now that it has become a big incident that is greatly related to the defense of the north, I’ll write a petition to the Royal Guard Magic Corps under Count Bayer’s name… No, I’ll write a formal statement and send it.”

“Umm…thank you.”

Adelia would have normally told the other to not overdo it, especially if her aide was the one who said it, but it was different this time since it was Gaël’s words.

‘Well, how do I say it? Beyond being simply sincere…’

Should I say that he’s earnest?

He’s a trustable and dependable man who gives me a sense of security.

“Lady Adelia, it might be difficult, but we’ll find a place to rest if we go a little further. So let’s start moving again.”

Gaël rose from his seat first and politely stretched out his hand to Adelia, who cleared her throat and stood up while holding his hand.

“Shall we go?”

“Yes, let’s go. Lord Gaël.”

Gaël and Adelia looked at each other and smiled as they walked forward together.

And because of that, the paths of Jude and Cordelia, and Gaël and Adelia completely diverged.

As for another person…

“This is a big problem.”

Looking back at his bag that had become four bags now, Count Chase checked his budget and soon made up his mind.

He hurriedly wrote a letter to the Red Dawn Tower.

‘Send me a space-expansion bag.’

As the trip got longer, just one bag wasn’t enough.

Currently in the northernmost city of Lankebuste, he was still not aware that his two daughters, his soon-to-be son-in-law, and a person who might become his son-in-law were all beyond the border and in the wild lands.

Cordelia: Did something good happen? You look brighter than usual.

Jude is obviously looking forward to the aftereffects of Beast Mode, hahaha.