Chapter 127: Engagement Ceremony (4) (1/2)
Upon their arrival at Langesthei, the party came to stay at the luxury accommodation they had previously stayed.
“Go and take some rest.”
As soon as he unpacked the luggage in his room, Count Chase left the place with Gaël and Adelia.
It was to greet the important people in Langesthei, including Sir Barua, the knight commander of the Order of the Blue Lion that were in charge of the security in Langesthei.
“Don’t cause trouble, okay? Do you understand?”
“Okay, okay. We aren’t kids, okay?”
“Uh, you’re a child. You also have a record of running away several times.”
Cordelia pouted at Adelia’s perfect and sudden counterattack that were facts, so she couldn’t defend herself, but Jude’s situation with Gaël was slightly different.
“Please give my regards to him.”
“Yes, I will.”
Jude and Cordelia were slightly acquainted with Sir Barua, the knight commander of the Order of the Blue Lion.
It would originally seem sensible if Jude went too and greeted him together.
But…
“Just stay quiet for a while.”
“Yes, brother.”
Jude and Cordelia were embarrassed to show their faces everywhere due to their midnight love escapade that caused a stir in the entire northern part of the Sälen Kingdom.
So it was better to be quiet for a while like Gaël had said.
“Don’t do anything weird just because the two of you are alone, okay? Do you understand?”
“I understand!”
Cordelia answered without hiding her slight annoyance, and Adelia smiled before she immediately approached Gaël and held his arm.
“Let’s go then, Lord Gaël.”
“Yes, Lady Adelia.”
Gaël slightly laughed before he escorted Adelia, and Count Chase quietly watched them before he left with a very small smile.
And the two were now left alone.
“Ah, seriously. I get the chills when I see them looking at each other.”
“Why? They’re cute.”
“It’s not cute at all. It’s my sister and not anyone else, okay?”
Cordelia frowned, and Jude snickered before he extended his hand to her.
“What is it?”
“I mean, we have to go too. Now that the two of us are left, we have to settle the work that we’ve put off.”
“Work that we put off? I mean, when it’s just the two of us alone?”
“Yes, it’s because only the two of us are left. Let’s go quickly.”
Jude replied with a smile and grabbed Cordelia’s hand as if snatching it, and Cordelia blinked her eyes as her cheeks flushed.
‘What is it? What, what, what is it?’
There’s something we have to do since the two of us are alone?
Cordelia was now 17 years old, and just like children her age, she was brimming with curiosity and imagination.
And that was why she had some unusual delusions in the short period of time when they headed from the lobby on the 1st floor to Jude’s room on the 3rd floor.
“We’re here.”
“W-wait. My heart isn’t ready yet…”
Cordelia reflexively spoke, but Jude was indifferent as he opened the door. She hesitated but entered the room when Jude pulled her by hand.
And around 30 seconds later…
“Tsk.”
“Cordelia?”
Cordelia frowned and pouted her lips when Jude asked her.
What is this, this unexplainable feeling of disappointment.
‘No, what I mean is…I had a feeling this would happen. It would have been awkward and difficult if it wasn’t.’
Various items were nicely arranged in a row on the bed in Jude’s room.
“Because settlement and organization are essential.”
Jude said with glistening eyes, and Cordelia sighed before nodding.
“Fine, let’s organize everything together.”
“Okay. First of all, I arranged the items we used a lot.”
Jude said with a bright face as if he was someone who originally liked to organize items like this, and he pointed to the object on the far left of the bed.
“First is Moonlight. I’ve removed the Snow Queen’s core, but Melissa is still there. It’s still enough for you to use as your primary weapon.”
“But we still need to upgrade it once, right?”
“It will be possible once we get to the royal capital. If we participate in Medb’s auction house, we’ll be able to get better items.”
Medb’s auction house was the largest auction house located in the royal capital of the Sälen Kingdom.
It was a must to stop by at that place when one goes to the royal capital because there were various sub-quests available there.
“Next is the Heavenly Judgment?”
“Yes, I thought about giving it to Lena…but we also need a trump card.”
Cordelia had just become a ninth rank angel, so she could not draw out the full power of the Heavenly Judgment.
But it was too precious to hand it over to Lena.
“You just need to raise your rank. My princess, work hard, okay?”
“Yes, Daddy. Just give me lots of pocket money.”
Cordelia replied before looking at the Eastern Warrior’s Sword that was lying next to the Heavenly Judgment.
“Jude, will you go the swordsmanship route?”
“I’ll think about it when we return home.”
Jude was thinking of changing his job from bare-handed fighter to knight, but he changed his mind again after opening the fourth door of the Ninth Heaven’s Nine Doors.
The power of the Ninth Heaven’s Nine Doors could be placed in everything under the heavens and earth, but the most natural way to unleash its power was the fist and leg techniques with a pure body as its foundation.
“But I have no intention of giving up this sword. I can use it for its killer technique.”
“Well, that’s true.”
After all, the lethal skill of the Eastern Warrior’s Sword, Hell’s Blood Slash, felt like shooting a pistol.
‘Because there are many swords with built-in lethal moves.’
He had enough reasons to carry the sword even if he didn’t use it as his main weapon.
Cordelia herself didn’t use a sword, but she still carried the Heavenly Judgment.
“Then your main weapon is the gauntlet?”
“It will be for the time being.”
The gauntlet he obtained from Frost Anvil was remodeled by the blacksmiths in the wild lands.
It also contained the power of the wild gods, so it could be used as his main weapon for a while.
‘I think I’ll change this once I go to the royal capital.’
He felt a little sorry for the wild gods, but he couldn’t help it.
One of the pleasures of playing RPG was to change to the highest level equipment every time one went to a new town.
“We can use the divine items of the wild gods for a long time in the future, right?”
“Because they’re highly useful tools.”
Blade Song’s divine items – the Cozy 1-pyeong and the Black Wolf Skin.
Great Storm’s divine item – the Wind’s Wing Arrow.
As Jude had said, these items were highly useful and would be helpful even if they became stronger than they were now.
“Next is…”
Cordelia smiled and turned her gaze to the side before her eyes suddenly narrowed. Jude coughed and feigned ignorance.
“Hey, Mister Jude.”
“Yes, Miss Cordelia.”
“What is this?”
“It’s useful equipment.”
Cordelia’s eyes grew even narrower, and Jude’s coughing increased a bit.
The rabbit set and cat set were boldly placed among the items that they needed to take in the future.
There were no problems in wearing it in the wild lands since many people wore similar equipment there but wearing it in the Sälen Kingdom was actually courageous in itself.
“Are you telling me to wear this?”
“No, but wouldn’t it be useful someday if you had it?”
Jude took a peek at Cordelia’s face, and Cordelia quietly stared at Jude with almost closed eyes now.
A few seconds passed like that.
“Ahem, ahem, let’s move on to the next.”
Jude coughed again and pointed to the items placed next to the rabbit and cat sets.
“Magellan’s ancient artifacts that we got from the wild fairies are for enhancing the power of attributes, so it would be better to carry everything with you even if it’s a little uncomfortable.”
“Ahem.”
Cordelia’s gaze was still on the rabbit set, and Jude hastily pointed to the things next to him.
“The next are the items your father gave to me. Most of them are for me to consume, but… Cordelia, there are items that may help you, so I arranged them here first.”
Numerous drugs filled half of the spacious bed.
Most of them were items to increase Jude’s physical strength, but Cordelia didn’t highly desire any of it.
But only one, there was only one that bothered her.
“Eh? Why isn’t that here?”
“Huh?”
“I mean, you know, what my dad gave to you last time. What he gave you to eat later.”
Cordelia spoke while her hands moved and drew the shape of a box, and Jude unconsciously flinched and cleared his throat as he said.
“Ahem, ahem, I’ll eat it later as your father had said…”
“What was that?”
“Ahem, ahem, it’s that kind of drug. Kids don’t need to know about it.”
“Hey, aren’t you a kid too? You and I are of the same age.”
“I can’t because you can’t even guess it at this point. I’ll tell you later.”
Having said so far, Jude tightly shut his mouth, and Cordelia puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction, but didn’t pry any further.
She knew well that once he shut his mouth in that way, he wouldn’t open it no matter what.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk… Anyway, are these all the items?”
“Yes, there are some trivial stuff but…they’re not something that we’ll continue to use in the future. These are all we need to take when we go to the royal capital.”
“Hmm…Then we should prepare some defensive armor first. Even if it’s not armor.”
“It can’t be helped. Light armor suits you and me rather than heavy armor, so we should try to get it once we arrive there.”
Since Count Chase joined them, Jude and Cordelia were wearing clothes that were appropriate for a noble young master and lady.
It looked good but was uncomfortable, and the clothes didn’t even have any defensive features.
“Okay, let’s move on to checking our abilities. Do you remember our levels?”
“Of course. I’m 71. You’re 70.”
Cordelia grinned and even flashed a V-sign with her fingers, and Jude clicked his tongue as he said.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes, yes, you’re~ notgood.”
After all, she beat Jude or Outboxer009.
“Yes, I’m so good. I’ll reverse it soon.”
(T/N: These two love their puns. ‘Like’ and ‘good’ are the same word in Korean. On the other hand, mu (무) can mean ‘not’ and ‘so,’ thus, ‘not good’ can also be read as ‘so good.’)