Chapter 20 (2/2)

Leticia was even more ashamed due to it. But she couldn’t just back down now.

“I’m not good enough, but I still work hard.”

I hesitantly spoke.

“Nanny told me about it. I heard it’s a northern custom. If you put your own knot on your husband’s sword, you’ll be able to return safely from the battlefield.”

Leticia tied the knot she had made clumsily to the ring on Erden’s sword sheet. Two or three knots and a tight squeeze to make sure it will never be removed.

And said.

“I hope you come back safely.”

There was a moment of silence. Erden looked at Leticia out of unfamiliarity. Then he shifted his eyes and looked down at the knot.

“How can you be so precious…”

He looked like he was deeply moved. He couldn’t keep her words in her sleep, but he cleared his voice and said,

“Thank you very much.”

He bent his knees slightly to make eye contact with the smaller Leticia.

“Now that you’ve done this, Wife’s knot of origins will surely come true. That will happen seven years later from today, at the latest, by the time the full moon sets.”

She had a brief eye contact with him, who had a face covered with a mask.

He’s a monster. He might have some ugly eyes.

But at that moment, there was a sparkle of faith and kindness. She felt she saw a hint of light through the mask.

“It’s a promise okay?”

“It’s a promise.”

The two faced each other.

Halstead’s family looked at him with a smile, giving up their worries for a moment.

The innocent heart of a twelve-year-old girl, that has goodwill, looked like she wanted to drive out all the misfortunes that would come to their Lord.

“Then.”

Erden turned around and got on the horse he had prepared.

“Let’s go!”

The elite soldiers who decided to go to the expedition were also on horseback. He said goodbye to his family and relatives for the last time and has set off.

Leticia looked at her three grandmas.

They nodded their heads. As promised in advance, they all went up to the command tower.

Erden and the soldiers who had left the castle were seen running incessantly.

She looked until they disappeared far away, and the dust clouds they caused were completely gone.

Then they came down.

Alexa, Bastian, and Casaro faced each other.

“It’s about time.”

Alexa said.

Leticia and the three grandmothers headed to the command room in the heart of Halstead Castle.

There was a flagpole laid on the high table in the middle. It was a shredder that drew the power of artifacts.

It looks like a small altar made of white marble. There was a holy image carved on the bottom.

Decorated with small jewels.

Alexa put the queen ant’s pendant in the top entrance and twitched the handle on the side.

Clank.

There was a crack in the artifact.

As the shredder rotated slowly, the fog came out. It spread slowly and surrounded the castle.

Tarua’s fog.

Thanks to this mist that grinds an artifact, Halstead Castle is now briefly lost in everyone’s perception.

It was like a powerful curse.

The people of the castle are still able to interact with the outside world. It is also possible to buy and sell goods or baggage vans and to hire new workers.

However, the opponent will turn around, and quickly forget the name “Halstead.”

Even if Halstead’s castle happens to be a hot topic among humans and demons in the north, it will disappear to the other side of consciousness the next moment.”

The magnificent castle is soon completely enveloped in mist.

Leticia looked out the window.

The wind that blew within the mist flipped her red hair.

“Me too…”

Leticia murmured.

A firm resolution rose in his puffy eyes.

“I have to get strong, too!”