Vol 13 Chapter 242 (2/2)
In order to precisely convey info, Rauno hid his body, and listened in
“Come to think of it, did you know Rauno was in ‘is party that day?”
When one of the three-hts said that, another’s eyebrow , as they didn’t know about Rauno
“Who’s that?”
“The knights’ disgrace He uses a skill that’s prettysaid he wasn’t worthy to be a knight, and drove ‘im out Coulda executed ‘im too”
Hearing the opinion of a standard knight wasn’t enough to agitate Rauno Dirty as left as his responsibility
And when that canized hiht
“’e’ll use a guy like that No doubt that Lyle guy’s a dirty one Beiht, he’d be lucky to get the menial labor”
Getting a bloated ego frohts let out their coh
And in that, one of them spoke
“Ah~ if only I’d have saved the queen, then I’d be king by now”
Rauno wanted to give a bitter shtest bit of info gathered, on top of letting Larc do as he pleased Rehter Sarcastic laugher
And after hearing a few o full circle, he walked off Thinking them the words of drunks, he couldn’t help but be sorow cold to him
(It’s colder than Bei it)
And feeling that cold, Rauno disappeared into a crowd…
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… In a room of the castle, Aria and Clara sat to Lyle’s sides
Splendid food lined the table, and an orchestra was perfor to welcome them
Around were , while before Lyle’s eyes, Ludant chair and folded her legs
She put her lips to a glass of wine, and after sipping only a little, she parted it That action was fascinating
Aria looked at Ludmilla, and felt just a little jealous
(Since she was called the princess knight, I thought she’d be cruder)
Compared with herself, it looked as if every one of her opponents exceeded her
Ludmilla opened her mouth
“Is the food to your tastes?”
Lyle smiled
“Yes, it’s extre treated to such a welcoetic”
Ludmilla smiled a bit
“It’s for my future husband We’ll at least do this much”
She boldly declared Lyle her future husband, and she didn’t see, but that she felt his smile was mildly strained was because of all the time she’d spent with him
All the way froest
(We’ve been together for more than a year It went by in the blink fo an eye)
When winter passed, and spring came, it would already be two years She was a year older than Lyle, and about to turn eighteen
She hadn’t slackened inher red hair, but even so she was an adventurer There couldn’t help but be times where she was unable to, and from the start, her personality wasn’t one to care for it so thoroughly Her skin was alsooff the feel of an adventurer
She had gained more wounds that wouldn’t fade, and when compared to Ludmilla, Aria couldn’t help but feel a sense of inferiority
There, Ludmilla looked at her
“A bath has been prepared Today, take it easy, and heal the fatigue fro I’d like to talk about with the two of you over there”
The ones Ludnated were Aria and Clara…
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… Clara answered Ludmilla’s invitation, and accompanied Aria to the bath
In that large bathing area, a bath that looked like it had been carved out of solid stone was bestoith sculptures, with gold orna them
It was a huge bathing… but the only one who usually used it was Lud quiet around, acting as guards
The surrounding scenery… with much to steal one’s eyes away, Clara and Aria’s eyes were directed at Ludmilla’s body
She had been wearing an outfit would a low degree of exposure, so they hadn’t noticed it But Ludmilla’s body also had ure
“You’re prettier than I thought That Lyle averted his eyes when he saw ht he had some unconventional preferences, but that doesn’t look to be the case Seems I can hold some expectations”
Laughing, Luds She had lowered herself onto the stone steps leading into it, so it looked as if she was sitting in a seat
Seeing her painful forht as a knight, those wounds were surely all over her body No, perhaps it was only natural for them to be there
“… You’ve got quite… a few scars”
When Clara said that, Ludmilla smiled
“I used to be quite strong-willed, you see Like hell I’d lost to any man, I’d say as I went out front and troubledyourself on the brink of death a nus Back then, I never even thought I would end up as queen”
Wearing black clothing stuck so close to her skin, not showing much of her bare skin seemed to be to hide the wounds
And Ludmilla spoke a little embarrassed
“I think I’ve said it before, but I approve of mistresses That’s the extent of a oal, I’m sure that’s impossible And so… will the two of you lend me your power?”
On the call to action, Clara was confused
“Um, by that, do you mean…”
When Aria nervously asked, Ludmilla made a dark smile as she spoke
“That’s right A faction More than ten ht? Then it’s only natural for me to hold a faction of my own”
Clara thought over what she should do
(Build a faction able to oppose Novem-san and Miranda-san? What a pain)
Seeing their silence, Ludmilla spoke
“Well, just think over it I’ll offer better conditions than the others Because Cartaffs is a large country, after all And I’ve bad affinity with those woled, it is inevitable we shant get along”
Aria was troubled Naturally, Clara was as well Fro the standards for which they were chosen Clara asked
“You don’t think we could already be of another faction?”
Ludh it
“I think you are But you don’t have a clear allegiance yet, right? If you e, that party of yours would crumble at once”
Aria stood Showing off her trained body, and letting her large breasts sway
“Then why bring it out with this ti!?”
Ludmilla spoke with a serious expression
“… It’s not like I’ve any intentions to get in the way But the witches of Rusworth and Galleria They’re bad news On top of not being accustomed to men, they don’t understand men in their essence Their desire to monopolize instantly co his feet In all actuality, if Lorphys hadn’t et in the way, they may have lain hands on Lyle And if it ended like that, it wouldn’t have been interesting for you, right?”
It seems Ludmilla was involved in the conveniently timed envoys from Lorphys
Clara thought back to the words Novem handed down
‘Please protect Lyle-sama’s chastity I don’t mind if you use Aria-san and Monica-san’
She had said Novem ary of it, and Ludmilla was as well
Ludmilla looked at Clara’s face
“So you kneell? Well, it matters not It seems the balance has barely been preserved up to now, but can you say that about it forever? Personally, I don’t want such a grand plan twisted by women problems I won’t force you to join a faction But I’d be happy if you’d cooperate without getting in the way”
Seeing Ludmilla’s sh strength to hold the female camp down, and it’s not as if she had full trust towards Novem
After looking down a bit
“Understood I will assist”
Ludhed, while Aria looked at Clara with a surprised face
“I’m thankful I looked into you, and from the moment I did, I wanted to have you by my side”
It seems Ludmilla had looked into Clara That wouldfull well
Aria looked at Clara with an unsatisfied expression
“Clara, you…”
In the bath devoid of Lyle, the wo the scale of the strife to come…