My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 139

§ 139. The Hero of the North (2)

“Pardon? The Lord?”

“That’s right. I escorted Yale out, and then he was gone.”

Oslie nodded slightly at Amelia’s question.

A giant of nearly 7 feet.

The Margrave of the North, Oslie Batenberg.

Amelia had heard a lot about Oslie.

As a merchant, she was well-versed in famous figures.

How many people in the Empire wouldn’t know Oslie?

And indeed, she could immediately tell that his reputation was well-deserved.

Even without considering his swordsmanship or the level of his aura, the presence he exuded was extraordinary.

“Um… well, I haven’t seen him since a while ago either.”

“Is that so.”

“Um… I have a rough idea where he might be. I’ll guide you.”

“There’s no need for that, but.”

“No, I was just about to look for the Lord myself.”

Oslie nodded lightly at Amelia’s smiling face.

Amelia immediately rose from her seat.

The place where Cyan was.

Amelia didn’t know exactly.

But it was clear that he was with the Dark Elves.

Amelia had heard the detailed story from Cyan.

She knew that they were about to head to Ruben with the Dark Elves who had finished preparing to leave, so Cyan would probably be there too.

Amelia quickly moved her feet.

How many steps had she taken?

“Thank you. Thanks to the supplies you brought, the people of the North were able to avoid starvation.”

Oslie’s words came from behind.

“No. I didn’t really do anything. I just did what the Lord told me to do.”

“I know your help was significant in distributing the supplies. Without you, we wouldn’t have been able to receive and distribute them so quickly and appropriately.”

“If you say so…”

Amelia quickened her pace, feeling embarrassed for no reason.

The place she arrived at.

There, numerous Dark Elves were huddled together.

Amelia looked for Cyan’s figure among them.

But.

“Oh, he’s not here either.”

For some reason, Cyan’s figure was not visible.

She looked around and around, but Cyan’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

“It’s Amelia.”

Instead of Cyan, Sera strode towards Amelia.

“Ah, Sera. Do you know where the Lord is?”

“Lord? Hmm…”

Sera tilted her head for a moment, as if she didn’t understand Amelia’s words.

“Are you talking about Cyan?”

“Yes.”

“Yes. I know.”

Sera smiled brightly and nodded.

And she pointed to one corner with her finger.

“There.”

Amelia’s gaze followed Sera’s finger.

The place was a corner far away from the Dark Elves.

A secluded place that was hard to notice unless you looked closely.

And in that secluded place.

“Aaaaaaaaaah…!!!”

Cyan was trembling and shaking!

Ting! Ting!

《Kkweeeeeeeeeeek…!!!!!》

And even the faint notification sound coming from somewhere.

Amelia sighed without realizing it.

*What’s wrong this time?*

*You’d think I’d be used to it by now.*

*But I just can’t get used to it.*

At that moment.

“Amazing.”

Sera came up next to Amelia and said.

Sera’s clear, black eyes were looking at Cyan with a truly admiring expression.

“Amazing? That?”

*What’s so amazing about it?*

*Wouldn’t ‘grotesque’ be a more accurate expression?*

*Is that appearance amazing to Elves, perhaps?*

*I don’t know much about the ecology of Elves, but…*

“Yes. How can he tremble like that?”

“Ah.”

Amelia nodded slightly.

“I wouldn’t be able to do it even if I tried.”

Soon, Sera trembled her body.

Then, Sera’s graceful figure trembled as if she were performing a belly dance.

A movement that makes you lose your mind for a moment.

*Indeed, the race of beauty is the race of beauty…* I thought, and at the same time.

“Certainly…”

Compared to Cyan, there was a bit of a lack of vibe.

A tremor as if electricity was running through the whole body.

A movement as if receiving a call from God.

Sera’s tremor lacked that kind of sensibility.

Looking at it this way, Cyan was a little amazing.

“Aaaaaaaaaah…!! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!!”

How can he tremble his body like that?

That was an impossible movement unless he was possessed.

“Looking at it this way, it is amazing.”

“It’s really amazing.”

Amelia and Sera admired Cyan’s movements.

And Oslie, who was watching all this.

“……”

Oslie lost his words.

He really had nothing to say.

“Kkeuaaaaaaaaaa…!!”

What can you say when you see that!

“I want to learn too.”

“Why bother? And it’s not like you can learn it.”

Besides, even Amelia and Sera took that appearance for granted.

“……”

Oslie really had nothing to say.

How much time had passed?

“Hoo…! Hoo…!”

As if he had regained his senses, Cyan breathed out heavily.

Then suddenly.

He could feel the gaze towards him.

Amelia and Sera were looking at him with strange expressions.

And Oslie was making an expression that he couldn’t explain.

Cyan cleared his throat once.

And he cautiously opened his mouth towards Oslie.

“Um… when did you arrive?”

“It’s been a while.”

“I see.”

Cyan repeated clearing his throat once again.

An awkward silence settled down like that.

“But what brings you here…?”

“You ask that quickly.”

Oslie shook his head and slowly opened his mouth.

“I heard you’re leaving now.”

“Yes. The situation in the North is mostly settled.”

*More than anything, the money to squeeze out is all squeezed…* no.

Because I received enough money to spend.

“I have to go back.”

“That’s right.”

Oslie nodded once without saying anything else.

Then he gently turned his gaze to the Dark Elves huddled together.

The Dark Elves were waiting, having finished preparing to leave.

Oslie stared at them blankly.

Then suddenly, at the very front of the Dark Elves.

Asrandiz and Oslie’s eyes met.

The two stared at each other for a while.

Soon, Oslie moved his steps towards Asrandiz.

The two faced each other before long.

The two faced each other for a while, and the silence continued for quite a long time.

The Margrave who protects the North, Oslie.

The Forest Keeper who protects the Dark Elves, Asrandiz.

The two started with an unavoidable bad relationship in their respective positions.

“I heard you gave up your position as Forest Keeper.”

Oslie uttered in a low voice first.

“Because I no longer have the qualifications. I entrusted it to someone more qualified than me.”

With Asrandiz’s words, Oslie’s gaze briefly turned to Cyan.

Soon, Oslie, who turned his gaze again, slowly scanned Asrandiz.

A haggard appearance.

That powerful magic power that had reached the 8th Circle was no longer felt.

Oslie calmly spat out his words.

“You’ve lost all your power.”

“As you can see.”

“Do you think you paid the price.”

This time, no answer came back.

And Oslie didn’t urge the answer either.

The silence continued again.

After a long time, Oslie opened his mouth.

“The North will still not forgive the Dark Elves.”

“I know.”

Asrandiz nodded calmly.

The wounds the Dark Elves left in the North.

How can they forgive those who killed their family and friends?

Asrandiz had no intention of covering up the sins of the Dark Elves.

Isn’t that why he’s leaving the North as if he’s being chased out like this?

Asrandiz lowered his gaze slightly.

Oslie stared at such Asrandiz quietly.

And slowly.

Oslie turned his back on Asrandiz.

A huge body over 6 feet.

“But not all Northerners are like that.”

Oslie’s words were heard softly beyond his large back.

“I hope we can have a drink someday if we have the chance. In the Northern way.”

Oslie moved his steps.

Asrandiz blankly stared at Oslie’s back.

Oslie, who was moving his steps, soon passed by Cyan’s front.

“Your expression is very clumsy. Is that the Northern way?”

“Shut up. Go away quickly instead of spouting nonsense.”

Cyan burst into a smirk.

“Come to think of it, where is Panat?”

“He left first. He said he was urgently called by his family and asked me to tell you he was sorry for leaving without saying goodbye.”

*I wondered why I couldn’t see him.*

*Well, I can’t help it since his family urgently called him.*

“Then I’ll be on my way too!”

Oslie just silently moved his steps without answering.

*I thought that appearance was very Oslie-like.*

*At the same time, I thought it wasn’t like Oslie.*

“Anyway…”

“Bear Uncle is Bear Uncle.”

Cyan agreed with Sera’s words a hundred times.

Well, anyway.

It’s time to leave now.

Cyan raised his gaze and looked ahead.

The Dark Elves huddled together.

Their expressions contained a hint of fear.

It’s a situation where they have to leave the home where they have lived their whole lives.

Besides, the reason for that wasn’t very good either.

In fact, it was no different from being kicked out.

How could their feelings be good?

“Let’s go.”

Cyan slowly moved his steps as if to soothe such Dark Elves.

Amelia, Sera, and the Knights and soldiers of Ruben followed Cyan first.

Following them, Asrandiz and numerous Dark Elves followed.

In that way, Cyan took his group and headed out of the Count’s castle.

The first step towards Ruben after all the situations in the North were finished.

With that complicated feeling, one step, two steps.

It was the moment when he was heading towards the main gate of the Count’s castle.

“They’re here!”

Suddenly, a loud shout was heard from the front.

Immediately, his vision.

Cyan could see the crowd filling his vision.

And the shouts of the people.

“Young Lord Cyan! And the Knights of Ruben! Thank you so much!”

“Thank you so much for not turning away from us. Thank you so much for helping us.”

“You’ll come visit us again someday, right?!”

They were smiling brightly and waving their hands towards Cyan and his procession.

Also, even when looking at the Dark Elves, they did not raise hatred and anger.

“It’s not your fault.”

“We don’t hate you!”

“Although we’re parting like this, I hope you’ll be happy where you’re going!”

Rather, they sympathized with and understood their pain.

Just now, Oslie said that not all Northerners were like that.

Perhaps he was talking about these people, including himself.

“Th, th, that’s…”

“We…”

The Dark Elves were greatly embarrassed, not knowing what to do.

In that way, Cyan and the Knights of Ruben.

The Dark Elves moved their steps with blank expressions.

And everywhere those steps passed.

Everywhere their eyes met.

The people’s heartfelt greetings were constantly seen and heard.

Soon, Cyan could see the crowd standing in an orderly manner in front of him.

It was none other than the soldiers and knights of the North.

They were the ones who had fought together against the crisis that had befallen the North.

As Cyan’s group passed by, they clenched their right hands into fists and placed them on their left chests.

Clack! Clack!

Each time, the sound of armor colliding echoed hotly.

Clack. Clack.

That sound continued until the very last person in the procession passed through the soldiers.

And when the last person in the procession came out from among the soldiers.

“Everyone, line up!!”

A thunderous voice erupted from the center of the soldiers.

A man in a neat uniform.

It was none other than Oslie’s son, Bendington Batenberg.

Bendington drew the sword he was wearing on his waist and raised it high.

Along with him, numerous knights and soldiers of the North followed Bendington and raised their swords high.

And at that very moment.

“Always remember!!”

A roar-like shout was heard from one side.

A voice as if a ferocious beast was roaring.

When he turned around, there was a large figure reaching 6 feet.

It was none other than Oslie, who he thought had left, standing with a huge greatsword raised high.

“Whenever. Wherever.”

And Oslie’s shout continued.

“Our North will always welcome your visit!”

At the same time.

“To the benefactor!!!”

Bendington shouted, receiving Oslie’s words.

“Salute!!!”

Clack!!

A restrained sound erupted all at once.

It heated up the air of the Count’s castle.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

A tremendous roar covering the sky burst out from the Count’s castle and filled the entire North.

#

The Charlotte Empire.

A nation founded by Charlotte the Great, the leader of the six heroes of Arnaiz, who saved the world from the invasion of demons a thousand years ago.

A place where geniuses from all over the continent gather.

The highest point of all human civilization.

If someone asks about the fate of the continent.

Have them look up and gaze at the Charlotte Empire.

For over a thousand years of long history, the Charlotte Empire had established itself as the best nation on the continent in name and reality.

As people from all over the continent gathered, numerous incidents and accidents occurred.

And countless changes took place.

Therefore, ordinary events could not attract people’s attention.

But now.

“Hey, have you heard that story?”

“Huh? What story?”

The entire Charlotte Empire was buzzing with one incident.

It was none other than the incident that turned the entire North upside down.

Also, the major incident that almost turned the entire Empire upside down beyond the North.

Until now, it had been hushed up inside the Imperial Palace, but there was a limit to that.

The story that leaked from the Imperial Palace soon spread to the capital.

The story that spread from the capital spread again to the entire Empire.

“Of course, man. Who in the Empire doesn’t know about it now?”

Words without feet travel thousands, tens of thousands of miles in an instant [meaning rumors spread quickly].

“I heard the North was almost turned upside down?”

“Don’t even mention it. My cousin is from the North. When I hear the story, I really don’t know how to express it…”

“It’s that bad?”

“The entire Empire was almost turned upside down beyond the North. Even now, the North is said to be suffering greatly from the damage…”

“Rumor has it that it was the resurrection of a demon?”

“There were such rumors, but that wasn’t it. It was said to be the work of Dark Elves using black magic.”

Everywhere in the Empire, stories of the Northern incident were flowing out.

“The work of Dark Elves…”

“I heard that even Panat and the Arcanic Magic Corps were not enough.”

“Even the elite of Rothschild were helpless?”

“It was almost a big deal.”

Therefore, the existence that naturally comes out.

“Young Lord Cyan solved such an incident?”

Cyan Elandur.

“To be exact, the Knights of Ruben were also with him. I heard the Knights of Ruben also played a big role?”

And the Knights of Ruben.

People talked about the merits of Cyan and Ruben.

But not all people were like that again.

“Young Lord Cyan, you mean Cyan Elandur? That good-for-nothing of the Marquis family?”

The good-for-nothing of the Marquis family.

A incompetent loafer.

The rumors that modified Cyan.

Those rumors remained and undermined his merits.

“Hey, you must have misheard. Isn’t it Kai Elandur, not Cyan Elandur?”

“Yes, that must be it.”

Some people even denied it, saying it was a false rumor.

And if it were in the past, other people would have agreed.

But.

“Hey! You people. What nonsense are you talking about.”

“Are you still believing those rumors?”

It was different now.

“Young Lord Cyan is not a good-for-nothing!”

“The hero of the West and the hero of the North!”

“Even the magnanimity to embrace the sins of the Dark Elves!”

“He is truly a hero of the Empire!”

The rumors that modified Cyan could no longer exert their power.

The Northern incident struck the entire Empire.

Accordingly, Cyan’s performance also spread widely through word of mouth.

And originally, once a rumor spreads, it gains life and becomes uncontrollable.

“Isn’t this the birth of a new star of the Empire!”

The star of the Empire, which simply refers to a genius and transcends a supernova.

Only two people in the Empire had received this title.

Kai Elandur.

Panat Rothschild.

Cyan even began to gain the title of the third new star of the Empire following those two.

Of course, he was not recognized by everyone in the Empire.

Therefore, he had not yet gained the title of the star of the Empire.

However, the fact that such a story was coming out.

That itself shocked many people.

“The work in the West last time too…”

“You’re really amazing. Really.”

In that way, Cyan and Ruben in the Empire.

The stories of these two were constantly spreading.

And…

Elandur Manor, located in the eastern part of the Empire, Elandur Territory.

Among that manor, Durak’s office.

“…That’s all for the whole story about the Northern incident.”

Eron, who finished speaking, calmly bowed his head.

The leader of the White Wolf Knights, Eron.

And the person receiving the report from such Eron.

The head of Elandur.

At the same time as being the Empire’s No. 1 sword, he is the undisputed No. 1 sword on the continent.

Durak Elandur.

“……”

Durak did not utter any words.

He was just sitting in the office chair and tapping his index finger.

The silence heavily settled throughout the office.

Durak briefly recalled the memories of the past.

‘If I do not achieve satisfactory results for the Lord, I will return to the family immediately without waiting for four months.’

The condition that Cyan had set before leaving for the North.

In fact, it was right to send Kai originally.

This Northern incident was so serious that the Emperor directly requested help.

Therefore, it was the right decision to send the star of the Empire, not the good-for-nothing of the Marquis family.

Nevertheless, Durak sent Cyan.

The Margrave’s anger and the Emperor’s rebuke were expected.

He was fully aware of the ripple effect it would bring.

However, he thought that it was worth enduring that much.

If he could gain a justification to quickly return Cyan to the family.

But now.

Things went in a completely unexpected direction.

The expectation that he would fail naturally was shattered.

No, it wasn’t just shattered.

“…In some areas, there are even words that he is the new star of the Empire.”

Thud.

Durak’s finger, which had been tapping the table, stopped at Eron’s continued words.

At the same time, the air in the office settled heavily once again.

In that heavy silence.

Durak continued his thoughts.

There is nothing to lose.

No, there are only gains, not losses.

New star of the Empire.

With that, the name of Elandur has become high.

Also, he was able to gain confidence in the idea of returning Cyan to the family.

But…

Something is strange.

Things were going more than well.

Things couldn’t be going better than this.

But something… something is strange.

I feel like something is off.

This feeling that I’m missing something.

But Durak couldn’t know what it was.

“……”

Durak fell into deep thought.

Cyan successfully resolved the Northern incident.

There was no room for discussion about this.

However, the condition that Cyan set was none other than Durak’s ‘satisfaction’.

And satisfaction is ultimately a matter of subjectivity.

If Durak insists, Cyan must follow.

However, there were also things that Durak couldn’t just insist on.

It was none other than the fact that Cyan had caught the Emperor’s eye.

To be exact, even the Emperor praised Cyan’s merits.

If Cyan mentions the Emperor, Durak can’t help it either.

Then, only the appearance of insisting will be lost.

So it was right to just leave it alone.

Anyway, there are only about two months left until the promised deadline.

There was no big problem even if he waited about two months.

But… something is bothering me.

Something is bothering me if I wait like this.

“……”

Should I insist?

Or should I wait?

Durak’s worries became quite long.

A silence that couldn’t even breathe properly continued.

After a long time passed like that.

“…Go and tell Cyan.”

Durak’s closed mouth opened.

#

The journey to Ruben with the Dark Elves.

It couldn’t be said that the process was easy.

However, there was no particularly difficult process.

Just the problems that arise from moving a large number of people.

There was nothing particularly difficult other than those.

In a word, there were no particular problems in coming to the Dark Forest area.

However, there was one strange thing.

Ting!

《Your name and Ruben’s name are constantly spreading throughout the Empire!!》

《Fame Point + 3,000 P》

《Fame Point + 4,000 P》

《Fame Point + 5,000 P》

《Fame Point + 2,000 P》

《Fame Point + 3,000 P》

《Fame Point + 6,000 P》

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“…What is this again?”

Cyan was dumbfounded by the continuously rising notification windows.