My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 185

§ 185. Elena (2)

Elena waved her hands vehemently.

“Oh, no! What are you suddenly talking about?”

“Um… marriage is with someone you like, right?”

“Well, yes, but…”

“So, Elena doesn’t like Cyan?”

“……”

Elena was momentarily speechless.

At the same time, her heart raced, and her face turned red.

“Your face is red.”

Sera smiled at Elena’s reaction.

“I like Cyan.”

And then Sera spoke again.

At the same moment, the tree suddenly shook violently.

The branches moved and began to tickle Sera.

That bizarre sight was quite something.

It felt as if… it was jealous.

Elena internally blamed her own foolishness.

What does it mean for a tree to be jealous?

But why?

“Kya-ha. Insteez likes it too!”

With Sera’s words, the shaking tree calmed down.

Elena was able to calm down a little at the strange sight.

“Anyway. After listening to Sera… I don’t think I wanted to be anything other than a princess. I don’t really want to do anything else.”

I thought I was working hard, but…

In reality, I may have just been living as things came.

Living as given.

As a woman, the only thing I can do is fulfill my duty as a princess.

So, the sense of duty as a princess is…

Perhaps it was an excuse that Elena came up with.

Is that why?

Elena may have been envious of Leia.

Charlotte and Leia.

Conrad and Elena.

There was a gap of a thousand years, but in some ways, their positions were similar.

However, the paths they walked were different.

Elena walks the given path.

Leia has been pioneering her own path.

Elena seemed to envy Leia.

Because Elena couldn’t be like Leia.

Even if she wanted to be like Leia, Elena couldn’t.

“You can’t be happy every day.”

Sera said at that moment.

“But there can be happy things every day.”

Sera looked at Elena and continued to speak.

“Don’t try to contain too much. If you indiscriminately contain too many colors, you’ll end up turning black. Sometimes you have to know how to let go.”

“Rest is not laziness. Sometimes, lie down on Insteez like this. Listen to the whispers of the wind. Look at the clouds floating in the sky.”

Sera smiled brightly.

“It’s never a waste of time.”

The sight of Sera was truly pure and beautiful.

Perhaps that’s why Elena felt her heart calm down.

“Are you comforting me?”

“No. I’m encouraging you.”

Elena let out a hollow laugh at Sera’s answer.

Isn’t that the same thing?

But Sera didn’t seem to think so.

“Comfort and encouragement are different. You have to comfort someone who is in sorrow. Because sorrow is a wound. But Elena isn’t in sorrow.”

“Is that so?”

“Of course. Elena isn’t sad. Elena just doesn’t know what to do. She’s lost her direction.”

And Sera continued.

“That’s not a wound.”

Elena was momentarily stunned.

She couldn’t adapt to the given fate.

She thought she couldn’t, so she was envious of someone.

But Sera said that losing direction is not a wound.

“I don’t think you have to be something. Cyan said that too. What if you’re useless? You’re a person. You don’t have to be a good person to everyone.”

Elena was once again lost in thought.

Elena had been trapped in her sense of duty as a princess.

Conrad and the Emperor had repeatedly told Elena.

You don’t have to be overly obsessed with your sense of duty.

But in reality, it didn’t resonate with her.

But.

“… I see. Why have I always tried to be a good person?”

Why do Sera’s words resonate with me now?

Maybe I was trying to contain too many colors.

Maybe I was losing direction.

I still don’t know.

“Then earlier, was Sera missing the timing to be surprised a wound?”

“Yes… that was a wound.”

Sera made a sullen expression.

Elena burst out laughing again.

“So sometimes it’s good to cry alone. No, you have to cry for yourself. I cry alone too. I cried yesterday too.”

“You cried yesterday?”

“Yeah. My favorite orb broke. It was something I really cherished…”

Sera’s eyes became moist as she thought about what happened yesterday.

It seemed that there were more and more things to laugh about when I was with Sera.

“Anyway. That’s it. And Elena… you said you never wanted to be something.”

“That’s right…?”

“Then let’s find out together what you want to be. That’ll be fun!”

“Sera too?”

“Yeah. What do you want to do, Elena? Is there anything you like? Besides Cyan.”

Elena was about to say something but sighed softly.

“Um… I don’t really like anything. Other than when I enjoy having refreshments, there’s nothing really…”

“Refreshments? Does Elena like to cook?”

“That’s not what I meant. I’ve never cooked before.”

For a princess to cook.

What nonsense is that?

“Really? Then let’s try it!”

But Sera didn’t seem to think so.

“Yes? Now?”

“Yeah! Let’s do it right away while we’re at it. If you ask Dana to teach you, she’ll teach you. Dana is a really good cook! Let’s go!”

Then Sera grabbed Elena’s hand and led her away.

Her strength was really something else.

“Wait, Sera! I’m not ready yet…!”

Elena had no choice but to be dragged away by Sera.

#

Cyan’s office located in Lord’s Castle Lv.3.

“… What is this?”

Cyan was truly dumbfounded.

No, should I say I’m dumbfounded by this?

First of all, the dumplings placed on the office table.

Steam was rising from them, as if they had just been made.

And.

“Ah… um… that, that’s…”

Elena was at a loss in front of him.

And next to Elena.

“Elena and Cyan made it together!”

Sera was eating dumplings with both cheeks full.

Cyan calmly reviewed the situation once again.

Dumplings with rising steam.

Elena, who doesn’t know what to do.

Sera, who is eating dumplings with both cheeks full.

“… What is this all about?”

No matter how much Cyan thought about it, he couldn’t understand the current situation.

Cyan turned his gaze back to the dumplings on the table.

Dumplings with rising steam.

The appearance looked quite plausible.

“Did the Princess make this?”

“Yes…”

Elena nodded slightly.

Cyan was dumbfounded at Elena’s reaction.

How could a princess cook?

Ah, did she order the people below to do it?

So, she only gave orders and brought the food as if she made it herself?

For a moment, he thought so, but he quickly shook his head.

Elena’s left cheek.

Along with Elena’s fair skin, there was a little bit of whiter flour on it.

It seemed that he hadn’t been able to confirm it because it was cleverly hidden in her hair.

I don’t know what wind blew to make her cook.

And I didn’t know the details of the process.

However, it seemed certain that these dumplings were made with Elena’s touch.

“Why suddenly cooking…? Was cooking your hobby?”

“No. This is my first time.”

As expected, Elena had never cooked before.

In other words, these dumplings were the first dish Elena had ever tried.

At the same time, it was the first time she had ever made dumplings.

She brought it to Cyan to eat.

‘Did she put poison in it?’

For a moment, Cyan couldn’t help but think this.

But Cyan quickly shook his head.

There was no way Elena would do that.

It seemed that his delusions were a little excessive because of the Kerner incident last time.

‘It was dumplings back then too.’

Come to think of it, how did you know I liked dumplings?

Cyan thought so and glanced at the container where the dumplings were placed.

And as expected.

Or should I say fortunately.

‘It’s not a two-tiered lunch box.’

It wasn’t a two-tiered lunch box.

The dumplings didn’t seem to be poisoned.

No, there was no way there could be poison in the first place.

If that were the case, Sera, who was puffing out her cheeks next to Elena right now.

“Cyan, eat it!”

Sera should have grabbed her neck and collapsed a long time ago.

But seeing her continuing to pick up dumplings and eat them, there didn’t seem to be any problems.

And if I leave it like this, Sera will eat all the dumplings.

Well, that wouldn’t be bad either…

Still, Elena, the princess, made it herself, so shouldn’t I taste it?

If I don’t even taste it, she might bring up the charge of insulting the royal family.

Cyan picked up a dumpling.

And after a moment of hesitation, he put it in his mouth.

The texture of the dumpling crunching, along with the juice bursting in his mouth.

“H-how is it…?”

Elena asked with a very nervous voice.

Cyan slightly raised his eyes and replied.

“It’s not bad?”

“R-really?”

“Yes. It’s really not bad?”

Cyan picked up another dumpling.

And without hesitation, he put the dumpling back into his mouth.

The dumpling skin and the meat inside were exquisitely intertwined and wrapped around his tongue.

It wasn’t an empty compliment, it was really good.

No, it wasn’t just good, it was quite delicious.

Of course, it was far from what Dana made.

But that was just because Dana’s food was really ridiculous [exceptionally good].

It wasn’t that these dumplings weren’t delicious.

It couldn’t be compared to Dana.

But if compared to what Cyan’s mother, Cecil, made when he was young, it was good enough.

In short, it was a skill that didn’t seem like someone who had cooked for the first time.

Cyan continued to put dumplings in his mouth.

And perhaps because of Cyan’s delicious eating.

“Hoo…”

Elena let out a big sigh of relief.

She was worried about what to do if it didn’t taste good.

She was relieved and happy that he was eating so deliciously.

Happy…?

Elena was definitely thinking that.

It was just an ordinary dish.

A dish made for someone other than herself.

“Um. It’s really not bad?”

But she felt really happy that he was eating so deliciously.

A feeling that she was experiencing for the first time as a princess.

And the object was not just someone else…

“But why did you suddenly cook…?”

Cyan’s question suddenly came.

“Y-yes?”

Elena was startled without realizing it.

Because it felt like her inner thoughts had been exposed.

But it was only Elena who felt guilty inside.

Cyan was not taking his eyes off the dumplings.

“I was wondering why you suddenly cooked when it’s not your hobby.”

“Ah, that, that’s…”

Elena’s eyes lost their way at Cyan’s continued question.

Her pupils shook from side to side as she searched for words to say in her head.

But she couldn’t think of anything to say.

Cyan tilted his head, wondering what was going on.

And right then.

“Cyan! There’s something!”

Sera shouted with a bright expression next to her.

“Sera! No! That’s not what I mean!”

But Elena was horrified and covered Sera’s mouth.

But Sera, unlike her appearance, was a high-level black magician [a powerful magic user].

She was not a woman that Elena could handle.

Hehe. Sera’s face smiling.

“Elena likes Cyan!”

Elena’s movements froze.

At the same time, Elena’s heart sank.

Elena’s face flushed in an instant, and her fair skin turned bright red.

Her trembling eyes couldn’t bear to look at Cyan’s eyes.

Her mind froze, and no thoughts came to mind.

“Ah… ah… that, that, that’s…”

Only rambling words came out of her mouth.

Just when she was at a loss and embarrassed.

“I see.”

Cyan’s voice was heard.

And somehow… Cyan’s reaction was very different from what she expected.

She slowly looked at him.

There, Cyan was eating dumplings with an indifferent face.

So, he didn’t care about what Sera had just said at all.

Was that a relief, but also a little disappointing for some reason?

“You’re not… surprised?”

“Um? Was it something to be surprised about?”

Cyan tilted his head and asked at Elena’s question.

Somehow it was the same reaction as Sera, but… anyway.

Cyan slowly opened his mouth.

“You’re someone who suddenly tells me to marry you. Is there any reason to be surprised by this?”

As he said, Cyan didn’t really attach any meaning to Sera’s words.

So, he didn’t give much meaning to the words that Elena liked Cyan.

Because it wasn’t really liking him.

It wouldn’t have been a word based on the emotion of love.

Cyan saw Elena as a woman bound by her duty as a princess.

A woman whose direction was slightly skewed from being too bound.

Wasn’t that why she suddenly asked Cyan to marry her?

She was someone who could easily talk about marriage, so what was the big deal about saying she liked him?

From the start, she was probably speaking as a party to a political marriage.

So, there was no reason to be surprised or embarrassed.

“R-right…? That’s right. Haha… Hahaha.”

As expected, Elena answered with an awkward laugh.

Then, she fanned herself to cool down her flushed face.

Cyan wondered why Elena was acting like that, but…

“The dumplings are delicious.”

He didn’t bother to ask.

#

Soon after the commotion.

Elena and Sera left the office, saying they would try making another dish.

To be precise, Sera forcibly dragged Elena out…

Still, Elena didn’t seem to dislike it.

He didn’t know how the two met, but they seemed to get along well.

Cyan didn’t think he needed to worry about it.

“That’s a relief.”

Cyan let out a small sigh of relief.

He had been so busy that he had forgotten to take care of Elena.

He had been so swamped with work that he had forgotten for a moment.

But if she was with Sera, he could rest easy.

Left alone in the office.

“Hmm…”

Cyan calmly organized his tasks.

First, he had to prepare for the territory war with Elan Dur.

He needed to build educational facilities in Ruben to train healers.

He also had to restore Charlotte’s swordsmanship.

He had to check Elan Dur’s ledger to find the source of the slush fund [illegal or secret money used for bribery or political purposes].

And why Sören’s name was written in Elan Dur’s ledger.

He had to uncover the secret of the Brahe family’s downfall.

He also had to uncover the truths of Elan Dur hidden behind the veil.

And that wasn’t all.

The truth Kyle faced was still shrouded in mystery.

The story quest to find the holy relic was still a mystery.

In addition, he had to use the beginner’s growth special package to train the Demon Blood Asura Sword…

“Damn it.”

Cyan muttered to himself.

No, there’s too much to do!

It was really piling up like a mountain!

Cyan pressed his temples, his head throbbing.

“Haa…”

A sigh escaped him.

But Cyan steeled himself again.

Either way, it was something he had to do.

And no matter how much it piled up like a mountain.

If he took it one step at a time, he would eventually be able to do it all.

“Well… there aren’t that many things I can do right now anyway.”

Above all, there wasn’t much he could do right now.

The territory war was no problem with Conrad and Elena around.

He needed gold to build educational facilities in Ruben.

There was nothing to say about Charlotte’s swordsmanship.

Checking Elan Dur’s ledger was only possible when Amelia came to her senses.

He had to give her enough time to recover from the shock of Elan Dur’s involvement in the Brahe family’s downfall.

Gold was urgent and important right now, but Amelia was more important.

Hans and Grayson were currently tracking the truth about Elan Dur.

As for the truth Kyle faced and the story quest…

He would be able to face them as he solved them one by one.

So, there was only one thing Cyan could do right now.

“Let’s think about where to use the remaining mileage.”

It was none other than where to use the 500,000 mileage.

The remaining mileage after purchasing the elixir was 500,000.

Therefore, he had to exclude the 『Special Facility』, which cost 1.5 million mileage.

He couldn’t save 1 million mileage before the expiration date.

He couldn’t save 100 million gold with gold.

Unless Conrad gave him 150 million gold.

It was impossible right now.

“Then I have to choose from special items…”

Cyan immediately took out his smartphone.

And accessed the 【Mileage Shop】.

He immediately touched the 『Special Items』 section.

Click.

– Elixir (Sold Out)

– Golden Apple (600,000 M)

– Heavenly Peach (620,000 M)

– Goblin Hat (600,000 M)

– Gleipnir (700,000 M)

– Megingjörð (500,000 M)

– Kestos Himation (300,000 M)

– Aegis Shield (650,000 M)

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With a light touch, numerous items were listed.

Items that looked extraordinary at first glance.

And after checking the efficacy of the elixir.

It was certain that all those items were real.

But.

“I need to know what they’re used for before I buy them.”

There was no user manual at all.

What they were used for, what effects they had.

There was no explanation at all.

It was literally saying, ‘Buy it if you know how to use it.’

Cyan carefully examined the mileage items.

But still.

“I don’t know…”

He couldn’t figure out what they were used for.

He couldn’t find any related legends.

No, there was only one.

He could find something that felt like he had seen it somewhere.

– Aegis Shield (650,000 M)

It was none other than the Aegis Shield.

Of course, he didn’t know what it was used for or what its effects were.

Seeing the word ‘shield’ in the back, he could only guess that it was a shield.

He wasn’t sure, but it seemed like an item that didn’t exist on the continent.

But.

“I feel like I’ve heard of this somewhere.”

He felt like he had heard of it somewhere.

He didn’t know if it was déjà vu, but it was definitely in his memory.

Cyan definitely remembered hearing the word Aegis Shield somewhere.

“When was it?”

Was it when he first came to Ruben?

Was it when he annihilated the Orc village?

So, it must have been when he bought the Singijeon [Korean multiple rocket launcher]?

Clap!

“Ah! That’s right! Advertisement!”

Cyan clapped and shouted as the thought suddenly came to him.

He definitely remembered.

He had seen it in an advertisement.

With a thought suddenly popping into his head, Cyan immediately went to the advertisement section.

Advertisements that he hadn’t seen well since removing the ads.

No, advertisements that he hadn’t even glanced at.

Cyan groped for the memory in the countless advertisement items.

And finally, he was able to find the advertisement in his memory.

Click.

《Are you dreaming of becoming a Paladin?》

《Tanker, Healer, Dealer. A hybrid class that can encompass all of them! It’s the epitome of solo play!》

《Is that why? Paladin fever is sweeping across the dimensions!》

《Are you also dreaming of becoming a Paladin?》

《Are you imagining protecting allies, healing them, and burning enemies?》

《For those of you, we have prepared something not so great, but amazing.》

Tada!

《Aegis Shield!》

《Also known as the Aegis Shield, it can block any attack!》

《It’s the invincible shield!》

《Is that all? The special effect attached to the shield turns the person looking at it into stone!》

《Automatic taxidermy!》

《Are you surprised? Are you already itching to buy it?》

《Don’t worry! We’re giving away this amazing S-class shield for only 1,000,000 G!》

《However, the user can also turn into stone!》

《Be careful not to look at the shield when using it!》

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“······”

It was an advertisement he hadn’t seen in a while, but it was still crazy.

No, above all.

“What’s the point if the user turns into stone too?”

Why are they selling this?

Maybe that’s why he didn’t even think about it back then.

Anyway, the ‘Aegis Shield’ was in the advertisement.

The same name as the one sold in mileage.

And considering the price… it seemed like a fake.

The Aegis Shield sold in the advertisement was 1 million gold.

But the one sold in the mileage shop was a whopping 650,000 mileage.

In gold, it was 65 million gold.

The price difference was a whopping 65 times, so it seemed like a fake.

So, the items sold in the advertisement were imitations.

This meant.

The Aegis Shield sold in the mileage shop was definitely different from the advertisement.

Maybe… it didn’t have the crazy function of turning the user into stone.

“Right…?”

Maybe it would.

Well, anyway.

“Are the other items in the advertisement too?”

If so, there was a high possibility that the other items were in the advertisement too.

Although it was a lower-compatible product, he could still get hints about the performance of the original.

“I knew it. That’s why there were no explanations for the items.”

Cyan could finally understand the reason.

The reason why they didn’t sell user manuals even with cash.

“Why are they selling ad removal if they’re going to do this?”

It seemed like a trick to make people watch the advertisements no matter what.

#

After Conrad and Elena came to Ruben.

Time passed quickly, and before he knew it, a week had passed.

And during that week, life in Ruben was monotonous.

Conrad learned Charlotte’s swordsmanship from Leia.

Elena seemed to be immersed in cooking, learning from Dana.

Sera was with them in the process, but anyway.

The Royal Knights continued their training disguised as sparring with the knights of Ruben.

And each of them was receiving teachings from Kendrick from time to time.

Now they are spending their vacations in Ruben.

“Damn it…!”

Cyan shouted at the smartphone screen with bloodshot eyes.

Items in special items.

To check the information, Cyan checked the advertisements countless times.

He stayed up all night looking at the smartphone screen.

“How many advertisements are there!”

But there were too many advertisements!

It wasn’t a joke.

There were really hundreds of thousands of them!

Hundreds of thousands?

Ha! Don’t be ridiculous.

It looked like there were millions, not a lie.

In the expression of a mobile lord, it seemed like all the advertisements in the dimension were gathered.

So, for a week, his eyes were falling out.

No, as a result of checking only the advertisements with his eyes really falling out.

All he got were two red eyes.

And only trivial information.

Look at this!

[Kestos Himation] – (300,000 M)

『▶As a result of checking the advertisement, it is a belt with the ability to charm the opponent.

It is said to emit tremendous charm the moment you wear it.

Once you fall into this charm, you can never escape.

It can charm all heterosexuals.

But the problem is that it also charms homosexuals.

So, even if a man wears it, a man is charmed.

The opposite is also true.

Even if the races are different, it is possible.

Elves, dwarves, and beastmen are like that.

Orcs, trolls, goblins, bears, horses, tigers, etc.

It charms all races that have the concept of gender.

It’s a crazy thing.

Be careful because you can get into big trouble if you wear it carelessly.』

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“Why are you selling this kind of thing!!”

It was information about items that had gone out of their minds!

It was an item that had gone crazy beyond being out of its mind!

In addition, the advertisement added.

There was a ridiculous content saying, 《Strongly recommended for succubus!》.

Well, it was only limited to the items in the advertisement.

The real thing sold in the mileage shop might be different.

But something felt uneasy.

What if it really charms even homosexuals, even if it’s other races?

“······”

It was a terrible thing to even think about.

Cyan tore up the paper with the information.

No, he burned it with aura before he could tear it up.

Because that’s in any case.

Even if a knife is stuck in his neck.

He will never buy it!

“Haa…”

Cyan sighed deeply.

He had no choice but to get that kind of information after spending a week with his eyeballs falling out.

But.

“It’s a relief that it wasn’t all fruitless.”

Not all items were like that.

There were normal items, and some of them had fraudulent performance.

Of course, he hadn’t checked all the advertisements.

As he said, there were too many advertisements.

It was not enough to check all the advertisements in a week.

Nevertheless, Cyan was able to organize the performance of quite a few items.

And he was able to select items with fraudulent performance.

Among them, the item Cyan chose this time was this.

[Megingjörð] – (500,000 M)

It was none other than an item named Megingjörð.