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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 291

Princess of Messina Vance da Ithisel tossed and turned due to the discomfort caused by the breastplate she was wearing for the first time..

The ceremonial armor made only for the royal family did not need to worry about strength because the enchanted magic was more important than the original performance of the armor, and as a result, it was as light as the clothes she was wearing, but hardness was unavoidable. The only person watching was her close aide, Heyri, but the butler, Heyri, who was watching Messina squirming around without being able to move much to protect her body, smiled faintly at the owner's appearance and quietly approached her and said,.

"I will adjust the shoulder straps and tighten the belts on the left and right a little more. You may feel a little pressure, but it's better than having it bother you every time you move.."

"Well, please do that.."

As a skilled butler and knight, Heyri's actions were completed in an instant. Messina, feeling much more comfortable, smiled with satisfaction and began to focus on his work again. She then asked, not long after that she didn't go back to her place and she looked at Heyri who was still a little close to her..

"There's something I want to say, heyri?"

"...no."

Actually, there was a lot I wanted to say. From why Messina, who had no talent in combat, had to wear armor and supervise the management of the underground waterway in the name of the royal family, why he went so far as to drastically reduce the number of guards, etc. It was not that I doubted my master's intelligence, but it was not easy to understand that he only chose to do things that were far from safe..

Messina respected his subordinate's attitude and nodded slightly before focusing on his work again. In any case, all she had to do was sit with an expressionless face and read reports from the areas where the survey was completed, not in the royal palace, but in a building with the grandiose name “Temporary Command Center for Underground Waterway Ecology Confirmation.”.

An act that was nothing more than a leisurely investigation from the victor's perspective of the threats he may have planted after defeating the traitor Envelde. To emphasize that there is no threat, it is a show-off event in which Messina, who is accompanied by a minimum of escorts and the entire nation knows that it has nothing to do with battle, must drive a wedge by moving..

It had to look that way, and luckily it did look that way..

'Too many things are being sacrificed to preserve the prestige of the Holy Light Cross Society..'

Of course, the substance was completely different. Messina looked at her report and wondered if the scales in her mind would tip towards her loss..

The Holy Light Cross Society provided a lot of help during the long war against the demons, has many believers, and is actually one of the few religions where the vast majority of branches operate for the public good rather than self-interest. It might be at any other time, but at a time like this when the war had not yet ended, we could not allow the story to spread that the center of religion had been corrupted and collapsed by the devil..

Already, due to the recent raid on the port city, the previously maintained boundary between tension and relaxation has been greatly shaken. If religion, which can be said to be the pillar of the heart, is shaken, there is no telling what kind of repercussions it will have..

So the kingdom 'pretended' to stand by and watch as the Holy Light Cross Society extended a helping hand to the warriors in the empire. It wasn't that I asked for help because I was truly powerless, but 'the Holy Light Cross was also attacked because the threat was so great that the warrior had to move.' Because she knew better than anyone else that she needed the title, and that a warrior was needed to maintain the authority of the recently discovered saint..

Considering that the royal family's prestige might be diminished in the process, it was truly a huge concession. Since I couldn't show condescension openly, I couldn't even complain even if the Holy Light Cross Society wiped my mouth later, but there was nothing I could do. Because the war was not carried on by the royal family alone..

But then another problem arose..

The battle at the headquarters may have been only a preliminary battle, and I can still hear the sighs that my father, King Ithisel VII, shed when he heard that the devil worshipers were planning to release a devil, a being equivalent to the Great Devil, in the center of the kingdom's capital. It was like.

It would be right to consider myself lucky that I was able to avoid wasting time on meaningless responsibilities. The king was able to personally accept the excuses that the Holy Knights were not aware of because it was being carried out in a new way that had never been seen before, and was able to immediately begin preparing countermeasures at a time when the speaking rights of nobles belonging to the House of Nobles were greatly reduced due to the traitor Envelde. It was possible.

If he were alive, how much disruption would there have been? Naturally, seeing as devil worshipers have been hiding in underground waterways, they have not yet been discovered, but it is not difficult to guess that Envelde may have done one or two tricks while devoting manpower to inspecting waterways over the past few years..

What if he had already been working with devil worshipers for a long time and used this incident as an opportunity to rise up on a large scale? What if he belatedly decided to cooperate even if it wasn't a cooperative relationship? Messina, momentarily distracted and making such an assumption, felt her goosebumps and shook her head lightly..

Regardless of success or failure, it is certain that it will remain as one of the major reasons for the kingdom's collapse. Messina, shaking off that terrible thought, spoke to her butler Heyri, not to her friend Heyri, for her official business..

"The last report from the civilian district also confirmed that there were no problems. Leave only the minimum number of people necessary to close the passage and order them to move to another area according to the scheduled formation.."

The excuse to send the Holy Knights of the Holy Light Cross, who helped investigate the most important civilian residential areas, to the academy was finally complete. Heyri, who understood exactly what it meant, took the order signed by the royal family, nodded quietly, and left the room. Messina, who felt slightly depressed while contemplating the problems that came up in the quiet room, sighed deeply and changed her thoughts..

'I should be thankful to God that the comical situation of not even being able to investigate while pretending to be relaxed even though I clearly knew that the basement of the Academy was the most dangerous was over..'

After taking a short break, Messina stretched lightly and stood up. But her mind was still calculating profits and losses, and she was working harder than ever..

Since it has already been reported that the threat has largely receded, the knights cannot move in a hurry. For the same reason, the Holy Knights also cannot make the first move in situations where there may be demons crawling under their feet. Because it was a publicly managed underground waterway, there was no way to hide their movements, and rumors would spread in some form. Even the empire, which did not want the kingdom's balance to fall, cooperated... but it was an awkward situation in which it was not possible to move warriors on a large scale to avoid the stigma of the empire having intervened in the kingdom and wielded power..

Even if the tower we worked so hard to build collapses, should we immediately put out the fire and wait for it, or should we endure the risk of it burning down along with the tower we worked so hard to build? While everyone was groaning over the two options, it was Duke Lethrom who came up with a third option that could be a solution..

Following his secret advice, the plan was adjusted so that the Fourth Princess would directly contact Eldmia and make him move, and the man, who was like a living, breathing aftereffects generator, prepared for the task much more skillfully than expected..

The young man, who was so intelligent that it made you wonder if he was really a commoner, even knew how to give reasons for his movements. When I heard that he drew the picture to convey the feeling that he was inevitably helping, not only because of his friendship with Sir Cheryl, who was a student at the academy, but also because of his position as the professor's assistant, I was dumbfounded..

'Where on earth do I see you’re 15 years old??'

It's so efficient.

I felt like I could understand why the nobles were trying so hard to hire or use that boy. Now, even if a demon or something comes out from the basement of the academy, it would be beneficial if they could be suppressed..

Now, it doesn't matter if I can't subdue it as long as I don't get hurt. It won't take more than 10 minutes for the request from Heyri to get into the hands of the Holy Knights of the Holy Light Cross, and it won't take more than 20 minutes for them to get to the academy..

The story of how the students discovered in advance the evil plan that the remnants of Envelde, who had fled underground while attending the academy and fled underground, 'clumsily' attempted to join hands with devil worshipers, and worked together with the Holy Knights to root it out while stopping them, is quite a story. It was provocative and would appeal to many people..

Of course, if he had witnessed what was happening in that underground waterway, he might have had a hole in his stomach due to stress, but there was no way for Messina to know..