Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 343
The plan to kidnap the children and attendants of a rival family is extremely efficient and useful, but also cowardly and petty. I don't know how many people will agree, but at least it was by the standards of the five western kingdoms..
Because of this, the person who came up with the kidnapping plan, promoted it, and even issued an order to implement it remained in a very uncomfortable state..
I felt like I was throwing my family's honor and my own honor into the dust, but I had to endure it for the greater good, not for personal prosperity. Tonight, I had to empty a bottle of wine to overcome my self-destruction, but that wasn't a big deal..
Compared to the empire acting hostilely and thrusting its spear and sword into all five western kingdoms..
It has already been five years since the people who were clumsy before the empire turned its eyes to the unexplored areas of the northeast began to become as proud as the ships they had been called. Even the Orcs who periodically invaded maintained silence like the calm before the storm due to the appearance of Warchief Kakula, so their confidence was literally sky-high, and three years ago, they started spreading anti-imperialist ideas in earnest and making unexpected attacks. Attempted political manipulation and disruption of public sentiment..
At first, it was thought to be a useless nonsense, but the absurd claim that the slow development and lack of prosperity in the West was all because the empire monopolized wealth spread surprisingly quickly among the people and began to gain support..
In fact, most of it was because the five kingdoms fought each other whenever they were bored, but I had no idea why the flow of consciousness was like that. In any case, those who suddenly became pro-imperialists had to come up with or implement very radical alternatives in return for their belated actions..
That was the plan this time. It was an dishonorable act, no different from a surprise attack, and if the plan actually went awry, it was clear that the family's future would be immersed in darkness. Only the butler would know how relieved he was to see Gasol with his captive when they returned..
Although great sacrifices were made, the plan succeeded. The person taken prisoner was the descendant of a fairly influential family within the kingdom to which he belonged. The top 3 readers say that it doesn't hurt even if you put it in your eyes. The second head of the family has already lost his ability to reproduce due to an unfortunate incident on the battlefield, so he will accept anything he says for the sake of his children..
Although the death of ten of the family's elite was devastating, he consoled himself that thanks to them, at least one kingdom was able to get one step closer to peace. He praised the returnees and let them rest before receiving the report a little later..
But the contents of the report were very strange..
"Eldmia Ega?"
I was dumbfounded when I first read it. So, you completed the mission with almost no damage, but that one wrong choice killed ten people unrelated to the plan.?
When I read it one more time, I got angry. Damn it. Oh God. If you were a person who would turn around and shout "Long Live the Princess" as soon as you heard anti-imperialist remarks, couldn't you have created a situation where things could be resolved amicably before the fight? Why are you doing this to me??
After reading it one last time, I was filled with curiosity. Clearly, the name was a familiar name and an impression..
The West, which is geographically close to the Empire, was inevitably sensitive to the Empire's rumors and events, and unless you live with your ears closed, the story is about a hero who saved the Empire's White Star from being almost kidnapped by demons among the nobles and miraculously survived. knew everything.
Moreover, the impressions were known in great detail thanks to the passionate efforts of certain people. Thanks to this, he noticed that the description in the report he was reading was very similar to the heroes of Itisel who were active in the empire..
"......Is it the same name?...?"
The problem is that they all seem similar..
Eldmia, heard from the Empire, was truly a model knight..
The boy's etiquette was perfect and he never looked disheveled during his stay in the Empire. Despite being only 15 years old, the boy's main weapon was a sword, and his basic skills were so basic that even imperial swordsman instructors could include them in their textbooks. He honed his swordsmanship to the point where he was described as a perfect swordsman. He said that he was such a person of character that he remained polite even when the young messenger of Rudra made unspeakable insults to him..
On the other hand, Eldmia in the report is a barbarian warrior herself..
It is right to praise him for his ability to slaughter as many as ten of his subordinates in an instant, but according to the report, his personality was so flawed that it gave the impression that he had acquired a lot of knowledge in order to insult and abuse others despite his attitude of not knowing the slightest thing about etiquette. is the owner of.
Of course, it's impossible to be kind to those who tried to kill one's life, but looking at the report alone, I couldn't help but wonder whether it was true that they had common sense standards for judgment..
"...I think I was more sensitive to the fact that I might burn the stew than to my life being threatened....?"
Since it was a report from a trusted subordinate, I was reading it while brainwashing myself into believing that it was absolutely true. If I had read it somewhere else, I would have seriously doubted whether it was written as a novel or not. Crucially, this Eldmia seemed to have a two-handed ax as its main weapon..
"This is... really embarrassing.."
In terms of common sense, it is natural that two people who have the same name and similar appearance but are completely different are more likely to be the same person than to be incredibly powerful people. However, absurdly, in this case, the problem was that the possibility of it being the same person was higher than the possibility of being the same person..
Knight Eldmia is from Ithisel, and most recently got a job at Ithisel Royal Academy as an assistant to a professor who was a former court wizard, and showed a truly heroic act that will go down in history by subduing the evil dragon that was sleeping in the basement of the academy without anyone knowing. It wasn't long.
It would be a different story if he had come to the West by entering every gate on the continent, but in that case, everyone, including himself, would have already known about it..
And this barbarian warrior Eldmia... apparently came from Kelvast. She distanced herself from him and followed him a few days later, and it was confirmed that she was carrying the identity card of Lord Kelvast..
They have the same name and similar appearance, but one is from Itisel and the other is from an unknown western kingdom. Not only do they have outstanding skills, but they also support the empire.?
"...Head of house. what do you think."
When he handed the report over to the old butler who had always been by his side and discussed important matters with him, he quickly checked the contents. Indeed, he seemed like someone who had been working with him for half his life and was familiar with the job..
The speed ended there. Soon, the sound of silence in the office began to change into a duet..
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It's already been five days since our trip to the five western kingdoms. After we parted ways with the guys who almost burned our stew in the middle of the night, there were no problems for a while..
I felt a sense of tracking and surveillance until I arrived in the city two days later, but from the moment I entered the city, it disappeared like a lie and never appeared again. I guess the purpose was to look at my actions because I was in a position where I had to keep my own secrets..
The first city I arrived in after Kelvast was a large city called Brooks, a border city of Altania, one of the kingdoms closest to Kelvast. It is said that there is a city from another kingdom further north from here, but the relationship between them does not seem to be very good..
Maybe that's why there was no gate there either..
Because it was a remote city far from the capital, it was a very neat and well-built big city. I gave him a decent amount of pocket money and asked the gatekeeper, and he said that trading with Kelvast was quite profitable. The prairie is right in front of you, and there are monsters and dungeons everywhere? Aside from the orcs and the magical beasts they ride, I don't remember seeing anything that could be called monsters or active adventurers, but I guess it was because it was the orcs' territory..
If it were any other time, I would have gone sightseeing, but now I was in a hurry, so I stayed for a day to update my supplies and information, and then set off again. I was very fortunate that my body was relieved from fatigue just by sleeping well at a good inn..
There were no problems up to that point....
"Traveling in this winter, you must have earned so much on the grasslands that you are in such a hurry to pass away.?"
Perhaps the problem was that I often rested and talked with people I met while traveling for two days through the city, but miscellaneous things caught up with me somewhere..
As they were preparing to set up camp in the forest, they gradually built up a siege network and then showed themselves openly. I thought they might have ruined the stew, so I left them alone, but they turned out to be common thieves..
"If everything you have is taken away on a cold day like this, won't you freeze to death? Just give me what you earned and I'll send it to you in kind.."
If there was the internet, even those guys would have heard about the damn things I said on ETSL. Since such means of information and communication can only be enjoyed by those who have them, it is inevitable..
"Let's see... How many people do we have to save to spread the rumor?..."
"her! This is so crazy..."
The thief, who looked at me with a mocking gaze and then turned to his comrade, died without finishing his sentence..
The problem is that I didn't kill it. Suddenly, arrows rained down from somewhere and began sending away the twenty or so bandits surrounding me..
"What, what?! What is this?!"
While most people died without even being able to react properly, the one who showed the obvious reaction was the last one to fall over and the rain of arrows also stopped. I thought they were the ones who almost ruined the stew this time, but they turned out to be completely unexpected..
"...Elf?"
Seven elves wearing similar-designed outfits with long ears sticking out of their hoods appeared without loosening their bowstrings. One of them approached me, making clear movements that seemed to indicate that he was concerned about the possibility that there were survivors among the fallen bandits, rather than being wary of me. He slowly loosened his bowstring and spoke..
"Eldmia Ega, is that right??"
Thanks to you, I felt like I was having a brain freeze for the first time in a long time..
I haven't heard from Asilier that elves have the internet..
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