The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 275
60page. road to the desert (2)
4.
It's been three days since I left the capital.
Ulan's party arrived at Count Deorg, the shield and gateway to the south of the empire..
It was because, before going to the desert, Istan remembered the words to stop by the manor. But when it arrived, there was a fatal problem..
“yes? The Count isn't there.?”
“That's right.”
“After you went to Arsene Academy the other day, you went straight to the southern front..”
That Istan is not in the territory.
I never thought that the person in question would be away when he told me to come to the territory. Ibela put on an absurd expression at the unexpected event..
On the other hand, Ulan and Dylia were calm. As if you knew it would be like this.
“I guess it's because of the summons..”
“yeah i think so too.”
Convocation order of Crown Prince Chartrand.
It's not just wizards that fall into this category. Masters called the Five Swords of the Empire were also among the convened..
Also, even if it wasn't for the convocation order, Istan would have headed for the southern front. I got information that the leader of the Desert Church has changed..
“So what do we do now??”
Dillia turned her gaze to Ulan..
to ask his opinion. Ulan made a decision without hesitation..
“go to the southern front.”
There is no business in the county without Istan.
So, just as I was about to turn around, Dillia suddenly smiled awkwardly..
“I feel like I want to do that too…….”
“I want to?”
“I don't think I should take a break?”
She scratches her cheek and blurts out her words..
Ulan tried to ask the reason with a puzzled face at the answer he heard out of nowhere..
But soon he closed his mouth.
Because I found a girl sitting on the floor. It was Noah Darshen, the dark-haired girl who was breathing heavily in silence..
“ugh, ugh.”
A dying sound came from Noah's mouth. Seeing her tired face, Ulan put on a bewildered expression..
“Strange. I can't get tired already.”
It was a natural reaction.
Ulan's party traveled only by carriage the whole time they left the capital and came here. So, of course, it should be normal if you don't feel tired..
On the other hand, Noah thought differently..
‘Of course, I came by horse-drawn carriage.…….’
I've never slept properly.
This is not because of Ulan's bad sleeping habits, but because he continued his forced march while saving even time to sleep..
I don't have to say how hard the march was, since I actually covered the distance that took more than a week on horseback in just three days..
‘At this rate, I'll collapse before I go to the desert.’
So I had to come up with a solution.
Noah, who managed to calm his fast breathing, licked his lips..
“……day.”
“what?”
“Just take a day off and go.”
To be honest, I wanted to rest for three days and recuperate, but if I did, I wouldn't get Ulan's permission..
so it was reduced to one day.
Thinking that this would be enough. Around the time I begged Ulan for rest.
Suddenly someone broke into the conversation.
“yes, come in and relax.”
An unfamiliar voice knocking in my ear.
At the friendly tone that came from the mansion, the party turned their heads in unison. Then, what was reflected in her eyes was a woman with platinum hair..
“I have prepared warm bath water for you. Also, the meal will be ready soon, so come in quickly..”
The woman spoke with a smile.
Blue-green eyes glistening in the sun.
Facing this, Ulan for some reason thought of Ybela. Soon after, she thought that the woman's eyes were strangely like Bella's..
“uh mom?!”
Ibela, who found the woman a step later than Ulan and his party, widened her eyes. It was with a shocked expression.
Meanwhile, the woman who was called mother by Ibella soon put a warm smile on her lips..
“Long time no see, Isabella..”
“why is mom here…….”
“Huhu, the Count has contacted me. Since you're coming to the mansion with your friends, please welcome me..”
Seeing the two of them having a casual conversation, Noah's eyes twinkled. It was only then that she realized the identity of the woman who suddenly appeared..
‘Idelin Elead.’
Isabella's Mother).
In the original story, Ibella is an unlucky person who ends her life by poisoning by Countess Deorg a year after entering the academy..
‘I didn't know what it looked like…….’
it looked like this.
Noah silently nodded..
Around that time, Idelin, who finished the conversation with Ibella, looked back at Ulan and the others and continued..
“Everyone, come inside. You'll be tired from coming a long way, so don't hold back.”
There are many more conversations I want to share.
Edelin, who swallowed the back talk, smiled brightly..
5.
Immediately after encountering Idelin Elead.
Ulan and the others followed her guidance and headed to the Count's drawing room. Afterwards, while dinner was being prepared, various stories were exchanged..
In this process, the party finished their statement with a brief introduction, and Idelin looked at each of the friends her daughter had brought..
“yes you are noah.”
“oh yes.”
“I heard you recommended Ibella to wear? Thank you. She's like me, so her face is worth looking at, but she's not interested in that at all.…….”
“uh mom!”
Ibella rushed into the conversation..
With wide, wide blue-green eyes. After that, she hurriedly shut Idelin's mouth..
It was natural. If I left it like this, I would have said everything I wrote in the letter..
“Why is he covering his mouth?”
“……please don't say useless things.”
After a rather dizzying time passed, the conversation resumed soon after. Of course, it was after I asked God to refrain from unnecessary words..
After that, the conversation flowed naturally like water. It was mainly from Noah talking about what happened at the academy..
“hoho, that's what happened.”
but for a while.
After the conversation with Noah was over, Idelin turned her attention to the new person. She went to the gray-haired girl who had been silent all along..
“Come to think of it, I said Sirpy?”
“……!?”
Am I taken aback by the sudden designation??
Sylphy, who was secretly eating snacks in the corner, was utterly startled and gibberish..
“yes? oh, that's right!”
“I heard that you were locked in a cave with Ibella at the Well of Magic, but it must have been a lot of trouble..”
“Oh, no. it's okay now.”
Watching Idelin make a pitiful expression, Syrpy smiled awkwardly. On the other hand, Ibella was very upset about this situation..
“…….”
A suffocating uncomfortable atmosphere.
It was a natural reaction. This is because Ibela and Syrpy were in a very awkward relationship at the moment..
Fortunately this didn't last long.
Idelin turned her attention to Sven after having a few words with Syrpy. At the same time, Evela's expression returned to normal..
“……Whoa.”
Seeing the atmosphere return to normal, Sylphy let out a small sigh so that he couldn't hear it. Then, in silence, he glanced at Ibella..
‘I'm really surprised anyway.’
I never thought Ibela was the daughter of Istan el Deorg. Since she has a different last name, I thought she was of course a man until now..
‘Then I understand what happened then..’
At the end of summer vacation.
Sirfi once received a letter from Istan from Ibela. It was a letter revealing her true identity..
At the time, I wondered why Ibella had brought Istan's letter, but now that I know the truth, I feel like the mystery has been solved..
‘And the reason for the different surnames is probably…….’
Maybe it's because he's from an illegitimate child.
Unlike the Desert Church, which does not distinguish between concubine and concubine, I heard that such a distinction exists in empires and kingdoms..
Around the time she was clearing up her doubts about Ibella, Idelin ended her conversation with Sven and turned her attention to the silver-haired girl..
“Next this…….”
“Dillia, my name is Arpen..”
“Oh, you must have been Dillia..”
At Dillia's introduction, Idelin suddenly narrowed her eyes. Then he quickly scanned her body and smiled strangely..
“Mmmmm, Evela needn't worry.”
“yes? that's what you say……?”
“Huhu, there is such a thing.”
An unknown smile bloomed on my lips.
On the other hand, Dillia, who faced him, frowned. It was because it resembled the nasty smile that Ibella sometimes gave..
“uh, by the way…….”
Meanwhile, Idelin, who had finished talking with Dillia, suddenly made an awkward expression. It was because she had a gaze that I could feel all the time..
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
Then, the place where her eyes are directed is a man with a uniquely larger size than the rest of the group..
It was Ulan.
Then Ulan, who was asked Idelin's question, nodded as if he had waited..
“it's amazing.”
“Yes? what?”
“When I first saw them, I thought they were sisters because they looked so strangely similar, but I never thought it was a mother-daughter relationship..”
“Come on sister?!”
“oh my, you too.”
Unlike Ibela, who made an absurd expression, Idelin burst into laughter with her mouth covered..
As if I didn't like Ulan's empty words.
‘Of course, it's likely not empty words, but.’
As Noah knows, Ulan is not someone who will deliberately spit out empty words to praise someone. So what she thought were sisters was probably real.
‘Because he looks really young.’
Looking at her appearance, she is in her late 20s.
And his actual age is in his mid 30's..
In the original story, Idelin gave birth to Ibela at the age of eighteen. So it was not strange that Ulan was misunderstood..
‘intentionally or unintentionally…….’
Anyway, thanks to Ulan's words, the atmosphere became more friendly. Then Delrin suddenly bowed her head towards her uhlan..
“More than that, thank you so much.”
“hmm? what are you saying all of a sudden?”
“I wanted to say thank you for helping Ibella in many ways, helping the Count get out of the ashes syndrome..”
Her gratitude wasn't too much.
Ybela's not dropping out of the academy and Idelin's not losing her life were all the result of Uhlan's actions..
Ulan, on the other hand, responded in a non-trivial tone, as if to not care..
“It's nothing, don't worry.”
“It may be like that for you, but for me, it is a grace so great that it will change my life. So if you need any help just tell me.”
“what you really need…….”
“Oh, like last time, can you get me some hotel vouchers? When you're done with your business in the desert, you can rest well with Ybela..”
Idelin speaks with a smile.
Then, at that moment, a cold voice was suddenly heard, as if cold water had been poured on it..
It was Dillia's voice..
“……hotel, voucher?”
“okay. I think I heard that the two of you stayed at a hotel last time... … . Oh my, could this have been something I shouldn’t have done??”
Was it only then that he recognized the strange atmosphere??
Idelin hurriedly shut her mouth, but the situation was already spilled..
‘fortunately…….’
The fact that Dylia is the only one here.
What if Laurea and Perticia were here too? Perhaps the atmosphere in the drawing room has become so cold that it cannot be compared to now..
‘……I hate to imagine that.’
Noah shuddered..
Meanwhile, he let out a short cough. It was because I had something to say to solve the frozen atmosphere..
“Excuse me..”
“huh? do you have anything to say?”
“Yes, actually, I was supposed to get supplies from Count Deorg. So, by any chance, is there something you asked us to deliver??”
Supplies needed to cross the desert.
Istan said he would deliver it to Ulan's party if they stop by the county in the future..
Meanwhile, at Noah's words, Idelin widened her eyes as if recalling something she had forgotten..
“Oh, right. Come to think of it, I was asked to pass this on to you guys..”
“This…….”
“This is the letter the Count sent right after he arrived on the southern front. He told me to tell everyone including you..”
A letter from Istan.
Receiving this, Ibella opened the envelope and quickly took out the letter and unfolded it. Then, rolling her eyes, she began to read her letter..
some time after that.
As Evela's expression subtly changed after reading the letter, Noah asked a question..
“What is it about?”
“uh, that's…….”
Isabella hesitates for a moment.
But even for a moment, she summarized the contents of the letter with a rather awkward smile..
“Don't come to the southern front?”
“……what?”
no, what are you talking about all of a sudden?
Around the time Noah and everyone were making absurd expressions, Isabella handed over a letter..
“You'll know the details.”
At that, Noah readily accepted the letter..
To find out why Istan told me not to come to the southern front.
And soon the reason was revealed.
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