Sword Sorcery

Chapter 48 Calm
"Or, they are hunting a huge prey worthy of using all their strength!"

Viscount Steve seemed silent for a moment with his loud affirmation, and sighed: "It seems that we need to be more careful in the next journey."

Aaron shrugged his shoulders, and said calmly: "At this time, no matter how careful we are, it won't help us much. We can only hope that our luck is still qualified. As long as we can pass this distance smoothly, we will be far away from Is. The kingdom is not far away."

"Yes~!" Viscount Steve also had some expectation on his face, "As long as we successfully enter the Kingdom of Is, we don't have to worry about the pursuers of the Karas Empire, and they will not invade the Kingdom of Is, which has always been in a neutral position— —At least, they will not choose to go to war with two kingdoms at the same time."

Aaron nodded lightly, and agreed: "That's right, the Karas Empire is not yet capable of swallowing the two kingdoms in one go, and they will at least have to swallow the Kino Kingdom for a year or two before choosing Expand the territory again, go to war with other countries - by then, we will have gone nowhere."

"As long as we can enter the Kingdom of Yis, the carriage team will be safe for the time being!"

After saying this, the two of them did not communicate with each other very tacitly, but silently prepared for the last section of the dangerous journey—for example, Aaron changed a new one from the carriage where the sundries were stored. Cross sword, Viscount Steve also began to check the integrity of his weapons and armor, etc.

Everyone put their minds on the last part of the journey.

That night
Everyone was still sitting around the cauldron, eating their own portion of dinner.

Among them, after a period of "getting along" with Aaron, it seems that An Geli is no longer so resistant to Aaron, especially tonight, she unexpectedly took the initiative to sit beside Aaron—— In the past, it should be Aaron who took the initiative to stick to An Geli's side.

Although in terms of the result, it doesn't matter who is in charge of taking the initiative, and it can't change An Geli's own experience at all, but judging from the fact that she has become active, it seems that she is slowly accepting Aaron in her heart.

"Hey~, you guy, how old is this year?"

In contrast, An Geli's name for Aaron has also changed from 'Aaron' to 'this guy'. It seems that she is still trying her best to maintain her last arrogance-even though this appearance is seen by Aaron It's actually quite cute.

"How old is this year? Let me think about it."

While chewing the white bread, Aaron reached out and touched his chin—of course he touched a piece of extremely smooth skin. After all, his current body age can be said to be quite 'young', and he has not grown a beard at all. stage.

Aaron also didn't know anything about his real birthday - when that cheap adoptive father picked him up, he took the day he picked it up as his birthday.

And the time when the adoptive father picked him up was about 14 years ago. It is said that he was about five or six months old at the time. If we infer from this, his age is about 15 years old?

With this in mind, Aaron responded casually, "I'm probably 15 this year, right?"

Unexpectedly, An Geli snorted softly, and said unconvinced: "You are only about half a year older than me, what are you so proud of. How dare you call me a 'naughty little guy', pretending to be old-fashioned, hmph ~!"

Apparently, An Geli is still brooding over the fact that Aaron called her a 'little guy' last time. Her sulky and pretty face is as sweet and attractive as steamed buns, so seductive that Aaron can't help stretching out his hand to pinch her. A few times——

"Woo~, don't pinch my face~! I'm not a child anymore."

An Geli kept protesting, but her body didn't make any resistance, allowing Aaron to pinch her cheek, looking like a doormat.

Speaking of which, An Geli is indeed not a 'child' anymore, because most of the adult boundaries in this world are based on the age of 14, plus An Geli has to be 'tossed' every night by Aaron, causing An Geli After eating the forbidden fruit many times, her originally peerless face became more and more attractive, and her overall temperament became closer to that of a young girl who had left childishness and was just dabbling in human affairs.

Even those loyal soldiers would sometimes be attracted by An Geli's stunning beauty, but they would react immediately and dare not look at it again - because this is the right of Lord Aaron, these servants But he has no right to be disrespectful to Miss An Geli, and he doesn't even have the capital to fantasize about it.

Therefore, An Geli hated Aaron's behavior of treating her as a 'little guy', and there seemed to be some unclear and inexplicable emotions contained in it.

That being the case, then Aaron is not a rotten person who doesn't care about other people's emotions at all, so he could only 'follow' An Geli's wishes, leaned close to her ear with a narrow face, and whispered maliciously:
"Okay, then I'll treat you as an 'adult' - besides, I will treat you well tonight as an 'adult', what do you say~!"

After finishing speaking, Aaron deliberately blew on An Geli, scaring the cute girl who couldn't get out of her clutches, glared at Aaron with teary eyes, twisted her buttocks and hurried back into the carriage.

For this scene, everyone around seems to be familiar with it, and it is just a new "play" between the two sweet couples. In the face of this "dog food" bombardment, there is nothing they can do. Only ignore it.

However, Aaron was not as relaxed as they imagined. When he looked away from Angelie who disappeared into the car, the tenderness and gentleness in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a lingering seriousness dignified--

"So far, we have not found any enemy troops in some of the villages we have looked at from a distance. It is too quiet—it is like the short tranquility before the storm."

Aaron couldn't help but sighed deeply, looked up at the horizon ahead, and muttered to himself:

"What is the big man who can make the troops of the Karas Empire round up so hard?"

Beside him, the bonfire under the cauldron was still burning, like a war that burned the entire kingdom
at the same time
Somewhere not too far away from Aaron and others,
A battle was like a blazing bonfire, completely mixing the two huge teams together. Countless soldiers continued to stage bloody fights, and the strong smell of blood almost dyed the entire sky red!
"Your Highness, hurry up and run away with 'that' thing!"

A man in battle armor urgently persuaded another young man who was called a prince:
"As long as you can become an apprentice of 'Mist Swamp', or even become the existence of 'that', don't worry that our Kino Kingdom will not have a chance to restore the country again!"

After finishing speaking, the armored man said to another officer who was obviously a formal knight:
"Eric, you must protect His Royal Highness to reach the port of Cobos smoothly. Most of the formal knights belonging to our royal family have died in that damned 'rebellion', and even a few peak knights are protecting the king. Your Majesty died in the process"

"We don't have much power in our hands, and we have to hold back those damn Karas soldiers. The only person who can protect His Royal Highness is you——Eric!"

Eric immediately half-kneeled on the ground and swore loudly: "I swear by the glory of the knight—"

"I, Eric, will use my life to protect His Highness Ronald Chino's smooth arrival at Cobos port!"

(End of this chapter)