A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

101 – Dancing With Elves (2)

Platinum Sutra Aiferia.

Depending on how you read it, it can be read as ‘Aperia’, but the most widely known name in the empire is Aiferia.

“Meet the Highlord, King of the Elves.”

“There is no need to be so polite. You have my daughter’s blessing.”

“Daughter…?”

“Erwin. You didn’t know that either?”

“Was it your daughter…?”

I thought they were descendants.

“The ears are elf…No, how did you hide them with magic…?”

“No. Erwin’s ears are the same.”

“So…Chairman Erwin was an elf with human-like ears only?”

“No. That child is not an elf. He is a harp.”

“…”

“Half-elf.”

“Wow.”

This is as shocking as ever.

“Could life have arisen between humans and elves?”

“Yes. She didn’t even know who she was.”

“I didn’t know…?”

“That’s right.”

“…”

How much do you do-

‘No. Let’s not think about it.’

Because I’m not in a position to say anything about that.

“I understand that Ipheria has a very long history, but was the president before Erwin an agent appointed by Lord White?”

“I think this is the first time I’ve seen a child from Gibraltar so interested in the state of the empire.”

Baek Geum-gyeong continued to sip tea with a surprised expression.

“He shuddered, saying that the child from your family wouldn’t even look in the direction of the empire.”

“That kid… ?”

“It’s a kid called Kadian, you know?”

“…”

Suddenly, my ancestor’s name pops up, and I can’t believe I’m referring to it as a child.

“I know this is rude, but what is your exact age?”

“You’re so rude. Asking a lady’s age.”

“So I said you would excuse me.”

“Tsk. He’s polite, but he seems to be no different from Kadian in that he speaks in a cocky way.”

Lord Platinum frowned and picked up the cookie in front of him.

“She was there when the first treaty was signed between North Trum and Gibraltar. Is this your answer?”

“She is over 500 years old.”

“If you think about the average age of an elf, it’s not that long. Sometimes it’s compared to the age of a human, but let’s put that aside for now.”

Ttogak.

Baek Geum-gyeong splits the cookie in half.

“Yes. On the outside, he looks like a human in his early 20s, but inside he is an old monster who is over 500 years old.”

Lord Platinum smiles lightly as he touches the inside of her cookie.

How about you?

She whispers only with the shape of her mouth.

“…”

The sound is heard outside.

Not only my father, but perhaps Lord Mente could also hear it.

“I see.”

Click.

As I poured my share of tea, I asked.

How much do you know?

5 years.

After returning, for the first time I came into contact with someone who seemed to ‘know’ something.

Perhaps Baek Jin-gyeong may know the clue to my return.

“How do you like cookies? They belong to the human world.”

“Even if an elf lives behind a barrier in the forest, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t interact with the human world at all.”

Having a conversation to spread a smokescreen.

I can’t say it here.

Even like this?

Whether you’re talking in writing or speaking with your mouth, you probably think it’s strange that there is an empty sound in the middle of the conversation.

“…Then I can’t help it.”

It is surrender.

This is consideration.

At the same time, it is a threat to tell people not to complicate the situation and to quietly follow their own opinions.

“The king of the elves has come and personally invited me, so I have no reason to refuse the invitation.”

“It’s a good choice, kid.”

“But this is an unofficial visit and must be kept secret from everyone.”

“Why?”

“Well, Gray Gibraltar is now telling the world that he is incompetent and incompetent in order to hand over the position of successor to his younger brother.”

“…Hmm.”

Baek Geum-gyeong tilted his head.

“You’re from Gibraltar and you talk like the twisted kids from Nostrum.”

“…”

Yes, that’s why the main girl saw you and even invited her.

As expected.

This being knows.

“Actually, originally I was only going to see the faces, but it ended up being quite fun.”

“Fun?”

“It would be better to talk to the guardian of the time from now on. Come on in.”

“…?!”

My neck turned back.

The neck turned almost 180 degrees, like an owl turning its neck.

Flexibility?

No.

This is a difference in the race itself.

Squeak.

“Excuse me.”

My father opened the door and came in.

As expected, I was listening to all the conversations outside.

“And I ask for your understanding for my rudeness when we first met.”

“What is rudeness? If you come into someone else’s territory without warning, you should be prepared to get stabbed.”

“Knife stab…” ” ?”

“It was sharp. I got a little cut.”

When Baekgeum-gyeong slightly lifted her robe, a sharp cut was left on the side of her green clothes.

“It’s sharper than Cadian. The strongest of all guardians… No, it’s not as strong as Gibraltar?”

“It would be an honor to invite you. High Road.”

“I think I can become as strong as I invited, but um…”

Lord Platinum continued to look at her father and licked her lips with regret.

“I wouldn’t know if it had become a cold, heartless blade, but since I had warmth in the sword, it would break one day.”

“…I know.”

“…”

It sounds like a close relationship between masters.

‘What should I do?’

Should I show that I understand?

Or should I just keep pretending not to know?

“Whose choice is that for, Guardian?”

“My wife, and…”

My father sat down next to me, put his hand on my shoulder and held it tightly.

“It is a choice for my son and my children.”

“…He is a great father.”

For the first time, I felt like Baek Jin-kyung smiled sincerely.

“Good. Then, let’s talk to the guardian of the time about why she was interested in this boy.”

Lord Platinum took something from the inside pocket of her robes.

“You know this, right?”

“This is…”

“What you make is called ‘Caroline’. We call it ‘Illusionary Ecstasy.'”

Lord Platinum gently picks up Caroline with her hand and sprinkles it on the decorative candle next to the cookie.

“Open the door to the secret realm of dreaminess, reach the peak of the unconscious, and manifest the superego… I’m sorry. I keep expressing it in human terms.”

Lord Platinum tilted her head for a moment.

“…I’m sorry, but I don’t think the kingdom has the right words to describe this.”

“Is it in the imperial language?”

“Lucid dream?”

“I roughly understood.”

In the future, it is said to be a world in the whispers of the devil that is driving humans to destruction, and it is called a ‘Lucifer dream’, but the root is a lucid dream.

“You probably know what one of the raw materials used to make this is.”

“Yes. It is the remains of a vampire.”

“Yes. She has been watching you collect the ashes of these vampires. And she was convinced after seeing you eliminate the vampires that attacked her in her mansion in Seville.”

“…”

“You saw the real woman. As expected.”

“I thought it was a familiar, a bird. She thought something was watching her. Since when has she been watching?”

“From the beginning?”

“…”

Have you been watching since the first expedition?

Although it was unavoidable, it was a somewhat painful mistake.

Because I didn’t know.

Those words don’t work.

‘I’m glad it’s White Gold, I wish I was the crown prince’s henchman.’

What’s the point in shouting that you didn’t know anything after being assassinated for not knowing?

“This is a proposal from this lady to the guardian of Gibraltar and her prospective successor.”

Baek Geum-gyeong adjusted her posture and continued speaking seriously.

From noble mtl dot come

“She cannot punish traitors because of her own rules. So, please eliminate the traitors who have hidden themselves in the human world.”

“Renegade…?”

“Yes. This powder…The ones who create vampire powder.”

Baek Geum-gyeong’s eyes trembled.

“Those who create vampires in order to obtain vampire powder.”

* * *

At that time, the Marquis of Claydol in the eastern part of the Empire.

“Prince. I have something to report.”

Bathory, a woman dressed as a witch sitting on a bench, swings her legs back and forth and asks.

“Would you like to listen now or after?”

“Do you think it’s time to report now?”

The Habsburg Crown Prince rolled on the floor, wearing only a white shirt and trousers, holding only his bayonet.

Bu-euung!

A large ax grazes the place where the crown prince’s head was.

The crown prince rolled on the dirt to the point where others thought it was unsightly, but soon something flew in the direction he was rolling.

Poobubuk!

Red Arrow.

The arrow made of man pierced the ground.

“In this situation, what report!”

“Haha! It’s an urgent report, you should listen to it!”

Marquis Claydoll chases the crown prince while swinging his ax roughly.

“Hey! Witch! Report!”

“Are you the crown prince?”

“I heard that the three masters talk to each other while eating, so you should at least listen to their regular reports!”

“Huh…”

The crown prince jumped across the floor and swung his great sword.

Kaaa!

He hits the ax with an aura, deflects the flying red arrow, and at the same time hits the great sword that was swung downwards.

Kaaa!

A paper-thin sword blocks the great sword.

Inyoung, wearing a mask and covering her entire body in black clothes, deflected the crown prince’s great sword and took a large step back.

“Huh…”

“Prince. Would you like to stop and listen to the report?”

In a calm voice, a white-haired, muscular young man with an eye patch over one eye lowers his bow.

“No. I think we can continue. Bathory. Is it okay for them to listen?”

“It’s not a big problem. It’s just a trivial story from the kingdom.”

“Nostrum?”

“Yes, yes. I’m talking about Seville, beyond the contaminated zone.”

“Wait a minute.”

Kwa-ang!

When the crown prince puts mana on his feet and steps forward, the three people holding weapons stop moving as if they were surrounding the prince.

“Listen. What’s going on?”

“Baron Flamvel Seville is dead, and I don’t think he ever recovered the silver.”

“…Have you checked what’s left?”

“No. I haven’t heard from the shadow that went to retrieve it. They say Viscount Hex was there… “

I flinch.

My body trembled when I heard that the person wearing the black robe was Viscount Hex.

“Lord Shakhti, calm down.”

“…Excuse me.”

“I’m sorry. I broke your mood. Let’s take a break.”

“Well, Crown Prince. Is it important enough to stop this, saying that busy people are gathering together like this to spar?”

“It’s a matter that requires some use of one’s brains to make judgments while sparring. I hope you understand, Marquis Claydoll.”

The crown prince stamped his great sword on the ground and tilted his head to the left and right.

“So you sent a new shadow?”

“No. I couldn’t send it. There were elves hunting in the sky at the time.”

“Elf?”

“You came out to hunt vampires?”

“… His Royal Highness his the Crown Prince.”

The white-haired man lowered his head.

“If it’s okay, I’ll go.”

“Hmm… “

“It may take some time, but if you can break through the contaminated zone, you can infiltrate.”

“Hmm.”

Between the flowing hair, the man’s ear was half cut off.

There was a hole in the earlobe, and it looked like it could be big enough to hang something.

“If you say Seville, it must be Flambel Seville, that old man. I guess he wasn’t the one who sold a lot?”

“Yes, that’s right. What worries me is the possibility that Shadow has been captured by Viscount Hex.”

“Now that you’re worried about Baek Eun’s existence being exposed? It’s pointless.”

The crown prince shook his head.

“Did you send numbers?”

“No, it was an extra number. It was a discarded number.”

“Then, well, it’s not strange to die.”

“With missionary fluid.”

“…That’s difficult.”

“So I’m here to report?”

“Then… “

The crown prince pulled out a great sword and placed it on his shoulder.

“Shahti. Marjael. I will give instructions to the two of you.”

“Honorary name.”

“Order.”

“Travel through the contaminated area and infiltrate the Seville territory. There are two things to investigate.”

The crown prince paused for a moment, then took a deep breath and continued speaking.

“One. If there is any remaining silver that Baron Flambel of Seville purchased, recover it. Two. Recover the missionary fluid spilled by the disposal unit as well. If it is presumed that the missionary fluid was used…”

The crown prince slit his own throat with his thumb.

“Erase everyone involved. That’s it.”

“I will follow your orders.”

The masked being, Shakhti, nodded heavily.

“I understand. By the way, Your Majesty the Crown Prince.”

“Not your majesty, but still your height.”

“Soon, Your Majesty. I have a question.”

Archer Marzael raised his hand and asked a question.

“Can I do some ‘mana replenishment’ while I’m on the way?”

The place the two pass by is a magical water contamination zone.

“Isn’t it okay for the already strong guys to chew on more magic stones there?”

“Haha. Your Highness. Isn’t it the same for everyone who wants to become stronger?”

Marquis Claydoll opened his mouth in response to the crown prince’s self-mocking question.

“Me too.”

His fangs were shining particularly sharply.

“Well… Do whatever you want. Since the two of you are going anyway, I won’t take action and kill you without any measures.”

The crown prince continued, scratching his neck in annoyance.

“The bodies are just lying around anyway because the animals in the contaminated area will eat them all on their own.”

“Honorary name.”

“…Ah. Well, catch any wild vampires on the way back instead of on the way out. This is not an order.”

“Honorary name.”

“It’s not an order.”

“Oh my. What’s wrong with kids in the wild?”

“That’s right.”

The crown prince touched his neat teeth and smiled slightly.

“I would already die because the empire’s land is so small, but these days, there are a lot of people who say they want to hold a funeral in the Nostrum traditional way, by burying the body in the ground and making a burial mound. “

* * *

Ah.

I see.

“Someone is creating vampires on purpose.”

Vampires are infected with vampire blood.

Vampire ashes can be obtained simply by killing a vampire.

“If you turn a normal human into a vampire and then expose that human to sunlight, it will turn into powder.”

Just as Baron Flambell became a ghoul and the dead bone fragments became Caroline through purification and Somnus combination.

‘Somehow.’

I wondered how they could produce silver in such large quantities.

‘If there are no corpses to sell, we make them and sell them. Is this Habsburg-style resource recycling?’

It was a humane act of not caring about the afterlife of a human being completed through death.

And that maybe.

‘Did I find the answer unconsciously?’

It may be that, through his influence, I discovered secrets I didn’t know about through Baron Flambell.

‘He’s a great guy. Really.’

Even grave robbers do not touch the urn of a person who has been cremated.