Black Haired King

"... what about Van?

"I killed him right. Well, thanks to the guy who almost cut off the demon stone, I just had to shoot him in the head."

"But that idiot. I told you not to be on the table so much, but take care of it a lot. I thought you found out we existed."

"Right. Ladyus Arnold was perfectly aware of the existence of the Demon Stone. It won't hurt his territory, but there are plenty of them. So, what do we do now?

"Erase Van's body. There's not much they can see, but they need to leave it behind."

"Don't they suspect you have other people?

"Hmm, I'll find out when I shoot Van's head out of something like that. After that, hide yourself until the day you plan to. The country will look into this, but if you don't show up like Van, you'll never find him."

"Yes, yes, Rikai"

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"Thank you again. Thank you, Count Arnold, and Leigh."

The Duke of Septembalm bows his head gently towards us in the upper seat at the back of the big desk 1. The martial officer civilian of the Duke's family, sitting left and right in imitation of it, has also bowed his head. Some of them are on Gail's brother-in-law and Mr. Germud.

This is a conference room at the Duke of Septembalm's house. Two days after the battle with that silver-haired man, me and Reg were called here today.

Why two days later, because both me and Laig have been dedicated to treatment for the past two days. The empty belly and bitten neck muscles in my wind pit healed in potion, but the spilled blood won't go back to normal. He was flustered with a lot of anemia.

Looks like Laig got rid of a man's magic bat too many times, and he bled quite a bit, not as much as I did. They were surrounded to rest from the slave women of Leigh's people.

So, the flutter finally disappeared, and there was no intense exercise, but it was decided that normal life was unobstructed, so a meeting was held today. And to this day.

"Well, I just moved as requested. And the damage was considerable."

Laig returns cluttered to the Dukes' tribute. Is that what you look like to the Duke? [M] Look, the Duke's clerks are staring at you.

But I know what Reg's talking about. I heard it from my brother-in-law Gail, too, but he said the damage was considerable this time.

That battled area, the building is completely destroyed because of the man's magic. In number, they collapsed 60 buildings. The inhabitants had managed to evacuate them, but because of it, they lost their place of residence and now the Duke is letting them live by renting an inn.

Not only that, he said, the damage to the soldiers was considerable. Nearly 100 casualties appear to have emerged as the majority of the soldiers involved in the collapse because of the man's destruction of the building.

"Well, it's not like you guys are apologizing. This time the enemy was unexpected. I hear you had silver hair that was said to be legendary if you listen to me. That's the kind of damage they did to me. I don't blame you."

"... I see."

Reg just meditated his eyes and shut up. You're really free. Hey. Unless you're the Duke, you're beautiful, this.

"Count Arnold. I hear that you will be heading to Wangdu after this. I'm sorry, but I want you to give this to His Majesty. And I want you to tell me what happened in the city."

That's what the Duke of Septembalm said and has given him a letter. The letter bears the mark of the Duke's house and I can see that it is an official letter. I'll take it and leave the room.

We're two days behind schedule and heading back to King's Capital. The truth is, I was due home yesterday. We're talking about this the day we defeated the man, so we're already ready.

When I got back to the room that we were given, Rona was cleaning up the last of it. You notice me coming in and you look at me, but you look at me a little and then you look away.

I can't help but sigh at it. Why, when Rona says she has a slightly more approximate attitude, after all, the fight with the man is the cause.

Lorna thinks it's her fault that I'm badly hurt. If I had told him that a man would regenerate properly, I would never have been pierced in the stomach.

I'm saying you don't have to worry about it, but it seems like you can't, and you've got a weird distance between you and me. I don't really like this weird sense of distance. Well, I have no choice. I don't care if you tell me not to, so I'll wait until Rona gets a fold in me.

I leave the room with Schwartz on my hips. Rona follows me, too. A carriage was already available in front of the mansion, where the Duke and Lady of Septemberme waited for me.

"Count Arnold, tell Victoria I say hello, too. Sometimes he tells me to bring my kids home."

"If that happens again. You know that's hard. Count Arnold, don't you get hurt too much. Because I worry about Victoria and the others."

"Ha, I'll tell Victoria right. Then, be careful not to get hurt as much as possible. For a short time, thank you for your help."

I bow my head to the two of you and ride to the carriage. Then also Rona. When we're done riding, the carriage moves.

There were a few problems, but after returning to the King's capital and making various reports to His Majesty, shall we return to the realm? I have a favor from Mr. Dangen. We have to get ready.