In This Life, I Will Raise You Well, Your Majesty!

Chapter 36

The long procession of carriages continued.

Passing through a small ridge, through a wide field, and into the mountain.

Originally, the road to the Verdin Duchy in the west was well paved, so it was not difficult to travel there.

However, as is the case with nobles’ outings and trips, environmental factors cannot be ignored, but it has not become the most important consideration in the itinerary.

Most aristocrats had little immunity to things that they couldn’t do, so they couldn’t tolerate the limited convenience from the outside…

This is because situations would change significantly depending on the inclinations of the nobles who were in charge of the group.

In particular, when there are children or aristocratic women with a lot to prepare and weak physical strength, such sensitive issues multiplied several times, making the schedule increased and the trip itself will become more uncomfortable in an instant.

Therefore, the knights of Marquis Rwanda, who had the experience of escorting the Marquis, the Marquis’s wife, or other noblewomen were firmly prepared for hardship as they were now in charge of escorting the 2nd Empress, who was more honorable than any of them.

… They didn’t know it would be like this.

The 2nd Empress was very different from ordinary women of noble families.

“Huh? Huh?”

One of the Marquis’s knights opened his mouth as a white and black silhouette of a horse passed by him.

Tadak! Tadak! Tadak!

With each step on the dirt floor, the horse sprinted forward, widening the distance between them. A wing-like black cloak covered the afterimage of the horse, and silver hair poured down like moonlight.

Although it should have been a lively scene, the Marquis’s knights were dazed without any sense of reality. Soon, they abruptly came to their senses and shouted.

“Your Majesty! It’s dangerous!”

“Please return!”

Their shouts faded in vain.

“The 2nd Empress is as good as any other knight, so why are you making such a fuss?”

Sparks flew from the eyes of the Marquis as his hoarse voice rang in their ears.

This is all because of someone!

When the 3rd Prince showed interest in horses, some of the knights of the 1st Knights secretly showed off.

His Highness the 3rd Prince was a cute person with a lovely personality, so the actions of the 1st Knights who wanted his attention were not incomprehensible.

But what if their actions offended the 2nd Empress, who had been quietly sitting in the carriage?

Contrary to what they expected, the 2nd Empress gave her consent, told them to bring a horse over right away, and her clumsy and dangerous posture in the beginning made everyone worry.

However, she soon showed off her outstanding skills, turning everyone’s worry into nothing.

Her horsemanship was not like those noblewomen who made horse riding a hobby, simply avoiding or jumping over artificial obstacles. Her style was wild and rough.

It was horsemanship that could be used only on the battlefield, to the extent that they wondered where the noble 2nd Empress, who was a former mage, learned such a thing.

Everyone was dazed, unable to take their eyes off the 2nd Empress.

And that’s exactly when.

The 2nd Empress stopped travelling inside the carriage and started to roam the four directions on horseback.

The scariest thing was that the 2nd Empress was running with the 3rd Prince sitting in front of her.

The 3rd Prince’s voice was faintly heard in the distance.

“Whoa! Faster, Mother!”

It was obvious that he was very happy. The Marquis’s knights sighed.

It wasn’t like they could stop them, and the great 1st Knights were following them, so it should be alright.

Druck!

The window of the moving carriage opened and Marquis Rwanda appeared.

“What’s the fuss? Is the 2nd Empress being stubborn again?”

“That…”

“Tsk.”

The Marquis clicked his tongue.

The shallow favor he had for one reason or another quickly ran out.

“She doesn’t look like it, but she’s quite a troublemaker. Don’t take your eyes off. We don’t know what she’s going to do.”

“Yes, my lord.”

After hearing their answer, the Marquis slammed the window shut.

The atmosphere of the Marquis’ knights darkened a little.

It was because they felt that their master found those two special and strange people, which made them anxious but also happy just looking at them, not very pleasing.

Elisha moved forward, ignoring the uncomfortable gaze that followed behind her back.

A small chuckle was heard from the chest.

As Elisha looked down puzzled, the child leaning on his back to her spoke with his soft lips wide open.

“I didn’t know that Mother could ride so well, and I never knew that she likes riding horses so much.”

“Like?”

“Yes!”

Elisha tilted her head.

Isn’t it Leon who likes riding horses, not me?

Elisha herself liked the clear laughter that burst out when she ran fast, the adorable squeal that exclaimed that she is the best, and the warmth she felt in her arms.

“Mother, you have a very happy face when you ride the horse.”

“Me?”

“Your eyes are getting thinner just like this, and the corners of your mouth are raised… Also…”

Seeing Leon squirming hard in her arms, Elisha wondered what she was like.

“Really?”

“Yes! Really!”

Leon, who answered, somehow seemed more excited.

Elisha rested her chin lightly on Leon’s head and rubbed it. His soft silver hair was messed up.

Elisha held the reins with one hand and ruffled Leon’s hair with the other. Leon stretched his arms upwards and placed his palms on the backs of Elisha’s.

“It’s okay if Mother doesn’t know. I’ll find the things you like for you.”

When he looked up, the blue eyes seemed to be teasing her.

Although he was small and weak, he tried to save Elisha with all his strength.

It felt like a candle had been lit inside the body.

That little candle illuminated the whole body.

“Alright, I will look forward to it. What kind of person I am, I’m curious too.”

She loves to hold grudges, likes to ride horses, and what else is there?

What will she find out about herself?

What does she like?

While thinking, Elisha’s shoulder suddenly stiffened.

“But I already know the most important thing. I will never forget it.”

“What is it, Mother?”

“That I am a mother. And that I love you the most in the world, Leon.”

Elisha lowered the hand that had previously touched Leon’s hair and covered the child’s eyes.

“I forgot it’s nap time, baby. Let’s do this for a second.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Elisha struck the horse hard on the side with her ankle.

Neiiigh!

The horse cried loudly, and shot forward with a lot of force on its legs.

“Don’t go too far!”

As Miller and Perriganora, who followed them leisurely, shouted, Elisha glanced at them.

Elisha’s mouth twitched.

What is she saying?

Perry blinked his eyes and made a sound along the shape of Elisha’s mouth.

“What, an, idiot?”

“What? What’s wrong with us?!”

When the impatient Miller raised his voice with his eyes wide open…

They felt someone leaping out of the group they had left behind and approaching them like a shot.

There was no need to check who it was.

“Captain!”

Who else but Rohan Scherzer possessed such a strong and upright energy!

Rohan answered Perry’s call.

“There’s a monster! Protect the Empress!”

“Eh?”

Miller put on a puzzled expression.

However, as soon as he met Rohan’s bitter eyes that passed by him, he regained his senses.

And he cried out to the 2nd Empress inwardly.

Who the hell is the idiot now!

If you feel danger, you should come back and hide in a safe place. What if you jump into the fire by yourself?

No matter how surprised one was…

No, the person who jumped out in surprise in the first place still had the time to look back and even swore?

Rather, how did she notice the presence of the monster before Miller himself or Perry, a regular member of the 1st Imperial Knights and one of the top knights?

Miller’s head was spinning, but he didn’t stop moving.

As Miller urged him, Perry joined in and caught up with Rohan.

Koowang!

A cry filled with the life of a monster could be heard from the front.

There was no time to delay…

“Umm.”

Miller, who arrived at the scene, groaned.

As soon as Elisha felt the presence of a monster hiding in front of her, she drew a picture of where she was and the surrounding situation in her head.

The simplest thing was to turn the horse’s head and join the party she had left behind.

However, not only was the distance from the party quite far away to securely show her back prematurely, there were also quite a few monsters hiding between the tall grasses on the left and right of the forest road in front.

Besides, if one looked at the thick logs piled up to block the road in the distance, the monsters seemed to possess intelligence to a certain extent.

If only the 1st Knights were at the forefront of the party, Elisha would have retreated even if she used the two knights attached to protect her as a shield.

Unfortunately, the leading and most trailing members of the party were the knights of Marquis Rwanda and the knights of other Western noble families accompanying them.

Elisha doubted whether they would be able to properly respond to the monsters who were provoked.

She also didn’t want to do anything too unreasonable as long as Leon was with her.

So Elisha made a decision and immediately put it into action.

She couldn’t wield a sword with one hand holding the reins and the other covering Leon’s eyes.

Sweeaaaa!

She had Undine.

Although she was not a fire spirit and not a spirit king, Undine was a being that could be realized in the world and exerted her own strength with a will on her own!

[T/N: It’s pretty obvious but yes, Undine’s pronoun from hereon is ‘she’. Author just stated it here.]

As Elisha increased her speed to quickly pass through the path between the monsters hidden on the left and right, the waiting monsters poured out from both sides.

There were more prey behind her, so she expected that the monsters would leave her alone and wait a little longer, but this seemed to be the limit of the patience of the monsters.

Kuhakk!

The monsters that rushed towards Elisha’s horse were blocked by walls of water and could not come closer, so they opened their mouths and cried noisily.

Like a swarm of ants gathering on a sweet cookie that just fell off, monsters surrounded her everywhere, but Elisha didn’t even blink.

She had faith.

That someone would notice her actions and rush from behind, or perhaps even before she acted, someone had already noticed this situation before herself and had already moved.

Therefore, she did not worry about her back, but only focused on moving forward.

Chwaaak!

The walls of water collapsed, pushing away the gathered monsters.

The ground under the monsters’ soles was clammy. The muddy water created mud, eventually becoming slippery, and some monsters even slipped.

In the meantime, other monsters stepped on their own kin and reached out for the thin skinned prey that smelled good.

Swiii! Swiiuk!

Water spouted like fountains from all over the land on which Elisha was riding, creating a new wall.

Elisha kept running.

Elisha pushed the monsters away and as if she had greased them, slipped through them, and eventually came to a pile of fallen logs.

Elisha jerked the reins and urged the horse.

To be honest, it was the first time she knew that she liked to ride horses, but in her past life, she had traveled many battlefields and subjugated monsters…

She had never met a problem because of lack of riding skills or anything like that.

It was hard to adapt at the beginning, but she thought it would be a good idea to start because the horse follows instructions well.

Fortunately, the horse jumped and climbed safely to the top of the pile of logs.

It should be difficult for a four-legged beast with a long waist to stand on a round log, but this horse did it well.

When Elisha lowered the hand pulling the reins and wiped the mane of the horse, the horse shuddered and trembled.

When she looked down from the high place, she saw the path she had been running.

Due to the muddy path and the monsters lying around it, the road the horse ran was wide and exposed.

Keuak! Keuaaakh!

From the bottom of the stacked logs, a bunch of demonic monsters rose up and looked up at Elisha, revealing their fangs.

Elisha looked down at them as if it were a pity, then looked at Rohan and the knights who arrived at the tail end of the monsters on the other side.