Translator: Nox

Chapter 70

Episode 70

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"The war is not far off, is it."”

His voice rang out amidst the rough sound of hooves.

To hasten our return after organizing the supply route, we chose horses instead of carriages.

This was my idea, but Dielo naturally led me to the horse he was riding.

‘For your safety.’

As he said that, Dielo seemed to bow his head slightly to me.

“Pero hasn’t come yet, has he?”

At my words, Dielo slowly turned to look at me.

His scrutinizing eyes turned to me. Perhaps because we were so close, his eyes seemed to waver slightly.

“Are you waiting for Pero?”

Then he asked me.

At that, I hesitated without realizing it. Well… I am waiting, but.

“Isn’t Dielo?”

I knew that Dielo didn’t want me to leave, but he still had to marry Pero.

He had no choice. To live. It was an obvious fact that didn’t even need to be discussed.

However, the speed of the horse Dielo was riding slowed down somewhat.

Dielo pressed his lips into a firm line, then nodded.

“That’s right.”

I have to wait, right. He muttered softly, as if unwilling.

I reached out and gently grasped the hand holding the reins.

“For Dielo’s safety, I hope Pero comes before the battle with Alloze….”

Where on earth did he go. I sighed briefly and said.

“Even if Pero comes and you marry Pero, it doesn’t mean I can’t see Dielo.”

Maybe Pero will understand if it’s just a business relationship….

I held out my hand.

“Once we settle down in Daisy Forest, I’ll try to push forward with a business related to Argenta.”

Then we’ll see each other. Just as I nodded slightly after saying that.

―Clatter! Clop clop!

The sound of hooves was heard in the distance.

“?”

Rick, who was on our side, looked ahead and made a strange sound with his mouth.

―Whee!

A strange sound, higher than a whistle and lower than a flute, rang out, and the same sound echoed back from the distance.

“It’s Argenta. But it’s not yet time for the regular report from the main camp….”

Doubt was evident in Rick’s voice. A strange tension began to build in an instant.

At Rick’s words, Dielo gestured.

“Find out what’s going on.”

Then Rick sent a few informants forward.

As Dielo and I were on our side, we began to reorganize our ranks in preparation for an emergency.

Fortunately, the one coming from the opposite side was indeed an informant, and soon the sound of hooves aligning their ranks approached instead of noisy shouts.

Each of them had a look of dismay on their faces.

“What’s wrong?”

I couldn’t wait for them and asked.

The Argenta informant, who quickly approached us, bowed his head.

“Lord, Madam. I’m sorry.”

“……?”

Dielo and I exchanged glances.

“As you ordered, we increased the guard troops for the sea supply, but there was an attack.”

“The field commander is.”

Dielo’s voice instantly turned cold and sank.

Was it because the voice was coming from behind?

While feeling a familiar warmth, the back of my neck tingled with a strange sensation.

“He said he gathered as many troops as possible and escaped.”

“Casualties?”

“Fortunately, there were no deaths, but there were some injuries. They broke our ships and repeatedly chased us before stopping.”

Harassing an opponent who was already exhausted, then letting them go, and then harassing them again.

As if playing a cat-and-mouse game.

They played with Argenta on the sea, is what he’s saying.

The informant bowed his head with a troubled face.

“And all the supplies were looted.”

“Looted?”

I raised my eyebrows.

“Yes. They claimed to be pirates, but―”

Hearing a familiar refrain, I unknowingly took over his words.

“Since it was the sea, they used Water Manipulation Ability, right?”

“Yes? Yes.”

The informant looked surprised at my words. As if wondering how I knew.

I turned to Dielo.

“While we were focusing on this side, Alloze seems to have moved towards the sea as well.”

“……”

Dielo narrowed his eyes.

I thought about him asking about the field commander.

And suddenly, I thought of Roa, who had died.

The commander who had protected the Third District and went berserk there.

Whether he did or didn’t, I was concerned about him, who hadn’t been properly mourned because of that principle.

Roa probably never even saw me in his lifetime.

Is it because these are the first people I’ve cherished so much, both before and after the possession, that I’m becoming attached to each and every member of Argenta?

I opened my mouth.

“There was nothing we could do on the sea. Because of Alloze’s Water Manipulation Ability.”

Dielo narrowed his eyes.

“Even so―”

Is he going to say that they have to take responsibility?

His face, which had turned cold for a moment, seemed like he was about to utter cruel words.

A ruthless choice not only for the field commander but also for Dielo himself, who cherished Argenta.

“Dielo melted the swamp.”

So I cut him off.

Dielo turned to me.

His eyes, which sparkled like a shallow lake, looked a little darker today, as if they were stained with shadows.

“It’s my turn to stop them this time.”

I grabbed his hand, which was tightly gripping the reins.

“Dielo doesn’t want to give cruel orders either, does he.”

Right? When I deliberately smiled lightly, his hardened expression finally crumbled.

“……Krua.”

And my eyes met his, who had regained his gentle smile.

The field commander had already done enough by protecting the troops.

We can just buy more supplies, but we can’t get people back if we lose them.

By now, the Alloze looters who drove Argenta out of the sea must be feeling elated.

Saying that no one can beat them on the sea, on the water.

I couldn’t just let those people be.

I thought of the knights who had been selected to escort the sea supply route.

Among them, there were familiar faces and faces I didn’t know yet.

But all of them were Argenta.

“When we launch the ships again, I’ll go with you.”

“Krua.”

At my words, Dielo called me cautiously.

“Are you thinking of revealing your ability directly at sea?”

His voice was filled with worry.

I turned to the swamp.

In front of the swamp, in front of the river, and before, when I saved রেডিয়া্স and the Argenta people in the Fourth District.

I was grateful for the ability to save people.

I will definitely not lose on the sea.

The problem is.

“If Krua is away for a long time, they might guess that Krua, who manipulates water, has participated in the sea battle.”

Dielo pointed out what I was thinking.

“We made up an excuse that you used the source at the meeting, but I don’t think the same excuse will work again.”

“That’s right.”

I agreed with those words.

Then there was only one way.

“Then, let’s disguise.”

A fake Krua will be active in Argenta.

At my words, Dielo’s eyes widened.

* * *

Nirua’s special makeup skills weren’t just for hiding Magical Power.

Just as she had turned Rick and his executors into mercenaries, she could also disguise one person as a completely different person.

Of course, it would be impossible to disguise someone as exactly the same as another person.

‘No, if we do it well, it might be possible…?’

I watched Pielle, wearing a purplish-red wig and putting on my clothes.

“Pielle will become Krua Argenta and go to see the northwestern supply directly.”

Her appearance, made up under Nirua’s direction, looked similar to me even when I looked at it.

If you look at it from a distance, you will definitely be fooled.

Pielle and I, who had finished preparing sufficiently in the intelligence department’s safe house prepared nearby, stood in front of the mirror.

“……It’s really perfect.”

Pielle admired. I agreed.

Pielle was a little taller than me, but I could cover it up to some extent by wearing shoes with heels.

The face, which I was most worried about, was also fine.

Nirua developed Pielle’s somewhat cold image with delicate brushstrokes, turning it into the face of a glamorous villain.

“Amazing…….”

We were looking in the mirror like that.

“Are you ready?”

We heard Dielo’s voice, who had been outside while we were changing clothes.

At Dielo’s voice, I suddenly felt playful.

“Pielle, draw the curtains.”

“Yes?”

Pielle, who was wearing my gloves, widened her eyes, but followed my instructions and lowered the curtains around us.

The quality wasn’t as good as the curtains in the Argenta mansion’s bedroom, but it was possible to hide our figures and reveal only our silhouettes.

“Yes, come in.”

At my words, Dielo opened the door.

I turned to Pielle.

I made a shushing gesture to her with my lips.

Dielo, who opened the door and entered, would only see two shadows with similar silhouettes.

A smile naturally flowed from my playfulness.