Rimmer calmly stood up and dusted off his clothes. She got down on one knee, pounded the ground with her fist and lowered her head.
“Gwangpungdanju. “I obey the matriarch’s orders.”
The serious energy that emanates from his low voice burns over his shoulders. Powerful energy waves, unimaginable as if they had been beaten while playing a prank, covered the throne room in concentric circles.
The green eyes that had always been playful were filled with seriousness, but Glenn and Dogoe were not surprised at all. She accepted it naturally, as if she was that kind of person.
“The mission has not been confirmed yet.”
“Ugh, you should have said that sooner! “It’s annoying to strain my eyes!”
Rimmer sighed and stood up. He scratched his head, muttering that steam had leaked.
“Umm… .”
Glenn frowned and twitched his fingers gripping the armrest. She seemed to be debating whether or not to be struck by lightning.
“What kind of mission did you say before it even started?”
“Do you know the Gazelle River adjacent to the Label River?”
“Of course I know. “It’s where the Cheonglu tribe lives.”
Rimmer nodded. The Gazelle River is located at the end of Sieghardt’s territory and was the home of the Cheongru tribe, one of the demi-humans.
“I stayed for a while in Doran Village next to the river. “It was a quiet and comfortable place like a forest.”
The people were very friendly, and I remembered relaxing in a calm and quiet atmosphere like a forest in my hometown.
“It’s a good place. “Just seeing the Cheonglu tribe playing in the clear river has a strange elegance.”
He smiled slightly, as if this was a place he had been to before.
“that’s right. “I heard that the Cheonglu people are somewhat like cats, so it’s fun to look at.”
Rimmer nodded, agreeing with Dokai’s words.
“They said the Qinglu tribe attacked people.”
“Yes?”
Rimmer erased his smile and opened his mouth.
“Well, that can’t be possible…” .”
The Cheonglu people are a timid people who live only in the water and near the water’s edge, and hide when they see people or boats. I couldn’t believe that people like immortals, who had great power but didn’t show it, would attack people.
“Who did you attack?”
“They say they are fishermen living in Doran Village.”
“Huh… .”
Rimmer scratched his chin. I couldn’t believe that Doran Village was the only village that had a symbiotic relationship with the Cheonglu tribe, so they attacked them.
“Didn’t you touch a Cheonglu child? “This is the first time I’ve heard of them striking first.”
Dokai also tilted his head as if it was strange.
“The non-annual association is collecting information, but there is no such story. It is said that they were passing through the Gazelle River as usual when they suddenly attacked and destroyed the ship.”
Glenn waved his hand lazily.
“I have also seen the Cheonglu tribe. “It ran away as soon as it saw me, and showed no aggression at all, just a little curiosity.”
“That’s right! Very pure… .”
“You don’t know that. Because the Cheonglu tribe does not leave the water, not much information has been revealed. “I don’t know what kind of tendencies they really have.”
“That’s right… .”
Rimmer nodded. As Glenn said, not much was known about the Cheonglu people. All he saw was their side.
“The non-banquet will hand out the mission after gathering enough information, so there will be some leeway. “Please take that time to prepare for departure.”
“All right. however… .”
Rimmer licked his lips and met Glenn’s eyes.
“What exactly is the mission? Is it to control the Qinglu people, or to drive them out? .”
He didn’t finish, but spoke slowly.
“Basically, the mission is to find the cause of the Cheonglu tribe’s violence and bring them to restraint, but if that doesn’t work, we’ll have to deal with it.”
“You mean everything?”
“okay.”
Glenn nodded calmly without the slightest hesitation.
“All right.”
Even though Rimmer had a good impression of the Cheonglu tribe, he did not refute Glenn’s words and accepted his instructions. However, his eyes sank much deeper than usual.
“Rimer.”
Glenn called out to Rimmer in a slightly cheery voice.
“Are you going to stop gambling now?”
“…….”
Rimmer did not answer, but closed his eyes.
“You couldn’t do it, but your student achieved it, so you can stop now.”
“Hmm.”
He looked back at Do-gae and smiled slightly.
“What the matriarch said is also true. “Because what he wanted was to see that old man become the first person to become the third person.”
Hearing those words, Dogae’s red eyes trembled gently like a windy lake.
“It seems like gambling can now be done just for fun. “I still have to save money.”
Rimmer smiled and turned his shoulders.
“Rimer. It is right to let regrets pass as they are. “In particular, holding onto other people’s regrets is both difficult and foolish.”
Glenn’s voice sounded hollower than usual.
“That’s different from what I think.”
Rimmer shook his head.
“I think it’s right to hold on to lingering regrets. “It’s the same for the dead, but it’s true for the living.”
He completely erased the bitterness he had shown a moment ago and smiled slyly again.
“I think the matriarch’s lingering desire must come true.”
“I have no regrets.”
“Hey! You know. I love Raon so much… “Huh!”
Rimmer urgently took steps to avoid the flashing lightning from Glenn’s hand.
“Looking at you teasing your snout again, I guess it’s worth living. Shall we start off properly?”
“Well, I have to prepare for my mission, so I’ll just go!”
He kicked down the throne room door and ran out as if running away.
“What happened to Raon just now?”
“I don’t know anything. “Because it’s nonsense.”
Glenn shook his head quickly, as if telling him not to even think about it.
“Hmm.”
Dogoe narrowed his eyes at Glenn and then straightened his posture.
“I’ll just go too.”
He bowed his head politely and turned around.
“Harrian.”
Glenn called Dogoe’s name as he was about to open the throne room door and leave.
“Welcome back.”
“… thank you.”
The doge bowed his head and smiled slightly. She looked at Glenn for a moment and then left her throne room.
“Whoa.”
Glenn frowned as he looked at the door through which Rimmer and Dogoe came out.
“Stupid guys. Even if you live comfortably, there is no one to blame… .”
* * *
Raon headed to the downtown area with Yua and Julius. The reason he headed to the downtown area without training was because of the tenant attached to his bracelet.
-If you don’t say something, you won’t keep your promise!
Lars sat on his right shoulder with his arms crossed and snorted.
-When you ask someone to do something, you talk as if you’re going to take out everything, including the liver and gallbladder, but when you’re done, don’t you just wipe your mouth!
‘I tried to buy everything on my own.’
-It was so funny and embarrassing! If King Bon had not spoken out first, he would have been standing in front of the mirror like a ghost, saying he would practice Hwanggeom since dawn.
‘Ugh… .’
Raon, who had hit the nail on the head, let out a groan. Since he received advice from Dokai, he had only practiced swordsmanship in front of a mirror, so he had nothing to say.
‘So it came out like this.’
I went to the downtown area just in time for lunch to free the horned Lass. Yua and Julius also didn’t have classes at the time, so I brought them along to cheer them up.
“Is this your first time here? I’ll tell you.”
The toddler ran around the downtown area cheerfully.
“It’s a baby!”
“Yua has arrived! “I just got an apple. Try one!”
“It’s a baby! Pork is good today! “It will be delicious when grilled!”
Merchants lined up on both sides of the downtown area beckoned to YooA. Perhaps because she was shopping with her maids, everyone recognized Yoo Ah and was smiling brightly.
“Well, I know.”
Julius’s pride was hurt because he didn’t know anything, so he showed off as if he knew everything since it was his first time here.
“Really, then what is that store?”
“uh? Oh, selling clothes… .”
“Dang! “It’s a bakery!”
“Ugh… .”
Julius’ face turned red at Yua’s laughter.
‘It’s the exact opposite.’
Raon looked at the two and smiled. Yua still thought of Julius only as a friend, and Julius regarded Yua as his rival. That relationship was just fun because we each had different thoughts.
-They seem to be interesting children.
Lars also smiled at the two people.
‘Did you like children?’
-The King naturally takes care of talented people. Besides, wasn’t the pineapple girl the king’s third maid? Regardless of his talent, of course we should take care of him.
The guy still called Yua a maid. I felt like she meant it when she said she cared for me and cared for me. Of course, she doesn’t do anything.
‘But why are you doing this to me?’
-Yes, you bastard! Didn’t they take away everything that belonged to this king?
Lars’ anger and coldness rose as if he would explode at any moment. The man’s energy surged through the mana circuit like water.
-Are you sure there was a provocation just now? I absolutely can’t stand this!
“Raon! “We’re here!”
A toddler waves at a beaded ice cream shop.
“hmm?”
Raon didn’t move to block Rath’s attack, but the anger and coldness he caused quickly passed out of his body like the ebbing tide.
-What are you doing! Get in quickly!
Lars even forgot that he was angry and stuck out his tongue like a puppy, telling him to eat the ice cream quickly.
‘You are a very great demon king…’ .’
Raon shook his head and entered the ice cream shop.
“Choose what you both want to eat.”
“yes!”
“Is it really okay for me to eat it too? Already receiving a lot of blessings… .”
“are you okay. “We also chose the people in the annex.”
Raon laughed, interrupting Julius’ tightly held words.
‘Then you…’ hmm?’
As I was about to tell Lars to choose an ice cream, I saw the back of his head looking very familiar in the display window.
“Runan?”
“huh?”
The silver-haired woman who had her face pressed against the store window suddenly turned her head. She was Runaan, as expected.
“Why are you here… ah.”
No, this was an unnecessary question. Because it was a story on the same level as a cat passing in front of a fish store.
“I was watching.”
Runaan’s fierce eyes were full of regret.
“caliber?”
Raon tilted his head. I couldn’t understand why a guy who could buy this store if he wanted to was worried.
“Mom told me to eat just one a day.”
He lowers his head while saying that. It felt like tears were about to fall from his purple eyes.
“Hmm, do you want to pick one too?”
“no. I promised my mom… .”
Runaan shook his head. Even though he was full of regret, he kept his promise.
“Then let’s eat later.”
“huh… .”
Raon left Runan, who nodded silently, and went to the display stand.
‘What do you want to do?’
-Hmm, I felt it before, but the variety of ice cream shops here is too small.
‘It can’t be helped.’
Sieghardt is a cold place all year round. Even though most of the residents had learned martial arts and were resistant to cold, they were looking for warm food rather than ice cream, so the size of the store had to be small.
-First of all, I will fill a box with mint chocolate.
‘A box of grass… .’
Raon bit his lip. Thinking about eating a box of that already gave him a headache.
-Should we do two boxes? Think about it… hmm?
Lars narrowed his eyes as he looked at the flyer on the wall.
-What is that?
The guy pointed to a flyer with ice cream drawn between bread, like a sandwich.
‘I don’t know either?’
Raon turned his head and called the store manager.
“What is that?”
“This is a new product I created.”
The mustachioed store manager standing in front of the counter nodded.
“You made it?”
“Business has been slow these days, so I improvised and made it.”
He scratched his cheek as if he was embarrassed.
“I put ice cream between castella that was made soft by adding a lot of milk. “We call it beaded ice cream sand.”
“Ice Cream Sandra… .”
Raon quenched his appetite. He ate bread and ice cream together, which was groundbreaking.
-hey! What are you doing! Order now! right now!
Lars pounded his wrist with a fist like a cotton bat, with fire burning in his eyes like a puppy that has seen its food.
“Can you give me one of these?”
“What flavor would you like?”
“Please make cookies and cream.”
“me too!”
“Please do the same for me as Raon.”
Yua and Julius also raised their hands saying they would like to eat sand.
“uh… .”
Raon looked back at Runan, who was standing blankly behind him, and raised four fingers.
“Please give me four.”
“yep! “I received an order for four cookie and cookie sandwiches!”
The store manager smiled and went inside.
-You bastard! I have to make it with mint chocolate!
‘Oh, that’s right. Should I change it now?’
-done. You can also order mint chocolate.
Lars whetted his appetite while looking at the ice cream, probably thinking about trying it all.
“It came out.”
It didn’t take long to make, perhaps because it was prepared in advance.
“Come on, Runaan.”
Raon first gave the sand to Runan.
“huh? I am… .”
“This isn’t beaded ice cream, it’s sand. “Wouldn’t it be okay?”
“ah!”
Runaan’s mouth relaxed and a smile appeared. This is my first time seeing you smile like this.
“huh! thank you.”
She nodded and took the ice cream sandwich. She turned it around as if admiring its shape and let out a tiny laugh.
Raon distributed sand to Yua and Julius and then took the last ice cream.
“This is sand… .”
My mouth watered when I saw the cookies and cream sandwiched between the cotton-like, thin sponge cake. The shape was round, like a beaded ice cream, so pretty that it was almost a shame to eat it.
-There is no time for appreciation! Eat quickly!
‘No matter how you look at it, I’m not a gourmet.’
Gourmets usually enjoy food by looking at its appearance, but that wasn’t the case for Lars. As expected, this guy was a glutton who only cared about quantity.
Raon shook his head and put sand in his mouth.
“her!”
The elasticity bursts spontaneously. The castella covering the top and bottom of the ice cream melted gently like water-soaked paper, creating a fluffy texture, and the ice cream dug in between, enticing the tongue with its sweetness and crunchiness. I laughed at the unexpectedly harmonious taste.
-Wow, it’s here… .
Lars raised his eyes.
-If you lived for thousands of years without knowing this taste, your life was a loss!
The guy muttered something strange and muttered that he was a demon god. He was absolutely crazy.
-The taste of both ingredients is delicious, but the shortcomings have disappeared. It’s perfect food!
Lars trembled as if he was on the verge of fainting.
‘disadvantage?’
-The ice cream takes away the dryness of the castella, and the softness of the castella complements the cold and hard texture of the ice cream. This is perfect food!
‘Harmony and assistance… .’
Raon looked blankly at the half-full sand.
-Every food ingredient has its pros and cons. This is the best food that overcomes the disadvantages with its advantages. I want to eat only this for the rest of my life!
‘It means that each other’s strengths can offset each other’s weaknesses.’
-If you understand, stop muttering and eat the rest! I can’t stand it.
Lars danced and shook his body.
Raon nodded and put the remaining ice cream sandwich in his mouth. Listening to Lars’ explanation, it was clear that the advantages of both materials outweighed the disadvantages.
-Off! It’s killing me! Now order a sandwich with mint chocolate! My hands are shaking with anticipation!
Lars was so excited that his whole body was shaking.
‘Harmony… .’
But Raon did not listen to Lars. He looked at the ice cream sandwich flyer and muttered only the word harmony.
‘Maybe we can create harmony in swordsmanship in this way… .’
-What are you doing?
‘If the shock caused by the dark sword makes up for the slow activation of the illusion sword… .’
-Raon Sieghardt?
-hey! Hey man!
Even when Lars hit Raon’s forearm and shoulder, Raon did not react.
-What kind of torture is it to eat just one of these delicious foods and fall into a trance!
Ras screamed, but Raon’s pupils became brighter and brighter.
-You devil!
* * *
“This place… .”
Raon blinked.
“what?”
It is a room in the annex. I definitely ate an ice cream sandwich at the store, but before I knew it, I was back in my room.
-What is it? That’s crazy!
Lars’ angry voice came from over his shoulder.
“huh?”
-I fell into a trance while eating your ice cream sandwich! You bastard who got stabbed in the head!
“ah!”
Raon chuckled. Hearing those words, he remembered that while he was eating sand, he was lost in the thought of harmonizing the two sword techniques.
-Smile? Does it make you laugh?
Lars gritted his teeth and made a face. The round eyes were bubbling like boiling water.
– They locked him up and said he would buy them all, but the king only ate one sandwich! And not mint chocolate, but cookies and cream! Cookies and Cream!
“It was still delicious, right?”
-that… however!
Lars rolled his eyes.
-Anyway, you haven’t kept your promise to buy me an ice cream set yet! Don’t say anything else later, just remember it!
“yes. yes.”
Raon nodded slowly.
“Did I do the math?”
-Even in that situation, he came back after buying not only the ice cream girl and the children, but even the maids’ sandals! The only thing you didn’t take care of was the king! Off!
Lars beat his chest as if he was angry.
-There really isn’t a single thing I like! I really wanted to try the mint chocolate sandwich!
“sorry. “I’ll go again tomorrow.”
Raon smiled slightly and patted Lars on the back.
-Are you thinking that King Bon is a fool? I will never be fooled by your sweet words!
Lars turned his head as if he really didn’t believe it.
“For real this time.”
-Uhm… .
Lars slowly rolled his round eyes as if he had forgotten what he said a second ago. It’s almost surprising that he’s such a pure devil in front of food.
-I don’t believe it.
“Thanks to your hint, I saved a lot of time.”
Raon flicked the sheath of his sword and smiled.
-hint? The only thing the king did was curse at you? A crazy person, a stone-headed person, a person who will die after being stabbed with a knife… .
Lars tilted his head as if it was strange, repeating the swear words he had been saying.
“What I said before was helpful. “It means that they compensate for each other’s shortcomings.”
Raon stood in front of the full-length mirror he had brought for training. He grinned, meeting bright red eyes.
“Thanks to you, I came up with a new sword technique.”
