chapter 42
3. Asherah Glade – (20)
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“Do you know the name of the person you just passed by?”
“I’m not sure, but I think he’s Ed Glaad, judging from his blonde hair.”
A female knight who walked beside Tolisch’s casually spat out words. Philia Nardia, a key aide who has served the Birbalce family for generations, took the word. The vassal who was guiding the Birbalche envoy opened her mouth in front of her, but was just guiding the inside of Glead Mansion with her mouth clenched at the sight of Philia, who answered so quickly.
“There is no known information about Ed Gleadra… I didn’t pay much attention to it, but it looks like you haven’t passed the terms and conditions yet, so the talent you have is amazing.”
“Yes. It seems so.”
He looked like a handsome boy in the wall under his blonde hair. It was only a moment, but it certainly looked unusual.
And once again, I felt Glaad’s potential.
I know that many of the knights, who can be said to be the core force, lost their lives, but the level of the knights who simply looked outward was unusual.
Wherever you look, this is the power of a family of knights who have lost many of their core strength.
‘It deserves to be called Taishan of the North.’
Tolish smiled lightly and his eyes flashed.
Ashera Glead, whom she will meet in the future, along with her, her own expectations for her family, Gleadra, rose to the limit, and she smiled unconsciously.
“… ….”
And the female knight, Philia, who followed Tolisch’s small smile, just looked at her with eyes filled with a little longing.
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Clap.
As the door opened, Ashera, who was seated in the parlor, raised her body. And after Birbalche, who enters slowly, she catches the artist’s figure in her eyes.
Tolish Birwalce, the eldest son of the Marquis of Birwalce.
With all his brown hair pulled back, he has a masculine figure and amber eyes that show off his strong energy. He had such a different aura that I couldn’t recall the image of the boy I encountered as a child.
Is it true that a seat makes a person? Now, after many years in the position of the eldest son of a marquis, his appearance seemed to show some kind of composure.
And Philia Nardia, the female knight who follows him.
With long, dark blue hair neatly tied up and deep brown eyes beneath it, she was the eldest daughter of the renowned knight family, the Nardia family, and the closest aide to the Marquis Birbalce.
Confirming their appearance, Ashera spat out her words with a small courtesy.
“Welcome to the Glaad family.”
Asera’s appearance was neither too much nor too little, and she kept the etiquette that the viewer would admire.
“…… You have become even more beautiful in the time you haven’t seen it.”
“… My name is Philia Nardia.”
Tolish, who had never taken his eyes off of Ashera in the blue knight’s uniform from the moment she entered the drawing room, exclaimed as if she had forgotten her greeting. Introduced.
Tolish smiled a little at Philia’s voice and continued.
“Let me formally greet you. This is Tolisch Birbalce. Asherah, I am afraid that you have forgotten who I am.”
When she asked if she remembered herself, Ashera replied with a small nod of her head.
“How can I forget the eldest son of the Marquis Birwalce?”
Asera’s voice, which seemed to contain her indifference, had a strange magical power that made listeners naturally listen to it.
At the same time, Ashera led her to a table in the drawing room with luxurious refreshments and fruit tea. At Ashera’s beckoning, Tolish and Philia soon sat down in a space with a table.
“… Excuse me.”
Until that moment, continue to pierce Ashera. Filia spoke in a cold voice as if whispering at Tolisch’s gaze, and only then did Tolish look away from Ashera and look at the tea on her table.
‘The pressure on commercial power must stop.’
Naturally, as he brought his hand to the car, Tolish had that thought involuntarily.
She didn’t want to see her stressed or suffering, even for a moment. Naturally, such thoughts dominate my head.
The moment he saw Ashera, Tolish was deeply engrossed.
Even though it looks like a knight’s uniform boasting a beautiful appearance, it was definitely a knight’s armor made of iron. Despite wearing such a knight’s uniform, Ashera’s beauty could not be covered at all.
Her beautiful blue hair that came down to her waist changed to short blue hair that came down to her shoulders differently from the past, but a beautiful face that has grown into a woman within it.
It was a beauty far beyond her own expectations, which she thought while looking forward to meeting her. And the blue eyes that radiated brilliant light as if they contained the light of the stars within them were still shining.
A being with integrity who will gradually lead this empire.
The light was still shining brighter than before.
“… The tea smells good.”
Tolish smiles softly while drinking tea.
Philia, who was watching her with a small sideways glance, grabbed her hand.
She tried to attract his attention by wearing clothes that she thought were pretty, not the usual hard family knight armor, but in the end… , The result did not change a single one.
As if taking time to sip the tea and bring out the words.
Even at that moment when he was trying to relax, he continued to look at the woman seated across from him.
As if he wasn’t even aware of Tolish’s gaze. A woman who sips her tea with a very calm expression and waits for her to speak first….
Asera Glade.
Elegance befitting her blue bobbed hair, now that she has reached the age of her contract, she doesn’t feel like a knight at all.
However, from the way she insists on wearing her knightly uniform even while welcoming her guests, who are like her envoys, at first glance, it seems that she is willing to show herself as a knight.
But still.
And yet……
The fact that she was so beautiful was hard for even herself, a woman herself, to deny.
“I want to know the name of the car.”
He who knows more about her car than anyone else, looks at her and gently opens her mouth.
‘Armand.’
As the corners of Philia’s mouth twitched, Ashera’s lips moved at the same time.
“This is Armand.”
In response to Tolish’s question, Ashera slowly removed her lips from the teacup and calmly opened her mouth.
“It is a tea leaf called Armand. Asherah… , You seem to be knowledgeable about cars as well.”
Even the smallest thing is praised as if it were something great.
The look of Tolish who said that was a bright smile, and any woman would naturally look at it.
She smiled while holding a cup as if savoring tea once again, as if she were trying to evoke the heaviness of this place, and it seemed to her that she was trying to evoke the heaviness of this place.
And Tolish, she knew more than anyone else that he was not simply savoring the scent of tea.
How many times have you seen Tolisch smile so brightly while he was with you?
“… ….”
Philia She unconsciously hid her own hand under her table.
Otherwise she would show that she was faltering.
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Time passed faster than ever.
After taking care of all the tasks assigned to you, you can just focus on training at the gymnasium, like reorganizing your body that has not been used in the meantime….
To the point where I think that I only see the end of the day before I know it.
The days passed so quickly.
And for some reason, today, which will be no different from those days, time seemed to flow so slowly.
… Sreureung fit!
With the sound of the sword being put into the scabbard, Ed slowly moved out of the underground arena.
Even though she had already wielded her sword and used mana for several hours, her body was in good shape.
For some reason, even her own stamina, since waking up a few days ago, she didn’t even feel tired at all.
She was even unfoundedly convinced that if she put her mind to it, it wouldn’t be too much trouble to swing the sword all day long.
“… ….”
When I came out of the underground gymnasium and climbed up to the mansion, the scenery outside the mansion was covered in darkness as darkness fell.
Then I suddenly thought that I would have gone back now.
Marquis of Birwalce.
‘Why?’
I couldn’t figure out why I kept getting nervous since it was only one of the envoys who visited the family.
Buck and go.
He naturally moved his steps towards his room and opened the door.
Clap.
At the same time, Ed, who took his hand to loosen the seams of his knight’s uniform, stopped at the sight of a person inside.
“… Lady Asherah.”
A lady dressed in a light cloth-like garment was leaning comfortably on her bed.
Before Ed could open his mouth, Ashera was quick to part her lips.
“Have you had dinner?”
“This is the car I was about to change into and head to the restaurant.”
“Then let’s go together. I haven’t had dinner yet either.”
Seeing Ashera answer calmly, Edgar looks out of the window of her own room.
Because of the deep darkness, only the place where there was light attracted attention.
Looking at that, it was easy to think that it must have been a long time since it was time to eat dinner without checking the time.
And she soon realized that the lady had been waiting to have dinner with her.
“… If she had told me in advance, she wouldn’t have kept you waiting.”
“If it’s just the two of us, don’t use such a hard tone… How many times have I not told you?”
It sounded calm, but it was subtly sharper than usual.
“I will be waiting for you in the garden. Please change quickly and come out.”
After her words, Ashera raised her body and slowly passed by Ed.
She said that in the appearance of Ashera who passed her by like that, she had something different from usual… Ed couldn’t help but feel it.
Clap.