chapter 258
258 – Scene 258# the Seat of the Royal Family
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The ‘Autumn Tragedy’ is the incident in which the largest number of lives were lost, excluding the period when the devil came.
According to records, an army of demons and demons moves south toward Northern Garden and attacks Roelgrin Castle. Maxim Meikahel, the emperor at the time, immediately dispatched reinforcements to the north, but it was not enough to stop the monsters.
As the situation became desperate, Emperor Maxim requested the Ruelberta family to send reinforcements as a last resort. As it is now, the relationship between the imperial family and the Ruelberta family was not very good at the time, so the Ruelberta family did not easily send reinforcements to the north.
However, in response to repeated requests, Count Aidan Ruel Berta dispatches Aslan, a private soldier under his command, to the north. But by then ten days had already passed. Aslan hurriedly reached the north and succeeded in repelling the monsters, but the situation was over.
The results were terrible.
Of the 50,000 imperial troops who went as reinforcements, only 10 survived. He died within a few days due to injuries and aftereffects. Not a single resident of Roelgreen Castle survived.
The same was true for Ariel’s husband, Kyle, and her young son.
At the time, shortly after giving birth to his son, Ariel was staying in his island home, Ludlow, due to health issues, thus avoiding the upset.
Ariel went half crazy after hearing the news. I was devastated and devastated by her grief over losing her husband and son at the same time. And from despair, the seeds of resentment grew and soon became unquenchable hatred.
She knows too.
It is not right to hold the responsibility for the ‘autumn tragedy’ solely on the Ruelberta family, which sent reinforcements late.
However, it is unavoidable.
Ariel, who lost everything in that incident, needed someone to blame. If she didn’t complain, she would have died from her guilt and mad longing for surviving alone.
She is not stupid No matter how much she resents and hates, she knows that Kyle and her young son will not come back alive.
However, ironically, having someone to resent and hate is also the reason why humans can live.
That was the reason why Ariel actively cooperated with the imperial family that was hostile to the Ruelberta family and constantly tried to interfere with me.
Hatred is an emotion that leads to human destruction, but sometimes there are people who can survive only by hating.
Ariel is that kind of person. She lives with vain hatred…
She was a poor woman.
Tristan, in her original work her her her, tried to get rid of her several times, as was her her her her villain her her her her.
She ruthlessly eliminates anyone who gets in her way. Because that was Tristan’s way of solving the problem.
But I’m not crazy like Tristan. So, I did some research to see if there was any solution to this problem. There was one thing I learned that way.
First of all, during the’Autumn Tragedy’, Milliam’s father, Aidan Ruelberta, was sitting at the head of the family. And at that time, it was Milliam who led Aslan, who was dispatched as reinforcements to the north.
What is surprising is that as soon as Millium returned to Ludlow after defeating the northern monsters, he took over the real power of the family and ascended to the position of Count Ruel Bertha.
It smelled like something was going on behind the scenes.
I remember Milliam Ruelberta, whom I saw during the ordeal.
He was a villain who used the dead as puppets. The person who taught me ‘anger’. And the expression he made when he pulled the trigger on behalf of me, who had suppressed my murderous intent.
Before going through the ordeal, Milliam was a man I only knew based on his background. At the time of the original story, he was already a deceased person and was an extra character with no significance to the story.
Now that I have become Tristan, Millium has become more than an extra to me.
Milliam is by no means an ordinary person. So, there is something… It feels like there is a story hidden by his younger brother.
“Count.”
No… What. It’s still just speculation.
It’s just my guess, there’s no evidence anywhere.
“Count.”
It would be nice if you could find something here that could provide some clues. For that, what remains here is-.
“Count!”
When I suddenly heard a voice, I turned my head to see the silver-haired princess, Bella, staring at me with her hand on her waist.
Come to think of it, I was taking a short break in the carriage when Bella came by to say she had something to report.
“No matter how many times I called, there was no answer… What are you thinking?”
“… “I was just thinking about some random things.”
He stroked her face. Her eyes were somehow dim.
I was tired, probably because I had a heavy conversation with Ariel earlier.
I worriedly asked Bella if it seemed that way too.
“Are you okay?”
“Okay. No problem. How far did we go beyond that?”
“Ah, I asked if there were any results from the separate unit.”
“Hmm. The demons don’t seem to have noticed this yet. “If I restore the castle diligently, I think I can turn this place into a fortress before they notice.”
“There is only good news. “Work is progressing smoothly on the castle side as well.”
Bella, who was part of the headquarters unit under my command, was moving around the castle, communicating with each of her commanders, and playing the role of a commanding tower.
Perhaps because of her high status as the duke’s daughter and her her kind her heart her her her, everyone obeyed her orders her her, regardless of whether they were commanders or soldiers.
Originally, it was something I was supposed to do myself, but I left it to her because I thought it would be much more efficient for her to do it.
And it was the right choice.
From the imperial army’s point of view, I am no different from an enemy. There were still many people who were not pleased to receive my command.
We are now familiar with looks mixed with resentment, dissatisfaction, and displeasure. But why does that gaze feel tired these days?
“Right. “Is there any other news?”
“Ah, I’m asking when General Leon will compete. To put it mildly, he builds a strange snowman every time he has free time and burns it. It’s like a demonic fire or something…”
“That… “This is news I don’t really want to hear.”
“Right… ?”
Bella pointed to the bottom of her stomach with her hand, as if something interesting suddenly occurred to her.
“Hehe… Rather, did you see this?”
“What do you mean?”
It was hard to see because it was covered by the table.
Bella gestured to me as if she was frustrated.
“Oh my. Of course, if you’re there, you can’t see it. “Come here.”
It’s annoying…
I reluctantly moved to the seat next to her.
Then Bella giggled and pointed to her thighs.
“Ta-da.”
“… ?”
What is salty?
As I stood there frowning, this time he spoke as if he was frustrated.
“What are you doing. Without lying down.”
“Lie down… ?”
“Yes.”
Bella pointing to her own thighs.
Only then did I understand what was being said. But I immediately had doubts.
“…Why?”
“Why? “Count, you look like you really want to sleep right now.”
Is it? To be honest, I was tired, but not that bad… Even if you want to check, you can’t know because there is no mirror.
“Don’t hesitate, hurry up.”
Bella grabbed her arm and forced herself to place my head on her thigh.
The rough and soft texture of the stockings was felt through the back of my head and neck. But even for a moment. When I looked up, the view was so good that I didn’t know where to place my eyes.
I was worried that I might not be able to see Bella’s her face her her, so I desperately tightened my grip on her neck so that I could see her face her her.
“I think my throat is very tight.”
“No. I am… Okay… Well, let’s say that.”
“Hmm… ?”
I couldn’t bear to tell the truth, so I blurted out my words. However, Bella seemed to interpret her appearance differently.
“What? “Are you embarrassed?”
“… “Think whatever you want.”
“Hehe… Well then, okay. “You must have saved a country in your past life to be able to lie down on the lap of a woman like me?”
Are you saying that with your own mouth?
“Let me tell you what you think. Count.”
“Not bad.”
Bella made a sad expression at the truly simple answer.
“Is that all you think about my knee pillow? There must be sincerity in speaking specifically.”
“Very good… “It’s a pillow.”
“Hmm. I don’t know that much. Let’s make an analogy.”
“Sturdy baguette bread.”
“Profit.”
Bella slapped the back of her nose with her palm.
“If you say something like that again…”
“What if you say something like that?”
“Sudden… !”
“Are you sure?”
“Sudden… I will kiss you. Shut up that damn mouth.”
I looked up at her Bella.
The corner of her mouth twitched and a red blush appeared on her cheeks. It must have been said as a joke, but the person who said it is embarrassed.
Her appearance was so cute that I burst into laughter.
“So.”
“Ah? Are you going to come out like that?”
“Try it. Where.”
“Are you really going to do it?”
“Okay. “Do it for real.”
At this point, Bella also seemed to be feeling a little embarrassed and ran her hand through the side of her head. Just her actions made her look even more fascinating.
“I’m a woman who does what she does. “Even if you cry and cry and apologize, will I still kiss you?”
“Do I look like a man who will cry and cry and apologize to you?”
“But. That doesn’t suit me. Then how about arrogantly apologizing?”
What on earth is that?
“That… “It’s not an apology in the first place.”
“What. If it were you, that would be enough.”
After listening… ?
It made quite a bit of sense, so she nodded. It was such an amazing thing. I only exchanged a few words with her, but it feels like the dark cloud in my head has disappeared.
Bella smiled and gently stroked my head.
“He knows how to admit what needs to be acknowledged and He is kind. “Our Count.”
“Treating a child is-.”
“Shhh.”
At that moment, Bella lowered her face towards me. Her silver hair, with its faint flowery cheek scent, tickled my cheek.
Hehe… I’m surprised? “You thought we were kissing?”
Bella was looking down at me with her finger on my lips.
Although she was so beautiful that it made my heart ache, I was able to look up at her relatively calmly thanks to her ‘patience’ of her.
But Bella, already accustomed to my calmness, raised her head.
“I’ll stop joking around.” “You look too tired to play around anymore.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
Bella brushed my hair.
Then her eyelids became heavy as if she was lying.
Rather than feeling tired, I felt a sense of peace and relief.
“I’ll stay like this for a moment, so close your eyes.”
“Okay…”
I didn’t even feel like refusing so I fell asleep on Bella’s lap
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“Hey. “Shouldn’t men be a little embarrassed?”
She muttered while poking her cheek with her finger.
Tristan was sleeping soundly on her lap.
“Really tactful…”
For no reason, I tickled the bridge of his nose with my finger. Even though he expresses his feelings so actively, his heart remains unwavering.
Of course Bella knows.
What he is intentionally trying to distance himself from.
It is to avoid getting her involved in the curse placed on her Ruel Bertha family.
Bella sighed as she looked down at Tristan’s sleeping face.
What a strange fate.
After all, the man she likes is her cursed body. I happened to fall in love with a man who had the cruel fate of never being able to get married…
Tristan’s sleeping face looked gaunt.
The person who was once despised and feared as the Pig Count is nowhere to be found.
That’s why it’s even more unfortunate.
It’s a curse that makes it impossible to marry a woman with this kind of appearance.
Since I know this situation, I can’t leave it alone.
Isn’t it too pitiful to live and die alone?
Bella smoothed Tristan’s forehead while he was sleeping.
The sight of him tossing and turning, frowning slightly, stimulated her hidden maternal love.
You have to take care of it. This man cannot live without Bella’s care
“Is it so… Anyway, you can’t do it without me, right?”
There was no answer.
However, Bella looked at him sleeping as if he had already heard her answer. Her lips were tightly closed
Bella took a deep breath of herself.
And the moment she was about to mark his sleeping lips her her her …
“Huh?”
“?!”
Her heart skipped a beat at the sudden voice she heard.
Her knees shook her, but luckily Tristan didn’t wake up.
Bella glared at the uninvited guest.
“W-what is it? When he suddenly appears.”
“Why? “I am the Count’s bodyguard, so it is natural for me to be by his side.”
A female wolf smiling slyly through an open window… No, it was Helga Wolfbert.
“Princess. “Did you do something?”
“Oh, no?”
“You did it, right?”
“No.”
“You did it.”
“It’s not.”
Helga was smiling at her single
Like someone who has something really pleasant to see.
However…
“Excuse me… This would be troublesome. Princess.”
“Yes?”
“Shouldn’t we protect what we have to protect?”
Helga, Tristan’s bodyguard, is his closest confidant and probably has the same goals as Bella. The depth of her sinisterness in that smile was unknown.
She is someone you should never let down your guard about.
Bella soon regained her composition and smiled.
Her status as the duchess’s daughter trained her skillfully. So that she can maintain an unbreakable spirit no matter what kind of schemer or dark-hearted person she is.
“Huh? “I don’t know what you’re talking about?”
However, there was something that even Bella was overlooking.
“You know. Princess. “Can I tell you one interesting fact?”
“Yes? Fun fact… ?”
“Yes. “Jeonsil does not mean the woman who is the first to get married.”
“Corruption?”
“The position of royal wife is occupied by a woman who has given birth to many children.”
“Children… Now, wait a minute. What on earth is that?!”
“Well, I just need to have more children, so you can enjoy it to your heart’s content for now. “I wanted to let you know that.”
The fact that her rival is the craziest b*tch ever.
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