After running for two days, the atmosphere changed when I entered Lazia. Greeting to the soldier guarding the entrance to the compound, Ran thought blankly.
'Oh, new armor.'
"Count Romia!"
Baron Wilde was guarding the first gate. He was fully armed, followed by a young man wearing a robe over his armor with a Wild family sentence on it.
"I didn't know Baron Wilde was guarding the first gate."
When Ran spoke on the horse, Baron Wilde said, pounding his chest.
"My loyalty to the Duchy of Lazia was appreciated by the Duke. This is my nephew, Roden."
"Hello, Earl."
"Forgive me the rudeness of being greeted on a horse."
"No."
Roden shook his head. In the Baroness Wilde, who seemed to be a knight to the core, Roden looked heterogeneous. Baron Wilde, as well as his cousins Blaine and Ross, does not resemble him. In addition, se seemed to be still underage.
'Maybe it's because he's your niece? But you care about bringing him out to the battlefield. Well, I don't think you're cut out for it. Just like him.'
Ran sighed, thinking so, and looked at the Marquis Cyrus. It was up to the Marquis' judgment whether he could rest here now or continue to move straight past this place.
"Can you change horses? I'd like to get into the mansion if I could."
Baron Wilde nodded at Marquis Cyrus words.
"I think we can prepare the horse right away."
"What about Eustaf?"
When Ran asked, Baron Wilde showed two fingers.
"He passed here two days ago."
'It's really fast.'
Ran is exhausted.
"Then he must have arrived at the Sky Mansion by now."
Cyrus said so and reached out Ran from the horse. It was because I already knew that Ran couldn't come down from the horse.
Baron Wilde looked at the figure with his white eyes open, but when he saw Ran sitting down almost as if she were falling, he asked.
"Did you get any injuries?"
"We left Leventon this morning and we'd been running so far."
Baron Wilde opened his mouth at Cyrus's words. He spoke seriously.
"Good thing the horse didn't fall to death."
"Because I've been magic supplementing it. The level of magical work in Lazia is magnificent.... Don't you sell it?"
Ran waved at Cyrus's words and said, "It's not for sale."
Feeling sorry, Cyrus ate his food.
During the change of words, the party rested for a while and boarded the horse again. Baron Wilde said to Ran, ""Send my regards to the Duke."," and Ran nodded and started the horse.
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The Sky Mansion is the northernmost part of the Lazia estate. It is natural to be in the place where the ice wall rises.
So I suggested that the Marquis of Illuminati, who I met in the middle, stay.
"It will be harder to go to the Sky mansion and then come back again. Now you have to learn the knights as well."
Count Illuminati said, and Cyrus laughed and asked.
"Is that Eustaf's opinion?"
"Yes."
He nodded, and Ran also nodded.
"Because the Duke is thinking about the plains of two siege as a battlefield."
"Plains?"
Cyrus frowned and said with a sigh.
"He must be pretty confident with his cavalry."
Count Illuminati said with a spooky smile.
"The collisions with the Knights of Blue flame will not survive."
Only then did Ran think of the margab made by the Dwarfs in spring.
'Surely, such items are fraudulent ...'
I think so, but Count Illuminati also told Ran.
"The count is taking a day off, isn't?"
"May I do that? I miss that fluffy bed so much."
The count smiled faintly at Ran's words.
"A day or so would be fine. Even if you run more, you won't be able to run much. The sun will set soon."
"Nice, then."
When Ran nodded and saw the Marquis, the Marquis also nodded.
Ran barely endured the desire to sing three cheers, and instead asked the Earl of Illuminati-Lord Palton a question.
"This is the third gate, right?"
Palton nodded.
"There's only one way to the Sky mansion. If your opponent is carrying a cavalry, you can't help but pass through here."
"Because the road is paved so that the horse can run."
Palton grinned.
"You've paved the way diligently."
Ran sighed.
"I didn't know this would help the invasion. If I knew····."
"If you knew, the Duke would have made it."
Ran knew it meant Eustaf. I thought for a moment and she laughed.
"That's right. I think so."
-Tell him to come when you comes.
Eustaf's voice seems to be heard in my ears. Count Illuminati said.
"Then Ran should go in and rest. You have to leave again tomorrow."
"I've been waiting for that."
Ran said so and got up from her seat. When I came out, I saw the stone wall I practiced.
It's a castle purely for battle. It was not appropriate to stay.
Those who were staying were also knights and servants, but there were no servants.
Dimodia was waiting in the hallway.
"Did you finish the story well?"
"Yes, I've decided to stay overnight and leave."
"All right, I'll get some hot water."
"Really?"
Ran opened her eyes wide in surprise.
"How? Didn't you suffer too much?"
"There's a bathtub to wash up here, too."
"Oh, Really I love you, Dia."
At Ran's words, Dimodia smiled lightly.
It was a bath like a long time ago. Ran was in a very dirty condition now, because she couldn't wash her hair while she was running.
I almost fell asleep in the hot tub and died, and Ran came out of the bathtub.
As my whole body became refreshed, I even thought it was good now.
Sina laughed at Ran while eating bread.
"Unnie, go home and sleep."
"Yes, that would be good...."
Ran yawned for a long time, brushed her teeth, and crept into the bed. The bed was hard, but Ran fell asleep.
During the night, something grazed Ran's face and woke up.
A bug?
At the moment, I thought of a creature with many legs, and Ran hit something and raised her upper body up.
But what came into her sight was that someone was standing in the dark. Even more surprising, Ran hardened and relaxed in the other person's voice.
"I didn't expect you to be so surprised."
"Eus······?"
"Yes."
"I thought it was bug."
Eustaf said after making a strange face to Ran's murmur,
"I'm sorry. I just wanted to check your sleep."
My feet didn't fall off as if I were stuck. I thought I shouldn't touch it, but I thought I wanted to pet it just once.
"Eus."
"Yes."
"Next time, just wake me up."
Ran said with open arms.
"Because I miss you, too."
Eustaf leaned down, breathing out, and hugged her tightly. Actually, it wasn't that long, but I felt it was too long.
There was also a lot of anxiety.
Embracing her in his arms, he felt her, smelled her, and comforted by the warmth, Eustaf was embracing Ran for a long time without saying a word.
Ran smiled lightly and held him tightly against his shoulder.
'Oh, in armor.'
I felt a hard metal texture over the thin cloth.
After a while, Ran asked.
"But how did you get here?"
"The Duke of Miro has entered the estate."
Ran was surprised and asked.
"What about Baron Wilde?"
Remembering that he was guarding the first gate, Eustaf shook his head when she said.
"They didn't go through the gate."
Ran frowned at the words.
"They didn't come through the road?"
"Before the declaration of the territorial war, they had soldiers in our territory."
Ran got goosebumps.
"Really? So, there's already soldiers in the estate?".
l
Eustaf answered "Shh-" whispered in a soothing whisper and gently pressed his lips over her cheekbones.
"You don't have to worry."
"But-"
"It's good that we don't have to Integration them."
"Integration?"
"I think they're going straight to the fourth gate. Do you know where it is?"
"I know."
Eustaf grinned.
"They left it there with Baron Lindbergh."
It's been so long since I heard the name, Ran silent for a moment. His voice made me feel sharp.
"Uncle?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"As soon as he heard the news of the Battle of Territory, he was the first to come. He said Please stand at the forefront."
Eustaf thought of the situation and made an arsenic.
"He was so desperate to express his love for his blood....that touched his heart."
"Ha! I'm sure he will."
When Ran spouted coldly, Eustaf swept her back soothingly.
"He wants to restore his reputation, and if his teeth fail, he'll fail. He said he regretted the past."
Ran listened to the story for a moment and hesitated to ask.
"Is he serious?"
Eustaf laughed, but then pulled her lips slightly with his lips and released them.
"Do you think so?"
"Uh-um. No."
"That's what I thought, but he said he wanted to be the first gate. But that's Baron Wilde's seat."
"Oh, yeah, we met anyway. He asked me to say hello to you."
"I see."
"So? What happened? Did you ask him to take the fourth gate instead of the first?"
"Yes. I said no, and he said the fourth gate quite compromised."
"Was it promised in advance·····."
Ran murmured.
Duke of Miro's soldiers gathered in front of the fourth gate, and Baron Lindbergh said he would take the fourth gate.
It's too much of a coincidence. Eustaf bit her neck lightly.
"Eus, Ah."
When he licked the weak part with his tongue, my voice popped out. As Ran pulled Yustaf's hair, he gently pulled him off. Ran opened her eyes.
"This is not the time."
"Is not."
Eustaf muttered, followed by Ran.
"No, so what? Did you just leave the fourth gate? Who did you leave behind?"
"No, I left it there."
"Then the fourth gate will be breached!"
"That's right."
"Then it's the fifth gate."
Ran frowned.
"It's just around the corner of the Sky mansion."
"It's not that close."
Ran tilted her head.
"What are you thinking, Eustaf Laban de Lazia?"
"The Marquis Cameron's soldiers have now arrived at the first gate."
Ran was a disgrace. Eustaf still spoke in a relaxed voice.
"In a word, it's a bucket operation. But, Noonim. To win the battle, we must capture the king of the enemy."
"I'm saying we need to catch Eustaf."
"Yes, and I must capture the Duke of Miro and the Marquis of Cameron. But the Duke of Miro wants to be caught between the two."
Ran nodded.
"When they finish the fourth gate and go to the fifth gate, I and the Knights will be waiting."
Ran frowned.
"Eus at the third gate right now."
"Yes, that's what my uncle had to look like. But."
With a relaxed smile, Eustaf put more force on her arms to make them stick together.
"The Knights of Blue flame are going back now. The road from the fourth gate to the fifth gate widens only once in the middle."
It's a game of deceit and trick.
Ran thought so and organized his mind. In other words, Eustaf is now pretending to be deceived by the enemy and preparing to head back again.
Ran asked carefully.
"Wouldn't the horse be tired?"
"Magab's ability was excellent."
"Well, it's a collaboration between Dwarf and Frances, that."
"So I'm leaving before dawn. I came to see you before I left."
"That's why you're wearing armor."
"Yes."
"But is it really gonna be okay?"
Worried, Ran asked.
The war she knows is a space where there are some schemes and conspiracies, and the reality ahead of her was extremely simple.
"Maybe the Duke of Miro already knows ... but there is another reversal ...."
"Ran."
"Huh?"
"The trick is for the weak to scheme."
At Eustaf's words, Ran opened her mouth.
Yeah, that's true.
Eustaf said relaxedly.
"I don't care what kind of evil they are. Can I beat a lion at the most?"
It was even a mad remark because it was arrogant.
"Two, three times, if they want to plot, I'll tell them to schem. But I'll win."
When Eustaf tried to get up, Ran gave him a strong hug.
"Eus, don't get hurt and come back."
Eustaf did not immediately respond to the words. He hesitated for a moment and said.
"If you give me a promise."
Ran opened her eyes wide and said seriously because it was unexpected.
"Tell me anything."
If you come back safely, can't you listen to anything?
"When I get back safely-"
Eustaf stopped while talking. Ran wondered, "Eus?" and called him, and Eustaf said nervously as he searched his pocket.
"Wait a minute."
"Uh yes..."
'What is it?'
Ran wondered and looked at Eustaf. Eustaf took out a round glass ball and put it down in the center of the room.
And as the glass ball spun around, light powder began to pour from all sides. Ran looked around with her mouth wide open.
Welcome magic.
Silver and gold powders were mixed and poured down, and sparkling pink hearts burst out like bubbles. Hundreds of candles shone on the floor, and sometimes something like a meteor fell on the ceiling. It was fantastic to draw with light in a dark room, but I wondered what it was.
'What the hell is that?'
Eustaf coughed in vain and said.
"We'll get married when I get back safely."