Chapter 203
I Married the Dragon I Killed
Chapter 203: Ureas
Chapter 203. Ureas
The woman’s figure gradually melts into the shadows.
That shadow turns into darkness and swells.
As if shaping a giant beast.
— Yubel.
Angrem, standing with hands behind her back, throws herself into that shadow.
The screams do not cease from Yubel’s mouth.
— Aaaaaah!!!
— Look outside. Quickly.
Angrem moves her hand calmly and gently.
Then, her neck obediently follows the hand and turns toward the window.
Hanging there is a large moon.
A full moon.
— You must not let yourself be devoured by the demented moon. Because we are different from them.
— Aah…….
The dense darkness disappears, and the night regains its original color.
At the same time, the bloodlust that oppressed the surroundings fades away.
The red color shining in the eyes of the woman named Yubel vanishes and turns blue again.
Those eyes glare at Jed once more.
The expressionless face distorts like that of a beast and burns with rage.
The other woman who had stopped her with all her strength breathes a sigh of relief.
— That was careless. To think they would be from the Red Eye Tribe. If I had known there were members of the Red Eye Tribe, I would have ended it quickly…….
Then, the woman who was smiling brightly holds something up high.
It was an object that looked exactly like the diary Garnet had been holding.
— Even if I look like this, I’m quite talented at theft, you know?
— !
Garnet checks her chest area.
The diary has vanished without a trace.
It was such a masterful skill that she could not even notice when it happened.
— Yubel, let’s go now.
— Shk! Shk! Shk!
Yubel emits bloodlust.
That energy was particularly intense toward Jed.
— It’s a full moon.
— ……Man.
Yet knowing she could not kill, she calmed down.
Yubel scoops up Angrem and crosses the window.
Angrem waves her hand at them one last time as a final gesture, and then disappears.
They, who arrived like a storm, vanished along with the shadows.
The place they passed through settles into silence, turned upside down.
— Wow…… with two crazy bitches like that, I can’t even breathe…….
Penelope makes a fuss.
All she did was cast Haste on Jed’s body.
“The Saintess of Sierra…….’
Unlike the Order of Alte, which worships the sun and light, the Order of Sierra worships the moon and darkness.
In the Arken Empire, the seat of the Order of Alte, meetings themselves are naturally illegal, and if anyone possesses symbols or objects of Sierra, they are treated similarly to demon worshippers and burned at the stake.
No, they receive even harsher treatment than demon worshippers and die.
The most vicious terrorists within the empire were precisely the members of the Order of Sierra, and those famous as noble assassins were the Saintesses of Sierra.
Having survived even after encountering two such Saintesses of Sierra was immense good fortune.
‘…But that woman had a face I felt I had seen somewhere.’
The woman wearing a robe like a rag.
With only the moonlight, she could not clearly distinguish her features, so she could not know for sure.
But the only time she saw her face clearly was when Jed crossed swords with her.
She held onto the fragment of that memory and forcefully expanded it to gather information.
‘Now is not the time for this.’
A more important object has now fallen into enemy hands.
There is no choice but to report this fact and respond quickly.
— ……I have to report this to Regent-nim, but it has become a headache.
— …….
— Jed?
Since Jed did not answer, she turned her head.
He was standing motionless, gazing at the window through which the two Saintesses escaped.
It was a strange thing.
That the guy who always jokes whenever something like this happens had such an entranced expression.
— Jed?
— ……What?
— Are you okay? Why aren’t you answering when I call you?
— ……Ah, I’m fine. I am.
Even the response was half-hearted.
Jed’s head was terribly complicated.
As if a giant waterspout were rising, and at the center was a woman named Yubel.
The look when she went into a frenzy after breaking the barrier surrounding her head.
The color of the eyes she emitted then.
‘Red eyes.’
He tried with all his might not to get carried away by that.
The situations in which red eyes appear are many besides the Red Eye Tribe.
The eyes of those who underwent the Berserker ritual are also red, and the eyes of vampires are also red.
Even if that woman is not a vampire, there is a possibility that she underwent the Berserker ritual.
Yes, it must be that.
Even trying to think like that, the image of that woman named Yubel kept flickering in his mind.
‘Emilia…….’
She kept overlapping with his lost younger sister.
— —
Yubel and Angrem left Hestia Village safely.
Since they ran as if flying with each step, it was a speed that no one except Ruri could pursue.
Yubel’s movements were identical to those of a wolf.
Dark shadows swelled and gave that shape to her body, and Yubel too, as if familiar, executed movements suited to that form.
— That’s enough.
At Angrem’s words, Yubel stopped.
Hestia Village had receded to the point of becoming faint.
The darkness gradually dispersed and Yubel regained her original form.
— I thought of making a commotion, but taking a hit is a variable.
— ……Shk.
— It can’t be helped. There are many who don’t know how we were created. They don’t know that we are protecting them, not you.
— Man.
Yubel, who had been nodding in silence, looked toward the moon.
Beneath that moon stood Valdrova Castle.
— Ferda…….
— Not yet.
Angrem spoke firmly.
— That person deserves to be happier. To make a slightly better world, we must not meet yet.
— ……Man.
A gesture as if agreeing reluctantly.
Yubel turned her body, following Angrem.
— Let’s do our work.
Angrem opened the diary.
What she wanted was the list of humans disguised as Dopplers.
— What results are obtained when trash escapes the trash bin.
— Man.
Darkness enveloped Yubel’s body again.
Just as she was about to turn into a wolf again, Angrem asked nonchalantly:
— By the way, how is he?
— ?
— That man you crossed swords with?
— …….
She tilts her head.
A face that says she does not know what kind of question this is.
Angrem smiles faintly.
— It’s nothing.
— Shk.
— Fufu, it’s really nothing at all.
Angrem puts her hands behind her back and spins around.
Yubel, as if accustomed, loses interest in her actions.
— Just as you said, he is incredibly handsome, Yubel.
Angrem murmurs very quietly so Yubel cannot hear.
— —
The next morning.
Garnet came to the office to report to Ferda as soon as the morning sun rose.
— The diary was stolen last night?
— That is correct.
Ferda could not hide his surprise.
Garnet would not have been reckless, and Jed wouldn’t either.
Then that means…….
— Is it that girl’s fault?
He pointed at Penelope.
— Y-yes?! I didn’t do anything?!
— She arrived late due to a delay, but nothing would have changed. She already knew my identity and the item.
Garnet’s words are undoubtedly true.
There is no point in covering for that girl, so why would she cover for her?
— Were there any special circumstances?
— If you mean special circumstances…….
Garnet spoke about a part that bothered her.
— One of the women who attacked us was that woman whom Regent Ferda-nim told us to spare.
— Me?
— Yes. When I saw that woman’s face, I thought again and again about who she could be. The only one that comes to mind is the woman found in the Devlen Mansion.
That woman who seemed to be waiting only for death to be a Saintess of Sierra.
‘Then I am the one who sowed the seeds.’
Ferda thought.
‘Should I have killed her back then?’
Yet he did not regret the past.
Right now, what needs to be done is more important.
— What can they do by stealing that diary?
— The information about the serum that can create Dopplers or demons is the biggest problem, but it is not the main purpose of the Saintesses. The Saintesses of Sierra are the agents of Sierra, that is, executioners, not researchers.
Sierra is the Moon and the Goddess of Vengeance.
— Then they are trying to find the locations of the Dopplers.
— That is correct.
Although the information was stolen, since there is a copy, it can be restored at any time, so it is not fatal.
Furthermore, if the Saintesses of Sierra move with that purpose, it actually becomes easier to eliminate the scattered demon worshippers.
— But the biggest problem is if the information is shared. If they know the leak route of this data is our side, they will viciously tear us apart for it. If they take a firm stance, they will speak as if we were in collusion with the Order of Sierra.
— Likely.
The Empire found the growth of Hestia extremely unpleasant.
In fact, the nobles of the Empire are looking for faults and trying to test us multiple times.
If they learn about matters related to the Saintesses of Sierra, they will jump at the opportunity and bite.
— I will try to speak about that part.
— With whom?
— If it’s someone versed in this matter, who else but the Princess?
Olivia Arken.
She was driving out Alexander and manipulating Ureas.
In fact, thanks to her, the parts where Ureas would have charged blindly without knowing were being resolved.
— I say this out of unnecessary concern, but…….
For Garnet, who knows her true feelings, even if it bothered Ferda, she had to bring it up.
— It is better not to trust the Princess too much.
— Don’t worry.
Ferda is not the type to be captivated by Olivia, but at the end of the day, he is a man.
Olivia was a woman who could devour all men.
Garnet simply bowed and turned around.
Ferda contacted Olivia through the crystal ball.
«—Long time no see, Regent-nim.»
— Are you doing well?
«—Well, my foot. I’ve become busy day and night.»
— It must be tough.
«—It really is tough. That’s why receiving a contact like this makes me feel so good.»
— The reason I am contacting you is nothing else…….
Ferda spoke about the list related to the Dopplers and the Order of Sierra.
«—A list about Dopplers……. The timing seems right. You know the Empire has been noisy lately, right?»
— I know.
— That Archbishop Joseph Faust, leader of the Order of Alte, and Marquis Acad Devlen, close associate of Valdemar Golt, were Dopplers.
— Acad’s body was being investigated by the Empire’s mages, and Joseph Faust by Erdes, but there were no clear results yet.
— Using this chaos, the current nobility showed an atmosphere of distrust toward the current system and sought a change in the power hierarchy.
— There are countless suspicions of Dopplers, but Valdemar Golt was always an exception.
— No, those who suspected him appeared several times, but only ended up being beaten to death instead, proving that he is a sanctuary.
«—Regent-nim must prove that there is no contact with the Order of Sierra, and I need that list of Dopplers. I think we can reach an agreement on that point, what do you think?»
— It is possible.
«—Then let us meet and talk. You will find out soon, but I was planning to visit the Far East anyway.»
— What business brings you here?
She said:
«—Due to the war with the Kingdom of Heinckel. Ureas Arken, the 2nd Prince, will pass through there.»
— —
A month passed.
A splendid carriage crossed Hestia Village.
What entered treading upon the red carpet was the carriage of the Arken Empire.
A completely different dimension of size and splendor compared to when Olivia came alone.
It was a ceremonial carriage that only those with power rivaling the Emperor could board.
Inside that carriage were two people: Ureas and Olivia.
They held a light entrance ceremony focused on personal protection, briefly showing their faces to adventurers and citizens, and went up to the entrance of Valdrova Castle.
Where the carriage stopped, Ferda and Ruri were waiting to greet them.
The man, Ureas, stepped out first.
Ferda saw Ureas for the first time at that moment.
The first impression of Ureas was definitely different from Alexander’s.
Unlike Alexander, who was plump with fat, Ureas’s face had sharp angles and his muscles were well defined.
Yet if Alexander possessed a sinister intellect, such depth was not visible in him.
— I greet the Princess-nim and the Acting Emperor-nim.
Ferda greeted him politely.
Ureas accepted the first greeting with dignity.
— Pleased to meet you, Regent of Valdrova.
— Please call me Regent Ferda.
— Ah, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t treat that name lightly.
Not only Ferda’s, but Ruri’s eyes were not gentle either.
They are diametrically opposed brothers, but how is it possible that what feels unpleasant is so exactly the same?
Since letting emotions guide only brings losses, he welcomed them for now.
— Thank you for coming, as the Acting Emperor honored this occasion.
— Not at all. I heard that you also sent me a letter, but my delegate confirmed it late. I sincerely apologize for that.
He brings up a plausible excuse, but Ferda knows that he deliberately did not look at it.
However, the difference from Alexander is that, while Alexander made political calculations, this guy was purely annoyed.
— I never saw them in the Empire, but it seems magitechnological rifles are common here. Do all the guards on the walls seem to have one each?
— Given that a land infested with monsters lies ahead, arming ourselves thoroughly is only natural.
— Is that so? I wanted to snatch one and try it out right away.
— Orabeoni.
— But I shouldn’t steal a sentry’s weapon, right?
Ureas laughed and brushed past his true feelings.
— Since you show interest, I will tell the castle researchers to prepare so that you can test items under development.
— If you do that, I would be extremely grateful! Unlike my hyung-nim, I value magitechnology very much! I plan not to spare any support!
It was a reaction like a child receiving a toy as a gift.
At least his simplicity was pleasant.
— Then I will guide you. This way, please…….
Ferda took the lead and began to guide, and Ureas and Olivia moved to follow him.
Then Ruri subtly blocked Olivia’s path.
— I am sorry, but Princess-nim has someone she must meet first.
— ……Me?
— Yes.
Ruri said:
— My master, the Red Dragon, Valdrova-nim, wishes to see Olivia-nim.
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