Don’t Run Away My Lord

66 – She Came (4)

“Who are you?”

“Who do you think it is?”

Liana asked a counter question and I received it.

“I have something in mind.”

“Tell me.”

“She is definitely not a saint, and it would not be true that she ran away from an ordinary family home.”

Liana just smiled silently, as if telling her to keep talking.

“From what you’ve shown, you are definitely not an ordinary lord. In the past, when I didn’t know much about humans, I just thought you were smart and knew a lot, but after becoming a lord, my thoughts changed.”

“How has it changed?”

“I have felt a lot while looking at the vassals of the castle here. There is almost no difference between what you know and what the vassals here know. In fact, you know much more. At least you were probably a vassal or noble of the territory. Isn’t that right? ?”

“Hmm…”

“But then it occurred to me that you are a very young woman, not yet 30. I heard that no matter how smart she is, it is almost impossible for a woman your age to become a vassal.”

Liana, who was only smiling, opened her mouth.

“Is that all? I was looking forward to it, but I’m a little disappointed, Erga.”

But my words are not over yet.

“Based on your remarks so far, it seems like you have considerable hostility or a desire for revenge against the Marquis of Aiwar.”

“So?”

“The Marquis of Aiwar is one of the important supporters of the current King of Tarda. And the current king is a descendant of the Duke of Polk. The target of your revenge is the Marquis of Aiwar or the Duke of Polk that the Marquis of Aiwar supports. Go.”

“Good. Keep going.”

“But 40 years have passed since you visited Caple Tower. So, the reason you decided to take revenge happened more than 40 years ago. But coincidentally, about 50 years ago, the Duke of Polk took over the royal castle. And there was an incident where the king of the time was beheaded.”

Liana also nodded her head as if she knew well about it.

“So, I did some research about the situation at that time. I was curious. What happened to the king’s family after the king died? Under normal circumstances, they would have been executed together.”

“I guess so, right?”

“As expected, everyone was dead. But… I heard a strange story there.”

“What is that?”

“It is said that one of the king’s daughters manifested divine power.”

In an instant, the smile disappeared from Liana’s mouth.

“The king, who was afraid of losing his daughter to the religious order, secretly took her somewhere just a few days before the disaster.”

Liana’s face trembled convulsively.

“Are you the daughter of the king who was beheaded fifty years ago, Liana?”

Nothing was said, but I could feel it with my five sensitive senses.

Hot body temperature, oozing sweat, irregular breathing.

“Did you plan to go all the way to the capital, sorting out the supporters one by one? Using me?”

Liana tilted her head back and rested it against the back of her sofa.

Her chest rose and fell as she took a deep breath.

“That’s right, Erga-sama. As you said, I barely saved my life by running away from the castle.”

Liana slowly opened her mouth.

“I received intelligence that the church was conducting an on-site investigation. The wizard of the royal castle opened a portal, so I went into hiding somewhere in the kingdom for a while. I thought I would just have to hide for a week, but what happened? The king suddenly changed. Is that so?”

Liana burst into empty laughter.

“Think about it, Erga. Your whole family died while you were away from home for a short time?”

Liana raised her head and continued speaking while crossing her legs.

“The servants who took care of me in the hiding place all ran away. It was obvious that if we were discovered, we would all die together. So I also ran away and went to the Kingdom of Berabche. I thought that going abroad would at least reduce the risk of assassination.”

“When will that be?”

“I’m fifteen.”

Fifteen…? He is a child who has not even reached adulthood in human years.

“I literally suffered like hell for ten years before I met Erga. But, perhaps because I was smart, I was able to use what I learned in the royal castle and somehow avoid starving to death.”

“And then you ended up on the upper level crossing the desert?”

“Yes. I heard that unauthorized saints are being sought through dark channels. Official saints can never be used for personal purposes at the top, so even if they pay a lot of money, they are trying to use unauthorized saints who do not belong to the religious order and who use divine power. It was. And the result was as you know well, Erga.”

Silence hovered around the room.

To summarize… The runaway princess has returned to seek her revenge with the dragon on her back.

Is this what the great lord meant when he said that I am a burning fire using firewood?

“Liana.”

“Yes.”

“Are you planning to use me to get revenge?”

“Yes.”

“Since when did you make such a plan?”

“Ever since you said you wanted to become a lord in the Viscounty of Tussenne.”

I see.

Liana told me that the Kingdom of Tarda was a suitable place to become a lord.

There was a reason for everything.

“I made Erga a lord and erased his killing points one by one, finally trying to hit the king’s head. And Erga-sama…”

“Becoming king?”

“Yes, that’s right. And I become queen.”

Queen… Are you referring to the king’s wife…?

Maybe that’s why…

“That’s why I got rid of all the women around Erga. I was afraid that Erga might end up marrying another woman.”

“I’m marrying a human?”

“You don’t know that. That’s why I allowed you to touch my breasts. I tried to take it a step further, but somehow it didn’t work out. The original plan was to get pregnant and have a baby.”

Liana laughed like a sigh.

“Now that it’s all been exposed, it’s all in vain. What more can you ask for from a cunning human who tried to take advantage of Ergan?”

Liana said, uncrossing her arms.

“I’m sorry, Erga-sama. I should have told you from the beginning and asked Erga-sama’s intentions first. I couldn’t do it because I was worried that he might reject me.”

All the stories that came out of Liana’s mouth were things that were not easy to understand.

So I shut her up.

“What are you going to do now? I told you everything. If you want to kick it out, kick it out. If you’re angry, you can kill it. I guess you weren’t even prepared to die while tricking the dragon.”

“Well.”

The great lord told us not to extinguish the flame of her name, Liana. She said it would be a great help.

And even if it weren’t for what he said, I had no intention of doing anything with Liana right away.

Of course, I tried to use it, but in the end, everything worked out well.

The results may not justify the motive, but I am a dragon.

It is a powerful being that lives for tens of thousands of years and tears the sky and burns the earth.

You can kill a human with just one finger, but that’s why you don’t do that carelessly.

“For now… Go in and sleep. It’s late.”

Liana got up from the sofa without saying anything.

She said as Liana opened the door, her back turned to me.

“Erga-sama. I like Erga-sama. This is sincere.”

“Got it.”

Liana paused and left the office.

Even after the door closed, I continued to sit in her chair and rest my chin on her, reflecting on the conversations I had with Liana.

* * * * *

Keita told me that Liana cried all night yesterday.

“I’m worried that she might be mentally ill. She was crying and kept calling me Erhina’s name.”

“Erhina? Who is that?”

“I don’t know. She called that name and said something, asking when she would come out of the egg… She said let’s pick her up and fly away to a place where no one will find her…”

Oh my. Have you already given the wyvern a name?

Erchinara… It’s a mixture of your name and mine.

“Anyway… Chamberlain… I don’t think it’s normal…”

“Yes. Oh, and disable the eavesdropping spell.”

“Do you understand… hehehe?!”

As Liana entered her conference room, Keita followed her and sat down in his seat.

When the retainers saw Liana with her swollen eyes, they lowered their voices and started whispering among themselves.

“I’m sorry, my lord. I’m a little late.”

“It’s okay. Let’s start the meeting.”

Throughout the meeting, Liana did not say anything.

Normally, she was the type of person who would sharply point out every time her vassals made nonsense and dig deep until the end.

Perhaps that is why the vassals were unable to adapt to the sudden situation and had to become even more nervous.

When the meeting ended, Liana got up and left the conference room with her fresh smile.

“It looks like the Chamberlain has finally gone crazy from the heavy workload.”

One of the retainers muttered.

* * * * *

That evening, I went to Liana’s office.

Liana, who was buried under a mountain of documents, stuck out her head.

“Welcome, my lord.”

I asked, looking at the wyvern egg that was quietly placed on the head of the office sofa.

“Erhina is well.”

“hahahaha…”

Liana laughed awkwardly, as if she had just discovered something embarrassing.

“The eavesdropping spell has been lifted. There is no need to keep maintaining something that has already been discovered. From now on, you can talk as much as you want.”

“Should I say thank you?”

“Well. And the reason I came here wasn’t to report that.”

“Then what? Are you planning on issuing an eviction order?”

“No. I’m going to the Marquis of Aiwar. Let’s go together.”

At my words, a pile of documents from the corner of the desk poured down.

Liana, her eyes wide open, asked confusedly over the collapsed documents.

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