Episode 161
Episode 161
A month later, Xeron and his party arrived in the Duchy of Ironheart.
Rohan, who had been notified in advance, was waiting for Jeron and his party inside the castle gate. He saw them coming on horseback and came out to meet them.
“Jeron! Hey, man!”
“haha. Look like a fool. “Isn’t it cold?”
Jeron took off his robe and draped it over Rohan’s thin clothes. The tip of her nose turns red and she sniffles, and when she sees him running out, her heart sinks.
‘He’s also weak… … .’
I’m not alone, so I don’t know why I’m pushing myself too hard.
“This is easy!”
It wasn’t persuasive at all as he showed off his skinny forearms. Still, her complexion was fine, as she had been exercising regularly.
‘It looks a bit lacking in energy, though.’
It was an unavoidable phenomenon. Because you can’t ignore the family history. Still, I’m fine until now because Jeron filled me with energy when I was young. In the future, as long as nothing special happens, she won’t suddenly get sick or groan.
“What about your sister?”
“Hesha is resting at home.”
“… … ?”
Jeron felt something strange in Rohan’s answer. Although she spoke calmly, there was something hidden deep inside.
“You might be surprised.”
“It’s not a bad thing, right?”
“Hmm.”
Rohan is worried.
He nods, saying that it probably won’t be a bad thing.
“As long as it’s nothing bad, it’s okay.”
“haha!”
As Jeron spoke casually, Rohan laughed out loud.
I mutter quietly, ‘You’ll be surprised.’
“But how did you end up accompanying the priest?”
“ah.”
It was only then that Jeron noticed the priest following Rohan’s question with a puzzled look on his face. When I roughly explained the situation, Rohan deepened the furrow between his eyebrows.
“It’s quite a pain in the ass.”
“huh. “I’m planning to travel to the North Continent anyway, so I’ll accompany you until then.”
“It won’t be dangerous… … no. “I don’t know who I’m worrying about.”
Rohan looked at Jeron worriedly and then burst into laughter. Rather than worrying about that guy, it seemed more appropriate to worry about a dog passing by on the street being struck and killed by lightning falling in the dry sky.
“But you seem to be taller?”
“Maybe now… … “Maybe it’s around 195?”
“And isn’t it over 2m?”
“no way. no way. Growth stopped a while ago. “The bigger it is, the more dangerous it is.”
Erdin is not short either. He was about 180 or so.
It was 15cm taller than that guy.
When he was a student at the Academy, he even suspected that the rumor that he had giant blood flowing in his body might not have been groundless.
“I think you’re a little big too?”
“I measured it a while ago and it was 183.”
Rohan said with a grin.
We stopped chatting for a moment.
I left my horse behind and got into the carriage. The carriage moves towards the duke castle. The sun hadn’t even set yet, but the streets were quiet, perhaps because of the cold winter wind.
Rohan slightly opens the window, looks outside, and speaks indifferently.
“What about the gift?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“Plague?”
“If you catch the plague, you’ll die, man.”
“my… … “I will treat you.”
The priest, who was dozing off with his back against the carriage, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and spoke hurriedly.
Rohan looked at him and giggled.
He soon thinks about something and asks with a serious expression.
“I want to ask you one thing. Priest, why do you want to report your colleague’s corruption?”
“God tells us to love and help our neighbors as ourselves. But they didn’t do that. I was busy satisfying my personal greed and stuffing my wallet. Even though people right next to them are starving and dying. I thought that was not right. That was simply it.”
Rohan nodded slowly.
“okay. That was a sufficient answer. actually… … I want to actively help. Of course, I’m not talking about Jeron’s face. “Friendship with friends is important, but my personal feelings should not come into play in these matters.”
“… … .”
“What I am saying now is purely out of my pure heart that arose after hearing the answer the priest gave me just now. anyway… … “That is our position, but due to the agreement with the Ionic Church, we do not have the authority to get involved in the affairs of the temple unless we commit a serious crime against the nation.”
“I know that.”
“Let me tell you one thing for sure. “When the priest safely arrives at the church and reports the archbishop’s corruption, and the investigation into corruption begins, we will not just sit back and watch, but will actively help the priest.”
“persimmon… … “I apologize.”
The priest’s voice trembled as he realized that Rohan’s words were not lies.
“But there is a condition.”
“article… … case?”
“Do not give in to any external pressure. And never fail.”
“of course.”
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Rohan said he would believe it and smiled faintly.
We arrived at Ironheart Castle in a heavy atmosphere.
Jeron sent Erdin and the priest up first to rest.
I asked Rohan as I watched the two people going up.
“You know something, right?”
“uh.”
Rohan answered harshly. He didn’t look like he wanted to talk at all. But he wasn’t a friend if he cared about that.
“Are you able to answer?”
“Thank you for asking that first.”
“you’re welcome.”
Rohan wanted to spit in his shameless friend’s face, but the fist right in front of him was more frightening than the kingdom’s law. So, using her patience, she smiled sweetly and answered.
“It’s the kind of thing I can answer.”
“Then what do you know?”
“… … “I’m not finished talking yet.”
Rohan seriously thought about spitting in that face. Because at least he thought he wouldn’t be able to hit him when he wrote Iron Heart Ball. But he quickly gave up.
If violence were to occur, I had to give in. Although Jeron wouldn’t really hit someone, he was definitely a pacifist(?).
“What will you do if I tell you what I know?”
“I won’t hit you.”
As Jeron spoke confidently, Rohan chuckled.
“Are you crazy?”
“I got caught. “You must be embarrassed.”
“what… … “I don’t think you’ll tell me anywhere, so I’ll tell you.”
Rohan lightly waved his hand before speaking. He gestured to have a drink and talk.
Jeron said he wanted to see his sister before that.
* * *
“uh?”
“long time no see.”
My sister is lying on the bed and waving her hand. However, what Jeron focused on was not his sister’s face and hands, but her belly that had grown as big as Namsan.
The older sister, noticing her younger brother’s gaze, speaks.
“Didn’t Dad and Mom tell you?”
“Sister, why did you gain so much weight?”
“… … .”
My sister twitched the clown. He looked a little angry, but he let out a small sigh. She said, soon rubbing her stomach with her hands.
“It is the fruit of love.”
“oh my god.”
Jeron slumped down in his chair. He couldn’t believe it, but he had to believe it. Because the evidence was right in front of me. To ignore reality, my sister’s stomach had swelled so much that it was hard to believe she had gained weight.
“Your sister is going to be your mother?”
“that’s right. “There’s about a month left.”
“It wasn’t something to sit still like this.”
Jeron, who had been staring at his sister’s belly as swollen as a mountain, suddenly stood up. Her older sister, who felt extremely anxious seeing her younger brother like that, hurriedly grabbed him.
“for a moment! “Where are you going?”
“Rohan, I’m going to exercise him so he can protect his sister.”
“Now that… … “Aya!”
“… … !”
Jeron’s steps stopped when he heard the scream.
In the blink of an eye, I approached my older sister, grabbed her by the neck, and injected energy into her. When she said she had a child in her stomach, she moved cautiously.
Fortunately, there was no problem with my sister’s body. It was the same with the child. My sister said as Jeron breathed a sigh of relief.
“I guess my child was happy that his uncle came. “I’m saying hello.”
“You said hello?”
“huh. Can you see my belly now?”
Before I finished speaking, I looked quickly and saw something small sticking out of my sister’s swollen belly. While I was looking at that thing, something that had been sticking out went in and disappeared.
“It’s a foot.”
“… … foot?”
“huh. “My child said hello to his uncle.”
“her. oh my god.”
Jeron had complicated feelings.
In modern times, people were indifferent because there was no family. In the martial arts world, it was not a big deal even if his subordinates or their wives gave birth to children. Because in the end, it wasn’t his job. But now that it was no one else’s business, a whirlwind of emotions that could not be explained in words filled his heart.
“oh my god.”
“Don’t you have anything to say to congratulate me?”
“… … congratulations.”
Jeron pursed his lips before barely speaking and scratching his head. He was still dumbfounded. To be honest, he had no sense of reality. Regardless of whether I believed it or not, my feelings were just subtle.
“ha. oh my god.”
“Why is that all you’re saying?”
My sister’s face was full of happiness as she said that.
It was a side of my sister I had never seen before.
“oh my god.”
“You will find out someday.”
My sister smiled like a mother and gently stroked my stomach.
* * *
There were eyes watching as Xeron and his party entered the Ironheart Castle in a carriage. They were sent by the archbishop to check the priest’s location. They watched the carriage with Jeron and his party until the end and spoke.
“I won’t stay in the Dukedom forever. “Please wait a moment until then.”
We must not involve the Ironheart Duke family. Things get bigger. If you’re not careful, you’ll get stepped on and fail without being able to do anything. It’s better to wait for the opportunity later.
The pursuers quickly dispersed and infiltrated the city.
* * *
“Were you very surprised?”
“I was really surprised. From your mouth to the world… … “The only thing that came out was,”
“You too, but what about me?”
Rohan put down his drink and laughed.
I still can’t forget that day.
Hesha’s stomach began to swell little by little.
When she called a priest and asked, he gave a blessing and said she was pregnant.
After I found out, I couldn’t hold anything in my hands all day. She sat blankly, then laughed heartily, sat blankly again, and then laughed again. She was very mysterious. The world seemed different to her when she had a child.
“I can’t believe I said that to the priest earlier… … ?”
“that’s right. As it is, I will never interfere with the affairs of the temple, church, or Ionic Church. This time, since you were involved, I might have been a little worried… … In the end, I wouldn’t have intervened if it wasn’t beneficial. But when Hesha had a child in her stomach, her thoughts changed. “At least I hope the world my child will live in is better than it is now.”
“You mean dad.”
Rohan nodded slowly.
Jeron stared at his friend for a long time.
fantasy,
