Chapter 26: The Spring Journey (1)
Snow falls on his footsteps. The snow is desolate white.
But the sight of Karen in the distance was red.
That was Ethelred’s mission.
The end of winter means the end of the snowfields.
And the beacon of our fight against destruction.
Be lonely.
Be isolated.
Shine like that.
Oh, my opponent…..
━ Count Ethelred’s underground storage room
The underground storage room, where even the dust is aged.
The old table in the innermost area.
Cain picks up the thin records spread out on the table and looks at them before setting them down again.
Notes that appear to be part of a letter or a hastily written entry in someone’s diary.
The handwriting is extremely archaic.
‘It’s a record I wouldn’t have understood even if I had seen it in a previous life.’
He had no idea if there was anything like this in his previous life because he was abruptly kicked out.
He did not want to know either.
But things were different now.
His curiosity about his family had grown since meeting the 2nd Witch Primundi, as had his ignorance of ‘Ethelred’s’ secrets, despite the fact that he was the successor.
Now he needed to know.
“But there’s nothing here except this in this wide place.”
Cain muttered to himself.
His voice echoed throughout the underground storage room, which spread out.
But there was no story about the beginning of the Ethelred family anywhere.
It was very different from how most nobles kept detailed records about the founders of their families and heroized them.
It felt as if someone had slashed Ethelred’s records at the time with a sword.
“You wouldn’t have known either…….”
Cain touched the record, which appeared to be somewhat useful, and spoke the unattainable words.
Abel is present, but there is no hero Abel to hear these words.
Hero Abel and Warrior Cain.
The two of them spent all night making plans. Of course, they didn’t think they could predict everything perfectly.
However, they never imagined that such a secret would be linked to the Ethelred family.
Knock, knock━.
“What don’t I know?”
A sudden voice.
Princess Oleciren stood at the door with her head turned, her gray hair shimmering in the lamplight.
She inquired, stepping in lightly.
“Are you still reading?”
“What’s the matter?”
Oleciren frowned at Cain’s calm reply. Then, waving her hand to clear the dust, she approached Cain from the opposite side.
“It’s a bad habit to answer a question with a question.”
“Isn’t it a good habit to not say something you know for sure?”
“Why don’t you support me for a moment.”
Creak━.
She pulled out the chair opposite and sat down, quickly reading the records Cain had posted. She then looked at the bookshelves.
“I didn’t know I’d come into the secret storage room of another family.”
It was quite a strange observation.
Cain looked at her and responded.
“Well, the princess has no business being in a place like this. How are you feeling?”
Oleciren’s eyes sparkled.
The witch’s power had grown stronger following the battle with Primundi.
Furthermore, because she hadn’t awakened her ‘alias’ or ‘origin,’ she wasn’t creating any ripples despite using her power.
In other words, she would not be caught by the Holy See unless she wielded power excessively.
“Good. But I don’t like it.”
She seemed to have found something.
But before Cain could ask her what it was, she said what she was going to say before she came down.
“First of all, this isn’t a place where you can hold the man who became Ethelred’s master for days.”
“…….”
Cain avoided her grey eyes.
Nonetheless, she moved her body and continued to meet his gaze.
“So what’s your plan? There must be a reason why you, who said you’d clear up all the fighting within a month, are stuck in a storage room like this.”
“Do not worry. Once I get going, I’ll go all the way.”
“Is that why you left the training of the Knights to Arna-nim?”
The Knights of Ethelred were without Cain.
They had changed their minds and stated that they would serve Ethelred’s territory rather than their lord.
However, it was uncertain.
Even if you rolled around and trained together, that wouldn’t be enough.
However, Cain left everything to the others and remained in the storage room.
This was the point Oleciren was making.
“The training of the knights is good enough with Cloyd and Vanderbilt.”
Both of them were knights who were too good to be in a count’s territory.
If possible, she wanted to bring them to the Order of Knights of the Royal Palace.
“Besides, now that Arna-nim has started moving properly, the knights are working hard.”
Arna, who had been freed from the curse of the Witch of the Forest Glumiêm, took part in the recovery training.
At first, the knights looked down upon her.
Because the Arna they remembered was a sickly woman who refused to go outside in the sunlight, they found it strange that she was following their training.
However.
Arna began pushing them back one by one. Even Abel was pushed back by Arna, who was regaining strength.
The Knights of Ethelred were stunned and intensified their training with fire in their eyes.
Cain raised the right corner of his mouth, as if he could see the situation clearly in his mind.
“Cloyd or Vanderbilt will have to take Little Mother into consideration, but the others don’t stand a chance.”
If you possessed the Storm Bow Hokma, the story would be different.
Oleciren shook her head, looking at Cain, who was smug for no apparent reason.
“Oh, filial son, filial son. By the way, Count Lamaring, our first target, appears to have a complicated family.
“Does the Royal Intelligence Service tell you such things?”
Oleciren paused briefly before chuckling.
“……You already knew.”