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4.
A spacious banquet hall.
Noisy noises coming from all directions.
As I was walking around looking around, I heard an explanation from the lead rangers.
“The principality’s banquet is different from other countries.”
“The biggest difference is that it takes place outdoors. Of course, on cold or inclement weather, it is held indoors.”
As they said, Arpen’s banquet hall was not a separate place, but the square in front of the royal castle itself.
This is not the only thing that is unusual.
Bringing and grilling whole, well-prepared pigs and deer was a sight not easily seen at banquets in other countries.
‘and… … .’
Some even sat on the floor and drank alcohol. Noah’s eyes widened at the sight of nobles and commoners mixed together.
It was natural to be surprised.
Because it was her first time attending Arpen’s banquet.
So, while I was looking at this with a curious expression, the rangers continued with additional explanations.
“There is a military service obligation in the principality.”
“In order to stop the ever-rising magical beasts, all citizens, regardless of gender, must enlist in the military when they become adults.”
This is a fact that even Noah knows.
Therefore, after graduating from Arsene Academy, Delia in the original work returns to the principality and serves in the military for three years to gain practical combat experience.
“So, when the period or place of service overlaps, you can often see them getting along flawlessly like that.”
“Of course, this is only for banquets.”
If you show that kind of attitude even in public, you will be subject to the crime of insulting nobility.
So, after explaining that such a scene can only be seen when there is a banquet, the group moved to the next location.
“That’s where the food comes from.”
“The dishes at banquets hosted by the Arpen royal family are famous for being delicious. “The chef’s skills are amazing.”
A table full of delicacies.
This is Ulan’s favorite scenery.
At that time, I swallowed dry saliva without realizing it due to the delicious smell. Rangers added explanations.
“If there is a dish you would like, please let me know. “I will pass this on to the kitchen.”
There is no need to do that.
Because right before my eyes, it was full of delicious dishes. As I smiled with satisfaction, I saw additional new dishes being introduced.
“It would be a good idea to start cooking before too many people gather.”
“That’s a wise decision.”
Ulan’s eyes lit up.
As I was piling all kinds of food on my plate, something suddenly caught my eye.
A bright golden colored stew.
It was a familiar dish to both of them.
“That… … .”
“Ah, honey spider stew.”
Delia’s favorite dish.
If you can get over the fact that spiders are used as an ingredient, this is a stew with a sweet taste.
But there was something a little strange.
The point is that most rangers don’t pay attention to honey spider stew. Ulan, who felt puzzled by this, tilted his head.
“Aren’t you going to eat this?”
“yes? “What are you talking about?”
“Honey spider stew.”
Immediately after Ulan pointed to the stew.
The rangers burst into laughter.
“Haha, you’re good at joking.”
“How do people eat bugs?”
A different reaction than expected.
Noah asked back in confusion.
“But I heard it’s a traditional dish?”
“Well, that should be so… … .”
“In fact, it is more accurate to say that it is an emergency food eaten when food runs out.”
“If there really is nothing to eat, you have to eat something like that to survive.”
The rangers repeatedly added explanations.
It is said that the reason it was brought to the banquet even though it is a dish that has so many people’s likes and dislikes is because it is a dish that symbolizes the Rangers.
“But a symbol is just a symbol.”
“No one actually likes it.”
“If someone likes things like that, they definitely have a bad sense of taste.”
“… … .”
Noah smiled awkwardly. I feel fortunate that Delia is not here.
Some time after that.
The rangers, who each filled their plates, bowed their heads politely and said goodbye.
“Please excuse us.”
“Then I hope you enjoy your meal.”
Perhaps it was a consideration to have a comfortable meal.
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After the rangers disappeared, Ulan and Noah started eating without hesitation.
After some time has passed.
When my stomach was somewhat full, I suddenly felt someone coming towards me. Soon, a thin voice knocked on my ears.
“excuse me.”
It’s an unfamiliar voice.
A tone so quiet that you might miss it if you aren’t paying attention. However, Ulan did not miss the voice and soon found the other person.
“hello.”
“you… … .”
A girl with a youthful face sitting in a wheelchair.
It is a face in my memory.
Where did you see it? Unlike him, who was quietly remembering, Noah opened his eyes wide.
Because I knew her identity.
“Are you enjoying the party?”
The girl is another princess of Arpen who awakened after many years and is Delia’s half-sister.
It was Ludine Arpen.
5.
Rudine sitting in a large wheelchair.
She approached the two and bowed her head politely towards Ulan and Noah. She then smiled awkwardly, as if she had no shame.
“Please understand that I am still unwell, so I have no choice but to greet you this way.”
“It’s okay, don’t worry.”
“Oh, that’s right. “We’re okay.”
Noah also quickly nodded.
After exchanging brief greetings, Rudine immediately brought up the business that had come to visit the two.
“I feel like I haven’t been able to say thank you yet. “Helena said she heard that you two made a cure.”
After answering, she looked at the maid next to her, Helena. She then bowed her head again as she looked at Ulan and Noah.
“Thanks to you, I was able to move my body again and meet my sister. I am truly indebted to you two. thank you.”
After saying thank you again.
Her complexion brightened.
But for a moment, a somewhat awkward expression appeared on Ludine’s face.
“Hey, Ulan… … ?”
There is only one reason.
This was because from the moment he expressed his gratitude, Ulan had been staring at him.
To the point where it feels burdensome to face each other.
“Did I get something on my face?”
So I asked vaguely.
I might have something on it, so I wiped the area around my mouth with a handkerchief. But then, a somewhat strange answer came back.
“Can I hold your hand?”
“So, your hand?”
Rudine looks surprised.
Helena, on the other hand, had twinkles in her eyes. It seems as if she disapproves of Ulan’s intentions.
Meanwhile, Ludine, who had managed to understand Ulan’s words, looked puzzled.
“Your hands should be fine… … .”
It’s scary to get permission.
Ulan grabbed her wrist.
Afterwards, he immediately activated the spirit and slowly let it flow into Ludine’s body.
“Ugh.”
It feels like your body is being tickled with a feather.
Ludine shrugged her shoulders.
After such a short period of time, Ulan finally retracted his hand.
“As expected.”
Bright red eyes flashing low.
He answered in a confident voice, as if his guess was correct.
“You have the qualities of a warrior.”
“yes? “Am I a warrior?”
Rudine asked back, looking startled.
It’s not just her.
Helena, who was watching Ulan, and Noah, who was quietly by his side, looked surprised.
That would be natural.
Just looking at Ludine’s body, she was far from a warrior. However, Ulan did not give up his stubbornness and still looked confident.
‘A body optimized for spirit.’
It is a body with excellent performance in absorbing and accumulating the spirit spread in the air.
Also, although he looks a bit small due to lying in bed for a long time, his skeleton itself is quite good.
The body of a truly born warrior.
Unlike Delia, who inherited fairy blood, she seems to have strongly inherited Ergent’s blood.
‘If I do this, I will inevitably end up in trouble.’
The body of a warrior and the body of a wizard are different.
If you force yourself to learn magic under these conditions, it will immediately cause an overload, and of course your magic power will run out.
Around the time when Ulan realized why Ludine had caused a runaway of magic power, Noah looked at Ludine and Ulan with a somewhat blank expression.
‘It’s the qualities of a warrior… … ?’
That can’t be possible.
This is because the original Rudine Arpen has a really poor status window.
‘It was F grade and had no characteristics.’
The character grade is F, the lowest.
Also, the character is nothing more than a typical extra with no talent whatsoever. This is the Ludine Arpen that Noah remembers.
So I blinked, looking at Rudine with a puzzled look on my face. In order for her to reveal her truth through her status window.
After a while, the status window appears.
Noah opened his eyes wide.
“… … !”
[Name]: Rudine Arpen
[Age]: 14 years old
[Grade]: A
[Attribute]: Great Warrior’s Blessing
It was worth it.
In the original, a character who was clearly grade F rose up to grade A. In other words, he turned into a named character overnight.
‘Could it have been a hidden character?’
This is also one of the hidden pieces.
Even in original works, there are often those that only show their true value when certain conditions are met.
However, since he had never seen such a dramatic change as now, Noah looked at Ludine with a bewildered expression.
Then.
Suddenly the surroundings became quiet.
The appearance of Ergent, the king of Arpen.
At the same time, the noisy atmosphere in the banquet hall quickly disappeared as if cold water had been poured on it.
When everyone’s eyes turned to the podium.
There was a girl who suddenly appeared.
A silver-haired girl wearing a pure white dress. Rudine, who discovered her, made a fuss about her.
“oh! “It’s my sister!”
She waves her hand with a happy face.
Delia, who was walking on the stage, smiled softly as if she had spotted Rudine.
Afterwards, silence weighed down the hall.
Ergent’s announcement has begun.
‘It’s just as expected.’
An archmage was born in the Principality of Arpen, and it was all that this would give them an upper hand in the future war against demonic beasts.
However, there was something unexpected.
‘But you don’t mention Ulan.’
A master chosen by Ergent as his sire.
Nothing about Ulan was mentioned at all. Although he felt a little puzzled by this fact, he quickly realized the reason.
‘Well, today’s main character is Delia.’
Ergent’s purpose would be to focus all attention and blessings on Delia. After finishing what he had to say, he raised his glass and shouted.
“As it is a happy day, I will allow you to eat and drink as much as you want tonight!”
“Waaaa!”
“Long live His Majesty the King!”
After the official announcement is complete.
The banquet hall was once again engulfed in a noisy atmosphere, as if it had never been quiet before.
Some time after that.
The main character of today’s banquet approached.
“… … I’m here.”
A girl with a tired-looking face.
It was Delia Arpen.
However, there was one thing that changed.
“what? “What about the dress?”
“It was uncomfortable, so I changed and came back.”
Currently, Delia was not wearing a dress, but the clothes Noah had chosen earlier.
“And this is even better.”
Because Ulan said it suits him well.
After answering, she smiled brightly. She then turned back to her group and asked:
“What were you talking about?”
As he seemed curious, the group told him about the conversation they had had so far. After a while, Delia heard the whole story and her eyes widened.
It was a surprised face.
“Qualities of a warrior? To Ludine?”
“Yes, it is a body suitable for spirit.”
Ulan nods.
On the other hand, Delia tilted her head.
“But, Ludine… … .”
My body is weak. Also, my health was not good because I had been lying in bed for a long time.
But what about the qualities of a warrior?
Could it be that Ulan was mistaken?
When that thought occurred to me, Rudine, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, opened her mouth.
“Still, I’m somehow happy.”
“You’re happy?”
“Yes, because until now, no one has ever told me that I have talent or qualifications.”
Rudine smiles bitterly.
But for a moment, she smiled brightly again and continued to answer.
“Also, I feel like this somehow gives me the right to be by my sister’s side.”
“You don’t have that qualification… … .”
“No, this is a qualification I have set for myself. “Because I want to be helpful to my sister.”
Ludine shook her head.
He then spoke with a brightly colored face, as if holding on to a ray of hope.
“I’m going to work really hard.”
“Rudine… … .”
“So, please support me too. got it?”
A face that has completely come back to life.
This is a child who has been lying in a hospital bed for years and has been in despair. How can we pretend not to see such a child lighting the spark of life once again?
Delia smiled slightly.
“Yes, if it’s Rudine’s, it’s possible.”
“Hehe, yes!”
Finally, a courageous answer.
The group continued to talk about various things after that. It was mainly about various incidents that occurred at Arsene Academy.
So the conversation continued.
There is also a friendly atmosphere.
6.
It was already close to midnight.
Even though it was already quite late at night, the banquet showed no signs of ending. At that time, I was looking at the banquet hall, which had become more noisy than before.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
A familiar voice was heard.
Noah came and sat next to me.
To that question, Ulan answered by pointing in the direction where a large bonfire had been lit.
“Because it’s a scenery I miss for some reason.”
“Ah, after hearing it, it sounds similar to a grassland.”
As Noah said, the banquet in the Principality of Arpen had many similarities to the festival in the grasslands.
Is that why?
Ulan had a wistful expression.
As I was immersed in past memories while looking at the roaring fire, Noah’s mouth opened.
“More than that, school is starting soon.”
The remaining vacation period is only three days.
If you travel by carriage, you must leave tomorrow afternoon at the latest. Ulan, who had been silently nodding his head, muttered with a bitter look on his face.
“… … “I feel sorry for Ibella.”
“yes? why?”
“Because I couldn’t keep my promise.”
I promised to go down to the County of Deorg during the vacation, but I was upset that I couldn’t keep it.
Noah, on the other hand, had different thoughts.
“It can’t be helped. “I failed the retest, and even if I passed, it doesn’t change the fact that I had to come to the Principality of Arpen.”
If he hadn’t come to the principality, he might not have been able to save Delia. Noah responded as if it was okay.
“So you just have to tell the truth.”
Then I’m sure it will pass.
Even though he is very jealous, he probably likes Ulan much more than that. So Noah made an indifferent expression.
“Hmm, then that’s a good thing… … .”
“are you okay. “I’ll tell you too.”
Noah smiled brightly.
A reassuring answer just to hear. When I silently nodded as if I understood, I suddenly felt someone approaching me.
“Hey, Noah.”
“yes?”
“I’m sorry, but do you have time?”
Delia’s exclusive maid.
It was Helena. Meanwhile, Noah tilted his head at her sudden words.
“I have time… … . why?”
“Actually, Princess Ludine said she had something she wanted to ask.”
“To me? “What is it?”
“I’ll go and tell you the details.”
What are you saying to me? What is it?
Noah looked puzzled.
This is because it was a development that did not exist in the original work.
Out of curiosity, she got up from her seat and chased after Helena.
Meanwhile, around that time.
Helena, who was walking ahead, blinked at Delia, who was guarding Rudine’s side.
As if sending some kind of signal.
Delia, who discovered this, nodded.
After a while, she stood up and slowly approached Ulan, who was left alone.
“Hmm! Ulan.”
“… … ?”
“Now, wait, are you okay?”
Delia hesitates to speak.
It looks like he has something he wants to say. Ulan asked back with a puzzled look.
“Do you have any business?”
“Yeah, nothing else… … .”
Immediately after a brief pause.
She continued as if muttering.
It was a voice as small as a mosquito.
“… … “There is a place we want to go together.”
“Where do you want to go?”
“I’ll tell you that as I go.”
Dillaa turned around and stretched out her hand.
As if to tell me to quickly follow him.
Ulan tilted his head, but followed without saying a word. Because she is not the type of person to call people out for trivial matters.
After leaving the banquet hall like that.
The place the two headed was the hill beyond the North Tower.
It was a sparsely populated, somewhat eerie place.
Chapter 40. banquet
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