The World After Leaving the Hero Party

69 – new digit – 2

In the kingdom mage’s office, Raquel smiled at Claire and Leventia, who had come to find her.

However, the laugh was not a laugh, but rather a laugh mixed with a sense of self-help because he couldn’t hide his surprise.

black traitor.

And the Caltrend manor.

Knowing how much effort the Kingdom Intelligence Service had to go through to find this out, he muttered lowly, letting out a laugh.

“It would be better to just pay the sage and get information than run the kingdom’s intelligence department.”

It was truly a chilling story.

Perhaps it was that he knew even the top secrets of the kingdom’s intelligence department.

‘This means that the investigation of the wise man is more urgent…’

It doesn’t seem likely, but what if the sage did something against them?

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Just thinking about it makes me unable to sleep at night.

That’s why I made several suggestions to the Queen.

That the sage should be brought into the kingdom.

But all the wise must listen.

I can’t even kill it…

‘Should I do plan B after all…’

“Anyway, if the sage sent you guys… you’d better get your hands on it. Take this. Originally, it should have been left to other intelligence agents.”

Raquel packed a few things from the drawer. The royal seals, documents, and courts were evidence.

“This… what do you mean?”

“Take this and go to the Cantrend estate. Go there and meet with the members of the kingdom’s intelligence department, then capture Bronze Cantred, the lord of the Cantrend estate.”

Raquel made the story too simple to capture the head of the black traitor from what could be called the stronghold.

But there was no pressure.

Because the women in front of me must be the strongest in the world who defeated the demon lord.

“Is there… no support?”

Raquel tilted her head slightly.

The biggest support will go that way, so what are you worried about?

“There must be a sage who is the best supporter by your side?”

“Ha, but Hyeonu goes to the church…”

Raquel shook her head as Claire murmured softly.

Of course, handling the problem on the church side is important, but the most important thing in this case is on the side of the Kantrend estate.

But did the sage entrust this task to Claire, Leventia, and himself?

The thorough sage couldn’t be, Raquel was convinced.

“I don’t think the sage will ever send you alone.”

It is a word with multiple meanings.

In a way, it’s a story that a wise man might come to worry about Claire and Leventia.

Also, in a way, it is a story that the wise man may try to participate directly because he does not trust the two.

Claire stared at Raquel in silence.

“Why?”

“…it’s nothing.”

She turned around, suppressing the words she wanted to say. When the warrior party was about to leave, Raquel called them.

“Wait. These are the Queen’s instructions. Take Princess Lucille with you.”

Lucille.

The only disciple of the sage.

and…

Claire trembled at the name Lucille, and Leventia bit her lip.

When Raquel is meeting Claire and her group.

Lucille, who was called by the queen, calmly stared at her with a calm expression with her mouth shut.

“You’ve changed.”

“Yes?”

“You couldn’t even look at me before.”

As a queen before being a mother, she did not like her successor, Lucille.

It was natural.

How could the person who had to lead the kingdom after him be so weak?

At one time, I had great talent and had no worries about the future.

From one day, I suddenly became a dead person in the corner of the room.

It can be said that it was thanks to the wise man that such a princess was able to regain her former self.

As the queen gazed at her, Lucille hesitated and nodded.

The one who brought himself into the world.

The one who taught me how to live.

and…

As Lucille squeezed the hem of her skirt in tension, the queen tapped the desk and said,

“Did you enjoy your vacation anyway?”

“Yes…”

“Tell me what happened.”

Relieved by the Queen’s gentle tone, Lucille recounted what had happened.

The day I went shopping with the sage.

Drinking a cocktail he made.

The fact that he gifted me a handmade scarf, and that I learned from him and won a card contest.

And, even though it’s a little embarrassing, I went to the pool and showed him a swimsuit.

Listening to Lucille’s chatter, the queen smiled.

The daughter seemed to get along with the sage more than expected.

“And…”

“Do you like sages?”

“Hick!”

Lucille flinched like a frightened cat. She looked at the queen with her eyes wide open, then bowed her head.

“I’m sorry.”

“Hmm? There’s no reason to be sorry?”

“The King… The Royalty is over there…”

“Did you really think I would give you an arranged marriage? It’s disappointing.”

“Ha, but hey… So, in novels…”

“…I only read those things when I was in the corner of the room. I only do it when I need a political strategy. In the current situation of the kingdom, a political marriage doesn’t mean much.”

A sigh of relief. Lucille felt the devastation stored deep inside disappear.

And a feeling of anticipation slowly rose.

So, wouldn’t it be okay to marry the person you like?

Lucille’s head started spinning rapidly.

The future holding hands with him.

future to marry him.

The future of giving birth to a pretty child who resembles him and himself.

Until the future when that child grows up, gets married, and together with him decides on the name of the grandchild.

The delusional experience of being confined to the corner of a room for a long time took control of Lucille in an instant, causing her face to unravel.

The queen stared at her smirking alone, pathetically, and sighed.

It seems to have improved a lot, but there is still a long way to go.

Of course, no worries. Because there will be a sage by Lucille’s side.

“Anyway, you didn’t answer the question.”

“Hick? Eh! Ugh! That, that’s it. Um, Master over there is Master, so that’s…”

hesitantly.

Lucille, who was hesitant and wiggling her fingers, nodded with a red face.

What are you doing there?

It was clear what Lucille was thinking, so the Queen said in a sullen tone.

“But it won’t be easy.”

From the standpoint of the kingdom, there was nothing wrong with Lucille marrying a sage.

Although the wise man’s past is unknown, he is a member of the warrior party that defeated the demon king.

Of course, it’s an informal party member.

However, the sage has excellent ability enough to offset it, and he is popular with the world.

In addition, he maintains good relations with the heads of each race.

As such, there was no reason to oppose the recruitment of Wang Ga-ro if he wanted to.

But the problem is this.

What if he doesn’t want to?

The position of husband to the next queen must be an honor and a joy for someone.

Also, Lucille is objectively a beautiful girl, and a woman with a promising future, so anyone would want it.

But would it be attractive to the sage as well?

There, the Queen could only tilt her head.

Money, fame and beauty.

even power.

Because the wise man acts as if he is not attracted to what everyone would like.

So far, only one research and analysis result.

There was only one thing that could be known for certain that made the sage move.

That was the Demon King.

“The wise man is strangely obsessed with the demon king. As if he couldn’t be with the demon king under the sky. And… only the warrior can defeat the demon king.”

“…Yeah…”

For Lucille, who dreamed of becoming a warrior but lost her confidence in frustration, it was bound to be a big scar.

But what can I do? It has already passed, and the position was held by another woman.

Things in the past don’t matter.

What matters is the present.

“The hero is trying to hit the black traitors to prevent the resurrection of the demon lord.”

“is that so.”

I heard it on the way back from Leidin. Lucille gave a slight nod, and the Queen stood up and said:

“In order to get even a little closer to the Sage, you have to do something that attracts him. Lucille. If you really like the Sage…”

The Queen stared intently at Lucille.

“Can you?”

Lucille nodded her head confidently, receiving the gaze that she would have feared and avoided in the past.

When I went out of the castle, Claire and Leventia were waiting for me. They stared intently at Lucille, who came out with the elite members of the Lily Knights.

“I didn’t know that the princess would participate in such a dangerous event.”

“I have to participate.”

Claire’s voice didn’t tremble at all. But that’s how I knew it. that she is on guard.

then it shouldn’t be pushed

“Isn’t it what Master wants to stop the demon lord from resurrecting?”

The only disciple of the sage.

And, the woman who clearly showed that she liked him was confident unlike in the past.

Unlike the past, unlike myself, who has no choice but to bow his head.

Claire, biting her lip, quickly turned around.

“…I’m sure you won’t interfere.”

“They won’t interfere. They… are Master’s enemies.”

So, does that mean that he is also his disciple’s enemy?

What kind of grudge is the person who stayed in the castle while he was on a journey to defeat the demon king with the wise man and suffered?

The word “wouldn’t it be just to impress the sage?” once again filled her throat, but Claire managed to swallow it.

Because I know that I have no qualifications to say such things to myself.

“…I will open the portal.”

“Yes. Please.”

Claire grabbed the warrior’s sword. While she prepared to build the portal, Lucille looked around the capital city.

Sooner or later, the summer festival will begin.

A festival will be held on the river to cool off from the scorching heat.

As if to prove it, Lucille smiled as she watched the preparations for the festival being made here and there in the city.

“I hope this will be resolved quickly. If the demon king is resurrected, the summer festival will be stopped as well.”

“…..”

“At the festival this summer. I’m thinking of going around with Master…”

Claire’s hands tremble. Lucille was well aware that she wasn’t pretending to hear, but she was actually listening.

“I’ve never been to a festival. Where is a good place… You know, right?”

While Lucille was talking with a smile, Claire opened the portal. When the blue dimension door was created, Claire took a deep breath and tried to smile at Lucille.

“Yes. I know. I went with the sage.”

“…Ah. Yes. I heard that.”

The two beauties smile and stare at each other. Even so, the atmosphere was not good at all.

The escort knight of the Lily Knights, who was supposed to escort Lucille to participate in this task, let out a heavy sigh while looking at the two beauties’ bloody gazes.

“Let’s go. Personal likes and dislikes are the same.”

Lucille squeezed her wand tightly.

“This job is very important to Master. You must do it well.”

“Well… Hyeonu asked us… he didn’t even ask the princess, so I wonder if it’s necessary to participate…”

“Oh?”

Lucille smiled at Claire.

“Master, when you do a duel, try a few moves ahead. What do you think is the reason why the master told the hero not to go directly to the Kaltrend estate, but to stop by the palace?”

Could it be that the reason Hyeonu sent them here was to have Lucille participate in this work?

Do you think that you are not enough on your own?

But, but why, of all things, Lucille?

No way, really with Lucille…

no. It can’t be.

“…let’s go.”

I tried to deny it, but my stomach is boiling. Claire walked into the portal, barely hiding her complex emotions with an expressionless expression.

as far as this moment.

He thought that he was terribly afraid of Lucille, who was following Hyeonu’s enemy, the Black Traitor.