Chapter 72: Do you wish to marry me? (1/2)

After welcoming her, Sol immediately began discussing with Lilin about her adventures.

”For the first few weeks, I just stayed in the kingdom.”

From what she said, she didn't simply leave without any plan. She stayed in the surrounding of the capital and joined a mercenary guild to act as a guard for some merchants by hiding her features.

This part made Sol smile since, in reality, she was following the footsteps of Lilith.

During all those times, she was followed by her personal maid, a woman named Ketia.

From the information Milia gave him, that woman was also one of the fingers in the crown's shadow. After all, there was no way they would let Lilin, who was of royal blood, leave the kingdom without any protection.

After becoming a mercenary, she lived many adventures. Some good, some bad, it was also during those adventures that she killed for the first time and discovered her talent in channeling killing intent.

When she spoke about that part, he could feel that her voice was a little uneasy. So he gently caressed her head and told her to continue.

As someone who came from the modern world and lived a normal life free of all danger, Sol should have been morally affected by this.

But, he felt nothing.

It wasn't that he was desensitized to it. Be it in this life or the previous one, he had never killed anyone and didn't know the feelings one could have after doing such a deed.

But even though he wasn't particularly experienced and rather sheltered, he understood that using the moral of his original world to judge this one would have been extremely idiotic.

Morality changed depending on space and time.

But more than a question of morality, the simple truth was that, if he had to choose between the life of a stranger and that of his family, the choice was self-evident.

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Lilin's adventure continued like that for about half a year before she decided to travel out of the kingdom. Ketia tried to dissuade her, but Lilin was pretty stubborn.

That's how they left Lustburg and entered the forest of Southern pride. The elves' territory.

In the territory of the elves, her life became even more eventful.

They lived in a kingdom system, but they were also extremely tribal. The elves were divided into four factions, each of them represented by one of the dragon kings under the order of Tiamat.

They were Fafnir the snow dragon for the moon elves, Welsh the fire dragon for the sun elves, Kiyohime the water dragon for the silver elves, and finally Hydra the poison dragon for the dark elves. Above them all stood the Queen, a high elf.

This part nearly made him cough while inwardly he couldn't help but chant.

'All hail hydra.'

From what Sol understood, each of the four clans representing those dragons was basically the elvish version of the four Duke families in Lustburg.

”When I entered Southern pride, the whole kingdom was facing a crisis.”

”A crisis?”

”Indeed. It seems like some of the upper echelons of the kingdom had been infiltrated by vampires.”

”Vampires? So Southern pride and Envilya are officially hostile?”

”No, it was an independent action from one of the four heavenly Generals, Dracula. Sadly there was no proof. Envilya sent one of the princesses and with her help, we fought back the rogue vampire. It's during this time that I befriended Clara.”

”Hum, was the princess blessed?”

”No. She isn't the crown princess nor is she a candidate for the throne. Though she had beautiful purple hair... A little like me and mother.”

”Oh? Interesting. What was her name?”

”Anastasia. Her name was Anastasia Invidia.”

”Then what after?”

”After that, not much happened. We had some skirmish with the vampires before finally driving them out. We also drove the traitors out and now Southern pride is free of worry.”

Sol couldn't help but pinch his eyebrows as he tried to analyze all the implications of what happened.

The fight between Southern pride and Envilya was nothing important in itself. The two-kingdom were separated by Wratharis and could never really engage in a full-scale war.

But if he understood clearly what happened. Not only did she help greatly the elven kingdom, but she also helped the demon kingdom. At least the royal family of the demon kingdom.

In terms of geography, Lustburg, Southern pride and Envilya completely surrounded Wratharis on all sides, except the sea at their back.

If they played their cards well, the war that was about to happen could become way easier than it seemed at first.

”Sol?”

”Hum?”

He was brought back from his thoughts by her voice. Seeing her worried expression he asked,

”What's it?”

”Hum… Did I do something wrong? Are you angry?”

”Angry?” He was a little puzzled before finally understanding the source of her worries.

”Hahaha~! How could I be angry!? What you did was simply incredible! If we capitalize on your achievement, the result will be beautiful.”