Chapter 13 - EPISODE 13 – COUNT CHASE (2) (1/2)
Like the rest of the mansion, Count Chase’s drawing room was brightly and beautifully decorated.
The ceiling, paired with a white, clean marble floor, was white, and the wall with several large glass doors leading to the garden was turquoise, giving it a cool feeling.
A carpet with a bold use of red and yellow colors to give off a sense of splendor, and luxurious furniture with a bright overall tone.
A foreign presence stood alone in a place where it would seem more right for beautiful ladies to have a tea party here.
“Have you come?”
Arthur Chase.
Count Chase.
He is a member of the Northern Four Rivers and a 7-star wizard, and one of the most prominent battle wizards in the north.
And as if to reveal that fact with his whole body, he was big, scary, and sharp-looking.
If I can compare it to a sword, should I say he’s like a claymore?
‘Red Storm.’
Count Chase’s nickname.
He is also known as the ‘Red Monk’, and always wore blood-like red robes, as he is now.
“Mr. Jude Bayer greets Lord Chase.”
When Jude showed proper decorum, Count Chase who was standing facing the garden, turned around.
He had short-cut red hair and a height nearing 2 meters tall.
Strong broad shoulders and rock-like muscles presumed to be honed on the battlefield.
In addition, sharp piercing eyes that could see through the opponent, and the overall impression was truly overwhelming.
I felt more like facing a mighty warrior than a wizard.
‘The mother’s genes worked hard.’
All three children of Count Chase, including Cordelia, were good-looking men and women that were as beautiful as flowers.
Of course, Count Chase didn’t have an ugly face. Rather, he had a thick, dark, and manly handsome face.
It was like the time when I went to Leisegang. All the big talk in my head went out because of my nervousness.
“Sit down.”
Count Chase spoke low again and sat down at the head of the table.
Jude took a bated breath after Count Chase sat in his seat of authority.
If this was an ordinary meeting, the maids would have come in and served tea and cookies at this point, but only the deep and heavy silence was set between Count Chase and Jude.
As such, a dozen or so seconds passed.
Around the time the cold sweat began to flow along Jude’s back, Count Chase opened his mouth again.
“I heard a few stories.”
It has come.
Count Chased looked down at Jude while maintaining a straight posture, and Jude swallowed nervously as he faced Count Chase’s chilly gaze.
Frankly, I’m scared. Similar feelings sprang up in my heart like when I first saw Leisegang.
But I did not turn away.
I mustered up and endured Count Chase’s gaze.
A few seconds passed then.
Count Chase, who looked at Jude with glassy eyes, opened his mouth and said again.
“I heard about your actions during the deviation.”
Deviation (weekend getaway).
It was Count Chase who came in hard from the start.
However, Jude kept his composure. What Count Chase mentioned was not just the deviation.
“You were lucky to get the Sun’s Necklace.”
Count Chase could not have known that he had obtained the Sun’s Necklace.
But Jude didn’t answer, and instead took the Sun’s Necklace that he had put in his clothes and put it on the table.
“It’s the Sun’s Necklace.”
“Hmm.”
A golden necklace engraved with the crest of Solari, the sun god.
Count Chase’s gaze, which had been focused on Jude, shifted to the Sun’s Necklace. He stroked the necklace a few times with his thick, coarse fingers and nodded.
“By all means, is it an item that constantly radiates Yang energy? You got a great start.”
The Sun’s Necklace was the divine item used by the sun god Solari’s champion Gallus, and not anyone else.
It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a divine treasure of the denomination, so it was natural for Count Chase to admire it.
“Whatever.”
Count Chase laid down the Sun’s Necklace.
He once again looked at Jude as if searching him before suddenly pulling out a small box from his bosom, pushing it to Jude, and speaking.
“This is of no use to me. But I already brought it, so take it.”
What the hell is it? When Jude sent a glance to ask if he could open it, Count Chase said with a snort.
“Hmph, I’m telling you in advance, but it’s not much.”
It was a little vague, but I thought it was okay to open it, so Jude carefully opened the box and soon opened his eyes wide.
‘It’s a big deal!’
What was inside was a Yang Earth Pill, which possessed a powerful amount of Yang energy. I just opened the box, but the fragrant aroma seemed to fill the drawing room.
It wasn’t something that cure Gueumjulmaek at once like the Sunfire Carp, but it was still a valuable item that would be of considerable help to the treatment.
“And.”
Count Chase spoke again before I could even express my gratitude for the Yang Earth Pill.
Once again, he asked, looking at Jude with fierce eyes.
“I heard that Cordelia carried you when you jumped off the cliff. Was it true?”
“…it’s true.”
“Tsk, how foolish.”
Count Chase who clicked his tongue in disapproval, searched his arms again and held out a small box.
“It’s a fruit that strengthens muscle strength. All I have around me is a bunch of wizards who just need the strength of a cane, that’s why it’s useless to us, so take it.
‘The Fruit of Strength?!’
Jude once again looked in surprise.
The Fruit of Strength was an item that permanently increases muscle strength a little, and it was hard to obtain this in the beginning, as all of these kinds of items do.
From the Yang Earth Pill to even the Fruit of Strength.
‘H-he’s actually a very nice person?’
No, maybe he’s very fond of Jude himself?
He seemed to be displeased with the fact that Cordelia carried Jude herself in their weekend getaway rather than the weekend getaway itself.
It’s because he has a fierce impression and he’s awkward at expressing himself, but he’s actually a good person.
Jude looked up and saw Count Chase.
He still had a scary face, but somehow, he looked different from before.
“And.”
He began to talk once again.
Now, rather than being afraid of what he’ll say next, Jude began to look forward to it.
“I’ve heard that you’re going to join Cordelia in the upcoming social gathering.”
Children of the 12 northern families – specifically, it was a social gathering of underage children who have not yet started official duties.