151 – Defense Battle (9)

“Seohyun, are you okay…? ?”

Colin starts worrying as soon as he sees me.

In her hand was a large basket.

As she finished eating, she put the basket on the table and started taking out her things.

Fruits and vegetables. Tea leaves and nuts. In addition, this is a drug I have never seen before.

It looks like he brought all the food that is said to be good for the body.

“I prepared everything for Seohyun.”

“There is no need for this.”

“No. “Is it okay if I eat some fruit?”

Apples, pears, oranges, cherries and peaches.

Everything was fresh with no broken or damaged spots.

Celica immediately nodded her head and picked up her fruit.

“Thank you. “Colin.”

“Yes. Serika, please eat it too. Oh, it’s okay for other people to eat it too!”

Then, Catalina was the first to stretch out her hand.

Before an embarrassing situation occurred, I immediately reached for an apple.

“Thank you. Colin, Serica.”

“Enjoy your meal and get well quickly.”

While the fruit was being prepared on the table, Julia was ordering from the owner.

“And bring me wine and beer.”

Meanwhile, Julia is ordering drinks.

Colin tried to stop her right next to her, but she had already placed her order recklessly.

Catalina, who was watching this, raised her hand accordingly.

“Then bring me another beer too.”

“Sister. “Overdrinking is not good.”

“What do you think?” “I’m just going to have one more drink.”

“Still, you were hurt…”

“Stop it. “I’m already healed.”

Both of them had the same problem of not listening.

In the end, the number of alcohol bottles increased even after the meal was over.

Meanwhile, Kayla quietly came to my side and whispered.

“Master. “You must never drink alcohol…”

“Don’t worry. “I won’t even mention it.”

In the first place, because her body was sick, she had no desire to drink.

There were too many people looking at me with anxious eyes right away.

In particular, Erina was the worst.

When eating, while looking at me the whole time.

She said nothing and maintained a subtle sense of distance.

If it had been before, I wouldn’t have hurled harsh words at him, telling him not to approach me.

The change in her Erina was dramatic.

Of course, I wasn’t the only one who felt something was wrong.

Kayla, who was guarding my side, asked a question in a low voice.

“Master, what happened with Erina…” ?”

“Nothing happened.”

Kayla looks puzzled at my answer.

When she glanced at Erina, she was startled and embarrassed.

“Erina. “Eat some fruit.”

“Yes. “I’m eating…”

But until now, Erina has not even touched the fruit.

She just nibbled at the roasted wild boar she loved so much.

She just looked at me with water in her eyes.

“So, are you feeling okay?”

“Yes. “I still need to rest a bit.”

Yulia nodded her head as if it was no big deal.

Relief was clearly evident in his voice.

Although he didn’t show it, he seemed to be as worried as everyone else.

Still, he continued speaking with a firm smile.

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“First of all, I’m sorry. “I never thought there would be a traitor among the scouts.”

Julia first apologized for what happened to Lucas.

But it wasn’t her fault at all.

How could even she know Lucas’ identity?

I just didn’t have much luck. Above all, I was able to deal with it because I knew it in advance.

“I was only planning on giving you a simple reconnaissance mission. “The situation has become too big.”

Of course, there were some things I brought on myself, but it all started with Julia’s instructions.

It seems like she had some feelings of guilt.

“Don’t worry. “Because everyone is safe.”

“…”

“It was a good thing in the first place. “We negotiated with the elves, and most importantly, we defeated the demon king’s army.”

At my words, Julia regained her bright smile.

Did he really think that I would have bad feelings?

Only after checking my reaction did she get to the point.

“I have something to say, just a little sorry.”

“Yes. “There won’t be just one or two.”

Why did Julia come here?

She ran a long distance to negotiate with the elves.

After the battle with the Demon King’s army was over, there was still post-war processing to be done.

The most important thing was negotiation with the elves.

“Negotiations will probably begin tomorrow.”

“Is it okay for me to go too?”

“Of course. “He was the one who brought about the negotiations in the first place.”

Negotiations with elves are not properly depicted in the original story.

It ended with an explanation that they had formed an alliance to fight against the Demon King.

This world is not a game, but reality.

It was clearly expected that the negotiations would not proceed smoothly.

This was definitely the case, especially considering the personalities of Aeria and Tyria.

‘Because they both have weak personalities.’

Tyria was a little better, but Aeria was particularly bad.

There was a strong possibility that he would get into trouble if he was swayed around by the delegation.

At least, it would have been better for me to observe the situation and intervene.

“You live so diligently.”

At Catalina’s words, Julia giggled and raised her drink.

He snatched the liquor bottle the owner was bringing and poured the liquor without hesitation.

“I thought it would be you. “We have to somehow lead the negotiation to our advantage.”

Then Julia looked behind her and gestured to the air.

The maids carefully brought the document and handed it to me.

“These are the conditions that will be presented by the delegation. “Read it.”

After slowly looking at the document, there were many vicious clauses mixed in.

In particular, it belongs to most kingdoms of Hellwood Forest.

Conditions for fully opening the elf village.

The problem was the provision to supply most of the resources through the World Tree at low prices.

‘It would be difficult if I did this…’

Contrary to my true intentions, Julia was smiling brightly.

She leisurely drank her drink as if to tell him not to worry.

“Anyway, the initiative is with us. “It’s all thanks to you guys.”

Anyway, we are the ones who contributed the most to defeating the Demon King’s army.

In fact, without help, the elf village might have been destroyed.

Therefore, the elves had no choice but to accept unreasonable negotiation conditions.

But it wasn’t the picture I was hoping for.

‘Eiria and Tyria will have animosity.’

From the standpoint of wanting to recruit Tyria as her colleague.

I hoped that the negotiations would proceed as moderately as possible.

Also, the approach was not just a simple favor.

If an elf village becomes a colony, it will cause great resentment among the elves.

It would have been quite difficult if this resulted in a hostile relationship with the elves.

As long as the elves live together in the forests spread throughout the kingdom.

As if an all-out war against the Demon King’s army wasn’t enough, they could also have been kept in check by the Elves.

“Julia. “You have to think a little further ahead.”

I calmly explained what I had been thinking about until now.

In the end, in summary, there was a need to revise the negotiation conditions.

At first, Julia just listened with a smile, but her smile gradually disappeared.

“Well, I think I actually received a lot of attention.”

“I know too. But.”

“Honestly, since I saved my hometown, shouldn’t I accept this?”

I fully understood Julia’s feelings.

From the beginning, I was ignorant about politics.

Even though I know that personal feelings should not interfere with the treaty.

Still, elves. No, I wanted to help Tyria.

“Let’s withdraw the village opening.”

“…”

“We decided to divide the territory in half and import resources at a more fair price…”

“Be honest. “Do you like the elves?”

Then someone hit the table hard.

The table shook with a loud noise, and the fruit on top spilled out.

No one could open their mouths.

Everyone was stunned by Erina’s terrifying energy.

Erina got up from her seat and approached Yulia and looked down.

Still looking up at Erina out of the corner of her eye with her arms crossed.

Of course, she also had a look of fear.

“Shut up. What a bitch… !”

“I just want to know why…” !”

At that moment, Erina grabbed Yulia’s collar with one hand and lifted her up.

Julia could not move due to her overwhelming strength, and she was dragged out and landed on her chair.

In an instant, the atmosphere of the restaurant froze.

There was no one who could stop Erina.

“I put up with a lot while you were talking loudly.”

“…”

“Keep in mind. “If you say something like that one more time, I will break her jaw so she can never open her mouth again.”

Anger was suppressed in her trembling voice.

If I hadn’t been watching.

Erina really might have punched Yulia.

But she endured.

Not for anyone else, but for me.

When Erina roughly threw away her collar, Yulia fell to the floor with a scream.

Immediately her maids helped her up, and she screamed and grabbed her neck.

“Write… Shit…”

Yulia, who had barely sat down on a chair, glared at Erina with a bitter expression.

But even that only lasts for a moment.

I quietly averted my gaze and made up an excuse for her.

“I wasn’t ignoring Seohyun’s words either.”

“I know. “I’ll apologize on Erina’s behalf.”

“Tch, you can’t even say a word…”

When he grumbled in a blunt tone, Catalina, who had been quiet, burst into laughter.

“He’s just a monster.”

“What… ?”

“Monster. “It’s just a monster.”

She chewed her words, syllable by syllable, as if telling me to listen carefully.

Then the air became heavy again.

But unlike Julia, Catalina did not lose her composure.

She even laughed at Erina.

“I also get criticized a lot for just leaving somewhere. “I guess I’ll have to give up.”

“…”

“Why? Are you dissatisfied? Then we’ll have a fight.”

Like Julia, Catalina did not flinch from her threats.

However, when Julia used physical force, her momentum died.

Catalina was smiling as if she was actually happy about it.

Because she knew that fact, Erina just swallowed her anger and looked away.

Then Catalina continued her words with a lively expression.

“Anyway, you remember we decided to fight once, right?”

“…”

“Don’t think about arbitrarily removing it. “I am waiting at any time.”

Catalina provokes by spreading her arms as if to say, “Try it.”

Then Erina was not angry.

He came to me and whispered in a calm voice.

“Seohyun.”

“I’m listening.”

“I’m sorry, but is it okay if I leave for just one minute?”

Then Catalina smiled brightly and took out her great sword on the floor.

“Okay! “It has to come out like that!”

Instead of stopping Malcolm, she sighed and shook her head.

And I had no reason to stop him either.

As Catalina said, sparring with Erina was planned.

Since the Demon King’s army was also defeated, it could be said to be the right time.

“Erina. “Make sure you win.”

“Don’t worry.”

When the sparring match was finally decided, Catalina got up from her seat.

“Okay! Come out now! “I’ll make it with muksabal!”

“Instead, don’t fight Erina after this sparring.”

“Yes. “That won’t happen anyway.”

Catalina must have seen Erina fight.

She didn’t know where her confidence came from.

“Let’s all go outside first.”

It caused too much commotion to remain like this.

People around you are already scared and quietly leave.

She just kept her mouth shut and watched us.

It was causing too much of a commotion in an ordinary restaurant.

“Master, I will take care of you.”

While Erina was checking her longsword and armor.

Kayla stayed by my side and helped support her.

“Thank you. “Kayla.”

“No. “I will always protect you.”

Now that I think about it, I really had a lot to say to Kayla.

While the battle with the Demon King’s army continued, there was little time for just the two of us to be together.

We decided to call each other aside tonight and talk about many things.

Of course, before that, I watched the sparring between Erina and Catalina.

I’ll have to talk to the elves about the negotiation plan.

‘There are so many things to do as soon as I wake up.’

Even though I was disgusted, I had no choice.

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In the end, I brought it all on.

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