The 31st Piece Turns the Tables - Chapter 207
Chapter 207
A little while later, the carriage that the broker came in had the emblem of a soaring hawk, Adeline’s symbol, hanging on it.
Where is that?
Red plaid fabric symbolizing the royal family, including brilliant gold thread, surrounded the carriage.
The carriage was completely transformed thanks to the talents of a few talented people.
‘This is a bit surprising…’
Snowfall with intermediate insight will quickly recognize it, but the design has been so carefully thought out that others will never notice.
“Now, please hide well.”
“I believe it.”
“then! How much money did you get… Hehehe! “I will take care of everything, so trust me and relax.”
After a while.
Clatter…
clatter…
A flashy carriage slowly passed along the straight street.
“Stop!”
“What’s going on?”
The checkpoint warden came forward and blocked the carriage, which at first glance looked like it was related to the royal family.
Still, the director seems a little intimidated and speaks as cautiously as possible.
“I haven’t received any special news. Is this something coming from the royal family?”
“Yes.”
“If you do it, what kind of object…”
“Why do I have to tell you that?”
The director frowned for a moment and said, easing his anger.
“It’s a principle.”
“Who set those principles?”
“That…”
“Isn’t it a principle established by the majestic monarch of the name Holly or Mackin Adeline?”
“That’s right.”
“In obedience to his orders, we must temporarily cross to Nevenia for reasons difficult to disclose. Look here at this royal letter.”
The director received the royal letter from the broker and checked it for a while.
Although there were some suspicious details, it was clearly a royal letter.
“Okay, I’ll just proceed with the basic procedures.”
“… basic procedures?”
“yes. “I’ll just go ahead and check the inside of the carriage and verify your identity.”
“Hmm…”
“If you refuse even this, we will have no choice but to report it to you separately.”
Cold sweat broke out on the back of the group’s neck.
‘Check the inside of the carriage?’
Kang Seol sensed that things were not going as expected.
The broker dressed as the king’s messenger took his time and spoke.
“Hmm… I can’t help it. Please follow the established procedures.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
“This is also the teaching of your just and fair majesty. You go ahead and check the carriage. “But you must not open the chest.”
“Oh, I understand.”
Rustling…
Soon a choice occurred to Kangseol.
[Things are going strangely. I think someone will be checking the inside of the carriage soon. How would you respond?]
1. Hit the head of the first person to enter the carriage.
2. Pretend to be a corpse.
3. Pretend to be a statue.
4. Just run away.
…
Insignificant options.
However, this situation was already predicted to some extent.
The broker left a request to Kang Seol in advance.
– I have a cord with one of the checkpoint personnel, but unfortunately I was not able to boil the intestines, so there could be a problem. So, be aware of your preparedness plans.
Kang Seol immediately carried out the preparedness plan that the broker had told him about in advance.
Rattling…
a moment later. Two men came into the carriage.
“Hmm… What kind of carriage has only one chest? It’s suspicious…”
“What else is suspicious?”
“I need to open it. is not it?”
“Ha… Haha… What are you going to do by opening it? “Didn’t you hear what I said?”
Another man responds while breaking into a cold sweat. He was a man with close ties to the broker.
“I’ll report it to the director. “I need to check the chest.”
After a while.
The man who came out of the carriage said.
“The director has not approved it. “I don’t know if he was a messenger or not, that person also refused at first, but then the warden said he couldn’t let it pass, so he only agreed.”
“Is that so? Well then, that’s a relief.”
“Now, let’s open it. “It’s a bit heavy, so listen to it.”
“uh. Uh oh….”
“Grunt….”
Kkeeeeeikk…
“… What is this?”
“Golden award… I guess?”
There was a statue glittering with gold on fine silk.
“Is this a gift for King Hein IV’s accession to the throne? By the way… making a fuss over something that isn’t a big deal… Hey, let’s go out.”
“Uh oh!”
“What’s wrong with you today?”
“No, nothing. “It’s a bit hot.”
The man said as he removed his foot covering the groove protruding from the bottom of the chest.
Shortly after the checkpoint personnel came down from the carriage.
“Pass!”
“Then, thank you for your hard work.”
“yes!”
Thus, the snowfall was able to pass through the border.
Dr…dudd…
The chest inside the carriage shook and the wooden plank underneath it was lifted.
“Whoa….”
After hiding in the secret space provided in the carriage, Snowfall used her shadow hand to move the position of the chest to cover the exposed gap.
“Hahaha! Look at it. “You said you would pass safely, right?”
We also considered using scales when crossing the border, but quickly dismissed it.
‘If this matter is handled incorrectly, it could lead to a rebellion.’
Because of that, Kang Seol even prepared a mask because he could become a robber who participated in the rebellion. In this case, I had to become something that seemed not to exist.
‘You must remain a mysterious figure until the end.’
If I used the balance card, not only would I be able to find out his identity, but I would also be able to get Frannan involved.
‘That won’t work. ‘Frannan must be used for a long time.’
Why did you go to Alcatron?
I didn’t want to ruin my relationship with him over something like this.
Anyway, Kangseol had a lot of thoughts, but in the end, he crossed the border safely.
“The problem is when we pass from Nevenia back to Adeline. Are you going to use the same method?”
“Well… there are many ways. Let’s think about it step by step. “Where did you say your destination was?”
“Please head to Timbrian.”
“Okay, Timbrian. Beer made from barley there is also famous. Take a deep breath. “The carriage will continue to run.”
Snowfall began its final inspection before heading to the rendezvous point near Timbrian.
“Hmm… this is probably the easiest and fastest way.”
Sigh…
Snow tore up the invitation to the Madness Store.
The last time I used the Madness Shop was before I entered Alkatron, so it’s been quite a while.
* * *
“Hmmmm~.”
“Oh, are you happy?”
The maid who was combing the woman’s hair asked.
“Well, would you like to guess?”
“Uh… Janet, when you’re in such a good mood, there’s usually a big deal happening… Is that right?”
Janet nodded.
“Yes, that’s right. “I think there will be a big deal soon.”
“So are you meeting him again?”
“Him?”
“You know what. A person who is a hot topic among mediators! “I heard you only deal with Janet?”
“Huh…yeah, that’s right.”
“How could it be that he too fell in love with Janet’s old-fashioned gestures and brilliant appearance?”
“… I tend to meet people wearing masks, so no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think that’s the case.”
“Oh, I’m sorry…”
Janet shook her head.
“are you okay. Rather… what do you think?”
“yes? “What?”
“That man.”
“I… um… I feel bad.”
“… why?”
“I’ve been watching that man’s moves regularly, and I’m amazed every time I see him. ah! This man is so crazy! “While doing so.”
“Ho ho ho! That’s the charm. “You’re different from others, right?”
“yes. But… it’s a shame that a man like that will eventually die like other humans.”
“….”
“Well… your gods sold two entire planets, right? “For a life born on such a planet… it’s obvious.”
“What you’re saying is that he’s going to die in the end?”
“yes. Isn’t it obvious? “How can a life abandoned by God survive?”
“… That might be right.”
“why? “Do you see things differently, Janet?”
“No, just… just…”
Sruk…
Janet said as she stood up.
“I’ll just leave.” “I have a deal.”
“yes! “Do you like your hair?”
“Yes, it’s the best.”
“Hehe…”
Janet put on a fancy coat and left her mansion.
Jump…
Jump…
Many people’s eyes are following her.
“Wow… it’s Janet.”
“You pretend to be rich just because you earned a little money.”
“But it’s really beautiful…”
“Arthur. “She is poisonous.”
“I know, because I’m from Supernova.”
Janet was forced to listen to sounds she didn’t want to hear.
Supernova.
A star abandoned by the gods.
Regardless of what others said or not, she went her own way.
“My ears are itching.”
controlled society.
Wouldn’t an atmosphere where even the flow of air has stopped create this feeling?
The place where the mediators stayed was bleak and dark.
Just as it represents a dystopia, it is as if it was created based on the assumption that the future of humanity will also be like this.
Everyone is god, but at the same time everyone is not god.
Dominating someone but being dominated at the same time.
“It’s a really funny puppet show.”
This place is a huge intersection that connects the flow of the universe, the so-called hub of energy.
The support of madness that Kang Seol is currently experiencing is also being refined here and converted into a different power.
‘Some go to their god… the god who abandoned them.’
Someone was standing around the assigned portal.
“Are you going to my senior?”
Janet was a respected senior.
Receiving the respect of merchants meant that she had done a good job.
Now, her junior, Oria, has come to meet her respected senior before the transaction.
“Yes, Oria. I have to go do business again. “I’m so sick of it. It’s quite old-fashioned and arduous to fawn over those who are inferior.”
“Cook….”
“Huh?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. “If it were any other day, I would agree, but today it feels like empty words.”
“What are you talking about?”
Oria pointed to Janet’s face with her finger.
“That’s right, you’re smiling.”
“what?”
“Didn’t you feel it? “You’re smiling now.”
“….”
“He may make a laughing sound, but his facial expression never smiles… It’s fascinating.”
“It’s really Yunan.”
Oria smiled as if she sensed the hidden meaning in the expression.
“We’re leaving now, right?”
“huh.”
“Let’s have a drink when you come back.”
“It’s good.”
“Then I’ll pray that it leaves a huge mark this time too!”
“pray? Tsk tsk… to whom?”
“Well… I don’t know?”
Even though they are gods, it is a funny joke.
God doesn’t believe in God.
“I’ll go.”
“yes.”
Jiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupy…
The portal is built and soon Janet walks proudly beyond the red space.
Sigh…
He wore a demon-shaped mask and covered his expression.
My heart is pounding…
my heart is racing strangely.
It was a very strange thing.
Thump thump…
A drum roll announcing her appearance and a carpet on the floor.
“long time no see. More than that, the sound of the drums and the carpet…”
This is the man that intermediaries are currently targeting. Snowfall welcomed her.
“Hahaha! How about this? “I tried to be stylish.”
“You look different every time I see you.”
“Because I saw this door!”
Sell an item and leave a note.
Even though she is well versed in this, her dealings with this man are interesting.
Rich people only know how to spend money, but they don’t know how to spend it.
But this man is different.
Men have always lacked madness. Maybe it’s because they know how to use limited resources.
“Janet sells anything.”
“yes.”
“Today… Oh, indeed!”
Janet laughed.
“Didn’t something change about me today?”
“… Is it the same?”
* * *
A village located on the outskirts of the Timbrian area.
Even if you just walk down the street, you can smell the cozy smell of cow dung.
Three men and women in shabby clothes were talking on the first floor of the inn. There seemed to be only three people on the first floor, as the owner was nowhere to be seen.
Bright eyes and facial features that look as if they were embroidered by hand. The woman’s shining appearance was not hidden even by her shabby clothes. One woman’s expression was intimidating.
“I’m dead.”
“… Don’t say things like that carelessly, Rio… Rine.”
“Your brother is truly cruel. “Is it okay to trample on the life of a girl with many dreams like this?”
Princess Liona kneels down on her desk like a pitiful heroine. A total of three people, including Count Brispin and her bodyguard, Cadi.
“We will definitely be able to return to the Kingdom of Zonia. Have hope.”
“Brispin.”
“Please tell me.”
“I will always trust Brispin. That’s why he’s the most loyal of loyalists who has been there for me since I was young. “Even now, even though everyone else has left, you still stayed by my side, right?”
“It’s natural, princess. Servant IV is a misguided man. “He is someone whose very existence will drive Nevenia into decline.”
“Hehe… The people will be disappointed when they hear that you are verbally abusing your brother like that.”
“sorry.”
Liona lowered her head and spoke.
“I’m not an idiot.”
“Yes, he is wise and merciful.”
“So you can see. “There is no hope.”
“….”
“… Do you know how far the Kingdom of Zonia is from here? “It’s almost the westernmost part of the country.”
“Instead, it is a very strong country. Maybe even more than Nevenia! So if you go there, even Servant IV will not be able to threaten you. “Those who rule Zonia are the princess’s… maternal relatives.”
“Why did my mother come to this place so far away…”
Brispin looked at the princess with hard eyes.
“The hardships you go through now will be of great help when you ascend to the throne in the future.”
“Suffering that cannot kill me makes me stronger… Is that right?”
“you’re right!”
“But what if you can kill it?”
“yes?”
“They say I’m going to die?”
“What kind of guy!”
“The people I saw passing by earlier were whispering like that…”
“These guys! Hmm… ignore those guys. Trust me, Brispin, I will definitely do it.”
The princess spoke with still gloomy eyes.
“How… Zonia Kingdom is too far away.”
“There is not just one road in the world. There is also a road in the sea!”
“Are you saying we should use the sea route instead of the land route?”
“That’s right!”
“What about the boat?”
“The ship provided by Zonia is already anchored in the port. All you have to do is get there! “We are going into exile in Zonia!”
“Brispin.”
“yes!”
“If it’s a port… you have to go to Prion…”
“….”
“To get to Priyon… you have to cross Adeline, but the chances of getting there while avoiding your brother’s pursuit are….”
“Ugh….”
The long distance was a problem, but the biggest problem was having to outrun the chase and finish the race.
“Wait a moment… Please wait here for a moment, princess.”
“…I have nowhere else to go.”
Sigh…
Brispin got out and touched his forehead.
“Does this really mean it will end like this?…”
Brispin had sown seeds in case something like this happened.
Not only to the mercenary leaders, but also to powerful transferees and free knights.
“No one… is coming.”
No one reached out for them. Their last remaining act of loyalty would have been not to at least report it to Servant IV.
“In the end, the princess…”
At that time, a shabby carriage arrived at the inn.
“Everyone is here.”
“You can wait here for a moment.”
“yeah.”
Someone got off the carriage.
Brispin checked to see who had just gotten off the carriage.
“….”
“It’s been a while. “Count.”
A man wearing a strange crow mask.
“This voice…”
Count Brispin immediately ran into the inn.
Rattling…
“Wow, princess!”
“You screamed like that, but we somehow didn’t get caught….”
“That’s enough!”
“What happened? Could it be that your brother…”
“No. Damn it… no, anyway! has arrived!”
“arrive?”
Next, a man wearing a robe entered the inn.
Kkeikik…
The man wearing the crow mask looked at Brispin and asked.
“Where is the statue?”
“I have it. “That mask of yours…”
“Isn’t it something worth exposing? … I want to check the statue first.”
Brispin took out a strange statue from his arms.
“This is it.”
“… It’s genuine.”
Snowfall could be known just by looking at its outline. The only statue that looked like that in Pandea was the Joy of the Fallen.
“… If you bring the princess safely to her destination, I will give you this statue.”
“where is your destination?”
The consultation process is arguably the most important moment.
It was all over when the person helping the princess freaked out when he heard that the destination was Priyon.
Princess Liona was so lost in her thoughts that she looked like she was about to cry.
“Fryon…”
The crow’s pale golden eyes scanned the group. Liona flinched when those eyes passed by.
I thought it was wrong.
“It’s Priyon…”
Kang Seol took a moment to regain his appetite and said.
“It’s close.”
The situation in the South rotates like gears.
A foreign substance called snow got involved in the machine of violence and irrationality that was supposed to run smoothly.