In the drowning darkness of the night, in Llewellyn's Black Castle, a guard yawned secretly under the cover of his helmet.

No matter how strong his will is, he can't resist the temptation of the Sandman, not to mention that he hasn't been able to get a good night's sleep for several days because of the castle's recent increased defense. In addition to being tired, he was also very nervous by all kinds of rumors floating around in secret, even if he was given a bed at this time, he might not be able to sleep......

Not far away, a woman in a long skirt walked over Shi Shiran around the whitened flowers in the moonlight.

The guard took a few steps forward in astonishment, and before he could speak, a gust of wind passed by him, and something cool slammed down on a certain part of his neck, completely solving his troubles—his eyes were black, and he fell limply to the ground.

One pair caught him accurately, and the other nimbly grabbed the spear loose from his hand, avoiding any noticeable sound.

He was carried into the shadows, and a few hands quickly stripped him of his equipment. When the helmet was lifted, one of the attackers was stunned and whispered his name: "Kazic......"

"You don't know the name of every guard, do you?" Rosa's smirking voice was clearly deliberately trying to make the atmosphere less heavy.

"Of course not. Borena smiled wryly and replied softly, "But this one...... It was from the mouth of the Kuz River. ”

Some of the young men who had come to Llewellyn from the mouth of the Kuz River to remain loyal to the present king, their "Master Borena", were incorporated by Ethan into his guards and the guards of the royal palace. Although untrained, from a humble background. But their loyalty is unquestionable.

That was one of the reasons why Borena repeatedly asked Rosa and Sesyana not to hurt any of the guards as much as possible - several of these young men had relatives who had died because of him, and he already owed them too much.

With Rosa's help. He quickly changed into Kazic's armor. The young man was slightly shorter than him, but just as strong, and the non-custom-made armor barely fit on him.

However, Rosa's long dress in front of her looked a little awkward. Her crisp and neat short hair, paired with a slightly exaggerated delicate long skirt, is a little wrong no matter how you look at it.

"Come on, knight. Rosa smiled and held out an arm to him, "Take me to your king." Mrs. Grean is still waiting for news from me. ”

Borena shook his head with a wry smile. Bending down for the lady to go first, Sesyana had quietly disappeared into the shadows of the trees—but he would always be around them, much to the peace of mind of Borenna.

They hadn't tried to sneak into Castle Black in this way - but things didn't always go their way.

When he chose to teleport to Greystone Castle, Borena felt that he had made a wise decision. Céline Grean and her son Behring may not be very willing to recognize him as a "king". But their integrity and bravery can be trusted, and they were kind to him on the one or two occasions he sneaked up to visit Sercio...... If he knew that the country was in crisis, they would be his most reliable allies.

But this time. As he was "escorted" into the Limestone Castle by the knights of the Grean family, he realized that the atmosphere in the castle was extremely tense. The heavily armed warriors came and went, as if they were preparing for battle...... He waited for a long time in the small living room, and what he was waiting for was neither Sercio, who welcomed him with shyness and surprise, but with a serious etiquette, nor the casual but cold countess who always had a few thorns in her seemingly polite words, but Anselm Boomer, who had a loud voice.

"Welcome, Your Majesty. The knight in full armor said to Borena. The straight waist didn't mean "welcome" at all, "I'm sorry." The Countess was not in the city. ”

“...... What about Belin and Sergio?"

"Not at all. ”

The knight replied, and walked out without explanation. As the door slammed shut, the two men who had been left in the room and one of the elves looked at each other.

They don't have time to "wait" - especially if they don't know how long they have to wait. As soon as it was dark they managed to escape and rushed to Llewellyn, where they heard all kinds of rumors in the streets.

"Master Crooffler's brother is a necromancer!"

"The Croavell brothers teamed up to kill the old king, and the new king is just their puppet!"

"The new king is dead! no one has seen him for days, and the real king is Ethan Crofeller, and he's ready to marry the former queen!"

"Isn't the former queen his brother's lover?......"

"The Grean family is preparing to raise troops to reclaim the throne for the little prince they protect!"

"No, the little prince has returned to his uncle, and the Grians want to compete for the throne!"

"Is there another war? Let's hide back in the village as soon as possible......

"Don't be stupid, Llewellyn still has at least a defender, what's in the village?"

"It's the same everywhere when there is a war, there will be no safe place......"

Those rumors are true and false, but they are very bad for Ethan, and they don't have much to denigrate Borenna. The rumor-mongers are well aware of their purpose, and they know that the real opponent is not the dispensable king, but the powerful Lord Croefler.

Borena's face turned pale as he listened, and he unconsciously poured countless dark beers from glass after glass, until Rosa took his glass without a word.

In this case, Borena does not know what will happen if he appears at the gate of the Black Castle as a king, so he can only choose to sneak into the Black Castle to find Ethan and see how things have developed like this in just ten days.

But Bolenna's size and agility are not suitable for "sneaking in" into such an action that requires skill. It was only after Sesyana overheard that Ethan had visited Selene Greon but was turned away, that they came up with the idea of Rosa posing as an emissary from Greystone Castle and having Borena take him in as a guard.

There were many flaws in this hasty plan, but Borena couldn't care about that much, even if he was brought to Ethan as an assassin, he would still be able to achieve his goal.

There were more than twice as many guards in Castle Black as when he left, but Borena was familiar with Ethan, and with Sonorn, who was now the head of the guard, he managed to avoid some of them, and even scared some of them, and stood in front of Ethan's room with Rosa without danger.

The voice of the guard came through the crack in the door, and Ethan's response was brief and crisp, without a hint of exhaustion—but judging by the situation, it was clear that he had stayed up all night.

Borena carried Rosa into the room, involuntarily tensing her nerves. A part of his soul was telling him that the situation was critical and that now was not the time to mess around...... But the other part, the small part, is involuntarily thinking about the most dramatic way to reveal his identity in front of Ethan.

Ethan glanced at him...... He glanced at it again, then waved his hand and commanded crisply: "You, stay, everyone else go out and close the door." ”

Of course, the "others" do not include Rosa, who is an envoy. The female warrior smiled and lowered her right hand that had been clasping Borena's arm, and looked at the room seemingly casually—the room was so cluttered that it didn't look like the place where a man who controlled the country lived...... But it doesn't seem like there's any ambush.

Her smile deepened when the corner of her eye caught the flickering dark shadow outside the window.

"Borena Dejuri. Ethan, who was expressionless, opened his mouth and pierced the identity of the "knight" in front of him who didn't even salute him, "If you want to tell me that you disappeared from Collins Square and disappeared for ten days, just to find a woman to come back to comfort your loneliness, I will skin you." ”

Rosa blinked in surprise, and the gaze cast to Borena seemed to ask, is it really okay to speak to the king in this tone?

But Borena doesn't seem to care about this at all...... He cared about something else.

“...... Of course not!" The disrespectful king tore off his helmet and blushed slightly in embarrassment and annoyance, "Don't talk nonsense!

- The female warrior next to him also has a suitor whose sword is as fast as lightning, and he doesn't want the elves to misunderstand this!

"You're still a king. Ethan snorted coldly, and poured himself only a glass after lifting the flask, "If you remember." ”

"Do you think I'm out there playing around just to escape my responsibilities?" "Borena suddenly wanted to throw his helmet over his head, "I almost died...... More than once!"

"It seems that the god of luck is still on your side. Ethan glanced at him and continued to speak coldly, "And I don't seem to like him very much." ”

Borena scoffed: "You haven't liked anyone!"

"Your Majesty...... My lord. Rosa cautiously spoke, "Getting down to business?"

She looked like she had a headache, as if she didn't understand how these two men, who were about to be eighty years old, could be in the mood to fight back and forth like children in such a situation.

Borena took a deep breath and dragged a chair over to put on the face of the king: "I've heard that some people claim that even if I'm not there, he'll be able to take full control of the situation for at least a month?"

――This tone still seems a little wrong. But since he was forced to become this king, it was difficult for him to have a calm time in front of Ethan.

"Even if you're here, things won't be any different. Ethan glared at him gloomily and disdainfully, "I'll just think you've heard the rumors out there - is there anything about you?"

The powerful blow left Borena speechless for a moment, and Rosa turned her face to the side with a smiling smile, admiring the pattern on the curtains, pretending not to hear anything.

"Okay...... What the hell is going on?" the dispensable King asked in an embarrassed change of posture, lowered his posture, and opened his mouth.

(To be continued......)