Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 60

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60.

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A few days later-.

“….”

At the hour when everyone was asleep-.

A heavy tension filled the office of Valus Central Castle. It was because of the brats who had summoned both dukes who commanded the North and West together. The dukes’ reactions to such audacity were vastly different.

“….”

Valtain openly showed his boredom as if he had no particular interest. In contrast, Duke Rakies looked as grim as if there had been a death in the family.

“Haah-.”

The Northern Duke with his long platinum hair broke the silence and opened his mouth. Calisia and Ian. He was well aware that the two children had been spending time together lately. But he hadn’t expected such a major incident to be involved.

“Ian Lakies and Lady Valus. Are you saying that this unknown seed is effective in neutralizing monsters?”

Duke Rakies picked up a single red bean placed on the desk. A small seed with a reddish aura. Could this insignificant thing really have subdued a frenzied monster?

“It wasn’t just a monster, it was a mad monster.”

Calisia stepped forward to correct the Northern Duke’s words.

“The kids’ eyes were blood red, clearly out of their minds…!”

“Valus.”

As her tone grew increasingly rough, Ian tapped his own lips and gave her a warning look.

“Their eyes being bright red didn’t seem normal.”

Calisia refined her words and politely clasped her hands together.

“But when you scattered this unknown seed, they retreated in agony?”

“Yes.”

“Lady Valus.”

Unmistakable suspicion dwelt in Duke Rakies’ eyes. The two youngsters’ claims started from the Western Barren Mountain. They said they had encountered monsters on a mountain they happened to visit and discovered the seeds in the process.

“Do you understand the gravity of this matter?”

“Yes. No.”

Calisia, who had carelessly given an affirmative answer, hastily changed her words. She couldn’t give the impression that she knew classified information.

“Let’s say this seed is truly effective in neutralizing monsters. But don’t you think there are too many coincidences in your claim, Lady?”

Visiting the barren mountain, encountering monsters, discovering the seeds, and using them. The two children claimed it was all coincidence. It couldn’t be a more convenient excuse.

“Ian Lakies. You tell me. Why exactly did you go to the Western Barren Mountain that night?”

“Well….”

Ian’s lips trembled as he recalled the events of that night.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

In the dead of night, sturdy men appeared on the nameless barren mountain in the west. What they held in their hands were bladed tools.

-Euhaaap!

The men who let out battle cries continuously stabbed and slashed at something. Soon, moonlight illuminated them, revealing a cruel scene of slaughter.

-I said gently. Gently! What’s with all that banging noise like you’re digging the ground with a hoe! And do you know what kind of sword this is? Why do you keep swinging it around!

Calisia was disgusted watching the Northern Knights performing swordsmanship and spearmanship with hoes. What was the point of carefully planting seeds when those muscle-heads were digging up all the ground with their hoes?

-Do you know how precious these are? Soettong! Just get rid of all of these!

Calisia shouted as she reburied the massacred seeds in the ground. Red beans, glutinous rice, rice, bamboo, mugwort, peppers, jujubes. It was the Jade Emperor’s random seed full set she had received as a reward for saving Gosire Village.

-It was already so hard to find this place!

Calisia rolled her eyes upward in utter disgust. Since the random seeds were varieties that didn’t exist in the Empire, she needed to secretly plant them to wash their origins. So, after much deliberation, she had chosen this place. This barren mountain with poor soil and a remote location where few people came.

-We’d never have a chance to handle something like this in our lifetime.

-It’s hard to control our strength, you see.

The knights who made excuses awkwardly swung their hoes around once more out of embarrassment.

-I said don’t swing them! Ian! Iaaaaaan!

Calisia protected the seeds with her whole body and screamed at the top of her lungs. Ian, who had been hoeing alone, stood in front of the Northern Knights.

Craaaaaash!

The sharp hoe blade struck between the Northern Knights’ legs.

-Strike down once, then dig. Is it difficult?

The knights who looked down between their legs shook their heads frantically.

“So the barren….”

“They said it was a famous kissing spot. What was it again. That stars pour down there.”

While Ian was hesitating, Calisia firmly grabbed his hand and raised it.

At that bold action, every gaze in the office focused on her.

“Uh, huh?”

The flustered Ian made a metallic sound and opened his eyes wide. He couldn’t even look at the hand Calisia was holding and just moved his mouth wordlessly.

“We, we!”

At this development unimaginable in the North, Duke Rakies also opened his mouth in shock. And Ian with that dumbfounded expression. It was a sight he wouldn’t see in a lifetime.

“We’re dating.”

Calisia’s bombshell statement continued without pause. She showed an attitude of not caring at all whether the father and son were shocked or not.

“Finding the seed was really a coincidence. It didn’t seem like something we should tell the adults about, so we kept quiet. But since you’re asking, I’ll answer. I tend to keep my eyes open when I kiss, you see? But then….”

“Wait! Valtain! Valtain! You! You need to stop her! The Lady doesn’t seem to be in her right mind!”

Duke Rakies, his neck flushed red, grabbed Valtain’s shoulder and shook him.

“…Kek, kek.”

Valtain let his friend use his shoulder while laughing, finding something amusing.

“Valtain! Have you lost your mind too?”

“The stuffy North is different from the West, Rakies.”

Valtain shrugged as if asking what the problem was.

“No matter how different the North and West are, does this make sense! Here’s the daughter! And here’s the son!”

Duke Rakies spat blood, saying everything was completely backwards.

“Stop making such a fuss. Should she leave a certificate saying Valus will take responsibility for your son before you’ll stop?”

Valtain added that if it was Rakies, he wouldn’t be bad as a son-in-law who moves in.

“Son-in-law who moves in? Even if they marry, the Lady should come to the North, why would Ian…! No! I oppose this marriage in the first place!”

Duke Rakies raised his voice with a face showing he was furious inside.

“You’ve become quite talkative since we last met. Calisia Valus. Continue speaking.”

Valtain, saying it was noisy, picked his ear and gestured to his daughter.

“Yes, Head of House. As you know, the monster attacked us, and I was doing my business with my eyes wide open, so when I was startled, I threw whatever I could grab. That happened to be dirt and those seeds….”

“Please stop! Stop it! Stooooop!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Duke Rakies, trembling with rage at the shamelessness of the father and daughter, finally split the office desk in half.

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Whiiiiiii-

A bleak cold wind blew through the Annex Training Ground. It was because of Calisia and Ian, who were facing off while holding wooden training swords.

“Calisia Valus.”

Ian planted his wooden sword in the ground and stared directly at Calisia.

“Are you short-sighted, or have you lost your mind? Or is it both?”

“What?”

“Don’t pretend you don’t know. In the office.”

“Ah.”

Calisia nodded with an expression that it was no big deal.

“Ah? You’re making ‘ah’ sounds now? That ki…!”

“Kiss?”

“…You say it so easily. How could you say such things without any consultation with me!”

The veins on Ian’s neck bulged and then subsided.

“I think it was appropriate for a fourteen-year-old’s level. By commoner standards.”

Calisia crossed her arms, insisting that no matter how she thought about it, her conduct had been appropriate.

“What exactly was appropriate…! Haa-.”

Ian closed his eyes and roughly ran his fingers through his hair. Looking at that shameless face made his blood boil with rage.

“What, did you want something more then?”

“…Valus.”

“Ah! I get it! But now that I think about it, this is ridiculous. So when your father opens his eyes like this- like thiiiis- and says ‘Don’t you think there are too many coincidences in the young lady’s claim,’ what was I supposed to do?”

“At least if you were going to do something like that, you should have asked me first.”

Ian stepped forward to point out Calisia’s recklessness.

“When was I supposed to ask? With the heads of houses staring with their eyes wide open, should I have said ‘Sorry, but let me have a strategy timeout’? And you were stuttering anyway.”

“I was going to say I had gone out to train with the knights in preparation for the Academy exam.”

“Training with knights in the moonlight? It’s a matter involving secrets, so they’d really believe that. And originally, with things like this, you have to shut them up from the start to avoid trouble later.”

Calisia snorted. Their opponents were dukes of the Empire who had been hardened by the political arena. A naive love story between children was much better as an excuse than a flimsy alibi.

“You didn’t shut them up, you made them explode. Do you know how many times I’m being interrogated by the Head of House about that night, including my relationship with you, haa… ?”

“Just say we’re dating. No, I already said we’re dating. We have to stick together anyway to fix your body, so this worked out well.”

Calisia replied sullenly. The young duke of Lakies and the duke’s daughter of Valus, who stuck together suspiciously often. Honestly speaking, it was bound to come out eventually. Besides, this was also good for deceiving hostile forces like the Second Wife. A youthful romance at their age wouldn’t be strange at all.

“…Did you hear? Kiss? Something more? What did they do?”

Whispering sounds came from behind the wooden cabinet displaying weapons. It was the Northern Knights with their bodies all crumpled up. They concentrated all their nerves on their ears to eavesdrop on even a little more of the conversation.

“I can’t hear well, but they definitely said kiss.”

“The Young Master was stuttering?”

“What? The kiss?”

“So let me get this straight – the Young Miss kissed the Young Master… and the Young Master stuttered in the middle of it, and that’s why the two of them are fighting?”

The Northern Knights covered their mouths at this more shocking development than expected.

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