The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

 

I had a rough idea of what was going on.

 

It was probably because of the Riente bloodline flowing through half my body.

 

These dark mages were all people who had fled to the Sebon Kingdom. And all the Riente Kingdom’s royalty, except for my mother, had been killed or gone missing at the hands of Sebon people.

 

‘In other words, I’m the only one with a clear identity who carries the blood of Riente royalty.’

 

I’m a person of Sears, an Imperial citizen, but still, if I had mixed blood of Riente royalty, they might want to eliminate me at all costs.

 

‘Then in the original story… Baron Hawin didn’t just sell out his nephew, but the Sebon bastards might have specifically demanded he bring me.’

 

Though it’s something I can no longer verify the full details of.

 

‘I didn’t expect this.’

 

A sigh escaped me naturally.

 

To think they’d consider even me, who had never even visited Riente once, as royalty.

 

Moreover, I was an official Imperial citizen who bore the name of one of the First Five Families.

 

If they harmed me without any reason, the Sebon Kingdom would have to face the Empire.

 

‘So they tried to use unofficial crimes.’

 

In the original story, this would have happened a month ago.

 

Since they couldn’t coexist with us through smuggling, Baron Hawin’s Territory would have run out of food much faster.

 

‘He came to sell his own territory residents and received a proposal about me.’

 

But even though the timing had changed, the fact that they had targeted me remained the same.

 

At least the future had changed and I had survived for now.

 

I snapped back to reality and focused sharply.

 

“Now, three of you protect me.”

 

I commanded the other knights.

 

“The rest of you all go to that warehouse and bring back as much wheat as possible. You guys hurry up and go too.”

 

I also directed the intruders from Baron Hawin’s Territory who were panting heavily.

 

“You have to pay for the potatoes, right?”

 

This was why I had fed them well earlier.

 

Eventually, the knights and intruders hurried toward the warehouse.

 

I commanded Wendy.

 

“Seal this up properly again too. It would be a waste if we spilled it while carrying it.”

 

It was the wheat sack the dark mage had brought earlier to show me.

 

I solemnly declared to the knights.

 

“This is grain that the dark mages illegally gathered while committing crimes.”

 

We couldn’t just leave such things in the world.

 

“So we must eat every bit of it to make it disappear.”

 

The knights all agreed.

 

“That’s right!”

 

“We must eat it all to completely annihilate it!”

 

“We won’t miss even a single grain!”

 

Everyone exchanged righteous glances with one heart.

 

“Excuse me.”

 

That was when it happened.

 

“Miss?”

 

The person who approached me was Baron Forman.

 

He had removed the burn disguise mask my knight had given him and taken off his hat as well.

 

A neat old man whose back was no longer hunched looked straight at me.

 

“Could you explain to me how this came to be?”

 

I also looked straight at the old man.

 

Then Philip stepped forward in anger.

 

“How dare you look the young lady straight in the eye and order her around so rudely?”

 

Baron Forman asked back with an uncertain voice.

 

“Your manner of speech is quite archaic… Are you perhaps from the Riente Kingdom? I understood that only maids came from Riente…”

 

“Will you not apologize to the young lady immediately!”

 

Philip only said what he wanted to say.

 

“Instead of bowing your head in gratitude for being saved…”

 

That was the moment.

 

“Is it true?”

 

A low voice came from behind me.

 

I opened my eyes wide and turned around.

 

This voice was…

 

“Did Brisa really save grandfather?”

 

Hair as black as a moonless night.

 

A face with calm golden eyes and a gentle smile.

 

A beautiful boy as if carefully carved from sculpture.

 

It was Leopold Nogen.

 

He had been leading the knights from the closest location to here.

 

* * *

 

The monsters fell scattered like dust before the sword aura.

 

“Captain! Captain! No wait, Lord Marquis!”

 

Behind him, the elite unit members frantically chased after the platinum-haired young man.

 

“Just, just a little! Let’s rest just a little!”

 

At his subordinates’ pleas, Alpheus sighed once and pulled on his horse’s reins.

 

Pausing his gallop for a moment, he turned around with a refreshed expression.

 

“Geez, really. You’re all so weak.”

 

Despite being covered in monster blood, his expression was utterly innocent.

 

“Still, shouldn’t we hurry to see our lifesaver? Doesn’t that thought give you energy?”

 

Alpheus recalled the events from two months ago.

 

* * *

 

It took less than two days for Alpheus to lead the Elite Unit and arrive at the Imperial Palace via Warp.

 

But after arriving at the Imperial Palace, it took forever just to meet a Court Attendant.

 

None of Alpheus’s group knew the proper procedures, and no one stepped forward to help them.

 

Even after barely managing to meet a Court Attendant, the situation didn’t improve much.

 

“…You said you’re Marquis Sears? Hmm.”

 

The Court Attendant looked over Alpheus’s attire with contemptuous eyes and said this.

 

“Even if you’re looking for the Second Prince now, you won’t be able to meet him. He went to the Eastern Region to suppress a monster wave.”

 

He explained halfheartedly to Alpheus, as if annoyed.

 

“A monster wave hit the Eastern Region too, but unlike the Western Region, the Eastern Region doesn’t usually deal with many monsters, so they were in trouble. On top of that, a very unusual monster appeared.”

 

“No, what does the Eastern Region have to do with the Second Prince…”

 

“It was natural for the Imperial Family to send the Second Prince, who had just finished the Northern Region’s civil war.”

 

Alpheus and the Elite Unit were quite flustered.

 

Without the Second Prince, there was no one to verify his achievements. But judging by the Court Attendant’s attitude, it was obvious they wouldn’t even be allowed into the Imperial Palace.

 

“We came all this way, but if we return empty-handed, will Langsi leave us alone?”

 

The Captain asked cautiously.

 

“Captain, how about we look for mercenary work here?”

 

Then the Court Attendant was shocked.

 

“A Marquis House’s Knight Order doing mercenary work? Good heavens. Are you people really from a Marquis House?”

 

The Captain rolled his eyes once and came up with a solution.

 

“We’d hide our identities.”

 

“That’s ridiculous.”

 

Alpheus snapped.

 

“This is our first time in the Capital. It’ll take half a day just to find work.”

 

After thinking for a moment, Alpheus looked around at the Elite Unit and said.

 

“It would be better to go help the Second Prince. A monster wave? If I go, wouldn’t it be possible in half a day?”

 

The Elite Unit all nodded without exception.

 

“Of course. The Captain is worth a hundred men.”

 

“We can get paid and help the Second Prince too, it’s a great plan.”

 

Alpheus picked out one of the Knights and gave this instruction.

 

“You go to Sears Marquis Territory and tell them I’ll be a little late. I won’t be very late.”

 

The designated Knight nodded resolutely.

 

“Understood. Then will you take a Warp straight to the Eastern Region?”

 

“Ah… since we’re in the Capital, let me just buy one gift for BriBri.”

 

“BriBri… you mean?”

 

“It’s my little sister’s nickname. Isn’t it cute?”

 

“By any chance, was this mutually agreed upon?”

 

“I thought about it all night and decided yesterday, so BriBri doesn’t know yet.”

 

Of course, he hadn’t had a proper conversation with Brisa, but Alpheus still held hope for his little sister.

 

“How eagerly she must be waiting for this Alphy oppa?”

 

At those words, the knight tilted his head.

 

Thinking of how Brisa had turned him away at the door on the night of the funeral…

 

“BriBri! From now on, call me Alphy oppa!”

 

“Children, what are you doing? Prepare the exorcism ritual immediately. A soul that shouldn’t be in Sears Marquis Territory has entered.”

 

Brisa would surely say something like that, going through all sorts of reactions.

 

“Well, I’m not sure. The term ‘oppa’… is usually only used by children who are really close… so it might be a bit difficult, don’t you think?”

 

When the knight didn’t agree, Alpheus said cheerfully.

 

“Well, it might be a little awkward at first.”

 

“Yes, that ‘at first’ might last quite a while…”

 

“But once we become close, won’t she call me ‘Alphy oppa’?”

 

“Yes, if you wait about half a century…”

 

“You’re too cautious. That’s the problem. Try to have more expectations for a brilliant tomorrow and a beautiful future.”

 

Alpheus, who was positive about everything, patted the knight’s shoulder.

 

“Anyway, take care.”

 

About half a day later, Alpheus and the Elite Unit took a warp to the Eastern Region. But the warp shook excessively unlike usual and took a long time.

 

“Something, something seems strange?”

 

“I know. But let’s wait for now. The direction seems right.”

 

The Eastern Region they arrived at after such twists and turns also looked chaotic due to the monster wave.

 

He had to go to an island near the eastern territory to find traces of the Second Prince.

 

And when he finally found the Second Prince, he was collapsed unconscious on the island.

 

“…Your Highness? Your Highness!”

 

Even the Imperial Knight Order members he had brought with him were all sprawled out.

 

There was no telling how long they had been collapsed like this, as if asleep.

 

Fortunately they were still fine, but if the waves had reached this far even once, if they had been swept into the sea, they would obviously have been devoured by monsters.

 

But when he tried to rescue them, a song could be heard from somewhere.

 

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