The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 22
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Chapter 22
As soon as he heard that song with its incomprehensible and eerie lyrics, his body lost strength and drowsiness overwhelmed him.
“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■”
The knees of the Elite Unit members he had brought began to buckle as they started collapsing one by one.
Alpheus too was about to unknowingly drift off to sleep when.
“Use this when you shouldn’t sleep but feel too drowsy. Always keep it with you.”
Suddenly Brisa’s voice came to mind.
He forcibly exerted strength into his head that was becoming heavy as cotton and searched through the inner pocket of his shirt.
Just as Brisa had given him, his fingers touched the dried Awakening Herb.
When he picked up the Awakening Herb with trembling hands and ate it, his eyes snapped wide open. At the same time, he could see the form of the monster singing far out at sea.
‘…Hm?’
Alpheus launched consecutive Sword Aura attacks toward the vague monster.
‘It is a monster… right?’
Whether those glittering things were scales or a person’s silver hair…
“A very unusual monster appeared there as well.”
It was indeed a very unusual monster, just as the Court Attendant had said.
As he narrowed his eyes, the monster that had been grazed by his Sword Aura disappeared underwater. At the same time, the song that had been making people drowsy also stopped.
“Wake up, wake up.”
He hurriedly woke up the sleeping Knight Order and Second Prince.
“Get up, everyone wake up.”
They wouldn’t wake up easily, so he eventually had to apply some physical shock.
The sleeping Knight Order and Second Prince got up, rubbing their bodies that had turned blue-black with bruises.
“Ah… what?”
“I fell asleep as soon as I heard that strange song… but I don’t remember what happened after.”
“This must have happened in the meantime. Good heavens, we nearly died. Isn’t that right, Sir Alpheus?”
Alpheus nodded at the Imperial Knight’s question as he examined his bruises.
“That’s not wrong.”
And he quickly said to the Second Prince.
“I couldn’t kill the problematic monster. I have no more Awakening Herb that my sister gave me, so we must leave this island immediately.”
Now that he had come to see for himself, it seemed less like a massive monster wave and more like the low survival rate of people who came here was due to one monster with unusual abilities.
“Yes, let’s return quickly.”
The Second Prince agreed while looking around.
Then, before Alpheus could even speak, he said this.
“Let’s all go to the Imperial Palace together. If you don’t need a baronetcy, I’ll tell His Majesty the Emperor to generously reward you with war compensation at least.”
He added with a slightly choked voice as he looked at Alpheus’s clothes.
“Moreover, didn’t you come all this way out of friendship and even save my life? I’m certain my mother will reward you privately as well. So absolutely do not refuse.”
Alpheus thought it was fortunate he didn’t need to say ‘I came because of begging, not friendship.’
When they all left the island and set foot on the continent.
“Huh?”
The warp had stopped working.
“The Magic Tower has suspended all warps. They say it can only be activated in midsummer.”
The Imperial Knight who had investigated the situation spoke in a grim voice.
The Second Prince let out a deep sigh.
“Then we’ll have to stay here for now.”
He narrowed his eyes and muttered.
“Where in this area could there be a noble residence that could accommodate a knight order of this size…”
Alpheus cheerfully shook his head.
“Oh, I’ll go on horseback.”
“What?”
“If the warp is broken, I’ll go on horseback.”
The Second Prince stared blankly at his face and asked.
“Are you in your right mind?”
And rightfully so, breaking through that vast land on horseback was no easy task.
Moreover, the Empire was extremely vast.
“Oh, of course only my knight order and I will move. I’m not suggesting we all go to the Imperial Palace on horseback together.”
Alpheus hastily explained.
“I have only one young sister left in my territory. I can’t wait until midsummer.”
At this, the Second Prince was even more horrified.
“Still, my reaction doesn’t change. Are you really in your right mind?”
Wondering if the bruises on his own body had somehow transferred to Alpheus’s head, he kindly explained.
“From the Eastern Region to the Central Region, on horseback? Do you know how long that would take? And right now monsters are appearing at every territory border.”
“But our Bri-bri is waiting for me.”
The Second Prince blinked and asked back.
“Bri-bri? Are you perhaps keeping some bad-tempered pet?”
“No! It’s the name of my new sister who gave me the Awakening Herb as a token!”
In truth, while Alpheus had saved his life thanks to Brisa, he couldn’t forget the moment he received the Awakening Herb even more than that.
“Do you know? During those days in the Northern Region when we risked our lives in battle every day…”
He muttered with melancholy eyes.
“Every night, everyone would look at something. Mother’s photos, father’s relics, brothers’ letters, things like that. Things left by beloved family members, the last thing you want to see before a life-threatening battle, traces of people you must somehow return to…”
Alpheus’s voice gradually grew quieter.
“I had nothing like that. So I just read youth hero novels and such.”
If Brisa had heard this, she would have said, ‘So those youth hero novels were the source of the protagonist syndrome infection.’
Alpheus continued with a face suppressing his emotion.
“But now I finally have it too – a family token that Bri-bri gave me. I have a place to return to. So I must hurry back to see that child.”
The first family for a righteous young man who grew up lonely as a commoner orphan.
Alpheus wanted to treat that child well unconditionally.
“I matured at too young an age. Because I had to take responsibility for myself. Since I know how sad that is… I don’t want to raise my sibling that way. Absolutely not.”
With him saying this much, the Second Prince couldn’t stop Alpheus.
In the end, the Second Prince rummaged through his belongings and pulled out the jewels he kept for emergencies.
“Here, take at least this with you.”
“No, why all of this…”
“Distribution must have stopped because of the warp, so food costs won’t be cheap. You’ll need to eat meals while traveling, won’t you.”
The Second Prince smiled warmly as he meticulously removed even his brooch and gave it all away.
After giving away all his accessories, he with brown hair and green eyes looked like a humble knight.
“Though Elder Brother sent me here, thanks to you Alpheus, I was able to survive once again. I will never forget this debt. Let’s meet at the Imperial Palace as soon as warp is restored.”
Alpheus laughed heartily and said.
“To be precise, it was our Bri-bri who saved Your Highness’s life. It was thanks to the Awakening Herb that Bri-bri gave me that I could regain my senses. We almost all perished.”
“That child… Hmm.”
The Second Prince was about to say something but closed his mouth.
Alpheus tilted his head.
“What about our Bri-bri? Have you perhaps met before?”
“…Yes.”
The Second Prince said, rolling his eyes.
“The Empress Dowager favors that child, so she called her to the Imperial Palace several times when she was attending the Capital Academy. I saw her a few times coming and going.”
“I see! As expected, the Empress Dowager also recognized our Bri-bri’s cuteness!”
“Personally, I think she recognized not cuteness but… usefulness.”
The Second Prince’s expression darkened slightly. However, he soon smiled and patted Alpheus’s shoulder, saying.
“You’ve always longed for family.”
He wished his comrade luck with gentle eyes.
“I hope that child becomes good family to you.”
“Of course.”
Alpheus said cheerfully.
“Naturally, I must be good family to her first. She’s just a young child, after all.”
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