Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

“An apprentice or a master ends up getting his head chopped off. ”

“Th-that's true... But if you want to cut the master's head off... I think you're that good..." ”

Feron mutters in a sneaking voice, thinking he might have done something wrong.

Then Lycaen became frustrated.

“What level do you think you are? ”

“Me, me? M-maybe I'm still a Sword Man...? ”

“Yes, you're still a Sword Man. But you can't beat Expert now, can you? ”

“Yes? I-I mean, how am I supposed to beat Expert? ”

Feron asked with a nonsense expression. That's impossible, isn't it?

“What about the level of escort knights you killed last time? ”

“Yes? Well, I guess... But I'm lucky all the time... And they're beginners, aren't they? ”

He said to Feron, who still speaks in a crawling voice, without hiding his pathetic face.

“If I keep thinking like that, I'm going to get beaten to death one day. ”

“Yes?! ”

The Feron screams in surprise, but Lycaen already looks out of the wagon window and shuts her mouth.

Chapter 12. Life Value (1)

Qarrr!

Thunder rumbles somewhere in the deep mountains of the night. And the two of them are walking towards the sound. It was Lycaen and Feron.

The mountain where two people now live was the destination of Mount Aren. And the sound of thunder from afar is like the sound of water falling from Impetis Falls.

“Oh, it sounds so loud from so far away that the Impetis Falls are so big. ”

Lycaen nods at Peron's words.

“Well, be strong today because you have to go under the waterfall. ”

“Yes? Po, what do you mean you're going under the waterfall? ”

Feron opens his eyes and asks. I knew that Impetis Falls was the destination, but I had never heard of going under it.

“There's treasure down there, so you'll have to go in. ”

“Yes? Treasure? ”

However, Lycaen was not a kind person who explained in detail the unnecessary stories.

“You will find out when you go. ”

“Yes, yes. Hmm? Is that why you're going at night? ”

Feron needs to go to Impetis Falls, but he's wondering why he's moving at night. But it seemed like there was a reason.

The spectacular Empetis Falls is so great that it is widely known throughout the continent. Then, the nobles and wealthy commoners used to come up dozens and dozens of people a day to see the scene.

We can't show others what goes under the waterfall, so we have to move at night like this.

How long do you think you've been walking again? I asked him as if he suddenly remembered.

“I hope Priella goes well with her mentor. ”

Priella, who discovered the unexpected talent of the wagon racket, broke up with the two of them because she felt she could no longer drive the wagon after arriving at Mount Arlene.

Feron had talked about it quite a lot while he was coming here, and that's what I suddenly wondered.

However, Lycaen reacted blankly as if he wasn't interested.

“Well, that's what he does. ”

“Well, yes. ”

As the Feron nods, Lycaen makes swift strides.

"Is there a treasure in question here? ’

Lycaen rushed to the next level, feeling the excitement.

It wasn't because of the water. It was because I saw hope that I could keep my promise.

It is because this treasure is the foundation of my promise to raise a family.

You're not wrong, are you? ’

I found this waterfall through a clue that Klaus gave me. However, it was unclear whether or not it was the right answer. But Lycaen stopped thinking ill thoughts. It was because I was unsure that it made him feel excited.

How long have you been walking like that?

Kuaaaaahhh!

Suddenly, as you turn the corner of the mountain pass, a sudden, deafening sound echoes before your ears.

“Ey, is this Impetis Foxpoint?! ”

Lycaen glances down at the waterfall, not surprised. A massive current strikes the floor at an invisible height, no matter how high you raise your head. And in the center of the Bison below the waterfall, the waterfall falls on a spiky rock and splits in all directions.

“Well, that's fantastic! ”

Feron also tilts his head and opens his mouth halfway to the top of the tall waterfall.

But Lycaen didn't have time to watch the waterfall. I had to quickly retrieve the treasure beneath this stone.

“Let's start……. ”

Suddenly, Lycaen stiffens his blemish face, swiftly turning and aiming for the spear.

“Who are you?”

As I shouted, two shadows appeared in the darkness. And the moment I saw the face of the person in front of me, Lycaen's surprise grew even bigger.

“Ph, Friella? ”

“Huh? Lycaon, did you have business here, too? ”

At that time, someone small and tall stepped forward behind Priella.

“Were they the ones who came with you? ”

An old man walking around with a cane on his fairly crooked back. The Feron looks at her and tilts his head.

“Hmm? Byron refugee? ”

The old woman who came with Priella had a nationalistic trait to recognize that she was a Byron refugee at first glance, except for the fact that her hair was white.

“Teacher, this is Lika... Huh? What's the matter?”

Friella, who was about to introduce Lycaen, asked with an unknown look on her face. He was expressing a nervous expression without picking up the spear that Lycaen was aiming at.

But Riccianne had her reasons.

What kind of pressure is this? ’

Since the dawn of Priella's old master, Lycaen has been struggling with pressure that seems to beat her whole body. It's because the energy emanating from the old woman was so frightening.

And when she saw him, she smiled and said with a surprised expression.

“Days, he's got a good sense. ”

But Priella and Feron could not understand what these two were saying right now.

Dogs can't hear the dog flute, but dogs can. It is because it is a sound that transcends human hearing and is not perceived by man.

The situation was the same. The terrifying energy emanating from the old woman cannot be perceived by Friella or Feron's senses. Only Lycaen can sense the energy and feel the pressure, so they can't put down their spears.

Exactly!

Once the old man hit the floor with his cane, Lycaen was able to escape the pressure that would have caused his brain to tingle.

“I told you to walk along while you were coming here, and you met a very good man. ”

The old man smiles nervously at Priella with his folded lips. Friella tilts her head and asks.

“A good relationship? ”

“Yes, I think so. ”

“Ah, Master, you hit the dot with red sand again? ”

Lycaen listened to the conversation of two people, and in his mind he remembered the Byron people he spoke of. It was not detailed in the memory of Riccianne before, but it contained an approximate content.

"Hmm, hit the dot with red sand"? Is that some kind of peculiar alcoholic technique that Byron's people have? Red sand... Is it like labor and rice eggs used by fortunetellers in the Middle East? What brings you here, by the way? ’

Something ominous came over me.

After talking to the old lady, Friella asked.

“But Lycaen, what brings you here? ”

“Then why did you come? ”

“Yes? I said you had business here. ”

Lycaen's gaze naturally turned towards the old woman. The old man opens his mouth with a still wrinkled smile.

“Did you say Lycaen? ”

“Yes, and who is this old man? ”

Lycaen speaks politely, but his face is quite puffy.

“I am Tehaz. He's Friella's teacher. He's a Byron refugee, just like that guy over there said. ”

“What brings you here on an ambitious night? ”

“Was I supposed to tell you that? ”

“There's no need for that... but I think it has something to do with me. ”

“Days, this is about you.... ”

At that moment, Lycaen suddenly threw a word.

“Great Kleus? ”

But Tehaz didn't make much of a difference in what Lycaen said. Rather, he laughed and said as if joking.

“One day, he's decent and well-groomed, and on the other hand, he's clever. ”

At that moment, Lycaen's eyes changed sharply. I heard him say the name Kleus and said he was clever. It means that they know the meaning of what Lycaen said. Which means Tehaz knows that Kleus' treasure is hidden here.

Lycaen's spear is aimed at Tehaz precisely.

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