Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With

43 – 43. Owl House (4)

Irina walks unsteadily.

Veil follows her and supports her.

The witch watched the two people silently.

Then, the moment I turned my head and was about to return to the owl house alone.

“ah… “I forgot.”

Margot stopped walking.

Because I forgot to warn you two in advance.

“I get really drunk two hours after drinking herbal beer.”

The witch wondered if she should chase after the two people and tell them.

But, when I turned my head.

The knight and the princess had already grown apart for a long time.

“Vail will take care of it, right?”

Margo stretched with a mischievous laugh.

Then he said it was pointless and went back to the store.

* * * *

It was definitely fine until I left the store.

However, a bitter heat gradually rises from within the body.

Perhaps because of the heat, my head became dizzy.

In times like this, you need to meditate to sort out your mana and take a deep breath… .

I couldn’t even do that because Irina was carrying me.

Thanks to this, the intoxication began to spread throughout my body.

“We have arrived, princess.”

A secluded villa located near an orphanage.

There was not a single attendant to welcome us, as if no one was alive.

There is no choice but to wake up Irina.

She soon opened her eyes, breathing hot breath into my neck.

“Yes… .”

For some reason, she became more out of breath.

He stumbled to the floor and leaned gently in front of the gate.

“how is it… ?”

“What do you mean?”

The second princess gently brushes her tangled hair.

She smiled softly and pointed to the villa.

“How about my villa?”

“Uh… okay.”

Irina curled her knees.

Then he lifted up the carpet in front of the front door and took out a golden key.

“right? “It can’t be compared to that little bar from before.”

The princess opened the luxurious wooden door.

And he personally showed me a huge bedroom with the lights off.

Luxurious furniture and marble tiles.

It was no different from the emperor’s private villa.

“Is this your first time in a place like this?”

That is definitely true.

I’ve never been to a villa like this in my past life… .

I almost wanted to ask the second princess where she got the money to build such a villa.

“This place… “This is where my mother lived.”

A luxurious silk bed and table are placed in a spacious space.

Irina sat down on the bed and patted it.

“It’s a special space created by my father to secretly meet with my mother.”

‘stealthily?’

Yes, Irina’s mother was a commoner.

If the two were to meet secretly without other wives knowing, a space outside the inner room, like Connell, would have been good.

“My mother always worked at an orphanage nearby and secretly met His Majesty the Emperor at night… .”

The princess proudly introduced her villa with a bright face.

Then, suddenly, the conversation stopped.

Soon she found two pillows on the bed.

“meet… Making love in secret… .”

The princess’s eyes began to flutter, lost in where to go.

She mumbled in silence.

“okay.”

I nodded that I understood.

And for her who seemed distraught, I went out into the hallway and tried to close the villa door.

But, at that moment.

“Now, wait a minute, where are you going?”

Irina stretched out her hand with a puzzled face.

I answered her with a serious expression.

“I plan to sleep in the hallway.”

It’s a natural thing to do.

Because it is not right for royal family members and commoner knights to sleep in the same space.

“Sleeping in the hallway on this cold day? “There is no bed and the floor is hard.”

Irina hurriedly approached me as if she had sobered up.

Then he stood facing me at the door and persuaded me.

“I have to guard you while you sleep, so wouldn’t it be better to guard the entrance?”

As long as you have already graduated from Cornell.

I am the only one who can take care of the princess.

Besides, this is a secret villa.

It would be dangerous to call Allen or other knights to protect her property.

“If I sleep in front of the door, I can wake up immediately at the sign of an intruder.”

Mana feels bigger up close.

“They say someone is attacking an orphanage like this.”

Irina cautiously approached me.

“If you’re going to protect me… .”

And with an embarrassed expression, he gently pinched the sleeve of my clothes.

“It’s better to protect them in person in the same space… .”

She blushes.

I cleared my throat when I saw that.

In fact, royal family members tend to feel uncomfortable sharing the same space as commoner knights.

Indeed, Irina, who loved commoners, was benevolent.

“… .”

I looked around the hallway.

It’s crazy quiet at night, perhaps because it’s past midnight.

In the end, I was led into the room by her timid fingers.

“All right… .”

Irina left me in the middle of the mansion.

She bruised her face, as if she had only thought about dragging me to the villa.

Then the moment you made eye contact with me.

“I-I…” “I’ll take a shower and come back, so if you’re tired, go to sleep first!”

He moved his hands around and spoke awkwardly.

Irina headed toward the passage leading to the bathroom.

The passage seemed to double as a bathroom, with a dressing table and various clothes neatly arranged.

She went there and went into the bathroom with her mother’s neatly organized clothes.

Meanwhile, I looked around the villa in silence.

‘This is the residence of His Majesty the Emperor and his second wife…’ .’

The exterior of the villa was plain, perhaps to avoid being conspicuous.

It had a plain and monotonous appearance, like the city hall building.

However, everything inside is top-notch.

It’s almost as big as the imperial palace.

I lightly rubbed my fingers against the stone wall and observed.

Meanwhile… .

A brick that looked subtly new caught my eye.

A very subtle reverberation of mana can be felt from the brick.

I leisurely approached the brick and pressed it.

However, the brick does not even move.

‘There’s a security spell on it.’

The royal family’s villa was originally equipped with mechanisms to prevent raids by foreign countries or rival imperial families.

I think this brick was probably made with that meaning… .

I briefly turned my head and looked toward the bathroom.

The soft sound of water coming from afar.

There was still a long time left before Irina came out of the bathroom.

‘Let me check for a moment.’

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He concentrated mana on his arm and released a golden air current.

This is because the anti-bond magic will be canceled if your mana level is higher than that of the opponent.

‘No matter how good a magician the caster is, he is probably not at the level of a “Knight Commander”.’

It does not destroy the prevention magic, but delicately releases the spell to temporarily disable it.

Tick!

A clear metallic sound coming from behind the wall.

I heard that sound and pushed the brick again.

―――――.

Then the wall that appeared to be just brick began to tremble.

Eventually, a stone door appears.

When I opened the door, stairs leading to the basement appeared.

I went down the stairs.

and… .

I was able to see the hidden assets of the second princess.

Dozens of fiefdom documents organized on a bookshelf.

And even the neatly stacked gold coins.

Although her level is not as great as that of other princesses, her level is sufficient to form her own force.

“… .”

However, what caught my attention the most was not just wealth.

A document placed on the table.

The paper, which was riddled with tears and folds, had a secret password written on it.

All passwords have been decrypted.

And the contents…

It was a secret letter from the imperial chancellor.

“What the hell is this…” .”

A picture of the empire drawn in the middle of the edict.

In the picture, the empire was divided into four parts.

It’s as if the empire has already decided who will rule when it falls… .

* * * *

“The Principality of Stain. (First wife, Rosanna)

Rosanna, the princess of Stain, liberates the Principality of Ekina and reclaims its territory.

“Kingdom of Bern. (Prince Leon)」

The son of his first wife, Crown Prince Leon, returns all the areas the emperor had conquered and founded the Kingdom of Bern on the territory of the existing empire.

“Northland Dominion. (Grand Duke of Northern Coldman)」

The Grand Duke of the North, Coldman, is given back the territory he ruled before being conquered by the Empire.

* * * *

‘Did the prime minister send it to Irina?’

For a moment, I guessed the meaning of this secret letter.

The four people listed in the document are all closely related.

In fact, they are the ones who moved on the day of the purge when we died.

Their purpose in killing the royal family was not to take over the empire.

Going further than that was to lift the empire and reclaim their own land.

“… .”

Clearly, Irina in her previous life would not have known this information.

However, when the Knights Templar was formed and it emerged as an independent force, the Prime Minister began to provide information.

She asked me to train her as a knight.

‘I think I know why Irina is so nice to me.’

Now that I have realized the conspiracy of the four people.

The princess must be more desperate than anyone else right now.

To protect the empire my father built.

In the process, I am the only person who knows, and the only person with the level of skill as a knight commander… .

I want to hold on to it somehow.

“ha… .”

I took a deep breath.

And then I looked towards the bathroom where the princess was still bathing.

“Maybe this was Irina’s owl house.”

The sound of water stopped.

And then the light sound of bare feet was heard.

In response to that sound, I put the letter down in its original place.

They came up from the underground vault and restored the wall to its original condition.

Afterwards, he hurriedly returned to the side of the bed.

Then, I took out the blanket that was stuck in the corner, laid it down, and pretended to fall asleep naturally.

“… .”

The sound of the princess’ refreshing breathing.

She opened the dressing room door slightly to let the heat out of the bathroom.

White steam escapes through the crack in the door.

As the steam passed, the princess in her pajamas began to appear.

She was sitting in front of the dressing table and looking in the mirror.

A face that has lost its intoxication.

She smoothed her hair, holding the headband around her fingers.

‘What are you trying to do… ?’

I pretended to sleep and opened only one eye.

And while observing Irina… .

The corner of my mouth almost twitched.

Because the princess had divided her hair into two sides and tied it up.

Like the two-pronged witch I met earlier.

“It’s not working… .”

A sad voice.

She palmed her ponytail.

As if weighing something.

Then he turned his head and glanced at me.

When I saw that, I immediately closed my eyes.

Afterwards, the sound of her footsteps gradually getting closer.

Irina’s fruity scent wafted from the tip of my nose.

“Bale, you’re sleeping… ?”

At the end of her words, a soft touch came down on my shoulder.

I realized that the touch was the princess’s silver hair.