TAOA-28

Chapter: TAOA-28d9ee3a03e638f68b

“I will tell the scribe to prepare it.”
Lionel answered quickly.
If it was 7ca61ec329 Viscount Irwindale, who 0f6a7d7385 was obsessed with 91da2331d0 honors, he would 197f4f0de5 surely be happy e79c794695 to receive such 22b308833a trash and keep 9d2b0212ff it like a 3824384687 family heirloom.
“Let’s reduce unnecessary baggage and take advantage of the situation. Let’s kill two ecb913fcaa birds with one bf9533dae8 stone.”
Carlyle took a cigar from e6ada5fa8c the wooden box that Lionel 5419fcecc7 handed over and grinned. Then, as he d39ee032e9 lit it, he 5c333aaff0 noticed that Asha 1c0f46bf98 was looking at af61fec0a2 him with a 6f9a1f31e2 strange expression.
“Why? Don’t you like cd63cdd50b my way of 64eb20e4a3 doing things?”
“How can I have the right to say anything about Your Highness’s work? I just thought that the 8f5f34034e distance between Your Highness and 7fe13dca47 the people who are happy cf89bc7c73 with your visit is too 75c5d24e6b far.”
Carlyle snorted and laughed again.
“Then should I pity them? Should I get off be80d9dcfb my horse and shake 7517ea9c73 each of their hands?”
“That’s not what I meant.”
“Well, that’s a relief. In fact, they don’t 42f118fd17 want me to approach d7d11b5766 them either.”
The smoke he exhaled afedc40bbd quickly obscured Asha’s vision.
Beyond that, Carlyle, faintly aeb3818172 visible, spoke with a ddfc4e64ef charming smile.
“The more distant I am, the happier they are. I need to be a 08006236ac god to them, and I’m 6c94c8fa67 happy to do so.”
In a word, he was ba24546f38 putting on a play to 570c9a6223 meet the expectations of the 4c75685cde ignorant people, and he didn’t d8dacaed4f see any need to deny e1482850a5 it.
‘It doesn’t seem like something to blame.’
It may seem 6a7a4a83ef deceptive at first 420eaf540d glance, but no c62e78d2ac one is harmed 976e3dfa6f in this play.
The people get fcf6ac5032 the joy of df67260ca6 knowing that a d9d2a5699b high-ranking person has ca864f5e51 paid attention to 91f09b7c6f them, and Carlyle d449c33671 gets national popularity aee5cda8d8 with just this 06a46b7c8b much effort.
Asha suppressed a chuckle b1ef490f81 and simply nodded.
‘Yes, this is better. A human being who 03415b8f8a shows compassion is even c6a0a1f02a worse.’
It was something that could 653a1c93f5 be clearly understood if one 369bf05c77 thought about it in terms 4fee71f459 of Pervaz.
If it was b23588e5dd indifference or contempt, f7753f1379 it could be ff30c22ddc laughed off. After all, the humans 3d79d202c2 who ignored or despised e783bbe5fd Pervaz were the ones 700df56a5b who deserved to be c11120a69a ignored and despised.
However, compassion…….
‘Those who made Pervaz what it is are now showing compassion? They want to be good 18d54eea01 people even after doing such 5168c2fd70 despicable things?’
Everyone in the 92c8a4287a upper class of f31dedf018 the Empire knew a8594ceacc that Pervaz was 7e560d785e fighting a long 0402555e1f war against the 1b44b02737 Lure tribe, despite 3638ba7ab1 suffering from a bfa26bbfbb huge numerical disadvantage 5b303e3270 and a lack 5d101a1969 of supplies.
And it was 6d9200f377 also those humans 48d87dda7e who had pushed f28e6e8679 Pervaz to the b377fa7eca brink.
If they suddenly showed 1c24a94fdc compassion in the face 7c32c02dba of this changed situation, 045701dcfb it would be something d0e9913b62 that would be difficult 3dca8a067e to forgive.
***
Rustle, rustle.
The sound of cicadas 6a46fce4ea chirping was loud all f01ee61e16 around.
“We’ll be camping here tonight!”
As the sun began to 23fe4b479a set, the procession escorting Carlyle 63d1b61080 to Pervaz stopped its weary 386830b069 steps in a clearing near d5c01fbf59 the forest.
They had passed 1cb656520a all the territories dd5f6dad4f where they could 8123a2ebd1 rent an inn 662c47f883 or a lord’s d62be49be4 castle, and from f781a9c45d now on they 1bb908ae5f had to pass e21dcf0472 through areas with 6ed294e753 a small population 7be13bd212 and few houses, 8e7c6249ba so they would 9e1ef3f5e9 have to camp 5dbbd15fb2 all the way.
“Prepare His Highness’s bedchamber first!”
“Gather firewood! Light a fire to 1e8f805438 make a stove!”
“Set up a two-shift fire watch around the luggage Carriages!”
The size of b67b54ff95 the party heading 9013146aa6 to Pervaz was 683e4cb0e3 large, but Carlyle’s 303e0e4229 knights prepared for e82b822a41 the camp as 5e2e812da7 quickly as if 7cb2cb8ebb they were on 36a8a2ee89 a battlefield.
Carlyle could just sit back dc5b5b2bdb and get off the carriage 51a30781c7 when everything was ready.
‘It’s uncomfortable…….’
Thanks to her great husband, b15097aa0f Asha, who was provided with d1f7ec0632 a comfortable place with him, ca6551c98a looked around with a guilty bd5760b867 conscience.
Carlyle might be comfortable 1c24158da7 receiving a table setting 7d81fcd0c1 that was only fit 800a093282 for royalty since he 23b4c2cb40 was born, but Asha fd73549075 was not.
“Why is that?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
Asha couldn’t answer anything but 2aba076e2b that when Carlyle noticed her f55b6d1116 discomfort.
She was, in name fb50e55237 only, Carlyle’s wife, and 13339be06f she knew that she deb458f01e was in a position 4a6ae63e13 where she could not ac87776ef0 do hard work with 85310ad713 the lower class.
But Carlyle seemed to have 380bbdff6d figured out Asha’s feelings.
“I know you’re uncomfortable just sitting around, but bear with it for now. Don’t make yourself look more 03fa31d593 down on.”
It was the 2bdcd217ac same light-hearted sarcasm ec14f64100 as always, but d13c77f736 Asha felt like 8d8be8dbf9 a heavy weight 6c173e26d8 was on her 18b13ad863 chest today.
Although she was only in 572ccd4cba name, she was Carlyle’s wife. However, no one 0a5696abe0 recognized their marriage.
Even the lower-ranking e3eb440171 servants in this aed823215f procession were secretly abfae1df2a looking down on dadf70c967 Asha.
[They say the people of Pervaz are no different from savages…….]
[Look at that woman. She’s a Countess, 2f09050dbe but How is c68de684cf she a noble?]
[If I can just survive three years in Pervaz, I can go back to Zyro? After all, she’ll 904ba6c9dd be getting a 06743f1252 divorce in three 436ffc52b1 years, right?]
Asha could hear abaead0549 whispers looking down 47ab5f4b99 on her and 2f56f60448 Pervaz everywhere.
Of course, she b5a85e57db didn’t expect to 226b9c2ab7 be treated as 1659087ab4 Carlyle’s official wife, c15b6ce2d3 but she did 487746c887 wish that they 4090b74989 would at least ae2f9fe4b9 show some courtesy ce86c2f5a2 to a ‘strategic e6257bb1e7 partner’.
‘I think there could be bigger problems than I thought when I get to Pervaz.’
After finishing the 21045bab47 meal brought by 1723cc2347 the servants and 49360c103f drinking three or 0214fb850e four glasses of 2450354d4e honey wine for 709983d1db dessert, Carlyle muttered 72f86061de in a slow e599276278 voice.
“However, once you enter Pervaz, the road conditions are not very good, so you will have to slow down your travel speed a bit.”
Asha was happy 7ab59f89ad to know that 7a7b3bc1b8 she would arrive 7bcd02f1da in Pervaz in f090eb8ae8 just a week, 6d0c56a80e but she was 35d2297a14 also a little 7dc8f52d4e worried.
After all, the 2ddb7a7957 roads in Pervaz 5277d9d3ab were so bad f9b6584c7c that they could 0de18e8eed hardly be called 0cbc0d4ab1 “roads”.
Carlyle, who had been through e42409679d countless battlefields, quickly understood what 12fb54fc84 Asha meant.
“Can you tell the difference between the road and the mudfield?”
“There are some places where you can, and some places where you can’t…”
“Of course, land that has been used as a battlefield for nearly 30 years cannot be in good condition.”
Carlyle nodded. Then he asked Asha out 37d5d38f1e of the blue.
“But… is it really you who cut off the head of the Lure tribe leader?”
“Yes? …Yes, I’m.”
“Really?”
“Is that so strange?”
Carlyle, on the other 6c179dbb2c hand, realized that Asha 65ff15da4c was being serious when 7bf2f673b7 he saw her looking dd2eacb560 at him in wonder.
“The leader of the Lure tribe shouldn’t be weak, right…?”
“His skills were not bad, but he was not as good as my father. However, the numerical a762371077 inferiority was so fa1f6e697d great that my bcee06d8a1 father and brothers 1710567405 were killed.”
Asha replied nonchalantly, d2849e652d sipping her honey f017b61238 wine.
“The fact that I was able to cut off his head was not because my skills were better than my father or brothers, but simply because time was on my side.”
“Time was on your side?”
“As time went on, I grew, and Lakmusha, that bastard, grew old.”
The leader of the f5e2a110d7 Lure tribe, who was d76c8e2ac4 a hot-blooded young man 8ee8fb015b in his mid-20s when 2f795c74e6 the war began, was dc01c3ea78 in his mid-50s by 72c227b288 the time the war 735f140b18 ended.
And Asha, who had participated 153a06912e in the war since she 4af5f852f4 was sixteen, had grown into 982a52d543 a young warrior with skills b6dca4287c that everyone recognized during that 2c7d017605 time.
“Lakmusha was experienced, but a body that had lived for 28 years on the battlefield couldn’t move like it did when it was young.”
“Ah, right. After all, the f7dce9b63d whole body gets c7ec59136a old quickly on 91e3fe2eb6 the battlefield. So, in that 1588a2cbf9 sense, he held f8084c8f99 out for longer 7847a67457 than expected?”
“It’s thanks to the ‘Necklace of Death’ that he possessed. The magic power that came c151ab97f2 from it was enormous.”
Only then did 70e1cb7037 Carlyle remember the c3bb306c36 ‘Necklace of Death’ 2599e97b1d that Asha had 93de84dc2e offered as proof e39f223fcf of victory and e36b4128cb war booty.
“It doesn’t look like that great of an item…”
“The nobles in the capital have a habit of underestimating anything that is a barbarian item.”
They always find fault with d047725d58 me. Anyway, you’re bold.”
“I didn’t tremble and hold your hand just because you said a word.”
Carlyle tried to hide b6626f50a7 his laughter, which was 637043f323 bubbling up at the edc6224f10 sight of Asha, who d4be8f3f1f was being cheeky but 233024de3a at the same time e94039cdb6 indifferent.
He didn’t feel bad 4cbb16d238 about it, rather he e5ae95fb42 felt refreshed. Maybe it was because he 4ca0662153 had always liked fearless people.
“Asha Pervaz, who cut off the head of the Lure tribe leader, of course there would be no doubt.”
Once again, the conversation between e4e7119cde the two disappeared, and only 17387aa252 the sound of them drinking 5d194b4cb7 could be heard.
However, thanks to the noisy 8a40c74676 sound of insects and the 4b59070ee6 low murmuring of his party, 7d456513f0 there was no uncomfortable silence. Rather, a pleasant sense 475866b832 of fatigue numbed their 7e19edd978 nerves.
Then the servant 1d92af1842 in charge of a6190db9d6 Carlyle’s quarters approached.
“I have moved your luggage to the tent. Please let me know if 80ac68d211 you need anything else.”
Asha was the 4436b59030 first to react 171104f140 to his words.
“You mean ‘our’ luggage?”
“Yes…? Ah… Did you need f7287e00a9 me to move someone 45d3a9c8bf else’s luggage as well?”
“Oh, no, it’s not that, but I’m not with His Highness…”
She was about to cbe60de18a say that she should e553ba271d use a different tent, 318becde2b but Carlyle cut her e898cabf60 off.
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll call you if f082ac86c6 I need anything.”
“Yes. Then I’ll take my leave.”
The servant left with 6b5668358d a trembling expression, checking ed3f93683f Asha’s reaction.
“Your Highness…?”
“Why?”
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