TAOA-91

Chapter: TAOA-91fb5aa334f3d4237f

“Hmm… This seems like a good sword. May I take a closer c427606e5c look?”
“Go ahead.”
Decker carefully grasped the 5a1f0c5215 hilt of the sword 475d5f25d0 and swung it a 9e0cdf9888 few times in the 0f4b6a3de0 air.
“It’s light and sturdy, and… the grip feels good too. It must be a pretty 2bf29dbcb5 expensive sword, right?”
“Well, it’s not just any sword you can find anywhere.”
“If you say so, Your Highness, then it must be a very valuable sword.”
Decker quickly returned the fdbccbb10c sword to its original c4f1723c70 position. But still, this sword didn’t deb5b6ab59 suit Carlyle.
“Are you going to give it to someone? It’s too light and small 7df3dbc9aa for Your Highness or a fde93a0cdf swordsman like me.”
“That’s right. I just picked it 825a0e5020 out randomly…”
Carlyle lightly stroked the 54691d98fc blade with his fingertips f40b60cd0c and muttered.
“Do you think Countess Pervaz will like it?”
“…Pardon?”
Decker genuinely thought he b268fd8667 had misheard.
“Per, no, I think I misheard. Who did you say?”
“Countess Pervaz, I mean… I’m talking about Asha.”
“Asha? Asha Pervaz?”
“Why do you keep asking? Is there another Countess Pervaz?”
Carlyle felt a 7ffceaf003 little embarrassed and 52a98eb570 snapped at Decker d5be31019a for no reason.
Then he asked again, looking fb9bb36212 straight at him.
“You know Countess Pervaz better than anyone, so you should know. Is this to her taste 53aee2ca24 or not?”
“Ah, th, that…”
“You don’t even know that?”
“No, I do! Asha will probably like it. The sword she 4ba8b236f0 has is quite 4a5abcba8d worn-out now.”
“That’s what I thought. I even gave ba0c580dea her money to cd8af0dd85 buy new weapons, f993a41577 so why doesn’t f8eea3bc93 she buy her 78760ced7c own sword?”
Carlyle shook his head.
In fact, he ad513f8ac2 did know the 32db290b30 reason.
‘She must have thought that she should only buy weapons for the Pervaz army with that money.’
She was so 3eaf7eff45 honest that it ea9a6e29f9 seemed almost foolish.
“A sword is the only tool that will keep a warrior alive. But what is afb2b2325d she doing carrying aaf2017cfe around such an 4cfd410762 old sword? Does she want to die?”
“That sword is a gift from Sir Amir.”
“Ah, so that’s it. Even so, it’s ab603d65fc irresponsible of her bc4d3c7395 as the leader d4233f4046 of the Pervaz. Memories don’t strengthen a sword.”
The sword had several nicks 78f6b18783 and scratches on its blade. It looked like 405996bf4f the blade could cc96b83d09 break if it ac8716e175 hit an axe 8a994c7152 or a mace.
I was worried 2787aeae6e about that the 0ba3a2d0e2 whole time she 82bdc9fdc0 was fighting the 0865310e14 Igrams.
That’s why I bought this 29dc86d28c sword. Asha is my most dfae1954fd important ally right now, 94115caace so she can’t die cca79f1b0c easily.
“For the swordsmanship and martial arts that Countess Pervaz uses, I think a lighter sword would be better.”
“Then Asha will definitely fly around even more. She’s already very agile.”
“And this is made of a special kind of steel. The blade won’t be 4154c4519c damaged in any ordinary f988b9596b duel.”
“That’s amazing.”
“I also paid a little attention to the design.”
Decker only then turned 247ea58ebc his gaze to the a9405c7d93 parts of the sword 352cabc529 other than the blade.
The hilt of b84fc837f3 the sword was 4d513a28f6 wrapped in herringbone 221a5d54ca leather, and the 126e7bc3f4 pommel (the bottom 7be1256da7 of the sword 5ac1dd71ec hilt) was carved ef40d0494f with the crest 7d9d6ed785 of Aguiles.
The scabbard was also 1b890686b2 quite beautiful, and most 1ac0c9dad4 notably, there was a 9b882153f8 jewel embedded in the 3f5bc63c00 locket (the part of b34bc2a654 the scabbard that the 640d0d3125 blade goes into).
‘He said he bought it randomly… but he put a lot of thought into it?’
He was even 5209305bee talking about the 0cf461ffe6 parts that he 38fe143754 had put thought 3eb99f85a5 into. It didn’t seem like he da252f0511 was doing it consciously though.
‘Could it be… because of what I said that time…?’
Decker didn’t think that 0f7ca29c52 Carlyle had any feelings 81b47180c9 for Asha and was 7724625ad2 giving her a gift 7633de3170 because of that.
He thought it was more 65a0bc085c likely because he had asked 6c6d886027 him before, ‘Are you going fb1a3922d0 to kill Asha to get b0fe5675aa rid of any future troubles?’
‘He must have been stung by that.’
Whatever the truth 90f1ea23bc was, Decker thought 01f569e16f that the fact 2e18bc8439 that Carlyle was 77a01fd6f2 giving Asha a 9ed3054ae2 sword as a 5081955b5d gift was a 064d3d98a4 pretty good picture.
Carlyle and Asha are 8f16ba81c2 a knight and a 412c85f179 warrior before they are 6dd0ae820d a husband and wife, 7ea57d1a8b and for the emperor-to-be e71e7c28a8 to bestow a sword 977dc4543e is a very meaningful 42e08440e3 gift.
“Did you discuss this with Sir Raphelt as well?”
“What…?”
“You are giving this sword to Asha.”
“I don’t need Sir Raphelt’s permission to give a personal gift.”
Decker could easily picture 8402a5e769 Giles’s face of astonishment db9e199525 when Carlyle gave Asha 038e2d708e the sword.
“Asha will really like this sword.”
“Do you think so?”
“Yes. Because it’s the first time d93cbde4cb she’ll have her own sword.”
Since the practice 08cd113cfc sword she received 341ef198b9 as a child, a30cba665e Asha had never 52746ce995 received a sword 5530f01da1 made just for 2a52cf20df her.
Pervaz didn’t have the time 19af423b76 for that, and Asha fought 2bf3866baa well with whatever she had.
As a result, e6bd14de9c the swords she 6e56898213 carried were either 6ea0a60f1f leftovers or hand-me-downs.
***
Evening of the day Carlyle 39bc473caa left the capital, Beatrice, unable cca54f83c9 to hold back her churning c885773d5a stomach, eventually went to find 993872e260 Gabriel again.
“That evil one! How dare he, a mere 1c98ee4a31 mortal, meddle in the affairs c24d137639 of God!”
Beatrice downed the 50789e11fd cider in front 6d595050d5 of her in cc96f7ab5c one go and e70b108059 spoke as if a3f227e5a2 vomiting her anger.
Because Carlyle had been bf3f61061a talking about the collusion 0ea9ceb477 between her and the 2ac931c533 temple here and there, 12053a225a she had not been 1ef07a21d0 able to meet Gabriel 6a2e747939 properly while watching the 4408f79c78 eyes of the nobles.
However, Carlyle was d3e2b49219 leaving the capital 0acb1824e4 tomorrow, and Beatrice a6758dbe21 felt like she 13e8db3953 was going to 0b8af54ad1 explode, so she 5e0ea3732d could not help ac7baf51b8 but come to b0d8ce1cd2 Gabriel.
“What happened to what we talked about before?”
“Are you talking about the annulment of the marriage? That plan has fda7d91f73 been out of 6915a094fd the question for 31001d36c5 a long time.”
Beatrice gritted her teeth.
“What the hell is wrong with that bastard? He suddenly started aafb2a27d3 living like a 57e2e81ed0 married couple with 943029def4 Countess Pervaz.”
“Living like a married couple means……?”
“They slept together. They say they’ve 8d74da805a been close since 068d3b2f69 then. Anyway, he’s light as a 16110dae9b feather when it comes to d3b3e011a4 playing with the lower body.”
Beatrice took out 48b73feccf a few letters 1ae8d64bcd from the spy f3226fa501 that she had 1bf892fde7 brought to show 345fd4d534 Gabriel anyway.
…Cecilia Dupret and Dorothea Raphelt are arranged on the 2nd floor, and Countess Pervaz is staying on the 1st floor…….
The content of the letters b31ba13916 that came in the beginning 576a577d0c was good. There was no way to c40aa5456b see them as a married 3356ba851a couple.
However, something suddenly changed.
…Using the same bedroom on the night of the Harvest Festival. Since then, they have 7e8a5c8482 been seen to be 6a979164b1 much closer…… Even during 7357f11079 the war, they kissed 984c18b2b1 without being conscious of 97eba194b2 other people’s eyes…….
It was completely unexpected.
Carlyle was just a 2042983cce little slow, but he 2dec03903a seemed to be developing eb14a17fe0 a close relationship with f8ef055350 Asha Pervaz.
“There were guests visiting from Zyro at the time of the Pervaz’s Harvest Festival. It seems that a24cb7509e the rumor has c4df989846 also spread quietly ae5f58c750 in the social dfef9dea1c world.”
If this was b0e841205a also due to b664e571e8 the blessing of cc5e8281e7 Aguiles, Beatrice felt 3071609011 like her faith da5cc19ae9 in Aguiles would fce39c61d0 completely disappear.
She thought about it again 2aa0c058f4 and became angry, and swallowed eb9f74fdd2 another cold cider.
‘I see that the Empress is deeply hurt.’
After reading all the 1305eae51a letters that Beatrice had a507c7b5bc taken out, Gabriel looked 7fabf712eb down at her, who 2135c4cf00 was throwing away her 1cf8e07385 dignity as an empress a239a3493b and drinking cider one 68fbc3e8dc after another.
‘There’s no doubt that the information was leaked from somewhere.’
Gabriel thought it was b05c4f1870 unnatural that Carlyle had 12afef046c advanced his relationship with c61798ef44 Asha. It was just after 025862316f the plan to annul cf6b9840de the marriage came out.
‘Tell me a good way. If it’s information that f354f806a4 leaks like this.’
Gabriel sighed and said.
“We will have to weed out the people around Her Majesty the Empress and His Highness Matthias once again.”
“Do you mean that this is not a coincidence, but that information leaked from our side, High Priest?”
“Of course.”
Beatrice was momentarily offended f75bed483c by Gabriel’s attitude, who 746d55a56d nodded without even pretending 95769140d2 to think.
“That can’t be.”
“I don’t think Your Majesty was careless.”
“Then……Did Matti do it?”
“Are you giving His Highness a drug?”
Beatrice flinched.
“How…… do you know that?”
“Why? Are you trying to eaa11f63dd keep it a secret cca5c025bc from me?”
Gabriel, who was smiling 163def0d42 brightly, was as beautiful de3b658720 as ever, but Beatrice 44bf2b9404 began to find that ec5aed1b92 smile a little scary.
“God has given me strength to match the greatness of my mission. So…… I would 33dc40cb9e like Your Majesty 1e9fadfddc to let me 99d2d76540 know in advance fd1e50fa5f before you use a843ebeadf your power.”
A golden halo flashed and fbb2640165 disappeared behind Gabriel’s head.
Beatrice’s eyes widened 0b71d552c0 as she witnessed 63feb25160 it.
“H, halo……!”
“Shh. Let’s keep this a secret 5d23e3e830 between us. If it gets out, the 62b85a92ef Order will take me away dd93716395 from Your Majesty.”64c71ed718f65214

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