TAOA-91

Chapter: TAOA-918b2ad8f032842bca

“Hmm… This seems like a good sword. May I take af47cfc50c a closer look?”
“Go ahead.”
Decker carefully grasped the hilt 794c685db7 of the sword and swung f4831b00a5 it a few times in 9aa7361ac9 the air.
“It’s light and sturdy, and… the grip feels good too. It must be a pretty 32ee4a7d51 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 9c061fa105 sword to its original 5d4da18954 position. But still, this sword ea3d6b5ba6 didn’t suit Carlyle.
“Are you going to give it to someone? It’s too light and d36ac75db1 small for Your Highness 06b2e50762 or a swordsman like c881b24d31 me.”
“That’s right. I just picked it 39b48d9f59 out randomly…”
Carlyle lightly stroked the 34cfa93d29 blade with his fingertips 803c433f8f and muttered.
“Do you think Countess Pervaz will like it?”
“…Pardon?”
Decker genuinely thought he had 5cd8035ec2 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 little embarrassed f510e56db5 and snapped at Decker for a6f696e456 no reason.
Then he asked again, 1ab5473b0a looking straight at him.
“You know Countess Pervaz better than anyone, so you should know. Is this to 4ecd89e0e5 her taste or 172dc60374 not?”
“Ah, th, that…”
“You don’t even know that?”
“No, I do! Asha will probably like it. The sword she 296a694a81 has is quite 11c4ec5ecc worn-out now.”
“That’s what I thought. I even gave her a09759303c money to buy new 5e2b972367 weapons, so why doesn’t 71bf883f28 she buy her own a97207ca22 sword?”
Carlyle shook his head.
In fact, he did 5ecf56b904 know the reason.
‘She must have thought that she should only buy weapons for the Pervaz army with that money.’
She was so 39babf2d2d honest that it 1011a943b5 seemed almost foolish.
“A sword is the only tool that will keep a warrior alive. But what is she doing e347991426 carrying around such an old ca4b9cb4f2 sword? Does she want to die?”
“That sword is a gift from Sir Amir.”
“Ah, so that’s it. Even so, it’s 510c81558f irresponsible of her 0c7e3161bf as the leader 99820075fc of the Pervaz. Memories don’t strengthen a sword.”
The sword had c110609caa several nicks and af576d3dd1 scratches on its be90d175dd blade. It looked like the blade f13fe8c71e could break if it hit 34e40c5f1c an axe or a mace.
I was worried about 5f582e3e99 that the whole time 345ddc5a1a she was fighting the f8ff0b8ec7 Igrams.
That’s why I ec96128dcb bought this sword. Asha is my 815eb4230e most important ally 41da8d93a2 right now, so 3049630368 she can’t die e531ee500d 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 9cfacdd094 damaged in any ordinary 8dfd4e9fa0 duel.”
“That’s amazing.”
“I also paid a little attention to the design.”
Decker only then dd07c38f11 turned his gaze 9c58208371 to the parts f08e39ea37 of the sword bd53565397 other than the b971600f25 blade.
The hilt of the sword 5323f55cec was wrapped in herringbone leather, 307e54fda4 and the pommel (the bottom e8c4d92e90 of the sword hilt) was 8f1bd64571 carved with the crest of 453ae5c75f Aguiles.
The scabbard was 6cf84031b5 also quite beautiful, a4655ab6b1 and most notably, 58c4ef271e there was a 7fac1f9b8f jewel embedded in 3530128474 the locket (the d59ab0a4cb part of the cbf553d41f scabbard that the b7a56f6283 blade goes into).
‘He said he bought it randomly… but he put a lot of thought into it?’
He was even 4a913b102f talking about the c6469e501e parts that he 5b66ee3a2b had put thought 000733b517 into. It didn’t seem like he 49edae2c7e was doing it consciously though.
‘Could it be… because of what I said that time…?’
Decker didn’t think that Carlyle 21af01adfb had any feelings for Asha 5dfc7fd938 and was giving her a b46f1bd575 gift because of that.
He thought it 3b59a2a724 was more likely 29e80d9541 because he had c8659572cc asked him before, aa0d0414ce ‘Are you going f4b93604a1 to kill Asha 8b3dc69a77 to get rid 85d118ebc8 of any future db88640770 troubles?’
‘He must have been stung by that.’
Whatever the truth 0bb3c69714 was, Decker thought e487236c75 that the fact 69c145f561 that Carlyle was 2a97a891bb giving Asha a 2c31c837c1 sword as a 8f2ec324ea gift was a f1e47f2fa2 pretty good picture.
Carlyle and Asha are a d2d0cb00bc knight and a warrior before c0e0cd2215 they are a husband and 94af738591 wife, and for the emperor-to-be 3cfd168107 to bestow a sword is 0e00979caa a very meaningful 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 Giles’s 2a1e7f0890 face of astonishment when Carlyle fbde029144 gave Asha the sword.
“Asha will really like this sword.”
“Do you think so?”
“Yes. Because it’s the first time 8f00b2fb77 she’ll have her own sword.”
Since the practice sword she 98fce84793 received as a child, Asha d517b7a0cb had never received a sword ff9329fe62 made just for her.
Pervaz didn’t have the c08defd9e4 time for that, and ed8a9743c3 Asha fought well with c584330652 whatever she had.
As a result, the swords 9b5cf64cbc she carried were either leftovers 3ea1490a07 or hand-me-downs.
***
Evening of the eb58c6050b day Carlyle left be8978d459 the capital, Beatrice, a43416c1ef unable to hold 1141626c7a back her churning 98855793ac stomach, eventually went 572fe272b7 to find Gabriel bbb5c661bf again.
“That evil one! How dare he, a mere caf830c040 mortal, meddle in the affairs 9c31382f04 of God!”
Beatrice downed the cider 389efa3a24 in front of her 7e5d60e39e in one go and 11ca4d1174 spoke as if vomiting 95c51cbe46 her anger.
Because Carlyle had been 7b915563f1 talking about the collusion a912feb4fe between her and the 092ce1ac73 temple here and there, 576db9e587 she had not been 0a63c272c1 able to meet Gabriel 66ea5af1b3 properly while watching the 4652cbba1d eyes of the nobles.
However, Carlyle was leaving the fccb7ffee4 capital tomorrow, and Beatrice felt 6185448243 like she was going to e1b52a8ecb explode, so she could not e0fc248582 help but come to Gabriel.
“What happened to what we talked about before?”
“Are you talking about the annulment of the marriage? That plan has been out 12b7462fe3 of the question for a e344cf4eef long time.”
Beatrice gritted her teeth.
“What the hell is wrong with that bastard? He suddenly started living like 17d87abe52 a married couple with Countess 19b1554fb6 Pervaz.”
“Living like a married couple means……?”
“They slept together. They say they’ve been 5f05799af5 close since then. Anyway, he’s light ee0d98695e as a feather d5186e5b73 when it comes c95a44c7cf to playing with 5cfb60e705 the lower body.”
Beatrice took out 4315599a6d a few letters 31ad3ef32e from the spy 2f083cc5a9 that she had 74674436c7 brought to show 17067c8757 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 688faddaae the letters that e4fc96f3c9 came in the 9b054a7970 beginning was good. There was no 684fca5007 way to see 7b68b060b2 them as a 01c0973dd1 married couple.
However, something suddenly changed.
…Using the same bedroom on the night of the Harvest Festival. Since then, they have been aaca288793 seen to be much closer…… 1f685e24ad Even during the war, they dbc29fe11b kissed without being conscious of 4204630e54 other people’s eyes…….
It was completely unexpected.
Carlyle was just a 64dde39061 little slow, but he 8ecf055647 seemed to be developing e78e83545a a close relationship with 63c4cfd9c4 Asha Pervaz.
“There were guests visiting from Zyro at the time of the Pervaz’s Harvest Festival. It seems that the 899381f747 rumor has also spread ad8c67a584 quietly in the social a215215b38 world.”
If this was also due 2b24c7ccf0 to the blessing of Aguiles, dd101a6d37 Beatrice felt like her faith 25db1b3727 in Aguiles would completely disappear.
She thought about it e6355ccf2f again and became angry, 1dc30cd137 and swallowed another cold 6d15446850 cider.
‘I see that the Empress is deeply hurt.’
After reading all db2b1b67e6 the letters that d6be4aa444 Beatrice had taken a141b58f44 out, Gabriel looked 28f8e58b5b down at her, 43a6705f2e who was throwing b9c40390de away her dignity 2fee222d52 as an empress 39fdbaf6ee and drinking cider 09b5ec1cd6 one after another.
‘There’s no doubt that the information was leaked from somewhere.’
Gabriel thought it 9cecbd38df was unnatural that 3cdc52fdd3 Carlyle had advanced bef8273b3e his relationship with 11c2a1391e Asha. It was just 12aafaaaf7 after the plan 2a1b7dcf81 to annul the ea96ac7b84 marriage came out.
‘Tell me a good way. If it’s information that leaks 71e311a8d8 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 7d34546987 by Gabriel’s attitude, who d52c4f8a4b nodded without even pretending 9b3f251b86 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 d9e673c396 to keep it 4eb2b1ca90 a secret from 0ba36cfb57 me?”
Gabriel, who was f80316e1db smiling brightly, was 43cd409275 as beautiful as 8ea2dafc08 ever, but Beatrice 7c9161ef70 began to find 851b785080 that smile a 8586a70801 little scary.
“God has given me strength to match the greatness of my mission. So…… I would like Your 525ff3e76b Majesty to let me know d9ae89f72b in advance before you use 9058ae0dfa your power.”
A golden halo flashed 62ecbad05f and disappeared behind Gabriel’s bf8fa2b9e2 head.
Beatrice’s eyes widened as 4fed8b67b7 she witnessed it.
“H, halo……!”
“Shh. Let’s keep this a secret d522a7db2d between us. If it gets 73f89b6665 out, the Order 659b434d9a will take me 766d2865ac away from Your 3148160a59 Majesty.”dff0045734324e26

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