The Nymph Wants to be Plundered - Chapter 118

It’s… over. Finally, Aside from what she had initially been ordered to state, she hadn’t said anything else and had only listened, yet she was exhausted. It felt as if several years had passed just sitting in this place. Her fists, clenched tight on her knees, were drenched with sweat, and her head was spinning.

However, Evelyn swallowed the saliva that had pooled under her tongue and stood up from her seat. Though her legs were shaky, it seemed she could still walk somehow. Her gaze was directed toward Cassis in front of her, who was simultaneously listening to the whispered words from Laocon and Iel respectively.

“Your Majesty, from now on…”

“And so…”

“……”

Evelyn deliberately avoided Cassis’s direct stare. Lya’s sharp words that had been shouted earlier echoed in her ears, refusing to leave. A detestable nymph, an existence that bothers our King, Your Majesty… That’s what she had called her. Would this be an evaluation that could never escape her as long as she remained by his side?

She gathered her resolve and suggested it to him.

“Um, since the guard who came with us is here too, I’ll go back and wait in the hall.”

“You first?”

When he, who had been listening to the whispers from the knights, asked back, she nodded her head earnestly. As if that was exactly what she wanted to do.

“Yes.”

“Understood, go back and wait.”

Evelyn, who had risen from her chair, gestured earnestly toward the guard in the back to come over. Seeing this, Cassis soon shook his head. Since she said she would go back on her own, it saved time, and now it was time to deal with the problems that would pile up ahead.

Someone who had been receiving border guard training had brazenly committed a crime within the castle and even received punishment. Until now, they had delayed the trial and hadn’t openly announced it to outsiders—specifically, to the castle’s residents—but they would have to make an announcement soon. Cassis spoke to Brax, who was standing far away with a stern expression. It was fortunate that as the instructor for border guard training, he wouldn’t be blamed for this incident.

“Brax?”

“…Yes, your majesty?”

“Your heart must be heavy, having a trainee you were overseeing end up like this.”

“Not at all. It’s not without fault on my part for not properly observing Lya’s disposition. More than that, earlier Sir Iel seemed like he was about to say something during the trial process…”

“No, I wasn’t.”

Iel quickly shook his head sideways and looked elsewhere as soon as he heard Brax’s question.

“Sir Iel…? Hmm, Your Majesty the King. I too express my regret that Lya has come to do such a thing. And…”

“……”

The conversation seemed like it would go on for quite a while. In addition to those three, the others inside were also watching only him. Since Evelyn didn’t want to be misunderstood as eavesdropping, she spoke up as soon as the guard who had come with her approached.

“Um, I’m about to return to the Hall of Glory now. Could you escort me?”

“Let’s go.”

Iel pretended not to know the nymph until she left, seeming more drained than when she had entered. Since he had the rare opportunity to meet with Cassis early, he finished various matters that had been dragging on and then went somewhere. To the World Tree, the eternal home of the heart for elves.

Though the return of the border guards felt like just yesterday, the platform that had been set up in front of the World Tree had already been cleared away. Well, since the Aika Festival had ended, it was only natural, and the arrows that the border guards had each offered at that time were all contained in one fairly large container.

Should I check?