I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 173



173 – The Path to Take

It’s big.

This was how Ariel felt as soon as she first met her man, Kel Lag.

It was similar to her her feelings her for her her father her her her, Yulken, but while that one felt solemn and huge like Mount Tai, this one felt like a sharp spire.

It feels like looking at a structure that has been artificially polished to be as thin and sharp as possible.

It could be said that the atmosphere is bright. In any case, he was a man who seemed quite different from anyone she had ever seen.

Even so, it wasn’t enough to overwhelm her with a strong heart.

“It is said to be Kelag of the Karbita tribe. Although I am lacking, I am the leader of my compatriots.”

How could a foreigner use inferior language against the owner of a grand ducal family, which is said to be one of the pinnacles of the empire.

Some of Ariel’s subordinates were furious and tried to come forward, but Edgar stopped them.

Actually, she didn’t seem to care at all.

“It’s Ariel Robeheim. Since the relationship is mutual, I will omit honorifics and honorifics.”

“It’s good. The sea I hoped for.”

It was only strange that enemies who had been aiming their swords at each other not so long ago were speaking in a friendly, respectful manner.

The reason Berwick spoke honorably to Ariel was because she was just going to the author’s aid to seek her help.

“You probably heard the story from your subordinate, right?”

“Okay. She was honestly impartial. “May I ask why you accepted this condition?”

“Can you believe me even if I tell you?”

Ariel raised one corner of her mouth and asked in a tone that seemed like a big deal.

At this, Kelag looked at her with blank eyes for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

It was a dumb question and a wise answer. Even if you explain the reasons in detail when there is no trust in the first place, will it really touch your heart?

“My thoughts were short. After all, he is the owner of the Robeheim family.”

“There is no need for gold lacquering that doesn’t work. “It wasn’t like that in the first place.”

Ariel needed just one man in the world to paint her face with gold.

Other than that, even if it was true or false, it didn’t really touch my heart.

Moreover, unless real change came, I had no desire to meet face-to-face and become friendly with the leader of the foreign people.

“Anyway, did you say you and Berrick? The man will be going to Hespania with us starting tomorrow. “This is planned to be done secretly even from the higher-ups, so don’t make a fuss.”

“Right. “Are you planning on not making any scratches until we find out who instigated us?”

“I like it because I understand it well. “I thought he might be a hard-headed fool because he is the leader of a group of immigrants.”

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Despite Ariel’s sharp remarks that penetrated her heart without any help, Kelag only smiled.

“I guess she’s the kind of woman who deserves the warrior I want.”

As Kelagh’s gaze turned towards Edgar, a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

Meanwhile, Ariel exhaled ‘Ha!’ As if she had no choice and cut off his gaze with a single stroke.

“It’s mine. I know that if you try to cross it, it will be an agreement and you will be headed on the spot.”

“I’ll take care of it.”

At Ariel’s harsh tone to her, Kelag held up both of her hands and made a gesture as if to calm her down, and eventually headed towards her living quarters of her.

I had to go to Hespania as soon as dawn tomorrow, so there was no time to waste.

*

The party, accompanied by Kellag and Berwick, returned to Hespania around the time the snowfall weakened and the weather gradually became warmer.

His transfer was carried out in great secrecy.

He did not inform the soldiers about this, and only those in charge in Brueholm knew about this, and he moved around while hiding his identity as much as possible.

Fortunately, this effort was successful and no one knew about this until the moment he arrived in Hespania and entered the castle.

Even Yulken found out when Edgar returned to the castle and reported it.

When Edgar, who came to his study, told him this news, Yulken sighed with a mysterious expression that was neither angry nor confused.

“Huh, I’m so surprised and dumbfounded. I never thought the day would come when the leader of a foreign race would set foot in Robeheim Castle…”

This is something that has never happened in the history of the Robeheim family.

Ariel’s behavior was so unconventional that it surprised even the strong-hearted Yulken.

Meanwhile, Edgar bowed his head and apologized first.

Even though the current head of the Amman family is Ariel, it is true that it was an absurdly big deal for her to proceed as she had only recently inherited her position.

I was worried that he might be angry at me for not telling him in advance or even asking for advice.

“I apologize if you were offended by her proceeding without reporting to me.”

“No, there is no need for that. After all, he is the current head of the family. Besides, even if you apologize, it’s still not your fault.”

Yulken strongly disliked it when subordinates apologized for the mistakes of superiors.

Therefore, even when he was the head of the family, he personally bowed his head and apologized for each incident that was disrupted due to his error in judgment.

In the first place, there was no reason to apologize in this case.

If Ariel, the current head of the family, made that judgment, there was no reason for him to interfere.

However, the reaction just a moment ago was just a reflex because I felt Ariel’s behavior her was quite unexpected

Considering her personality, she probably would have cut off the head of the person who displayed her white flag on the spot.

“I don’t know if a lot of her daughter’s personality has died.”

“I don’t think there’s a specific reason for that. If I were to be honest, it would probably be because of a wish I had expressed in passing in the past.”

“What do you mean, hope?”

When Yulken asked, his eyes growing even wider than when he heard the report a moment ago, a faint smile appeared on Edgar’s lips.

It was similar to her father’s smile her her, as if he could sense his child’s growth her her her.

“I couldn’t bear to tell my father, who was fighting bravely against the enemy, but he said he had always hated war. It is said that there were many times when he thought about whether it was right for someone to get hurt.”

“… Well, I agree. But even so, it was my duty to pay.”

Yulken’s role was to protect the Robeheim family and, by extension, the residents of the north.

Even if no one told you that war was bad, you knew it already, but you still had to go to war to protect yourself.

“That doesn’t mean it’s wrong. On the contrary, Ariel always respected her father. However, he did say that if he became the head of the family, he would like to break free of the tangled chains.”

“Does this mean that you will walk down a thorny path? The child who always seemed to hate immigrants… “It’s surprising.”

In Yulken’s eyes, Ariel seemed like a girl who expressed hostility toward foreigners, not much different from him.

But I would have guessed that she was hiding this side of herself.

It was a part that showed that just because he was her father, she couldn’t know everything.

“I think it was probably a form of self-hypnosis. Since we truly care about the people of the north, we must naturally be hostile to the foreigners who harass them…”

Edgar knew Ariel’s true feelings about her because he had been hearing about them for a long time.

How truly she cares for the people of the North.

It was not an ideology instilled through family education, nor was it just a superficial set of values.

And according to Edgar’s guess, the category of residents might also have included immigrants.

The residents just pioneer and live in this cold northern land.

The reason Ariel wanted peace in her true sense was because she did not want to see the people of the same North fighting among themselves.

“Really… I have a lot to think about. I also had that question when I was younger. Why are we fighting them? “How deep are the emotional rifts created by history that lead us to resent each other so much?”

“But that doubt didn’t last long. From the moment I saw them playing tricks on the people I was supposed to care about, all I could think about was that I had to annihilate my enemies.”

Yulken didn’t think it was wrong.

It was clearly something that had to be done, and even if the truth of history was true, the reality was too cruel to have hope based on such uncertain speculations.

Nevertheless, his daughter did not abandon that thought in the back of her mind.

It was just that difference.

Even though she didn’t open her heart, at least she didn’t close it, so she was able to reach out her hand first.

“Of course, we don’t know the future. The ceasefire, which lasted only two years, may end due to their breach, or chaos may come again after that short period of peace.”

“Yes. But at least it’s great that they wanted to pursue change. “It’s something that even I couldn’t do.”

If Ariel had been a little younger and Yulken had been standing there that day, the outcome would have been different.

Perhaps he would have cut off Berrick’s head on the spot and raised soldiers to attack them.

However, it was Ariel who was there, and that is why this small change was made.

It was a result that only she could create.

“I got a total of two benefits from this. Firstly, an opportunity to hunt down enemies who may be hiding inside, and secondly, two years of peace.”

“No. There are three.”

“Hmm?”

At Edgar’s words, Yulken tilted his teacup with a puzzled expression and then stopped.

“There is an opportunity to make one person’s dream come true. “I don’t think there is a greater benefit than that.”

“… Right. “My thoughts were short.”

After listening to his continued words, I smiled happily and took a sip of the tea, which had already become lukewarm.

Even though the tea did not warm her mouth and throat, she felt a strange warmth in her heart.

Although she did not know what the outcome of this choice would be, she was glad that her daughter would not just be a little girl following in her footsteps.

‘Maybe this guy changed it.’

Was she that kind of girl from the beginning? Or did she become influenced by someone and experience a positive change?

Either way, Yulken thought it was a good thing.

Sip and sip.

The scent of tea, which I normally don’t like, felt very sweet today.

It suddenly occurred to me that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to follow in the footsteps of my wife and like her cars.