Chapter 68

He’s so handsome. Kerian’s sister Mara rubbed her brown eyes. Fortunately, she was closed today, so she was able to go on a business trip right away.

The hero who made the whole continent noisy was sitting calmly in front of her. He also had a long cloth on his body.

I thought my brother was bluffing when he said Count Dratius was looking for me, but he wasn’t. Mara opened her mouth in admiration.

Meanwhile, Kerian’s face became serious. I can’t believe our Commander-nim is here to get his hair trimmed after splitting his time, when he knows nothing but working.

Besides, our Commander-nim was very strange today. He kept saying that it was not illegal to trim his hair during dinner time, and gave him more than a month’s salary to pay her sister. Kerian wondered if he was sick.

Mara got overwhelmed with excitement after enjoying Hizen’s sculptural face for a while. She was the most talented hairdresser, called the Hand of God. She was motivated, thinking about making this perfect man even more perfect.

“What do you want, Count-nim? I heard you liked Lagent style.”

At her words, Hizen slightly lowered his eyes shamefully. He murmured something, opening his fascinating lips.

“Bear…”

‘So cute!’

Mara felt like she was ascending to heaven. But her heart dropped the second after as she realized the tremendous gap separating the two of them.

‘What a shame! If he weren’t a swordsman, I’d kidnap him!’

She was even thinking about dangerous things.

“A… bear…”

“What?”

“Like a bear…”

“A bear?”

What did we just hear? The brother and sister looked at each other with puzzled faces.

What kind of bear would that be? Hizen was well-built, but he was made up of muscles and not fat.

Hizen’s ears turned slightly red when the siblings’ eyes focused on him. It was embarrassing to say it himself, so he wanted to hide in a mouse hole.

However, he continued speaking with his eyes closed because he could not delay any more time.

“I’d like you to change it to a bear-like… warm look.”

I’ll have to report to the Vice Commander-nim. I think our Commander-nim ate something wrong. Having reached a serious conclusion, Kerian approached his sister.

But Mara was holding back her laughter with tears in her eyes. She spoke in a cheerful voice.

“Oh, my. The lady you like prefers a warm look.”

Hitting the nail on the head, Hizen looked up. Facing him, Mara was serious. She waved scissors in both hands and spoke reliably.

“Don’t worry. I’ll make you look the best!”

Unlike your brother, we’re on the same wavelength. Hizen let out a sigh of relief without realizing it. Mara was close behind Hizen, playing with her scissors.

Her motivation was stronger than ever. Most of her customers were bragging aristocrats or mindless people like Ashley. But he was a cute customer who seemed to have fallen in love for the first time.

“She’s going to fall in love with you, no matter what!”

Mara’s brown eyes sparkled with enthusiasm.

* * *

It was a type of sword made by a blacksmith named Wolfgang for the Imperial Elite Knights, a long sword that could be handled with one hand or both hands. It had a long handle for a stronger blow, with an elegant curve that became thinner and thinner as it went up.

It was a great sword that could tempt even the enemy Utran Empire. The three goddesses carved on the blade always shone brilliantly.

Arriving at the armory, Jason trembled with a rare rage. The blades of the three goddesses had black stains. He could not find the light he was proud of even after rubbing his eyes.

I don’t know who’s in charge, but that person doesn’t even qualify as a knight. Who manages swords this way? For a sword made of special materials, delicate attention and affection were needed as if taking care of a young child.

At least, you shouldn’t do this stupid thing of letting rainwater enter the armory. Jason stared at the water on the floor and sweared.

The knights with Onjet were also embarrassed at the sight, and they turned white. The person in charge would not be able to avoid strict punishment and take responsibility.

They looked at each other with their mouths closed. Jason’s angry voice rang through their ears.

“You crazy bastards! Are you guys out of your mind?”

The only thing still moving was Leasis, walking slowly. While looking at the ceiling, she noticed tiny gaps and narrowed her eyes. It was clear that the ceiling had cracked due to hail mixed with the recent heavy rain.

Leasis pulled a hair tie from her arms and tied her hair tightly. Then she rolled up her sleeves and raised the bottom of her pants.

She headed for the palace of the imperial servants. She borrowed special wooden planks, cold medecine, and dry rags from the servants who usually received cleaning advice from her. She tried to take a ladder with the rest all at once, but her hands were already full and it was too much.

When she returned to the armory, she saw Karma and some knights from the 1st Division. They were facing Jason with grim faces.

The situation could spread beyond control because of the pride of the two divisions. For them, Leasis was now out of concern.

Leasis picked up her wooden sword, thinking that it was fortunate that there was no one to interrupt her. In an instant, a blue light shone sharply, surroundering the sword.

She trimmed the planks down with her wooden sword and compared them to the cracks in the ceiling. In her eyes, it looked enough to cover all of them.

Leasis put the planks down and ran back to the servants’ palace seven times. And she silently repeated the process of bringing all the tools.

With a few nails in her mouth, she took her wooden sword and a wooden plank and climbed onto the ladder. Then she began to nail the plank to the roof.

Boom boom!

Everyone looked up in surprise at the tremendous noise. Then they saw Leasis, standing dangerously on a ladder and repairing the roof. Jason was startled and ran to her.

He made a crying face as he reached the ladder. He had thought Leasis had left, but she was here. Then maybe she had heard their ugly argument.

But Leasis had nothing to do with that. She smashed all the nails with the blue aura wrapped around her wooden sword.

“Miss Leasis, are you all right?”

“Don’t worry!”

Leasis answered pleasantly and slowly got down from the ladder. Then she pointed at the ceiling with her hand and explained to Karma and the knights.

“I blocked the parts that were opened temporarily. All roof repairment should be finished within this week, so don’t worry.”

Karma was dumbfounded. He asked, pointing at the water on the floor and the ruined swords.

“Who are you kidding now? It’s not about the ceiling, it’s about those!”

“Oh. Don’t worry about that.”

Leasis answered roughly and took out the cold medecine and a brush. It was commonly used in everyday life, but the imperial medicine was different from ordinary medicine.

The imperial medicinal herbs were made of precious herbs brewed by the imperial wizard, and had excellent ingredients.

In particular, the cleansing ingredients were so excellent that they could remove the rust on a sword that had lost its light and restored its function. She poured the cold medicine on a large brush and approached the dozens of swords.

The brushing sound on the swords was exceptionally loud. She shouted to the knights who were looking blankly at her.

“What are you doing? Please bring me some water.”

“W-water?”

“Yes. There are a lot of buckets of water that I prepared beforehand in front of the servants’ palace.”

Jason ran quickly, but the others did not move easily. She looked at them and spoke in a firm voice.

“Come on.”

The knights, hesitant, ran to the servants’ palace. There, the servants gave them buckets while praising Leasis.

They said they would be happy to have such a nice person as a colleague, and that she had be nice to them. The knights were puzzled when they saw the servants, with a chilling appearance they were seeing for the first time.

The imperial servants were at least low-ranked nobles, and they were exceptionally snobbish. Unlike the maids, they had the power to treat them recklessly.

When they brought the buckets of water, they saw Leasis waiting in front of the armory. In front of the door, there were a lot of swords full of white medicine.

She welcomed the knights with a bright smile.

“Good. That was too much!”

What is this woman? The knights put down the buckets of water. Leasis immediately grabbed ten swords in each hand and began to wash them thoroughly in the water. It looked like some kind of stunt.

After being washed in the cold water, the swords shone brilliantly. Karma unknowingly opened his mouth, and the knights were saying ‘How is this…?’

Her hands froze cold, but Leasis did not complain at all. She quickly and neatly revived the swords. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were now worthy of the Imperial Palace name.

She then began wiping them with a dry rag, as they regained their natural color. Of course, there was a reason to do so other than wiping the water. She carefully applied a special wood essence obtained from the imperial servants on the blades.

Leasis showed nothing but sincerity. Her bare skin had turned red, her arms, legs, and clothes were dirty, but her face was bright.

It was hard to believe, but the swords seemed to vibrate slightly as if reading her mind.

Watching the scene from afar, Furgin clenched his fists. He entered the armory holding back his guilty feelings.

The floor of the armory, which had been full of rainwater, was already shining brightly. Furgin’s head went down, losing strength. This time again, Leasis was making up for his mistake.

He could hear the knights whispering.

“Hey, Newbie. What the hell did you do?”

“Joan-nim, are you curious?”

“What?”

“I’ll let you know, so please don’t make any false rumor about Count Dratius-nim in the future.”

“W-when did I!”

“Should I tell you the exact place and time so you can admit it?”

As her bright voice wrapped around his ears warmly, Furgin sank to the floor. I just can’t understand. She covered for my mistakes twice, but she didn’t even say anything.

I wish Leasis had revealed the truth. Furgin’s eyes closed tightly. Recently, he had received a large sum of money from Schwalnon. It was medical treatment expenses prepared by Hizen.

[Count Dratius-nim, why would he… help me?]

[I don’t know, so ask him yourself.]

Furgin could not resist the guilt and went to Hizen.

But Hizen faced him with a grim face. He spoke, as if it was obvious.

[Because of you, Leasis can’t sleep well.]

[…]

[Your father will be taken care of by a doctor I know well. I can’t tell you he’s going to get better, but I can assure you he won’t get worse.]

Was he such a friendly person? His warm blue eyes seemed to be indifferent, and Furgin’s eyes reddened.

[Your body and mind are weak. For the time being, just focus on training yourself.]

It was really weird. Leasis was faithful to her duties even after suffering such hardship. In addition, her beliefs as a knight became firmer, and her swordsmanship skills gradually improved.

Furgin was jealous and evied her. But he wanted to keep seeing her grow.

‘You can’t hide the truth like this…’

Furgin clenched his fist tightly. Leasis had been helping the knights, including him.

She had struggled for him and the other knights, and he could no longer hide cowardly behind her back with his father as an excuse.