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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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“Where to?”
“To Eisenstein’s first step onto the continent, the first outpost.”
Hmm, what should I do?
Seryu looked at the outstretched hand and fell into thought.
There’s nothing to do even if I accept and go to her outpost.
It’s not like there’s something special there to level up, and it would be troublesome if I get caught after going there for no reason.
But it’s burdensome to refuse because of the Silver Spear Unit behind her.
I couldn’t see their eyes well because of their wide-brimmed hats, but it felt like they were glaring at me, as if saying, “If you refuse our queen’s invitation, we’ll pierce you!”
Seryu, who was contemplating, reached out and grabbed Brynhildr’s hand.
I was also looking forward to what would happen at the outpost, and Kvasir behind me urged me to go.
When I accepted the invitation, a deep and attractive smile appeared on Brynhildr’s lips.
“I sincerely, truly welcome you!”
Seryu headed to the outpost, following the Silver Spear Unit and Brynhildr.
Perhaps because they cleared the area, there were no orcs on the way, except for herbivores like deer.
Brynhildr was boasting as she walked.
That I would be surprised when I see the outpost.
That Eisenstein’s construction technology is the best.
She talked so much that my expectations were high.
“We’re here. This is Eisenstein’s first outpost, Arden. How is it? Isn’t it amazing?”
“It’s amazing.”
It was a soulless answer, but Brynhildr nodded with satisfaction. It’s much larger than what she said.
Stone walls were being built around the area enclosed by wooden fences, and many people were carrying construction materials.
The stone walls being steadily built will surely become sturdy castle walls soon.
Certainly, once the outpost is completed, Eisenstein will be able to safely advance to the continent.
“Hehehe. Isn’t it wonderful? This is the first step towards realizing my dream!”
Brynhildr smiled.
“Now, follow me.”
As Brynhildr walked ahead, the Silver Spear Unit followed with a thud.
Thanks to this, Seryu and Kvasir had no choice but to be pushed forward.
At the entrance of the wooden fence, Brynhildr let out a haha laugh and took a deep breath.
“Sound the trumpets! I have returned!”
She shouted loudly, but the gate of the wooden fence was already wide open, and many people had gathered on and below the fence to welcome her right after.
And the moment Brynhildr finished speaking, a thunderous cheer erupted.
Seryu, who entered the wooden fence, receiving the cheers of many people along with Brynhildr, could see the inside in more detail.
Inside, it was already like a small city.
Many wooden buildings were built, and a considerable number of people were moving around.
And Brynhildr guided Seryu and Kvasir to the largest building on the edge of the wooden buildings.
Inside, women presumed to be maids welcomed her.
Brynhildr smiled contentedly as she watched them bow their heads and greet politely, then turned around and looked at Seryu.
“This is where I stay. It’s shabby compared to Eisenstein, but it’s only temporary! Over time, it will be reborn as a splendid and magnificent palace.”
“Hmm.”
“Hehehe, behold! Precious guests have arrived, so prepare delicious food to treat them with utmost hospitality!”
Some of the maids who were gathered left to prepare the food.
Brynhildr assigned some of the remaining maids to Seryu and Kvasir, telling them to wash up and change their clothes, and then she went somewhere as well.
Guided by the maid, I washed myself and put on the new clothes I received.
Well, it wasn’t a particularly formal or fancy outfit, so it wasn’t uncomfortable to wear alone. After getting dressed, I looked in the mirror to see if it suited me.
While I was doing that, a maid knocked on the door, asking if I was done changing.
Seryu opened the door, said he was done and asked her to guide him, and the maid made a troubled expression.
“I’m sorry, but Your Majesty is not ready yet, so you might have to wait a little longer. Would you like to wait in the dining room?”
Seryu nodded at the maid’s words.
As soon as he came out of the room, Kvasir was already changed and waiting.
She smiled and approached when she saw Seryu coming out.
“Oh? You’re out? How is it? Do I look good?”
“It suits you, but somehow it’s a little plain?”
“I also wanted to wear fancy and pretty clothes if possible, but strangely, there are no clothes that fit me. So instead of choosing, I just picked something plain and wore it. So. How is it? It’s plain, but doesn’t it look good on me?”
“It suits you well. Since you’re flat-chested, the fit looks good, right?”
“Ouch… It’s rude to say I’m flat-chested.”
She blushed and pointed at her chest. And after a while, she whined, “I have breasts!”
The maid led them, saying, “Follow me.”
Seryu and Kvasir, who were guided to the dining room, sat at the front of the rectangular table.
Since the food wasn’t ready yet, there was nothing on the table except for a clean tablecloth and a silver candlestick.
“It’s more elegant than I expected. It’s not easy to build and decorate like this…”
“You’re right. There was a reason she boasted about her construction technology.”
Seryu exhaled, hmm-, and looked up at the ceiling.
Now that I’m invited and here. What can I get from here?
There’s no way there’s a god-level item, so I guess there’s nothing to get except for forming a connection with her.
Now that I think about it, she said I could become her husband if I get acknowledged by the Silver Spear Unit.
I thought there was nothing to get, but it seems I can get a ‘status’ here.
“Yes, it would be better to do it tomorrow.”
“What are you talking about?”
While I was muttering, looking at the ceiling, I heard Queen Brynhildr’s voice from behind.
I was spacing out and didn’t notice her coming. Even though Detection clearly caught it.
Seryu, who turned his head to look at her, opened his mouth slightly and exclaimed.
Brynhildr was wearing a tight-fitting dress.
Perhaps because mobility was important, there were no cumbersome frills, and the length of the dress was shorter than I thought.
It would be better to see it as a one-piece dress.
As I stared blankly, she chuckled and sat across from Seryu and Kvasir at the table.
“Oh, Your Majesty, that’s not fair!”
“Huh? What is?”
“You’re wearing pretty clothes by yourself! There’s a difference in the fabric, isn’t there?”
When Kvasir spoke with a sullen face, Brynhildr crossed her arms with a hmph.
Her bulging chest was noticeably emphasized.
“It can’t be helped. All the clothes I have- unfortunately, won’t fit you. They’ll probably be loose if you wear them. And I gave you some just in case. But seeing you didn’t wear them…”
Brynhildr trailed off.
“Ugh…! E-even so!”
Kvasir tried to retort, but she lowered her head and closed her mouth.
Seryu chuckled as he looked at them.
“Now, then, Seryu! Tell me what you think of my appearance.”
“You look good. Honestly, from a man’s perspective, very good.”
“Hmm… That’s a satisfactory answer, but I have one complaint.”
She got up from her seat, took the chair, sat next to Seryu, and looked at Kvasir.
Kvasir flinched at her gaze and carefully asked, “Why?”
“I’m curious. What is the relationship between you and you?”
“Between me and Seryu? Hmm… we’re just together out of curiosity.”
“Be precise. It’s you who’s following me.”
Kvasir made a groaning sound as if her pride was hurt.
She felt like both Queen Brynhildr and Seryu were mentally attacking her.
On the other hand, Brynhildr nodded with a satisfied smile, looking very pleased.
“Ugh… aren’t you two being too much? I’ll let it slide for Seryu. But Your Majesty, why are you so blunt?”
“That’s natural, isn’t it? I like Seryu. You don’t know why I invited him here and why I didn’t say anything about him speaking down to me, the queen?”
Brynhildr called a maid to bring food, looking at the two who were silent with dumbfounded expressions.
The prepared food was placed on the table one by one.
I swallowed my saliva as I saw the precious food being placed on the table and emitting a delicious aroma.
“Enjoy your meal. If you need anything else, please feel free to call me.”
The maid, who spoke matter-of-factly, went to the door and waited.
After glancing at the maids, Seryu and Kvasir said they would enjoy their meal and picked up their cutlery.
Brynhildr smiled as she watched Seryu eat.
There was no pretense at all.
As if not caring about manners, he held a knife and fork in both hands and ate or picked up the food he wanted to eat.
“But you’re not answering the question I asked earlier.”
Seryu, who swallowed the meatball-like food in his mouth with a munch, scooped up other food and asked, “What?”
“Didn’t you say ‘It would be better to do it tomorrow’? I didn’t mishear. You must have been thinking of something and said you wanted to do it. Now, tell me. I’ll help you.”
“Hmm…”
Seryu thought for a moment and then spoke.
“I don’t know if it’s something to talk about during a meal, but. Brynhildr, I was thinking of proposing to you.”
“Seryu!”
“Oh – that’s a story I like very much.”
Kvasir shouted in surprise, stopping mid-meal, and Brynhildr smiled, holding up a wine glass as if it was natural.
“P-proposal! That’s good. Hmm, I never imagined the word ‘proposal’ would make my heart pound like this.”
“What are you talking about! Your Majesty.”
“Oh, sage. You’re noisy! Ahem. L-let’s eat first. Let’s talk after eating.”
While Brynhildr was nibbling on the food, Seryu cleanly swept away most of the food on the table.
Only a few foods he didn’t like to eat were left; he didn’t leave any food that was even slightly delicious.
“….That’s amazing. All that food.”
“What, it’s basic. It was delicious, thank you.”
“I’ll have them bring out dessert. Wait a minute.”
At Brynhildr’s words, the maids moved on their own.
The maids, who were waiting at the door, cleared the table, and soon brought something warm that looked like tea.
Seryu took a sip of the tea in the cup and opened his mouth.
“Now, shall we talk? How do I get acknowledged? Before that, aren’t you going to say I’m not qualified?”
There will be a lot of backlash. I didn’t think the spear unit would stay still if some random guy with no family background suddenly came and said he was going to take their queen.
Brynhildr chuckled playfully.
“What are you talking about? You are fully qualified. Above all, didn’t you defeat me once? You are fully qualified to be my husband. You certainly are. But it won’t be easy. And you might get hurt. How about it? Will you still try?”
“Okay, I don’t know what it is, but I’ll try it.”
“You’re so confident! Good. Follow me!”
Brynhildr abruptly stood up, grabbed Seryu’s arm, and led him.
Kvasir felt abandoned for a moment, but followed them without saying anything.
Brynhildr moved her steps excitedly and powerfully, as if she knew where she was going.
We left the dining room and the building.
She continued to move forward, waving her hand perfunctorily at those who recognized and greeted her, the queen, as if annoyed.
The place we arrived at, following her without any information, was the place where they were building the stone walls.
There, the Silver Spear Unit, who had returned with Brynhildr a little while ago, had changed into comfortable clothes and were carrying stones themselves.
Seeing Brynhildr stop, Seryu knew that this was the destination she was heading for.
The Silver Spear Unit seemed to consider this labor as part of their training, as their faces showed no dissatisfaction.
Did she bring us here to show us their appearance all of a sudden?
“Why are we here?”
“As I said before, to become my husband, you have to be acknowledged by the people. If you ask why. It’s because I swore to do so. It’s troublesome, but what can I do? I’ve already sworn it in the past.”
Brynhildr was sick and tired of kings and princes from other kingdoms constantly proposing to her when she was in Eisenstein.
So she swore she would marry someone who could defeat her and prove their strength to her people.
And she didn’t do it alone in her room, but in front of everyone! Now that she had sworn, she had to keep her promise.
“What you have to prove is ‘strength’. More than half of the people pioneering this place are military personnel, but do you think they will acknowledge you easily? They don’t. Not easily. They have the desire to spread out to the continent with me and make a name for themselves. They have desire. But in this situation, if some random guy appears, saying he wants to be the husband, would they easily acknowledge him?”
She swallowed her saliva for a moment and continued.
“No! They won’t acknowledge him. Then what should you do to be acknowledged? The easiest way is to fight and win against my direct unit, the Silver Spear Unit. All of the spear unit members!”
“How many are in the unit?”
“300. It’s not many, but it’s not a small number either. As I warned you earlier, you might lose your life. Because my unit will be serious. If you collapse from exhaustion, they might stab you with their spears.”
“Okay, I’ll try it.”
Brynhildr smiled, revealing her white teeth, as if she knew he would say that.
And she turned around and shouted in a dignified voice, completely different from when we were talking earlier.
“All members of the Spear Unit, assemble!”
At the sound of “assemble”, the members of the Silver Spear Unit, who had been mobilized to build the stone walls, gathered quickly.
It wasn’t a lie that they had been working hard, as they were covered in sweat.
The orderly manner in which they stood, the sight of them sweating earlier, Seryu somehow felt admiration.
Brynhildr lightly jumped onto a pile of stones nearby.
From the spot where she could look down on everyone, she sat down as if it was a throne.
And she crossed her legs and looked down.
“My soldiers who are struggling in a foreign land. Thanks to you diligently building buildings and raising castle walls, our Eisenstein’s outpost ‘Arden’ is being completed like this. I commend your hard work. The reason I called you all together is one. Who am I? I am Brynhildr, Queen of Eisenstein and commander of the Silver Spear Unit! But, a man who defeated me, the symbol of Eisenstein, has appeared.”
For a moment, the gazes of the assembled Silver Spear Unit turned towards Seryu for a very brief moment and then returned to Brynhildr.
“Can you believe it? I lost. Even though I made the first move. Therefore, according to the previous oath, he is given the right to be my husband. But.”
Brynhildr paused for a moment and scanned her unit.
Perhaps because it was too sudden, some had blank expressions, some had hostile expressions.
“As I swore, what’s the point if you, who are no different from my alter ego, don’t acknowledge him. It was a coincidence that he defeated me.”
“”That’s right──!””
“Good. Very good.” Brynhildr pointed at Seryu with a satisfied smile.
The gazes of the three hundred people all turned towards him. Full of hostility.
“Now. So I made a proposal, and he accepted. To prove his strength, to see if he is suitable to be my husband! He agreed to fight with all of our Silver Spear Unit! How reckless and foolish this is. But his confidence and courage deserve respect. Tomorrow morning! Gather at the training ground. That’s all. Dismissed!”
When Brynhildr finished speaking, the members of the Silver Spear Unit glanced at each other and began to disperse.
Some of them passed by Seryu.
“How dare you aim for our idol, Her Majesty? I’ll make you leave your bones here.”
“I don’t know how some random guy from somewhere met Her Majesty and how this happened, but you’re dead tomorrow.”
“Consider it an honor. You’ll be the first to be sacrificed by my spear after coming to the continent.”
“I’ll let you crawl as a token of gratitude for helping our lost queen.”
Seryu didn’t say anything to those who left, cursing and swearing.
It’s because he could understand why they were acting like this.
Anyway, since I’ll subdue them all tomorrow and get acknowledged, I believed that time would solve it.
The next day.
Seryu blushed as he saw Brynhildr, who came to him early in the morning.
Again. Brynhildr, she’s properly dressed on top, but only wearing panties and knee socks below.
I wanted to touch her smooth and elastic thighs visible between the black panties and black knee socks.
I swallowed my saliva, and Brynhildr made a wicked smile.
She approached Seryu, sticking out her lower body as if to tell him to look more closely.
The posture was so seductive that Seryu really wanted to jump on her right away, but he held back and averted his gaze.
“Why are you averting your gaze? Is my body not beautiful?”
“Are you seducing me?”
“Of course! I am seducing you right now! But you’re not reacting at all, so it’s no fun. Are you perhaps nervous about fighting my soldiers?”
“You should ask that to your unit, not me.”
“Hehehe, my unit is not nervous! They’re not afraid either! Even if the opponent is strong, they fight and win! That’s the belief of our Silver Spear Unit!”
Seryu nodded.
Yes, all I have to do is fight and win.
The problem is that a strong person doesn’t lose easily.
Here, Brynhildr also acknowledged it.
That Seryu is a strong person, that the Silver Spear Unit is weaker than Seryu.
But that’s when considering each individual, and if I fight against the entire Silver Spear Unit, that’s a different story.
There’s one more condition here.
The Silver Spear Unit can aim for Seryu’s life, but Seryu must not aim for the lives of the Silver Spear Unit.
In other words, you might suspect that they are trying to kill Seryu.
Unless you’re a fool, you wouldn’t even try such a disadvantageous fight.
The reason I accepted this despite that is, first, because I believe her words due to the guidance message of the game system, and second, because I was confident of winning.
I answered confidently.
“Well, we’ll see when we fight. The result will tell, right?”
“You’re right. In that sense, let’s go right now. The Silver Spear Unit has been waiting since dawn!”
Brynhildr opened the door wide as if she wanted to see it right away.
I don’t want to go. I really want to sleep late and then go.
Why do I have to go this early?
I want to say let’s go a little later, but seeing Brynhildr already outside the door, I sighed and got up.
I slowly dragged my heavy body and followed Brynhildr.
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