The Branded Female Fencer

"You've changed. They called me Gorgeous Lapenty. Where have you been?

"Do you know my age? Humans get older, how creepy they are as they used to be. Though you, the Beast Man, remain sensible and young, and magnificent. No, have you been more rational than you used to be"

"That's why I'm old. After years of doing it, too, the king becomes quite smart. I'm only careful not to be cunning."

"Sure. I don't want to imagine you being a bit cunning. I still think it's better for you to run the lead without thinking about it."

Dryan smiled bitterly at the reluctance.

"But I was thinking about it."

"I know. You thought you'd be the least harmed to get yourself in the lead, didn't you? You'd be right if the enemy was just in the front, but it was tough when they pinched us."

"Oh, you had that fight, too. After all, when I crushed the front enemy, nobody caught up to me, so you turned back and wiped it out."

"At the time I was stunned by your strength and admired it. How much I envied how many human beings I could save if I had strength like you."

Lapenty was pouring back the tea and Dryan was drinking it up even more. You remember when Dryan used to burn his tongue, regulated by a lot of heat. He had changed his appearance and attitude, but there was no mistake that he was Lapenti himself, and Drean enjoyed the taste of nostalgia.

"But you were strong, too. I've never seen anyone as strong as you, especially a woman. I was wondering if even Diore would have surpassed it if it had been a full season."

"Well, then I saw you and I worked out crazy in death. If I hadn't traveled with warriors like you, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been as strong as I am now. At the height of the season, I was told that Arnelia had no one to line up with. Thank you very much for that.

I've never compared myself to Lord Diore, but as far as reputation goes, if it's a real battle, one of us will have to die. I'm sorry to have to fight like that. "

"Right - you by the way, did you get married?

It was Lapenty who blinded Dryan's question. I did put Miriazal through this room at the end of the day until he was ready, but I didn't think it would be a secular story so far.

For Dryan, Lapenty smiled somewhere understanding that his time remained 50 years ago - young with each other and just as he traveled. That's why I wanted to be honest with you.

"- Do I have to answer?

"That's how much you'll have the right to hear. I mean, anyone in your generation cared. It's weirder not to wonder who Arnelia's one, no, beauty contending for one or two even on the continent chooses to be her partner. How many men have you attracted to and fought with on your journey?

Especially since it's you with me on your sleeve. I guess it's time to ask. If you're saying it's years, talk to me before you die. "

"This is an old story again - right, if you say you were in love with me, let me add to that weakness. If it means you don't need to speak out."

"Naturally. Whoever once fell in love with a woman, would speak of it."

Lapenty grinned bitterly at Dryan, slightly angry. Not at all the same as old times. This is why Lapenti did not accompany the Beast Man. They live in different years, because their emotions are always young. I once refused Dryan's offer thinking that I would feel miserable getting cunning with age, but it came to pass as I expected.

"Let's talk about it, of course I've never told anyone. I was married in secret to everyone. Of course it was even a secret to generations of Virgins, colleagues and relatives. We secretly had a ceremony with just the two of us, but we didn't even live together. I was busy on assignment, and the other guy was the same again.

Besides, when you found out I was making a specific guy, it was going to be a big deal. Some of them used it with love, and some of them were going to run wild with jealousy. Like you. "

I was also surprised by the content of the story, but suddenly Dryan, pointing at the water, ate the face. I would respond rationally now, but at the time I thought I might have grabbed about the chest barn of the other guy, and I was a little sweaty.

"Don't joke about it. I have reason, too."

"Because patience is something I don't expect so much, even if the beast man has reason. Well, it was just a life like that, so I wasn't blessed with kids. I didn't even expect that much from the start, and I guess having kids just made me vulnerable. Because there was a lot of resentment."

"Right. But what happened to your husband?

"I'm alive, but I'm already isolated. Because we were too busy with each other, and it didn't make sense to be married. Well, I had some youthfulness, too. I was hoping that getting the form and constraints of marriage would create something new, but nothing.

In the end, the mission was the best for me, and it was a living thing. The woman who once told me she liked you has just become a boring old man. I'm old fashioned. I can't even retire because I still miss my assignment while I'm this short. We have enemies, and we are happy at that moment that breaks our hearts about how to drive them away and take them in. Even if I fell in love with you, I wouldn't have qualified as Queen Gruzard. "

Lapenty had just finished saying that, and the door was knocked. Apparently Miriazal was ready, Dryan stood up when he placed the cup slightly, but spoke again to Lapenty, who hesitated a little.

"Sure, you're not like the woman who became my wife. The woman I chose was beastly and not suitable for rough things. That's why I have me now, but at the time, I thought I wanted a woman who could go out to war with me. You were the best in that sense, and I thought that was funny.

So even if you were my wife, I don't think I regretted it. That's all I'm saying. "

"Why are you doing that now?

"I don't want to see you despise yourself. I want you to be my admirer until the end of your life. Orcs have a longer life span than humans, so people who like them usually die first. I don't want to see a person I like end up unhappy."

Lapenty turned her eyes round again.

"What a wretch. The king says different things to the boulder."

"A king is the most impatient man. You confused me. It's your fault. Take responsibility for that."

"That's what a woman says to a man, not at all"

Lapenty smiled and sent Dryan out, but he stumbled after he was gone.

"Well - it could have been interesting to be your wife if I'd met you earlier. But I lied to you. I'm not as pretty as everyone thinks I am, Dryan."

Lapenti was alone, drinking warm tea in the room left behind.

And when Dryan, who had succeeded in seeing Miriazal, confirmed that there was only a child on the spot, he was bowing his head. When the men of Groussard see it, it is a sight that is about to fall. Miriazal also took away his attitude as Virgin by watching how it was, responding as a vegetarian.

Continued