Chapter 59
Yuli was surprised.
At a glance, it seemed to be more than 10 people.
‘That many people moved at once?’
This was a very dangerous act that broke existing common sense.
The Transfer Gate is the culmination of current magic technology and magic engineering. It is a highly advanced technology that simultaneously manipulates the time axis and the space axis.
As it is a highly developed technology, it is complex and dangerous.
Therefore, it was customary to minimize the number of people who could move at once.
‘Are they people who have mastered mana?’
Only people who can handle mana on their own can move multiple people at once, but even then, five or six people were the limit.
That was common sense.
‘No. They are just ordinary people.’
You could tell by their appearance.
Most of those who have mastered mana are those with high status.
Except for a very small number of geniuses, you can only handle mana if you have followed an elite course since childhood.
They were wearing old armor. Their bodies seemed to be trained, but they were definitely not warriors who had mastered mana.
Yuli approached them and asked.
“Who are you?”
The most ferocious-looking and biggest man among them answered.
“Ah, I am Sergeant Lucain of the 7th Guard Post in the Elbe Mountains. And who are you?”
“I am Yuli from Whisper, and I am covering a story related to the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate.”
“Whisper? Hey, you guys, do you know what Whisper is?”
“I don’t know!”
“I don’t know!”
“I don’t know!”
Even though ‘Whisper’ is the most famous news publication on the continent, they didn’t even know about Whisper.
It wasn’t that strange.
Civilization, such as news publications, is familiar to nobles, but it is irrelevant to commoners who live their lives breathlessly every day.
Yuli calmly replied.
“It’s the largest news publication on the continent. By the way, you said you came from the Elbe Mountains?”
They started talking.
After hearing their story, Yuli was surprised.
“So, you’re saying that the soldiers are volunteering to verify the safety of this Transfer Gate? Because one or two people at a time aren’t enough, you’re moving multiple people at once?”
Moving 10 people at once is more dangerous than one person moving 100 times separately.
Sergeant Lucain spoke boldly.
“Because the high-ranking lords were talking nonsense.”
“Excuse me? What do you mean by nonsense?”
“They were babbling nonsense, saying that the new Transfer Gate is dangerous and shouldn’t be used, that it can’t be used for safety reasons.”
He spat with a bad attitude. 퉤!
He was quite angry.
“We couldn’t use it anyway. Isn’t that right, guys?”
“That’s right!”
“That’s right!”
They were soldiers guarding the border post in the Elbe Mountains. Most of them were poor commoners.
Therefore, they were not given the opportunity to use advanced civilization like the Transfer Gate.
Yuli looked at the soldiers.
The soldiers all had the same expression.
‘Ah……’
Although rough, their faces were filled with longing.
They desperately wanted this Transfer Gate to be activated.
‘If that is activated, they will be able to freely travel back and forth with their families.’
That barren northern end.
Those rough men who guard the Elbe Mountains day and night will also have loved ones.
They are guarding the Elbe Mountains without hesitation for their loved ones.
Wearing such heavy and old armor.
To them, the new civilization that could be used right away was more valuable than the lofty theories of the Magic Tower and the famous mages of the Magic Federation.
The 7-year-old princess of the Imperial Palace was a greater magic engineer than the chief mages of Mirotel.
‘What am I doing here?’
The faces of the soldiers who came to the Imperial Palace from the Elbe Mountains did not leave her mind.
‘Why did I want to be a reporter when I was young?’
When she returned to her quarters, she began to completely change the direction and content of her coverage.
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The weather was very nice today.
I was enjoying the sunbath while opening the window and looking at the blue sky.
But at that moment, I heard a loud voice.
“Line up!”
Chuck! Chuck!
Loud footsteps. Following command sounds.
“One! Two! One! Two!”
Surprised by the loud shouts, I looked down far below.
I could see soldiers who were in a tight formation, although their clothes were worn out.
“Sing a military song while marching, the title of the military song, Cool Princess! Start singing, one, two, three, four!”
I closed the window tightly.
Although the soundproofing of the window was so perfect that the outside sound could not be heard properly, I felt like I was hearing it.
“C, Cool Princess?”
I crouched under the window and hid, then raised my head.
And with my hands stretched high, I very carefully opened the window slightly.
I wondered what kind of military song ‘Cool Princess’ was.
‘I don’t think I should listen to it.’
It felt like opening Pandora’s box that shouldn’t be opened.
Yuri, who came to my room with dessert, found me.
“Princess? What are you doing?”
“Unni. Do you know what guilty pleasure is?”
“Guilty pleasure?”
Yuri-unni was indeed smart.
Since becoming a maid, she had been studying hard, saying that she should become a maid suitable for a princess, and she was like a vending machine that spits out ten answers when you input one.
“I know that it means an act that you enjoy while feeling guilty, in its dictionary definition. It also means a pleasure that is not honorable. The guilt here is not a moral meaning, but rather something childish and absurd, so it’s a fear of being caught by others……”
“Right, right, that’s it.”
The window opened and a military song was heard.
The lyrics were roughly like this.
“Cool! Princess! The one and only Princess!”
I closed the window again and took a deep breath.
Ah, should I be listening to this? Somehow, I felt guilty. But I was also curious.
I was even curious about how bizarre this strange song could get.
I stealthily moved again and opened the window slightly.
“Right! I am! Hot! Man~ for the! Hot! Princess! Invincible in battle! Dedication is hot! Praise the Princess, Cool! Princess!”
“Princess, your face is red.”
“Unni. I’m so embarrassed.”
I was ashamed beyond embarrassment.
Goosebumps ran down my spine from head to toe.
I wanted to hide for about three days if I could.
“The song itself is a bit embarrassing, but I’m more ashamed of myself for listening to it all the way through. The other people in the Arena Palace must have heard it too, right?”
It was a loud military song that echoed throughout the Arena Palace.
Even Chief Attendant Dailtha, who usually dislikes the commotion in the Arena Palace, was nowhere to be seen.
I peeked my head out the window and spied on the soldiers who were advancing(?) towards the Arena Palace.
“Those, those people are so serious that they’re scary.”
That ferocious face and physique. The song they were singing at the top of their lungs, with their perfect posture and marching, was ‘Cool Princess’.
Chuck! Chuck!
The footsteps got closer and closer.
The sound of footsteps stopped in front of my room.
“Attention!”
Chuck!
I heard the sound of them standing at attention.
I gulped.
Yuri-unni said.
“Shall I chase them away?”
“Ah, no, I don’t think that’s necessary.”
If they were dangerous people in the first place, they wouldn’t have been able to enter the Imperial Palace, and they wouldn’t have been able to walk around so confidently while singing such a military song.
It was scary because it was burdensome, but I could definitely tell that they were not bad people.
Knock, knock.
Along with the knocking sound, a loud voice was heard.
It was clearly just a natural voice, but it echoed as if it contained mana.
“Elbe Mountains, Sergeant Lucain of the 7th Guard Post! I request an audience with the noble bloodline of Bilotian, the only Princess of Bilotian!”
And a small voice was heard.
It seemed like he was trying to speak softly, but his voice was basically very loud, so I could hear everything.
“Guys. What’s an audience? Did I read it correctly?”
I heard a slight whispering sound.
It seemed that someone had written that line for him.
Yuri-unni called me again.
“Princess? What should we do?”
“Open it for now.”
When Yuri-unni opened the door, I saw a man of enormous size.
He looked so scary that he looked like a bandit.
He was so big that a rhinoceros came to mind as soon as I saw him.
“Attention! Salute to the Princess!”
Chuck!
They raised their right hands and saluted me.
I was startled by their tremendous momentum and perfect posture.
Yuri-unni asked on my behalf.
“What brings the soldiers from the Elbe Mountains here?”
“As those who have received deep grace and favor from the Princess, to the Princess…… uh…… that is…… so.”
The man who introduced himself as Sergeant Lucain glanced at his palm.
It seemed like he had made something like a cheat sheet on his palm.
“You said I have bestowed grace upon you?”
“Yes, that’s right!”
Eek, that startled me. I thought my eardrums were going to burst.
‘But when did I bestow grace?’
No matter how much I thought about it, I had never done that. It was hard to understand what Lucain was talking about.
“Come in for now.”