The Swordmaster Wants to Fall in Love 95. For the Sake of Business (Part 2)
Evan watched the Spear King communicate directly and, for a moment, trembled with nervousness. Yet he quickly regained his composure.
After all, receiving the Spear King's favor was not necessarily a bad thing. Had he not committed any crime?
Of course.
“Kyaa~!?”
“Oh, are you all right? I’ll prepare clothes for you to change into.”
“I-I’m fine. O-Oh ho ho~.”
The trembling of her hands from tension could not be hidden.
Seeing Evelyn spill tea onto her dress, Anya quickly wiped the stain with a towel.
Of course, even if she wiped it with a towel, she could not remove the stains soaking into the expensive dress. It was merely first aid.
Watching the expensive dress grow soiled, Evelyn cautiously lifted her head and looked at Evan.
“......My lord, I have one question.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“T-That communicator you showed earlier. Could we purchase one from our side?”
“I’m afraid not. This one is unfortunately a limited edition~....”
“......I see.”
Upon hearing it was impossible, Evelyn’s face filled with disappointment. Of course, the Montblanc Trading House could have used communication technology as well.
However, upon thinking about the materials required to use communication magic and the resources needed for preparation—there were no profits, which is why they were not using it.
In contrast, look at the communicator Evan had just shown. With no visible consumption at all, it performed real-time, two-way communication effortlessly.
‘Truly a pity. If such a thing existed, gaining control of the market would be as easy as eating plain rice.’
If she, as a merchant, obtained such an item? She would dispatch her house employees to the provinces and, whenever necessary, receive real-time information.
And using that information, she would be able to prepare her goods a day faster than others. In the merchant world, being a day faster is equivalent to being the ultimate winner.
‘......It’s as if it were the Spear King’s authority.’
In an instant, Evelyn realized the communicator’s true nature and could let go of her greed. Of course, the realization was incorrect, but whether correct or not, the fact that she could not obtain the communicator remained the same.
“Oh~ Ho ho ho! Swordmaster-nim, if it doesn’t bother you, could I borrow the bathroom? It feels so sticky, I can’t stand it.”
“Ah, sure. Anya, guide me.”
“Understood. Swordmaster-nim.”
“I’m grateful.”
Having indulged her greed toward the communicator, Evelyn decided to become even closer to Evan.
It was very easy. The Imperial Studies she had learned included various methods to win over people’s affection.
‘It feels a bit too blatant... but it’s actually better this way.’
And if she had to choose the easiest among them, it would be the method of seducing a man blind to women.
Of course, men are creatures who cannot tear their eyes from beautiful women with large breasts.
A being with a weakness that was inconvenient for a merchant like her. A pitiful creature whose body, mind, and soul would be completely stripped from this mere flesh and blood...
* * *
In a dimly lit room lit by only a single candle, a man reading a letter chuckled and grabbed the breast of the woman serving him from beside.
“Kyaaah~!?”
“The elves are all extinct, huh... what a shame. I wanted to try them once.”
“If my lord desires it, I can bring them right away.”
“No need. Touching them like this is something only a madman would do.”
The man spoke while recalling the kingdom’s strength. The young swordmaster who had suddenly appeared one day to rule the kingdom, the two transcendentals from their ally Nine Lives, and the three Elf Guardians of the World Tree Alliance that the four of them had obtained.
The kingdom possessed a total of seven transcendentals. Of course, they would not all gather in one place. The Spear King, who was wary of the Elf Guardians combining their powers, and who rarely left the throne to protect the kingdom, would not reveal himself.
In other words, even in the face of a very serious situation, the kingdom’s power would be around four and a half transcendentals. Even that level of power was enough to overturn common sense.
“Hoo... if so much power is gathered, something should have happened long ago.”
“Hoo- What do you mean~...?”
“Theoretically, it’s impossible for so many transcendentals to gather. A transcendent? Someone who could take a country or city alone without issue.”
A transcendent was someone who had fully completed themselves alone—something that usually did not happen for a transcendent to enter under someone else.
Exceptions would be groups gathered under certain beliefs or frameworks. The Elf Guardians gathered under the Elf race, or the kingdom’s beings serving the Great Father—those were the Kra-tos.
Yet the kingdom— what was this? Seven transcendentals gathered in one place without such a framework.
“- This level of power gathering is abnormal. There is something there. Some unknown thing.”
The man, Atlas the Supreme Strength King, rose upon realizing the fact. An unknown force from the world was concentrating power into the kingdom.
“Interesting.”
Dressing, he left the castle. The stars in the night sky began to shine upon Atlas.
“I want to fight.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, the heavens spewed their anger.
Crackling-! Lightning struck precisely above Atlas’s head as it fell from the dry sky, punishing him as if he were a believer with impious thoughts.
“Hoooh-!”
However, Atlas twisted his body as if he had predicted it to some extent and struck the lightning with his fist. The moment his fist collided with the end of the lightning, a resounding boom echoed across the heavens.
Chiiik...! Shaking off his fist that had been singed just lightly, smoke rising, Atlas smiled and shouted.
“Uha ha ha-! Worried about me? Heavens!”
Gooooong─! In response to Atlas’s question, the ground began to shake madly. A powerful earthquake shook the castle where Atlas stood so violently that it rocked left and right.
Feeling the earthquake, Atlas jumped down from the castle and landed on the ground. The shaking was so intense that a normal person could not even stand for a single second properly, yet Atlas maintained his balance without effort.
“Annoying!”
Boom-! As his fist struck the ground, surprisingly, the earthquake stopped. The castle maids, watching the scene, blinked in disbelief.
Stopping an earthquake with a punch? Impossible. Theoretically or scientifically impossible. ...Yet this man had made the impossible possible.
“- I should go to the kingdom soon.”
He was the strongest human.
Atlas the Supreme Strength King.
* * *
“- We must restrain the kingdom.”
Ku-Rak!
[Their power is at a dangerous level. We must combine our forces as well...]
The news that the kingdom had conquered the World Tree Alliance and accepted the Great Mother of the Elves as a concubine spread across the entire world in an instant.
Because the kingdom’s newspapers, planted for propaganda, widely spread the fact, it was only natural that the news would reach other countries.
A flow that could not be stopped or hidden. The Spear King had simply decided to use it if he could not stop it. Whether that judgment was good or bad would be judged by history.
“- Today, the kingdom’s mages said. The celestial qi is in disarray.”
“......What are you supposed to do about it?”
“It means something is happening. We must obtain my children as quickly as possible.”
The Spear King spoke while looking at Erzesbet bound by chains. She was looking at the Spear King with a face full of disgust.
If this were not a zone where no spirits or magic could be used— the Spear King would have already shot spirits toward him long ago.
Knowing this, the Spear King casually began removing his clothes one by one.
“If you resist, do so.”
“Hah- Of course you would say that.”
“Instead, the elves will suffer great damage.”
“......Trash.”
Watching the Spear King take the elves hostage, Erzesbet furrowed her brows. This inferior species was now seriously trying to rape her.
Of course, she knew that since the war had been lost, there was no choice. Even if it were not rape but taking her life, she would have nothing to say.
Of course, it was not that there was no choice but to accept it unconditionally... but right now, with the elves as hostages, there was no way for her to escape.
After all, the Great Mother of the Elves could not abandon the elves.
“Don’t worry. Even if this is the case, I’m experienced... and I have no intention of hurting you.”
Ponk-! The Spear King took out a medicine and poured it full into his mouth before kissing Erzesbet.
The Erzesbet, who had been about to spew flames at this inferior species daring to kiss the Great Mother, furrowed her brows upon feeling the medicine entering her mouth.
Whatever the medicine was, the moment it entered her throat, it had made her body burn hot.
“......This is.”
“It’s an estrus medicine. More precisely, a ovulation-special medicine.”
“Pathetic. How much of yourself...”
“Do as you like.”
The Spear King spoke while stripping Erzesbet’s clothes. The aphrodisiac had already excited her, so there was no need for additional caresses.
Successfully completing the union, the Spear King who had only the act of fertilization remaining shook his waist enthusiastically.
‘Hm, I should tell Evan too. Be careful.’
Of course, even in this important moment, Evan was the only thing on his mind.