I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

60 – Cecilia

Entering the room, Cecilia looked around the room and snooped around, then sat down on the sofa I showed her to and looked at me with her usual arrogant posture and expression.

“I’m sorry for coming to you while you’re resting.”

“No. But what happened to my room…?”

“I came here because of something related to Irene.”

“Irene?”

As the usual name of Irene came out of Cecilia’s mouth, I involuntarily raised her voice and asked,

In spite of my reaction, the smile gradually disappeared from her face, implying that something serious was about to happen.

“Yes. Right now, I don’t think there’s anyone to help except the hero.”

“Is there anyone but me?”

“Do you know that Irene was originally a princess?”

“Yeah… Well… Roughly…”

I remembered the story Edwin told me when Irene first joined the warrior party.

She is the current princess of the Principality of Alsmeyer, and the former princess of the Alsmeyer Kingdom…

Irene Alsmeyer.

The last name of the country that only royalty could use was proof of that.

When I was just designated as a hero, there were many incidents in the northern part of the continent,

Especially in the kingdom of Alsmeyer, located at the northernmost tip of the continent, there was never a day when the country was quiet due to the princes fighting over the throne…

The Fjord Empire, a neighboring country, had to bear the damage intact.

The ceaseless flow of refugees and the fight over royal power that escalated into wars often crossed over to the empire’s territory.

The Fjord Empire, which was worse than this, invaded the Alsmeyer Kingdom and made it a vassal state.

From then on, Irene was no longer called a princess, but a princess…

I don’t know why Cecilia is bringing up such a story now.

“Then you know why Irene works for our empire?”

“Until then…”

“Because I set a condition.”

“Conditions?”

“The Independence of the Kingdom.”

Cecilia uncrossed her legs and moved them back to her opposite leg, continuing her speech.

“They said that if you make a contribution to the independence of the Principality of Alsmeyer in the empire, they will give you independence.”

From the point of view of being invaded, it may seem like a thief to invade someone else’s country and then become independent if you make a contribution.

From my point of view as a third party, I thought it was a pretty good condition as long as the empire kept its promise.

Because there were most places on the continent that made promises and didn’t keep them…

“Ah! There was one more thing.”

“?”

“I heard that if you lure a hero and bring him to the empire, he will give you independence. But what…”

“…..”

Cecilia’s slurred speech is…

She was sending me a signal that she didn’t know you, even without saying it.

I thought so too.

In terms of beauty, she is so beautiful that she will not fall out no matter where she is presented,

You can’t find aegyo, and he doesn’t talk much, so he always looks like an angry face…

If it’s the only time you smile…

I’ve never seen it except when fighting.

She is just that, Irene, who has absolutely no charm as a woman…

“Hmm.. But don’t worry, Irene doesn’t have any interest in the hero or anything like that. She’s doing her best right now.”

“Yeah… I think I can understand it even if you don’t have to tell me.”

It’s not like Lucia or Kir are openly expressing affection, but

There was a case where they took care of themselves and carefully dug in,

Whenever the two of them were away or looked away, they would come to my side and quietly hold onto the hem of my clothes.

“But I don’t think I came to say that about Irene…”

“The problem happened in the Duchy of Alsmeyer.”

“What is the problem…”

“Her brother, the Duke of Reggio, who currently rules the duchy, is trying to rebel.”

“Yes!? Rebellion?”

“Of course, I am not saying that I caused it. Severing contact with our empire and closing the borders means rebellion.”

“Then they say they’re going to suppress it soon…”

“No. This is something only a small part of the Empire knows about, so I can block information at my discretion for the time being… But I don’t think it will be too long.”

The more she spoke, the darker Cecilia’s face made her feel tired.

I felt like I was doing my best for Irene, even when I was listening from the front.

“You know what Irene will do if there is a rebellion… You know?”

It was an answer that could be understood by looking at Irene, who crossed over to her empire to make her own kingdom independent and made every effort to build her credit.

She probably ran to the dukedom of Al Smeyer and persuaded them, whether it was a warrior party or not, or she might start a war on the side of the dukedom.

If she, who was a party of warriors, suddenly becomes a rebel and goes to war with the Fjord Empire,

The image of the warriors party is natural

The allied forces in the northern part of the continent that Edwin and I dreamed of will probably be in vain.

That’s not all…

There are many parts that Irene is in charge of at the party, so it was natural for her to lose power.

“Of course, I know you are busy because you are at war with the Demon King’s army, but I think the only person who can handle this task is the hero.”

“Yes. I understand what you mean. I will talk to Edwin tomorrow and set a departure date as soon as possible.”

“I’m glad. But since our hero is someone we can talk to…”

Cecilia opened her face, which had been dark until now, and smiled at me.

She thought she got up from her seat to go out like that, but she turned her head again and she was looking at me with her twinkling eyes.

“Now, that’s a public story… Shall we move on to a private one?”

“Yes…?”

With her words that it was her private story, Cecilia came up to me and sat down, and she suddenly grabbed her left arm and pulled it into her own.

“Can you listen to my old story?”

“Why are you talking about old stories all of a sudden…?”

“If you listen, you will understand.”

She said she would tell me a story from the past, and she sat down with my arm in my arm, revealing her white thighs through her skirt.

“This is a story from when I was very young… Back in the day, the northern part of the continent wasn’t as chaotic as it is now. So once every one or two years, there were many cases where various kings from our empire gathered and held talks.”

Cecilia talked about her past and explained the situation and background to me in detail, and then moved on to the main topic and started her story.

“Then, she met a boy in the garden who was holding onto the hand of her similar-looking sister…”

As she continued to speak, something strange came to mind… As if the person she spoke of, her boy and his sister, was coming into my head.

On the premise of being a member of the royal family, it was reduced to just one person.

And after she talked about her first love for the next hour or so, Cecilia wondered if she was ashamed to even talk about it.

She had a blushing face mixed with shyness rather than her usual arrogant expression.

What she said is roughly…

Her content about her own first love…

And that first love matched a lot with a person around me…

“……In the meantime, I didn’t dare to say that the two countries were not on good terms, but the hero came here as an opportunity to get closer… So I’m going to pluck up my courage.”

“But…Why did you tell me that story…”

That’s right.

I don’t know why Cecilia tells me her story about her own first love.

It’s not like I have any advice as a dating senior.

She was used a lot by women, and I don’t know if she’s saying that she has something to say to me, who lives alone in the mountains, groaning.

“Yes, the hero is the closest to him.”

“Yes?”

“Please help me.”

“Help me. How can I…”

“Just make a seat, please. Ah..! Before that, why don’t you ask me about your intentions? Are you interested in me or not…?”

“…..”

“If I can remember the past… I don’t know… But even if I don’t remember, it’s okay because I’m prepared.”

Even if I said I was fine, I was in a situation where I wasn’t fine…

You can’t just walk up to Edwin out of the blue and ask what he thinks of Cecilia,

Even if he knew, he was at a loss as to how to convey Cecilia’s message.

To play the role of Cupid of love between two people…

If I brought Cecilia and Edwin together, and the day they got married, maybe Clara could kill me.

“Of course, I am not asking you to do it for free.”

Let me continue to look away with a puzzled face and pretend not to hear,

Cecilia put conditions on me with her determined face…

“Instead, I arranged an arrangement between the hero and Irene…”

“That… Seems like what the princess wants…”

“Oh? Is that so? Ho ho ho, just kidding.”

Cecilia, who had been subtly subtly putting conditions in her favor, when I didn’t go over easily, Cecilia clicked her tongue once and then she started to put forward other conditions.

“I will support the establishment of the Great Temple in the Kingdom of Argen. Of course, all authority is delegated to the hero.”

Cecilia…

She knew all too well what I was having the most trouble with.

For us, who had fallen out with the Eritre Empire’s Great War due to Emilia, there were many difficult cases where we did not receive help from the priest.

If you support the establishment of the Great War in the Kingdom of Argen, it would be of great help to the northern part of the continent in the future beyond our warrior party.

“And… The establishment of a village for half elves with severe discrimination in the elven kingdom, the declaration of equalization of all races, and the declaration of strong support for the dark elves coming to the human world, and finally the independence of the Principality of Alsmeyer. Declaration. How is it? Is this enough?”

“…..”

Now, Cecilia’s conditions were for the entire warrior party, including me.

There seemed to be no hesitation as the proposals were presented so brilliantly that I could not refuse.