I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

67 – Duchy of Alsmeyer

“Stop it.”

As the carriage gradually approached the checkpoint, the voices of the two guards guarding the place were heard almost simultaneously.

“Where is the carriage from?”

“The hero Carlos and his party members are riding in this carriage.”

“You cannot enter without a pass.”

“Yes?”

The coachman, Roman, had never been treated like this while pulling a wagon with warriors in it.

What’s even more strange than that is that the two’s expressions didn’t change at all even though they said that they were riding a hero.

“I will say it again. The hero is riding in this wagon!”

“You cannot enter without a pass.”

Even though Roman said it again, the two guards only repeated the same words, but did not explain why or open the way.

Irene, who had been listening to the words of these two guards in the carriage, suddenly got up from her seat and headed out of the carriage.

Turb… Turd… Turd…

I don’t know if it’s because it’s located in the north or if it’s the cold air coming from the pissed-off Irene, but

As she walked towards her two guards, a cold wind blew her.

“Two people. Affiliation.”

“This is under the jurisdiction of the South Gate of the Border Guard.”

“Don’t you know who I am?”

Irene’s low-pitched voice…

Those who have heard that voice until now have been unable to speak or stuttered if they did, seized with fear to the point of being speechless.

However, the faces of the two guards standing in front of the checkpoint didn’t seem to change a bit…

“I am Irene, the princess of the Duchy of Alsmeyer. Get out of the way.”

“You cannot enter without a pass.”

The guards repeating the same thing over and over again…

The two guards speak the same way, like machines, down to the tone of their voices..

At this point, I can feel something suspicious about those two guards.

Irene must have realized that too, so she spoke to them once again.

“She says it again. I am Irene, the princess of the Duchy of Alsmeyer. Get out of the way If she does not get out of the way, she will only die.”

Until this point, I only knew that what Irene said was a lie.

But…

Quad Deuk!!!

When the two guards did not open the way until the end, long ice suddenly rose like icicles from the thick cold air around Irene and headed for the two guards’ necks.

Shook!!! Shook!!!

“Ah.. Irene!!”

As I was watching through the carriage window, I finally shouted,

The ice that rose from the ground had already pierced the necks of the two guards, and Lucia, watching this brutal scene, screamed involuntarily.

“Ah…”

I was about to say something to Irene, but when I looked at her two guards again, I had to shut her mouth…

Even though a long icicle of ice pierced their necks, blood did not flow from the two guards.

On the contrary, something like a disgusting smell emanated from it, and it was to the extent that it automatically covered its mouth and nose.

Quad Deuk!! Bang!!

Irene then used her magic to summon a giant ice, smashed through the checkpoint, pushed the obstacles blocking the road with it, and got back on the wagon.

“Sorry. Warrior. I can’t tell you in advance…”

“Ah.. No. By the way… What happened?”

Judging from the dead bodies of the two guards and the foul smell they gave off after they died, they were definitely undead.

Not to mention the fact that even I, who was watching the situation from inside the carriage, had no doubt that it was the undead.

“When I got closer, I saw that his eyes were unfocused and that whenever he spoke, he smelled something suspicious, so I killed him.”

“If it wasn’t then…”

“Those who blocked the path of their country’s royalty. Of course, these are the ones who should have been sentenced to death by national law.”

“…..”

Looking at Irene’s expression and mood right now, if those two guards weren’t undead, they would have been killed.

If there were even a saintess or a paladin with the lowest priestess in this place, I would have known at once that they were undead…

After that, Irene didn’t say anything until they reached the capital of the duchy.

She had to be caught at the gates into the capital just as she was at the border checkpoints, so…

“You cannot enter without a pass.”

“Get out of the way. If you do not get out of the way, I will turn you to death too.”

“……”

In response to the guards’ answers, Irene raised her hand and gradually created ice…

Suddenly, the guards moved out of the gate and opened the way, and a man slowly approached from inside the gate.

“Welcome. Princess Irene. I was waiting.”

The man who approached from inside the castle gate was a very unpleasant man with a neutral image wearing luxurious clothes worn by nobles and feminine make-up even though he was a man.

“Who are you?”

Irene was also warily asking if he was seeing him for the first time.

“My name is Kroll, an aide to the Duke of Reggio. It is an honor to meet Princess Irene, who is called the snowflake of the Principality of Alsmeyer.”

It was to the point where I naturally frowned at the unpleasant voice that seemed to be a mixture of male and female voices.

Irene spoke only of her own business, no matter who she was seeing for the first time or not.

“Guide me to the palace.”

“Yes. Princess.”

After finishing her words, Irene climbed into the carriage again, and she was guided by her aide, Kroll, and the carriage headed for the palace.

Since it was winter, there was still white snow on the roofs of the houses in the capital city.

The road had not yet been cleared of snow, so the running wagons sometimes slipped in the middle.

“Hey… Irene-sama…”

“?”

After seeing the two guards die at the border checkpoint, Lucia has not said anything since then.

“Originally… Is this the atmosphere here..? It’s like a place where no one lives.”

Before I listened to Lucia, I also felt something strange when I looked out the window…

Perhaps it was the cold weather, I didn’t see anyone walking around outside the house,

What was even more suspicious was that the people inside didn’t even heat the room, which they should do, and no smoke was coming up from the chimney.

“……”

Irene didn’t dare answer Lucia, but she gave Kir a pat on the shoulder of her Lucia, giving her a sign not to ask anymore.

Lucia nodded her head and was again quietly looking out of her window.

There were many guards standing in front of the palace after running up the hill and arriving there, guarding the palace.

Nobody was maintaining an immobile posture that was difficult to maintain without the slightest movement.

Terrible..

Roman got off first and opened the wagon door, and even though other party members got off, starting with me, there were no fancy events or escorts seen in other countries.

Only the unfocused soldiers were maintaining their positions.

“Eat inside.”

The aide, Krall, who had approached us before we knew it, went inside first, and we followed him into the palace.

“……”

Not too big…

The royal palace is not that small…

The royal palace… No, the warm heating and warmth of people, which should have been felt in any place where people live, have disappeared.

I felt colder than outside, perhaps because the cold air that couldn’t get out even though it was a royal palace was trapped.

“Please wait a moment.”

Aide Kroll opened the door slightly to ask the Duke of Reggio, the duke here and Irene’s brother, went inside, and after a while…

“Please come in.”

After a while, he returned and was guiding us inside with a beckoning gesture.

Unlike other countries, in the huge hall where the king did his business, there were no vassals or knights to be seen.

At the end of the hall, on a chair resembling a throne, sat a middle-aged man with the same hair color as Irene’s.

“Duke, Princess Irene has arrived.”

The Duke of Legio didn’t even move a finger, let alone pretend to listen to his aide Kroll’s report.

I couldn’t see the face of the Duke of Reggio in detail because there wasn’t even the lighting that was supposed to be there.

Irene, not paying attention to this, was slowly approaching him.

“Has everything been okay?”

“…..”

“Older brother?”

“What are you doing here?”

From what I’ve heard from Irene, she’s coming back to her country after a few years…

On the other hand, only a very blunt and cold tone came out of the mouth of the person who was said to be his brother.

“I came because I was worried because there was no contact from the principality.”

“The b*tch who betrayed her country and joined hands with the enemy… Are you worried about the country?”

“…..”

“The country is going well even if you don’t worry about it, so take that warrior party and go away.”

“……”

I don’t know what the story was about these two siblings, but contrary to what I heard, the Duke of Reggio was treating his younger sister, Irene, very coldly.

“Yes. All right. I will leave immediately after seeing only her mother’s face.”

“Her mother is doing well. So, get out of my sight right now.”

“……”

Irene’s fists, watching from behind, clenched tightly and seemed to tremble,

Nothing came out of her mouth as much as her anger.

“Yes. All right. Enough then…”

With those words, Irene left the room with the Duke of Reggio and was heading somewhere other than the entrance we entered…

The place I arrived after following her was what appeared to be her detached palace.

The garden was full of bare trees, all withered or frozen to death, with no wintering flowers famous in the area to be seen.

The villa building had not been used for a long time either, and there were cracks and broken windows here and there.

“Irene, this is…”

“This is the villa where her mother lived.”

Contrary to Irene’s words, this place to my eyes seemed uninhabitable…

“Did you forget the Duke’s order? Princess Irene?”

A neutral voice appeared behind us…

Croll, the Duke of Reggio’s aide, raised one corner of his mouth as if he were laughing.

“This is where my mother lived. It’s not a place for an aide like you to go out.”

“The Duke of Reggio said that if I don’t leave the kingdom immediately, I don’t mind being executed.”

A tone that subtly boosts Irene’s temper…

It was a very irritating tone even if I heard it from behind.

“By the way… Who are you? I hadn’t seen an aide like you until just a few years ago. For what purpose are you messing around next to your brother?”