I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

78 – Warrior Appointment Ceremony

Saint Emilia, who has the lowest grades and abilities among all the saints…

She knew very well that she was lacking in her divine power and in many ways, but she did not think that her ability to detect her aura was low.

Maybe I should say that her detection ability has increased since other abilities didn’t keep up?

Clearly, Emilia strongly felt the undead energy from Illuen,

By the time she tried to check her aura with her divine power, her warrior, Balak, had already disappeared with her.

“Emilia, tell me. Undead?”

“The energy… Strange… Didn’t look like a living person…”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m not sure… but if I stayed with you a little longer, I could have been sure…”

“Ah~ Then you’re not sure~ You just felt wrong because you were tired today.”

“…..”

Lydia was trying to soothe her Emilia and say no, but her Emilia’s expression didn’t straighten out, so it seemed that her doubts toward Illuen hadn’t been resolved.

Moreover, that evil face I saw on the face of the brave Balak…

I had met her many times, from the first meeting to the appointment ceremony to this launching ceremony, but it was an expression I could never see on his smiling merchant face.

It feels like showing his original face?

“Emilia, let’s go! We should have a party!”

“Ugh… Yeah…”

Lydia grabbed the hand of Emilia who was looking at the place where the hero Balak disappeared,

Emilia seemed to be being dragged away, but her eyes continued to look at the place where the hero had disappeared.

“Oh! Saintess! You are here!”

At that time, High Priest Radbod, who had finished praying on the podium, greeted the Emperor and Crown Prince as they returned to the palace, and approached Emilia.

“The high priest.”

“It is said that a banquet will be held at the imperial palace today to commemorate the launch ceremony. How? Would you like to go?”

“Yes?”

Emilia was about to ask something from the High Priest Rad Board, but had to shut her mouth again…

“Really!? A banquet at the imperial palace?”

“Yes. Nobles and royal families from the western part of the continent are likely to participate, so I think it will be a big event.”

“I want to go!”

At her words of banquet, Lydia stepped forward and revealed her will to participate, and the High Priest Rad Board smiled at her and replied.

“hahahaha, what would the saintess do?”

“Yes? Ah… I…”

“If possible, please come along. It is an opportunity to show the dignity of the saintess to the royal family and nobles of other countries.”

“That… That’s… High Priest… I have something to talk about…”

In the end, Emilia led the high priest of Rad Board to a corner of the venue and cautiously opened her mouth.

“Priestess… Did something happen to Iluen?”

“Yes? What’s going on? Aren’t you all right?”

“No… Not that…”

“What happened, our saintess, is this serious hahahahaha..”

Emilia suddenly tried to speak, but she couldn’t help but hesitate as she felt as if her body was blocking her from speaking for a moment…

“Emilia felt the energy of the undead.”

“Yes!?”

As Lydia intervened, High Priest Radbod’s face changed 180 degrees.

“What is that…”

“Lydia felt undead energy from Iluen. That’s why she’s been making that face ever since.”

“……”

Hearing Lydia’s words, the High Priest Radboud inspected Emilia’s condition with her hard face, then smiled again and slowly opened her mouth.

“It seems that our saintess has been very busy since the recent warrior appointment ceremony and launch ceremony. hahahahaha, the energy of the undead in the middle of this Great Hall. Ha ha ha ha ha.”

The High Priest Rad Board eventually started to laugh and laughed at her, and Emilia opened her hesitant mouth and told him everything.

“Isn’t it more suspicious that your eyes can’t focus… and you can’t talk…?”

“Ha ha ha ha, didn’t Iluen arrive yesterday? You’ve come a long way from the elven kingdom, so you must be tired.”

“That… And it wasn’t like the usual Illuen. Just your actions, your facial expressions…”

“hahahaha, Holy Lady. Until a few days ago, Illuen was confined in that arduous prison. Would you be in the mood for someone like that to walk around laughing?”

“……”

High Priestess Radbod’s answer seems to be trying to defy Saint Emilia’s claim somehow…

Lydia stood beside her, nodding her head as if her high priest was right,

With Emilia’s doubts still lingering, only a faint smile came out.

“That… Is it? hahahaha.. I guess I was worried for nothing. High priest.”

“hahahaha, that’s right. You were worried for nothing. So relax and enjoy today.”

“Yes…”

“Maybe Illuen-sama will return to normal sooner or later.”

“Yes…”

Even Emilia, who usually believed in what the high priest Rad Board said, she didn’t have that thought at all today.

“Um… I’m just spending today alone with Lydia. Let’s go. Lydia.”

“Huh? Why~ Emilia~ I want to go to a banquet~”

Emilia eventually grabbed Lydia’s hand and headed inside the palace instead of her. Lydia wanted to go to the banquet, so she expressed her intention to reject it, but she was useless.

*****

“Hero~!!”

A few days have passed since we left the Principality of Alsmeyer, and when we arrived in the Kingdom of Argen, we were busy preparing for war…

This is because the demon army in the western part of the continent withdrew and all headed to the northern part of the continent.

Therefore, the kingdom of Argen gathered an army and prepared, and reinforcements arrived from the Fjord Empire along with war materials.

“Princess, how have you been?”

“Hero! Why are you here so late!? Do you know how much I missed you?”

The welcome to our party began with Clara’s excessive skinship, and Edwin was just coming out behind her.

And…

A familiar face behind Edwin…

“Princess Cecilia?”

“Welcome. Warrior.”

“Ah… You haven’t returned yet?”

Princess Cecilia, whom we thought had returned to the Fjord Empire during the long time we were in the Principality of Alsmeyer, came out of her palace, and she couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Yes. Ho Ho. I have a lot of work to do…”

He said he had a lot to do…

I don’t know why I’m exchanging notices with Edwin.

“Hero! You know. Those two are suspicious!”

“Yes? Suspicious?”

“It’s like the two of you are dating. Just the two of us walking around the garden every day and making eye contact while eating… How suspicious!”

After learning the truth from Clara’s words, I had no choice but to open my ax eyes and look at Edwin.

“Uh… welcome… Carlos…”

After making eye contact with me, Edwin couldn’t stand it and looked away…

I looked at the sky to avoid eye contact with me, then I looked at the ground, then I looked at the place where the soldiers were being reviewed…

Suspicious behavior to anyone…

“Everyone, don’t do this here, go inside!”

Princess Cecilia, who was glaring at Edwin with an awkward smile, tried to take my eyes off her, but she also looked suspicious.

In the meantime, Clara looks at them and notices her…

Even on the way to the restaurant in the palace, the distance between Edwin and Cecilia seemed very close…

In the middle, Edwin looked at me and fell off, and after a while, Princess Cecilia approached and clung to me…

Anyone could believe that they were lovers.

The restaurant was fully stocked with food that we had prepared ahead of time, but

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Edwin and Princess Cecilia.

“Yes!! We are dating!!!! Stop staring at me now!!!”

Edwin’s voice, which he couldn’t stand, echoed through the corridor as well as the restaurant, and our party members, including myself, had no choice but to put on a surprised face knowingly…

While Edwin was shouting, Princess Cecilia, who naturally approached him, was leaning on his shoulder.

“Woe… Princess…”

The one who was more surprised than anyone else was Irene, who jumped up from the spot and was surprised by the appearance of Princess Cecilia.

Even though he had been attached to the princess the longest among us, it seemed that he was quite surprised to see her like that.

“Actually, we too!!”

At that time, in this situation, Kir came up to me, took one of his arms and said to Edwin.

“We decided to date!”

“Kir… What is that…”

“Why? If we slept together, wouldn’t it be okay to go out?”

Kir was glaring at me as if to remind me of the past…

I, too, have not forgotten what happened that day.

“It seems like the two of them were just sleeping and dating! And that’s because Kir-sama unilaterally went to the hero’s bed!”

At this point, Clara jumped up from her seat, shouting at Kir.

“Why? Do you want to sleep with the hero too?”

“That… That is…”

“And you think I just slept? The two of them take off their clothes and lie in the blanket… Eup!!!”

I hurriedly shut Kir’s mouth…

It was the same when I saw Clara’s face, which looked like she was about to cry, and I had no choice but to stop her because I thought she would say all sorts of strange things if I left her like this.

“Yo… Hero.. Ji… Are you real?”

“Princess, it’s a misunderstanding. Nothing happened that day. It’s just that Kir came to my bed and slept on his own.”

I made an excuse to appease the tearful Clara, but…

It seemed that it was already too late to appease her…

I don’t know why Kir, who is laughing evilly at Clara, looks so mean today.