I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

86 – The Elf Queen

“A rush?”

“An army of elves who have crossed the northern border are heading here to the capital!”

“Coming here… what is that…”

Since there had been no contact from the Elf Kingdom before, Edwin and I were unable to grasp the situation, and the anxiety was only growing.

“Your Majesty, what should I do? Shall we send an army to stop them?”

“No.. Let’s wait and see…”

“But… It’s too much for that…”

With the hope that it wasn’t Edwin, he seemed to be self-respecting so as not to provoke them,

On the contrary, the magistrate was anxious and at a loss of what to do.

I was also ambiguous because the elven kingdom had never invaded a human kingdom or a foreign country before.

If they entered our kingdom like this without prior notice, it would only look like an invasion to anyone.

“Edwin, let me go.”

“Kalos, you?”

“Yes. Wouldn’t it be better for me to go out rather than respond with the military?”

“Hmm… Ok. Then do it.”

Edwin agreed with me, as if he thought there was no other answer, and I prepared to go that way to go in the direction of the elven army.

*

Three hours away from the royal capital…

I was waiting for them when they said that if you wait this far, you will encounter an army of elves.

Of course…

With Karen as my watchdog…

“Hey, Karen? Do you have anything else to do? I heard that the Dark Elf intelligence department is busy these days…”

“Yes. I am very busy.”

“Then don’t mind me and go to work…”

“That’s not okay. It is impossible to keep an eye on the hero because it is our top priority.”

I’m not trying to do anything suspicious, I just told Karen out of pity for following me and not being able to do her job because of Kir’s insistence…

Karen didn’t know how I felt, and instead she was looking at me with more suspicious eyes.

Just like that, the two of Karen and I stood at the corner of the road where the elven army passed by, without a single word of private conversation.

I talked to Karen to change the atmosphere somehow.

“Doesn’t Karen regret that she betrayed the Demon King and came over like this?”

“……”

At first glance, Karen’s silent answer seems like the first time she met Irene.

Not a word came out of Karen’s mouth despite my question,

I just gave up and tried to stand on the street where silence flowed again, just in case I was ignored by Karen.

“I regret it.”

A single word came out of her mouth belatedly.

“Ah…”

“However, when I see the captain happy, I don’t feel that way.”

“Really? Didn’t Kirr laugh a lot in the past?”

“….. It’s not that I don’t laugh often, I’ve never seen a smiling face.”

I’ve never seen a smiling face…

Well… Kir, whom I met when I was with the ex-hero party, always had a hard face.

Faces that seemed very angry because they couldn’t be said to be hard faces…

I still can’t forget.

However, in those expressions, you can always see a sad face, so he might have been the enemy he was most attached to.

“Since I met the hero, the days I smile have increased, and I can no longer see my old self. That is why I am here.”

“Here…?”

“Yes. My duty is to keep an eye on him so he doesn’t cheat with other women.”

“Hey… Karen… Anyone who sees me would think I’m a playboy who goes out with this girl and that girl…”

“Aren’t you a flirt?”

What kind of image do I have to people to see… I wonder if the image of a playboy came about…

“Not enough of the former warriors party members, the current warriors party members and Princess Clara… Isn’t this enough of a flirt?”

“…..”

I couldn’t even explain anything to her, and in her embarrassment, I turned my head away and avoided her gaze with her.

How long has it been since…

A group of black people began to appear over the horizon, and the closer they got, the more their identities were revealed.

Archers with long bows and elven knights appearing to escort them came in,

Above all, in the center of this group was a wagon that was more luxurious than any other kingdom’s wagon.

And Karen and I walked to the center as if to block them to stop their advance.

Chin.. Chin!!

After a while…

The entire elven army stopped marching and stopped in place, the sound of their footsteps shaking the ground like a mild earthquake.

The man who seemed to be their commander came forward and looked me up and down.

And… After a while…

“Aren’t you a warrior?”

“Uh…? Marquis Runiel?”

Marquis Runiel, who had come as an envoy to the Elf Kingdom a few days ago, appeared among them and approached me with a friendly face.

“What have you been up to here!”

“Marquis de Lunael, why are you here? With this many troops?”

“Ah!! Of course, there was a danger in the kingdom of Argen, where the hero and Lucia lived, so we brought our troops.”

“Yes!!?”

“Even that, Her Majesty the Queen, who is riding in that carriage, brought it by hand.”

Marquis Runiel pointed to the luxurious carriage in the middle of the group and spoke.

“Then why didn’t you contact me in advance?”

“hahahahaha, we thought we were in a very urgent situation and came here in a hurry…”

As Marquis Runiel said, I thought that it must have looked like a very urgent situation from a foreign country’s point of view.

The Eritrean Imperial Army has already reached the border and the border has been blocked.

For the purpose of final defense in the capital, on the way from the border to the capital, they built a fortress and set up traps to stop them.

“But how did the hero know and greet you directly…”

“I heard that a large army passed through the northern border, so I came just in case.”

“hahahahaha, when did we elves ever invade a foreign country? Ha ha ha, this is sad. Warrior.”

“Sorry. It’s a very sensitive situation right now…”

I apologized to Marquis Runiel for greetings and then went to formally greet the queen.

But…

“I don’t think this is something the hero should apologize for. Even if the Elves do not invade other countries, it is only natural that they must obtain permission from the other country when crossing the border. Rather, shouldn’t the elves who came in without such permission have to apologize to the hero?”

“……”

Me and Marquis Runiel, who were about to walk pleasantly, were speechless at Karen’s words from behind, as if they were dumbfounded by honey.

After a while, the two of them exchanged only awkward laughter and tried to dismiss Karen’s words as nothing.

“This… First… Let’s go say hello to the Queen.”

“…..Yes.”

Of course, I can’t say that Karen’s words are wrong, but as I know the character of the Elves, I just tried to get over it.

Because it would have been better for me to just apologize and move on quickly than to break their pride…

Leaving Karen behind, the luxurious carriage arrived after passing through the troops following Marquis Runiel…

It was such an amazing carriage that the closer you got, the more you could feel the majesty of the Elf Queen.

“Your Majesty, the hero came to meet you personally.”

When Marquis Runiel spoke to the carriage,

After a while, the carriage door opened and a very impressive woman with long blonde hair that fell below her waist in a white dress that seemed to be dragging on the ground got out…

From the beauty of her face to her body and behavior, everything was so graceful that it left a strong impression as if a goddess had descended from the sky.

“Meet Her Majesty the Queen. My name is the hero Carlos.”

“You are a warrior. I have heard the rumors and know them well. Listening from inside, I think you were surprised by our rudeness… I apologize for that.”

When the Elf Queen bowed her head directly at me, Marquis Runiel was confused and at a loss for what to do.

“Hero, if you don’t mind, would you like to ride with me in the carriage? I have some stories to tell.”

“Ah… Yes.”

After the Queen said her words, she took the lead, and Marquis Runiel, who was taken aback by the Queen’s sudden decision, guided us.

That would have been the case…

The Queen’s Carriage Forbidden area for ordinary men…

Even elves, who are of the same race, are stipulated by national law that men are not allowed to approach them unnecessarily.

In this situation, it was very unusual to invite a human male who was not an elf to the wagon, and it was shocking to the elves who value discipline.

The Elf Queen got into her carriage first, followed by me, and Karen tried to ride too, but

Marquis Ru Niel stopped her and she couldn’t even get on.

The carriage was luxurious on the outside, and the inside was the same.

While I was looking inside the carriage, the queen poured her a cup of tea on her table and began to open her mouth.

“It is a great honor to meet you, warrior. We should have met at least once beforehand, but we couldn’t because we had circumstances.”

“Yeah… I’m sorry. Your Majesty, I should have visited you at least once…”

“No. She probably didn’t try to meet her, but prevented her from meeting her?”

The Elf Queen is talking…

I didn’t listen to her queen for her information about the person she was, but I could get a rough idea of who she was.

“What are you doing now after escaping prison like that…”

As the queen sips her cup of tea, she is worried about Iluen, who has escaped prison and disappeared…

I couldn’t sympathize with her concerns about her queen because I don’t have fond memories of her.

Instead of…

“I have something to ask of the hero… Can you listen?”

In a situation where I didn’t know where to look because of her beautiful looks, I quietly closed my eyes as I couldn’t bear the burden of her face looking at me earnestly asking.