"What?!"
Theo looked at him in surprise.
Son-in-law of the Grand Duke's family?!
He knew very well how much Keisha loved Lavinia.
After Keisha and Theo left the Imperial Army and came here, they took care of Lavinia from a young age, even though they were military men, and would make time for her every now and then.
Because Grand Duke Vonberg was always busy.
Therefore, Lavinia obeyed them as well as her uncles.
She would even come to visit the front unit, spend time with the soldiers, and masterfully learn simple drills.
Lavinia was different from all the other noble ladies who were like hothouse flowers, and Kesha loved her very much.
Moreover, there was a reason for Keisha to love Lavinia so much.
"Are you serious?"
When Theo asked, Keisha answered.
“I'm serious.
As I said, if he can withstand around 700 monsters with his bare hands on the second day of training, wouldn't he be the person capable of protecting not only Miss Lavinia but the Grand Duke's family as well?”
“That's true, but...”
“Well, like I said, that's close to impossible.”
After Keisha finished speaking, he stood up and asked him.
“Now that the training is over, shouldn’t we go together to see?”
“…Even if you don’t say, I will go.”
Theo stood up without complaining and gathered the medicine bag and home visits bag.
Even if the Suggestion Charm was cast, there must be a lot of infected people.
As a military doctor, he of course had to go with them.
When they reached the border of the barrier in the open forest square, Theo and Keisha took out their swords from their waists.
That was to deal with the remaining monsters.
"Why is it so quiet?
It's time for the remaining creatures to appear."
When they had entered a little further, the fallen boys appeared.
But the monsters have not appeared yet.
That was when they arrived inside the open arena.
“Colonel, what is this...?”
Theo's eyes widened when he saw hundreds of corpses of monsters piled up like a high mountain.
Keisha's eyes widened as well.
“Is it possible that they wiped out all these monsters with their bare hands on the second day of training?
What the hell did that do?”
At that moment, a loud salute was heard.
"You came!
Loyalty!"
Illya appeared before them and gave a military salute.
Besides it, there were Linux, Yusar, and Axion.
There was a wound on Axion's arm.
Theo asked with a shocked face.
“Are you the one who eliminated all the monsters?”
"Yes, this is correct."
When Elia answered, Theo opened his mouth in surprise.
He couldn't believe it.
Eliminating all of these monsters means eliminating all monsters from the front area connected to the portal.
This was not easy even for trained soldiers.
On the other hand, Keisha, without showing any sign of surprise at all, looked at Elijah and asked.
“Unit Commander, who killed the most of them?”
“This...”
Elia couldn't answer right away.
Honestly, she didn't know exactly how many monsters she or Axion had taken down.
She destroyed everything she saw before her eyes with only one motive: to break Axion's pride.
At that moment, Axion took a step forward and answered.
“Erhan Trengen.
He has eliminated the largest number of monsters.”
Elijah's eyes widened and looked at Axion.
Did he admit his defeat himself now?
But Axion was looking at Keisha without any change in his facial expression.
Upon hearing those words, a smile spread across Keisha's lips.
“Understood.
This concludes today’s training.”
•
“This is all thanks to you, Erhan.
If it weren’t for you, we would all have become disabled.”
Yusar praised Elijah.
And Lennox supported him for his part.
“That's right.
I didn't do anything...
Yusar at least helped with the bomb.
If it wasn't for you two, one of my arms would have been cut off and I would have been kicked out.
Haha.”
Elia replied to Lennox, who was laughing uncertainly.
“Lennox, what is this nonsense you are talking about?
Your role in this training was not small at all.
If you had not found the magic trap so quickly, a disaster would have occurred.”
This was not just a beautiful consolation, but a truth.
Lennox was able to locate the trap faster than expected, allowing them to do a good job.
“Really…?
Were you really helpful…?”
At Elijah's praise, Lennox's face looked very touched.
"So, don't underestimate yourself too much.
You can definitely become an excellent soldier.
Otherwise, you wouldn't have been called to this place in the first place."
"Ahhhhhh, Elle!
Thank you really for saying that!"
He was clearly so sincerely touched by her words that he was in tears.
“From now on, I will do anything for Elle!”
Lennox hugged Elijah as he cheered.
When his body touched hers in this sudden embrace, Illya felt flustered.
Then Yosar quickly sent Lennox away.
"That's enough.
I'm not a kid."
“Sorry...
I couldn't control myself...”
Lennox apologized as he watched the others' reaction, while Illya let out a sigh of relief and winked at Yusar in thanks.
Yusar smiled broadly as he looked at her.
'Fortunately, this person exists.'
Although it is a cooperative relationship based entirely on mutual interests, he has sometimes supported it.
Elijah looked around.
This was Lennox's room.
She had stopped by a few moments after finishing dinner, to check whether a response had arrived from his parents.
The design of the room was identical to hers.
But above the table, there were family photo frames on display.
'Oh my God, five big sisters!'
His sisters surrounded Lennox, the only son, like a curtain around him.
The Lennox sisters were all beautiful, delicate and innocent-looking.
It was hard to believe that they would beat their younger brother to death if he did not obey their words.
At that moment, a pendant hanging above the largest photo frame caught Elijah's attention.
“Lennox, isn’t that obsidian?”
Lennox nodded.
“Yes, that's right.
It's a gift my parents gave me before I enlisted.
They told me I'd be safe if I kept it.”
Is it some kind of amulet?
Elia continued speaking in a cheerful voice.
“There's still obsidian left, then.
In our village, there was a crystal mine, so obsidian was the featured product before the monsters invaded.”
"truly?"
“Because it is black and beautiful, in our village they made all kinds of different decorations from it.
Even the eyes of the dolls I used to play with when I was young were made from it.”
Then Lennox asked cautiously.
“Elle, did you play with dolls when you were little?”
Ah, when I saw the obsidian, I felt happy without realizing it, and I spoke without thinking!
While she was hurriedly trying to find an excuse, Lennox exclaimed with a bright face.
“You also loved playing with dolls!
I did too and I played with my older sister every day.”
Thanks to Lennox's feminine flair!, the crisis was fortunately overcome.
“Of course, my other sisters would say it was unmanly and make fun of me, and they would rip off all the dolls’ heads and arms...”
Were the other sisters, except the eldest sister, thugs?
“By the way, this is the first I've heard of a doll with obsidian eyes.
It must be very beautiful.”
While Lennox was muttering, Yusar asked him.
“By the way, Lennox, did you hear back from your parents?”
Then, Lennox answered in a worried voice.
“The strange thing is that the response is delayed.
Did something happen at home?”
Something has really happened.
Yusar suggested to him.
“If you're that worried, how about you call them?”
“Okay...”
After they left Lennox's room, while Yusar was taking Elijah to her room, he muttered.
“It's really funny.
He has become the youngest son of the richest family in the empire, and yet he doesn't know this fact himself.”
"This is to be expected.
We are in the army here."
Elia defended Lennox.
Even if something huge happened outside, they would know absolutely nothing if they stayed here.
Then, Yousar smiled wryly and said.
“Anyway, by tomorrow, everyone here will know what happened to their family.”
"how?"
Yusar replied.
“Because I left the newspapers on the dining table after I finished dinner tonight.”
"Why?
Lennox might not want that."
“It doesn't matter.
Anyway, it's something they'll find out in time.
And...”
Yusar added sharply.
“To make others can't ignore it like they do now.”
At first glance, it seemed like an action entirely aimed at helping Lennox, but Illya didn't see it that way.
“You are trying to declare that they should not touch not only Lennox, but also us who accompany him, and even more so, the project we intend to undertake, right?”
“You really understand things well, Elijah.”
Yusar looked fixedly at Ilya, who was hitting the target accurately and boldly.
Every time Ilya clearly read what was on his mind with that beautiful face, Yusar's heart would beat in a strange way.
Not only that, wasn't she the one who took down monsters in extraordinary, admirable ways, and defeated Axion today as well?
He had come here to become the son-in-law of the Grand Duke's family, but without knowing it, his instincts were surprisingly drawn towards Elijah little by little.
He smiled very sweetly at Elijah.
Illya asked, feeling concerned.
“What are you thinking about again?”
“Do you want to know?”