A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

099. Anhamuin’s Dwarf

Adelica took the lead in getting off the airship Skywilder that arrived near the mine.

“I will guide you, so please follow me.”

Sir’an followed her and whispered to Trine.

“Don’t tell Sia that you’re with Adelica.”

“of course.”

As the three of us approached the entrance to the mine together, a quite unusual scene unfolded.

There were soldiers blocking entry and exit right in front of the entrance.

For some reason, close to a hundred people were drinking alcohol right in front of them.

Adelica announced in a cold voice.

“All the drunk people over there are dwarves.”

Trine looked around at the dwarves carefully.

Although he is a bit short and has a fairly muscular body,

It was not a noticeable difference compared to an ordinary human being.

In fact, just by looking at their pointed ears, you would think they were elves.

To be honest, I even thought that Muscle was more dwarf than these people.

Besides, what should I say…

“Why is everyone wearing hip attire?”

Prince Siran asked Trine’s questions on his behalf.

From tank tops to baggy pants that ignore the winter season.

Some were even holding radios and moving their bodies to the rhythm.

Adelica answered, covering her forehead with her palm as if she had a headache.

“I heard that before coming here, I got my inspiration from a place called the Street of Arts in the Rohmer Empire.”

At that time, one of the dweebs, wearing overalls and a backwards baseball cap, approached Trine and the others.

Trine was confused as to whether it was a man or a woman.

Adeliki gently pulled on his sleeve and spoke softly.

“He is the leader of the dwarves here.”

“Does he look that young? As expected, the age of other races is completely unpredictable.”

“Be careful because she’s over a hundred years old.”

When the dwarf approached Adelica,

Suddenly, the bubble gum she was chewing stuck to Adelica’s bun.

“Kyaaa!”

“Don’t gossip about me.”

The dwarf immediately reached out to Trine.

“Lexida.”

“Ah, nice to meet you. I am Trine, the lord of Mount Theor.”

Lexi shook Trine’s hand several times with a fairly strong grip.

“What does the great Trine hero have for us?”

“Hey, I was thinking of bringing you all to my territory and asking you to do some work.”

“Okay. Go now.”

“Eck.”

Lexi turned around and shouted to the other dwarves.

“Everyone, we are going to Mount Teor! Pack your bags!”

Trine hurriedly stopped her.

“Wait, wait, wait! It’s still negotiations and we haven’t done anything!”

“You can do that annoying thing later, right?”

“Forgetting everything else, let’s talk about the lab.”

“What lab?”

“The Marquis of Aden said he was trying to build an explosives laboratory.”

“Damn it, that coward is talking nonsense.”

Lexi grumbled as she sat down on a nearby rock.

“I’m not trying to make a particularly dangerous weapon. It’s just an experiment related to civil engineering.”

“Are you sure?”

“Besides, it doesn’t really matter if a couple of mountains of Teor explode anyway, right?”

“It doesn’t matter…”

It was only then that I realized why the Marquis of Aden was so embarrassed by them.

Trine spoke to her as politely as possible.

“First of all, it’s not something I can decide on my own, so please give me a few days.”

“Don’t make us wait too long. Our crew members don’t have much patience.”

***

Once Trine returned to the airship, he sent a message to Queen Orlot.

Contrary to expectations that the discussion would be long, a surprisingly refreshing answer came back.

“If you really aren’t making weapons, I can give you permission, so just go ahead.”

“Thank you. Then, I will first invite the dwarves to the territory.”

“And is Sia with you right now?”

“I’m not here. What’s going on?”

To that question, Queen Orlot spoke in a sharp voice.

“If you go there, please tell me. If you don’t come back right away, I will pull out all your hair.”

Siran, who heard that from the side, asked.

“You didn’t tell Sia that you were here, right?”

From noble mtl dot come

“I’m not?”

“I did it.”

Adelica shrugged with a shocked expression.

Trine said, glaring at her.

“If you had been a little closer to me, you would have hit my head right now.”

“If that’s the case, you don’t have to decline, right?”

At that moment, a huge airship landed right next to the Skywilder.

Sure enough, Sia was riding it.

“Master! I missed you!”

As soon as Sia entered the Skywilder, she immediately ran to Trine and hugged her.

The title ‘Western Lady’ must have been used intentionally so that Adelica would hear it.

Trine asked, pushing her away slightly.

“You really ran away from home?”

“Because I wanted to see you as soon as possible!”

Next to me, Adelica sarcastically sneered with all her might.

“You’re so disgusting too.”

“Oh, how long have you been here, Adelica?”

“Were you afraid that your precious husband would be taken away from you?”

“Of course it’s scary. If it were you, you wouldn’t hesitate to kidnap the master and force him to sleep with you.”

As the atmosphere rapidly became more hostile, Trine eventually intervened between the two.

“Okay, now. Calm down. Sia, if you’re going to be like this, just go back.”

“Are you sure you’re taking Adelica’s side and not mine?”

He responded while stroking Sia’s head.

“I just don’t want my precious wife to lose her face over something like this.”

“…Hmph. I understand. I’ll stay calm for the sake of my husband.”

At that time, Lexi stuck her head into the airship and said.

“I was wondering what all the fuss was about, and even the princess came by.”

“Nice to meet you. This is Sia, the wife of the Marquis of Trine.”

Then Lexi looked at Sia and Adelica alternately for a moment, and then

“For some reason, doesn’t Adelica suit Trine better than Sia?”

Those words caused chaos inside the airship.

“Mr. Lexi?! What kind of nonsense is that!”

“Oh, do you have any complaints about me?”

“Don’t arbitrarily meddle in other people’s business, stay out of it!”

Lexi muttered calmly, picking her ear with her little finger.

“Those kids are noisy.”

Trine took a deep breath and spoke to Lexi.

“For now, we have decided to take you to Mount Teor.”

“It’s nice that things get done faster than you think.”

“Then I’ll get an order for an airship soon and come back-”

“Why are you doing such a troublesome thing? There’s another airship next to it.”

Sia responded immediately to those words.

“What makes you think I’m going to give you a ride?”

“That’s not your airship.”

“Well, that’s…”

“It looks like a military airship. Will there be any problems if we board it?”

Prince Siran responded in an annoyed tone.

“There isn’t one, so just get on that one. Sia, you’ll be following us anyway.”

In the end, the dwarves immediately boarded the airship that Sia brought,

Sia decided to stay on the Skywilder and go together.

Trine asked as the two airships flew toward Mount Theor.

“Xia, shouldn’t you go back to the palace?”

“Hehe, since we’re already out, I’ll just take a look at our nest.”

“Adelica, is it okay for me to come to the Marquis of Aden without saying anything?”

“I sent you a contact message, so it’s okay!”

Then Sia shot Adelica.

“Why on earth are you following me?”

“I’m only going because I’m worried about the dwarves.”

“Don’t even dream of setting foot inside our mansion.”

“Isn’t it you, Trine, who decides that, not you?”

Sir’an drove the ship and spoke to Trine.

“It’s an order as a royal. Coordinate these two so they don’t fight.”

“I think it will be difficult because it is beyond my abilities, prince.”

***

Regardless, the two airships landed safely in front of Trine’s mansion.

Trine said to Lexi.

“Well, how about staying at my mansion until your residence is decided?”

“I refuse unnecessary consideration.”

Lexi looked around and pointed to a nearby hill.

“Instead, can we use that hill as a base?”

“Yes, because there is no village there.”

“So, what do you want us to do?”

Are you asking now?

Trine cleared his throat once and then spoke.

“I want to build an underground passage connecting each village.”

“Okay. I’ll get started tomorrow.”

“Huh? Hey, what about that terrain survey?”

“You can figure that out gradually as you work, right?”

“No, but-”

“Do you know more about civil engineering than me?”

… It seemed like he would get harsher criticism if he argued for no reason, so Trine resigned himself to talking.

“How much construction cost do you need?”

To that question, Lexi closed her eyes for a moment and answered by taking a deep breath and exhaling.

“If you allow us to live here, we’ll treat it as a first-time service and give it to you for free.”

“Really? Are you serious?”

“We have been wandering around for over ten years looking for a place to stay.”

Trine knew very little about the dwarves.

However, I vaguely knew that they too had been through a similar situation to the elves.

Lexi muttered, looking up at the sky with a somewhat refreshing expression.

“For some reason, I felt like this land was the paradise we had been looking for.”

… An attitude that seems to take everything too easily.

But somehow, it seemed like he was a person with deeper thoughts than Trine thought.

“Okay. Instead, let’s let you all exercise your permanent residency rights like other residents.”

“call.”

Lexi immediately started heading towards the hill with the other dwarves.

Trine looked behind them anxiously and asked inwardly.

“Yumano-sama, was it the right choice to accept those people?”

‘There may be some problems, but in the end, I think it’s a good choice.’

At that time, the spirit intervened.

‘are you okay. Because dwarves are the race closest to our spirits.’

“That doesn’t sound okay at all.”

‘Do you hate me for Trine?’

“You know I didn’t mean that.”

***

That evening.

Trine had to urgently prepare a dinner at the mansion.

Thanks to the employees sent by Queen Orlot, the preparation itself was not difficult.

The problem was that the guests at the dinner were King Siandar and Queen Orlot.

King Siandar spoke to Trine.

“I’m glad that you seem to be adapting better than I feared.”

“Hahaha, thank you for your concern.”

“If you have any difficulties, please tell me at any time.”

“Yes, I will.”

“Of course, I will only listen and not help.”

In response to King Siandar’s grumpiness, Queen Orlot hit his side hard with her elbow.

Meanwhile, Sia and Adelica were sitting next to Trine, shaking with their heads down.

“Why on earth did you suddenly come?”

“Looking at it, isn’t it because you ran away from home?”

Queen Orlot said, glaring at Sia.

“Sia.”

“Yes, mother!”

“Have we ever taught you that it’s okay to keep your head down in a situation like this?”

“sorry!”

As Sia suddenly straightened her back, Adelica also straightened up.

“Didn’t I tell you to stay quietly in the palace until the academy starts?”

“sorry!”

“No matter how much you are family, you said that if you disobey the king’s orders, you will be severely punished, right?”

“sorry!”

At that time, King Siandar intervened.

“Don’t blame Sia too much. At least that treacherous Trine b*stard tricked her-”

“You stay still.”

“…….”

Queen Orlot said, glaring at Ivernen Adelica.

“Miss Adelica.”

“Yes! Oh, Queen Orlot!”

“I asked the Marquis of Aden, and he said you also ran away from home.”

“No! It’s not like I’m running away from home, it’s just-”

“Anyway, if the two of you are together, you still end up causing accidents.”

Sia and Adelica both got angry at those words.

“Mother! We are not friends!”

“I didn’t come here for Sia!”

“You’re both loud!”

In the end, the two girls nodded at the same time and lowered their heads.

“I told you to raise your head!”

“yes!”

“sorry!”

Trine secretly sympathizes with the two.

In the end, a spark flew out to him as well.

“Marquis of Trine. Don’t you think it’s problematic to bring ladies to the mansion too lightly?”

“Ugh… Haha, sorry. I was careless.”

“If you don’t take your status as marquis more seriously, you will get seriously hurt someday.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Prince Sirian was looking at the three with a flirtatious expression.

“Sir’an.”

“Ugh!”

“Aren’t you taking care of your younger siblings and friends properly?”

“No, mother, this matter has nothing to do with me-”

“Isn’t it your fault that Sia and Adelica are like this in the first place?”

“…Yes. I’m sorry. It’s all my fault.”

Queen Orlot looked at Sia and Adelica again and seemed lost in thought for a moment…

“Notwithstanding the others, I think I will have to punish Princess Xia and Lady Adelica.”

“yes.”

“I order you to work as an employee of the Marquis of Trine at this mansion until school starts.”

Everyone present was surprised by that statement.

But no one even dared to talk back to this charismatic queen.

“What is the answer?”

“Oh, I understand!”

“I will accept it!”

Trine smiled awkwardly and asked the queen.

“Hey, may I ask what your intentions were for such punishment?”

Then Queen Orlot answered calmly.

“Think for yourself. This is also your punishment.”