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âSuââ\n\nâWait!â\n\nAs I nodded and raised from my seat, suddenly Captain Jullius intercepted my words and stood up.\n\nâMiss Epheria isnât at fault on todayâs matter.â\n\nCaptain Jullius did put out the lights but I initiated him to do so. He didnât have to plead for me to this extent. My Captain Jullius is too kind as a person.\n\nâSo, donât blame Miss Epheria.â\n\nâI have no intention to blame Miss Epheria.â\n\nOrtzenâs eyes casted a suspicious glance at me.\n\nâEven if I was to blame her, with that personalities of hers, Miss Epheria will still be fine.â\n\nWhat..? I also could get hurt! Thatâs why emm⌠emmâŚ. I donât remember it well but Iâm sure I have been hurt before. Anyway, I also had something to say with Ortzen seperately, so I held Captain Julliusâ hand who was worrying about me and said.\n\nâIâll be fine. I can just run away if the situation wasnât in my favor. Ortzen is weaker than me anyway.â\n\nâ⌠but stillââ\n\nâDonât worry honey. You can sleep first. Didnât you hardly sleep these days?â\n\nObviously Ortzen is many times stricter than Sofia. Captain Jullius lightly shook his head to my words.\n\nâIâll be waiting for you.â\n\nâIâll return quickly.â\n\nI felt bad to leave him when he said heâll wait for me. Because I still havenât moved and instead caressed Captain Julliusâ hand, Ortzen who has reached the dining hallâs door, frowned upon seeing what weâre doing.\n\nâCaptainâs hand will worn out.â\n\nâIt wonâtâ\n\nâIt wonâtâ\n\nâ⌠then, are you going to do that all day?â\n\nThereâs no reason for not doing so, but I canât do this now for any longer. I canât help but to released my hold from Captain Julliusâ hand and went after Ortzen. He left the dining hall and entered an empty room. After he lit up the fireplace inside the unused room, Ortzen turned around to look at me.\n\nâHave a seat first.â\n\nâI hope the talk wonât be long.â\n\nCaptain Jullius is sleepy! As he sat on the table, he opened his mouth.\n\nâMiss Epheria, what do you think of Captain Jullius?â\n\nHuh? The question was a bit off. I thought youâre going to ask me about the Countâs family or my reason for wanted to meet with the High Priest.\n\nâHeâs strong.â\n
Just by the fact that he succeeded in killing the demons who made contracts with human, -which means that the demons were at least equivalent to demon kings-, without possessing any holy power, and even crossed the Black Desert at such young age, -although not by himself but possibly with Clauen-, proved his strenght and capabilities. Thereâs a great difference between having holy power or not when fighting against demons. For example, if the holy sword was still in its best condition, let alone the previous low-level demon king, I could even defeat an advanced-level demon king in one-on-one battle.\n\n(T/N: the previous low-level demon king was the one who casted the curse on Silla/Roel. Fyi, the demon kings are classified based on their strenght, so thereâre lots of demon kings out there~)\n\nBut, I couldnât say the same in Captainâs situation, even if he had Callitus at that time, I doubt he could won over those demons. He might have a chance to win if he made a surprise attack rather than directly confronted them. Thatâs because, thereâs no other way to block the demonâs magic unless you counter it with holy power. He would be able to endure the demonâs magic if heâs in a state of full blessings of holy power.\n\n(T/N: remember that every month he received blessings by the High Priest as a protection charm against any curse, etc.)\n\nOn the other hand, if I were to fight against Captain Jullius while he has Callitus, then itâs likely I would suffer a loss. The chance of him winning with Callitus in his hands is 8:2. But if Callitus is in my hands⌠emm, maybe our chance will be half and half? Or maybe my chance of winning will be 6:4. If both of us used ordinary swords, then I think it would be more advantageous for him.\n\nAh, I would like to fight against him just for once, but unfortunately itâs impossible now.\n\nâNot something like that, but Iâm asking about your feelings towards him.â\n\nâFeelings? He is a good person. A very kind person. I think he suits me very well. I like him.â\n\nâDo you like him enough to have a real engagement with him instead of a fake one?â\n\nââŚâŚ huh?â\n\nI widened my eyes in surprised at Ortzenâs words. Have a real engagement? Why a of a sudden?\n\nâUh⌠so now, you want me and Captain Jullius to get engaged and married for real?â\n\nâYou can think that way.â\n\nâ⌠why? No. If you want to talk about something like this, shouldnât Captain Jullius also be here? We canât just decide it by ourselves without the presence of the involved party.â\n\nAt my words Ortzenâs face had an expression like he has an upset stomach.\n\n(T/N: 체íëŻí íě ě ě§ěë¤ is an idiom that literally means you have facial expression like someone who has an upset stomach. This idiom is used in uncomfortable situation. You could say the face you made when youâre in an awkward situation)\n\nâI mean, I said these because there wonât be any problem even if the other involved party is not here. Because Captain wonât refuse either.â\n\nâI also know that, but still this is not rightâŚâ\n\nEven if heâs a scarecrow, when weâre talking about the other partyâs important event in his life, we have to involve him to have a sit and talk it out. You canât just decide it for him behind the scenes, right? I never thought Ortzen to be this kind of persâ ah, was he always this kind of person? He used to be a criminal after all.\n\nâBecause Captain has suffered a lot during his early age, his satisfaction level is far below average compared to the things other people could wish for.â\n\nAll of a sudden, Ortzen started to talk something out of the topic. Did he know about Captainâs past? I think he knows as much as how an aide should have known about his superior.\n\nâIf he can eat three meals a day, avoid any rainstorm, and without having any threats on his life then he is already satisfied. In other words, heâs a gullible person.â\n
The words âeasy to exploitâ was something similar Iâve heard before from my deputy. He said that I should be grateful because I was protected by a fence called âthe churchâ. But no matter how I think about it, my character wouldnât be like this if I was just an ordinary commoner woman without any holy power.\n\nâHis Majesty the Emperorâs real intention to have someone with less social standing in the society to join the Special Task Squad is to have someone he could easily control. Anyway, even if Captain is being treated unfairly, he wonât make a big deal out of it.â\n\nâIâm not that easy to be taken advantage of.â\n\nOr should I say that thereâs nothing much on me to be extorted about. The High Priest wasnât someone manipulative, the eldersâ nonsense have been warded off by my deputy, and thereâs also the regulations stated that the church and the Imperial Court not to interfere in the other partyâs affairs unless necessary.\n\nWith a frowned, Ortzen continued to speak.\n\nâIf things goes on like how it is now, Captainâs marriage will also be decided by His Majesty, not by himself. And, any decent women wonât be able to act properly as Captainâs wife.â\n\nHmm, most likely they will be scared of Captainâs face and wonât be able to face him properly.\n\nâBut, you will get used to it after a long time. Living is actually a matter of adaptation.â\n\nEven I myself werenât scared not because I was born with such bravery. Iâm used to deal with raving monsters until I get tired of them, it was pretty scary at first. Even if sheâs just a normal girl, she will also get used to Captain after a while. People has good adaptability, right? Ortzen shook his head in regard to my words.\n\nâAfter she has adapt well, it will be more difficult from then on. Nine out of ten, His Majesty the Emperor will choose a noble lady from influential family as Captainâs wife. For those women, Captain will become a good prey. Whether they lead a lavish lifestyle or commit adultery, Captain Jullius can only watch from afar without doing anything.â\n\nT-thatâs right. I could imagine it that I almost couldnât help but sigh in the end.\n\nâBut still you canât be that sure that all the women in the world will just take advantage of Captain Jullius. Maybe they will make a good couple and get along well.â\n\nâOf course thereâs a chance that could happen, but the problem lies within the probability. Based on most noble women personalities, in addition to Captainâs background and character, itâs unlikely they will lead a normal marriage life. At best, they will be just a couple in name.â\n\nSuch cases indeed happened to many noble couples though.\n\nâAnd the biggest problem is if âthe wife in nameâ might try to control Captain as she wish. Once she get used to Captain, she can easily influence him.â\n\nHmm, thatâs definitely a difficult problem. Even if Ortzen could make a good counselor, but Captain Jullius is still the one who make the final call. Thus, the leaders of the knight squads to some extent should be bright. Captain Jullius and I were considered as unique case. The Holy Knight Squad doesnât really have to be worried about that, because our enemy is the demons, not humans, but the Special Task Squad is different. I wonder what could be the reason for His Majesty the Emperor appointed Captain Jullius, -who isnât adapting well in the society-, as the leader of Special Task Squad instead of anyone from the nobility. The Special Task Squad is a skill-oriented squad, butâŚ\n\nâCaptain Jullius needs to find a good woman.â\n\nâYes. Thatâs why Iâm asking you, Miss.â\n\nHuh? What⌠Ah!\n\nâI also donât know how to be a good wife.â\n\n
(T/N: kyaaa!!! Silla called Captain âhoneyâ >< the raw really wrote that ok?tl tried her best to stick as much as possible to the raws. And also I want to make an announcement for the release schedule. Initially I thought I would start translating book 2 in january and want to take a break before I restarted again, but I miscalculated. So next week there will be no update. Enjoy your last weekend in 2019 and Happy New Year in advanced!)