Solo Swordmaster

#185. The feeling of losing the country.

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Rose Sea Serpent.

She was a great princess for the Blue Dragon Clan.

At the same time, he was a respected chairman of Jormungand’s staff and a count loved by all the people of the British Empire.

Compassion that does not spare generosity.

Sincerity, faithful to one’s duty.

Cleverness that made the company stable.

Even leadership that leads others.

It was not easy for anyone to find flaws in her who had everything.

That’s why those who follow Rose always thought about it.

Among the seven princesses of the Seven Dragons, the most perfect princess would be Rose.

And just being able to follow her made them proud of themselves, saying that they were extremely lucky.

But at this moment.

The perfect princess, whom everyone admired, felt a sense of shame knowing that she was an idiot.

“How could this happen…”

I could have accepted it once.

It was true that Lucas hadn’t been able to sleep properly for nearly three months because of insomnia, and of course he was tired enough to worry about.

But that was until then.

As she had gotten enough sleep the day before, her fatigue had already been relieved.

But again, Joe was being fooled.

It was something that Rose was ashamed of, even mysterious.

‘It’s possible that Sir Lucas secretly fed me sleeping pills… No, that can’t be the case.’

Lucas is an upright knight.

If he was worried about her, he would bring a doctor or give him sleeping pills and recommend that she eat, but he was not the kind of person who would secretly do such a thing.

That’s why I’m not even sleepy.

I wonder if it was made by the green dragon clan or the creative lord.

From the beginning, it was the existence of the princess of the Seven Dragons that ordinary poisons and drugs did not work at all.

‘There’s no way it’s magic or skill.’

For the same reason, the possibility of being influenced by magic skills and sorcery was low.

Putting her to sleep without even giving her a chance to resist is impossible, even for a sage or a monarch.

Even if it was possible, there was no reason to play such a prank because the superhumans of the absolute class had nothing to do.

‘Then is it because of that too?’

Rose looked out the window.

It’s hard to believe, but aside from other possibilities, there was only one thing I could think of.

That’s why she deliberately kept the office with the window wide open.

‘…If you listen to it today, you’ll know for sure.’

Rose shook her head lightly and focused on processing the paperwork again.

Finding the cause of this strange occurrence was important, but there was a lot to do to fill the void left by the last two days of dozing off.

I was looking through the documents.

Finally, the sound she had been waiting for came.

Giing –

‘Finally.’

Rose put the paper down at the barely audible sound of the violin outside the window.

Then he closed his eyes and raised the psionic.

‘It doesn’t seem like it has any special power after all.’

It was an expected result.

There are many musical instruments and skills that produce special effects just by making sounds, but her psionics must have reacted to such power first.

However, his condition was not particularly strange.

Psionics are calm.

The heart beats silently.

It’s just that everything is comfortable…

It’s peaceful.

…It was the moment when it was confirmed that there would be another half-day hole in her tight schedule.

* * *

‘It was a mistake…’

Rose reflected on her mistake.

The sound of the violin made me fall asleep in the first place, but I listened to it with more concentration.

Rather, he fell asleep earlier than the previous day.

Thanks to that, I was able to confirm that the sound of the violin was the culprit that made my work go haywire for several days.

What was unknown was the reason.

‘Other people don’t seem to have this, so why am I the only one doing this?’

I wonder if there is anyone like myself who has fallen asleep listening to the sound of that violin.

It was she who even gave instructions to Lucas to check.

But the results were not satisfactory.

A few servants admitted to dozing off during that time, but none slept like Rose every day.

Well, if everyone who heard that sound fell asleep, the county would have turned upside down a long time ago.

‘It’s probably because of the accumulated fatigue.’

Ultimately, Rose concluded that it was all due to fatigue from sleep deprivation.

Even if I slept soundly for two days, the fatigue would not have completely disappeared.

In the meantime, it was understandable that it was easy to fall asleep if the tension in the mind and body was relieved because of listening to the comfortable performance.

‘But that ends today.’

click.

Rose put down her finished coffee cup.

Then he checked his body condition and smiled.

condition is perfect.

I even drank coffee just in case.

At this level, even if you hear an orchestra performance rather than a violin performance, you won’t fall asleep.

Rose, who was fully prepared like that, confidently started working with the window open, as if to come and see.

Giing.

and that evening.

Rose’s maid had to be puzzled when she was asked to get better coffee from the blushing owner.

* * *

‘I shouldn’t have trusted coffee or anything like that.’

Rose reflected repeatedly.

In the first place, there was no way that coffee’s awakening effect would work for her, as neither medicine nor poison worked.

Even though I knew that, I just drank coffee for mental comfort and didn’t take any measures other than that.

Sleeping again was a natural result.

‘I can’t help it. I have no choice but to force myself to sleep tonight.’

In the end, Rose tried to solve the root cause of everything: lack of sleep.

I was reluctant to increase my sleep time during this busy time, but at least sleeping at night was better than sleeping during the day.

So she changed into pajamas on time for the first time in a while and lay down on the bed.

and on the morning of the fifth day.

Rose, who stayed up all night with her eyes open, had a new realization.

How reckless it was for him, who was already suffering from insomnia, to try to sleep again after taking a nap.

I was depressed for a while because I was wasting my precious time.

In the end, Rose had to put all other things aside and concentrate on handling the ever-increasing amount of paperwork.

‘What should I do?’

But that’s until morning.

Finally, after lunch, when the hour approached, Rose looked at the wide open window and lost herself in agony.

It takes a day or two to be confident.

To be honest, I couldn’t believe I couldn’t fall asleep while listening to that performance.

‘Should I just close the window?’

In fact, it was the most perfect solution.

If you fall asleep just because you’re listening to the performance, it’s fine if you just don’t listen to it.

‘It was a method I didn’t want to use because I felt like I was losing somehow… but it’s difficult to be behind in work any more than this.’

After hesitating, Rose finally closed the window.

A meaningless sense of pride and duty. It was clear which of the two should be prioritized.

She didn’t have to worry about sleeping any longer, and she finally handled the paperwork with a sense of peace and comfort.

…No, I made up my mind to do that.

Glance.

‘It’s almost that time.’

Glance.

‘Have you already started practicing?’

Glancing.

‘I don’t think it matters as long as I listen to the performance for a while.’

How would a puppy do this when it finds out that a delicious bone is on the cupboard?

Rose, who had been looking through the window every time she turned over the papers, gradually shortened the gap and eventually stopped her hands altogether.

Thinking that the performance might have already started, the cozy feeling of listening to the performance kept coming back to me, so I couldn’t concentrate on my work.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been suffering from such a nervous feeling that I don’t know the reason.

Rose suddenly raised her head.

“…That’s right, a knight shouldn’t run away from a match.”

What are you fighting against and what are you going to win?

While muttering words she didn’t understand, Rose threw down the papers she was holding and jumped up from her seat.

‘Just 3 minutes… no. Let’s listen for 5 minutes and close the window. Then I won’t be able to fall asleep.’

From justifications to listen to the violin, to strategies to win the game.

Rose, who took care of everything perfectly, approached the window without hesitation.

Without realizing that once they had already closed the window and once tried to open it again, they had suffered another mysterious defeat.

So Rose opened the window wide with anticipation.

Rumble Kwa Kwang!

“…”

…It was right after that that thunder and rain began to pour.

It was a long time later when Rose, who had been looking at the sky with a lost face, sullenly closed the window again.

* * *

“Julia, I’m a little confused.”

“What do you mean?”

“Weren’t there no gazebos in this garden until yesterday?”

“None.”

“…But why are you here now?”

In the middle of the garden where Julia and I used to practice violin.

Limon is dumbfounded when he sees a Western-style pavilion with a roof resting on eight marble pillars that suddenly appeared there overnight.

Julia gave him a timid answer.

“They said it was built in a hurry under the Count’s instructions.”

“why?”

“Um… maybe because of an upcoming event. Because of that, the count family is also preparing many things.”

“That’s right, do you usually build a building overnight?”

“Plenty of money makes many impossible, if not all-powerful, possible.”

It’s been a while since I clicked my tongue at the overflowing amount of money, thinking that someone might not be the Seven Dragons.

Limon crossed his arms and said.

“Well, thanks to you, we can practice here even if it rains now.”

“You don’t need to worry about that. The weather forecast said it would be sunny for the next week.”

“Then you won’t need it.”

It took a while to smile bitterly at Limon, who changed his attitude like flipping his palm.

Julia put on a worried expression.

“Anyway, I’m worried about the Count.”

“Blue Dragon Princess? why?”

“I heard that you are overdoing it these days. It was said that it was difficult to see her face at all in the afternoon.”

“okay?”

“yes. At least yesterday, he showed his face, but he said he was haggard as if he hadn’t slept for several days. He kept wandering around the count’s house as if he was anxious.”

“Hmm, that’s a big deal.”

Limon was puzzled.

It was hard to understand that she had become so haggard in just a few days, knowing better than anyone how strong the princess of the Seven Dragons was.

‘Is it because of the witch murder case? Because of the work with the magic lord? Or is there something else?’

How big of a problem did the Blue Dragon Princess, who had the perfect reputation for, look like that?

Deep in thought, Limon finally shook his head.

‘Well, the blue dragon clan are the kids who are struggling. He might be doing some weird shoveling alone.’

Anyway, Limon kept this information in a corner of his head.

It may seem insignificant at first glance, but it could be an important clue if you gather even these small pieces of information.

It was clear from the fact that the Blue Dragon Princess was overdoing it these days that something unusual was going on.

“Now then, shall we start practicing today?”

Giulia, who had no way of knowing what Limon was thinking, smiled and pulled out his violin, and Limon was ready to play along to her.

It was then.

That’s when I heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice from behind.

“oh! you you!”

“huh?”

Maybe he came to clean the gazebo.

Seeing the man holding a cleaning tool in one hand and pointing a finger at him with a somewhat angry face, Limon put on a puzzled expression.

“What are you pointing at?”

“what…? You bastard! Don’t you think you don’t know who I am?!”

“What are you that I need to know?”

Limon asked sullenly.

I don’t know if it’s a person like a monarch.

Even if he pretended to be uninterested in the president or king of a country, there was no way he would know about a man who was a servant doing chores.

It was Yuna-kyung who recognized him.