7. Has The Human Sword Saint Appeared Yet?
Inside the palace, a dragon maid who was a member of the royal maid team approached the Silver Dragon Queen, Xia Lulu.
She had red hair similar to Sera's, and her figure even surpassed Sera's in some ways. The two shared many similarities in their appearances.
This was Sera's sister, Lucia.
However, compared to Sera, who always maintained a polite smile, Lucia was much colder. She was not one for small talk and was decisive in her actions. The personalities of these two maid sisters were quite different.
"Your Majesty, I have returned. About the task you assigned…"
"Shush."
Xia Lulu, who had her eyes closed, raised her finger and placed it in front of her lips, signaling Lucia not to disturb her.
It seemed that Xia Lulu wasn't doing anything particularly important, just resting with her eyes closed.
Lucia silently stood by Xia Lulu's side, maintaining a standard posture, waiting for her master to call her.
After a long time.
Xia Lulu slowly opened her silver eyes and asked in a low voice, "Lucia, how long have I been asleep?"
"About an hour, Your Majesty."
"Lucia, I made you wait."
"Not at all, Your Majesty. This is part of my duty."
"Lucia, you didn't disappoint me, did you?"
"Your Majesty, I have completed the investigation into the past of the human Sword Saint Wright as you instructed. His experiences are indeed very complicated and unique."
Lucia explained methodically.
"Wright, the Sword Saint of the human race, lost his family at an early age. He spent his childhood in an orphanage in the Rhine Kingdom, where he was very popular. When the heir of the Schubert family in the Rhine Kingdom fell into a coma due to an accident, they chose him from the orphanage for his outstanding swordsmanship talent as a precaution. He was then adopted by the Schubert family, renamed Wright Schubert, and brought back to the Schubert family. For the sake of their reputation, the Schubert family claimed that Wright had Schubert blood and was the legitimate heir, and they concealed his past in the orphanage."
"What happened next?"
"Wright made continuous breakthroughs in the field of human swordsmanship, defeating many strong enemies for the human race, which brought a lot of honor to the Schubert family. He became the Sword Saint of the human race. Wright Schubert was supposed to be cultivated as the heir of the family, but an unexpected change occurred. The original heir of the Schubert family, who had been in a coma, woke up unexpectedly. This caused a big problem in the Schubert family, as they suddenly had two heirs."
"…"
"So, as you can see, the Sword Saint of the human race took on a task that was too bizarre for humans. He became a dragon slayer to defeat you, Your Majesty, and the consequence was his death after being defeated by you. This is the secret content I discovered when I infiltrated the Rhine Kingdom."
Lucia finished her narration.
After hearing this, Xia Lulu was somewhat moved.
So, from the beginning, he was not expected to return alive. He was just a pawn.
"What about the orphanage?" Xia Lulu seemed interested.
"The situation at the orphanage is not very good. Because of the Schubert family's concealment, even the people at the orphanage don't know that the child they once adopted is the Sword Saint of the human race. The Schubert family has long stopped providing assistance, and the orphanage is on the verge of closure."
"Lucia, support that orphanage in the name of the human Sword Saint. Provide financial support discreetly, don't let the orphanage close down. If anyone dares to harm the orphanage, kill them."
"…Yes, Your Majesty." Lucia was quite surprised by this order.
"Lucia, you did well on this task. What reward would you like?"
"I don't need any. Serving you, Your Majesty, is my greatest honor."
"You have something you want, your eyes have betrayed you."
Lucia was a bit embarrassed and remained silent for a moment. "…Your Majesty, please forgive my dullness. I really don't understand why you would go to such lengths to investigate an insignificant human, and secretly support that orphanage in the name of the human Sword Saint. Is there any significant benefit in this?"
Xia Lulu smiled slightly, "There's no benefit, just pure liking."
"Liking?"
"Yes."
If her own daughter wanted to run away from home, at least, she should have a place to go.
Xia Lulu thought.
…
Nighttime.
In Xia Yi's bedroom.
Sera had tucked the little princess into bed and was about to blow out the candle and say goodbye.
"Good night, Your Highness. I wish you sweet dreams."
"Sera, don't go yet, wait a bit…"
"Your Highness, you're not afraid of the dark, are you?"
"Huh!? What, what are you talking about, afraid of the dark! What a joke! I'm not, I, I am…"
Xia Yi pulled the blanket over half of her face, defending herself with a guilty conscience.
"I have to go to class tomorrow, and I think Sera will feel lonely without seeing me all day, so I decided to keep you a bit longer!"
Your argument is completely unconvincing, Your Highness.
Sera tactfully didn't point this out and just nodded.
"Then, Your Highness, I'll stay a little longer and wait for you to fall asleep before blowing out the candle."
"That's more like it, that's my good maid!"
Afterwards, Xia Yi chatted with Sera.
The content of their conversation wasn't anything special. It was mostly Sera sharing her experiences and telling Xia Yi about them.
As a little princess, Xia Yi spent most of her time in the dragon palace and rarely went out, so she was curious about the outside world.
But she never went out, even when she had the chance.
She was truly a homebody dragon.
…
"Huh…huh…huh…"
Xia Yi, who was half-asleep, felt a strange sensation in her heart. In her semi-conscious state, she heard someone calling her, which woke her up.
"Sera…is it you calling me…?"
She lifted the blanket and sat up in bed, but she was the only one in the room. Sera was nowhere to be found, and the candle was still slowly burning.
Xia Yi frowned slightly, "Why did Sera leave without blowing out the candle?"
She found it strange and called out a few times, but Sera didn't respond.
Sera had left her mistress without a word, which was the first time this had happened since Xia Yi had known Sera. As an excellent royal maid, Sera had almost never been negligent in her duties.
Xia Yi got out of bed, put on her slippers, and started to worry. She wondered if something had happened to Sera and began to look around.
When she passed by the mirror in her room, she froze.
The Reflection in the mirror was not of herself, but of a man in full armor, a swordsman. The sword held by the swordsman was all too familiar to Xia Yi, it was the Sword Saint's weapon, the holy sword Gram.
Xia Yi, shocked, widened her silver eyes.
"The Sword Saint of the human race…?"
Sending the champion of your race to his death just so he loses succession rights is wild. I guess they gave another 5 Sword Saints? And perhaps a few super strong mages here and there?
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