I Didn’t Save You To Get Proposed To - Chapter 61

Ixion was sitting next to Elsia’s horse, Beth, who couldn’t get up properly, and adjusting the leg bones. When it rolled with Elsia, it must have been pulled a little.

If he is engulfed in a curse, he is bound to suffer anyway, so it was a reasonable choice to send Elsia to Isis and send her as far as possible.

He will be able to survive somehow. His legs are uncomfortable, but he brought his bow anyway.

To be honest, it wasn’t that he was at loss alone in the woods, and he was still wounded.

If he was unlucky, he would be left alone until dark, and he couldn’t even guarantee her life if he ran into a bunch of wild beasts.

Nevertheless, he didn’t want Elsia to suffer even the slightest bit.

“Anyway…..”

Ixion laughed to himself.

“It’s true that you were stronger than me.”

He himself had nothing to say when the Emperor’s vision appeared, but Elsia spoke her words back to her brother.

“I’ll do my best to live happily next to the good people I care for and love.”

Wouldn’t it be great if he could be among those people?

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a voice above his head.

“Prince?”

It was a well-groomed young man with round glasses.

“Duke Roziad.”

The young man got off his horse and bowed.

It was Ridan Roziad, who had recently become Duke. He was even accompanied by a few servants.

Ixion heard his voice and asked suspiciously.

“Didn’t you scream earlier?”

“Ah, yes…”

Ridan humbly scratched the back of the head.

“It may be hard to believe, but it seems like a strange aura of black smoke is passing by.”

He seemed to have encountered the mist of curse they had been searching for.

Anyway, Ridan’s scream caused Beth to trip on her feet, and the situation had come this far.

“Prince, did you fall off a horse?”

At Ridan’s words, the servants around him hurriedly approached him, supported Ixion, and even made Beth stand up.

“I didn’t fall off the horse, but it’s true that both of us were injured.”

Ixion said while being supported by a servant.

“Anyway, thank you, Duke. Was the Duke also participating in the hunting competition? You didn’t seem to see the return firework.”

“I don’t like hunting. I’m just coming.”

Only then did Ixion realize that Ridan’s expression was strangely stiff.

He also remembered that Elsia called him a friend.

“Then why did you come across the forest in such a hurry?”

Ridan bit his lower lip for a moment, then sighed in reply.

“To see Elsia.”

“…She was going to go up to the capital soon anyway.”

“To see her soon.”

Ixion was engulfed in a strange feeling instinctively.

It’s very unpleasant and unsettling, just like seeing Niel….

Niel is such a playboy, so just looking at him made Ixion feel bad, but Ridan Roziad was an honorable nobleman recognized by everyone.

From an early age he was rumored to be mature, and he had no scandal in the social world.

Ridan also said firmly whether he didn’t like Ixion very much.

“First of all, you are seriously injured, you should move quickly.”

“Let’s do that.”

Anyway, in this wide hunting ground, it was impossible to pursue the Emperor and Elsia with Ridan’s crowd.

Ridan, who had been moving silently for a while, spoke up first.

“Prince.”

It looked like he had been trying to call him after a long time.

Originally, Ixion didn’t have any acquaintance with Ridan, so he waited quietly, wondering if Ridan was such a bland person.

“Are you marrying Elsia…?”

“….What?”

“You come up to the capital together…”

“Oh, it’s not like that.”

Ixion answered honestly. In any case, for fear of being decisively rejected, he had no choice but to tell the ambiguous position he had chosen.

“It’s just… I came with her as a friend.”

“Is that so?”

Seeing the smile on Ridan’s face, Ixion regretted his answer.

***

I was nervous about Ixion, but Isis was running somewhere.

I was worried that we had entered too deep, but surely Isis was not going without a reason.

How far we ran, Isis stopped its steps.

“Oh no! Who are you, Lady?”

I was surprised and forgot to show courtesy.

“No matter how long I waited, no one came, so I was nervous, but this is good.”

“Gre, greetings Your Majesty the Emperor.”

I hurriedly got off my horse and greeted the Emperor quickly. It was the Emperor I saw earlier in the stream.

He looked like what Ixion would be 30 years later.

Although he was a middle-aged man, he was handsome with distinct features and plentiful black hair.

But now he was leaning on the tree with his horse, blankly.

The Emperor said with a smirk.

“I was chasing a deer, and I came in too deep, but I used up all my arrows. The other people who came with me didn’t come no matter how long I waited.

The ‘others who came with you’ most likely to have returned after hearing the sound of the return firework.

There wasn’t really any choice. I don’t like it, but I said with a forced smile.

“Your Majesty, please come back with me.”

I never imagined that I would be alone with the Emperor like this.

“The introduction is late. I am Elsia Evgeny.”

The Emperor’s eyes widened when he heard my name.

***

Ixion was able to return to the base camp thanks to Ridan, but Elsia and the Emperor had not yet arrived.

He was receiving treatment while reprimanding the nobles who were with the Emperor.

“What?”

Hearing the report of the noble Lords who were with the Emperor, Ixion frowned and asked as if it was ridiculous.

“At the west end? With a Zetopo incense?”

“…..Yes”

“And, you’re the only ones who came, leaving the Emperor behind?”

“The return firework exploded…”

The two Lords, who were fighting for 1st and 2nd place in the hunting competition, rolled their eyes as if anxious.

The Emperor went with the young and strong Lords, so he must have dismissed his escorts as well.

If it was ‘Zetopo incense’, it was an item that attracted wild beasts.

Perhaps as the end of the hunting competition drew near, he even used an item out of competitive spirit.

If so, the wild beasts might flock to the place where the Emperor is now.

“Ah… Then His Majesty the Emperor could be really in danger.”

“That’s… the Zetopo incense was suggested by His Majesty first…”

Perhaps the Emperor would have gone to the depths of the forest with a bunch of high-ranking Lords to take a good look.

As in the hunting grounds, they would repeatedly scatter and gather, but when they disperse, the return firework must have exploded.

The Emperor could not handle the sword well, nor was he very good at horseback riding.

Of course, even if Isis was there, he was also worried about Elsia. Because she was also far from having much fighting power.

“I’ll have to go back.”

“It’s not possible.”

A member of the Knights Order, who was silently treating Ixion, immediately spoke.

“Soon it is getting dark, and your wounds are severe, and there is no Isis.”

“Then release the knights. As time has passed, the mist of curse must have weakened as well. Find His Majesty and Elsia right now.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Aiden, who was restless, immediately answered and left Ixion’s barracks.

Ixion sighed and touched his forehead.

Had he known it would be like this, he would never have taken Elsia.

“It’s always the same.”

He sighed.

‘When it’s crucial, Elsia always saves me…. Then it is she who will be in danger…..’

When he recalled the terrible time when Elsia entered the cave of another world, he could still feel his blood rushing upside down.

“I can’t do anything.”

He prayed to a god he did not believe in, hoping that she would come back safely and overturn his expectations, as she had always returned with a smile.

***

When the Emperor heard my name, he looked at me with a complicated expression at first, then looked at me suspiciously and asked.

“Elsia?”

The Emperor frowned and added.

“Princess Artize?”

“Ummm… like in the old days.”

“What are you holding?”

“Mah.”

At that moment, as he had his eyes on White, questions arose.

I thought for a moment and answered.

“It’s my pet.”

“A pet? I’ve never seen anything like that.”

“I brought it from another world…”

“Then is it a monster?”

“Well…..”

I sighed and added.

“In the old days.”

“Mah.”

The Emperor looked at me with a somewhat untrustful look.

I’m not happy with this situation either, but I had to let him know that we had to go back together anyway.

“A wizard went on a rampage and there was the return firework. The Prince and I came here to find Your Majesty, in case Your Majesty might have gone too deep. Everyone must have returned, so please leave quickly with me.”

“Well, then, I guess so. But Lady Elsia, your appearance has changed a lot.”

The Emperor said as he got on his horse.

“I think I understand why Ixion suddenly turned the capital upside down to get married.”

“Well….”

Isis took its own direction again and began to move its steps. Seeing that it was the opposite of the direction we had come so far, it seemed like we were really returning.

It was just a brief conversation with the Emperor, but in his personality, he didn’t seem to have any particular resemblance to Ixion.

He seemed to have a younger mental age than he was now.

The Emperor in the stream, who was apathetic to Ixion, seemed to be somewhat dignified, but when I met him, he seemed to be a light person, but there was no such thing as dignity.

“But where is Ixion?”

“He separated from me because of an injury.”

I wanted to find Ixion, but there was no way.

As I answered anxiously, the Emperor clicked his tongue once.

“He’s clumsy. He got injured while he came to pick me up? Unlike me…”

“…..”

“If he had come, I would have been relieved, but is Lady a little good at martial arts? I can’t see arrows or swords.”

“No.”

I answered honestly.

“The only thing I know how to do is divine magic.”

“It’s not a helpful power. I’ve used up all my arrows, so I’ll just hope a wild beast doesn’t appear.”

The sword was still on the Emperor’s waist, so I asked as if wondering.

“You have…… a sword, right, Your Majesty?”

“I’m not good at swordsmanship. This is for decoration.”

I opened my mouth wide. No, then who the hell does Ixion look like? First of all, the terrible fact was that we both had no fighting power.