Chapter 405

There are many people following me, but some people just pick fights with me for no reason. Most of them seem to be thinking that if they surpass me, who is famous as the next hero, they can at least take a bit of my popularity. Or maybe they are guys who want to push me around because their favorite girl is following me. It has become a daily routine to deal with fan clubs and fights everywhere I go. Ellen and Herriot are still avoiding them. Herriot seems to be crying alone, always with swollen eyes and a hat pulled down. Ellen knows that I have been to dangerous places and will continue to do so. She can't stop me on those days, and it's hard for Herriot to watch. Olivia often left the dormitory, saying she had been given a mission as an Inquisitor of the Holy Order. In fact, she had already passed the age of graduation, and she could get credit for her external activities alone, so the Royal Class dormitory was nothing more than a place to sleep for her. Ellen and Herriot were depressed, and Olivia was trying to provoke the demon lord to target her more than me. It didn't make me feel any better. Stress is everywhere. And when stress accumulates too much, hair falls out. "Ah... X...". Before going to bed at night, I took a shower and saw the blonde hair in my hand and couldn't help but freeze. When I lifted my hair, I found a circular bald spot. I didn't want to reunite with this kind of thing. Why are you appearing in my life again? Didn't we break up forever? "Hoo, hoo...". Let's concentrate. The circular bald spot was filled with hair in real-time. The ring of immunity to permanent hair loss. Dreadfend's ring saved my life. I am a god! The god of hair loss! No, if I were the god of hair loss, I would be the one losing hair, so should I call myself the god of hair? I am a god! The ruler of hair! You can fall out more! I'll fill it up again! I almost had PTSD for a moment, but Dreadfend's ring saved me. It's unfair to be stressed, but if your hair falls out, you become depressed not twice, but squared. It's not addition or multiplication, it's squared. If I didn't have this ring, I wouldn't have been able to enter the temple in the first place. If I didn't have the ability to restore my hair, wouldn't I have been the first bald hero in history? Thank you, Sarkagar. You are a loyal servant. -Knock, knock, knock. And frighteningly, when I returned to my room, a sparrow was tapping on my window. When I opened the window, the sparrow came into the room, and when I closed the curtain, Sarkagar transformed into her usual elegant maid appearance. "Nice to see you..." "I love you." -Whack! "???". Sarkagar was startled when I suddenly hugged her. "You are a loyal servant of the century! A great loyal servant who will be remembered in history!"

"Thank you for restoring my hair! No loyal servant in the world has ever solved their lord's hair loss!"

"Uh...yes! Yes! I love you too, my lord!"

Sarkagar, not understanding English, hugged me and patted my back.

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Sarkagar had come with her own business, but she was curious about my sudden behavior, so I explained the reason to her.

"...You're saying your hair fell out?"

"...Yes."

Despite my thinking that hair loss was a serious matter, Sarkagar, who could transform at will, seemed to not understand at all and tilted her head.

"Anyway, it is a great honor that the ring of our clan solved your problem."

"No, I am the honor."

Sarkagar seemed even more confused as I almost prayed.

"I came to tell you about the contact with Owen de Getmora as instructed before, but..."

"Oh, right. That."

Sarkagar began to take out the matter she had in mind.

"The imperial family seems to have accepted our words for now, but there is always a possibility that they do not believe us."

"...That's probably true."

There is always a possibility that the imperial family will consider the previous Lajien attack as a retaliatory attack. Even if we have a secret conversation like this, we are still enemies. It's inevitable.

"We need to find the followers of the Masin religion faster than the empire."

"That's right."

The race has begun.

If we find the Masin followers later than the imperial family, they will be destroyed.

If I find them first, I can put them under my feet.

I have to think about whether there is a need to put them under my feet, but there is no need to let the Masin followers rampage unnecessarily.

If I want to use them later, I will use them, but for now, I need to contact the Masin followers to prevent them from rampaging.

"According to my own information gathering, the empire is estimating the Masin's foothold to be in the southern part of the continent."

Sarkagar said carefully, as if she had investigated separately. As an imperial noble, Sarkagar could have access to the imperial family's information.

Of course, I am the same.

Southern part of the continent.

Of course, as the unit is a continent, it is difficult to count the countries and territories that can be included in the word "southern" as they are too vast.

Southern.

"If it's the south, Gyeomyo's Gaju might know something."

I heard that Galarsch was based in the Gelkorghis Desert in the southern part of the continent.

Of course, the scale is too large, so the probability of not obtaining valid information is very high, but for now, it was the only way to collect information centered on Galarsch in the current situation.

"I'll have Lucynil convey my opinion to the council, so you can go back now."

"Yes, my lord."

I watched Sarkagar, who had turned into a sparrow again, fly out the window. Whether the empire is first or we are first. I am better than Sarkagar at accessing information from the palace. I am a warrior. I can obtain information from the empire faster than Sarkagar can. We need to decide whether to dispose of or use the Masin followers if we find them. Since the day they talked about their engagement, Ellen and Reinhardt no longer eat together at midnight. They don't fight or have serious conversations anymore, but something feels off between them. Ellen is waiting for someone who won't come and spends a lot of time sitting in the restaurant, lobby, and training ground. She wants to talk to Reinhardt and be friends again, but their relationship has changed. She is afraid of saying something she can't take back and hurting Reinhardt. Therefore, Ellen wanted to talk but held back and couldn't bring herself to speak up, just like Reinhardt who couldn't finish what he wanted to say. Reinhardt's fame as the owner of Alsbreinga has already spread throughout the temple, with students from the Royal Class dormitory and even regular class students crowding in front of his dormitory. Ellen knows that this fame will eventually become a double-edged sword for Reinhardt. She wants to help him but knows that he wouldn't want her to interfere in dangerous situations. So Ellen just sits there, not knowing what to do, hoping to run into Reinhardt. She thinks about how everything that's happening is because of the danger Charlotte is in. If Reinhardt made an unfortunate choice, his engagement could be canceled if it means securing Charlotte's safety. If that happens, Ellen wonders if she can be by Reinhardt's side again. She thinks about how to keep Charlotte safe and wonders if she can do it. In the middle of the night, Ellen visits Charlotte and asks to talk to her. Despite being surprised, Charlotte can't refuse Ellen's urgent request. Charlotte was sitting on the terrace in her nightgown with a coat on, while Ellen was in her training clothes. Charlotte felt guilty about Reinhardt and also had similar feelings towards Ellen. Ellen was hesitant to speak up to Reinhardt about his fame and wanted to help him. Ellen visited Charlotte in the middle of the night and offered to become her knight to ensure her safety. Ellen was willing to do anything for the empire and for Charlotte's safety, even if it meant canceling Reinhardt's engagement. Charlotte was in a difficult position and felt uneasy about Ellen's desperate expression. It was up to Charlotte to decide whether to accept Ellen's offer to become her knight. "If I refuse and turn away from those desperate eyes, Reinhardt will be engaged to me. 'Please... please...' If I turn away from those tears, 'I'll... ask you like this...' There may be a bigger future to look forward to. However, Charlotte knows. She has lost to Vertus. Even if it is known that the soul of the demon king is within her, whether she is the sister of a hero or the princess who married a hero, it doesn't matter. She relies on Vertus' mercy. She always becomes Reinhardt's burden. Rather than a husband and wife relationship, the relationship between a knight and her lord is better. 'Yes, be my knight.' Charlotte smiled at Ellen. 'In return...' Charlotte smiled at Ellen. 'This is the first and last time I will yield.' She doesn't want to be satisfied with a cowardly victory, she wants a real victory. This is not giving up. They will cancel the unfair race and start together this time. A knight who has no loyalty to her lord. A lord who is jealous of her own knight. The strange covenant of loyalty has just begun."