Chapter 44 – Royal Road

Diego stepped up from his seat.

“What are you talking about?”

Diego looked straight at Ed and Arin and shouted.

“I’m going to live with my mom.”

Everything was over. Ed knew Diego would oppose it. Ed knew that Diego would not follow this path because he was worried about his mother Sophia. Ed decided to tell him everything that happened. Then, Ed spoke.

“We’re going to the royal road. We will go to a well-protected place and give Sophia a new store. She will live a new life there. And Diego, you have something to do with us.”

Diego looked at Ed. He lived a decent life in the slums, but he remembers how painful it was for them after Juan left. Diego thought for a while and looked out the window. Diego, who was looking far away through the window, opened his mouth.

“I have something to do?” “Yes.” “Then, after that, am I free?” “Of course.”

He didn’t know long he needed to be with them, but of course, he’ll be free.

“I’ll come back here once I’m done. With my mother.”

Maybe it was because this is a place where memories of Juan remain. As Juan said if the magi remaining in Diego’s heart becomes strong enough to wake up, he could become as strong as the great demon, and become the ruler of the slums like Juan. Ed nodded insignificantly. If he makes such an achievement, he can do whatever he wants.

“Sure.”

Diego smiled when he heard Ed’s definite answer.

“I see. What do I have to do?” “I’ll tell you later. Let’s go to the royal road first”. “The royal road?” “Yes, the royal road.”

The royal road has a pen-dragon. It’s time to go there.

Diego got into the carriage that exudes sacred power.

Then, he got motion sickness all day and decided to sit next to Doug. It was almost impossible for him to stay in the carriage, probably because of the magi in his heart.

They were on their way out of Kalim City and to the Royal Road Benzelov, not knowing when Diego’s powers will wake up. It took about eight days by carriage from Kalim City.

That’s how the carriage trip began for him. On the first night out of Kalim City, Ed looked around while on the roof of the carriage.

Arin and Sophia decided to sleep in the carriage, and Thane decided to sleep with Doug by making a small tent outside the carriage. He was close to the carriage, so it didn’t seem particularly dangerous.

Then Diego whined and climbed onto the roof of the carriage. Ed, who was cleaning his equipment on the roof of the carriage, looked at Diego approaching.

Diego approached silently, looked at the arrow Ed was holding from the roof of the carriage, and looked far away at the forest surrounded by darkness. The campsite was a forest a little further away from the city.

Diego, who was born in the slums of Kalim City and had never left his hometown. Everything was new and exciting to him, but Juan’s absence was hard on him.

That’s why he went looking for Ed.

Ed picked up his arrow and looked with his right eye to check if the arrow was bent or deformed. Diego looked at Ed silently.

Ed returned the arrow to the infinite arrow barrel and looked at Diego.

“You can’t sleep?”

“Yes.”

Ed stared at Diego. Diego’s powers would certainly help if it blossomed, but it was difficult to know what ability Diego actually has. Ed thought for a while and pulled out a luxury dagger on his waist. He thought Diego would need it more than himself.

Ed took the dagger out and held it out to Diego. Diego received Ed’s dagger and asked.

“Can I take this?”

“Keep it for self-defense.”

Diego thought the dagger was too valuable to be used simply for self-defense.

It seemed that it was not an ordinary object.

“But we’re traveling with a holy knight. Why would I get into danger?”

Ed laughed at his words and stood up.

“There will be a time when you need it.”

Ed took an arrow out and pulled the bow to the fullest and flew it toward the darkness in the forest. It was as if the arrow was being sucked into the darkness.

Kyaaaaaaaa!

When he heard a scream, Ed sat down again and said.

“It’s the mission of a holy knight to punish demons and beasts all over the world. The path of a holy knight is not that easy.”

They had to deal with the beasts without sleeping at night but Ed didn’t have to tell him about everything. He just had to realize what the future would be like.

“Demons and beasts?”

He was raised in a slum, but Juan, a senior demon, was the ruler, so he would not have seen a single beast until now. However, he looked nervous as if he were scared to fight against demons and beasts.

“This is a secret from your mom, okay?”

Even if Sophia knew Juan was a demon, Diego could not have welcomed him if he had to live a life of fighting demons or beasts. Diego couldn’t tell if Ed was joking or telling the truth.

On the first day, Diego, who seemed to be terrified, was getting used to it little by little because he didn’t see any demons near the carriage on their way to the royal road for eight days.

So he started to joke around soon. Unlike, in the beginning, Sophia has now definitely recovered her energy and began to smile faintly at Diego’s jokes.

Perhaps thanks to their escape from Juan’s death, the atmosphere of the group has also brightened up a lot.

“Hey! Are you up?”

Ed closed his eyes leaning against the back of the carriage and slowly opened his eyes.

Perhaps because the royal road was getting closer, many carriages were passing by, so Arin did not practice her combat skill, and stayed inside the carriage.

Ed opened the door of the carriage and climbed up to the roof of the carriage.

“Why?” “Can you see that? That’s the royal road.”

When Ed heard that, he looked at the walls of Benzelov. The height of the wall could not be compared to any city he has visited so far.

It was much taller than the walls of the Kingdom of Dalia. It looked like it was 50 meters tall.

Although they were still quite a distance away, they could see the wall clearly. Ed smiled in vain at the tall wall.

“That’s incredible.”

In the Middle Ages, he didn’t think much about buildings, but the most outstanding buildings in modern times were buildings built in the past.

Things like pyramids and the Great Wall of China.

In that respect, that wall itself deserved to be written in history. Thane also stuck his head out of the window of the carriage and smiled.

“That wall is called the iron wall in the kingdom of Travia because it is so strong.”

Indeed, the kingdom of Travia was powerful and large in terms of territorial size. It boasts twice the size of other kingdoms. Their power is overwhelming as their land is very fertile.

However, once they take over the kingdom of Dalia, their land may be reborn as the Travian Empire soon.

As the number of carriages increased, it began to stagnate. Doug picked up the whip because he thought something had already happened. As the speed of the carriage increased, there was a disturbance.

There are other carriages, but the carriages were glancing and sneaking away. Maybe because the blue glow was coming out of the carriage. The carriage ran along the divided road as if the Red Sea was splitting.

Diego, who was watching from the driver’s seat, shrugged and said.

“That’s cool.”

He must have never experienced this in the slums. Ed laughed and looked at the wall that was getting closer. As they got closer, he felt overwhelmed by the height.

The demon era was a time when demons were rampant, but humans dominated the continent. It was a world where humans are in the front row.

He met Juan, a higher rank demon, but as expected, humans are strong too. Especially when you see a wall like this which was built by humans.

The carriage reached the wall without restraint. Then it stopped in front of the soldiers.

However, when they saw the card Doug took out of his arms, the soldiers pushed the other carriages aside and opened the way. Ed saw that and asked Thane.

“What did he show them?”

“It’s a royal pass. It’s from the Pen-dragon.”

Only then did Ed realize that he was overwhelmed by the appearance of the wall and forgot that he had come to meet Pen-dragon.

The main character of the Demon’s Age 1 and the only person you can meet now.

He’s on his way to meet him.

“Are we going straight to the palace?”

Thane shook his head.

“You don’t have to go straight to the royal palace. The Pen-dragon is out hunting now and is not home. It might take three days to get back.”

Thane said with a smile.

“First, let’s go home.”

Ed was looking at the royal road on the roof of the carriage. It is a place with crowds that are incomparable to other cities. There was a sidewalk next to the carriage’s street, and a large crowd passes by.

It was a spectacular city that was incomparable to the past cities. The boulevard was wide enough to allow four carriages to travel back and forth. The reality came to mind as there were full of carriages.

It’s been more than a year, but as he felt the traffic jam, the earth came to mind. Ed smiled bitterly at the appearance of the Earth and raised his head. The royal palace seen in the distance was also on the royal road. The royal palace, built on the hill as if looking down at everything, had the dignity of the ruler.

The carriage ran along the boulevard and turned left at the intersection, and soon, they noticed large mansions. These large mansions on the royal road looked really expensive.

It was the size of a large mansion of the lords. The carriage, which had been wandering between the mansions, slowed down. Compared to other large mansions he has seen, these were several times larger. First of all, he could see a high fence and fir trees rising above it.

The soldiers guarding the door checked Doug and opened the door. As a large iron door opened, fir trees lined up from side to side, and a large mansion caught his eye. Ed admired seeing him drive the carriage inside.

“Thane. I didn’t know you were this rich.”

“I just use this as a vacation home. This is the Pen-dragon’s house.”

Somehow, he thought it was too big. Indeed, when they went inside along the fir tree path, there was a circular intersection.

It was said to be a separate building, but it was so big that it could be considered the mansion of a lord.

As the carriage stood in front of it, Diego couldn’t keep his mouth closed.

“Is this Thane’s house?”

When the carriage stopped, Thane, who opened the door of the carriage, patted his back and replied as if it was no big deal.

“This is my house.”

Thane got off first and looked back. Seeing Sophia get off while being assisted by Arin, Thane pointed to the mansion with a cane.

“And now this is Sophia and Diego’s home.”

“What?”

Thane casually continued to speak.

“This is the safest place on the royal road, so why don’t you guys stay here? I want you to take care of the house while I’m away.”

Sophia couldn’t answer Thane’s words. Diego got of the driver’s seat and held

Sophia’s hand. Sophia carefully spoke out, holding Diego’s hand.

“But…”.

“If you stay here, wouldn’t Diego be relieved?”

As Sophia turned around, Diego nodded.

“Mom, stay here. I’ll be right back after finishing my work.”

Sophia reached out and touched Diego’s cheek. Does this little kid know what he’s going to do? She only vaguely guessed, but she could see that it was necessary for him to get true freedom.

Sophia wrapped herself around Diego’s shoulder and looked around the mansion. A place reminiscent of a lord’s mansion. She wondered if she deserved to stay in a place like this, but Diego decided to stay here so that Diego will not worry about her.

There were many people in the mansion, including the butler and the maid, and the meals they prepared were satisfying because they were freshly baked bread and warm foods, unlike what they had outdoors for eight days.

Sophia’s room was several times larger than her house in the old slum, and there were plenty of beds.

Diego slept in Sophia’s arms. He thought he needed to leave a lot of good memories with his mom because he won’t be able to see her again until his work is complete.

While Diego was sleeping, the ring in his hand moved, and the seeds in Diego’s heart began to develop.