Chapter 14
14 – Aresha is curious.
If you ask what the measure of success in Korea is, eight out of ten people will answer that it is a car. The social context implied by a car is not simply a means of transportation.
Buying an expensive car is the strongest indication of financial success, and owning several wealthy cars is a blatant sign that a family has completely said goodbye to the plight of want.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s a game made by Koreans, or if it’s because the act of showing off economic power as a means of transportation is a globally shared feature, but this context was also used in ‘Legend Route’.
Wagons are private vehicles. In terms of relative value, it is much more expensive than a car.
Unlike the amount of private cars in Korea, which far exceeds one per household, wagons on the ‘Legend Route’ can only be owned by a noble aristocratic family or a bourgeois family with too much money to rot.
Wagons are a symbol of wealth and success, and the struggle of nobles to have more fancy wagons than other families is truly remarkable. Some say it’s the funniest war in the world.
It is not simply a luxury for the nobility to show off their wealth. This is because the nobility, especially the great nobility, is tested every moment to prove whether or not the prestige of the family is intact.
It is a cruel test in which those who fail to pass are eliminated. The forced struggle for existence is not the exclusive property of commoners or slaves.
All noble families never stop fighting for rank with other noble families from the moment they were created.
To protect the position of the family.
To protect the family lineage.
And to protect the interests of the family.
The Leoris family’s wagon was so good that it got a perfect score in the test and remained.
Four horses pull the wagon. It is 1.5 Times the body length of other horses, and has strong muscles. Its body is covered with pure white fur, as if it had just been washed, and a blue mane that reminds us of the sea. It’s a tough horse that doesn’t seem to give its back unless it’s a hero.
The price of each one is enough to easily buy one or two commoners’ mansions. If you line up the mare who wants to get seed, the royal road will lead to the outside.
The huge carriage pulled by four horses had a frame made of ‘flaming wood’, which is famous for being expensive among hardwoods. The wheels were imported from the western kingdom across the sea, the eaves and tiles that adorned the roof of the carriage were imported from the eastern kingdom, and the coachman was imported from the southern kingdom.
Simply building a wagon cost enough money to build a grand mansion, and it costs that much money every year to maintain the wagon. Parts have to be changed to keep the shiny exterior from fading, food for the picky horses has to be imported, and the coachmen are all highly paid workers who eat money like hippos.
It’s an enormous wagon that could bankrupt any aristocrat on the outskirts just by owning it for a year. Just by maintaining such a wagon, the Leoris family was able to prove their wealth to the fullest.
“Wow… !”
Sierra, who climbed into such a carriage, couldn’t stop admiring it from the moment she got on it.
I have never seen or heard of a carriage like this.
It is said that nobles live in a completely different world from commoners, and now I think I understand what that means. If he sold all of the organs of the backstreet thugs he lived in, wouldn’t he be able to buy the wheels of this wagon?
“John. I didn’t know that such a great wagon would exist. Look at this It looks like the carriage is bigger than my room!”
“Sorry Sierra….”
“Oh no! I’m not blaming John! Me, my room is much better than a carriage like this! This place smells like a new house, so it’s rather strange!”
“Miss Sierra. Do you have any discomfort?”
“Oh no! It’s super comfortable! I really like the smell of a new house!”
After being hit by a one-two punch from John and Sarah, Sierra drooped her shoulders and shut her mouth. Yohan chuckled as he saw Sierra, who was now crying.
Teasing Sierra was a lot of fun. This is because you can enjoy the gap moe of the original boss full of force to the fullest.
In just a few days, the rag girl in the back alley became as soft as a cat’s paw and as soft as cotton candy. Perhaps, that is her true face.
Sierra looked around her. There were a total of four people in this wagon that could easily fit ten people. Himself, John, Sarah Leoris, and….
“I am thirsty.”
Arsha Sword Horn.
Sara, who is called the future of wizards, and Arsha, who is called the future of swordsmen, ride in the same carriage.
She and she herself are next to him.
Sierra felt her self-confidence diminish in real time, even though she hadn’t been harmed. When you have such a huge mountain in your eyes, you can’t help but feel depressed. Their talents are talents, but what makes her Sierra even more daunting is their looks.
‘Leoris-nim is really cute like a doll. The trademark of the Leoris family is that redneck, right? It’s deep and red like dyed with roses.’
To put Sarah Leoris in one word, she was a noble doll. Like a girl doll made in the East, it was Sarah Leoris who fused nobility and cuteness together.
‘Sword Spirit is strong and disciplined. Besides, her body is perfect. Even among famous idols in the royal capital, it’s rare to see a body like that.’
Arsha Swordhorn was the owner of a cool charm that made even women exclaim. Unlike Sara, who seemed to embody a straight aristocrat, she gave off a rough impression, but she never felt cheap.
Arsha Sword Horn’s specialty was her body. Her figure was nothing short of the kingdom’s standard of beauty. Where she went in, she definitely went in, and where she came out, she definitely came out.
I get a strange feeling of insecurity when I’m around such attractive women. It’s a feeling she’d never felt before meeting John. Sierra clearly knew that the feeling stemmed from her fear of losing John to those women.
“Sierra. Look over there There is also a famous bakery in the royal capital. It’s our store’s rival. I’m going to start a fire on the night of the festival next month, so Sierra is on the lookout….”
However, John did not show much interest in the two noble ladies. He turned his eyes to himself, and his interlocutor was himself.
They have countless things they don’t have and can’t have. On the other hand, there is only one thing you have.
‘John’s kiss.’
Suddenly, someone in my heart started talking to me. If I had to forget John in exchange for changing my life with them, would I be able to?
Sierra answered in his mind. f*ck you.
“Sierra? Are you listening to me?”
“hehehe….”
A smile came out. She desperately controlled the corners of her mouth, not wanting to be seen as a fool.
“Ms. Arsha. I have sparkling water and apple juice. What do you like?”
There was a refrigerator in the Leoris family’s wagon. In addition to a refrigerator, various furniture is installed inside the wagon, so you can enjoy a comfortable trip.
“Apple juice with sparkling water.”
“Chef. Did you hear?”
“Four, lady!”
Of course, there was also a cook.
Arsha crossed her arms and looked at her Sara.
Healthy tanned brown skin and well-trained muscles.
The wavy black hair that hung down to her waist belonged to a noble noblewoman, but her rough, scarred hands looked far from the plants in the greenhouse.
What I can feel from the silent appearance is a cat with a strong personality, or an angry leopard.
The sharp eyes give off a subtle sense of intimidation, so he looks like the type who can’t talk easily, and he was actually like that.
The only place where Arsha’s eyes are directed is Sarah. The other two, John and Sierra, paid no attention, let alone made a statement.
“Oh, yes. I guess I didn’t introduce myself. He’s a bit blunt, so I’ll introduce him instead. This is Ms. Arsha Swordhorn. She is the daughter of the Sword Horn family. It’s a test unlike me.”
Arsha was a bit surprised by Sarah’s reaction to her self-introducing herself. She doesn’t seem to be the girl I used to know. Did she feel a bit lighter than usual?
“This is John Baker. My parents say they run a bakery in the capital.”
“The Baker family? I’ve never heard of it.”
“Ahahahaha. I am a commoner.”
To Arsha’s question, Yohan laughed lightly and answered. The answer made Arsha’s expression even more suspicious.
It is natural for a noble to invite a noble to a banquet. Even Arsha herself, she has been invited to banquets by other nobles many times, and she has invited other nobles to her own banquets many times. She was a typical training fanatic, but she was never the type to neglect her responsibilities or events as a noble.
By the way, a noble invites a commoner?
This is a rare situation. There is absolutely no reason for aristocrats to invite so many commoners as the baker’s son, unless that commoner is a bourgeois with enormous wealth or an expert with brilliant achievements.
By the way, that man, a commoner named John Baker, was invited to a banquet by Sarah Leoris. It was the moment when Arsha’s attention shifted from Sara to John.
“Arsha Sword Horn.”
Arsha’s self-introduction was plain and plain. If she had been an aristocrat, she would have been told that it was against the rules of etiquette even with such an introduction. Of course, she is an extremely polite self-introduction to common people.
“This is John Baker. This is my friend Sierra Grimkeeper.”
“Sir, Sierra Grimkeeper. I am a commoner, but please take good care of me.”
Sierra looks embarrassed as if she is being chased by someone.
Sierra’s reaction was typical of a commoner’s reaction to an aristocrat.
But this man named John is different. He had no discomfort or awkwardness at all even when dealing with himself, the daughter of the Swordhorn family.
‘He must have something.’
The prosecutor’s intuition told him that. Unless he’s a guy with something, Sarah won’t invite him to her banquet. If so, what is that something?