The Antagonist: The World Ends Theory
Chapter 65 - Northern Territory

"Huh.. huh... huh.... have we arrived, Jean?"

"Um.. l-little bit more Miss, so fight okay!"

"You also said that about half an hour ago and until now we haven't arrived. Is Freesia really that far from Hortensia??"

"Motor..."

Clara and Jean are still on their way to Freesia. Although Clara's spirit was so high before, but after a long time running and have not found the signs until. Clara is losing her spirit.

"How about we take a break?" Advice Clara.

"But Miss, not too long ago we took a break, right?"

Hearing Jean, Clara let out a rough sigh.

"Who...! When do we get to Freesia!!!"

...❀...

The journey still continues, of course with all kinds of complaints made by Clara. Basically, if not for the sake of avoiding the dark end of the black. Clara where to bother like this.

Actually in the novel war broke out because of her. But Clara just keep watch if such a second weapon made by Freesia is the trigger.

"Is Miss tired of walking?"

"Hjp? Not particularly. But if you want to help me walk, I don't have a problem at all."

"What does Miss mean? We'll be here soon"

SRETT

Clara spread her hands to Jean. With a shining face full of hope he stared at the emperor's personal bodyguard. The resigned Jean then took a squatting position against Clara. Clara hugged Jean by the neck.

"Hehe. carried by you is the best, Jean." Clara started laughing in a strange way.

"I don't think this is the first time."

"Yes, it happens when...!"

Clara reflexively held her lips, her face met with red. Almost there was smoke coming out of his head. Then Clara tightened her arms at Jean.

This is bad, I remember the scene of my kiss with His Majesty.

"Miss, may I ask you something?" Ask Jean.

"uh? Hm. okay - okay." Clara answered, still with a mind that wanders somewhere.

"Does Miss love Her Majesty?"

Clara who was originally busy wiping out all sorts of dirty thoughts in her brain instantly felt all her memories disappear. And it can all happen because of one question from Jean.

It would not be wrong for Jean to ask that question. Jean knew all along that the women who had met Meiger must have put their hearts on him. Especially if the case is like Clara who every day together with Meiger. It was impossible for Clara not to be bound by her heart.

Then, during the moment of Clara's surprise with Meiger in the library before. Jean begins to think no - not about what happened before she opened the door.

Jean didn't really care much about it, but since Clara had become someone valuable to her since a while ago, this made her curious.

It didn't matter to him if even all the girls in Hortensia, both noble and non-loving Meiger. But it was only Clara that Jean hoped would not put her heart on Meiger.

"Please promise not to mock me, Jean." Clara threatened.

"Of course it can't be Miss, I don't dare to do it."

"Good." Clara nodded steadily.

Clara slightly distanced her body from Jean, she gazed into the vast blue sky. His outlook became sad, given how ironic his first love in this world was.

Well, Clara states this is her first love not without reason. Although before entering the world of novels Clara had once dated. But to be honest, Clara herself did not really understand what the reason was to accept the man as her lover, everything just flowed like water. It was as if the man was wearing pellets to make Clara accept his love.

"I'm telling you the truth Jean, I love Your Majesty with all my love."

That's right, only Meiger can make Clara's heart beat fast. Only that person could make Clara feel jealous of him when there was another woman with him.

Suddenly Jean felt bad in her chest.

"But I'm thinking of retreating instead of moving forward." Connect Clara.

Jean, who was sad before, is now a little happy to hear the statement. But in addition to being happy, he was also curious about the reason why Clara chose to retreat.

Okay, Clara is indeed an amazingly beautiful girl, without the slightest doubt. But this is not a world where beauty can rule everything.

"Why did you choose to retreat?"

"Because I'm not a man of noble blood." Answer Clara.

"You remember not Jean? You yourself once said that every empress of the Hortensian emperor was all from the nobility? Well, that's where I started to think my chances of succeeding were getting smaller. So I just picked the safest option."

Jean fell silent, not thinking that Clara would back down just because of what she said. But if you want, Clara could ruin that ancient tradition. Plus, the fact that the Emperor saw this weapon girl was somewhat different from most girls.

In the end, maybe Jean will support them to unite, but she won't help them as little as anything, that's all. He just doesn't want to be the one being harmed here.

"So well, anyway we've reached Miss."

Jean halted his steps, standing before a large gate that became the border between Hortensia and Freesia. Yep, there is no neutral territory between the West and the North, unlike other regions.

"Hjp? Whahuh? Already arrived? Taste - it feels like I just went up, how can it be this fast?" Ask Clara, astonished.

"Good miss. didn't I say it before Miss wanted to go up. We'll be there soon. But Miss doesn't want to hear and still wants me to carry."

"It's not fair to live this life." Clara Complaints.

Clara got off Jean's back and started using her own legs to walk. The two of them immediately put on a headscarf and chose to take the back lane, as planned.

The back lane of Freesia is even more terrible than Hortensia. It is not wrong to call this Northern region is very strong and scary in terms of territorial defense.

Since the cold war with Ranunculus, all the defenses for this demon began.

What they've been through so far is a dense forest, there's no animal life here. The atmosphere of the forest also felt tense. If Clara had been alone to Freesia, there would have been no progress. Because just to get through this forest he didn't dare.

Clara continued to stick as close as possible to Jean.

"Miss? Is Miss scared?"

GREPS

Clara tightened her grip on Jean's robe. He looked at Jean with watery eyes, it seemed like this weapon was extremely frightened.

"Je-jean...! Should we go through here? I think the front lane is more efficient." Clara said with a trembling voice.

"If it's past the front, we'll be suspected by the soldiers. They're going to poultice which are the natives and which are the tourists. But since the situation was bad now, they did not accept any newcomers. So we can just infiltrate."

"Kidding, right!"

CRICK

"Hii...! AKHH!!!"

Clara screamed hysterically just because she accidentally stepped on a twig. Fortunately Jean was the patient type, and Clara could not imagine what would happen to her if Jean was replaced by the Emperor.

A nightmare worse than the worst!

"Oh Miss, it's just a twig. It's morning after all. Miss has even been out of Ranunculus territory at night."

"But it was crowded because many were after me!"

"So Miss wants to be targeted by the enemy...?"

"It's not so!"

Jean chuckles at the funny behavior of her lady. But before long, he began to take a cautious stance. Due to jean's vigilance, Clara reflexively touched the hilt of her sword.

"What is a Freesian warrior?" Clara asked in a whisper.

Jean nodded slowly.

Their gaze was fixed on some adult men in iron clothes as well as weapons hanging on their armour. Although the number is not much, but Clara realized that their fighting strength is not playing. The emperor even warned him that Freesia was not a weak little country.

Precisely because of their lack of weakness, Ranunculus needed the help of Agapanthus if Freesia had started the war. They were only on guard against the unanticipated Freesia's actions.

"How do we get past them?"

"Follow my plan Miss."

"All right."

Hope that tonight there will be no bloodshed. However, it seems that this is just empty hope. Because betting for the sake of being able to sneak into Freesia is something that needs to be done according to Clara.

A bad ending will only make this story pointless. Worse yet, readers will surely protest with an end that does not match their expectations.

Point is...

Let's kidnap George and keep this story out of the ending that readers like me don't expect.

TB

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