Vahiri held El's hand intimately and walked into the city of Al'er shoulder to shoulder with El.
After entering Arriel, welcoming El was even more enthusiastic cheers.
The citizens of Arrier welcomed El.
They cheered.
They shouted El's name.
They claimed El as a hero.
After Vahiri took El's hand and entered Arriel, the prime minister, Mond, who had been walking on the side of Vahiri, announced loudly to the surrounding citizens with excitement:
"Dear citizens! This is the great warrior who smashed the despicable tricks of the Knights of Michael in one fell swoop! He achieved a stunning reversal in desperate situations! Our great hero - El Bernard!"
As Mond's words fell, the cheers of the citizens around him became even more enthusiastic.
And El has finally recovered.
After recovering from the sensation, El's face quickly became gloomy and looked ugly.
The man whose face became ugly was also Camille.
Like El, Camille understands what is going on now.
"I've been used..." El said to himself in a low voice that only he could hear clearly.
Vahiri held El's hand intimately throughout the whole process.
It was not until after entering Arriel that Vahiri finally asked El:
"By the way, Elqing, where is Dominic?"
"…Teacher…No, the Marshal fell ill on his way back to Arriel, and is now resting in the carriage behind."
Perhaps he felt pressure and self-blame for the defeat of this battle, or simply because he was old, Dominic fell ill shortly after leaving Muhavic Fortress.
Fortunately, Dominic's disease does not seem to be serious, but his body has become much weaker.
After learning from El's mouth that Dominic fell ill, Vahiri just said lightly: "Dominic is actually ill. It seems that I have to give a good condolence to Dominic in the future. After all, Dominic has worked hard in this battle."
"..." El glanced at Wahiri beside him and then withdrew his gaze. He didn't even want to answer Vahiri's words.
If it weren't for Wahiri's hand that was too tight, El would have wanted to take back his hand that was being held by Wahiri.
El's indifference made Vahiri a little embarrassed.
After being turned away, Vahiri found a new topic after a while of silence and said enthusiastically to El:
"Elqing! You are the hero of this battle! I will definitely reward you well! After discussion with the prime minister, I decided to change you from a military officer to a general! And promote you to a first-class general in one go!"
As soon as Vahiri finished speaking, some people around him, including Gabriel, couldn't help but breathe.
El is just a small third-class military officer now, who has converted him into a general and promoted him to a first-class general in one go?
Such a thing has never happened in the history of the Holy Hillan Empire.
However, El was unmoved in the face of Vahiri's generous reward.
Just a polite smile:
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness. But I am not on the battlefield and I have no intention of becoming a general who gallops on the battlefield. I just want to stay in the safe rear and be a military officer for the rest of my life."
El politely rejected Vahiri's reward.
El's rejection made Vahiri's face unstoppable.
After a brief moment of surprise and dissatisfaction, Vahiri quickly cleaned up his emotions:
"... Since Qing Zhi is not on the battlefield, I will promote Qing to a first-class quartermaster! Our country not only needs excellent generals, but also excellent quartermasters!"
El just wants to be a third-class quarrestrial officer for the rest of his life, so that he will not have too much work pressure or too hard work.
Therefore, El still wanted to refuse Vahiri's reward.
But as Elle's lips opened slightly, Camille, who was walking behind Elle's right, took the lead and quietly grabbed Elle's right sleeve.
El quietly looked to the rear of his right.
Camille shook his head gently at El.
"El, stop when you see it's good, don't face the emperor anymore." - Camille conveyed this sentence to Elle with his own eyes and shaking his head.
El, who understood Camille's meaning, withdrew his gaze.
After a while of silence, El finally sighed lightly.
“…Abide by the above wishes.”
Elle responded with an attitude that seemed to have accepted his fate, and without any joy.
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...
That night, Vahiri prepared a grand welcoming banquet and celebration banquet for El in Arrier.
But El, the protagonist of the banquet, did not attend the banquet.
El refused to attend this welcoming banquet and celebration banquet on the grounds of his physical discomfort.
"I really feel sorry and regretful that I can't attend the banquet." - This is what El said when he refused to invite him to the banquet.
Wahiri was more or less dissatisfied with El not to attend the banquet, but was not too angry.
After all, this banquet is just a show, and it doesn't matter whether El came to attend or not.
Although the protagonist El was gone, Vahiri still held a lively welcoming banquet and celebration banquet with Mond and the senior generals and senior quarrels rescued by El.
In addition to Dominic and Camille who were recovering from illness, the senior generals and senior military officers who were rescued by El were all happy to attend the banquet.
Because they also want to rely on this lively banquet to clean up the shadow of defeat in their hearts.
When the banquet was in full swing and bustling, El was locking himself in the room prepared for him by Vahiri.
Lying on the bed with a slight tilt, looking at the strange ceiling above my head expressionlessly, not knowing what I was thinking.
At this moment, a knock on the door suddenly sounded outside the door.
"El, open the door, it's me-Camille."
"And I-Gabriel."
"Push your door open and come in." El replied in a weak tone, "I didn't lock the door."
After getting El's entry permission, Camille and Gabriel pushed the door open and entered El's room without any hesitation.
Looking at El, who was lying on the bed with a little tired look on his face, Camille joked at him:
"What's wrong? Why are our great heroes pretending to be sick without illness? Do you just don't want to attend His Majesty's 'celebration banquet'?"
"Big Hero? Stop joking about me, Camille." El said in a helpless tone, "I am not a big hero. I am just a defeated general who rescued some people by chance."
"Of course I don't want to attend that celebration party anymore."
"We launched a very large-scale expedition that mobilized nearly millions."
"In the end, this expedition only gave Su Cheng a military honor, bringing Su Cheng's reputation to the next level."
Chapter completed!