Chapter 238 – Who Am I?
“Your majesty! We have to hurry up and get behind the cultists! Please make a decision quickly!”
“Count! That makes sense! Let’s attack the church that is trying to save the hero! If we do that, the entire continent will laugh at the empire!”
“Then let’s leave alone those who dare to ignore the empire’s solemn warning! Are you perhaps a stooge of the church?”
“Aren’t you a stooge of immoral people? Otherwise, how can we drive the empire into the abyss of destruction!”
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Starting with the argument between the two counts, the Grand Hall, which had barely shown signs of calming down, began to be filled with shouting and swearing again.
‘This is shit.’
At the center, Arthur Rywindser, the emperor of the empire and Leon’s father, looked at the scene with cold eyes.
The appearance of the nobles in his eyes was no different from the civil servants they regarded as so insignificant.
However, I was disgusted by their behavior in raising their voices as if they were proud.
‘Anyway, is it still half-and-half? That’s really amazing.’
How will they react to the church that ignored the empire’s warning and raised an army?
The nobles gathered in the Grand Hall were currently split in half on that topic.
One side was saying that since this side had made a mistake first, let’s move on happily, using the excuse of ignoring the warning,
The other side was saying that the church had tarnished the empire’s honor and that they should make an example of it.
Currently, the hero who is humanity’s hope is in danger due to the Empire’s fault, and the Church has raised an army to save her, ignoring the Empire’s repression.
Anyone with a normal mindset would have to choose the former.
Even if they were young children who lacked learning, they would have done so.
But that’s half of it.
Those who had been receiving gifted education since childhood were talking half out of their minds about such an easy problem.
Is this even possible?
‘No. ‘Should I be relieved that it’s only half as good?’
Arthur smiled coldly and mocked himself.
This is because I found myself feeling very slightly satisfied with this frustrating situation just by looking at it.
Of course, if it were a few months ago, that crazy sound would have filled more than half of the paper and would have already been adopted as an agenda item.
On the other hand, if the sound was made with the right mind, it would not have come out of the mouth, let alone made a sound.
But now, the sound that was coming straight out of my mouth was coming out of my mouth, and it was filling half of the grand hall.
It has been more than 10 years since he sat in the position of emperor, described as the master of the empire and read as a puppet of the nobility, but this has never been the case.
‘You have no shame.’
All of this was thanks to the church.
In the process of hunting down and punishing immoral people and their connections, many of the corrupt parts of the empire were eliminated,
Thanks to him as a cause, he was able to attract many people who had been shunned into politics because his mind was straight.
The church may not have had that intention, but it is a clear fact that thanks to them, the empire has returned to normalcy.
Arthur wanted to express his gratitude to the church.
If possible, he wanted to further strengthen his relationship with the church by marrying his second son to either a warrior or a saint.
But he could not achieve either of them.
Just as he was about to secretly send someone to the church to promote an engagement, news came that the warrior and the saint had become engaged to the wrong person.
He thought that his second son, who looked exactly like him, would have at least a close relationship with the saint, but that was not the case.
Even before I could express my gratitude, I ended up causing trouble.
The power of these crazy people was greater than Arthur thought.
‘You idiot, what on earth are you thinking?’
Arthur sighed deeply and glanced at his eldest son standing nearby.
This guy was looking with satisfaction at the nobles who were making crazy noises, as if they were going to tear the nobles who were making normal sounds to death.
It was very unfortunate that his first son was the leader of a bunch of crazy people and the most rotten flesh of the empire.
It has become so rotten that William Armstrong, the former leader and maternal relative of the imperial family, has retired from politics without any worries.
Arthur could not understand his first son.
Post-Armstrong writer.
One of the meritorious families that helped found the empire alongside the First Emperor, and one of the most prestigious families that has been producing empresses for several generations.
However, its true nature is the source of evil that despises the royal family and commits all kinds of evil acts.
Even if half of that blood flows through her body, isn’t the first prince of the empire bound to protect the imperial throne and serve the empire?
However, the behavior is completely opposite.
What about that topic? Why doesn’t she recognize herself, the legitimate heir of the imperial family, as the crown prince? Does she hate herself and her mother?
‘If you can’t even say something. Ugh~.’
I swear her own first son was crazy.
I heard that he has been actively courting the hero and the saint for a long time, but now that the hero is in danger, he is hindering rather than helping the rescue.
In addition, according to a recent report from a spy, he has been receiving support from a religious group other than the denomination for quite some time, and it seems that the religious group is connected to immoral people.
No matter how good the money is, why not accept support from such a place?
In my heart, I wanted to have a very long and deep conversation between father and son right now.
‘I’m ancient too. If it were like the old days, I would have blown away the thrush right away without paying attention to my surroundings.’
I once again missed the days when I was an adventurer.
The days when he ran away from home with his childhood friends and became an adventurer because he didn’t want to see the emperor who was always swayed by the Armstrong family were so happy and enjoyable.
Above all, it was free.
I didn’t have to worry about what anyone thought, I could do whatever I wanted, and I could share my sincere love to my heart’s content.
The most supreme emperor in the empire.
Arthur was much happier when he was the humblest adventurer in the empire than when he was sitting there now.
‘I wasn’t meeting Leon.’
When he found out about the Empress’s affair ten years ago and was heartbroken, he was so mortified and resentful that he went to see Leon, whom he had decided never to meet.
He then told me not to be like me and to become a strong emperor.
It shouldn’t have been that way.
A father who cares about his child’s future should never have done that.
But she did it, and ended up dragging Leon into her gutter.
Now and in the future, all kinds of dirty things will pollute that child.
‘Haa~.’
Arthur couldn’t bear the feeling of shame and grabbed his head.
It was then.
Ding ding!
The imperial palace’s alarm bell, which had never rung since the founding of the empire, rang.
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The entrance to the imperial palace, 30 minutes before the imperial palace alarm bell rings.
“It’s just a protective shield.”
In front of him, Jun looked at the huge protective shield that covered the imperial palace and gave a merciless criticism.
“Hmm? Junie, that big house is the most important place in the country. Still, the defense isn’t that good? “Por doesn’t understand.”
Fortuna, who was sitting on his shoulder and eating a waffle bought at a nearby street vendor, tilted her head and expressed a question.
After thinking for a moment, Jun shrugged his shoulders and answered.
“I don’t know the exact reason, but it’s probably because of that proud Auror belief.”
“Everything has its own use. Even though I know that a true person exists, I don’t know.”
“Teacher Dohwa, I don’t feel like saying this while you’re talking about something profound, but I think that pigeon is targeting your waffles.”
“Get away from me right now!”
Do-hwa, who had a piece of waffle stuck to his mouth and had the expression of a monk who had left the world, made a greedy expression as if he had never done that to Jun’s words and threatened the pigeon that was looking in this direction.
Shake it off!
The sound wasn’t that loud, but her high rank was the problem.
Due to the excessively high level, all the pigeons in the square, including that pigeon, rolled their eyes and fainted, and many people looked at us with surprised expressions.
‘Is this what you call a losing spirit?’
After a moment of admiration at the scene that seemed like something out of a cartoon, Jun lifted his butt off the bench he was sitting on and stood up.
This is because the soldiers guarding the front of the imperial palace were approaching this way due to a sudden strange phenomenon.
“My lord, I am sorry. My concubine has done something for no reason.”
“It’s okay, don’t worry. “I was just trying to get up anyway.”
She comforted the apologetic dohwa and took out her pirmus from her belt.
People who saw the black blade giving off a heavy atmosphere began to hurriedly leave the place.
On the contrary, the soldiers approaching this way walked faster.
Even if I don’t have to, I’ll find it from here.
Of course…
Magic – Compression
Jun-sik reform Cheonmagunlimbo
Boom!
With a heavy visiting gift.
Wow!
Ah!
Perhaps because the gift was so heavy, the soldiers fell to their knees and could not get up.
After all, the heavier the gift, the better. Just like a refrigerator is better than a roll of toilet paper.
Bwai!!!
One soldier, realizing the seriousness of the situation, quickly blew his whistle.
Many soldiers and knights suddenly appeared at the entrance of the imperial palace and above the castle walls.
“Stop! If you don’t want to die, kuek!”
“If you can, try it.”
I couldn’t do it.
Because before I could do anything, countless ordnance rained down in the empty air.
Hurry and avoid!
The soldiers and knights hurriedly hid themselves.
However, the pouring weapons followed, as if controlled by an invisible hand, and he had no choice but to pierce his limbs.
A resounding groan.
Using him as a marching song, Jun continued toward the entrance of the imperial palace.
It’s like a usurper aiming for the throne.
The people who were watching that thought.