Chapter 2256 – 2256. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
The banquet began.
The invited orchestra played exciting music, and the warriors ate and drank.
There were no nobles in Kairak. Skilled warriors took the place of the noble class. I thought the warriors would rebel and resist, but they readily acknowledged me as their king.
I was preparing for a purge, but now I felt drained.
‘They’re just bowing their heads for now, I guess.’
I decided to enjoy the banquet.
As I held out my empty cup, Kuka, who was sitting next to me, began to pour me some wine. Despite being a female warrior, she was very demure. She was the kind of woman who knew how to serve her husband, which I liked.
“Kuka, are you a virgin?”
“…Yes, I am a virgin.”
“Good. After dinner, we’ll go to my room and consummate our marriage. Have the other beauties in the palace ready as well. I shall bestow the king’s grace upon them personally. Hehehe.”
“Understood, Your Majesty.”
There was no resistance. The other warriors also did not resist me and enjoyed the banquet while watching my every move. Even with the lively music, the atmosphere was still tense.
I put my arm around Kuka’s shoulder and touched her chest.
‘Is she an E cup? Bigger than my hand. And so firm. Approved.’
Her chest was so bouncy, it was fun to touch. After a few squeezes, I felt a hard protrusion in the middle of her chest. It was obvious what it was.
‘Should I just go to the bedroom and take her now?’
A dancer caught my eye in the center of the banquet hall. As expected of a nation of warriors, the dancer was also dancing with a sword.
She wasn’t just swinging the sword for show. Her sword movements were infused with practical martial arts. Those dancers were also warriors who had seen real combat.
‘…Hmm?’
My body stiffened. It was as if my muscles had suddenly turned as hard as stone. My fingers felt like unlubricated machinery.
‘Poison. No wonder it was so quiet. The most suspicious one is still Kuka, Wekung’s daughter.’
Kuka had been pouring the wine. I glanced at Kuka. She was frozen in the same position as when she was pouring wine. Her eyes were shaking like crazy, so she must have been poisoned by the same thing as me.
‘Kuka isn’t the culprit. Well, she’d be immediately suspected… If they were going to poison me, they would have done it more carefully.’
I was about to use Complete Recovery or Heavenly Heart, but I stopped myself. It was only my muscles that were stiff. My mana was fine.
Beep.
One of the musicians made a mistake. It was a kind of signal. The dancers who were dancing with swords in the center of the banquet hall all rushed towards me at once.
‘Ah, they’re too good to kill.’
I looked at the dancers’ faces. As expected, they were a bit less beautiful than the maids in the mansion.
‘Shooting Star Sword.’
Shooting Star Swords fell from the sky, piercing the dancers’ arms and legs. Since they were too good to kill, I prioritized subduing them.
“For Kairak!”
“Revenge for the War King Wekung!”
“We cannot accept you!!”
Some of the warriors who were enjoying the banquet took out hidden weapons and charged at me. Yes, this is how it should be. I smiled inwardly. These so-called strong warriors should naturally rebel.
[Heavenly Heart is activated. It will last for 1 minute.]
My stiff body returned to normal.
I jumped up from my seat and scattered lightning towards the charging enemies. The blue light of the lightning filled my vision.
Thunder Heaven Style Ultimate Technique: Exploding Thunder.
Kwakwakwakwakwang!
The lightning exploded, blasting the warriors apart. Human blood and flesh splattered across the banquet hall. I picked up my axe and walked towards the orchestra. They were the ones who had signaled the dancers with their mistake. They were probably the ones who had poisoned the wine.
“Y-Your Majesty. We don’t know anything about this!”
“Don’t lie. I saw you signaling the dancers with my own eyes. Is that your excuse?”
“We really don’t know anything! It was just a mistake! We have nothing to do with this! What would musicians know!”
“Maybe. But I don’t trust you. Die.”
I split the heads of the 20 musicians equally with my axe. There was a certain feel to using an axe.
I looked around. The floor was covered in corpses, blood, and pieces of flesh. The banquet hall was filled with the stench of blood.
“We can’t end the banquet just because a few people died. Continue the banquet.”
I fondled Kuka’s firm body, which was still stiff, and enjoyed the banquet.
Twenty minutes later, a warrior who had entered from outside the banquet hall cautiously approached me.
“Your Majesty. An envoy from Thorn has arrived.”
It was a ridiculous thing to hear.
“An envoy from an enemy nation in the middle of a war suddenly arrived?”
Was the Thorn Kingdom the one who sent the assassins? Even if it wasn’t, it was strange for an envoy to arrive.
“They used magic to arrive. It seems they sent an envoy after learning of Your Majesty’s ascension.”
“So there was a spy in the city. Well, that’s to be expected.”
It wasn’t that there was no magic in the Eastern Continent.
The spy would have sent information to their home country by some means, and the Thorn Kingdom would have sent an envoy using teleportation. There was probably an Arch Mage among the envoys.
‘They must have heard my name, so they must know who I am. Did they come to negotiate?’
I said to the warrior.
“This is interesting. Bring them in.”
The warrior left, and soon three men entered from the entrance of the banquet hall. One was an old man with a magic staff, and the other two middle-aged men were typical nobles. The old man was definitely an Arch Mage.
They looked at the horrific state of the banquet hall with serious expressions.
“Shouldn’t you greet me first, now that you’re here?”
The old man bowed his head.
“…My apologies, Your Majesty. I am Biipu, an envoy from the Thorn Kingdom. I am also the court mage of the Thorn Royal Palace. These two are Duke Shue and Count Uro, who will assist me.”
“It is an honor to meet you, Your Majesty.”
“Congratulations on your ascension, Your Majesty.”
They sent an envoy in a hurry using the power of the court mage? This could only be interpreted as the Thorn Kingdom being in a bad state.
“What is your business?”
“The Thorn Kingdom wishes to end this long war. Too much blood has been spilled. This continent should now enjoy peace. The Thorn Kingdom is willing to give up many things for peace.”
“Peace… Peace is a good thing. I agree that the war has been going on for too long. Unlike the previous War King, I love peace.”
“Your Majesty! No! How can you talk about peace now?! All the warriors of Kairak will not accept this!”
One of the warriors rudely interrupted the conversation. I threw my axe, embedding it in his head. Another corpse was added. The warriors and envoys swallowed hard and tensed up.
“Biipu. I have a condition. Bring me the Lery Tree. You wouldn’t say you don’t know what the Lery Tree is, would you?”
“The Lery Tree… You mean the blue peach. You knew that the Thorn Royal Family possessed the Lery Tree. You have great intelligence.”
I had no idea.
But I didn’t show it and looked at the court mage Biipu.
“Bring me the Lery Tree. Then I will start negotiations for peace.”
“…Please wait one hour.”
“One hour? I can wait two hours. Take your time.”
• • •
The King of the Thorn Kingdom, Hyaku Thorn, frowned as he confirmed the return of Biipu, who had been sent as an envoy.
‘He’s back too quickly. Did something go wrong?’
Fortunately, Hyaku’s face relaxed. According to Biipu, the negotiations had not failed.
“Duke Eugene Prukerus of Rapelli has become the War King. He was easy to recognize because his appearance was a little different from the Kairak people.”
“He should be in the Western Continent. How did he become the War King of the Eastern Continent, Kairak? Did you find out?”
“There wasn’t enough time to find out the details. One thing is certain, he is very violent. There were corpses lying around in the banquet hall. He is definitely more cruel than the previous War King, Wekung.”
“He wants the Lery Tree as a condition for negotiation… As you know, the royal family only has three Lery Trees. They were left for my grandchildren and descendants… Do we really have to give the Lery Tree? Can’t we negotiate with something else?”
“Your Majesty. His will was firm. We can get more Lery Trees in a few decades. Think of the peace we will gain with the Lery Tree. The Thorn Kingdom is losing. We must stop the war here.”
“…Will the Kairak Kingdom really make a peace treaty?”
“The authority of the War King is absolute. Eugene Prukerus. It is fortunate for us that he has become the War King. Even if Kairak starts another war in a few years… It is beneficial for us to have a few years of time.”
“You are right. The Thorn Kingdom needs time. Take the Lery Tree and make a peace treaty. I trust you.”
“You have made a wise decision, Your Majesty.”
Biipu used teleportation to return to the capital of Kairak with the Lery Tree.
• • •
“War King of Kairak, I have brought the Lery Tree that Your Majesty desired.”
I received the blue peach that he politely handed over. It was easier than I thought to get the Lery Tree.
It looked like an ordinary peach. Except for the fact that it was blue.
‘If a pregnant woman eats this, she will live a long and healthy life, and the child born from her will be blessed and become an outstanding person, right?’
I looked at the Lery Tree from side to side. I didn’t feel any special energy.
“The fact that the Thorn Royal Family had the Lery Tree… means that they have been using it every time they pass on the lineage. Does the Lery Tree really work?”
“The legend is true. Most of the queens of the Thorn Kingdom have lived long and healthy lives.”
“……Most? Were there any queens who didn’t live long and healthy lives after eating the Lery Tree?”
“There have been occasional tragedies in the kingdom’s history.”
“Ah. Treason? I understand. What kind of abilities exactly does the child that is born have?”
“The past kings of the Thorn Kingdom each had one special ability.”
“Is that the blessing that the Lery Tree legend speaks of? Tell me in detail what kind of abilities they are.”
It was the ability that my daughter would have. If it was a strange ability, I was going to throw the Lery Tree away.
