Chapter 851 – Day 98 – The Princess Throws a Move
“You made a foolish choice, Leda.”
Deacon Archibald let out a long, drawn-out breath, lost in thought in front of the window through which warm sunlight was streaming in.
In one hand, she was wearing a monocle, and she was holding a glass full of good-smelling wine.
“No matter how great an ideal is, if it does not have power, it is nothing more than idle talk.”
The deacon quickly realized that the princess who had escaped from prison was with Leda, and without hesitation at all, gave an order to the emperor’s shadow who did not follow Leda.
The head deacon thought that he could easily capture the princess because not only the Red Chain but also famous wizards from the Wizard’s Tower were mobilized.
“No matter how noble the ideals of Venus Holympia are, they are too young and lack omnipotence… I guess young people can’t help but be attracted to the same young things.”
Mother’s heart.
The mind of an adult.
Mind as a member of the advisory council.
The head deacon took a long breath and sipped the wine, filled with various emotions.
‘If Venus Holympia is handed over to His Majesty the Emperor… Innocent people will not even have to shed blood in a useless civil war.’
There may be problems with the old nobles, but in the end, they just have to be dealt with by the person who is in charge of the dirty work.
Deacon Archibald quietly composed his thoughts.
─Knock knock knock
The moment the butler was about to sip his wine once more, a knock was heard.
“Come in.”
After turning his body and speaking, the head deacon walks to the desk in the office. At the same time, the tightly closed door slowly opened.
“Excuse me.”
When the chief deacon hears a voice he had never imagined, he looks at the door in surprise.
“How did this happen…”
“The Crown Princess would like you to talk to her mother.”
With a calm voice, Leda Archibald appeared as she opened the door, and next to her stood Venus Holympia, who had not even shed a single drop of blood or sweat.
“They sent some pretty troublesome girls.”
The princess, who was relaxed enough to joke, entered the office, and the head butler was embarrassed and put down the glass of wine with her hands shaking.
“It looks like you saw blood after all…”
“What are you talking about? Do you think that you naturally killed all the shadows of the emperor that you sent?”
“Well, if you hadn’t done that.”
The embarrassed deacon notices that the princess and Leda have very peaceful expressions.
‘Could it be that they really subdued him without seeing a single drop of blood? How could that happen! Among the children who did not take Leda’s side, there must have been quite a few with outstanding skills!’
He was the chief deacon who even used the red chain bestowed by the emperor.
“Deacon Archibald. Do you still think I am incompetent?”
“Compared to the omniscient and omnipotent person, the Crown Princess is incompetent.”
“Haha! Yes! How dare you say that a caterpillar is better than a butterfly?”
The princess, smiling happily, approaches the owner of the house who is standing at her desk.
“From now on, I will make you an offer that will absolutely not harm you.”
“Is there such a thing?”
The head deacon smiles bitterly.
“Even though you are a lustful person, you still don’t have any desire for this old body.”
“Do you think that all the women who have cooperated with me so far are like that because they were violated by me?”
“… You don’t even know what you are.”
It was the head deacon who said something strange, but the princess planned to make only one suggestion from the beginning.
“Listen! Archibald Deacon!”
The princess held out her hand.
“I’m planning to go to Holympia from now on! I plan to go to the imperial palace and talk to Abamama!”
“What…”
The head deacon is embarrassed.
‘You’re not trying to get me on the same side, you’re not threatening to kill me, you’re not forcing cooperation by using Leda as a hostage, and you’re not even trying to get the soldiers on your side…?’
The deacon’s pace, which had been anticipating many cases, suddenly collapsed.
“Now! Choose! I will give you, the head deacon, the honor of taking me to Abama!”
“You are planning to tell His Majesty that you are being taken to him through me.”
“Yes, shouldn’t Abama reward you instead of punishing you?”
“You will be able to get to Holympia safer than any other method, without even being attacked along the way.”
The head deacon bit his lip once.
‘Even if I don’t report to His Majesty here, there must be a way to let the entire empire know that the Crown Princess is going to the imperial palace…’
The deacon already had information about what happened in the ‘Eastern Country’.
Although it was not comparable to the entire empire on which the sun never sets, the ‘Country of the East’ was still a sizable land.
It is an unmistakable fact that the princess’s cries were heard simultaneously throughout the place. There were so many ways for the princess to tell the emperor that she was alive and that she would visit him.
“You used her brains quite well, Crown Princess.”
“If I make a mistake, I may have to fight more with Abamama’s concubines, so why take the risk?”
The emperor can never kill the princess who is going to formally bow to her emperor.
If he had been that reckless, the empire would not have been able to maintain its form in the first place.
There are laws in the empire. No matter how omniscient and omnipotent a being is, it must be protected. That is why there was a country, nobility, and people.
“A mother just needs to do what her mother needs to do.”
“Leda…”
“I will do what I must. Even if these hands are stained with blood and darkness, I hope I can see at least a better tomorrow.”
The head deacon let out a very long sigh.
“The tools are…”
She uttered a single word with difficulty and raised her half-empty glass of wine.
“You don’t think about it. He ordered me to muster an army and quell the unrest. He told me to prepare to face the coming storm.”
“Mother…”
“Do you know what the best way to avoid a storm is?”
The head deacon tilted his glass and let out a long breath.
“The storm never even started in the first place.”
* * * * *
“Great One.”
“Great One.”
Emperor Jupiter slowly raises his left hand as he hears the women’s faint voices.
An omnipotent being with eyes emitting pure white light sat on a golden throne for what seemed like an eternity.
“Great One.”
“Report.”
The concubine of the omnipotent God.
Even today, women who have the potential to enjoy the honor of giving birth to heirs sit by the emperor’s side, fawning over them.
One of them walked over, holding a glass bead in both hands that gave off pure white light.
“These are the words of Archibald Deacon, a member of the Advisory Council and the leader of the Emperor’s shadow.”
“Speak up. There is no time.”
“Venus Holympia, the Crown Princess wishes to meet a great man.”
The pure white light emanating from the emperor’s eyes stopped. The eyes, which felt strong, moved slowly and stared at the glass bead.
“Hand it over.”
“Great One.”
Emperor Jupiter held the glass bead in his hand with his left hand, brought it to his mouth, and swallowed it in one go.
“… It’s nonsense.”
The emperor said so, but there was a strange change in his face.
“You’re a woman who is close to the ultimate.”
“Great One…”
“Hmm… Yes, yes…”
The emperor, whose eyes once again radiated golden light, mumbled a few times and then his eyes became ordinary.
“Prepare to welcome the Crown Princess.”
“Great Sir. Shall I order the Commander-in-Chief to prepare?”
“There is no need for that.”
The emperor didn’t even burst out laughing.
“The opportunity to sort out the noisy bugs at once has disappeared, and the being that was close to the ultimate will not be of any help in the future.”
“Great One.”
“Let them run as wild as they want.”
“Great One.”
“When the ground you step on crumbles, and you sink into the sky, you will despair of your own helplessness.”
As soon as the great being finished speaking, the girl, who was one of countless things, bowed her head and stepped back.
“A being that is not omnipotent and omnipotent cannot obtain anything.”
The emperor closed his eyes to his words.
“Great One. I have prepared the beings who will make reality as you commanded.”
“He also knows.”
“Great One. As you commanded, nobles from all over the empire are gathering to protect this great land.”
“He also knows.”
“Great One. As you commanded, I have classified those who fell into the devil’s dirty temptation.”
“He also knows.”
“Great One. I have prepared the day of judgment as you commanded.”
“He also knows.”
The emperor knows everything.
This is because he is the only emperor in the empire where the sun never sets, and he is omnipotent and omnipotent.
That’s why he doesn’t feel anything towards the princess, who said she would come to Holympia in a way he didn’t expect.
The emperor knows everything, so he speaks with white light shining in his eyes.
“Bring the cordyceps.”
“Great One.”
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the women bowing their heads and crawling on the ground split to the left and right to create a path.
When the road leading to the golden throne is created, several beautiful women appear, pulling a cart made of gold, as if they had been waiting.
“Great One.”
“Great One.”
“The codices desired by the Great One have been completed here.”
Beautiful tailor.
A fairy that looks like something out of a fairy tale book.
What the beautiful beings, who had nothing to say even if they were called that, brought a dress that was so red that it seemed like it was made of bright red blood.
