Chapter 215 – Usurpation (1)
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Lina and her party she received enthusiastic cheers at the entrance to Scandavia.
It’s a completely different reaction than when I first came here.
“Long live the warriors! Long live!”
“Kerry. You’re still handsome!”
“Get some rest and go. Warriors!”
Everyone flocked to the entrance to welcome them by throwing flower petals or something, and it was embarrassing.
Titania walked next to Kerry with a bright smile, perhaps forgetting her face as her as a queen.
It’s been a long time since we met, and emotions are not the subject.
The Black Witch murmurs with her blank face her.
“Another woman…My love…My only love…Why…”
Lina and her party she arrived at the conference hall with a warm welcome.
There, I solved the back story with the familiar faces.
“Brother. Long time no see.”
“It’s been a while. How are you?”
“Yes. It’s all thanks to my brother’s help.”
In fact, my brother really helped me a lot. The Black Witch’s Redemption Order was also procured by the brothers.
“Oh. And this is the Black Witch I mentioned.”
The sage glances at the black witch.
Judging by the unsurprising look of her, it seemed that he had already noticed.
The brothers greeted the black witch by slightly bowing her head.
“I am Von Altesmann. I am undeservedly called the Sage.”
“It’s a black witch… Whoa. Even in this era, there must have been a wizard who could be useful.”
The Black Witch looks young, but in fact she has been living since ancient times.
His strength her is on par with or even better than that of the hero Lina.
It was the first time the black witch had ever acknowledged someone, so I immediately thought that the brothers were amazing.
As they were talking, Titania, who had finished talking with her other party, approached before she knew it.
“Did you finish talking with Arwen? Titania.”
“It was a touching reunion of her mother and daughter her.”
Titania smiled and held up her clothes. Her tears and snot are imprinted on her chest.
Arwen’s tears were unmistakable.
After all, Arwen was still young. Even if she pretended to be okay, she must have missed her mother her.
In the conference hall, people talk loudly.
At that time, in the middle of the meeting room, Noh Knight, no. Said William.
“It would be better to say hello to everyone and get to the point.
I’m sorry, but we don’t have much time on our side.”
After William’s words, everyone calmly sits down.
William, like a formal knight, proceeded with the story by attaching various rhetoric.
She thanked Titania for preparing her place her, and she also said thanks to the sage who willingly joined.
Of course, I didn’t forget to say hello to the warriors.
He was a man who talked a lot about the topic that he asked to get to the main point quickly.
After the rhetoric recited in William’s grave voice, we finally get to the main point.
“I think everyone knows why we are here.”
Titania said with a hearty smile.
“For Kerry’s usurpation of the throne.”
It’s Chantal. It is too grand an expression. In the first place, I never said I would get a seat yet.
“Heh heh. Usurpation of the throne… Actually, isn’t it closer to succession than usurpation?”
“It doesn’t matter what happened.”
Titania just seemed excited about Kerry taking over the throne.
“Anyway, it’s as the Queen said.
The reason we gathered here is to make Kerry the emperor.”
“…”
Everyone’s eyes are focused on Kerry.
Lina’s party, the sage, and even Titania and her loyalists to her.
‘Everyone looks embarrassed.’
“I haven’t told the details of the warriors yet.
I was afraid that if I opened my mouth to them hastily, distrust would only grow.
So please, tell the warriors instead of me…”
“I do.”
Titania spoke before William could finish his sentence. A very ambitious look.
Titania winks at the wise man and asks for his understanding of her.
The Sage nodded her head, and Titania began her speech.
“Kerry. And warriors, listen carefully.
First of all, you might be wondering if the story that Kerry should become emperor is true.”
The group nodded.
“To conclude, it’s the truth. I can vouch for it. I’ve talked with the Emperor for a long time.
I have confirmed that the Emperor’s story is all true.
Above all, I looked into the emperor’s soul and heart with my own eyes. Nothing is more certain than this.”
Titania had the ability to see into the soul.
She had used that ability on Kerry as well.
I don’t really like the memory of that time. Kerry brushed her memory out of her head.
“I’ll believe it if Titania confirms it. The Emperor wants to give me the position.”
Titania laughs heartily.
It’s nice to be trusted. As for Titania, she can of course be trusted at any time.
“But what is the reason?
The position of emperor is not an easy one to let go of.”
“You’re right, Kerry.
Power is like a drug, and not many people can put it down on their own.”
“…”
“It’s just that there are so many emperors.
He didn’t come down on his own, he judged that the current situation had no choice but to do so.”
Sir William, who had been listening to the story, nodded.
“They say there is an entity that has been ruling the imperial family behind the scenes for a very long time.
With the emperor as a puppet.”
“The previous emperors were all puppets of that existence.
Same with the emperor now. The imperial family called that existence ‘Shadow’.”
“…”
“I hear you’re a gloomy guy who hides himself in black smoke?
Even when the emperor ran naked, he couldn’t even infer the identity of the being. Of course, me too.”
Hiding in smoke? How many generations have you ruled the imperial family from behind the scenes?
There is one guy that comes to mind.
“Isn’t that guy… Arrogant?”
William said, opening his eyes wide.
“That’s right. But how could you…”
“Because we’ve met before.”
Kerry explained what he knew about Asmodeus.
Information about the guy I got from looking at the murals.
Until the meeting with Asmodeus.
William said with a shocked face.
“Even I’ve been looking for it for over ten years, and even with the power of the emperor, I couldn’t find out…
You could have known this in detail. Just an ordinary adventurer…”
The way William looks at Kerry changes.
Before, it was just an indifferent gaze, but now Mu-in’s unique eyes have been shining.
It’s not just William. Everyone in the other seat did.
All of them are burdensome eyes, as if Lina possessed them.
‘Why do you do that? Burdensome.’
Kerry tried to ignore the gaze and proceeded with her story of her.
“Anyway, are you saying that the emperor was driven by Asmodeus and had no choice but to make this choice?”
“That’s right. The declaration of war will proceed within next week.
Then countless blood will flow on the continent. Both the Kingdom of Astria and the Empire.”
“… The emperor is a saint. He would give up his place for his for others.”
“He said, It’s not even a saint.
Surely, His Majesty is a good lord, but… This is also for His Majesty’s personal interests his.”
William looks at Lina.
A woman whom the emperor loves.
Indeed, the hero possessed a lofty dignity and a beautiful appearance to the extent that the emperor was enamored with it.
William turned his gaze to Lina and then to Kerry.
“Kerry. Now your choice is yours. What will you do?”
“…”
“If you don’t inherit the throne… The empire will disappear from history.
It will probably be destroyed together with Astria. The shadows are definitely aiming for that.
Before that, you, the warriors, will be accused of being ‘feats’, the culprits of the war.”
“…”
“Please use your wise judgment.”
To be honest, even if he suddenly asked me to become an emperor, it didn’t make sense to me.
Not even locals who have lived here all along.
He didn’t even know what to do or what he could do once he became emperor.
I’m fully aware that it’s a very attractive place, though.
Kerry said, looking at the people with her calm face.
“I’m an ignorant adventurer, I don’t know what manners are, and I don’t have much knowledge.”
All of them are amazing people. Warriors and the Black Witch. The Elf Queen and the leader of the Mage Tower.
To the emperor’s right hand.
“…Not a man of great achievements like all of you here.
I’m actually… A very ordinary person. I know myself well.”
Then, the group throws out one word at a time. It started with Lina.
“That’s not true, Kerry.
I can say with certainty that if Kerry wasn’t with me, I would never be here.”
The other party also took sides by praising Kerry.
The same was true of the Sage and Titania.
“Excessive humility is poison. Brother.”
“I’m well aware of your specialty, Kerry.”
It was a bit cheesy, but the atmosphere was good.
Everyone seemed to attribute Kerry’s modesty to her to her decision to take over.
But Kerry’s heart wasn’t like that.
She was just being honest with no calculations.
“I’m not pretending to be humble.
It’s not that I don’t like the position of emperor. To be honest, this is very lucky.”
Her audience her is silent and only looks at Kerry’s mouth her.
“I just want to ask a favor. Because I am incompetent.
I have never done politics, and I have no intention of dedicating myself to the development of the empire.
I just live for myself, as before and now.”
The group was silent.
In the silence, Kerry opened her mouth.
“It’s been a long time… In one word, this is it. When I become emperor, I will live like an ‘idiot’.”
A smile blooms on people’s faces.
“So. I just wanted to say that I would like to ask you to take care of me even when the time comes.”
If you become emperor, you will become a madman.
It was a word that people who didn’t know might be worried if they heard it.
No. I have no choice but to worry. Like the frowning William over there.
But the people gathered here were different.
“Wow! Are you really going to be the emperor? Then am I the empress now? Grandmother! I got ahead!”
“Whoops. Kerry. You will be able to rule the empire very well.”
“I agree. Kerry-sama can lead the empire more constructively.”
No. I’m going to live like a real ‘crazy’.
People seemed to misunderstand something.
“When Seo Bang-nim becomes emperor, the world will surely be filled with love!
Because the West is a warm person.”
“…I definitely said I would live like an idiot.”
I’m going to be crazy!
No matter what I say, no one listens.
With burdensome eyes, everyone just said something nuanced, as if Kerry could be relieved.
I’m dying of resentment
Titania spoke in a festive atmosphere.
“I think the story is almost over.
So, is it finally time to have a banquet? Everyone, don’t even think about going to bed early today.”
It seems that Titania has firmly prepared for the banquet.
William shakes his head.
The old knight immediately said that he would go and tell the emperor what he had heard. It was an inspiration that was as inflexible as his appearance.
“A week at the latest.
Then the Emperor will stand before the subjects of the Empire to declare war.
That was the ‘beginning’ of what I was talking about.”
Kerry nodded her head. I still don’t get it. I am the emperor
After seeing off William, the banquet began.
This is the second banquet in Scandavia.
Naked elven dancers danced, and alcohol and delicious food came out endlessly.
The brothers watched the elven dancers almost in awe.
While everyone is preoccupied with the banquet.
Titania quietly summoned Arwen. Arwen said with her face slightly intoxicated.
“Did you call your mother?”
“Okay. You’re here. My daughter.”
On a balcony with only her mother and daughter present, Titania hugs Arwen.
Arwen smiled happily in her mother’s arms her.
The beautiful elf mother and daughter chatted while drinking wine. The twinkling stars in the night sky add to the charm.
Arwen told her mother her as if pouring out all that had happened to her.
That it was a great adventure. And she still can’t believe that Kerry will become emperor.
Titania, who had been listening to the story, took a sip of her wine and said,
“The adventure with the warriors must have been really fun.”
“Yes!”
Arwen nods her head, ruffling her light green hair.
Titania gazed intently at Arwen and said,
“These days… How are you and Kerry?”
It was as soon as Kerry’s name came up.
Arwen’s face reddened as she recalled the passionate love affair she had recently had.
Titania had a hunch.
Something must have happened between Arwen and Kerry.
“My daughter is great. Obstacle!”
“Yes? Mother…What are you talking about…”
“Did you pay for it with Kerry?”
“!”
Arwen’s face goes red up to her ears.
Knowing her mother’s insight in her, Arwen couldn’t lie.
If Titania had her heart set on it, it wasn’t even for her to see through Arwen’s insides her.
But something is strange.
Wouldn’t her mother, who only knew how to play the guise, be more happy than when her daughter returned?
Titania hugged Arwen and said.
“I was counting on you. Arwen.”
“… Hon, aren’t you scolding me?”
Titania looked at Arwen and said.
“No way. Rather, I have something to tell you. Will you listen to me?”
“…”
“It’s an old story you’ve learned about. It’s about the family relationships of the high elves back then.”
Titania started talking to Arwen.
Arwen’s eyes widened as he listened to her story about her.
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