Chapter 505 – 505. The New King (1)
Thud!
Among the four who escaped through the gate, Erin, who was in Eunhyeon’s arms, looked around her with a dumbfounded expression.
“Here… Measures?”
The interior of the room is well-appointed.
It was a cabin in a sailboat that sailed from Tyrnis to Orbis Island.
Whoops!
“Kyaaak!”
At the same time as a strong explosion sound was heard, the interior of the cabin shook violently.
Erin shook violently from side to side in Eunhyeon’s arms, so she put her arms around his neck and screamed.
“…”
Eun-hyeon placed one hand on the wooden plank wall to keep her balance.
“Brother, this is…”
“Okay. The aftermath of that attack.”
It must have been that the ocean currents became unstable as the huge jade created by the nine-tailed fox engulfed the entire island and swept away the surrounding sea at the same time.
Thanks to the instructions given to Eleanor in advance, to set sail first with the royal family and the knights and stay away from Orbis Island as much as possible, she was able to avoid getting caught up in the annihilation prison.
I couldn’t guarantee that I was still in a safe location.
“Shit! Hurry!”
“We need to stabilize the hull quickly!”
“Ah-oh! I’ll be thrilled! Really… !”
Due to the unstable ocean current, huge waves raging all at once start to attack the Tirnis sailboat, and it is in a precarious state that does not know when it will sink.
In order to escape this threat, the crew of the Tirnis sailboat moved tirelessly and spat out disgust.
The voices and footsteps of many people were so frantic that they could be heard even inside the cabin.
“You are here.”
The one who welcomed the appearance of the four people in the cabin was Eleanor, who had set up a gate and was waiting for Eunhyeon and her party to arrive.
“Are you okay?”
Eleanor immediately checked the physical condition of Eunhyeon and Erin in his arms.
“Are you okay.”
“I-I’m fine too. Miss Eleanor.”
“What about the situation?”
Eunhyun immediately asked how the current situation was going.
“As you said, I delivered it to Riod and left right away. Although there was a little delay due to injuries… Still, the princess and her brother came out on time, and luckily everyone was able to sail on the sailboat without any deaths. Even so…”
What happened after that is the current situation.
“…”
Eunhyeon glanced at the gumiho, the culprit that created this situation.
“At last… You did it.”
“Joy.”
The nine-tailed fox snorted at him and turned his head away.
“A promise not to harm others. Have you forgotten?”
“No one died.”
“…”
Despite Eunhyeon’s questioning gaze with her eyes narrowed, the nine-tailed fox showed a very confident attitude.
“If Gerard and I hadn’t gone, not only Shinsoo-sama, but also Erin would have been in danger.”
“I knew you would come, so I must have done it.”
In fact, seeing the jade created on her sky, her Erin was frightened and stopped her, but the nine-tailed fox didn’t care and descended her jade to swallow the entire Orbis Island.
Gumiho has a very self-centered and selfish personality, but he has strong pride and pride in himself, so a promise he keeps is not easily broken.
If she wasn’t a person who valued her promise, she would not have made a promise to Ortas even a few hundred years ago and come out to her world. She would have turned her kingdom and capital into a sea of fire right away.
That’s why Gumiho’s words that he had faith that Eun-hyeon would act quickly and cover him even if he acted violently were not a lie.
“Miho. You really…”
“Miho… No matter how much it is, the use of such a technique without prior notice…”
But even so, her drastic action of trying to wipe out an entire island with many people without any consultation doesn’t deserve praise.
“Joy. Neither did she discuss it with you beforehand. You wouldn’t have told me of your plan to destroy my orb?”
On the contrary, it was Gerard, not Eunhyeon, who was taken aback by the words of the nine-tailed fox, who started questioning her in reverse.
“That, that…”
Gerard had to look at the nine-tailed fox as her body trembled as if she had been stabbed by her conscience.
It was Princess Yuria who entered the Orbis Ruins, the tomb where the royal family of Pernias were buried, who destroyed the fox beads herself, but it was Eun-hyeon, herself, and Riod who dealt with Yoho, the watchman, to allow her to enter the interior.
Her fox bead, stolen from Ortas, is the very essence of the nine-tailed fox’s effort and time, which she has accumulated over hundreds of years of hard work.
Even though the nine-tailed fox was filled with resentment at the situation where Ortas used his fox bead at will, and even though he felt relieved after the fox bead was destroyed, he had a complicated feeling mixed with relief and regret inside his heart.
He was relieved internally that he was calmer than he thought without getting angry, but it is natural that one side of Gerard’s mind was uncomfortable because he had contributed to destroying the fox beads.
“… Ha. All right.”
Eun-hyeon let out a small sigh, and she had no choice but to stop questioning her.
In any case, since it was a situation where each of them did one wrong thing, Eunhyeon couldn’t hold the gumiho strongly accountable.
In fact, two years ago, when she possessed Erin’s body, she immediately turned the whole of Pernin into a sea of fire and tried to cause countless casualties. I also thought it was a sense virtue.
“Hyunah… What do we do now?”
Erin, who felt impatient at the current situation being swept away and shaken by the rough current, asked her Eunhyeon.
“… Let’s move Gerard.”
“Yes. Older brother.”
“You go out and help Lyod and Count Tyrnis. I will follow soon.”
Gerard faced this situation as well, but he also had the experience of sailing as much as he had lived as a wanderer for many years.
At least it would be better than nothing, and the fight he had shown on Orbis Island and his personal connections with Riod would be helpful.
“All right.”
Gerard immediately realized what he meant and left the cabin with a nod of his head.
“Eleanor. Take care of the injured. And how is Erin doing?”
“I’m fine! Perfectly healthy!”
Erin, who had absorbed some of her condensed magical power as her fox orb broke, showed a more energetic appearance than usual.
Even though she had gone through a fierce battle, Eun-hyeon nodded her head and replied to that face that showed her strong will rather than fatigue.
“Then assist Eleanor.”
“Huh.”
“And Shinsoo…”
Eventually, looking at the nine-tailed fox, the most troublesome thing that created this division, Eun-hyeon hesitated to speak.
“You just don’t have to do anything.”
“Joy. I thought so.”
The gumiho snorted and confidently replied.
Leaving her answer behind, Eunhyeon left her cabin after being seen off by Eleanor and Erin.
The place above the deck is a mess itself.
A violent storm with unmatched heavy rain and wind hitting the face is making chaos on the sea.
All of these are natural disasters caused by an irregular yet powerful wave in the tide as the sapphire jade created by the nine-tailed fox engulfed Orbis Island.
“Fix it tightly so it doesn’t bend!”
“Ah, I’m doing it!”
“Shit! What kind of fuss is this all of a sudden!?”
Staring at the desperate struggle of the sea with the sailors desperately moving their bodies to resist the threat of the storm, Eunhyeon stuck out her tongue.
“I didn’t expect this until…”
Although she destroyed the fox beads without consulting the nine-tailed fox, Eun-hyeon did not expect that she would use the magic that filled Orbis Island afterwards to use a huge attack to blow up the entire island.
As expected, she realized again that she had a different perspective and way of thinking than the human beings.
And then she joined Rio de side right away.
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As soon as I came out of the stormy section and entered the calming sea, the sea became calm like a lie.
Literally, the state of the Tirnis sailboat that came across the storm is literally in a mess.
As soon as the materials warehouse was opened and repair work began, all crew members and knights were working together to repair the sailboat under the command of the captain, Count Tirnis.
Originally, the superior of the Arthia knights was Riod, but when a battle broke out, various unexpected situations that occurred on the sea were the specialty of Count Tyrnis, who had learned navigation for generations.
Riod, who temporarily yielded command over navigation to Count Tirnis, attended a meeting set up in the cabin.
Including Riod, those present were Helena Hubby, Princess Yulia, Alex, Eunhyeon and Eleanor, and, very surprisingly, a nine-tailed fox.
Queen Diane, currently the highest ranking member of the expedition, was unable to attend this meeting.
Upon hearing the secrets of her royal family and the truth about her son, who had been deprived of her body and changed, Queen Diane completely lost her mind.
Earl Tirnis, who had not heard her details, took into account Queen Diane’s condition and prepared a private room for her.
“…”
Helena Hubei and Princess Yuria swallowed their saliva as they noticed the nine-tailed fox.
As she heard the story between her and her distant ancestor, Ortas, she naturally became nervous.
As long as the story was proven to be true, Yuria, who inherited Ortas’ lineage, could not deny that she was a distant descendant of the man who betrayed her.
“Now then, shall we begin the meeting?”
Oddly enough, it is Eun-hyeon who is conducting the meeting in this heavy atmosphere.
The agenda of the meeting is, of course, the truth about the royal family of Pernias, which has been hidden until now, and the issue of the ‘next king’, which has become vacant again.
“I have already told the members of Artia to keep quiet about this.”
Even though they are knights who were personally selected and trained by Riod, and are gathered by people who respect the leader of the knights, Riod, it is very difficult to keep a person’s mouth shut.
Still, they couldn’t think of anything other than to believe his words, so Helena Hubby and YuRia couldn’t help but nod their heads.
If this fact were to be revealed, it would be a set procedure for the foundation of the Pernias royal family to be shaken.
And a more important issue than that is that the crown prince’s seat, which hadn’t even been decided yet, has returned to being vacant.
Due to the death of the first prince, Damien, it is natural that the next crown prince’s place will be decided by the second prince, Evan.
“Evan is not yet.”
Yuria was the first to oppose Evan’s inauguration as the next king.
The younger brother has not yet started receiving education as a member of the royal family, and is an immature age at which accurate reasoning cannot be discerned.
The inauguration ceremony of the crown prince is natural, but becoming the king through the coronation ceremony immediately after the funeral of the previous king only caused confusion.
“Hmm…”
Helena Hubby also groaned in agreement and nodded her head.
More than that, the biggest problem right now is that Queen Diane, who was leading her state affairs through proxy purification at her party, completely mentally collapsed due to Damian’s death and became close to a disabled person.
In reality, it would be a natural step for Queen Helena to hold the real power in place of Queen Diane, but in order to do so, there are so many issues that need to be revealed, such as why Queen Diane became a disabled person and the death of Prince Damian.
It is very complicated and difficult to handle this while hiding the secret about the Pernias royal family.
Above all, the period of proxy cleaning was too long.
This is a time when the presence of the king is needed both internally and externally as there is a risk of planting a not-so-good impression in diplomacy with other countries.
Ortas was aiming for this timing properly.
“I would like to make a suggestion to you.”
“… Proposal?”
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Eunhyun, who opened her mouth in a heavy atmosphere.
“A new King is needed, but Prince Evan, who will become Crown Prince, is still too young to fulfill his duties. So, I have someone I would like to recommend as the new king…”
I intentionally blurted out the end of my words and looked at the reaction around me.
People’s reactions are varied, such as making a puzzled expression, a curious expression, or an expression that doesn’t matter.
A pitiful situation in which a man who was a foreigner and had no status until a few years ago has now become so influential that he can put anyone he wants in the place of the king, the owner of the kingdom.
“That’s a complete nonsense…”
“Be quiet. It’s not like that, and I have no intention of benefiting from this.”
Eunhyeon quickly cut off Yuria’s small muttering.
Yuria, who had been glancing at Eunhyun with her eyes narrowed, let out a small sigh and asked.
“So who are you recommending?”
