## Chapter 1576 – Chronicles of the Sword Demon – The Heavenly Demon’s Rampage
“Y-Your Imperial Majesty!”
Lina, startled, jumped up and shouted.
Lina had grown quite a bit in the meantime. Is she becoming an adult soon? I don’t care. Her age means nothing to me. I always think, Lina needs to live strong in the mountains. There’s no need for me to remember the age of such a being.
The moment I remember her age… I might unknowingly become too kind. And then she won’t be able to live strong in the mountains.
I can never allow that.
It must never happen.
If the Heavenly Demon Kim Kat decided so.
It has to be that way.
“U-Um, thank you as always…!”
Anyway, since I, the Emperor, had arrived, Lina bowed deeply, being excessively polite. That was very satisfying. Yes. She should be this polite. She’s learned very well.
“Hehehe, you little rascal. You’re very polite, aren’t you? Huh? You’re very well-mannered. Okay. Then rest comfortably.”
“Y-Yes… Oppa.”
She immediately relaxed her posture at the words to rest comfortably.
She’s been very well-trained.
I made her into a proper person.
Looking at Lina now, I feel something similar to the emotions I feel when looking at Il-ryong and I-ryong.
Actually, we’ve worked together several times. I’ve had many spectacular experiences with Lina.
We even defeated the heretical giant hidden underground with Elise, and we worked together in the haunted house that suddenly appeared due to the distortion of time and space.
Let’s see… that time Lina got her money extorted by back alley thugs and had a huge fight with Lisette.
Looking back, they’re all memories. Memories.
“Anyway. How have you been?”
“Ah, yes. I’ve been doing very well.”
“Of course, you should be doing well. I even got you a job.”
“That… thank you. I’m living incomparably better than before. I can buy everything I want to eat… I can sleep and rest in a proper house… it’s all thanks to Oppa.”
“Good. Never forget my grace.”
My first meeting with Lina was the worst.
A pickpocket.
A thief.
To me, who was an E-rank adventurer at the time, 5 silver was a huge sum worth more than life itself. Lina not only stole it but also summoned all the murderers and butchers in the back alleys, the special criminals and human hunters, to assassinate me.
But that being said, they were just mediocre murderous thugs. I killed all the ones who attacked me. And took what they had.
The only reason Lina survived was because she was a child. And she paid back double the money. That’s why I let it go.
If that hadn’t been the case, I would have butchered Lina on the spot.
I still haven’t changed that thought. I remind myself of it every time I see Lina… but I eventually came to acknowledge Lina. So, in the end, I helped her live strong in the mountains.
“Yes. Of course, I can never forget Oppa’s grace.”
“But have you learned all the letters yet?”
“That’s… not yet.”
“What, you little rascal?”
No way.
This little rascal still hasn’t learned the letters?
“You little shit, are you studying hard?”
“Ah, I, I am, but… it’s too difficult…”
“Hey, you, what are you going to do if that’s difficult for you! Lina, you little rascal, you’re getting too comfortable! How are you going to live in society if you don’t even know how to read?”
“W-Well, I’m only doing simple tasks right now, so…”
“Of course, they’re only giving you simple tasks! You don’t know how to read!”
Lina, this little rascal, became a civil servant thanks to my connections, but she still can’t read! Right now, she’s at the very bottom. It seems like she’s only doing the most physically demanding chores, and she’s not developing because she doesn’t know how to read.
“This won’t do!”
“Yes?”
“You little shit, go to a literacy academy after work and learn to read. From now on, you’re going to go there every day except weekends. I’ll talk to the academy.”
“N-No way?! J-Just a moment, Oppa! I still have things to do…!”
“Things to do? This is mandatory attendance, you little rascal. Keep that in mind.”
“Ugh…! Yes. I understand. I’ll do as Oppa says.”
Lina soon obediently agreed.
Commendable.
She’s not my child, so I can just force her to do whatever I want.
“Anyway. Do you have any worries?”
“I’m a bit worried about the letters. It’s like they don’t go into my head well.”
“Besides that, you little rascal.”
“Hmm… besides the letters…”
Lina closed her eyes as if thinking for a moment.
“…Rather.”
She said in a gloomy voice.
“…Rather, I’m too comfortable and happy… because of that…”
“Being comfortable and happy is a worry?”
“…Yes.”
Ah.
This is that, isn’t it.
“Why. Do you miss your grandma?”
“…”
Lina nodded at my words.
Yeah.
It’s about her grandma.
Lina’s grandma had become a ghoul. Because of the machinations of the heretics. It was an unfortunate end. Elise and I personally liberated the ghoul grandma who had been horribly transformed.
It’s a really unfortunate thing.
ㅡSwish.
So, I patted Lina’s shoulder.
“Don’t be too sad. Your grandma will be happy to see you living well too. Don’t be too caught up in the past. Enjoy your own happiness. Just think about your grandma occasionally during holidays.”
“Will that be okay… but… haa… if Grandma were here now… she would be living very comfortably. That thought doesn’t leave my head.”
She lost her grandma in such a shocking way at such a young age.
It must have become a trauma.
“Don’t think like that. You’re finally living well, and if you’re depressed because you’re thinking about her, that’s being unfilial. Do you think your grandma would want that?”
In the end, her grandma closed her eyes while worrying about Lina.
“I don’t think so. But I just miss her. My grandma…”
Lina looked very depressed.
This won’t do.
I can’t bear to see her being depressed any longer. In times like this, I need to act like an old geezer and divert her mind elsewhere. For some reason, I can’t help but act like an old geezer when I see Lina.
I have to meddle in everything and tell her what to do. Let’s talk to Lina for a bit and then go somewhere else.
“Lina. When I was in Krasheim several years ago…”
“Yes?”
LA-style talk.
“Ugh…”
It was only when Lina was exhausted and collapsed that I got up from my seat.
Now, let’s go east.
* * *
“No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was like a bomb had dropped. No. A nuclear bomb.
“Emperor!!!!!!! Your Majesty!!!!!!!! God!!!!!!!!!!!! Hero!!!!!!!!! Great!!!!!!!!!!!! Heavenly Demon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
A voice that I could recognize immediately.
ㅡKukwakakakakang!
Could this voice, which even made this explosion reverberate, be called a voice? It was just a roar. How can such a loud sound come from a person’s vocal cords?
It was clear that Miss Isvant ate train whistles for every meal.
“Have you been well? Miss Isvant.”
“Lower!!!!!!!!!!!! Your words!!!!!!!!!!!!! How!!!!!!! Could you possibly use honorifics on someone as lowly as me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaah!!!!!!”
“Whoa.”
ㅡKwaang!
ㅡClang!!
Things are exploding here and there…!
Not only has she not changed at all, but she’s evolved!
This transcendent loudness!
This is Miss Isvant!
“Ugh, ugh… ugh…”
“Haa… haa…”
“Please stop… I don’t like it…”
The servants were expressing their pain! They all looked very gaunt and were wearing strange outfits. When I looked closely, they all had specially made earplugs on their heads! It seemed to be personal protective equipment that they had to wear to work here!
ㅡTremble, tremble.
Even with them on, they were still in pain, constantly covering their ears and staggering…!
Certainly.
Your eardrums wouldn’t be able to withstand it if you lived in a place like this.
“Please lower your words!!!!!!! This is a command!!!!!”
Is she really commanding me?
Anyway, at this rate, all the servants will die. I immediately lowered my voice and greeted her with warmth.
“Hehehe, Miss, have you been well?”
“Using casual speech is also not allowed!!!!”
“Not even this is allowed?”
“Please lower your words, Heavenly Demon Your Majesty!!!”
Miss Isvant is confident!
“No. That’s a bit awkward. And don’t you call me a Barbarian Warrior anymore?”
“That is an outrageously rude thing to say!!! How could I possibly use such a title for the Heavenly Demon Your Majesty!!!”
“Okay! Okay! I’ll lower my voice, so lower yours a bit! The servants are all going to die!”
Only when I lowered my voice did the aura of the roar disappear from Miss Isvant.
“Servants?”
She looked around.
“Oh my! O~hohohohohohohot!!!”
And then laughter burst out.
“This reunion was so joyful that I couldn’t control my voice for a moment!!! To think I would do such a thing!!! It seems that even if this lady is careless for a moment, something big will happen, so the servants are on edge all day long!!!”
If they were on edge twice, they would all die.
“Anyway, have you been well? Our Miss?”
“Of course! Our Barbarian Your Majesty has been looking out for the convenience of our Isvant family! We are managing the region very smoothly!!!!”
“No. Change your tone a bit. It’s a bit much if you’re only comfortable with me.”
She’s very polite. When I said that, the Miss shook her head.
“This is basic etiquette as a noble!!! Please bear with it even if it’s a bit uncomfortable!!! There’s such a thing as a position, a position!!! This lady is one who keeps what she has to keep!!! The Heavenly Demon Your Majesty is an Emperor and a God! I am clearly a subordinate to that God! Therefore, I must choose my words carefully!!!!”
Already, this entire area had been absorbed into the Heavenly Demon Divine Kingdom. Of course, a manager is needed. Because of our connection, I entrusted the management of this frontier region to the Isvant family.
In reality, she is my subordinate.
“If that’s the case. Okay, well. I came to see if things were going well. You’re doing well, right? Leila.”
“Of course!!! The construction of the Heavenly Demon Temple is also progressing smoothly!!! Oh! By the way!!!”
ㅡKwaang!
Suddenly, the Miss slammed the table.
“It’s still incredibly amazing!!! To think that I traversed the same battlefields as a mythological being like His Imperial Majesty!!”
She was really excited. As her tension and voice rose, the lifespan of this building was as clear as day.
“Ah!!! Do you know what!!!”
“What?”
“There’s something I definitely want to show the Barbarian Your Majesty!!!”
“What is it?”
ㅡTtaak.
The Miss immediately snapped her fingers and shouted.
“Come out!!!! Haelen siblings!!!!!!!!!”
ㅡCreak.
The Haelen siblings, wearing the same clothes as the servants, walked in… Huh? Those bastards?
“Look!!!! These humble descendants of a ruined noble family!!!! They have all become my servants!!!!”
“Servants?!”
“Affirmative!!! I have shown them mercy and taken them in!!! They are such lacking fellows!!! They wouldn’t be able to make a living anywhere else!! It’s obvious that they would starve to death, but as a fellow noble, I couldn’t just stand by and watch!!!”
“That’s right!”
Of course, that’s how it should be!
“Kekekekekekek!!!!”
I couldn’t help but laugh at that act of kindness!
“Those words are a hundred times correct, Miss Isvant!!! Even if they are those kinds of fellows, the sight of you giving them salvation!!! It’s incredibly beautiful!!!”
“Ohohohohohohohot! Your praise is overwhelming, Your Majesty!!!”
ㅡTremble, tremble.
Even in the midst of this, the Haelen siblings were restless.
So, I called out to them.
“Wow! To see you like this again! Your name was definitely Mr. George! Long time no see! I’m so glad to see you!”
He was exactly the same as before. No, he looked even more pathetic. He lowered his head, looking very frightened.
“I, I am honored to meet you, Your Imperial Majesty…”
“Hmm? Of course, you should be honored?”
“Yes?”
“Yeees? You little shit, you don’t seem honored at all, you’re just saying it forcefully?”
“A-Absolutely not! Please! It’s not like that at all!!”
“Hahahahaha! I’m just kidding! Kidding, Mr. George! Relax!”
“Yes? Y-Yes…?”
“How dare you, George Haelen, not even understand the Heavenly Demon Your Majesty’s jokes!!! How pathetic!!! Go study jokes immediately!!! I will inspect you tomorrow!!! A joke inspection!!!!”
ㅡDudungtak!
When the Miss burst out with a skit, the drummer who had been waiting there cheerfully played the drums!
“Khahahahahahahaha!”
“Ohohohohohohohot!”
