Chapter 184 – Even if Everyone Else Denies Me (3)
Theorard and Benelia ran into Roylen as soon as they entered the villa.
As soon as Roilen, who was waiting at her entrance her and was anxious, saw the two people soaked in the rain, she was discouraged and made a fuss with her body her.
“Majesty! For what reason did you come through the rain?”
“You haven’t caught a cold, have you?”
“First, you have to wipe off the rainwater from your body.”
“Ah! I was out of my mind. First of all, I will gather all the servants of the villa.”
“Hello! Bring me a towel!”
“No, this is not the time. I will heat the bath water, so you both can relax.”
The voice full of worry made me smile. Benelia frowned at Roylen’s fuss, as if she didn’t like it, but she didn’t deny it.
Afterwards, Benelia and Theorard, who had been guided by Roylen, had a meeting in the drawing room after taking a bath. The problem is that Venelia arrived earlier than Theorard.
“…….”
As if Roylen was wearing the clothes she had prepared for her, Benelia was wearing her sleeved shirt and white cotton trousers. .
“Yes?”
Sitting at her table, alone sipping wine, Benellia felt her presence her and raised her head. Naturally, our gazes met with Theorad. Theorard, who had stopped a few steps away, bowed his head politely.
“I’m ashamed of making you wait.”
“It was enough to know. Come over and sit down.”
“I will do that.”
Theorard walked over to the table and pulled out a chair and sat down. Benelia, who was looking at Theorade with interest, quietly opened her mouth.
“Because I have so many questions about you. May I ask you a question?”
“Your Highness is asking, how could I refuse? If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.”
“Good night. Then, let’s have a drink before we talk in earnest. Go up.”
Theo Rad lowered his head and confirmed that the glass in front of him was filled with wine.
She doesn’t like alcohol, but she can’t refuse a drink that the princess personally gave her.
“I will take it as a thank you.”
Theorard took the glass, emptied all the wine in his mouth and set it back down. Benelia also smirked, half-drinked her wine and set her glass down.
The wine, which had been swaying for a while in the glass, gradually calmed down and leveled off. Benelia, who had been staring down at her crimson water surface Her, opened her words.
“Theorad Deham. You are obviously dead Am I right?”
“…… You are not wrong.”
“If not, how can you live in front of me right now?”
A sharp voice changes the atmosphere in an instant. As if it had entered the mouth of a lion, an irresistible sense of coercion was weighing down the space.
Benelia, who inherited the ruler’s blood from birth, is displaying her military superiority to the fullest. Theorard, who judged that he could not lie, only listed the facts.
“I understand that you doubt me. But I am not a doppelganger, much less anyone’s disguise.”
“But……. If it was a doppelganger like the oblivion monster, it would have been released when it got caught in the rain, and if it was part of a disguise, there’s no way I wouldn’t have noticed. If that’s the case, it means that he really died and came back to life. How the hell is that possible?”
“I can’t explain it in detail, but it seems like a magical phenomenon.”
“I can’t explain…….”
It was a remark that might seem rude at first glance, but Benelia understood it a hundred times.
For magicians, individual magic techniques are more important than life. Exposing that principle to others would be the same as denying her life as a wizard.
Of course, I had never heard of the existence of resuscitation magic, but Theorad, who had perfected great magic such as artificial rain by himself, was not without possibility.
“If it’s hard to say, let’s move on. Then the next question. No, it would be more like a request than a question.”
“If you ask me?”
“Soon there will be a war. You must be aware of this too.”
“That’s right. Do you have anything to say about it?”
“Okay.”
Benelia paused for a moment before speaking.
“Don’t be honest. I will overthrow the Empire through war. In the process, I am going to use the artificial rain magic you have perfected as a weapon of war.”
Theorard’s hands tremble. After hearing the shocking remarks one after another, it is difficult to organize my mind.
Theorard, who was staring at Venelia with a firm posture, spoke with difficulty.
“Can I hear the reason?”
“It is for life. For me to live, and furthermore, to deliver a better life to everyone in the empire.”
“Are you sure that is the right way?”
“You should know the answer. Are you saying that without knowing that the empire will disintegrate and collapse if someone does not commit a revolution?”
Theorard couldn’t answer easily. The silence that lasts for a while makes each other hard.
Although she did not express herself, Benelia was also not at all happy in her place where she was now. She didn’t back down because it was a fact she had to tell someday.
“Admit it. You cannot avoid seeing blood in the course of the revolution. There is no guarantee that innocent deaths will not occur. However, I want you to know that the blood I will drink is significantly less than the blood the Emperor will drink.”
“…… What are you going to do if I don’t allow it?”
“I will not write. It’s not a revolution that won’t succeed just because one of the cards disappears.”
Theorard sighed softly. Artificial rain magic was not intended to be used as a weapon of war.
It was the magic of artificial rain that started the concept with a pure desire to make everyone happy.
So there was no way he could readily accept Benelia’s request her. However, if she refuses, Benelia’s plan will be disrupted.
Theorard could not bear the countless deaths that would result from the failure of the plan. If refusal resulted in more deaths than permission, he would of course choose the former.
“…… We will cooperate.”
There was no other choice.
However, Theorard felt a strange question from Benelia’s words to her.
“But when you say you’re trying to overthrow the Empire in order to live…….”
“It is literally. Whether I win or lose the war, I will die.”
If the demons of the Devil’s Realm fail to prepare for the advance of the empire and are swept away like autumn leaves, the imperial authority is strengthened.
Leonhard, who was aiming for the throne, will try to kill his older brother and deal with all his thorns. In the process, Benelia also becomes unable to keep her life her.
On the other hand, if the Devils of the Devils succeed in pushing the Empire out, the ministers remaining in the Imperial Palace will send secret messages to the Agela Kingdom and the Isbald Republic.
It was clear that the Empire, whose defenses had been weakened by fighting a war with the Demon Lord, would be divided into quarters by their hands.
Then, the ministers who took power with the power of the principality and kingdom would first try to kill Benelia, who had independent military authority.
“So it is a revolution for living.”
For Benelia, who has been under numerous threats since she was a child, survival was close to a haze.
Because the shadow of her out-of-wedlock her followed her like a tag, Benelia was not recognized no matter what she did, and those who could be called her blood relatives sent a lot of contempt and contempt.
“My second brother persistently tried to kill me. It must be because she did not want to admit that she excelled in a subject that was nothing more than an out-of-wedlock. In a way, you can see it as smart. It was a move to rid her of the static that would later become a threat to her.”
Benelia’s childhood her was like hell.
Attempts of poisoning and assassination were rampant, so he had to be terrified, not knowing when the numerous servants around him would suddenly change their attitude and try to kill him.
So, on weekends, Benelia went to the monastery and hid herself, and on weekdays she secretly practiced her swordsmanship among knights.
On days when she was anxious, she would leave her comfortable bed and go into a small attic to get her sleep. She also always went to the kitchen before meals to observe the food being prepared.
“Even though her father was aware of her brother’s alterations of her, he stood by. Deep down, he probably wanted me to die. He used to look at me like a failure every time I ran into him. So I had no choice but to learn to live alone.”
What Benellia wanted in her splendid and extravagant palace was not her her expensive jewels or flashy clothes her.
Survival. A life where you don’t have to fear death. That was the only and unattainable wish her Benelia pursued.
“You talked about it in Count Pelgarin’s castle before. It is pitiful that I, a mere 12 years old, volunteered to serve in the army.”
Benelia smiled bitterly at her and nodded her head.
“I saw it right away,” She said. I wanted to join the army because I was more afraid of the imperial palace than a battlefield full of slaughter, and because I knew that I would die sooner or later if I didn’t build up military exploits and create soldiers to follow me.”
“Majesty.”
“It is the same this time. The cause of leading the empire to a more righteous place may be a lie to hide the ugly inside. A deeper place. The desire for survival burns beneath me. That much means that I want to live in this world.”
Paradoxically, the right to survive, which is naturally enjoyed by people who were born in an ordinary world and live an ordinary life, was a very difficult task for Benelia, who was born in an extravagant palace and had everything.
“Of course, there is no guarantee that the revolution will succeed. I trust my men, but you never know when and where betrayal will occur. If that happens, I will die. It is unlikely that my second brother will let me go in peace, so she will die a very shameful and painful death.”
Benelia with her glass her emptied her remaining wine her. The red wine on her lips she catches the dim light and shines. Benelia put down her empty glass and leaned back in her chair.
“History will remember me as a pervert who tried to usurp the throne. They will ridicule you for being the height of incompetence and selfishness. Everyone will criticize and humiliate me.”
“…….”
“Thinking about it made me suddenly scared. Imagining that there would be no one left in the world who knew the real me and would die, to the point of panic. However, I feel much more comfortable now.”
The golden eyes narrowed gently.
“Theorad Deham. If you hear the news that I died during the war, take your fiancée and head to the port of Palengar right away. When you arrive at the dock, someone will recognize you. Follow his guidance and board the ship.”
“Majesty. What are you saying now…….”
“Don’t stop talking, listen. You can get on a boat and arrive at Yebrinus, a commercial city. As it is a neutral region, the Empire can’t do anything about it. Stop by the Carastane Bank there and you will find gold coins deposited in your fiancée’s name. I put in quite a bit of money, so I’m sure you’ll be satisfied.”
The way he assumes his defeat is oddly calm. Of course, Benelia did not say this because she thought the revolution would fail.
Just wanting to save some people when the worst hits. Among them, Theorard was special.
Because he was the only person who understood his own miserable past his.
“So if she settles down in Yevrinus, gets married, and gives birth to a child, tell her the story. Benelia von Esteban is not the world’s pervert…….”
A mischievous smile lingered on Benelia’s lips as she stared at the bewildered Theorard.
She said, “She was a lofty lion who chose to fight for her life.”
