Chapter 16 – 1-Senia, Queen of the Cold (16)
On an extremely dark night, there is a palace where the royal family and the princess are staying.
There were a total of two princesses who knew and lived in the palace, each with different inclinations and personalities.
“…Are you serious!”
And in that palace, there was another woman who was not a princess.
She has silver hair in an all-white outfit, and even though she’s frowning in anger, she still feels a sense of sanctity, and she looks thin enough to match that sanctity. Was a woman with
This woman’s name is Artina. She was a woman who was selected as a saint and grew up as a saint.
And her second princess, Bubble Latio Asuka, spoke of her while maintaining her cold and expressionless expression.
Her second princess was different from her just becoming an adult, and she was wearing a black dress that matched her black hair with a chest similar to that of her older saintess, making use of the charm of her white skin.
However, her face remained expressionless as if a cold chill had settled on it.
“I’ll say it again. Saintess, I said in the name of the second princess that I don’t support the summoning of the hero, and I have no intention of handing over the armor of the hero that belongs to me.”
At the words of Bubbleratio Asuka, Saint Artina gritted her teeth.
For her, who grew up as a saint, she thought that she needed her hero in a situation where demons were creeping out of her secretly like now.
However, how did she know this, the second princess, Bubble Tio Asuka, declared in front of her ministers that she would not support the summoning of the hero.
Of course, originally, the summoning of the hero would have been possible no matter what the second princess said.
That would also be the case because the summoning circle was divided between the imperial family/nobles/religious high-ranking officials.
The first princess had already expressed her support, and she was able to enforce the summoning of the hero because the saintess and the pope agreed.
But here a problem arose.
When the second princess revealed that she was negative about summoning the hero, all the nobles agreed and the emperor also raised her second princess’s hand, making the summoning camp impossible to maneuver.
Furthermore, the second princess, Bubble Latio Asuka, said that she would not hand over the Hero’s armor, which is an essential item for a hero and a tip from the imperial family.
Ownership of the armor of the hero has long since changed due to that incident, and now it is impossible to move it without her permission, and even if the hero comes, he cannot be equipped without her permission.
Of course, the saintess and the pope protested against this, but…
“Ohh… Are you dissatisfied with my words?”
He lowered his tail at the emperor’s words.
No matter how strong the religious world is, it is nothing compared to the imperial family, and the pope himself had no intention of confronting the imperial family, so in the end, no surface dissatisfaction was expressed.
However, those who had deep faith in their religion and were expecting a hero like the saintess had no choice but to be dissatisfied inside, and the saintess came to the second princess on behalf of them.
But Bubble Latio Asuka glared coldly at her holy woman and said.
“This has already been decided. It is the opinion of His Majesty and I that there is no need to summon a hero as no matter how much demons appear, they are not at a dangerous level.”
Despite the saintess’s protests, she did not blink an eye, and when Bubble Latio Asuka spoke, the saintess had no choice but to grit her teeth.
The saintess felt anger and disappointment, but she was more suspicious than that.
“Why… You must have agreed to the hero’s summons, but why are you suddenly opposed!!”
Apparently, the 2nd princess respected the hero until a few months ago and was very positive about her summoning of the hero.
However, now she is negative about summoning the hero, and her personality has also changed greatly.
Her always lively face turned cold, her round eyes sharpened, and she became a superhuman who did everything perfectly.
Besides, she even went so far as to meet with this or that noble these days, so she was completely different compared to before.
And to the saintess’ words, she answered simply.
“People always change. Especially if it’s a person with a chance. Do you know? Holy Lady”
The appearance of her speaking in a businesslike attitude and way of speaking that was different from the gentle way she used to speak made her saintess feel even more suspicious.
The second princess spoke once again, as if she knew the saintess’ heart.
“If the story is over, please leave now. Holy Lady”
At her words, the saintess tried to open her mouth, but the second princess took the lead and opened her mouth.
“Originally, no one is allowed to enter this palace without permission from His Majesty the Emperor.”
As if warning in a cold tone, she said.
“So please tell my foolish sister, ‘I’ll let her pass this time, but please don’t abuse her privilege.'”
At these words, the saintess gnashed her teeth and went outside, and as soon as she left, the second princess snapped her fingers.
In what is commonly referred to as a finger snap, someone appeared behind her back when no one else was there.
“Yes my master. Mission”
The one who appeared behind her covered her whole body with something like a black mask.
But even so, the unique curves of women were revealed, so I could only tell that Lee was a woman.
And looking at him like that, the second princess opened her mouth while looking at her empty space.
“For the next 24 hours, monitor every move of my foolish sister and the saintess, and make it into data and bring it back. Rose”
While doing so, she was looking at her empty space, and in her empty space was a list of things that only she could see.
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Name: Bubble Tio Asuka
Title: The one who experienced the miracle of return (EX), the one who is loved by the spirits (A)
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Her status bar
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Name: Artina
Title: Saint (A), Person with Holy Energy (B)
State: Doubt, Disappointment, Anger
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The status window of the saintess, and
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Name: Rose
Title: Shadow Assassin (A), Master of Presence Block (B)
Status: Absolute Loyalty, Execution of Orders
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There was Rose’s status window.
Seeing this, she waved her hand, satisfied with her loyalty to Rose’s condition, and at her gesture, the woman named Rose lowered her head and disappeared as if melting into the shadows.
Left alone like that, she got up from her seat and said as she warmed up.
‘If it’s Rose, she’ll definitely carry out her mission properly, so there’s no problem, and the most recent problem is the enhanced monsters that will appear when the demons overflow, so I’ll have to look at the number of people quickly.’
Muttering that, she lifted up a piece of report.
The purpose of this report is simple.
The two purposes are to collect information about the Shine family and to collect information about the person named Shine Artel.
‘As for the military, you can borrow your foolish sister’s Silver Knights, so it’s better to raise a very small number of elites like now rather than raising an army. And 80% of the nobles support me, so things are going smoothly for now. I’m very fortunate.’
There was still no change in her expression on her face, which said she was glad.
And there was clearly information about the future in her words, and if someone heard it, they would feel doubts, but she didn’t hesitate at all.
‘It’s been 5 months since I returned, and there are only 2 years left until the Demonic Beast Flood, so I still have time.’
Saying so, she held up her report and opened it wide… She then clicked her tongue.
“As expected, since there is no Artel, her vassals are rampaging.”
In that report, it was written that since there was no lineage from her main family, Shine Carmel, the closest descendant of her main family, insisted that she be the successor of the Sain family.
“You foolish guy… Well, that’s why he was decapitated by Artel…”
As she said that, for the first time ever, her expression changed and she smiled lightly.
She is a regressor
She saw the empire collapsed by her warriors, and she tried to stop it, but she failed and died.
And to him, her existence as Artel was the only consolation in her own heart, filled with her sorrow for not being able to protect her empire and her anger toward her brave man.
She still can’t forget
Her own father, His Majesty the Emperor, died because of the invasion of the demons, and the atrocities committed by the warrior who ascended to the throne of the emperor, and the person named Shine Artell, who opposed those atrocities not for his own greed, but to protect the people he ruled. Couldn’t
At first, she was annoyed at the Shain family, to which the imperial family owed money.
However, her thoughts changed drastically as the hero took care of her government affairs while fighting her demons.
In the first place, her Imperial Family owed her own and her damn sister her personal expenses, especially the maintenance of her sister’s Silver Knights. .
In addition, what the hero was trying to do was all nonsense, and it was Shine Artel who wanted to stop it.
He ruled the Shin family splendidly as the son of the last head of the Shin family.
He was overflowing with charisma and excelled in martial arts, and was a possessor of talent that could surpass even a warrior.
But he was the one who ruined such an artel.
During the demon invasion, he wanted to protect me.
This left him seriously injured and eventually weakened him.
Also, it was entirely thanks to Artel that the empire was being maintained despite the creaks caused by the warriors doing absurd things.
However, he did not realize Artel’s efforts until he eventually joined hands with the demons and tried to kill the hero, and only when the empire collapsed did he realize and understand his efforts.
So, to her, Artel was the only hope and star that remained in her heart.
So she prayed.
She said that she wants to meet Artel again as soon as possible, and this time she will help him to protect the empire.
And the face of the second princess who thought so was blushed, and she became the face of a woman waiting for her lover.
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An accident in her ordinary village the next morning and the events of the following day gave her serious trouble.
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