Chapter 166 – The Beginning of the 7-War (8)
2 After hearing the princess’ proposal, the princess immediately left her seat.
Seeing her hurriedly leaving her body wrapped in a robe, I wondered how she would have made such a proposal to me. How did she come to me? All was predictable.
However, as the princess said, if you look at the future, it is more profitable to secure 1 princess.
With that thought in mind, I immediately moved to the imperial palace with the extremely beautiful Anel who came out of the dressing room.
As expected, the imperial palace was crowded with various preparations, and numerous nobles and ministers were gathering.
Among them, there were those who were nervous and those who were wary of me.
This was especially the case with priests and paladins.
However, I was surprised that priests and paladins were here.
“Huh? Looks like priests and paladins are also attending this time?”
Paladins and priests are beings who dedicated their lives to God. For this reason, he does not intervene in matters related to the country at all times, and of course avoids luxury and pleasure.
They are the ones who don’t come to the Emperor’s birthday unless the Emperor himself invites them.
So I was a little surprised to see them attend.
And when I was surprised, it was Agnel who kindly explained.
“Today, the position of general from Artel-sama is only for war. The Helios Church, in doctrine, opposes war and limits life-threatening things to heretics and monsters. Perhaps Artel-sama might start a war. You will be wary of the facts.”
“Ohhh. You dare to be wary of me… You’re still cocky. Anyway, how do you know that? I’m sure you never learned anything like this.”
“Whoa, whoa. While Artel was leaving for the academy, Senia and I tried our best to match Artel.”
Saying that, Annell smiled confidently.
Dark hair down to his waist and red eyes.
And her white dress, covering her voluptuous breasts, contrasted with Arnell’s dark hair and matched well with her white skin, bringing out her charm well.
And as if to prove that she was my concubine, the ring with the golden pattern, the symbol of the Shine family, worn on her ring finger was also adding to her beauty.
Seeing Agnel like that, I laughed and praised her innocently.
“As expected, it’s beautiful. It’s always been like that, but today it’s even more beautiful, Arnelle.”
“Eh!? That’s right. That makes me a little happy.”
At my words, Arnelle also blushed in pure delight.
The atmosphere turned pink unintentionally, but there were other nobles around, so I cut it short and entered the huge party hall.
At the same time, the gazes of numerous aristocrats who had come beforehand turned to us.
“I see… That boy.”
“No matter how much I look at it, I don’t see him as strong at that level…”
“What the hell is His Majesty thinking? Entrusting such a heavy responsibility to such a young boy.”
“No matter how you look at it, he’s nothing more or less than a child, but he’s the blood of the Shine family… Tsk tsk!!”
Most nobles were looking at me negatively.
They were whispering a little, as if they thought I wouldn’t be able to hear them, and I heard every single thing they said.
It’s not that they don’t understand what they’re saying.
From the outside, I’m a young boy and I don’t look very strong, so it’s only natural that they doubt me.
Of course, I had no intention of forgiving the guy who was arguing with me.
But fortunately, there were no brainless bastards who dared to quarrel with me, who was from the Shine family and now married the emperor’s daughter, the princess.
Rather, the majority of those who came to me disguised as laughter and tried to build friendships.
Those who approached me with flattery with their mouths had a subtle disregard for me in the eyes of those who approached me, and I did not deal with such people.
Ignoring many nobles like that, I decided to wait for the emperor to grant me the position of general.
“Whoa… I’m a little nervous.”
“Even the world’s Artel-sama is nervous at a place like this. Whooping, I’m glad to know a new side of you.”
No matter how much I say it, I can’t be nervous in a place where so many nobles are gathered… I want to say no, but in fact, thinking about the reaction when I chose the first princess, I naturally get nervous.
But that tension soon faded.
It was because the emperor appeared earlier than I thought without notifying him that he was coming.
“Woe, His Majesty the Emperor has entered!”
The person from a week ago hurriedly shouted out, but the nobles were polite before him.
The emperor’s attire was the same as a week ago.
He was dressed in splendid clothes and was holding a pure white sword and a golden staff symbolizing imperial authority.
And the emperor who came in quickly looked around after seeing me and said,
“Heung! Come up quickly. Today, I’ll throw away the pretentiousness and finish the appointment quickly!”
When the emperor boldly shouted that, all the nobles around him froze in amazement, but the emperor’s expression remained calm.
That’s why I approached the Sun Emperor and knelt down on his knees.
“Okay. Today is also my daughter’s engagement day! That’s many times more important than your rise to the position of general. Hey! Prepare for my daughter’s engagement right now!”
‘… Was this man originally like this?”
I don’t know why, but I was puzzled by the way the emperor gave up his dignity and put importance on his daughter.
I thought that there would surely be an emperor’s dignity today and terrible rudeness, but there was none of that.
“Then, from now on, the general appointment ceremony will begin! Shine Artel! I will ask you not as a member of the Shine family, the founding contributor to the imperial family! I will ask you as an individual!”
“Yes! Your Majesty!”
It was strange, but the emperor’s unique charisma and atmosphere were the same, so I ignored this sense of incongruity and focused on the emperor’s words.
“Will you marry one of my daughters and swear absolute loyalty to our imperial family!”
“My! As a servant of the Imperial Family, I swear to be loyal to the Imperial Family!”
“As a person who has risen to the position of general, do you swear to spread the dignity of the empire far and wide!”
“My! I swear to spread the power of the great empire far and wide!”
“This is the end… Do you swear to make my daughter happy!”
“Yes? I swear…?”
“Good! I heard your oath!”
I heard a strange sound at the end and I was beeping, but I kept my oath until the end anyway.
And after the oath was finished, the emperor held out a pure white sword to me.
“Take it! I brought you one of the finest swords among the swords in the underground storage of the imperial palace! From now on, it’s a sword given to you as a general, so you must wear it.”
The sword the emperor held out to me was a huge greatsword.
In terms of size and length alone, it seemed to be 5 times the Darkness of the Demon King’s sword, and it was bigger than me.
In addition, the handle part was engraved with an exquisitely harmonious decoration of white and gold, and although it was weak in the emperor’s hand, it emitted a soft light.
And as soon as he saw the sword, his intuition shouted.
Don’t take that sword. It’s not too late now, so I said no.
I, who trust my intuition quite a bit, will reject that sword in the moment. I thought about it, but that sword was a gift from the emperor.
For no exact reason. It is absurd disrespect to reject the goods bestowed upon by a great emperor.
That’s why I suppressed my ominous intuition and gripped my sword.
“Thank you. Your Majesty the Emperor!”
At the same time as he accepted the pure white sword that emits an aura that looked great just by looking at it, a bright light leaked out from the sword.
At the same time, a status window popped up in front of my eyes.
And an incomprehensible sentence came to mind.
[Ultimate Savior (EX) and Primordial Holy Sword react]
Haha! As expected, this sword was yours! I brought it just in case!”
“…Your Majesty, what is this sword?”
The emperor was smiling happily at me, but I looked at him with a serious expression.
Seeing me like that, the emperor grinned and detonated the bomb.
“The name of the sword is said to be the first holy sword that the first warrior, the ancestor of our imperial family, had.”
“What!?”
First holy sword. It appeared in the original work, but even the hero was not recognized for his talent and strength, and it was a holy sword that the hero refused to use himself.
So, at the same time as the emperor said that, I felt an extremely ominous energy, and as if to prove my feelings, a story came to my head.
[Finally… Found it! A true user who can use me! Welcome. New hero!]
I could see that a lump of baggage other than Darkness was formed at those words.
At the same time, thinking about what would happen if this sword met with the demon lord’s sword made my eyes go dark.
I probably wouldn’t have come to my senses quickly if it hadn’t been for the jealousy and astonishment I felt around me and the emperor’s declaration.
“Look! Shine Artel, who has newly risen to the position of general, has even acknowledged his qualifications for the first holy sword, so he has nothing short of to be recognized as a hero after receiving the title of a hero!”
Only after hearing the Emperor’s cry. I could understand the emperor’s thoughts.
The emperor had a ulterior motive to make me a hero for the imperial family.
I tried to laugh at this fact, but this result was also the result of me being led by the emperor, so I just smiled and raised my sword high.
