Chapter 886 – 100 Days – Solve the Knights of the Zodiac
Unable to remain permanently confined to the castle of Altema, the princess headed to Holympia with an army prepared for her.
The princess, who set off in the morning when the sound of birds chirping was natural, was able to arrive at her desired location at a time when the sun was high above her head without any major problems.
“As expected, the Knights of the Zodiac are not moving from their positions.”
The princess sighed as she saw the knights filling the horizon.
“It can’t be helped. It’s the famous Emperor’s Golden Army, right?”
“Even my father kept praising me for being great.”
While listening to Arisa and Jad Aubert’s story, the princess looked down at the map prepared by Ceres and Leda.
Thanks to the demon’s holographic technology, she was able to accurately know the approximate number of Knights of the Zodiac and the soldiers deployed.
“Elaine. Were the items given by Eve Terra distributed to the knight commanders?”
“Everyone seemed to dislike it at first, but they were happy to use it after hearing that my voice could be heard clearly anytime, anywhere.”
“In a war like this, isn’t it more important than anything to follow plans and orders?”
The princess briefly glanced at the knights in shining armor prepared beyond the gorgeous tent.
‘Thanks to Eve Terra’s help, I was able to give precise orders to so many soldiers and knights that it was difficult to count them.’
The princess also wore enchanted earrings in her ears that could be useful in her conversations.
“There is no problem with the condition of the soldiers, so there will be no problem if we clash right now…”
The princess was not scared.
“If I dare to speak from my side…”
Hestia Gregorio, wearing pure white armor, catches 20 pawns with the palm of his hand and throws them down.
“If we fight the Knights of the Zodiac, we will have to endure casualties of this magnitude.”
“It could be worse than that. I am not disrespecting Britannia and the knights who follow Elaine, but…”
Jad Ober gets his hands on four knights.
“The performance of the Knights of the Zodiac in the war against the Southerners was truly fearsome. There is a rumor that one knight fought and won over 100 Southerners.”
“I know that to be the hard truth, not just a rumor. Anyway, it means that there are monsters out there for whom the term ‘one hundred per day’ is worthy.”
The princess touched her chin with her hand without saying a word.
“But if I use magic and Elaine plays an active role, it won’t be that bad, right?”
The princess shakes her head at Arisa’s words.
“Unlike the Knights of the Zodiac who were deployed in the war against the Southerners, aren’t all the Knights together? The efficiency of one knight and an army of knights is different.”
“We may be able to reduce their numbers or suppress their momentum to some extent with magic.”
Arisa spoke, but she was not sure.
“Okay…”
The princess, who was blocked right in front of Holly Pia, kept touching her mouth with her hand.
It was a very difficult situation.
No one could guarantee what would happen if they fought the Knights of the Zodiac.
If the princess consumed a lot of her stamina, she didn’t know what would happen to her real enemy, Emperor Jupiter.
“I’m in trouble. This.”
“I thought something like this would happen, so I brought in as many soldiers as possible, but…”
Jad Ober and Hestia Gregorio sigh.
“Isn’t this a problem that can be solved just by having more soldiers?”
“That’s right. There are only more innocent lives being cut down by hundreds of knights per day.”
After hearing what Elaine and Arisa said, the princess let out a long sigh and looked at her tent again.
If she simply intends to make her rebellion successful, she may just have to ‘consume’ the soldiers and knights who followed her and believed in her.
‘So what’s the difference between Abama and Abama? I don’t want to waste my life like firewood thrown into the flames for her own good work.
She is not a coward who does not like to shed blood.
The princess wanted to end this fight in the most ideal way.
“Leda. Is there anything special you want to say at the advisory meeting?”
“Yes, the advisory council is currently in a situation where the Empress is captured by the Cordyceps, and the saint and her mother have joined this side, making their autonomy meaningless.”
“Prime Minister Arnold is also with me, so what I said is not entirely wrong.”
Realizing that she couldn’t get much help from within, the princess touched her mouth with her hand and then smoothed out her round table.
She never wanted to be like Jupiter Holympia.
She did not simply want to usurp the golden throne by replacing people.
She wanted to show that Jupiter Holympia’s methods were wrong and that it was wrong to throw everything away to accomplish a task without saving countless lives.
“Anyway, I guess I should try something that has nothing to say even if everyone tells me I’m crazy.”
The princess made a decision. She might be the worst choice, but she couldn’t even try.
Because that was the princess, Venus Holympia.
“The princess, no way…”
Ceres opened her mouth with a worried look on her face, but was unable to stop the princess.
“I understand. I will arrange a meeting for you to speak with the Commander of the Zodiac Knights.”
“Is it possible?”
“Isn’t she the princess who made even the Royal Mistress an ally?”
Leda said with a smile.
“If the Emperor’s Shadow and Ceres act together, there is nothing we cannot do.”
* * * * *
A place a little far from the land occupied by the Knights of the Zodiac who guard Holympia.
A place a little far from the land where people who united as one for the princess gathered.
There was a colorful tent pitched on a fairly ambiguous hill.
“Hmm…”
The princess sitting in the gorgeous tent did not say anything and just remained silent with her arms crossed.
‘I don’t know if the Commander of the Zodiac Knights will talk to me properly…’
The princess threw her dice.
With the help of Ceres and Leda, she asked the leader of the Zodiac Knights to come here because she had something very serious to say.
It was not strange, as in many wars, negotiations in this way were often conducted before directly clashing swords.
However, what made this situation different from those wars was that the princess rebelled against Emperor Jupiter.
‘You could say you’ll cut me up for not being able to answer questions…’
The princess lets out her sigh.
No matter how much I thought about it, I had no idea what kind of person the Commander of the Zodiac Knights was, so it was difficult to imagine what he would do.
“The princess.”
“… Huh? What did Zodiac do?”
“No, he is approaching the tent.”
With her startled eyes, the princess swallowed her saliva and changed her posture to touch the edge of her chair with both hands.
Clap! Quickly! Clap!
The Commander of the Zodiac Knights, who appears with a strange clanking sound, takes off the colorful cloth and enters the tent without the slightest hesitation.
The armor he was wearing was, as expected, incredibly flashy and flashy. The embedded jewels and magic stones constantly gave off a strange light.
“Welcome, Commander of the Zodiac Knights. Let’s talk with me.”
“… You’re using numbers whose meaning I don’t know.”
The knight commander’s voice was still bizarre.
It was so deeply split that an ordinary person would feel disgust just by hearing the voice.
“Commander of the Zodiac Knights. Haven’t you been working hard for an empire where the sun never sets for a long time?”
The princess stands up from her seat, spreads her arms, and speaks.
“I know that you subdued the southerners according to Abamama’s orders. There must have been a lot of incidents with the Ober family.”
“…”
“Aren’t you the one who has worked for the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets more than anyone else?”
The princess points outside the tent to the sky with her hand.
“Look at the sky of Holympia. Do you know what happens in that sky?”
“I don’t know.”
“Hasn’t Abamama ruled you, us, and the people of the empire in that way for a long time? Hasn’t she neglected us without even once looking after the beings who are bleeding and starving right now?”
“I think so.”
“That’s right, I say it. Commander of the Zodiac Knights. Open the way! Aren’t you and I fighting here for the empire on which the sun never sets!”
The princess held out her hand.
“We are dreaming the same dream! What reason is there to shed blood here?”
“… Does the Crown Princess think so?”
The leader of the Zodiac Knights, who opened his mouth with her strange voice, bent down and looked at the princess.
“We’re having the same dream…”
“I know very well how much effort you have put in until now, the military commander of the empire.”
“You’re lost in a warm dream… You’re telling me nonsense that we’re dreaming the same dream.”
The moment I heard the words of the Zodiac Knight Commander.
The princess could sense her blatant sense of life.
That wasn’t something he did because he momentarily hated the princess.
It was a life deeper than that, one that could be felt to the core of one’s emotions.
“You are…”
As soon as she said her words, the princess stepped behind her.
─Krrrr!
The Commander of the Zodiac Knights and the Princess.
The table between them shattered, and a huge golem’s hand appeared from the ground.
The Zodiac Knight Commander instantly cut his hand in half with the sword on his back. The heat emanating from the sword was so great that even pure white smoke rose from the cut golem’s hand.
“The princess…!”
Ceres quickly took out her scythe and stood next to her to protect the princess, but the leader of the Zodiac knights did not swing his sword at the princess once again.
“We’re having the same dream… Is that what you said? Crown Princess?”
“Did you never have any intention of protecting the empire from the beginning…?”
The Zodiac Knight Commander speaks while looking down at the embarrassed princess.
“All I can do is kill you. The princess is lost in a warm dream.”
