Chapter 242 – The Hero Persuaded
“How did that happen…”
At Mary’s words, I quickly raised my finger to the corner of my mouth her.
Although Mary said that the throne she was sitting on and the entrance to the Great Hall were quite far away, she felt uneasy about talking with her in peace.
“I move so that the other person doesn’t notice.”
I said that to Mary and Hazel, who looked surprised.
In an instant, the eyes of the two women changed, and they both nodded at me at the same time.
“Thanks for your work. Rosina.”
Hazel opened the door to Daejeon and said that to Nebyura, who was waiting outside the door.
It seems that when Nebula approached Hazel, Rosina wrote her name her.
Although I was quite curious about her reaction to her, I consciously didn’t look at Nebula.
“… Where are you going?”
“Ah, I’m going to have a chat with the princess now. After all, the important things are almost over. You can go back and rest.”
Hazel smiled at Nebula, who expressed her doubts about her, and answered that.
Certainly, her performance as Hazel was so subtle that it was said that she was outstanding among the nobility of the zodiac, and I was intrigued by the unexpected appearance of her that I found in her.
“I will accompany you.”
“No. Because this is not an official schedule. Rosina go back and rest.”
Nebula also did n’t have a personality that suited her as a spy, so she was clumsily persistently asking Hazel to stay by her side of her.
To be honest, I couldn’t understand why Hazel couldn’t be suspicious of Nebula, but I thought it might be because she was me and she knew who she was.
Anyway, Hazel pretty naturally chased Nebula away.
Her smile was so natural that even I, who was by her side of her, did not have the slightest idea that her Hazel her was wary of her.
“If you are here, you can rest assured.”
Eventually, we made our way to the princess’s room and only then did we begin to talk comfortably.
Of course, I couldn’t say anything good about how each of her princesses brought me into the room the day before her coronation ceremony, but I thought it would be okay if Hazel was with me.
“What should I do?”
Hazel asked me with a really helpless expression.
It was something she did without knowing, but it was a big mistake for her to bring the prince’s person into her palace her.
Of course, since the nobles were massacred by Astaroth, the lack of manpower was the cause, but originally, people tended to blame one wrongdoer rather than the cause of the work.
Right now, even Mary, the princess, didn’t look very good at Hazel.
“Rather, it went well.”
“Yes?”
“If Aaron is alive, he will always be a source of trouble. Rather, when she appeared like this, she was to be captured and killed, or rather captured.”
I said that to Hazel, who was worried about her, and looked at Mary.
The reason she hastily changed her words about capturing and killing her was because, after all, Aaron was her brother her.
‘Of course, it’s only half blood mixed.’
“Then, would it be better to just watch her for the time being?”
Contrary to my concerns, Mary spoke her words like that with a pretty calm face.
I nodded at Mary’s words and began to add my thoughts.
“Perhaps, it will be difficult for Aaron to move right now.”
Mary and Hazel, who were clever at my words, nodded their heads in agreement.
It was true that Aaron planted spies in the imperial palace, but his power was truly pitiful.
No, I don’t know exactly what Aaron believes in and still has ambitions, but the problem was that me and my party were too strong.
Right now, even with just one Kamara, there was no opponent on the continent.
No matter what preparations Aaron had made, if he showed up now, it would have been no different than a decision to commit suicide.
“The problem is you, Mary.”
“Yes?”
At my words her, Mary tilted her head with an expression of incomprehension.
I continued to explain in a calm voice to her response.
“If I were Aaron, I would seek your life.”
“That, like that.”
Perhaps this was an unexpected statement, Mary’s complexion turned white.
But she also knew the temper of her own brother her, Aaron, and she seemed to know that my opinion was very likely.
“It’s fine with Sir Stephen, but I can’t be at ease. I’ll put Lucille next to me.”
“If you’re Lucille, are you a disciple of the lightsaber?”
“Okay.”
“No, no matter how much, should I go that far?”
I narrowed my brows slightly as I looked at Mary asking with an expression that I did not understand well.
However, Hazel also showed a puzzled reaction to my words of her.
As I watched their reactions, I realized that I hadn’t explained the most important fact to them.
‘Oh, stupid.’
It was an embarrassing mistake even thinking about it myself.
“Nebula, was it Rosina now? She is the Mercenary Empress.”
At my believed explanation, I saw Mary and Hazel’s mouths wide open.
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While I was talking, I sent someone to call Lucille.
It was because the more she thought about it, the more she felt chills run down her spine, that her guard her against Mary was lax.
If it was the Aaron I knew, it would have been enough to plan to kill Mary.
And it was most likely because of my presence that I hadn’t put it into practice yet.
If Mary died, the empire would fall into chaos, but in the end it was me, not Aaron, who was most likely to become the empire’s new master.
Of course, the chances of the imperial nobles recognizing me were significantly reduced, but the problem was that their power was not as good as before.
Moreover, I had a fairly good relationship with the Duke of Cablowjob, the owner of the tower, and the Pope.
And the citizens of the Empire also fear me, but they didn’t know that I was the one who saved them from the lord of the underworld named Astaroth.
Lastly, I thought there must have been a judgment that as long as I was alive, I couldn’t just watch Aaron occupy the throne.
The problem is Aaron’s damned personality of his.
He was a man who, if he couldn’t have it, would rather destroy it so that no one else could have it, so there was a good chance he could carry out his plan to assassinate Mary.
“What? You want me to protect humans?”
The problem was Hazel, not Mary.
Nebula, or more precisely, the possibility of Aaron targeting Hazel is low, but I have no choice but to worry about her.
However, unlike her princess her, Mary, Hazel was just a countess, and there was a strong chance that the quick-witted Aaron would hide again if she attached her companions her to her side her.
For that reason, I chose Astarothe.
Unlike the other members of the party, her identity was kept in complete secrecy.
That would also be the case, because there was nothing good about revealing Astarothe’s identity his to the people of the empire that had been victimized by the demon lord a while ago.
And that was also a different case from Pelos, who came as a congratulatory envoy from the demon realm.
“Hate.”
“Don’t do that, do you have to pay for the meal too?”
I glanced at Hazel’s chest and said that to Astarothe, who showed disapproval.
However, it was difficult to convince Astarotte with the price of food.
“Anyway, to protect your woman is an insult to me.”
Besides, Astarothe was getting angry at me with her supposedly offended look at her.
I wondered if this request was enough to make her feel insulted, but I could see that her Asta Rotte eyes her quickly rolled.
So, it was clear that now she was deliberately laying her ground.
“Hero, I’m fine…”
“No. Not okay at all.”
In response to Astarothe’s unfavorable response to her, Hazel refused to escort her, but I was adamant.
At my reaction, Hazel blushed on both her cheeks her, and Astarothe pouted her mouth.
“A bitch like a cow doesn’t notice anything dirty.”
While I was talking to Hazel, I could hear Astarothe muttering to herself.
No, in fact, it was more like a voice telling me to listen rather than talking to myself.
That is to say, Asta Rote has a purpose in putting her target her.
I let out a deep sigh and looked at Astarothe.
There was only one thing she wanted from me, and it wasn’t too difficult to do that.
The problem was the eyes of Hazel and Mary, who looked at me strangely when they met Nebula earlier.
The moment Astarothe spoke openly of her purpose here, it was certain that the misunderstood gazes she had worked so hard to release would fall back on me.
“Astarote, hold on.”
I silently called Astarothe aside and gestured to her to hold her ear her close.
Lucille’s, as well as Hazel’s and Mary’s strange gazes followed, but it was much better to do this than to talk out loud.
“What? Do you have something to say?”
I sighed again when I saw Astarothe talking to me with a calm expression.
It was because I could see that her eyes her, which had fulfilled her purpose her, were already crooked like half moons.
“I’ll do as much as I want after the work is done.”
I had no choice but to whisper that into Astarote’s ear his.
