8 – light greetings
Charlotte looked at the rotting flesh that had been in the shape of a human until just now and started counting quietly in her mind.
1 sec.
A knight with a blonde ponytail and a nun with straight black hair froze in a daze, unable to make a proper decision for a moment at the situation unfolding in front of them.
It wasn’t unreasonable since a healthy adult man melted down in just a couple of breaths. The slimy, liquefied flesh permeated the red carpet.
2 seconds.
The red and black melted flesh suddenly found its place.
Fingers appeared, wrists appeared, and spines and internal organs were glimpsed through the yet-to-be-repaired skin. Soon, the outlines of what could be called human again were established.
The first finger that had restored its shape squirmed and informed the surroundings of the owner’s survival.
The liquid that flowed out of the human body, which permeated in a mess on the red carpet, evaporated and flowed into the original body.
3 seconds.
The rotting flesh regained its fully human form. Even the melted clothes, like the body, returned to their original state, and the red carpet was still clean.
Seeing that bewildered face, Charlotte’s eyes slightly softened. No matter how much I look at that face right after recovering my torn whole body, I can’t get tired of it.
“Uh.”
A small moan escaped from his mouth.
what the hell just happened The body had rotted away before I even noticed it.
Even when I had to swim in lava to get into the dragon nest, I don’t think my body melted this fast.
In particular, as soon as my calves hit the ground, the feeling of being crushed under my own weight was really beyond my imagination.
It was similar to the feeling that I thought there was one more step and stretched out my feet, but in fact, I stepped on the last step just before, so my body instantly went off.
As Serena and Christine helped her to the side and straightened her staggering body, Charlotte spoke in a softer voice.
“It’s a newly developed magic. Did you like it?”
“He liked it and went to bed. What was it? My body became muddy. Is it acidic magic?”
“You can call it the biological plague. Originally, it was a magic developed for the execution of prisoners. Because the rate of corrosion is so fast, its use for execution purposes has been temporarily suspended.”
“Because it’s less painful?”
“That’s right.”
Charlotte grinned. It was a smile that seemed to attract any man at once, if you look at the context of the conversation.
It’s just that the inside story created a magic, but it killed people too quickly and gave up using it to make it more painful.
“So, how do you feel?”
“What?”
“These are the impressions of experiencing the biological plague. You can’t ask the dead for their impressions. The dead are silent. Shouldn’t we also consider the possibility of experiencing extreme pain in such a short period of time?”
The rest of the body is gone without a second to feel the pain?
No matter how insensitive I am to pain because I committed suicide so many times, if my body melts at that rate, even an ordinary person will die immediately before he can feel anything or even try to sleep.
When I said with my eyes, “A kid who can’t know that would ask such a question,” Charlotte burst into laughter.
“You show all your emotions on your face. I just asked you, so you don’t have to answer.”
At the same time, Charlotte, who showed a bright smile, was a girl who was very suitable for the appearance of a 17-year-old.
Like a girl who likes to play pranks and cries and laughs over a light gift or prank, one side of that smile showed a pure innocence at first glance.
It’s because the actual age is close to 150 years old.
Who the hell would think that the woman in front of me is a woman who ascended the throne at the age of 14 and has been reigning as the most powerful person in the kingdom for the past 100 years.
Furthermore, the king is even given the bloody title of ‘bloody queen’.
But it was true.
Her appearance, like a teenage girl, was achieved by forcibly reversing her aging through magic, and nobles must always keep an eye on this woman and live with bated breath, trembling lest the next purge blade fall on them.
There are more than 100 aristocratic families whose three generations were destroyed by Charlotte, and the oppression of the aristocrats is extremely severe.
It’s not a metaphor of being deprived of a title, but a real physical decapitation. It’s not for nothing that she was called the “Queen of Blood”.
Rebellion? I can’t even dream Even if you gather all the wizards of the continent, you won’t be able to beat one Charlotte. How can you do that?
Even if you recklessly raise a rebellion without a wizard, the outcome is obvious. The list of aristocratic families that have been wiped out for three generations will increase and the territory will be passed on to someone else.
Charlotte is not the type to govern the country well because of her severe suspicious illness, but since she was able to overcome her inability to rule with her own magic, no major problems have arisen so far.
If there is a famine in a region due to bad governance policies and bad news, it is a method of simply plowing the land with magic to make it fertile and making various relief supplies until the famine is resolved.
Of course, if you are caught lying in the process, you will directly feel why the title of blood queen came about. There are quite a few Yeongji who were caught trying to eat the relief goods with a clumsy lie and were massacred.
“So, do you have something to say?”
Charlotte had returned to her usual dignified appearance before she knew it.
In the form of a girl with two red eyes looking at me, sitting on a throne with her waist bent at an angle, one leg crossed and her chin resting on the handle of the throne.
I hope I didn’t find out what I was thinking.
“Yes. Why did I suddenly call you? While using teleportation magic.”
“What is it for? It’s because of the bold knight commander next to you.”
At those words, Serena slightly averted my eyes and turned her head to the side.
“I received a report that the 1st Knight Commander suddenly disappeared. I did something at first. I checked the direction with the location tracking magic and found that he was on his way to somewhere in a hurry. Furthermore, I can feel your soul in the direction the 1st Knight Commander is heading, but wouldn’t it be strange that I’m not sure. And when I checked the location again just a while ago, the 1st Knight Commander was stopped somewhere, and I could feel your soul next to him, so I looked at you. I thought I would have met him, so I summoned him to this place with a teleportation magic circle.”
Glancing, Charlotte looked at Christine next to me for a moment. Even the nobles couldn’t properly face the gaze, Christine passed it off without a slight movement.
“Well, I didn’t expect that there would be such an uninvited guest as a bonus.”
I know. Christine was not what I expected either. I didn’t even expect this situation.
How could I have thought that I would meet Serena, Christine, and Charlotte all in one day after wandering around alone for years? When these three meet, I can definitely predict what kind of mess will happen.
“You’ll be tired too, so rest today. I’ll send you to the room I told you to prepare in advance. Since it’s late, wouldn’t it be better to enjoy dinner in the morning?”
“What? Wait, me alone?”
“Sounds obvious. You’re the only one I’ve said I would welcome in the name of Charlotte de Gargantua.”
“No, wait—”
Before I could finish my words, the magic circle beneath my feet was activated. As soon as I almost predicted what kind of mess would happen when the three of us met, only three of us left?
driving me crazy.
“I didn’t expect it to last until four years.”
As soon as the teleportation was over, Charlotte’s expression hardened coldly, and her voice, as frozen as her expression, opened her mouth.
Serena’s and Christine’s expressions were no different. They were the ones who had been having a friendly conversation until just a while ago, but the woman in front of them had taken that place away.
I couldn’t have been better if I had a good expression.
Charlotte’s eyes, especially as she looked at Christine, were much colder.
Because the teleportation magic circle didn’t contain any murderous intent or hostility, Christine, who quickly noticed, didn’t activate the mana nullifier, so she came here at once.
From now on, I even had the silly idea of forming a magic circle with the intent to kill.
“Would you please shut up that filthy mouth? Now I have to multiply the word God gave me.”
“Oh, are you trying to make a fuss?”
“That’s right.”
“Positive is fast—”
“But what can you do, even if I’m correct in arguing?”
Christine let out a wicked laugh. Seeing that smile, Charlotte’s body squirmed slightly. The words just uttered were an obvious provocation.
Charlotte stared at Christine for a while, then trembled and leaned against the back of the throne as if trying to suppress her anger.
It was as it was said. No matter what Christine said, there was nothing Charlotte could do.
It’s because of his mana nullification.
The chant itself did not activate from the moment there was a possibility that Christine would be caught up in the meteor gun being inserted in ultra-high orbit or the crustal collapse tearing the ground from deep underground.
And, Charlotte, unable to use magic, was just a simple woman,
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Just a while ago, as soon as I heard the provocation, I tried to swing the flame spear. Charlotte’s clenched fists trembled with anger.
I also didn’t like that year. I just wanted to kill him if I could. It is also very cruel.
“You’re so arrogant. One day I will personally slit your throat.”
“Are you able?”
“Isn’t it something you don’t know until you try it?”
“There are things in the world that you can know without having to do it.”
Charlotte would have nodded in affirmation had it not been for Christine who had said that.
It was also a belief suitable for Charlotte, who thoroughly distinguished between the possible and the impossible, and did not even look at the impossible.
If there is one exception, it would be the study of immortality.
But this time I didn’t want to. If I affirmed that statement, it would be the same as indirectly admitting that I had lost to Christine.
I’d rather be broken than bend my pride. Charlotte sighed nervously.
“Wait and see.”
Christine didn’t answer. Instead, he took out a small skull from a pocket bag wrapped around his thigh, held it in both hands, and began to pray.
Seeing the little skull, Serena tilted her head. It was a skeleton that seemed to have been seen somewhere. I sifted through my memories one by one.
It took me a long time to recollect my memories because I had seen people’s heads casually while serving as the commander of the royal knights.
And I remembered one. What she saw when her lord’s head was completely melted by acid magic.
I couldn’t see it clearly because it was partly because of the skin that was stuck here and there, or because it regenerated so quickly, but the outline of the skull I had in mind at that time resembled that little skull.
“Is that skull modeled after your lord?”
Serena’s long-winded question was answered immediately.
“You have a surprisingly keen eye.”
“……Unexpected?”
“It meant that I thought you were an ignorant idiot who only knew how to use strength.”
As soon as the words of provocation were finished, the World Eater’s blade pierced Christine’s neck.
Christine didn’t respond. Maybe he didn’t respond. The World Eater’s blade couldn’t pierce her throat.
At the feel of the blade touching her throat, Christine’s mouth once again smirked.
“I said it just a while ago, but I have to correct it. I was right in my judgment that I was an ignorant fool who only knew how to use strength.”
“Don’t call it a pierced mouth.”
“Don’t try to win by force just because you don’t know how to talk.”
“What would you do if you were only talking about being hated by your lord?”
Christine’s head jerked. He was staring at Serena in a deep abyss where not even a ray of light could enter.
The mischievous smile on his lips disappeared. It was as if a demon had descended. Even quite a few knights rolled their tails and ran away at once, and the level of killing was creeping in.
“What did you say now?”
“The subject of being hated by the lord, I said what would you do with only your mouth alive like that.”
“Did you say I’m hated?”
“Yes.”
Serena didn’t lose and faced it. It’s nothing to live like this. It was hundreds of times more terrible when she worried about what to do if her master was disappointed or angry with her.
Will the worthless bitch who is sitting on the throne right now be able to face this killing spree? Probably not. Serena laughed at Charlotte inwardly.
There’s no way for Serena to beat Christine for sure, but there’s no way for Christine to beat Serena. After that, it’s a physical battle.
Even though the fight in the woods ended in a bland way, Serena had long since finished her analysis of Christine during that short fight.
Except for the lack of information on whether it was that divine power or not, there was nothing that Serena could lose.
“Don’t try to test my faith.”
“My lord doesn’t believe in your years, so why do you believe?”
“Are you insulting my God?”
“It’s not an insult, it’s telling the truth.”
A still silence prevailed. Christine’s hands clasped in front of her chest trembled.
“Didn’t you see the look on your lord’s face when you said that you had killed a thousand people and returned? Why do you think the lord would like a person who works as a slave?”
Christine said nothing. The abyss in her pupils grew deeper and deeper.
“Thousands of people… are you still doing that funny thing?
Charlotte knew all too well about Christine’s madness. Thanks to that madness, he rooted out the Sacred Church, which was a thorn in his eyes.
In fact, it could have been done by Charlotte herself rather than leaving it to Christine. No matter how many followers there are, in the end a religion is just a religion. There was no reason to be afraid of those guys.
However, the reason why the Sacred Church was not dismantled was simply because there was a person next to him who tried to stop him from trying to commit suicide with divine power.
Although he complained later that he couldn’t achieve it in the end.
The Holy Church collapsed on its own after Christine slaughtered 100,000 believers over several decades and cut the pope’s throat in the midst of all the corruption that had been committed so far.
Now, they were scattered all over the continent and only maintained their existence. The pope hadn’t even dreamed of it, and barely managed to re-elect a saint not too long ago.
Then Charlotte heard about Christine’s sacrifice. He kills a thousand people and returns to try to sever his god’s immortality, and if he fails, he goes back to kill another thousand people.
Are you still doing that funny thing?
“Was it just because of that?”
Christine’s reaction was unexpected. I thought his eyes would run wild and go crazy, but on the contrary, his tone was calmer.
The abyss reflected in his eyes had also disappeared. Taking advantage of Serena’s pause at the unexpected reaction, Christine stretched her arms wide to the sky. At the same time, the head was tilted back as much as possible.
“Ah, my God! My merciful God! Save me from unbelievers and heretics! Please grant me greater faith!”
Christine’s head tilted back as far as she could, and when she finished speaking, she landed on the floor. And when he faced the front again, his eyes were filled with even more terrible darkness than before.
“God doesn’t hate me.”
“Fuck the bullshit! What you did—”
“It’s like that for heretics who don’t even have a speck of faith.”
The corners of Christine’s lips lifted slightly, and she smiled the same fishy laugh as before.
“How is it that the act of offering sacrifice to a god is an act that can be defined as bad by mere human standards? “God bestows grace on me. How can I disobey him? There is a God who dares to allow a lowly woman like me to offer her faith. How can I be abandoned by God? I The God I serve pays attention to me, the God I serve likes me, and the God I serve bestows infinite love on me.”
Both hands were folded in front of the chest.
“……How could I be hated by the gods?”
