Chapter 133 – Chapter 133 ― The Story Hidden From You (4)
Episode 133 ― The story hidden from you (4)
In a casual tone,
Roan said he was going to the Eastern Emperor tomorrow, but
It was no surprise to the officials.
If the Count’s experiment succeeds, Donghwangryeong is a place that has been dropped from the beginning for a local test.
As soon as the count’s experiment was successful, the officials had to pack all the things the emperor would take to the Eastern Emperor.
In just two days.
Officially, it was just a matter of moving support items from the Emperor to the Eastern Emperor.
And not all of Basel’s officials are heavy-mouthed and ardently loyal to the Emperor.
The Grand Duke of Darkness fell into deep thought.
It is an established fact that the emperor’s personality suddenly changed.
Although the war suddenly fizzled out, it was not without its downsides,
The wedding ceremony with Erenia, which dragged on for so long, will soon take place. The tooth she had been suffering from seemed to be falling out.
The exact reason was unknown, but since last summer, the emperor has been diligently plotting something.
Are you suddenly trying to play a benevolent emperor?
“Okay. Material is said to be departing from the Eastern Emperor.”
“That’s right. Grand Duke.”
“… But what about this list?”
The Grand Duke of Darkness shook the report he was holding to the secretary.
It was information that the secretary obtained through the intelligence department like dawn, but the archduke and the secretary who actually collected it were confused as to what they were used for.
“Suddenly, they called the dark angel and overturned the greenhouse, and this time, they said they were transporting seedlings and seeds to Donghwangryeong.”
“Yes, maybe… That’s right.”
The Grand Duke gave a bloody look at the uncertainty raised by the secretary. But the secretary shuddered and kept her mouth shut.
The secretary was well aware that adding an extravagant explanation here would only stir up the Archduke’s anger.
That, too, is ambiguous information that I haven’t seen myself.
It’s amazing that Basel’s urgent movements have been gathered this much.
That’s why he didn’t even know that the humans who were carrying the luggage left for the East Emperor together.
‘At this point where there is no Eleanor, of course.’
Ernear is preoccupied with her wedding preparations.
‘Are you deliberately plotting things apart from Eleanor?’
The Archduke’s sharp eyes sank even deeper. He thought of the other three high lords.
Seohyeolyeongju was one of the right-hand men of the previous emperor.
When the former emperor died, he was unable to be by his side because he was serving as the great lord. He owes a heartfelt debt to the emperor for that.
The Northern Baengnyeongju is a magician. Like any wizard, he is a person who puts the highest priority on satisfying his desires, including his thirst for knowledge.
Relationships are neither good nor bad,
It’s not easy to seduce.
You don’t know where it will bounce and it’s cumbersome to handle.
The Eastern Emperor is very cautious.
This is because, due to the nature of the territory, which is mostly desert, it is not easy to feed the people of the territory if there is a break with the surrounding territories.
So, he had never been on either side.
‘By the way, they say that materials like that are sent to the Eastern Hwangryeong. It’s an ulterior motive to get the Eastern Emperor’s Command on my side.’
Seeds and seedlings.
And secretly wrapped boxes.
We don’t send food like last time,
It is a known fact that no matter what you plant in Donghwangryeong, it will not grow.
Are you going to start farming now?
‘You can’t do something like my father…’
In order to clear this wasteland-like land, the former emperor struggled. Ultimately, the failure ended with his death.
“… Even then, I told you not to do it…”
“… Grand Duke?”
Little groan.
The secretary asked, but the grand duke did not answer.
**
“What is it? Everyone gathered at this late hour.”
It was really rare to see a small meeting outside of a conference room.
Have you seen it at the New Year’s banquet hall?
It was a dark night, but the pale faces of Aranya and Schikwiena were illuminated by the moonlight, so Roan felt more and more burdened with seeing them off.
“It’s just a matter of following what the Knight Commander has arranged, so far.”
Instead of a horse, Kerr, a magic beast used in Evir Geo, was being led by Roan’s hand and snorting.
If I had to compare it, it was an animal that felt similar to the raptor in the dinosaur movie.
Aina is patting the neck of the Witchbeast who climbed up with her uneasy face.
You wouldn’t have thought that you’d be able to mount a monster that’s been a hunting target your whole life like this.
“Your majesty. We apologize for not being able to join you in taking a meaningful step.”
Aranya, who was on the same level as Kerr, looked up at Roan a little.
“Please be careful throughout the journey.”
The chancellor, who asked Roan to be careful, did not speak for a while. But as she seemed to be about to say something of her own, Roan waited.
Aranya spoke after a moment of silence.
“From the moment Your Majesty arrives in the Eastern Emperor and reveals his purpose, everything will be different from before.”
“… Hmm.”
The reason her face looks haggard isn’t just because she suddenly prepared something to send her eastern emperor.
“As before, I do not doubt Your Majesty’s success… Please keep your heart strong.”
Roan looked into Aranya’s eyes.
Jaesangdo, Seohyeolryeongjudo.
Those who know the former emperor fear that I will follow in the former emperor’s footsteps. And I’m worried that I might get sick because of the former emperor.
For the demons, ambiguous mercy could be a weakness.
It can only be covered by overwhelming force. The former emperor was not a weakling, but nevertheless he could not fully express his will.
But I will be different.
‘Cause I’m not his son
I am a player who knows the future.
He is a stranger who receives the power of the Goddess and knows the hidden elements.
That’s why it doesn’t hurt me to follow the former emperor’s footsteps and fail…
The demon king’s bitter smile was hidden in the darkness.
“I do not fail.”
If it doesn’t work, I’ll grab the goddess by the collar and make it happen. If it’s the Goddess who called me here, then I’m responsible.
Fall this year. Until the hero came to kill the demon king. I have to come up with something to say to him.
No, I hope you never come…
“Your majesty. I’ll be waiting for you.”
Grünent took Helen’s hand and said.
Diobe, who had been working as an official outside the castle for a while, had already headed to the Eastern Emperor, accompanied by humans who would teach the people of the Eastern Emperor to farm.
Aina is a wizard who functions as a waypoint… As he is known around me, he has to accompany me.
Instead, Helen stayed with Grunent.
“I will come often anyway. Do not worry.”
Everyone in this place (whether it’s the power of the ruins or the power of Aina) is the only one who knows that I have a way to travel long distances in a short time.
That’s why Roan calmly read Grünent.
The wagon that left for Eastern Emperor’s Land was loaded with magic tools made by the count for measurement, and, of course, the count’s shielding suit.
The problem that the count faced when he started making crystal powder in earnest was the fact that making a shielding suit was more urgent than crystal powder.
Crystal powder works well even in small amounts, but it is dangerous to handle the powder in the first place without a shielding suit.
“… Dusting is always a thing of the past, but Helen can’t do it?”
The Count gave out the spare parts of the shielding suit he was willing to have.
In any case, the above items were divided along with the seeds and seedlings to be tested in Donghwangryeong, and they were secretly packaged and transported to the wagon.
“Then, see you soon.”
Roan skilfully got on the Witchbeast.
Fortunately, the Demon King’s shell was able to ride on the Demon Beast as naturally as when using swordsmanship.
“Let’s go.”
At the back gate of the imperial palace, two knights to escort Roan were waiting for Aina and the emperor.
Roan briefly stared at the people who came out to see him off in front of the garden in the backyard of the castle.
Grunent, Helen.
And the chancellor, the treasurer, and the knight commander. Correctional officer.
He has people who wish him success and return safely.
Roan already felt his heart fill up with just that.
The moment a smile flashed across his face
The witch moved on.
Thus, the emperor’s journey was carried out very quietly and secretly.
‘Because I can come back anytime just by taking a waypoint.’
If you only visit the ruins near Laju,
Even those who were puzzled by the absence of the emperor for a while will no longer doubt it.
By the time the emperor had been away for a week.
Around the time when disturbing rumors began to circulate within the castle about an emperor who had not been seen recently.
The East Emperor’s tribal chief and the lord’s deputies who were seen in Laju were struck by lightning.
It was a thunderbolt they had never experienced in their lifetime.
“Hmm. He is the emperor.”
“…”
“What are you doing?”
When the eastern emperor bared her teeth and growled lowly, the deputies of the chieftain and lord hurriedly prostrated themselves.
“Lungs, Your Majesty…”
“It is nice to see Your Majesty… Uh… Glory comes.”
Roan stared blankly at the back of their heads, and the East Emperor shook his head while covering his face with his hands.
At the center of Seohyeolryeong lies Basel.
The people of Bukbaekryeong are relatively familiar with the culture of other countries, so they are sensitive to fashion and sophisticated.
The Southern Dark Spirit is rich and can afford it.
However, there is nothing in the Eastern Emperor.
Most of it is just wastelands and deserts.
90% of the population lives in and around Laju.
The people gathered here are not even the lords of the Eastern Emperor, nor the chieftains leading the people of the desert.
They gathered after hearing that the emperor himself would receive seeds that he had bestowed on Donghwangryeong and teach them farming techniques for next spring.
It is only their surrogate.
Not the eldest son or eldest daughter who learns the etiquette of a nobleman in advance with the intention of inheriting the position,
Those who learn skills or study to help their families with their work.
Therefore, aristocratic etiquette could not be expected from them.
“It happened. I am not here to be treated.”
Roan waved his wielding hand.
“I’m here to work.”
Surprised by Roan’s words, he raised his head inadvertently, but when he saw the lord’s deputy shaking his head again as he met the emperor’s eyes.
The Eastern Emperor’s sigh grew deeper.
“Sorry. Your majesty.”
Roan, who was about to head to the place the ruins explorer pointed out to the people gathered, shook his head at the Eastern Emperor’s repeated apologies.
“As I said before, I didn’t come here to receive a proper greeting. On the contrary, if I didn’t properly convey the results of the experiment, the Count would scold me.”
“… Yes?”
“They taught me how to operate the machine with great confidence.”
Eastern Huangling’s farming test is separate from teaching farming techniques and instructing him how to use crystal powder.
It is a test conducted in secret in the first place.
Farming on the land after the crystal powder has been sprinkled is the humans dispatched from Basel and practitioners from each territory who will learn the skills from them.
However, collecting experimental data and handling crystal powder is something only Roan can do.
After the crystal powder arrives, you’ll be training someone to put on a shield suit and spray the powder, but that’s not something you can do right away.
“Have you become close while working together?”
The Duke looked at Roan with his eyes wide open as if he was surprised.
“Hmm. Close…”
What flashed through Roan’s mind was,
The Count, who hurriedly withdrew his hand with his face blushing,
It was a good feeling that was slightly over +40.
“… Lost.”
“Hoo. He’s not an easy guy. Fortunately, the.”
Lingju Dong grinned, unaware of her emperor’s thoughts, then erased her smile from her face again and said:
“I’m glad the research is going well, but it won’t be easy to teach those idiots skills here.”
“Someone learns in a short moment what he has been doing all his life. Wouldn’t it be difficult?”
“You are right…”
The duke nodded his head and asked in a worried voice.
“You said that humans teach technology. Wasn’t there any problem in Basel?”
“Hmm. There was some noise at first, but now everyone is used to it. Didn’t you see it at the New Year’s party? There are many humans in the castle.”
The farmers and materials that had departed with Diobe had not yet arrived in Laju.
Roan was about to run ahead of them with Aina and an escort driver riding only a beast to take a waypoint.
“Noise… Is it.”
The duke, seemingly lost in thought, confessed his honest feelings.
“I am worried. Demons in other places except here often saw humans. We are bordering, and we see a lot of prisoners of war. But Eastern Huangling is a really hard place to see humans.”
“Why?”
“Because he died while transporting it.”
“…”
Roan shut his mouth.
It’s been a long time since I felt this shame.
The straight line from Basel to Laju is not long, but you have to cross a few mountains along the way.
You cannot bypass the mountains. Because it is a huge mountain range that stretches for thousands of kilometers.
After all, that is also the biggest reason why Dong Huangling was isolated.
It must not have been easy for the poor people who were taken captive to come here alive.
“To those who have stayed here, humans are like ghosts. Everyone knows it, but I’ve never seen it. Moreover, those who encountered humans on the battlefield are returning home one by one.”
“… They must be the main workforce for farming.”
“Yes. Therefore, Your Majesty. An impervious god is worried.”
Roan looked at the East Emperor’s cool, but expressionless face full of concern.
But Roan shook his head.
“There are competent officials. I trust her.”
