Chapter 254 – Chapter 254 ― Until One Hit (4)
Episode 254 ― Until one hit (4)
If he had still been in Sprouse, this would not have happened.
Grünent’s mind was complicated.
If this presbyter Hanja in front of him had not betrayed himself, he would not have met the charming emperor of the demon tribe, nor would he have enjoyed a free life in the society of the demon tribe as he does now.
But on the other hand, this sense of helplessness was hard to bear.
After all, it is the royal palace of Sproth where she has spent her whole life, and the Merdeda she thought she must love throughout her life. One by one in the palace, which is difficult to move, it was built up with difficulty to support this country.
Such Merde is run over by her outsiders.
She had already been defeated by the mysterious wizard Shulaner once.
Even Count Hilfe, the hand that Grünent had put the most time and effort into, could not be allowed to disappear so fleetingly.
Even more so now that the Count had expressed his willingness to cooperate for the emperor, whom he had longed for.
Roan, who read Grunent’s feelings, looked at her face for a while, then opened her mouth to her old man.
A cold voice came out.
“It’s fortunate. If the truth is revealed, you’re in trouble too. I will simply pass it on. Don’t touch the count any more. He belongs to me.”
“Belonging, that’s…”
The Prime Minister, who was questioning Roan’s words, froze.
The speculations I had put off in my head all this time were combined with other clues.
It was an easy, yet unbelievable conclusion for a prime minister with no bad brains.
“Sul, no way, Dang, you… Are you the king of demons?”
The prime minister looked at the expressions of Grunent and Helen as if they were seeking help.
Helen looked at the Prime Minister with the same grave expression as before, and Grünent with a bright smile that hid her anger. And this old man had seen the two women in front of him for decades.
He got the answer
Come to think of it, it would be difficult to get out of Evirgio alone with Grünent and Helen.
It is even more difficult to grasp the circumstances of the palace at once. Wasn’t the first question ‘Why did you imprison the Count’?
Only then did the Prime Minister look around once more, even while shivering.
Grünent and Helen’s good manners prove that they did not suffer. There is even a wizard who uses space blocking magic. People who can use this type of magic are not common.
Beads of sweat began to form on the prime minister’s back.
The conclusions he reached were a bit skewed, but they were natural for humans.
“No way, the country… Did you sell the country or, as Your Majesty said, bewitched by the words of the Demon King…”
“What?! You say disgusting things, old man!”
“A reasonable conclusion.”
“That’s right, that’s a plausible reasoning. I feel very uncomfortable.”
“Don’t make fun of your mouth about Master!”
The Prime Minister was shocked by the sudden voices of women pouring out from here and there. How many more people are there in this space? The surprise that came next was their words that seemed to embrace the demon emperor.
And it was Helen’s roar that drowned out all those voices. Helen, who had been silently listening to Grunent’s conversation with her mouth shut, exploded in her fury like a thunderclap at the words that seemed to disparage her master.
“Your Prime Minister. You know me well I am not possessed by anyone.”
Grünent’s cold voice followed.
In fact, among her skills, there is a skill to overcome all her delusions. All attempts to bewitch the princess with magic, medicine, or skill would have failed.
And as if to sort out this messy situation, Roan opened her mouth.
“Why should she sell her country, which is not her own, and does Merde have the courage to not sell herself to them?”
“…”
The prime minister swallowed at the sound of a voice coming from behind me. He couldn’t refute because there was nothing wrong with it.
In the end, the prime minister finally stammered out a question after a long delay.
“How… How did you come to Merde like this… ? I, the war… Isn’t there a truce… ? You, Demon… I’m a demon… ?”
The more each word escaped, the more the prime minister began to realize how absurd the current situation was.
Little by little, I couldn’t overcome the anxiety of being identified with the Prime Minister’s body and began to tremble.
The enemy of humans, demons.
The Demon King appeared in the middle of Merde.
Even the safest place in Merde,
As soon as he left the capital of Sprouse, he was kidnapped by demons.
Neither Princess Grunent nor Saint Helen, who have one of the strongest mental powers among humans, could not even figure out how they were pacified by the demons.
Was this the reason why the king came back from the armistice agreement and went wild on the road?
The prime minister had never seen a demon.
He only listened to the words of generals and knights returning from battles far away.
So when he saw Roan’s horns revealed in the darkness, the prime minister shuddered.
“Haaaaagh!”
“It must have been the first time I saw a demon.”
Roan crossed his arms and looked down at the panting old man.
“This is very close to human.”
“Oh, don’t come… !”
A sense of coercion flowed from the king of the demons he saw in person. The Prime Minister had already started talking gibberish, not even knowing what he was talking about.
“Go away, go away! All right, I’ll leave the count alone… , Ahh… ! Don’t come… !”
“You talk a little harsh.”
I was hurt.
To such an extent that he has horns on his head. If I saw Aranya or Liron, I might die of shock.
Roan, embarrassed for nothing, stood still with his arms crossed and watched the Prime Minister. It was only after Helen used the ‘stabilization’ magic once again that the Prime Minister gasped.
“How… How did you come here, you asshole! This isn’t even close to the border… !”
“Hmm. Good point. However, it is difficult to tell how… Instead, I can tell you why.”
The old man held his breath.
Roan’s purple eyes shone in the dark.
“The king of Merde sent an assassin to me. Do you know?”
“Huh…”
I don’t need to hear the answer. Without borrowing the power of skill, his attitude gave the answer.
“Spruce III’s behavior is reprehensible, but the innocent people do not have to pay for his wrongdoing. So I came looking for someone who could tell the story. There is no need for each other to suffer.”
“… !”
At this, Prime Minister Akmun raised his head at Roan’s words and faced him.
The old politician seems to have picked up another hint to save his own life.
The king of the demons, like the knights said, does not go crazy with slaughter or use magic recklessly. Iza already has his side in Merde, and he wants to increase its influence.
This man is a politician like himself.
That thought washed away some of the fear from the prime minister.
“Radish… , What should I do?”
“It’s good that the conversation is fast.”
The drowsy demon king’s voice continued.
“Idiots don’t avoid the fight they’ve been through. The king of this country and the wizard attached to him have already brought death upon themselves, and I will find a way. It is.”
For a moment, like the eyes of a beast,
The two eyes flashed with light.
“Human. Do not interrupt.”
A crackling sound was heard in the stillness. In the end, it was the sound of fear that had crossed the critical point of ‘stability’.
“As a fellow human being, I feel sympathy for the people of this country. That’s why I don’t want to confuse Merde as much as possible, and the Count is Jim and Grünent’s hand for that. So…”
Upon receiving the gaze with a bit of ‘overpowering’, the old man felt a tightness in his neck.
“Do not disturb.”
I don’t feel the need to bring the prime minister to my side. He’s already betrayed once. The second will be easier, the third will be easier.
Whatever he learns, this person will weigh that information as a bargaining chip to save his life. So it’s better not to tell.
As long as the people on my side in Evirgio don’t interfere anyway, that’s enough.
“I will tell the count to give some funds. Please talk to your father in moderation.”
“…”
“Answer me.”
Helen looked at the Prime Minister with her cold eyes.
Even in this dark space barrier, with a face that has turned noticeably white,
The old man croaked a few times, then nodded with a creak.
“Egg… All right.”
“Either the best swordsman or wizard in this country. Meaningless in front of me There won’t be a next time, so this is the warning.”
As soon as Roan finished speaking,
Urtellia put an eyepatch on the prime minister again.
“Oh, I have a question for you. Can you answer me?”
Roan’s voice was low and sweet, but the already blinded prime minister was trembling like an aspen tree.
“Where is Schlaner now?”
Then, as if trying to think of an answer, the prime minister, who had stuttered several times, answered with difficulty.
“I went into the lab… I heard.”
“… ?”
Urtellia listened to the Prime Minister’s reply and looked at Roan. As if asking, ‘What does this mean?’
“If it’s Schlaner’s lab, you mean the one in the palace?”
Seeing that the Prime Minister swallowed dry saliva and nodded several times in response to Grünent’s question,
Roan’s brow furrowed slightly.
A wizard is in the palace?
So what information did Fiora hear?
Urtellia also had a dark expression. Because the information she brought may be wrong.
“Yo, fort… I heard that there are people who want to interfere with work… I’m going to the lab to focus on research… She told her to keep it a secret even from her entourage.”
After confirming that this was true, Roan’s expression sank coldly. What is the thing Anmut and Fiora are chasing that the magician is bringing to the vicinity of the Dark Forest?
Deep in thought, Roan signaled to Aina.
With Aina’s sleep magic, the old man fell asleep again from the tired reality.
**
Gossip was overflowing in the aristocratic family that had been ruined by the war for the first time in a long time. Evirzio, there were rumors that he had seen the princess who had been banished to the country of demons, but it was Count Hilfe’s move that definitely caught the attention of the nobles.
He was a count who had never been on the side of any prince, let alone the king. He had little interaction with other nobles, so everyone wanted to line up, but he didn’t dare approach.
After such a count went to prison once, he suddenly held a ball and began to actively enter the social world.
However, it was said that he had donated a large amount of war subsidies to rebel against the king, so the princes began to turn their eyes to the count again. I don’t know if a wallet that has been unlocked once can be unlocked twice.
And from some time on, if you go to the count’s meeting, you will see people in gray robes preaching religious stories.
“Not only the people but also the nobles are tired of fighting for power in the Order. It is said that nobles who are against abandoning their people in a church that values life are listening to the story of the Liberation Church.”
“It must be a fairly radical tone for nobles to hear, right?”
“Haha, there is nothing wrong with saying that you should value the life you have already been given. When they get older, there will be people who want to benefit from it.”
The Count’s work was over, but the important work had a problem.
“Come to think of it, didn’t you hear from Anmut?”
After hearing Roan’s worrying question, Sermo’s voice sank even further.
“Ah… Yes. That’s right. So far…”
Never had anything like this.
There is no response to the magic orb,
With no message left for Guild or Sermo, the two lost contact for over a week.
Anmut alone is quite strong, and Fiora is nothing more than an existence, but if Shulaner had been confined to Sproth’s castle in the first place, what were they pursuing?
Anxiety he had never felt before enveloped Roan. Until now, I had to deal with the anxiety alone, but if something goes wrong here, the lives of the Amon beings will be threatened.
‘Fiora…’
After thinking for a while, Roan picked up a pen to send a scorpion to the forest fairy’s duke. It was for a full-scale search for Fiora, a warning about the artifacts Roan was looking for, and a search around the Dark Forest.
That’s how he was facing his second summer as the Demon King.
