Chapter 271 – From Now on I’m the Rule (8)
‘Young master…’
Watching Eugene stand up against the emperor, Mel Pisa recalled her memories of that day in her room her.
“Daughter of Pavolier. Who are you serving now?”
“…Eugene Calliope.”
“Then what can you do for Eugene?”
“…I will even offer my heart.”
These words were not bluffing.
I am still afraid of dying, and my body trembles just imagining it.
However, if Young master needs it, he can open his chest and take out his heart.
To that extent, the existence of Eugene Calliope was the most precious thing to Melfisa.
“Is it? Then…”
Reingram approached slowly, touching her chin, whispering in Mel Pisa’s ear her.
“Can you kill Leopold Lumenhark for Eugene Calliope?”
“…I…Ha…?…What now?”
“I asked if I could kill Leopold Lumenhark.”
Leopold Lumenhark
He was the emperor of the empire and the father of Reingram.
“…Uh…Why… Such a suggestion…”
Melfisa’s voice and pupils trembled.
It is natural for the emperor to receive assassination threats, but isn’t Leopold the father of Reingram before being the emperor?
However, Rheingram replied with an expressionless face.
“Calliope is the imperial shield, Urella is the imperial staff, Amelia is the imperial spear… But Pavolier is called the imperial dagger, not the imperial dagger. Do you know why?”
Having said that, Rheingram paused and looked at Mel Pisa.
“Because if it is not the imperial family, Faboli is nothing. The fact that Pavolier, who had no territory, population, or resources, was able to become a great family because of the full support of the imperial family.”
“…”
“In the end, the pavolier is a tool that exists for the imperial family.”
As Mel Pisa averted his gaze, Rheingram grabbed his chin her with his fingers her, forcing them to make eye contact.
“And humans use tools without explaining why.”
It was as Lingram said.
From the beginning, the pavolier was created for the imperial family.
As evidence of that, the education Melfisa received in the past included obedience to the bloodline of the imperial family.
“…And your father owes you a debt.”
“Debt… You mean?”
“So, didn’t your father, Faboli Metz, rebel against your direct line?”
“… !”
It’s hard to breathe when I recall the memory of that day that I buried.
The terrible smell of blood, the tearing screams, the blade of my father that pierced my heart, and Kiara-sama collapsed bleeding…
All of those things come to mind vividly without being forgotten in the slightest.
“Don’t be too surprised, Jim doesn’t care much about things inside the Pavoli. However, because your father halfway rebelled, both direct and collateral lines were destroyed, and thanks to that, the imperial family lost a precious dagger.”
“How…How…That…Your Highness…”
“That is a stupid question. Didn’t you ever find it strange that a great family passed away so quietly for being extinct?”
I thought about it, but didn’t dig deep.
It was a memory he did not want to recall, and it was because he thought that Liana-sama had taken care of it.
“It is Jim who buried the fact that the great family’s extinction was due to the civil war, thinking that there would be nothing good.”
However, I didn’t expect it to be handled by Lingram and not by Liana.
“By the way, while investigating the site, I came across an interesting fact…”
Thump – thump –
My heart felt ominous at Reingram’s words and started beating like crazy.
“Your father stabbed Eugene Calliope’s mother to death?”
The truth of that day, which he thought was unknown to anyone except Eugene and Riana, flowed out of the prince’s mouth.
“Favolie Chiara was quite a beloved character… Those who loved her would be quite happy to hear rumors that the daughter of her murderer is alive.”
“…Majesty…”
“Well then, don’t ask me again. Can you do it?”
“…I… I…”
“Are you still hesitating? You’re not saying you don’t want to get your hands dirty now, are you?”
At the rhyme, Mel Pisa looked down at his hands.
It was her clean hands, but Mel Pisa looked bloody in her eyes.
As the prince said, these hands had already been dirty for a long time.
If it was n’t for me, Kiara-sama would n’t have been stabbed by her sword her, and if it were n’t for me, she would have used the artifact to survive.
….That’s why Kira-sama’s life is the same as if I took it.
At that time, the prince’s changed voice pierced his ears.
“Think carefully. If you accept this offer now…”
Unlike when she threatened, it was an infinitely soft voice, but Mel Pisa felt rather frightened.
“If I were capricious, would I not be able to save your master?”
The moment I saw the red eyes of the prince who said that, I realized it.
After all, the same blood flows in this person as Riana-sama.
Right now, he throws sticks and carrots at them and treats them rationally, but he doesn’t know when he’ll turn everything upside down on a whim.
However….
If you accept the prince’s proposal, you will also have a fatal weakness of being the master of assassination of the emperor.
“…..”
Of course, the moment I use my weakness, even if I can bring down Reinggram, I will surely die too.
It was only natural for an emperor’s assassin to be sentenced to death.
But what about that?
Even if hell awaits at the end of this road, if it’s for Young master…
“…This Pavoli Melfisa.”
I could walk towards hell.
“…I will obey Your Majesty’s orders.”
***
“Why did you assassinate the previous emperor… His Majesty’s father?”
“…Let’s get to the point from the beginning. You have many other questions to ask.”
“I will ask you everything, so don’t worry and answer me. Did you covet the throne that much? Why are you in such a hurry when it would have been Your Majesty’s anyway?”
Due to the previous incident, Liana lost the right to inherit the throne, so if the previous emperor died, Reingram would naturally become the emperor.
No, even if Liana hadn’t lost her line of succession, it was virtually certain that Reingram would become emperor.
Rhein Gram did not rise to the throne, but did he behave like an emperor?
“Time was an issue. The previous emperor… So my father was regaining his consciousness.”
“…So that’s why you killed him? Will it take longer to ascend the throne?”
I gritted my teeth at Reingram’s answer.
Did he insult Mel Pisa and tear her heart to pieces just because he wanted to ascend the throne quickly?
“I understand your anger. But at least I did n’t kill him to satisfy Jim’s self-interest in him.”
“Then try to convince me,”
As I growled, Reingram let out a short sigh.
“You must have heard that Jim knows the truth about Liana.”
“That’s right.”
“Then the story will be easy. Whatever the reason, it’s hard to forgive Liana for rebelling against her empire her… But thanks to that, it’s true that she was able to get rid of the worms that ate the empire and at the same time unite the divided empire.”
This is a story I already knew.
What I really want to know is the story behind it.
“Jim’s father was weak. He was afraid of fighting, so he deceived himself that there were no enemies in the Empire, and he devoted all his energy to strengthening himself. If it had been a peaceful world, that alone would have been enough… But the world isn’t peaceful right now.”
I don’t know what kind of person the previous emperor was.
Even in the game, there is no mention of the event where Reingram becomes emperor due to his death.
But I know better than anyone that the world is not peaceful right now.
If the previous emperor was a person like Reingram said, it would be difficult to prepare for the disaster to come.
“What if my father wakes up in this situation? Everything prepared so far will be blank. I couldn’t stand it.”
“…Isn’t His Majesty’s power stronger than a toothless tiger? Did you have to use the means of assassination?”
Rheingram is by no means a stupid human being.
Most of the imperial family would have been replaced by Reingram’s forces in case the previous emperor woke up from the last few years he was bedridden.
“…Even so, the name emperor is heavy. No matter how much I hold the real power, if my father wakes up, the empire is bound to divide.”
Rheingram shook his head and continued.
“I’ll tell you right now. Jim did not decide to support the North simply out of goodwill for you and the Calliope family. Because supporting an area far from the capital, such as the northern part, is a burden for the imperial family.”
“Then why did you apply?”
“…As a result of putting together the requests of you and Erden, who have made many achievements so far, and the abnormal phenomena occurring in the empire, it seemed that if we did not support the north, something more dangerous would happen than the power of the north growing. Because.”
“…”
“It was a long talk. In conclusion, if the reason for the assassination was that the Empire could not stand to see the Empire split into two in a situation where the Empire was in danger enough to support the North while giving up much of the Imperial family’s power, would that be the answer?”
I pressed my throbbing temple at Reingram’s answer.
Although he did not like the method, Reingram’s assassination was done with the conviction to protect the empire in its own way.
“…Ha. Then I will ask you the most important question for me.”
“I know.”
I said looking into the emperor’s red eyes.
“Why did it have to be Melfisa?”
