165 Memories are strange
A clear light pours down from the high sky. The sunlight seems to be very hot, but unexpectedly, the light that touches the skin has a pleasant warmth.
Unlike the earth where there are many man-made things, the feeling of contact with nature in the green trees and wide fields is direct and clear. Autumn on Earth didn’t feel like this, perhaps because of the asphalt.
Perhaps the reason I feel that way is because I have a little bit of room in my mind.
When I was young, I had to pay attention to my surroundings a lot.
After becoming the emperor, he was not at ease enough to take a second glance at him as he ran frantically looking forward. It always seemed like something was being chased.
It’s different now.
There are attendants always watching his heart, and the soldiers adore their master, unlike the nobles who treat them like monsters.
The existence of Lilitha, who only looked at herself and waited impatiently, was also great. There is a place to return to after work. It feels like home is where she is.
It seemed that he kept getting his feet stuck in the mud, but one day he woke up and saw his feet standing on solid ground. Ah, the empire is now my home, the place where I will live and accomplish something in this world, I thought.
There are many things to do and miserable things around you, but with the people around you, you can definitely solve them. he wasn’t alone
You can’t save everyone in this world. that’s arrogance
However, I would like to at least lower a rope to anyone who is within reach.
If it were me now, I would be able to drop at least a ray of light that could climb up from despair.
Rudy narrowed his eyes and looked up at the high walls of the royal capital.
He had heard about the horrors taking place inside the walls through Levin’s letter. worse than any other city. It was terrifying just to hear.
It is said that people who are not allowed to go outside watch their children starve to death because they have nothing to eat.
I know that food is piled up somewhere in the castle, but I can’t get it.
They died day by day, filling their hunger with fresh water, but the nobles threw away the leftover food after eating and drinking revelry.
Little by little, such facts spread, and the city was filled with anger.
Levin was saying that if someone gave them a chance to face their endless sorrows and pains, they would be happy to welcome them, even if they were demons of hell.
That much suppressed anger is at the bottom of the entire city.
‘It would be nice if Levin did well.’
Rudy muttered to himself and turned around.
Far ahead of the capital of Cania, the soldiers are choosing a suitable place to set up their tent.
The aides stood by, waiting to react whenever Rudi’s orders came.
An aide came close to Rudy.
“Your Majesty, what should we do this time? Do you surround the entire capital and wait?”
Rudy shook his head.
“No, this time we wait a few days and forcefully enter. The situation inside the capital is not enough to take a long time. There are also snows in other cities, so there is no reason to take it for a long time.”
Rudy shrugged and gave a small smile.
“Well, if it goes well, I’ll open the door myself from the inside.”
The aide smiled brightly.
He is a servant and an aide who came to this war. He should know more about Levin than Rudy.
“The Royal Capital is a city that symbolizes Cania itself. If they open their gates on their own, they will affect other cities as well. Besides, there will be no plundering or ravaging, and I hope it goes well.”
“okay.”
To the aides, it seems that his feelings and desires are exposed as if they were naked.
When the residents of the royal capital open the gate and greet the imperial army, the emperor of the empire is greeted by the people of Cania. Then there is no need to loot and trample.
Rumors had already spread to some degree about how the Empire treated the cities it had captured through spies.
If it spreads that the people who welcome the emperor themselves will not be plundered, there will be cities that will rise up and open their gates. The sacrifice of the people is less.
Maybe because Levin knows Rudy’s heart, he dares to incite the people from the inside to open the door.
My face turned red for some reason.
“…don’t look at me too much.”
If you look at it like that, it seems that your heart is being seen naked. Hey, I’m really embarrassed. Don’t smile with a strange face.
Rudy turned his head away from the aide, who smiled at him.
But the other aides were making the same expression.
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The evening passed quietly.
***
The Imperial Army has arrived.
Now the royal road is over.
Nobles and commoners alike, everyone is trampled to death under the horseshoes of the Imperial army.
That despair was the starting point that moved the whole thing.
Added to the excitement of the crowd who killed Count Bivou in a fit of rage, the situation spiraled out of control.
If you’re going to die anyway, let’s appease the ghosts of my children and my wife and face the end.
It seems that someone shouted that. Sympathizers shouted indignantly from all over the crowd.
In the central square where the crowd had gathered, there were several farm implements and clubs that someone had brought.
One picked it up, followed by another with a stick.
About twenty soldiers, noticing the commotion, ran and pointed their weapons at the crowd outside.
The people ahead of the soldier hesitated for a moment, but someone saw the soldier and shouted.
“That guy! That guy. My sister was dragged by that guy.”
someone else shouts
“My son was beaten to death by him.”
“Kill! Kill the king’s dog!”
Whether it was true or not didn’t matter anymore. After all, they had already killed the Countess Bibo. If you stay like this, you will be dragged away and die after severe torture.
Someone threw a stone at the soldier. While the soldier hesitated, the crowd gathered together and rushed like a wave. It’s scary when it’s one person, but it’s not scary when there are many.
The crowd, which had increased dozens of times, began to flock to the palace and the city gates.
***
The sun rises high. It will be around noon now. The movement of the Cania soldiers on the wall became strangely noisy.
“Your Majesty, there is movement in the castle.”
As I listened to the aide’s story and kept an eye on the castle, after a while, the lattice-patterned iron gate covering the castle gate began to rise slowly. It looks like someone is turning the pulley on the iron door.
“It looks like Levin has succeeded. The gates are going up.”
Rudy immediately mounted the horse.
The royal capital is in charge of the main army, not the lord’s army.
The soldiers who saw the gate open also immediately equipped their weapons.
“let’s go!”
As Rudy rode his horse with a huge sword, the imperial army chased after him with a loud roar.
Rudy ran with his sword hanging to the side, and as he approached the castle gate, he swung the sword.
Excalibur making a hum sound cut through the wooden and iron gate, and the thick gate cracked like a radish.
“Waaa!”
A shout rose from the imperial soldiers who saw it.
After passing through the wide open door, someone came close to Rudy.
It was Levin.
“Your Majesty is quick-tempered. The door was about to open.”
Levin grinned.
“good job.”
After Rudy said a short word, Levin bowed his head and said.
“There are only ragtags in the castle. I will guide you.”
A man approached with a horse. It doesn’t look like the clown I saw last time.
“I’m Boris’ subordinate. He’s helping me.”
The man gave Levin a rein and immediately disappeared through the crowd. He was a strangely unimpressive person. The spies might have a special secret that goes unnoticed.
Levin jumped up on his horse.
“It reminds me of the past.”
Levin grinned as he swung his sword wide and struck a nearby soldier.
Killing people as a memory is not something to laugh at.
Rudy smiled bitterly and shook the reins.
The dark horse roared loudly and ran forward.
Seeing the Imperial Army rushing in, the Canian soldiers turned their backs and started running away.
Rudy sprinted as he did and let his sword hang loosely to the side.
As I passed the Cania soldiers, I shook my sword slightly, and the sword full of light cut through the body.
Right next to him, Levin is brandishing his sword like a yaksha that has jumped out of hell. It was a violent gesture that didn’t go well with his fine appearance.
While he was running through the streets, he was already far away from the common soldiers.
Guards and snipers surround Rudy.
But I don’t think you even need them. Wouldn’t Levin alone be enough?
Rudy and Levin, like twins, swung their swords in similar motions and slashed enemies as they ran towards the palace.
Yeah, it kind of feels like going back to the old days.
Rudy unknowingly laughed.
***
Until yesterday, the inside of the palace was full of bright music and laughter. Then how did it happen?
Everywhere is noisy with screams and sword clashing.
The noble ladies who had let out coquettish laughter a moment ago burst out of their mouths, and the attendants who served them like tongues in their mouths were nowhere to be seen.
There is also no appearance of the Count of Bibo. I don’t know if I ran away because I didn’t see it for a long time ago.
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Dirty-dressed commoners flocked from one side of the palace, and from the other side, I could see the enemy riding a horse through the palace corridors.
The 2nd prince ran around the hallway with a cool dragon sword in his hand.
The sword used in battle was nowhere to be found. All he had was a narrow, slender sword encrusted with beautiful jewels.
With something like this, it will break easily with just one sword bump with an enemy. I can’t help it, but I’m holding it, but it’s completely useless in real combat.
For some reason, the guards who were always nearby were nowhere to be seen.
I was so afraid that my legs trembled.
There must be a secret passage somewhere, but he does not know the entrance because he has not officially become the successor.
Perhaps the old chamberlain knew about it.
But he followed the crown prince, his older brother.
The chief chamberlain in charge of the palace now was a servant who had served him for a long time.
‘Did he run away too? Did he abandon me and run away?’
There is no one to trust in this world. I feel like crying. The second prince clenched his teeth tightly.
It was then. I heard someone’s voice.
“Your Highness! Your Highness!”
It was the voice of the chamberlain.
Looking around, the chamberlain ran from behind the pillar panting.
“Your Highness, you are safe.”
Oh, that’s good. he didn’t give up on himself You can trust him who has been together for a long time too.
“Chairman!”
I happily grabbed his hand.
The chamberlain blinked his eyes as if he was embarrassed.
Come to think of it, they had been together for a long time, but it seems that this was the first time they held the chief chamberlain’s hand.
The chamberlain withdrew his hand with a slightly perplexed expression.
“Your Highness, follow me. I know one of the secret passages. This way! Hurry up. The enemy has already entered the palace.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Several servants frantically ran after the two and fled.
The sound of horses hooves is heard nearby. enemy My heart was in a hurry.
After hastily following him, the chamberlain ran down the hallway with the two princes. It seems to go not inside the building, but to the garden at the back.
There are only trees in the garden. Is there something in that place?
Suddenly, the chamberlain became suspicious. Maybe this guy is trying to sell himself to someone.
The second prince hesitated and stopped walking.
“majesty?”
When there was no sound following him, the chamberlain looked back.
‘Come to think of it, the expression on my face was awkward when I held my hand earlier.’
seems like a traitor yes, that’s for sure
The second prince turned and started running in the opposite direction.
The head chamberlain panicked and shouted behind his back.
“Your Highness, why are you doing that? It’s dangerous that way.”
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Do not be ridiculous. Thought to sell me.
The second prince thought so and ran like crazy. I can’t die in a place like this. It’s not such an insignificant life.
At that time, a huge dark horse protruded from behind the thick pillars supporting the palace. A man with jet-black hair was riding on the horse’s back.
“Emperor of the Empire!”
I knew it as soon as I saw it.
Backlit, the Emperor of the Empire seemed to be grinning.
“Is it the second prince?”
Hum, the Emperor’s sword rose into the air with a sound.
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Die.
The second prince tightly closed his eyes.
But the next moment, something came out and wrapped around his body.
The chief chamberlain was holding his neck tightly with both arms.
“The chamberlain…?”
I blinked, but the chief chamberlain’s arms untied and his body collapsed to the floor. There is no lower part of the body obliquely from the chest.
“Hee, hee hee!”
Screaming, he removed the chief chamberlain’s arm, which was still hanging from his body. The chief chamberlain fell all at once into the blood and intestines he had shed. Smiling weakly, the chamberlain said.
“…really…to the end…a stupid…fool…”
“…”
why Why is the chief chamberlain dead here?
“This is also the owner, so do you intend to protect it without giving up until the end?”
The Emperor of the Empire muttered as if clicking his tongue.
Hopefully, that can’t be the case. That guy is the one who tried to sell himself to the Empire. It must have been.
The 2nd prince looked alternately at the blood on his body and the corpse of the chamberlain, then turned around. Let’s run away. In any case, you should avoid this place.
As he struggled to move his feet, his shoes slipped due to the blood spilled by the chamberlain.
The second prince hit his butt and fell next to the chief chamberlain.
Heehee, Heehee. An inaudible scream erupted from his mouth. The corpse’s eyes met. The chief chamberlain was dead with his eyes open, as if resenting him.
The black horse cried out loudly and raised its paws. Are you trying to step on it? The neighing of the horse seems to be laughing at him.
The second prince covered his head with both hands and closed his eyes tightly. However, while the horse was purring, he quietly lowered his legs and stood up again.
“It’s a waste of a knife, but it’s for the sake of the servant who died for this guy.”
The emperor’s voice seemed to be heard in a small voice, and his throat instantly became warm.
The sunlight shone brightly on her closed eyelids. For some reason, he doesn’t have his own hand that was covering his eyes. Too afraid to know the reason, the second prince just closed his eyes.
