Chapter 363 – So Broke (10)
The way out of the sperm. I took a handkerchief from the guard and wiped the blood off my hand. Albus brushed off the blood on his knife. We stood on the steps leading up to the pavilion and looked back. Evory lay on the floor, bleeding. At first glance, he seemed to be dead, but intermittently spitting out bubbles of blood, he announced that he was alive.
“So, why should I keep him alive? Looking at it now, I don’t know why.”
Ebori is alive, but it was hard to see him alive. All his limbs were broken, and his head was hollowed out on one side, making it impossible to judge properly. He was just there, nothing more. He could be said to be no different from a fish living in a pond.
“It has a symbolic meaning.”
“Is that so?”
Could it have something to do with the traditions of the dwarves? I handed the towel I wiped the blood back to the guard. The guard tucked in the towel and turned around again. As long as they stood, no outsider could enter this place. We shook our hands and walked out, talking.
“My coachman said that dwarves drink and play well. Would you like to go to a bar now?”
“I didn’t know that the lord would enjoy drinking. Wasn’t he the head priest of the Daecheon Shinkyo?”
“This is a common misunderstanding because practitioners are prohibited from drinking, but there are no restrictions on drinking outside of the student status.”
“Okay. I learned something new. But, I’m not in the mood to drink today. Have you ever wondered about that? Where are the generals who supported King Evori now?”
“Come to think of it, there were only four guards. Where are the rest?”
“Today, the friends had a simple reunion. These days, there is a movement that wants the king of Abori to step down, so it must have been for harmony. The supporters of the old dynasty, who obtained information about this reunion, sent a person.”
“Then there must have been a stabbing there by now.”
“What is the need for that? I just got drunk and poisoned.”
As expected, they were like mean and humble dwarf babies. Albus shook his head and said.
“So I’m not in the mood to drink today.”
“Then let’s just go home.”
I also lost some taste in alcohol.
****
In a corner of the palace, the Dwarf generals were trembling with their heads on the table. It was bizarre to see her shaking her arms with her hair standing upright like a hen having difficulty giving birth. The dwarf who drank the last glass of wine closed his eyes and spat out clots of blood with a cough. He threw his ax in the air and screamed.
As soon as the last dwarf fell, the dwarf soldiers rushed into the restaurant trembling. They closed their eyes and grabbed daggers and spears and stabbed the Dwarf generals in the vitals.
Bloodstains were all over the hallway. The former Minister of Finance was walking towards the detached palace proudly singing his hum song. Beside him were captured Dwarven soldiers. Soldiers who were not recruited or whose news was delayed were brutally stabbed to death on the orders of the Minister of Finance. On the way to the detached palace, milestones were lined with corpses.
Inside the villa, the Dwarf Prince was trembling. He was once the king of the dwarves. He was also the man who “Rightfully” Handed over the throne to Evori. He was a coward, a man who preferred to escape the pressure of the treasurer than to lose Wang Yu. It would have been nice if his room was always watched by dwarf soldiers and military officers. He wanted to rot in the room like that.
However, even if the wish of the tree on the cliff is eternal life, it is inevitable to be swept away by the storm. Because he too had no power, he was just a buoy swept away by the torrent of history. He was to be imprinted as a milestone of an era and remembered as an incompetent king. And the treasurer will borrow the name of the king and reveal his purpose like his fans.
The knock on the door was just a premonition of a predestined fate.
“Are you there!”
The Minister of Finance proudly exclaimed. The detached palace had already been cleaned up for reasons unknown to the Minister of Finance. The internal escort forces in the palace were all destroyed by the envoys from the human kingdom. Like a gentle breeze, they were guided to the villa’s side roads and swept the entire palace as a dead wind.
All that was left was the corpse. The Minister of Finance opened the door wide, not even trying to hide his smile.
“Hey!”
The Dwarf Prince, who was to succeed Evori, sat down on the floor and began to cry. He was too weak as a dwarf. But the Minister of Finance therefore liked him. The Minister of Finance said with a wide smile.
“Your majesty! We’re here to save you!”
“Ah, Minister of Finance! Uh, why? Bar, I just heard a fight outside… That… !”
“Are you worried about me? Thank you! But that’s okay! Aren’t you so fine!”
“Ah, Minister of Finance?”
He couldn’t understand the situation. I couldn’t figure out why the Minister of Finance was here or what would happen from now on. The Minister of Finance did not even seem to want to give the prince detailed explanations of the situation. He said, shaking his head.
“Your majesty! There is no time! You must defeat the evil King Evory and ascend the throne again!”
“Yes, no, what are you talking about! How! I hate that! I’ll just stay here! I can’t have a bowl… !”
“It’s okay! I’m here to help! I’ll do it all for you! You don’t even have to lift a finger! You are my King!”
“Sah, save me! Instead of finance! Please, please! I don’t want to be a king!”
“No! Your majesty! You must believe me!”
The Dwarf Prince was dragged out by the soldiers and the Treasurer. Their path was full of corpses. In the hallway, the blood of those who heard the news of the rebellion late and the loyalists of the previous dynasty formed a river.
As the Dwarf Prince passed among the corpses, he barely resisted fainting. He forced himself through the hallways and arrived at the pavilion with a reluctant expression on his face. I gathered my trembling hands and feet together and looked at the soldiers. Two guards guarded the pavilion with grim faces. The Minister of Finance held the prince’s hand and passed through the guards.
“Hey!”
The prince screamed at the cruel sight of the sperm. The Minister of Finance smiled broadly and looked at Avori, who was lying on the floor. Evory was barely breathing as his body trembled. But he couldn’t move his arms or legs his. It was impossible to tell who the eyes were looking at. The Minister of Finance picked up the hammer lying on the floor.
“Ruler! Your majesty! Bash this filthy traitor over the head! There is no turning back now!”
“Ahhh… That…! Then…!”
“Come on! Your majesty! Your majesty! You have to!”
“Oh, that can’t be… ! That… Me, i… !”
“There is no turning back now! Once you start moving the clockwork, the second hand will move! We have now turned the clock of fate! Now, one step forward! One more step and you will hear the bells of a new era! Get down! Hurry up!”
“Ahhh…!”
The prince was trembling. Evory wriggled like an octopus and trembled. No one cared what he was thinking or what the great Dwarven-like future he dreamed of was. The most important thing at this point was who would kill him. Said the finance minister.
“Come on! Your majesty! Hurry up!”
“Ah, ah… ! Ah… !”
Evory raised her head. It was just an accidental movement, but at that moment the prince met Evory’s white eyes.
“Whoaaaaagh!”
The prince was started and threw his hammer away. The Minister of Finance grabbed the hammer that flew into the air and hit Avori’s face with all his might.
“Quuck… !”
Avori made a pig-like sound and shuddered. The Minister of Finance swung the hammer again and again until he completely stopped moving. Blood and meat splattered everywhere. The prince, who was sitting on the floor, was trembling. The Minister of Finance took the soldier’s knife and cut off Evori’s throat.
“Hyaaaaagh!”
Ignoring the screams of the Dwarf Prince, I put Evory’s head in his hand. Then he raised his hand high into the sky and shouted.
“Long live His Majesty!”
The soldiers shouted along.
“Long live His Majesty!”
It was bloody. Everywhere was a sea of blood. When he raised his head, it seemed that Evori’s head was looking at him.
“Long live His Majesty! Long live His Majesty!”
“Long live your great majesty!”
The prince wanted to get out of this mess. He wanted to return to the palace again. Amidst the cheers, the voice of the Minister of Finance rang in my ears.
“Your majesty. Did you see? I will do anything that Your Majesty cannot do. Your Majesty, you just have to stay still. Really, just…”
“Ah…”
It was only after hearing the voice that the prince realized. He said he had no way out, that he had no choice but to live like this. After being swept away by the torrent of history, the writers have no choice but to drown in the end.
So the prince became the king. People welcomed the reinstatement of the old dynasty. The Minister of Finance again rose to the position of Minister of Finance. All the dwarves who raised suspicions about who became the king met a mysterious death. The disturbing rumors were easily dispelled, and the Dwarves resumed their livelihoods. Everything was perfect
*****
Several months after that. I was drinking tea and flipping through newsletters from the capital. Among them, an article that was featured in the overseas special report attracted attention. I had lost the taste of the tea even before I read the article properly. It was because the treacherous face of the Minister of Finance was depicted realistically in the newspaper. He was hugging the king of the dwarf kingdom tightly. I frowned and looked at the article.
[The King of the Dwarf Kingdom, after a long love, got married to the Minister of Finance.]
“Were you a fucking woman?”
