Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

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Arhan, the greatest empire of mankind.

The island called the heart of Arhan, Area, is a city that is always full of energy.

Befitting its reputation as the continent’s largest city, the system, which never lost its vitality even during the war against the demon king’s army, was full of enthusiasm today as if its usual appearance was nothing.

As well as the subjects living in the system, the various nobles who came up to see the warriors returning after slaying the demon king, the city filled with envoys from various kingdoms and races were so crowded that there was no time to step.

In a reception room in the imperial castle overlooking the whole island, I greeted the guests who came to visit me.

“Duke Pale, welcome.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Lone Fail.

He is one of only three dukes in the empire, and the real father of Riel Pale, one of the warriors’ party.

He is also a person who occupied quite a large part in the ‘Chronicles of Shien’. He is also a person who has helped me a lot for the past 3 years with his upright character of being loyal to the emperor, as well as his personal strength and family strength.

“It must be nice to see your daughter’s face after a long time.”

“hahahaha, how can you be happy that a daughter who hasn’t sent a letter to her father is pretty?”

Contrary to what he said, the duke’s expression was bright.

I mean, she’s a bit of a daughter-in-law.

As I was chatting with the duke, the chief chamberlain reported to me before I knew it.

“Your Majesty, Lord Shien has arrived at the city gates.”

“Oh, I see. I’ll have to go out soon. Duke, let’s go out together.”

I am supposed to greet the hero Shien here in front of the imperial castle.

I passed through a long corridor and headed to the entrance of the imperial castle, talking to the duke.

“Ah, Duke. Jim, can I ask you a favor?”

“Of course, Your Majesty.”

“There will be a banquet for Shien and the other warriors in the afternoon, and we are going to praise Shien there. Please support me then.”

“I will always support you, Your Majesty. But what the hell are you asking for because you intend to give me something?”

A situation where the emperor’s authority was not lacking.

What on earth do you need my support for?

To the duke who asked me that question, I gave an answer.

“I’m thinking of sealing Shien over the duke.”

“… Yes?”

The Duke asked with a very embarrassed face.

“Are you talking about the Duke? Of course, Lord Shien’s achievements are by no means lacking… Wouldn’t that be a bit excessive? There will be resistance from other nobles. Sir Shien doesn’t have any desire to succeed, so he won’t be particularly hostile even if I give him a proper title.”

Certainly, no matter how decapitated the demon king is, turning a commoner into a duke overnight is a bit unreasonable.

Unlike me, who knows how strong the demon king is because I played the game, other nobles didn’t feel the strength of the demon king properly.

“Fortunately, Jim’s authority is not lacking, so I’m going to suppress the backlash. The duke, please help me a little.”

But the best I can think of is this.

“Ah, of course I don’t intend to keep him on the duke for long.”

Why did it become a cliché to have a hero who returned from an adventure being betrayed by the king?

Because the existence of a hero is that much of a threat to the monarch.

“When you say that you don’t intend to leave it for a long time… “

“I plan to catch a suitable number of cases and seal them to the grand duke, and after watching them for a few years, make them independent as dukes.”

A hero is favored not only by commoners, but also by nobles who actively participated in the war.

And the most important thing is the fact that he finally reached the demon king and cut off his head after passing through countless army of demon kings.

The guards of the imperial castle are not exceptional compared to those of the Demon King’s army, but what else would be possible if the Demon King’s head was cut off?

“Gongwang, are you talking?”

“Yes. I want to build a kingdom in the first place, but that doesn’t look very good.”

“I know, Your Majesty, that you had a bad relationship with Lord Shien,”

“hahahaha, duke. Do you really think Jim planned this just because of his friendship?”

The duke did not answer, but looked at him as if he was saying, “Isn’t that so?”

“Duke. Shien is not someone who moves for gold, power, or honor.”

“Of course.”

“That’s not to say he’s not someone who moves only out of loyalty.”

“Ah… “

After talking this far, Duke Pale also drool as if he had roughly noticed.

“It is his conviction that moves Shien. For the good, for justice, for the weak.”

This is the reason why I decided to make Cien independent.

Because he is truly a hero drawn in a painting, Shien can’t stand injustice.

“Even though I have a hard time with him, he doesn’t have the confidence to remain clean forever.”

Of course I have no intention of doing that.

I made a small addition and looked at the Duke lost in thought.

I am the emperor who rules the great empire.

How can an emperor who rules an empire live a clean life pursuing only the great cause?

Now that the war is over, the old men of other kingdoms and churches will move again, and the goblins and beasts that walk on two legs will run amok again.

In this situation, always acting fairly and justly in accordance with Shien’s beliefs would not be much different from begging them to be weeded out.

Of course, like the cliché of the hero, there is a way to kill him, but I didn’t consider it. It’s not that he doesn’t have the confidence to succeed.

He’s a character I’ve played for thousands of hours on Earth alone, and I don’t want to kill Shien, who I’ve been friends with for three years here.

I decided to make him independent.

In a way, it may be that he leaves a variable that could be a danger to the empire because of his personal feelings, but who can say anything.

I am the master of the empire.

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The hero, Shien, returned to the system after a long time.

From the gate to the imperial castle, the unobstructed road and

To the uncountable number of welcome crowds on either side of it.

‘Yes, the war is finally over.’

It’s only now that I’m starting to feel it.

The long war is over.

It was his colleague, the female knight Riel, who awakened Shien, who was soaked in emotion.

“What are you doing, Shien?”

“Ah… Riel”

“Didn’t everyone come all the way here to see the hero? Please shake my hand.”

Following Riel’s advice, the warrior waved his hand,

A huge roar erupted, almost deafening.

The party of warriors, including Shien, started walking along the main road.

Cien and Riel moved on with thrilled faces, but the expressions of the other party were not so good. The expressions of the archers, warriors, and priests were dark, and only the wizards were expressionless.

“Shien, don’t relax.”

“Seria… “

Seria, a ranger who always led us on the right path during the war and the princess of the elven kingdom, spoke to her with her stiff face.

“I always told you. Humans are greedy and untrustworthy. Ah! Of course I’m not talking about you. Because you are different But the human emperor must be careful.”

“Because His Majesty the Emperor is not like that.”

“Ha, it’s because you don’t know how ugly humans are. At the age of emperor, he wouldn’t be able to trick an innocent kid like you, right?”

“Seria! No matter how much you do, I can’t stand to insult His Majesty the Emperor.”

At the words of the elf princess, Riel, the daughter of the Duke of the Empire, shouted in protest, but Nia, the beast, also came out in sympathy with Seria.

“Riel, although Seria was harsh on her words, I agree with Seria.”

Nia, the warrior who always fought the demons in the forefront and the next leader of the Beast Man Alliance, also helped Seria.

“Sara, Nia. Stop both. I understand your feelings, but this is an empire, especially an institution.”

The party’s healer and the saintess of the Holy Land, Ella seemed to be trying to stop them, but she didn’t say they were wrong.

Your Majesty is a good man.

He is the one who always believed in me as a commoner and did not hesitate to support me.

Despite the resistance of the nobles, he entrusted me with full power and told me to defeat the demon king.

Is that all? A few times, seeing the villages devastated by the Demon King’s army, he asked if there was any way to help them, and he was jealous of the person who helped them with his own money.

There is no way that such a person could be as ugly and greedy as Seriana Naa said.

However, I couldn’t dismiss it as nonsense because it was the words of Seria, who never led us down the wrong path throughout the journey, and Nia, who didn’t even care about getting hurt to protect the others.

Shien was confused.

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I must have waited for about five minutes, and I saw a group of people approaching from afar.

“I will go down and meet you.”

“Yes?”

“You guys wait here.”

“Your Majesty? Your majesty!”

I left the escorts alone and moved on.

How many people are in the audience right now?

From foreign envoys to imperial nobles.

If you miss the chance to show off your friendship with the hero in front of them, then you don’t deserve to be in politics.

“Shien!”

“Your Majesty!”

“You really, really worked hard.”

How many elixirs I gave you and how many equipments I gave you, of course you have to catch the demon king.

“To defeat the demon lord is truly a feat. It was a feat that could never have been accomplished without you.”

“It is all thanks to Your Majesty’s trust in me.”

“I’m not going to do this here, I’ve prepared a banquet for you and your colleagues. Come on.”

I led Shien to the banquet hall.

Some of Shien’s colleagues looked at me very disrespectfully, but I ignored them.