I Returned As the Governor of the Country That Abandoned Me

6 – Because Revenge wasn’t enough

“Is everyone here?”

“Yes, Mr. Governor.”

Governor’s office. I put on my armor and asked Serena. After receiving Serena’s report, I left the office and headed for the parade ground where the imperial army was gathering.

“As your Excellency instructed, some troops were sent to the Duchy. As soon as we arrive at the duchy’s office, they will start attacking the dukedom.”

“Good job.”

I had already sent some troops to the Duchy the day before. The person I’m aiming for today is this kingdom’s Minister of Defense, Lloyd von Echiseel.

“I am sorry for the sudden call. However, the matter is serious and I have to summon all of you, so I hope you will understand.”

I slowly descended towards the parade ground. Well-organized ranks, undisturbed military discipline. As expected, leaving control to Serena was the right choice.

“The Defense Minister of the Kingdom of High Iran, Duke Lloyd von Echiseel, was caught preparing for a rebellion against the Empire. As a knight of the Empire, I couldn’t stand by and stand by.”

It is false. He never did anything like that. Even the soldiers of the Imperial Army who know about it, no one expresses a question.

“Empire is the law. If the Empire is, then it is.”

So, I decided to erode the soldiers’ doubts. That this is a kind of show to subdue the kingdom’s nobles. Of course, the reality is not like that.

“From now on, I’m going to catch the traitor.”

I said so and got on the horse. I’m in the lead, followed by Serena and her soldiers. Duke of the Kingdom and Minister of Defense, Lloyd von Echiseel. By catching him, I will discipline the kingdom.

In front of Lloyd von Echisel’s mansion. Seeing the soldiers of the Imperial Army rushing here, the privates guarding the mansion stopped us.

“Your Excellency Governor! What is this! You brought the imperial army to the minister’s mansion!”

“Open the way. I have something to check with the Minister of Defense.”

“Did you get permission from Your Highness? Does His Highness know about this too?”

“I don’t know. The matter is urgent, so I came here in a hurry.”

The captain of the guard standing in our way. It is enough to explain it here. If the road is no longer open, we will have no choice but to push through forcefully.

“Open it.”

And then, behind the guards, a man dressed in armor spoke.

“Who is that?”

“Hammerd von Eursia. He is the one in charge of escorting the Minister of Defense.”

I asked and Serena answered. It’s a hammer It doesn’t look particularly special. It just feels like a slightly oversized mercenary.

“Your Excellency Governor. The Minister of Defense told me to attend.”

“Does the Secretary of Defense admit guilt?”

“Your Excellency seems to have misunderstood, so the Minister would like to explain to Your Excellency.”

“Good. Open the way.”

Soon, the guards who stopped us opened the way. The only people who went inside were me and Serena. The imperial army waited for a while.

‘Uselessly wide.’

This is not a dukedom ruled by a minister of defense. Just, the office he uses when he is in the capital. Since the size of such an office was the size of a tolerable count’s mansion, it was a part that showed how much money this person spends and how hectic he is.

“The minister is inside.”

The hammer opened the door, and Serena and I went inside.

As you enter his office, you see countless luxuries. The luxuries were so dazzling that I couldn’t see properly.

“Your Excellency Governor. What are you doing with the imperial army here?”

He speaks with a very leisurely smile. He couldn’t understand What kind of guts does he have that makes him laugh so easily?

“Is it because of not bowing to His Excellency at the last banquet? If that’s the case, I apologize. I will speak well to the nobles of the kingdom.”

I see. This person seems to be thinking of this situation as just suppressing the momentum.

“Instead, if something goes, there should be something coming. I will give you the loyalty of the nobility of the kingdom, so that your Excellency will stand by my side…”

“Secretary of Defense Lloyd.”

The expression on his smiling face as he offered me a deal was so disgusting, I cut him off.

“You seem to be seriously mistaken, but I did not come to make a deal with you.”

“Heh heh heh. Then, what did you come for?”

“Do you know the Resistance, a criminal organization organized to escape from the Empire?”

“Sure. I have heard that some resistance members have flowed into our kingdom of Hairan as well.”

Resistance. Criminal organizations operating all over the world. A group that denies the empire ruled by an emperor and insists on a republic that eliminates emperors and kings with absolute power.

In the Empire, if you join them, or if you show even the slightest connection, it is a crime of high treason to the extent that they will all be executed.

“Among the officials of the kingdom selected by your recommendation, resistance members were included.”

“Yes..? It can’t be. I researched everything one by one…”

Is it because I realized that what I am saying is sincere? The defense minister’s expression began to crack little by little.

“Your name came from the official in question, and as a knight of the empire, I cannot let this go unnoticed.”

“Your Excellency Governor! There is an obvious misunderstanding here.”

“So, as of the present time, I intend to punish you with the authority of the Governor-General. Serena, Commander-in-Chief. What should the Governor-General do in this case?”

“Your Excellency Governor!!”

When I continued talking without listening to the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd started shouting at me. I want you to keep that attitude until the end.

“You can punish it at the governor’s discretion.”

I heard Serena’s words before long. In other words, I can punish this person at will.

“As the leader of the 3rd knight of the empire and the governor of the Kingdom of Hyran, I will ask Lloyd von Echiseel for treason here.”

“Governor!!!”

Have you given up on being polite now? Well, no matter what he says, this situation won’t change.

“Lloyd von Ekisel. As governor, I will deprive you of all authority and status, and pay for your sins by taking your life.”

“Hammer!!”

When I finished my words, I heard Lloyd’s scream. Following his cry, his escort knight, Hamud, rushed at him, but his head had already been cut by Serena.

“The crime of aiming a sword at the imperial governor. This is also treason against the Empire. Total commander. Cut the throats of everyone in this mansion right now, and burn this mansion. This is the same order given to the imperial troops dispatched to the dukedom.”

“Yes, sir.”

After beheading the hammer, Serena went out of the office. Soon, the sound of weapons colliding with each other is heard. Perhaps, the battle between the Imperial Army and the guards has begun.

“Governor..! Do you know that the kingdom will just pass by? If you quit now…”

“Lloyd. What did you do with the corpses of the kingdom’s knights and soldiers who fought against the empire to protect the country 10 years ago?”

I approached him slowly and asked him who was talking nonsense in front of him.

“What do you mean! If you don’t stop doing this right away…!”

“How did you do it? Asked.”

Seureung-

I drew my sword and thrust it into his throat.

“Kuh.. Kuh hmm! Abandoned them all! If you’re a citizen of the Empire, you’ll understand! They are sinners who dare to stand against the Empire!”

I see. Did you make the end of the great heroes shameful until the end?

“Governor. I want to make it this far. Be punished by God for this! You might end up in hell!”

“Did they say it was hell?”

A battlefield where the entire earth is covered in flames and weapons are flying from all sides to kill me. A battlefield where bloody corpses are scattered all over the place, and only screams fill the sky.

I have already experienced hell. While you spend your time doing nothing with the door firmly closed behind you.

“A person who has never experienced hell talks about hell. Isn’t he pretty funny?”

So, you must go through the same experience.

“I’ll show you what real hell I am.”

Soon after, a huge fire started to engulf the mansion. The imperial army set fire to this place.

“Can’t I do it properly! Just because you are the governor of the empire, how dare you kill the defense minister of the kingdom!!”

Perhaps he lost his temper when he saw the mansion engulfed in flames, so he threw down even the body he was guarding. By the way, there is something you are misunderstanding.

“The person who wants to kill you is not the governor.”

One step. Hearing his words, I approached him with my sword drawn.

“The knights and soldiers who gave their lives for you and the country want to kill you.”

One more step.

“The people who robbed you to fill your stomach want to kill you”

And the last step. The distance between me and him became completely close. To the point where we could touch each other if we just stretched out our hands.

“The servant of the knight who was betrayed by the country he trusted and sold to the empire is trying to kill you.”

“.. No way.. You bastard..!”

Did you remember now? The little boy you sold. Lloyd seemed to be lost in thought for a moment, then he knelt down and begged me.

“… I was wrong! I shouldn’t have done that at the time..!!”

Finally. Are you finally convinced that I can kill you? It’s really funny to remember and rain now.

“I am empty like this! Please..! Please save my life..!!”

“Do not kill. It just gives you a taste of hell worse than me.”

Saying that, I grabbed him by the collar. The place he dragged him to was the garden of the mansion.

“Sorry..!! Wrong!!”

He begged even as he was being dragged out by me. Beg a little more, a little more

Took-

I got out of the mansion and came out into the garden, and I threw him to the floor. The sight unfolding before your eyes is the sight of the whole mansion burning.

“Ah.. No.. My mansion..!!”

Still, still can’t come to his senses.

“Yes..! Dukedom! My Duchy! The family…!”

After a while, he came to his senses, grabbed my feet and said.

“Let’s listen to that report together.”

Serena came over here at some point. As I glanced at her at her, she began to open her mouth.

“The Imperial Army attacked the dukedom to subdue the rebels remaining in the dukedom, and obtained documents from the duke’s mansion that documented their support for the resistance.”

“That can’t be! It can’t be!!”

“Go ahead.”

“So, all the dukes in the duchy are defined as resistance. We killed all those connected to Duke Lloyd von Echiseel.”

“Ah… Ah ah…”

Listening to the report, Lloyd looked into the sky and began to cry. However, it would be a pity if it ended here.

“Did this man’s son be captured alive?”

“Yes. I won’t be able to move my body for the rest of my life, but I captured it for now.”

“Well done. This is my last mercy. No matter what, it should be a big deal.”

However, this is only a superficial reason. Because I’m not a very caring person.

I slowly approached him and whispered in his ear.

“Don’t commit suicide. If you commit suicide, I will send your son to your side.”

“Ah.. Ah ah ah…. aaa..”

Still staring into space, he howled. Have you gone completely insane? Well, that’s not that bad either.

Having said the last words to Lloyd, I raised his head and looked up at the sky. The sky so high.

Someone said. Even if revenge is successful, what remains is a sense of emptiness and futility. There is nothing left.

But I don’t agree with that.

If you are discouraged after completing your revenge, it is because you have finished your revenge

If revenge is futile, it’s because your revenge wasn’t enough.

That’s why I have no intention of ending my revenge, nor of taking an unsatisfactory revenge.

Why can you say this? It was because my heart, seeing Lloyd crying in front of me, began to dwell in joy, albeit weakly.