My childhood friend the hero was genuinely angry

48 – The Exiled Princess’ Obsession Begins (1)

Why don’t you help me?

Letia couldn’t help but feel embarrassed by this situation.

Apparently, the moment before she was about to be killed by the hero Chloe, the goddess had saved her.

But now she wasn’t saving herself at all.

Even now, on the verge of being stripped of her title as princess and banished from her empire, the goddess hadn’t even shown signs of appearing.

“Goddess? Please help me quickly.”

Why not help? I’ve been helping you so well before.

Until just now, the goddess had definitely helped Letia, but this time, she didn’t seem to be at all like that for some reason.

As if she was nothing to the goddess Letia.

This situation was like a lie to Letia.

“Letia. You’re joking too much. That you are loved by the goddess, Letia. Being a member of the royal family is not that special.”

And the emperor, who was watching Letia, said with a reluctant sigh.

Although she is her own daughter, Letia wonders if she is too self-conscious.

She was loved by the goddess, and she had no reason whatsoever for him, and there was no reason for Letia to be loved, so he just dismissed her as a lie.

“No… Wait a minute, even if it was just a moment ago… Please wait.”

“What are you doing? Bring it out.”

“Ah…”

Anyway, I didn’t have to listen anymore.

The emperor ordered the guards, and the guards pulled Letia down.

Her ex-princess tried desperately, but there was no way she could refuse as long as there was an order from her emperor.

“Haa…”

In that way, Letia’s ruin was all completed.

So the emperor exiled Letia, who seized her power and ruined her empire, albeit for a short time.

Of course, it was not that the emperor was at ease in the process.

Since then, Letia was the only daughter of Emperor Charles, and it was Emperor Charles who she loved him as her child with the heart of her parents.

So, to be honest, he never wanted to make this decision.

“I didn’t educate my children too much. Ha ha…”

However, she just made a choice that was really helpless.

No matter how precious Letia was to him, he couldn’t leave her alone.

If she forces her to give her power and entrust her empire to her beyond this, her empire will surely be headed for ruin.

And it was obvious that Letia would eventually be destroyed.

This is a reasonable decision for her empire and for the sake of her child, Letia, even if it hurts her heart.

“Hmm. I guess that’s the only way.”

“Emperor. A guest has come.”

“Ask them to come in.”

Anyway, the princess was ruined, and it was time for her to take care of the empire.

It’s a pity that the empire is on the brink of collapse, but the emperor can’t rule it because he doesn’t have much time to live anymore.

However, in a situation where there was no worthy successor, there was only one option for the emperor to choose in this situation.

And that method was held by a guest who came to visit him.

“His Majesty the Emperor. Good evening.”

“Zerath. Nice to meet you. Thank you very much for your work this time. If it weren’t for you, the empire would have become the land of demons.”

A dark-haired man who greeted the emperor nicely as he entered the office. Xerath.

The emperor had been reported before. The fact that Xerath had dealt with all the demons that invaded the empire.

That’s why the empire can be so fine.

I couldn’t help but be grateful.

“I owe a lot to you. As of now.”

“No…”

In the eyes of the emperor, Xerath was a very talented person. The emperor knew long ago that he was excellent as the wizard of the warrior party brought by the hero, Chloe.

Because of

, He had a lot of expectations, and he showed excellent results.

As this is not the first time he has saved the empire, I have always felt gratitude to him as the ruler of the empire.

“Your daughter owes a lot to you.”

“… Well, I don’t really care.”

Even so, the emperor was so embarrassed to hear that Letia had treated Xerath so harshly.

Xerath said he was fine, as if he was really fine. His attitude of not really caring.

With that attitude, the emperor thought it was the same, and he continued with what he was trying to say.

“Zerath. Do not be ashamed and do just one favor of this old man.”

“…? What are you asking for?”

The emperor intended to ask Xerath for a way to save the empire.

There was only one way to save an empire that was no longer hopeless, already ruined and without a proper successor.

“Please merge the empire into the Kingdom of Alprada.”

The emperor intended to entrust the fate of the empire to Xerath.

Even if the history of the empire ends in the process.

@ @ @

I came to the Empire and got a rough idea of the situation.

The fact that Chloe lost the power of a hero, and that the empire was almost destroyed because of it.

I also learned that the emperor had once again seized real power. The emperor who took the real power dethroned her princess and banished her from the empire.

I knew all about the process, and to be honest, I wasn’t very impressed.

‘It won’t have anything to do with me anyway.’

Again, I knew in advance that the empire would fall, and I no longer belonged to the empire.

Whether the empire perishes or not, to be honest, it wasn’t a big deal.

I was thinking that way, but now, for some reason, it was unreasonable to see it as someone else’s business.

“How about it? Xerath. Would you mind merging it?”

“Your Majesty. I’m a little embarrassed. Could it be a funny joke?”

Emperor Charles I haven’t seen in a long time, I heard something shocking from him.

It was similar to the story of an empire annexing to a kingdom, in other words, a request for the empire to be governed by the kingdom.

Of course, this was not an easy thing to say.

The kingdom is much smaller than the empire, and I didn’t expect to hear such a thing from Emperor Charles myself.

I thought for a moment that the emperor wanted to joke, but the emperor’s eyes weren’t the ones that were joking.

“I’m serious. I made my decision after much thought.”

The Emperor spoke to me with sincerity.

Well, handing over the empire isn’t an easy thing to say.

Moreover, I don’t know what kind of resolution it must be for a person like the emperor to say such a thing.

“Xerath, don’t you know why I’m doing this?”

“…”

To be honest, it wasn’t that I didn’t know why the emperor was acting like this.

Originally, even before I left the empire, the empire was quite corrupt and sick here and there.

Even if it wasn’t destroyed by the demon king’s army because of the existence of a hero, it was true that the princess was gradually being ruined after seizing her real power.

But the empire that came back now was even more ruined than that.

If we continued like this, even if we weren’t destroyed by the Demon King’s Army, it was obvious that it would be destroyed from the inside out.

“It is difficult for the empire to last any longer. I cannot entrust the empire to Letia. Letia is not someone to rule over.”

“Hmm…”

In such a situation, there was no one who could hold this empire anymore.

As the emperor said, I honestly do not believe that the princess will rule the empire well.

Excluding her private opinion, it was a fact that the princess could not rule her empire well, even if only looking at her objective abilities.

“Please. Can’t you think about it for a moment?”

That’s probably why the emperor is asking me now.

As an emperor, this choice was the best decision he could make.

As an emperor with only a handful of days left to live, he chose the path that allowed the empire to survive.

‘Let’s see.’

I thought of the emperor’s proposal. I calculated the profit and loss in various ways, and thought about what would happen if the empire was merged.

After thinking about that for about 5 minutes, I came to a conclusion.

‘Surely not bad?’

To be honest, the emperor’s proposal was quite good from the point of view of Alprada Kingdom.

No matter how much the interior was damaged, an empire was an empire.

Of course, there are much larger territories, people and facilities than other countries.

Absorbing such an empire was honestly only good from the perspective of the Kingdom of Alprada.

Of course, in the process, there will be hundreds or thousands of annoying things, such as various friction noises and numerous problems of the empire.

Even so, when the empire was annexed, the benefits gained were considerable.

If it solves all those problems, it’s definitely not a bad suggestion.

Moreover, if the empire collapsed and fell into the hands of the demon king, there was nothing more troublesome than that.

If the entire empire were to be eaten by the Demon Lord’s Army, the already strong Demon Lord’s Army would become incomparably stronger.

Maybe I won’t be able to deal with it anymore.

Because of that, I thought positively.

“Okay. First, let’s talk to our queen. We’ll review it positively.”

Of course, this isn’t something I’ll decide on my own, I’ll have to talk to the staff in the kingdom, but honestly, it’s almost certain.

“Thank you. For doing me a favor.”

Hearing my words, the emperor nodded his head as if satisfied.

It was a comfortable smile that seemed to have resolved all the worries he had been worrying about.

“Emperor… I have business to take care of now.”

“Oops… I see. Let’s go now. Xerath. I’d like to treat an honored guest, but I’m sorry. The Empire is a bit messy right now.”

“It’s okay.”

“I will try to lighten the burden on you as much as possible.”

“I’ll visit the Empire again with good news next time.”

“Okay. See you next time.”

Anyway, that’s how the conversation with the emperor ended.

And while I was on my way back to Alprada Kingdom, someone started talking to me.

“Wait. Xerath. Nice weather, isn’t it?”

She was the exiled princess, Letia.

“I’m busy.”

“Now… Wait!!!”

I ignored her because she was really busy with her way to go.