My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

49. End of play

Episode 49

The lecture on the myth of demons that followed was very interesting, but I had no choice but to ask again because there was still no answer to what I wanted.

“I know that mankind has many sins, but what did you guys expect from the Empire?”

“To be precise, there is nothing I wish for from the Empire. Darling, Isaac Blatta has a request for you.”

I wasn’t surprised because that’s how it felt.

“Who do you want me to kill?”

“Similar. If possible, you want to subdue it without killing it. It would be unavoidable if I had to kill him because it wasn’t right, but… .”

subdue without killing Depending on who you are, the answer will be different.

“Who is the opponent you wish to subdue?”

“A hero-class strongman like you. Half Devil, I beg you to subdue Valentino Knox, who is also called the Demon Hunter.”

It was a name I had heard from Garel before. He must have met him when he was a mercenary, probably.

“Hmm. A hero-level strongman?”

I want to be crazy. I don’t know if it kills me.

“I want to ask you one thing, but why do you want me to subdue you as much as possible instead of killing you? I don’t think he’s friendly to demons enough to be nicknamed a demon hunter.”

I was wondering if he wanted to catch me because he wanted to be George himself, so I asked him, but the story of Serpens that followed could be said to be unexpected if it was unexpected.

“It is true that he hates demons and kills our people. However, I can say that his anger is justified. His parents were brutally murdered by those who were evil among our people who crossed over to the continent.”

Not all of them were like that, but among the different races, there were those who thought that the sins of their own people were their own. I guess the devil was like that too.

“So I hope that our King as well as I will have a proper conversation with him. But it’s not possible to have a conversation, and I can’t just watch as my own people continue to die. That’s why I came to find you and beg you.”

It is difficult to know what to say to the story that is different from the known image of the demonic race. Should I say that these guys are sincere or stubborn?

“It is not allowed. I’m sorry about your situation, but I can’t put Isaac in danger for that reason.”

Before I could say anything, Marianne stepped forward and refused, and the demons’ faces showed sadness.

Certainly, emptying the system for that reason is a bit unreasonable. I just wondered what the devil would pay for the work.

“What is the price?”

“I will let you escape from the continent that is about to perish and live in our Pandaemonium. Of course, it’s impossible for all the people of the Empire, but I’m willing to help them settle down to some extent.”

Was it something like that? It’s a good story, but it was a condition I had to refuse even if it wasn’t for Marianne.

“I’m sorry for the guests who came from a long way, but I will refuse them. You can’t run away by abandoning those you need to protect. Especially if only a few of them are to be saved.”

Some might say that saving even a few people is not a good idea. I have no intention of denying myself either.

This is simply my selfishness. In that case, I just thought it would be better for everyone to fight and die together.

“… … I guess Got it. It would be a lie if I said I didn’t regret it, but your attitude of trying to fulfill your duties and responsibilities as a person on top would be worthy of respect. Good luck.”

The heads of the demons came out and bowed towards Marianne. Seeing the serpents and demons who didn’t lose their respectful attitude even though they were disappointed made me feel more sorry for nothing.

“Oh, I almost forgot to tell you one thing. As if the news hadn’t been delivered yet, Hao, monsters of the void and incarnations of the Goddess of Creation are already appearing all over the continent. Please be careful.”

They told us until the end that they could help us, and they politely declined Marianne’s consideration that it would be okay to take a break for a few days and left right away.

After that, the institutional meeting continued, but it did not continue as originally planned. Like the words the demons left behind, it was because monsters of the void and incarnations of Morior were appearing all over the continent.

From that point on, our lives changed rapidly.

“Even if it’s an incarnation, if it can be dealt with by high-ranking adventurers or knights from other countries, it still seems weaker than the incarnation that appears in the Mayer kingdom… … .”

It would only be a matter of time before incarnations of the level I had been dealing with would appear. According to the demons, the reason why the incarnations are weak is because the void hasn’t completely collapsed yet, and Morior’s power is weakly leaking out.

Marianne, who had come up on top of me to catch her breath after relaxing in the bedroom after today’s meeting, seemed to be thinking the same thing.

“Why did the giant Acevero create humans?”

“well.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Even Haria and Selemyn, who were lying in my arms, didn’t seem to be able to say anything about him.

Morior, who created the continent and the different races. Asevero, who created the stain of human beings in the world and was bound by the sins he had created.

The story that was only a myth is right in front of you, so the sense of reality disappears. It feels like a dream.

However, the institutional meeting continued and the days that followed were not a dream, but a stark reality. It was kind of like a nightmare, but that’s for sure.

“It is said that many monsters have appeared on the southern border!”

“Avatar haunts the middle of the city Bagner!”

“The number of deaths is growing at an unpredictable level!”

“There are secret letters from other countries asking for help… !”

“The only thing left is that the small kingdom of Mahat was virtually destroyed… !”

There was no way that a normal meeting could be held because such news continued to spread even during the meeting every day.

Above all, it was natural that the local lords, who were worried about their lands, could not concentrate on the meeting.

All the participants in the meeting had prepared someone to act in their place for the unlikely situation, but no matter how much, they couldn’t be relieved.

The country will also be anxious. Maybe he just ran out.

In the end, the meeting ended with only the urgent agenda being sorted out quickly.

Marianne had already dispatched the imperial army to the place where severe damage was occurring, but new problems continued to arise until the end of the meeting, so there was a lord who accompanied the imperial army when returning to the territory.

“It feels like the real end is approaching every minute.”

“Is this a reward for not listening to the warnings of the Meirs?”

“Even as a Mayer, it’s not a very exciting feeling.”

The empire, the strongest nation in mankind, is like this. According to the story brought by the Ministry of Information, the situation in other countries was incomparably worse than here.

It had been like that since the meeting, but in the case of small countries, there were many places that were already destroyed.

“Is it karma for neglecting the risk?”

Marianne, who is getting emaciated day by day, sits in her office and tries to skip meals today. As I sat next to her and half-forced her food, her muttering reminded me of the story of demons again.

The epicenter of the Mayer kingdom was originally a small gap created by the outrage of ancient magic that different tribes tried to summon Morior.

The demons explained that the wall that separated the void and this world around the epicenter gradually began to crumble, and this situation was the result.

With the efforts of me, my father, and our ancestors, the epicenter was kept from collapsing greatly in the first shock, but the outside did not.

Regarding this, a demon named Serpens had heard an easy-to-understand analogy that the meat pie shell, which had been deformed, was breaking first.

Even devils eat meat pies.

“Isaac. Where are you? Isaac!”

While I was stopping by the Intelligence Department for a moment after eating, the office was in disarray due to Marianne.

Haria and Selemin were nowhere to be seen as they had quickly left the scene as they had said a while ago. fortunately

“Where did you go, leaving me behind!”

“I’m going to check something with the intelligence department… ”

“I told you to get a hound for that!”

Nervously, I embraced Marianne, who was craving skinship. This is my biggest concern these days.

Marianne has been working with almost no sleep for the past few days due to the damage situation that is being updated to the point of madness every day and the handling of it.

I was helping in my own way, but I couldn’t do the things that only she, the emperor, could do.

Marianne was getting more and more hysterical as she couldn’t sleep properly, couldn’t eat properly because she was so tired, and couldn’t relieve her stress like before.

“don’t go. don’t go anywhere stay by my side sit here Keep me in your arms.”

Now it was becoming impossible to be satisfied with a little favoritism. Even if Haria and Selemine expressed their dissatisfaction with me whenever they had a chance, I had to put Marianne first.

If it was now, he didn’t even know that Marianne really wanted to kill them both. I’ve already been in dangerous situations a few times.

For that reason, as much as possible, I was living my life without being separated from Marianne, but soon the situation came that I had to move.

“Emergency request from Sir Paul Brown of the North!”

The letter carried by the marshal’s subordinate, who ran without rest and died of exhaustion as soon as he reached the imperial palace, briefly described their situation.

“crazy.”

As soon as I read it, I got a headache, but after reading the crumpled paper that Marianne gave me, who covered my forehead, I spit it out without realizing it.

A staggering mass airstrike by the monsters of the void. Even though he did his best to block it, Paul Brown calmly calculated the limit time they could endure and asked us for help.

According to the time he calculated, it would be close to leaving tomorrow.

“… … Marianne.”

“… … … … … .”

Marianne was in agony. I don’t want to let go, but I know that there is no one else to go to but me.

“As an army that covers almost the entire empire, there is no more strength. If we subtract more troops than this, there will be no knights to protect the system.”

“… … I know, Isaac. I know.”

It was pointless to send only a small number of troops. I haven’t seen it myself yet, but if I listen to the daily situation, I know that if it’s not a decent army, I can’t handle the monsters of the void.

“If we don’t help Paul Brown and let him die, it will be a problem to open the border, but the power of the empire that we have been able to gather will be divided again.”

If that happened, they would never be able to unite again. It’s something that the empire might disappear before joining and sleeping.

“But isn’t it strange, Isaac? The gap in the void is not bound by the lines drawn by humans. But why are they attacking from the front only on the northern border?”

That part also struck me as odd. It’s hard to imagine, but it’s clear that the possibility of a trap cannot be ruled out.

“Nevertheless, I have to go. no you have to let me go An emperor cannot abandon his people.”

I hugged Marianne, who finally burst into tears, and whispered in her ear.

“don’t worry. It was like that when I returned to Mayor. I will definitely come back to you.”

The woman who nodded while weeping sadly was clearly the emperor.