My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

54. Goes

Episode 54

“Boros! Boros!”

“Um… … ?”

Boros, who seemed to be in a pleasant dream, woke up to the sensation of someone slapping him on the cheek.

When Boros awoke, what came into his field of vision was the burning city of Jedo. And it was the crying image of a close friend.

‘That’s it… … Did it happen because the wizards of the Magic Society suddenly ran out of control?’

I remember hearing that it wasn’t just a runaway, but that it had turned into something similar to a monster in the void that I was only contacting with information.

Boros, remembering that the Empress had even put in herself, looked up at Damus with puzzled eyes.

‘But why is this guy crying?’

It was only after checking his own condition that he realized why Damus was crying. Boros nodded in agreement.

“Come to think of it, I was dying.”

“Is it time to speak calmly, you idiot!”

Not only in the Hound, but even in the entire empire, Boros, who heard the cry of a friend with a dirty heart despite his tough-looking subject, said with a giggle.

“You’re really ugly because you’re crying.”

“shut up! Shut up and come alive!”

“It’s impossible.”

Still laughing, Boros calmly reported his condition. Damus was pouring potions provided by the Magic Society, including those he had and his own, on Boros, but it was no use.

No matter how much the magic society’s potion was, it couldn’t regenerate a blown limb or burnt organ.

“Still, thanks to the potion, there is no pain, so it’s like a merchant. I’m just going to thank the captain until the end. Damus. Tell the captain that I really appreciate you in so many ways.”

“Don’t be damned! Say thank you in person! And the captain would have told me if I was going to die, at least I would die in front of him!”

Boros smiled, thinking that it would certainly have been the case with their captain.

Although it was a very short time, Boros really liked the captain who was infinitely trashy, to the extent that even himself, a former swallow, could fold the line when it came to matters of the opposite s*x.

“Hey, Damus.”

“Shut up… !”

“I just found someone.”

Damus’ hand, which was carefully pouring the potion while crying, stopped. It was not stopped by his will. It was because Boros stopped him by forcibly raising one of his still intact arms even as he was dying.

Damus could understand the reason for Boros’ actions. I’d rather pretend I didn’t know for now, but the two have known each other for too long.

When his friend understood that he should not waste the precious potion on himself when he was dying and use it on himself or someone else, he lowered his hand, and Boros continued.

“As you know, I cheated and swallowed things, so I usually lived only by swearing. That’s how I behaved, so it’s natural, but I’ve never heard anyone say thank you in passing in my life.”

But I heard Even at the last moment of life.

Although they are said to be in the direct escort of the empress and being trained by their captain, Boros is still not enough to be called a combatant.

The reason why they acted separately for a while was to grasp the damage situation in each area with quick movements. But for some reason, when he came to his senses, he found himself running towards the void monster himself.

“It was a family with two small children. the kids were cute Every time Gilbert boasted about his daughter, I wondered how good he was, but seeing them, I understand.”

At Boros’ words, Damus grinned.

I had to laugh.

“If you tell Gilbert about that, he’ll chase you down to hell and kill you one more time.”

“Ah, yes. keep it a secret That nobleman, who retired from marriage in a shameful way alone, has to stir-fry with his sister-in-law for the rest of his life before coming back.”

One of the two hounds, who had been giggling at each other, stood up. With a hammer in hand over a dying friend.

“Goes.”

“OK. be careful.”

Boros, who had been watching until the back of his friend, who could not stop his tears while joking and laughing, rushed out to save the others, turned his head and looked up at the sky.

“It’s like the end of the world, but this.”

The sky was thick and full of black smoke from the fires rising from all over the place. This damage situation was different from several recent crises.

When the mad magician of flame returned, he was able to finish it in one area. It was because of the efforts of the Hounds, including Gilbert, and the cooperation of the Imperial Knights and the Sorcery Society.

‘But this incident happened when the entire Magic Society went crazy.’

In a normal battle, even a top-ranked wizard could be destroyed by an experienced adventurer, but that was a story based on human standards.

Many wizards who become like monsters of the void, lose reason and ego, and neglect their own lives and use magic indiscriminately, are just disasters no matter how you think about it.

Even among the monsters that maintained human form, there was Catherine Thatcher, who was the president of the Sorcery Society.

Garel and Imperial Knight Miles noticed the danger and joined forces to quickly slash their heads. It’s a shame, if it was just a bit too late, the system might have evaporated in one blow from the monster who was the president of the society.

‘It’s not a good sign that only the mages belonging to the kingdom were safe. The fact that only the magicians of the Society of Magic have changed means that it must be the work of Selemin, who recently ate up the Society.’

Even though he didn’t talk much, he was a good guy who thought of his comrades, but even Boros couldn’t figure out how it happened.

Even though he was the captain of lust before he was properly connected with the empress, he didn’t touch Selemin, his wife’s younger sister, so he couldn’t understand it all the more.

“Well, the captain will take care of the rest.”

Boros closed his eyes, feeling his consciousness gradually fade. It wasn’t that I was paying attention to the afterlife because I was dying.

They stopped thinking because they sincerely thought that if they were their leader, they would overcome even if the situation went from worst to worst.

Boros felt himself descending somewhere, as if his body were being submerged in water. I thought this was death, but it wasn’t scary.

It was more scary to live, and more than anything, it was because, like I said to Damus, I couldn’t realize death because there was no pain thanks to the potion.

‘I thought my life was trash, but the last few months… … I was happy.’

I had been doing all kinds of dirty work, but the nature of work began to change after the new manager came.

What made the hounds happy more than the increased financial reward was that they were no longer ignored by those who knew the identity of the hound.

Even that wasn’t enough, and I was given an unimaginable position as an escort under the direct control of the empress, and I was able to build friendships with the imperial knights I secretly dreamed of as a child, who had no proper memory.

‘And at the last moment, I felt really good when I heard that I was grateful for helping someone for the first time.’

He wondered if a guy like himself could have such a good ending, but Boros decided not to care because he thought that was nothing to think about when he was about to die.

After all, he was destined for hell, needless to say. You won’t have to worry about it until on the way.

Therefore, one hound just smiled contentedly and died quietly in the middle of the burning city.

—

The huge table in the imperial palace meeting room was split in two at once with a loud, crackling sound. As an emperor, Marianne had never shown personal feelings in front of her subjects at any time, but this time she could not stand it.

‘Selemin! Selemin-!’

Marianne’s astonishing self-control should be praised in that at least she screams in her heart.

Marianne, who cursed and shouted the name of her only blood relative and precious sister, put the sword back and asked the palace wizards again.

“Is there any way to restore the wizards of the Magic Society who were affected by Selemin’s necromantic magic?”

“… … Impossible. In the first place, not only do you know what kind of magic it is, but no one knows much about it because it is taboo.”

Marianne did not reprimand the palace mages.

Even though less than an hour had passed since the situation occurred, their hard work in identifying the cause by quickly killing or risking their lives to arrest the monsters that would become samples should not be downplayed, if not praised.

Instead, I got up and went out to the conference room terrace to look outside.

“Lungs, Your Majesty! Dangerous!”

Despite the refusal of the servants who followed, Marianne just stood there silently and watched the burning system.

All available forces, including hounds and knights, were sent to the island garrison, including security forces, but the flames that engulfed the island showed no signs of extinguishing.

In addition, the monsters that were still undead wizards continued to destroy and slaughter. Looking at it, Marianne drew the following results with her cool reason despite her intense emotions.

system is over. Destructive damage has occurred to important facilities and areas, and even if the monsters that are rampaging are eliminated, the fact that they have suffered irreparable damage will not change.

‘Selemin… !’

Now, to Marianne, Selemine was neither blood nor family, nor even a relative. He was the enemy of the Empire, who deserved to be hated, and his own enemy.

She didn’t tell anyone, but Marianne had a future she longed for, until Selemine started chasing Isaac off to the northern border without permission.

‘I thought that Isaac would be the deterrent and would not be able to kill them, even though they sincerely tried to kill each other. It’s impossible now, but I hoped that someday there might come a future where we growl and bicker and get along well as a family.’

Acknowledging that it was a far-fetched idea, Marianne mocked herself.

According to the opinion of the magicians of the imperial palace, judging from the remaining magic power of those who were bound or killed as specimens, the time when the magic society was applied to the members of the Sorcery Society exactly coincided with the estimated time when Selemin swallowed the sorcery society.

Originally, it was impossible to activate magic remotely from a distance like the northern border, even at the heroic level, unless there was a special magic tool or medium.

The Magic Society was the first place the imperial palace wizards searched after the incident occurred, but nothing worth mentioning came out.

Even if he hid it, it didn’t make sense that he couldn’t detect it when he was doing something like this.

‘There was only one conclusion. It is said that Selemin changed her magical powers for the purpose of attacking the system, and the sorcerers of the Sorcery Society, who were affected by the necromantic magic, were transformed.’

In other words, Selemin meant that this was the intention from the beginning. It was not simply to become Isaac’s concubine that swallowed the Society of Magic, but it was a trap to suffocate herself and the empire.

‘But it doesn’t break. The empire will never collapse with me.’

Even if the system collapsed, the capital could be rebuilt as long as there were the emperor himself and the imperial people, the property of the country.

Of course, it would take a lot of time and resources to revive the existing system, but Marianne was not afraid.

‘Because Isaac will come back.’

It didn’t matter who the opponent was, whether it was the monster of the void, the goddess of creation, or the incarnation of something. If it were her husband, she would definitely do something.

Maybe he was already returning after defeating Selemin. No, definitely will.

As she thought so, when she heard the sound of the conference room door being opened, Marianne ran inside, but stopped moving before moving a few steps.

“… … … who?”

Contrary to expectations, it wasn’t Isaac who ran into the conference room. It was a small wizard I had never seen before, gasping for breath while floating two people who had fainted with magic.

“Huh… Heo-eok… … I thought I was falling behind. It was difficult to jump, but some madman put so many magic traps in the palace… … … Come to think of it, there is only one person like that. This is why the Mayans. Oh, are you the empress?”

“I asked who you are.”

When an unknown visitor was added to the already difficult situation, everyone drew their weapons and became nervous, but the visitor raised both hands and continued talking.

“My name is Louise Lowell. I don’t like fighting, and I’ve already grasped the situation in the system when I arrived. So I really don’t want to say this, but I have no choice but to say it.”

Lewis delivered the worst news to the Empress, who was the only one among those who were embarrassed by the name of the heroic class wizard called Calamity in the Sky, who was glaring at her without showing any agitation.

“You, your husband, have been taken away.”

It was the moment when the empress of the Blata Empire, Marianne King Blata, revealed a huge emotional agitation that had never been seen before.