chapter 9
Originally, it was a place to celebrate the achievement of 3rd Prince Carmon.
An immortal genius who achieved the 2nd circle at the age of eight.
It deserves to be praised for having the rare affinity of the attribute of light.
I was thinking of inviting the Magic Tower of Light and holding a festival, but the other empresses couldn’t stand to see it.
‘How dare you ruin Carmon’s stage…!’
Empress Josephine bit her lip.
The way he boasted to the other empresses about Carmon’s entry into the 2nd Circle was just right.
Now that the story of the crown prince’s reinstatement is emerging, it was all of them who were frantic to put their son in the position.
But what about inviting the Magic Tower of Light to hold a festival in front of the Emperor?
Even more, the descendants of the imperial family are all possesses of genius talent. It was strange that I couldn’t do 2 circles at the age of eight.
For various reasons, the four magic towers arrived on the same day.
‘Carmon should stand out the most.’
Now it became a battle to see who could attract the emperor’s attention more.
It is not enough just to invite the Magic Tower of Light.
“Alberto. Are you ready?”
“Yes, Empress.”
Golden knights lined up in a row.
Thirty splendid knights are lined up in full armour.
To make the 3rd Prince Carmon stand out even more, you have to overwhelm him from the moment you enter.
Make them blind so that the other princes cannot be seen.
It is a knighthood for that purpose.
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Josephine was also dressed to the fullest, wearing golden light armor.
She was afraid of uncomfortable clothes like armor, but she could have jumped into the flames in order to install Carmon as the crown prince.
“Your Highness Carmon. Have you finished dressing up?”
“Yes, mother.”
Soon after, Carmon waddled out of the next room with the ladies-in-waiting.
Carmon was also wearing golden armor.
Here, wearing a golden lion’s helmet made by adding a real lion’s mane, and wearing a sword made of mithril, it was born.
“You look great, Your Highness.”
“Your mother is nice too.”
The preparations are over.
Empress Josephine looked at Knight Commander Alberto.
“Let’s go.”
Is this the ceremony to go to the battlefield?
He left the lion’s palace with a spleen expression.
The entrance to the Imperial Palace. The envoys of the Mage Tower were seated in the prepared seats in front of them.
High-ranking wizards sent to have a close relationship with the Empire.
It was not simply the emperor, but also to build an intimate relationship by overpowering them.
“Your Highness Carmon is here!”
Boo-!
soldiers and knights. A procession of up to 100 people arrived at the entrance of the imperial palace.
However, upon arriving at the entrance, Empress Josephine had no choice but to harden her expression.
‘These foxy bitches…!’
The other empresses were thinking the same way as her.
A battle of who stands out more.
The empress and princes did not appear with a fuss like her, but each had a certain color and was located in their own place.
All of them were accompanied by their knights, exuding an air of restraint.
“Wow, the imperial family is really great. More than any circus troupe…”
“Shh please!”
One of the wizards opened his mouth without notice and received glare from the wizards around him.
Every time the prince appears, there is something to see.
This is because it was more fun than watching a regular circus troupe.
The other empresses, who did not hear the sound, were shocked to see Josephine and Carmon.
“There is no clown. Maybe it’s because I’m from a rural aristocrat… tsk.”
“You’re too young to be humble.”
2nd Empress and 4th Empress.
The first empress was the only one who didn’t even look at her.
The third empress, Josephine, tried hard not to hear.
Do they really not know that swearing at themselves is no different from swearing at themselves?
Everyone except the emperor gathered like that.
To be precise, there was no prince either.
It was strange that he, who had no magical talents, was here.
There was no magic tower or knights to support the crown prince.
‘Still, since I’ve written a hand beforehand, the crown prince will be seated as well.’
However, Empress Josephine made a promise to the emperor that the crown prince also be seated.
Reinhardt, let the incompetent prince despair when he sees the talented princes.
to be more isolated.
It would have been better if he had lost his temper and went on a rampage again.
‘Today is Carmon’s day.’
The prince is not a problem.
other princes?
There is no age difference between the 3rd and 4th princes.
However, the 1st and 2nd princes were grown adults.
If the crown prince is reappointed, the issue will go to those two who are already adults, but it is the day to announce that Carmon is no less than the two.
The 4th Prince of the same age?
A bastard who hadn’t even been weaned from his mother yet and Carmon were qualitatively different.
To compete, it had to be with the 1st or 2nd prince.
The first prince is a sword genius.
At the age of only nineteen, he possessed the highest level of sword expert skills. There were rumors that he would rise to the level of a sword master sooner or later.
It’s to the point where if you cover the sword and yourself with flames and awaken, you’ll be able to compete with a sword master.
The 2nd Prince was a magical genius.
At the age of 17, he mastered 6 circles of wind magic.
It took 13 years to reach the realm that a genius full of talent can reach only when he is over 30.
‘All of them are just ordinary elemental attributes.’
Compared to them, Carmon’s swordsmanship and circle were still low, but he had an affinity for the light system attribute that was said to be the hardest to see on the continent.
We tend to pay more attention to the rare than the ordinary.
It wouldn’t be different from being an emperor.
It was then.
“Reinhardt?”
“Why is the crown prince here…?”
buzzing sound.
Empress Josephine had a smile on her lips.
Since the Imperial Guard moved directly according to the emperor’s order, Reinhardt did not have the right to refuse from the beginning.
Indeed, the situation of being caught by the Imperial Guard.
It was a punishment befitting a crown prince who was abandoned even by his own knights.
The wizards also murmured.
“Is that Prince Reinhardt?”
“Unlike the other princes, the procession is simple?”
“That’s right. three?”
The guards sent separately went somewhere, and the prince was trudging along.
Next to him was the daughter of the Countess of Versailles, and the other one…
“Me, why is he?”
“her······.”
The corners of Empress Josephine’s mouth went down.
It has to be.
I can see why there are no guards to catch him.
It was because he was accompanied by the Knights.
Even though it is only one person, it is because he brought a person who can replace the knights with just that one person.
“… Sir Croft.”
Knight Commander of the Yellow Dragon Knights.
A man who is the strongest sword master and has been granted the title of sword king.
Although he was in the palace, he did not engage in external activities at all.
He who would grind his teeth if he was the crown prince.
It was because he was right next to Reinhardt.
‘The gaze is stinging.’
This kind of gaze was not used to it, so it was normal.
Leisurely and skillfully, I crossed that line of sight.
Isabella looked bewildered, but kept pace with my ‘challenge’.
Croft is still standing by his side with a hardened expression on his face.
‘I didn’t expect him to appear.’
I never dreamed that Croft would find me so quickly.
―Jermin knelt down and begged me.
Sword King Croft, who inherited the Guard Knights, said.
Germin.
If he hadn’t come and knelt down and begged me, I wouldn’t be here.
As soon as the Imperial Guard arrived, Germin read the ‘politics’ entangled in it.
The fact that the empresses would hold a festival at the expense of me again.
―However, I do not believe that your madness has healed. It won’t be just a whim again.
Disappointed, disappointed again.
After being disappointed dozens, hundreds, or thousands of times, I realized that there was no answer.
If it hadn’t been for the emperor’s order, Sword King Croft wouldn’t have stayed in the palace.
―So I told Germin. If you go mad again in front of my eyes, I will blow your head off. The Empire, His Majesty the Emperor, cannot perish because of you?
Croft knew it all.
Whose current empire is it?
what they want
Even if they would puppet me and tell me what to do.
Eventually, when I was crowned emperor, Croft left the empire.
With the last deterrent gone, the nobles went on a wild rampage.
Croft is a swordsman feared even by nobles.
It was because of him that this fake peace could be maintained.
The reason Croft accompanied me was not to assist me, but to ‘decapitate me in one case.’
It’s bloody, but I agree.
It was better for me to die than to lose my reason again and live a life driven by madness.
“Wasn’t the crown prince not doing any outside activities at all?”
“You look much better than rumors.”
“Aren’t you frowning?”
Wizards looking at me murmured.
It has to be.
I didn’t do any external activities after the installation ceremony, so they must have only come into contact with me through rumors.
And the rumors must have been very malicious.
The place where all the faces of the Magic Tower are gathered.
Originally, it was a place to celebrate the prince he sponsored.
Regardless of age or gender, their eyes were focused only on me.
I sat next to the emperor who hadn’t arrived yet.
A little further down to the side is the seat of the empress.
They were bewildered or puzzled by my outspoken behavior.
‘The prince who couldn’t even meet His Majesty’s eyes…’
To sit so proudly next to His Majesty.
‘Is it a bluff?’
‘That’s crazy. It must have been consumed by madness again.’
It would be a bluff anyway.
When the emperor appears, he will be busy curling his tail and looking down at the floor.
I met the empresses’ eyes with a smile.
It’s been a long time indeed.
Their screams were still vivid in my ears.
They all cut their own throats.
‘Thanks to that, all the power of the royal family to keep the dukes in check has disappeared.’
I was possessed by the duke’s intrigue.
It was the result of my feelings towards the empresses who had ignored me for a long time exploding.
It was stupid and stupid enough to make me sick to think of it now.
must not be killed I’d rather steal it.
“Please, Your Majesty the Emperor!”
Boo Woo Woo!
With numerous trumpet sounds, he finally appeared.
Everyone got up from their seats.
When the emperor, seated with hundreds of knights, raised his hand, they all bowed their heads.
Holy King, Guardian of Peace, Deus.
······ A careless emperor who neglected everything, bound by his name.
In the past, I was afraid of him.
Those eyes without any emotion, those two eyes looking at me like an abyss.
When I stood in front of him, I was so intimidated that I couldn’t do anything.
He acted like an asshole without even opening his mouth.
But now I get it.
I wasn’t afraid at all.
I spoke with sincerity.
“Long time no see, father.”
at the same time.
[The domination of all unlicensed nanomachines is over, Master.]
< Long time no see, Father > End