201. Guardian of the Empire (1)
「However, the sparring hall is currently very cluttered.」
The Emperor raised his finger as if he was happy that I had taken action in earnest.
Afterwards, he spoke solemnly and in a louder voice than usual.
「Considering that Lord Darc played the first match, the next match will start in one hour.」
He immediately adjusted his schedule as he wanted to watch the next game.
「Lord Darc and Lord Bale, do you both agree?」
“I agree.”
We answered at the same time.
Then, the Black Knight vice-captain stared at me.
“He was just talking behind my back, so I thought he was just putting on a show….”
Even after fighting Allen, his mana was still strong.
I felt very relaxed.
“You have quite a bit of spirit. Wasn’t he just an advisor?”
“….”
However, I paid no attention to his provocation.
I just looked at him with a cold expression and went down to the waiting area on the first floor.
” Come up when your mind is well organized.”
Dark sat on the broken sparring shard with a relaxed smile.
And, he waved his hand and enjoyed the public’s praise.
“….”
I left the sound behind and went down the stairs in silence.
Then, reporters flock around.
“Are you Lord Veil, Subangsa?”
“Just say one word! “Why did you challenge the Dark Knights?”
Among them, there was a familiar face, Victor.
I calmly accepted the interview, looking only at him among the reporters.
“You are the first defense knight to challenge the Black Knights. “Can I hear your reasons and future aspirations?”
“Yes, I will give you a sincere answer since you suddenly broke into a sacred competition and caused a stir.”
Victor looked at me with serious eyes.
I answered him skillfully.
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“I am tasked with protecting the capital of the empire here, as well as protecting the people and His Majesty the Emperor.”
As it was reported to the public, I responded calmly.
“And, among those people, there are knights from our own country.”
He raised his index finger.
Then, he pointed to Darc, who was sitting in the sparring room and waiting proudly.
“However, the Black Knight who participated in this game rushed mercilessly to seriously injure the injured Allen.”
Criticized young Darc’s actions.
At the same time, I justified my actions by mentioning a person with a much higher reputation than him.
“So, General Sir Balderian and I personally took action to impose sanctions.”
Balderian.
Reporters nodded in unison at the name of one of the continent’s greatest war heroes.
The most acceptable thing in the world is a high position and reputation.
“The Dark Knights committed a great offense to the sacred competition by acting unbecoming of their reputation.”
He clenched his fists tightly.
And, he spoke like a righteous knight in the world.
“I want to take this opportunity to give them ‘awareness.'”
I narrowed my eyes.
And then, he confidently shouted with thin eyes like a fox.
“As long as we have the Capital Defense Knights, we must refrain from such rash actions!”
Balderian returned after transferring Allen to his medical unit.
He watched my press conference and laughed so hard that his wrinkled eyes softened.
“You fox-like bastard, you really speak well.”
As a superior, the general was well aware of how lazy I was.
So, I realized that my coming forward was not my duty as a defense engineer.
“I would like to take this opportunity to also hold the leader of the Black Knights accountable for failing to sanction his successor while the situation became more serious.”
Soon, he realized my intention.
My goal is to punish the Black Knight itself.
“If the leader doesn’t want to see all of his successors fall apart, he should step up to me first.”
Reporters began to get excited as the crown prince’s best power, shrouded in mystery, was revealed to the public.
Rosanna had a smile on her face as she looked at me like that.
And then, she seemed to have understood my intention, and she looked leisurely as she drank the wine.
“It’s hard to catch them all, so why not catch the leader first…?” .”
The reporters poured out questions to me, clutching their heaving chest.
Right now, at this moment, he seemed the happiest.
“Lord Veil was one of the top article reviewers in the first half of this year.”
“However, Vice-Captain Dark and Leader Lin’s reputation is much greater than that.”
Victor and his fellow reporters asked me a question as they clung to each other so much that their cheeks were touching.
“Are you confident that you can win against people like that?!”
Reporters drawing my face.
I responded to those reporters in a very skillful manner.
Like a veteran knight.
“You shouldn’t be afraid of the other person and be unable to point out their mistakes. “Our Defense Knights will protect the people and His Majesty, no matter what the situation.”
“Thank you, do you have any last words?”
I looked up at the audience as if responding to Victor’s question.
“….”
The entire nation’s attention was focused on me.
However, he didn’t care.
“I would like to say just ‘two words’ to the leader of the Black Knights.”
I just threw my vote to my enemies who were hiding among them.
“If you are a knight commander who truly cares for your members, you should take ‘responsibility’ for this incident.”
He raised his finger.
And, the number 1 was created.
“There is no need for a second round. “When Sir Darc is defeated, come straight up to the sparring hall.”
After saying that, I turned my head.
And then, I leisurely went down among the buzzing reporters.
“Oh my… !! This is the scoop… !!”
The Dark Knights, the strongest force in the empire.
Among them, the defense knight’s spirit of fighting the vice-captain and the leader in succession.
In response, the reporters took notes so quickly that the paper tore and headed to their respective newspaper offices.
――――――.
In an instant, the Black Knight turns into a cruel fighting fanatic.
Subangsa’s image as the protector of the empire was solidified.
Thanks to this, the audience praised me the entire time I left.
‘The trend has been set.’
Thinking like that, I walked down the hallway alone.
When I arrived in front of the waiting room.
A petite woman in a black dress waiting for someone at the door caught her eye.
As soon as she sees me, a cute girl runs to me and runs away.
“You… !!”
A princess walking in awkward high heels.
Every time she walked, her pigtails also shook.
“Why are you suddenly acting like this?”
The princess clenched her fists and shouted.
She looked like a snarling leopard cub.
“Don’t worry. “Didn’t the princess want me to step forward in person?”
She was Lydia, who wanted to go to the East with her and live like her king.
So I thought she would definitely like it.
Lydia’s expression looked surprisingly pitiful.
Her red eyes, like her rubies, twinkled strangely.
“What do you mean!”
Whenever she gets angry, she screams ‘nyanya-‘.
“I will always put your heart first.”
Lydia held both my hands together.
Then, she looked up with the bridge of her reddened nose, as if she had worked hard to muster her courage.
“Could it be that they are trying to make us suffer again this time? ?”
She didn’t even think about it.
She was so desirable, and when we first met her, she even mentioned her license to kill.
Now, my heart is being considered first.
“No. “I also just set out to achieve success.”
Success in life.
In fact, it was an excuse prepared to meet the princesses as equals.
First of all, I said it back to Lydia, who seemed depressed.
“It’s all because of us, right…?” .”
However, the third princess of the empire noticed it right away.
She wrapped her arms around my waist and buried her face in her chest.
“You can just come out and go to the east, so why go out and take the risk…” .”
I glanced down at Lydia with her pigtails.
Then, she placed her hand on her small back and hugged her together.
“Don’t worry.”
A dress with a plunging back.
Her bare skin could be felt in the palm of her hand.
Hot skin and soft touch.
“You know my skills. “I will be here with the princesses.”
He stroked the crown of the princess’s head in a kind voice.
However, Lydia still buried her nose in my chest and let out her shallow breaths.
“I… Can you please let me go now? I have to go straight to the game….”
“Umm….”
As she took a deep breath, her body tickled.
The princess soon lifted her face.
She looked up at me shyly and answered.
“In the East, we have a custom of hugging each other like this before a major ceremony.”
“You mean everyone?”
When I asked again, Lydia hesitated for a moment in her answer.
Then, she let go of me and muttered quietly to herself.
“Of course we are a married couple…. You stupid commoner baron….”
Not hearing what he said clearly, I turned my shoulders and prepared to go to the game.
I took a step while touching the sword at my waist.
“If we share the same room in the future… There are a lot of things to teach….”
I leisurely took the lead alone.
That moment.
“Hey, Veil… !”
I turned my head when I heard Lydia’s voice calling me.
“Did you call me?”
When I asked, the princess smiled brightly.
Not the eyes of the pitiful girl I saw a moment ago, but the eyes of the princess I always wanted.
“Starting this winter, I am an adult.”
I swallowed deeply at her meaningful words.
This is something I would normally hear without even thinking about it.
Recently, it feels like the depth of the words has changed.
“Be sure to win.”
The princess smiled mischievously, like a devil preparing for another mischievous prank.
I politely bowed my head in response.
Afterwards, she walked out into the hallway alone.
To the stadium where the first game will be held.
“… !”
Leah and Irina stood side by side in front of him.
As they stood under the refreshing sunlight, they seemed like goddesses guiding me to the battlefield.
Especially Irina.
Unlike Lydia, there was no worry on Irina’s face.
As if I was sure I would win.
“Veil.”
The second princess of the empire approaches me.
Is it because she is wearing a platinum colored dress?
Her appearance was more divinely beautiful than usual.
However, I could tell from her subsequent actions.
As expected, behind the innocent face, the healthy greed of a conquering monarch overflows.
Her hand, which I thought was meant to be held lightly.
The princess slowly clasped her hands and felt my body temperature.
“I will pray that we win,”
“Thank you….”
Afterwards, I looked at Leah.
Irina, with her silver hair and innocent eyes, was like a beautiful goddess of purity.
Leah looked like the queen of goddesses.
“I’m not particularly worried. “Just have fun and have fun.”
She is so relaxed, as if she is giving free time to her husband. She watched me with her sensual eyes as she was Rosanna’s daughter.
“Then, I will return.”
I climbed the stairs of Dalianjang again.
But, at that moment.
――――――.
At the same time, I heard someone running.
It was a familiar sound of footsteps.
As if in my past life, someone urgently approached me while I was down.
However, the moment I turned my head.
The ones who gently grabbed my collar were none other than the three princesses.
“Still, be careful.”
Leah.
Every time she ran, the voluptuous skin in her beautiful dress gently swayed.
“The body needs to come back ‘healthy’.”
Even Irina and Lydia.
The three people were worried about my health.
As if there is a mysterious meaning mixed in.
“I understand.”
I responded with a smile as if responding to this.
After that, we finally made it to the sparring grounds.
「Wow―――!!」
Is it because of the press conference that was held a while ago?
I guess the rumor got out that the audience went crazy for me.
“….”
However, I didn’t react at all.
Just….
“You’re finally here. “Have you worked hard?”
First, we just focus on Darc, who was relaxing in the sparring hall.
“Hmm-.”
Rosanna can be seen behind him.
She came down to the judgment seat, having given Darc further reinforcement and advice just a moment ago.
As if to prove this, deeper blue mana glowed from his sword and body.
‘It’s not just physical strengthening this time.’
The unnatural greed and desire within his body was mixed with mana.
Thanks to this, it is a form that maximizes its potential power.
It was like watching a crazy fighting nation that was plundering other nations.
“….”
Rosanna smiled happily as she looked at her masterpiece.
She gave me a taunting look, telling me to try to beat her.
As if responding to this, I immediately held a flag-raising ceremony.
He raised Irina’s treasured sword and placed it in front of her face.
Dark followed me and raised his sword.
Then, as if he had been waiting, the judge announced the news of the start of the war.
「Then, let the game begin!!」
His voice echoed throughout the magnificent Lastium Stadium.
After this, the moment when even the echo disappears.
My sword and golden aura were wrapped around like crazy.
The audience stared in fascination at the brilliant brilliance.
However, that was just the beginning.
Soon, the golden sword changed into dazzling white.
￣￣￣￣￣￣.
I didn’t hide it anymore.
I just rushed towards the black being in front of me.
“You have a short temper.”
Dark immediately raised his sword and tried to maintain a defensive posture.
He looked at me with a leisurely look as he rushed forward without any search.
“It’s an ignorant technique, as expected from defense engineers.”
Moreover, the action of coming in front of your eyes and raising your sword into the air.
It seemed like a very honest and crude attack.
“Um… ?”
But, he soon realized.
It was definitely a crude and obvious attack.
I feel like something bad will happen the moment that sword touches me.
Kaaan―――!!
Our swords met each other.
The walls of the stadium began to shake from the intense sound of the waves.
“What, what…?” ?”
His eyes widened at the sudden speed and power.
I definitely thought I had pushed my body’s limits.
With just one hit, his whole body began to scream.
“Did you only train to strike down ignorantly…? ?”
Dark asked if it was an incredible power.
However, I didn’t care.
I just raised my sword again and swung it towards the defending guy’s sword.
“Huh… !!”
Every time we bump into him, his expression becomes distorted.
I looked down at that broken face and said calmly.
“Do you think the strength that someone gave you and the strength that you realized yourself through pain are the same?”
I picked up the sword again.
And then, as if hunting a mole, he slashed hard at the defending guy’s sword.
Without even bothering to target the body.
――――――!!
At the first attack, the ground shook as if there had been an earthquake.
At that sight, the audience stumbled, holding on to each other.
“In a real war, there is no time to even use technology.”
Even Rosanna stumbled and couldn’t hide her embarrassment.
However, that was just the beginning.
“If you want to survive, you have to risk everything in one attack.”
――――――!!
During the second attack, the floor of the sparring hall began to cave in.
The strong blow caused the guy’s body to become more and more distorted like a nail driven into a tree.
“Ugh… !!”
Darc had both of his wrists twisted as he defended his head.
Thanks to this, defense is no longer possible.
Seeing such a hopeless opponent, Darc brutally attacked Allen.
I decided to give him the same fear.
I looked at the wound on the guy’s chest that Allen couldn’t finish.
Afterwards, she finished it herself.
――――――.
The fear of death I felt for the first time in a long time.
Is it because of that?
The guy couldn’t gamble with saving his mana shield this time.
His deep blue mana splattered everywhere like blood.
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“Huh….”
After that, he sat down with a lost expression.
“No way.”
It took 30 seconds from the start of the battle for Darc to do that.
Only then did Leon and Rosanna realize.
Why did I immediately say that I would have a second match with the general manager?
“You didn’t even think of him as an opponent from the beginning…? ?”
I didn’t even look at the fallen vice-captain.
He said, looking only at Rosanna’s blue eyes.
“Let’s call the leader.”
Rosanna lived in the imperial court all her life and grew up seeing all kinds of fancy swordsmanship.
However, the swordsmanship of the man she saw was very crude.
“If you don’t, you will only be embarrassed.”
However, she could feel it instinctively.
She was known as the Great Witch.
A single sword swung by the man in front of me.
The weight of the past can be felt in that sword.
“It doesn’t make sense….”
His sword was not made by fighting beautifully through sparring.
In fact, it was the opposite.
“How many people did that little thing cut…?”
It was majestic, as if I had faced all the knights of an empire alone.
And that too, not by sparring, but by risking one’s life.
“Are you saying it wasn’t the strength you received from those children?”
She thought that the power of the Grand Master was obtained only through inheritance.
Covering her lips with her hand, she stared into the man’s lifeless black eyes.
“Then he really has the qualities of an emperor like Leonhard…”