050 Tues – Lucas (1)
Lenny got into the elevator to get the morning paper.
“Wow···. It’s no joke today…”
Below the Norbert Tower reflected on the elevator screen, reporters surrounded the Norbert Tower as if ants had flocked to the candy.
Even after Tigris killed the mutant, a lot of reporters gathered, but after Irene beat Roy, the nearby road was full of people.
Ding-!
As soon as Lenny got down to the first floor, he quickly picked up the newspaper that was right in front of the elevator.
At that time, reporters rushed to ask questions to Lenny.
“uh?! excuse me! Interview me!”
“What time is Sir Tigris coming out today?!”
“Irene, do you think you can hold a press conference today?”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
Lenny quickly got into the elevator.
Lenny’s heart was pounding.
Lenny was not yet used to people’s attention.
Lenny managed to calm her trembling heart, and placed the newspapers, one on the living room table and one in Tigris’ study.
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Jane quickly ran through the living room wall and ran towards Lenny.“Renii~ Did you get a newspaper?!”
“Ah yes. Will you see me now?”
“yes!”
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Journalists were busy writing provocative content rather than truth in order to attract people’s attention.Some reporters said that Tigris had already completed 5 rings, and some said that Tigris’ skills would be in the top 20 in the Empire.
‘You idiots. Tigris is just not at that level.’
Knowing almost everything about Tigris, Jane knew that she was far superior to the speculations the reporters made.
I wondered how people would react when they found out.
“Heh~ Heh~”
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Jane quickly scanned the headlines.＜Tigris, there will be a rice paddy trade at the Imperial Palace today…＞
＜Tigris who caught Viscount Kayle, did he even have investigative skills?＞
＜Who is Rakan, the henchman of Tigris?!＞
＜Irene de Welf defeats Roy, the third son of the Count Vinsmoke family.＞
＜Irene, I have no intention of holding a press conference…＞
The reporters were working hard to dig out the secrets of Tigris and Irene, but Irene and Tigris were leisurely doing individual training on the terrace.
“Irene really doesn’t want to hold a press conference, does she?”
“yes. I think so.”
“Hmm~ Well, even if you’re like me, I’ll never do it.”
When the Welf family was wiped out three years ago, journalists paid little attention to Irene and her mother Laura de Welf.
The reason was simple.
It was because Lucas had blindfolded the reporters with a gold coin and broke the pen.
＜Count Vinsmoke, did you issue a press release to reporters in the Black Land?!＞
＜Why didn’t Viscount Belius, the mother of Irene de Welf, help the two mothers and daughters?!＞
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Jane nodded as she read the newspaper.“It’s not bad to just ride the mystic route like Tigris. Do you know how to work?”
It’s better to be silent like this for a clumsy press play.
Because the reporters had a baby and discovered the contents related to Irene themselves and published it in the newspaper.
While Jane was immersed in the newspaper, Tigris and Charlotte and Irene and Linia entered the living room.
Lenny and Karen handed the four of them bottled water along with a towel.
Tigris wiped his sweat with a towel and said to Lenny.
“I have to go to the Imperial Palace soon, so please prepare.”
“Yes. All right.”
Today was the day of the rice paddy trade along with the internal inspection report of the local lords.
At the same time, it was a day to pierce the heart of the Vinsmoke family.
* * *
Tigris and Irene got into the carriage.
Irene has a school class in the morning, so we decided to go together.
When the carriage door was closed, the loud voices of the reporters could not be heard.
Irene opened her mouth as the carriage left.
“Master. thank you.”
Tigris knew why Irene thanked her.
Tigris expected Irene’s mother, Laura, to be swept away by reporters.
So he sent Baiton to the greengrocer in Middletown, where Laura was working, to stay in a luxury hotel suite.
“It’s nothing.”
Irene clenched her small fist.
Tigris was just a matter of saying a word, but it wasn’t for Irene.
Irene was very grateful to Tigris.
“…I have one question for you.”
“Say it.”
“Why are you taking care of me like this?”
Until now, Irene had thought that the reason she became Tigris’ disciple was because of Charlotte.
Charlotte I thought that it was because I could practice for a longer period of time and be stimulated by training together rather than training alone.
However, through this Roy incident, I could see how much Tigris cared for Irene.
He taught me how to break the recoil sword, Tigris was with me before and after the duel, and took care of my mother, who had not been paying attention.
And in this duel, he was going to report to the emperor that Roy had been cheating.
Tigris was doing more to Irene than he could have done as a teacher.
Tigris opened his mouth.
“You are my disciple. That one reason is enough.”
“Is that really the only reason?”
Irene’s eyes longed for the truth.
“Of course, as you have noticed, there is definitely something I want from you. But apart from that, it is enough just that you and I have a priestly bond.”
“What do you want from me?”
“Be strong. Until you are satisfied.”
The red blood demon killed his father, who was a six-star knight.
Irene was going to take revenge on the Red Blood Ghost, so she had to become a 6-star knight or higher.
Those words were the same as Tigris’ wish for Irene to become a sword master.
Irene didn’t ask why she had to be so strong.
If the day comes when Tigris asks Irene, Irene will become Tigris’ sword and sacrifice her life.
“I will be your umbrella until you stand completely alone.”
“···Yes. All right.”
One more reason to make 7 rings.
* * *
The Imperial Palace’s conference room.
Of the 374 noble families that received fiefs from the emperor, all but the Norbert and Friharden families arrived.
Since the Norberd and Friharden families were obliged to protect their annihilation, they decided to receive a written report from the Emperor in particular.
“…Your Majesty the Emperor is very late.”
An hour had already passed since the meeting, but the emperor did not appear.
Lucas knew that this was to tame the lords.
Full of dissatisfaction, but now is the time to lie flat.
Because today was an execution under the guise of an internal inspection report.
Already, the emperor had a list of those who funded the Chimera Lab beneath the ecliptic, including the House of Count Vinsmoke.
Insignificant families will be swept away from this place today like flies.
“Your Majesty, please!”
Emperor Todd entered through a door that only the Emperor could enter and exit.
Then all the lords and vassals bowed their heads and bowed their heads.
Emperor Todd sat on the throne.
Emperor Todd’s expression looked like a hungry tiger.
The Lucet Empire was not a centralized empire like the Pax Empire in the past.
As the emperor of the Pax Empire almost monopolized the army, the local lords could not properly respond to the attack of the dragons, and the emperor’s foreign family took control of the emperor, and the empire was severely corrupted.
Unable to bear this, the Lucet family revolted and annihilated the Pax family, and the formation of the Allied Forces of Humanity to hunt dragons was the beginning of the Lucet imperial family.
So, in order not to repeat the mistakes of the Pax Empire, the Lucet family gave the local lords a lot of power and freedom and collected less taxes.
Emperor Todd thought that the choice of his forefathers at that time was clearly right.
However, he thought that it would be problematic to continue that old law for 300 years.
As the years passed and the times changed, a law had to be established accordingly.
Emperor Todd decided today to engrave a new order on the Empire.
“I promise you one thing.”
When Emperor Todd’s mouth opened, everyone held their breath.
“If I confess my sins now, I will not touch the descendants other than those involved.”
Emperor Todd received the scroll from the eunuch.
“In this is a list of the vicious men vomited by Viscount Cale and his sons. And not just the ecliptic, but also the exact location of the Chimera Lab lurking in each estate.”
The emperor glanced at the lords in a cold sweat.
“If I open the scroll and begin to write now, the whole family will be unable to escape my blade. So confess your sins.”
Why were chimera and human experiments banned?
There was a moral reason and it was forbidden by the laws of the empire, but that was because the ancient demon king of annihilation created monsters.
So, when the Age of Demon Kings ended and the Age of Witches arrived, all kingdoms banned chimera experiments and human experiments.
It was because another demon king could not be born.
But since he carried out such a horrific act in the underworld, it was deserving of death.
Then, the four lords knelt before the emperor.
All of them were people of the baron and viscount families who ruled the black soil.
The head of the Viscount Branco family spoke as the representative.
“Theo di Branco and the other three families confess their sins to His Majesty the Emperor.”
Emperor Todd looked at Lucas, not Deo.
Lucas expected this to happen and prepared the victim in advance.
Lucas had never directly handed over funds to Viscount Cale.
All of them passed through four nobles, including Viscount Branco, to deliver the funds.
In a word, it meant money laundering.
Even if Count Vinsmoke came out of Viscount Cale’s mouth, Lucas could not be arrested or put to death without evidence.
And although there was a chimera lab in Lucas’ estate, the chimera lab manager and supervisor went through Baron Mano, who was kneeling in front of me.
The Chimera Lab told me to clean it up before coming to the ecliptic, so even if the Inquisitors attacked now, there would be nothing to gain.
Then, the six heads of the families knelt.
They were all heads of state in the sphere of influence of the Marquis Baros.
“The five families, including Viscount Gorou de Bendink, confess their sins to His Majesty the Emperor.”
The Marquis of Vale de Baros, like Lucas, also laundered money, and had already cleaned up the Chimera Lab inside the Marquis.
In addition, six families also knelt down in turn.
They were a family that personally funded Viscount Kayle or built a chimera laboratory.
A total of 16 families held out their necks, but Emperor Todd could not contain his anger.
They are all dwarfs.
The real heads were Lucas and Bale.
They should hit the heads of those two right now, but the moment they hit, the Empire is caught up in war.
In the current situation where the Gillion Kingdom is looking over the territory of the Hoshitamtam Empire, if the two families wage a war at the same time, the Empire will be shattered.
This was the reality of the Lucet Empire.
The current situation was that the Emperor, who is called the highest dignity of the Empire, could not strike the heads of those wicked Count Vinsmoke and Marquis Baros.
Emperor Todd finally seemed to see his position properly.
“As promised, I will cut your throats, but I will not touch those who are not involved. However, you will be stripped of all noble status and rights, and all the wealth you have accumulated will be returned to the Empire. Also, the territory will be directly governed by the administrators sent by Jim.”
The Emperor looked at the Golden Knights and said.
“What are you doing? Jail the sinners now.”
“Yes. your majesty!”
The heads of state were all taken away by the knights.
Everyone was expecting their own death, so there were no screams when they were dragged out.
The surviving nobles all sighed in relief.
Emperor Todd handed the scroll back to the eunuch.
You should be content with this for now.
If both families were to be defeated at once, the emperor would be at ease, but the people would be in great chaos.
But one by one, one by one, they will be wiped out.
Emperor Todd intended to slash them all before handing over his place to Prince Harry.
Because it is right that Emperor Todd is responsible for the things he did wrong.
“I will not listen to the internal inspection reports of each lord. It sounds like your ears are going to rot, so please write it down and report it carefully by the end of this week.”
“Yes. your majesty.”
“And I will send my investigators to each of the estates. If anything differs from what was reported, the families will not escape the wrath of Jim.”
“Yes. your majesty.”
The eunuch cautiously shook his head.
“your majesty. Then, we will proceed with the non-gong process immediately.”
“Do it.”
Emperor Todd’s expression softened a little.
It was because it was to give a prize to Tigris and Rakan for catching Viscount Kayle this time.
Druck-!
The door opened and Tigris and Rakan walked proudly.
Tigris and Rakan bowed one knee in the center to pay their respects.
“Tigris di Norverd, Your Majesty the Great Emperor.”
“Rakhan Wood, salute to His Majesty the Great Emperor.”
The emperor himself stood up and approached the two.
“Explain both examples.”
The emperor looked at them as if they were looking at beautiful jewels.
Without these two, Viscount Kayle would not have been captured, and the rotten heads of state would not have been beheaded.
The emperor grabbed Tigris’ shoulder.
The emperor’s hand on his shoulder was warm.
“Tigris, it’s really reassuring to have you. Thank you so much.”
“I have only repaid the Emperor’s trust.”
The emperor handed Tigris the large golden box brought by the eunuch.
“10 roots of red manacho obtained from the jungle of the Suin Autonomous Region. I thought you might need an elixir, so I prepared it.”
Red manacho, the highest hit among manacho, was a very rare and magical elixir.
Of course, it’s not as good as the starlight ice essence, but it was almost the best of the elixirs that could be obtained in the wild.
They gave me 10 roots instead of one, so I didn’t have to worry about the elixir for the time being.
“Hwang Eun is devastated. your majesty.”
“More earnest in the future. He said he received two disciples, so I think it could be useful for both of them. Once again, thank you very much.”
The emperor next looked at Rakan.
“Rakan, I heard you did a great job in finding Viscount Kayle this time. Thank you so much.”
“Hwang Eun is devastated. your majesty.”
Rakan didn’t cry this time.
It was because the related quest did not appear.
“I will grant you the door to the second-class treasury, so if you have any treasures you want in the Empire, you can take them with you.”
“Hwang Eun is devastated. your majesty.”
The emperor glanced at Tigris.
“Tigris I heard you have something to say to Jim.”
“Yes. That’s right. your majesty.”
Lucas furrowed his eyebrows.
‘What else is he going to do…’
Lucas was annoyed because Tigris was constantly taking damage in unexpected places when he moved.
“Two days ago, Roy, son of Lucas de Vinsmoke, confessed to me.”
Lucas flinched.
Emperor Todd looked at Tigris and said.
“What sins did you confess?”
“It was about getting Lucas’ son Carter on a drug called ‘a momentary moment’ just before the duel with Irene.”
Lucas was dumbfounded.
I didn’t know that he would bring that up in such a bad situation.
Lucas said urgently.
“His Majesty the Emperor. I am sorry, but it is a matter of personal duel between Irene and Roy.”
The emperor raised his hand to stop Lucas from speaking.
“Let’s hear it one more time.”
Tigris continued.
“This violates the sacred promise to duel only with swords, and I believe that Irene’s honor must be restored.”
“The small grievances of the people are the grievances of the emperor, and the grievances of Lord Tigris are also the grievances of Jim. If it’s something Jim can handle, I’ll do it. What does Lord Tigris want of me?”
“Irene is still too weak to regain her honor on her own, so as a teacher, I want to restore her lost honor as a teacher.”
Tigris said as he looked at Lucas who was staring at him as if he was about to kill him.
“I, Tigris di Norberd, want to ask Carter de Vinsmoke to die or die, so I ask that your Majesty the Emperor personally stand in the witness.”
Lucas was sweating down the back of his neck.
This was clearly a promised conversation.
Except for Roy, Lucas has only two sons.
One is Carter and the other is Oslo, who he recently adopted.
If Carter is killed by Tigris, however, the successor to the Vinsmoke family will be passed on to his adopted son, Oslo.
‘Not Oslo.’
There was no doubt that Oslo was a genius swordsman second only to Tigris as a current 5-star knight, but his mental state was so strange that he was a very talkative guy in the family.
If Oslo becomes the heir, the Vinsmoke family will come in and shake Lucas over the suitability of the heir.
If he endures, he can survive, but Lucas dreams of becoming a king.
Already, Lucas’ authority has been shaken by selecting the victims, and if it is shaken further, the existence of the Vinsmoke family, let alone the king, could not be guaranteed.
‘That guy…!’
If Tigris challenged Lucas to a duel, he could send someone else as his surrogate, according to the rules of the sacred duel.
However, since he was targeting his successor, Carter, there was nothing he could do about it.
“Is what Roy really said?! You weren’t threatening?”
“If you don’t believe me, can I ask Roy to confirm?”
“···What?”
Tigris bowed his head and asked the emperor.
“I don’t think Count Vinsmoke can’t believe it, so may I call Roy?”
“Do it.”
Drooling-
The door opened and Roy limped in.
Lucas looked at Roy in disbelief.
After taking the original fleeting moment, you fall into a deep depression.
It was impossible to see His Majesty the Emperor with such clear eyes.
‘Maybe the aftereffects…’
I don’t know what Tigris did, but it was clear that Roy’s aftermath had been cured.
It was a disaster.
“Happy Majesty the Great Emperor.”
Roy paid tribute to His Majesty the Emperor with his uncomfortable legs.
“Tell me an example. Roy Did you use any dishonest method in your duel with Irene?”
Roy nodded and said.
“Yes. That’s right. I was given a drug called a fleeting moment by Carter de Vinsmoke and took it. A momentary drug is a kind of stimulant that increases the body’s sensitivity. and···”
“Roy!!!”
The eunuchs stared at Lucas.
“Speak to Count Vinsmoke with permission from His Majesty the Emperor.”
“your majesty! This is a carrier!”
The emperor looked at Lucas and said.
“Then tell me. Do you know what a momentary drug is?”
Lucas could not do this or that, and it felt like his head was about to explode.
If Carter is lost at this rate, there is no future for the Vinsmokes.
Lucas clenched his teeth and said.
“···I do not know. However, my son’s fault is also mine.”
Lucas looked at Tigris and said.
“So I ask you to change the subject of the duel to me instead of Carter.”
There was only one way to not lose anything.
Lucas killed Tigris and saved Carter.
Lucas decided to believe in the arrogance of Tigris, which had become an old rumor.
Tigris felt like he had caught a large fish while aiming for a pyramid.
“good.”