82 – Grand Duke Aka – 82
In the end, Rosé chose to walk toward the throne room while crying and smoking mustard.
Silvea was very flustered when she saw Rosé at first, but eventually nodded after hearing Priscilla’s explanation and smelling the scent of the cigarette Rosé smoked.
“The princess said that too… … It seems that you are really using it as medicine, so it should be fine.”
“Sorry… … .”
Rosé is destined to become a stuffed elf in the imperial family, except for the emperor.
Perhaps seeing Rosé’s drooping ears, Priscilla chuckled.
“Don’t worry too much. Because I am by your side!”
“Ph, Priscilla… … ! I love you!!!”
As she hugged Priscilla, Priscilla patted Rosé on the back.
“Yeah~ don’t worry too much~”
“yes! I will only trust Priscilla!”
If it were me, I would have liked to have left a record in the history of the empire. Rosé seemed terrified of being recorded as a stray bug of the empire.
Certainly, the long bread is wrong.
“Im here. Guests, please organize your clothes once before going inside.”
A huge door leading to the throne room. From pure gold and jewels to a piece that reproduces a scene from a myth with the delicate touch of artisans.
The door, which seemed to have been made to literally overwhelm others, seemed to show the authority of the Holy Emperor Heinrich.
“Go in.”
At my words, everyone else in the party nodded.
Within this is the emperor cursed by Amon.
──! ──!
Sylvea moves the round handle at the entrance to the audience room, making a metallic sound.
Then, the door to the throne room slowly opened on both sides.
And at the same time, a loud voice rang out from within.
“your majesty! Princess Priscilla, the most noble flower of the Empire and the lofty golden star in the southern sky, wishes to see Her Majesty!”
“I allow it.”
Bubbly.
Priscilla is the first to step inside.
“your majesty! Marquis who protects the north. Daughter of Capel Balmenga. Amel Balmenga and her pet, Hugo, wish to see you!”
“I allow it.”
As soon as the voice ends, Amel and Hugo walk in.
“your majesty! Summoner Academy’s instructor and former leader of the Fenrir Mercenary Corps, Selua Negal, wants to see you!”
“I allow it.”
It was the instructor who entered this time.
If so, it was clear that we were on our last turn.
“Ahh… … . Gregory. What should I do? I’m so nervous right now… … I want to smoke again… … !”
Rosé was trembling, perhaps because of the pressure of being on the verge of meeting the emperor of the empire.
I took Rosé’s hand and said casually.
“Who am I?”
“That, Mr. Gregory.”
“Yes, I am Gregory, your summoned beast. Don’t worry too much, I’m by your side.”
“… … yes!”
And finally, our turn came.
“your majesty! A descendant of Lily von Euglia, who came from the land beyond the Empire, Delinia, the kingdom of the forest, and saved the world in the past, Roger von Euglia and his summons… … … to?”
… … Something, the voice that had been working well until now suddenly cut off.
“Hey, hey! Roger von Euglia and his summons, Grand Duke of Pandemonium, Gregory Jones, wish to see you!”
“… Stop by.”
Ah, you were surprised to see my title as Grand Duke.
In the demon world, the title of grand duke is often used only by the great devils, so it wasn’t too strange to be surprised.
Bubbly.
When I proudly entered the audience room with Rosé, the first thing I saw was a white-haired man sitting higher than anyone else in the room.
Straight eyes and a well-rounded body, as if burning in spite of his age. And a gorgeous golden crown on top of his head.
He is the Emperor of the Holy Heinrich Empire. Leprin and Heinbern.
He was the man with the largest country on the entire continent.
The emperor who saw us opened his mouth.
“Welcome, daughter of the World Tree from the land of nature. Roger von Euglia and his summoned beast. Grand Duke Gregory.”
At his remark, Rosé naturally and gracefully lowered her back and head.
“The sun of the Holy Heinrich Empire. Greetings, Her Majesty Leprin and Heinbern.”
If so, I should say hello too.
[(Attribute: Noble) is activated.]
“I don’t know what to do with such a grand welcome. Emperor of the Holy Heinrich Empire.”
Even from this point of view, I am in the position of the Grand Duke of the Demon Realm.
For the emperor of the empire, such an example was enough.
“ha ha ha! Thank you even if it’s just words. Has everyone from the Summoner Academy gathered in one place?”
The one who answered his question was Selua Negal, the instructor.
“That’s right. your majesty.”
“Um, good. then… … . I will ask you guys You said you knew the inside story of this case, right? Where, can you explain?”
At his words, Priscilla took a step forward, lowered her head, and started talking.
“Yes, Your Majesty. Then, let’s begin the story.”
Priscilla calmly and accurately conveyed to the Emperor what we had learned so far.
The background of the incident and the process of investigation. and to the results obtained.
To sum up what she said, ‘Amon is currently preparing to invade this world with a catastrophe.’ It became about.
“… … That is all.”
As soon as Priscilla finished speaking, the servants in the audience room began to mumble.
Second Coming of Disaster.
This was a fact already known by the saintess of the empire, but the fact that Amon was attached this time too was a fact that they had never heard of.
Swoop. The emperor raised his hand slightly, and the audience room became silent in an instant.
The emperor, who had been lowering his head at Priscilla’s story, slowly raised his head.
“… … I knew the seriousness of the situation. It seems that everything the Imperial Academy investigated was true.”
“That’s right. your majesty.”
The emperor shifts his gaze from Priscilla to Raphael.
“Hey Raphael. What do you think?”
“huh? What do you think? This time, the entire continent must work together to defeat the disaster. Still, it will be quite a while before Calamity and Amon come to this world. It’s going to get in the way of what we’re seeing.”
Raphael spoke in a tone that could not be thought of as an emperor.
However, considering Raphael’s position as an archangel and the characteristics of an empire that serves the heavenly gods, it wasn’t such a strange sight.
“Right. I will only believe in you then… … Does anyone have a different opinion?”
After saying that, the emperor looked over the party this time.
For an instant, his eyes stayed on Rose and the corner of his mouth went up slightly.
… … look at that
“Can I tell you? Emperor.”
The emperor’s gaze, which was directed at Rosé, moves to me.
“Gregory Jones. Wasn’t he the grand duke of the underworld and the pet of Roger von Euglia next to you?”
I nodded my head in the affirmative.
“Good. What do you think?”
“As in the past, I think the Empire should prepare for disaster before other countries.”
“… … Whoa, why do you think so?”
That’s because the empire is the strongest. I wanted to say, but this is the emperor’s palace.
It would be nice to say it as plausibly as possible.
“The Empire was the first to support former warriors Lars and Lily von Euglia. It was also the Empire that fought first with the Army of Calamity. And because of that, the Empire was able to develop more brilliantly than any other country on this continent. It was because other countries had seen the Empire at the forefront.”
It means a lot to be on the front line in a war.
It clearly shows that you are willing to take a bigger loss than anyone else.
And if you see that, others will have to pay the price for not being on the front lines.
The Empire was, at that time, a nation that had grown at the price of blood.
“That’s why, the Empire must prepare before anyone else. In order for other countries to prepare together, we need to remind ourselves that the Empire has become this much stronger through its past performances on the front lines.”
That is, what I meant to say was this.
“If you want to become as strong as the Empire, you have to sacrifice that much blood.”
“That is correct. Emperor.”
War is like that.
high risk high return
The greater the risk, the greater the return.
That was war.
“If you want to become strong, offer your blood. It sounds like a demon.”
“It is the devil.”
Hearing his words, he smiled, and the emperor also smiled.
“Good. I understand your opinion. Let’s think about the direction of the empire by referring to your opinions.”
Having said that, the emperor stood up from his seat and clapped his thick hands together.
“I will end the report with this. As they were guests visiting the empire from far away, travel poisoning must have accumulated. First of all, get some rest.”
With this, our official event has come to an end.
On the way back to the room designated by the imperial family, Rose, who was walking silently next to me, relaxed her body and sighed as she walked slowly.
“Ahhhhh… … … . I thought I was dying of nervousness!”
“You did well for that. The etiquette is also perfect.”
“… … After all, she’s the eldest daughter of the Euglia family. Etiquette is basic.”
“I believed in Rosé.”
And Priscilla, who smiled and answered Rosé.
“By the way, Priscilla. The imperial family should have your own room, so can we go with you?”
Amel, who was walking side by side with Priscilla, asked.
Priscilla nodded at this.
“Yes, because the imperial family still doesn’t know who is my enemy. I just thought it was safer with you guys. Raphael also told me that it would be better that way.”
“Hmm, that’s right.”
yes. Members like us would be able to stop the assassination unconditionally, and even if there was an attack, we were confident that we would hold out until the imperial family’s reinforcements arrived.
“This is the White Silver Palace where the guests and Priscilla-sama will be staying.”
Silvea bows her head as she stands in front of our lodging that has finally arrived.
“thank you. Silvea.”
“no. We will be staying at the guard post in front of the White Palace, so please call us immediately if anything happens.”
“Yes I will.”
White silver palace of the imperial family.
Upon coming here, I heard from Priscilla that this place is open to envoys from other countries or the royal family.
In other words, it was safe to assume that the emperor valued us that much.
… … I think Priscilla gave it to us because she wanted to stay with us.
“Then, shall we go inside?”
Priscilla smiled and entered first.
As we followed her inside, the interior of Baekeun Palace, which also boasts an amazing interior, was revealed.
“… … After all, an empire!”
“You meant to say big?”
Priscilla laughed mischievously after interrupting Rosé.
Seeing that, Rose shook her head violently.
“yes! that’s right!”
“Whoops, come on. The first floor is used by employees, so we can use the second floor. Then, shall we go up?”
The second floor of Baekeun Palace.
As it is called a palace, the size was also vast, but for the safety of the party, they decided to use each attached room.
The room Rosé and I would use was the one next to Priscilla’s.
“Then, see you later at mealtime.”
“Miss Priscilla. Have a good rest~”
“self. Shall we talk separately later?”
“I will.”
So I said goodbye to Priscilla and the others
“Let’s go in and rest. I didn’t know that meeting with His Majesty would be such a tiring job.”
“okay? Aren’t you just an old human?”
“Phew, Hugo! Watch your mouth!”
Amell and Hugo also enter the room.
“Then, I go in first and close my eyes.”
And after entering the instructor, we also entered the room and grabbed the handle.
And we should have gone inside.
Unless Priscilla hadn’t screamed the moment she entered the room.
“Kyaaak!”
“Priscilla!”
“What’s going on!”
The other party didn’t seem to hear Priscilla’s voice, perhaps because the door was closed.
Leaving behind the opened door and entering Priscilla’s room, I saw an unexpected person there.
“Priscilla! my daughter! I missed you so much!”
“your majesty!”
“Your Majesty! Isn’t this a private place! ruler! Try being a father! Ah~ Dad!”
… … Emperor of the Holy Heinrich Empire.
He was greeting Priscilla with a smirk and a silly smile.