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14 Award Ceremony (3)
5 Princess Diena Agnes.
The reason she came to Zion’s bestowal was simple.
Although it failed to get the shadow of the Empire.
Diena, who had excellent intelligence from the beginning, was aware that this award ceremony was not just a place to grant Shion the status of successor, but something else.
Diena was curious about what the 3rd Prince and Rgan had decorated. So, I had to attend the award ceremony to see it in person.
In addition, some came to examine the current state of Zion and find out if the third prince was the one who killed the members of the former spirit corps Ygracia.
‘ It feels more foreign than the last time I saw it.’
Diena thought as she looked at Shion, who was sitting next to her.
Has more progress been made in that short period of time?
The last time I saw her in the audience room at the People’s Palace, she was so different from the Zion she had known so far.
However, the present Sion was exuding an atmosphere that made even her flinch for a moment.
‘ I’m curious as to what kind of power you’ve acquired.’
Diana, whose eyes lit up with that thought, slowly opened her mouth to Shion.
“ It’s the first time I’ve seen you in the audience, bro?”
“… … .”
At that, Sion looked at Diena with his characteristic languid eyes.
“ First of all, congratulations on subjugating the welcome army. I don’t know how I did it.”
Unlike in the audience room, Diena was acknowledging the status of an official heir that Sion received from the emperor to some extent.
She was the one who suggested dealing with the Seven Great Disasters as a condition of proving the qualifications of the successor in the first place, and Sion was in a state of perfecting that proof.
Whatever the process, no matter who helped, it didn’t matter.
The important thing is that Zion has solved the disaster, and if she doesn’t admit it here, she will be reversing her words.
“ But if you have that kind of atmosphere, no one here will come to you, right? Shouldn’t we recruit the nobles here?”
She looked around at Shion’s eyes for a moment and then asked.
“ I?”
At Diena’s words, Shion grinned.
“ What do I have to bring these guys in for? It would be of no use.”
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Most of the aristocrats and bureaucrats who already had power were subordinated to other members of the immediate royal family, and there was no reason for Shion, who was nothing other than a competitor, to come to the position where heir was awarded.
That is why the people who came here were so low-level that they could hardly even be chosen by the royal family.
“ Then, did you really come here just for the award ceremony?”
The 5th princess asks about Zion once again.
“ I prepared it for you, so why not come? whatever it is.”
“ Anything?”
Diena felt strange at Zion’s words.
‘ Do you think you already know what Enoch decorated? Even I barely figured it out?’
There was a question in her eyes, but there was no more reply from Zion.
at that time.
“ Now, let’s begin the ceremony of conferment of the successor to His Majesty Zion Agnes!”
An old man with a long beard appeared on the podium at the end of the hall and shouted to the people gathered in Uiseonggung.
The old man’s name is Soliman Valdemir.
He was a high-ranking aristocrat in charge of the ceremonies held within the imperial family or the imperial castle.
“ Sir Zion, would you please come up to the platform?”
Soliman’s voice echoed again in the quiet hall.
Sion slowly got up from her seat and walked towards the podium.
bum bum, bum bum.
With him, the atmosphere around him begins to subside once again.
The eyes of people looking at Zion walking towards the podium were complicated.
Who could have predicted this scene?
The scene where Shion, who was called the imprisoned prince until a few months ago, was recognized as the official heir, beating out all the other royal families.
jerk.
In such a complex silence, Zion finally stood up on the podium.
“ From Orrelion Khan Agnes, the first emperor of the Great Agnes Empire that lasted for four hundred years… … .”
It was the moment when Soliman, who leaned his head slightly toward Zion with him, recited the sentence he had prepared.
“ Wait! Please pay attention here.”
A single voice came from the center of the hall.
He saw the figure of Legan standing with an unknown smile in the eyes of those who turned their heads to the side where the voice had come from.
Feeling the gaze of the people who had gathered toward him, Enoch slowly opened his mouth.
“ First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to His Majesty Prince Enoch and His Majesty Princess Diena, who attended the award ceremony and graced the occasion.”
With those words, Regan gently bowed his head toward Enoch and Diena.
“ In some ways, even though they are contenders for the throne, the breadth of minds of the two of them who attended this celebration is beyond my ability to imagine.”
Diana snorted at Rgan’s action, and Enoch responded with a slight nod of her head.
“ And His Majesty Zion, the protagonist of this award ceremony.”
The moment Legan spoke Zion’s name, everyone in the hall focused their eyes on Zion.
After waiting for a while for people’s eyes to be completely focused on Zion, Legan spoke again.
“ His Majesty Zion has subjugated the army of illusions, which is considered the most difficult to solve among the Seven Great Plagues of the Empire. This would be an indelible achievement that will be recorded in the history of the Empire. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you once again.”
Zion stared at him with still eyes that couldn’t tell what he was thinking despite Rgan’s words.
At the same time, doubts appeared in people’s eyes.
Because I couldn’t understand why Legan had to stop saying this in the middle of the award ceremony.
“ Gong Legan, the congratulations will come later after the awarding ceremony… … .”
However, despite Soliman’s words, Lgan’s words with a strange smile continued.
“ Not so long ago, no one would have thought that Prince Zion would solve one of the calamities. He was called the imprisoned prince and was ridiculed by the public.”
“… … !”
Even though Shion was right in front of him, the nobles around him began to murmur at the unstoppable words that came out of Regan’s mouth.
Legan continued, looking into the eyes of Shion, who still maintained the stillness despite his own words.
“ But in less than a few months, His Majesty Zion has completely changed. He proudly passed the succession ceremony, possessed the strength and charisma commensurate with the blood of the Agnes family, and eventually solved the disaster. By the way… … I have a question here. How could Prince Zion change so much in such a short amount of time?”
Regan’s eyes shone sharply.
“ Some say that the blood of Agnes that was sleeping in His Majesty Zion’s body woke up late… … My opinion is different. To be honest, even after awakening the blood of Agnes, it is impossible to gain power in such a short time. It is a power that can never be obtained in a normal way from the beginning.”
“ That means… … Does it mean that Zion learned even an unholy power?”
At Rgan’s words, the 3rd Prince Enoch asked with a questionable expression.
“ Yes. The Lord of Zion learned black magic, also in the form of contracting directly with the demons.”
“!!!!!!”
At Rgan’s reply, everyone’s eyes were filled with astonishment.
“ Hey, what do you mean, Gong Lgan! His Majesty Zion made a contract with the demons!”
At the cry of the nobleman with a mustache, Legan slowly began to explain.
“ Recently, two Magi have been detected in connection with the charge of Zion. At first, once at Chimseonggung, where His Majesty Zion resided. And once at the Palace of Qualification where His Majesty Zion held a succession ceremony. Magi, which no ordinary person has ever encountered in their lifetime, has been detected twice in the vicinity of His Majesty Zion. Moreover, in His Majesty Zion, symptoms that can only be seen in those who have borrowed power from demons are appearing.”
The black eyes that Zion saw when he left the castle gate to subdue the phantom forces.
Legan remembered those eyes clearly.
“ Is that true! How… … !”
“ No, what the hell does that mean!”
“ Did His Majesty Zion really master black magic?”
People shouting while looking at Zion and Regan alternately with astonished eyes.
black magic.
It was the biggest taboo in the Empire.
A sin so heavy and evil that it can be endured on the spot as soon as something cooked is discovered.
The fact that such black magic was learned by the imperial family, not even ordinary people, was beyond shock and should not have happened.
Truly, it would destroy the honor of the entire empire beyond the imperial family.
“ I’m not 100 percent sure yet. However… … .”
With those words, Legan flicked his fingers lightly.
“ Is it right to proceed with the award ceremony despite these suspicions?”
That moment.
Chunkyung!
The door of Uiseonggung opened, and seven priests in pure white robes and dozens of wizards from Icarus began to enter.
“ The authors … … .”
Priests and battle wizards quickly approached Zion by passing the bewildered nobles.
“ The priests who have come now are high-ranking priests of the Order of Light. They will find out if His Majesty Zion really mastered black magic. Don’t be too surprised, as the wizards behind them were only called in case of any unforeseen circumstances.”
Contrary to what he just said, Regan was already convinced that Shion had signed a contract with the demons.
Because all the evidence was so convincing.
Nevertheless, this preparation was made only to publicly announce this fact.
Because that would have a bigger impact.
Everyone here will be a witness.
“ Sir Zion, then excuse me.”
As if everything had already been said with Rgan, heretical inquisitors who approached Zion with one step as they jumped began to surround Zion without even asking Zion’s intentions.
“ What are you going to do… … !”
Was it then that you felt insecure?
Shion, who was looking at the priests with shaky eyes, tried to get out of the body.
Whoa!
At that moment, the magic circle that Legan had placed under the stage in advance lit up and bound Shion’s whole body.
Imprisonment and injury of the imperial family in public.
It was a crime that could have already been executed by itself, but Legan had no hesitation.
If it is revealed that you have mastered black magic anyway, everything will be erased.
“ O God of Light, who watches over everything in the world… … .”
After the priests of light surround Zion, who has become so immobile, they begin to memorize prayers.
A sacred pattern drawn on the floor with the seven priests as vertices along with him.
Paah!
Soon after, a light that felt sacred just by looking at it from the perfectly drawn pattern burst out and covered the figure of Zion.
Arbat Dior.
This is a high-level magic that can only be used by the gathering of seven high priests. It is a divine magic that perfectly reveals if the target has mastered black magic or made a contract with a demon.
It is rarely used because of its inefficiency, but the effect was more certain than anything else.
‘ Caught.’
Looking at Shion who disappeared into the light like that, Regan smiled with joy.
Everything was going exactly as planned, even the last time Prince Zion was taken aback.
Now, all that remains is to wait for Prince Zion, who will appear with the dark magic in it after the light disappears.
“ Hey, how is this… … !”
As if to represent the feelings of the people in the hall, Soliman exclaimed with a trembling voice.
There was nothing he could do for Zion, who was already trapped in the light.
“ I hope Zion really is!”
3 The prince was also murmuring outwardly in embarrassment, but he couldn’t hide the deep hope in his eyes.
However, unlike them, the 5 princesses watch the priests and the light with eyes that cannot understand their thoughts.
“ If the Magi run rampant, they may run rampant, so prepare Icarus 1st through 4th units.”
Rgan instructing the wizards of Icarus with an excited voice.
‘ Now, stop revealing the truth. The shame of Agnes abandoned.’
In the eyes of such Regan, the youthful joy reached its peak.
Finally.
Whoa ah ah ah!
It was the moment when the light that enveloped Zion and the heretical inquisitors extended beyond the inside of the hall to the outside of Uiseonggung.
Whoops!
A light that disappears without a trace as if it did not exist from the beginning.
And from there, Zion slowly appeared.
“ Immediately suppressed… … uh?”
Legan’s eyes, who were about to give instructions to the wizards of Icarus immediately upon seeing this, began to dye with doubt.
Holy magic Arbat Dior.
According to the heretic inquisitor, if a person who has learned even the slightest amount of black magic or made a contract with a demon becomes enchanted by this holy magic, all the magic they possess will be expelled as soon as it is finished.
But in Zion, who appeared again… … .
“ Why Magi… … .”
No magic was coming out.
“ Legan-sama, this is… … !”
The heretic inquisitors, who had their bewildered expressions on their faces, looked at Rgan with shaky eyes.
Legan persuaded them by walking up to their necks, and the circumstantial evidence was absolutely certain, so they came at the risk of searching for the royal family.
But Prince Zion, who was so arrogant, was not even a black magic user, let alone a contract with the demons.
“ Do you think something is wrong?”
Shion’s eyes looking at the priests and Rgan draws a thin arc.
Shion’s eyes are smiling as if this situation is so much fun.
That moment.
The wizard knew.
“ I hope you’re aiming for me from the beginning… … .”
That all of this was thoroughly a trap dug by Zion.
It was Rgan himself, not Zion, who fell into the trap from the beginning.
“I can’t… … No way!”
Legan shakes his head as if in disbelief and takes a step back.
“ How, how could this be!”
The moment when the light of disbelief and negativity appeared in the eyes of such a rgan.
Quang!
“ Catch them all!”
Belatedly, the knights of the imperial castle poured into Uiseonggung and began to rush towards the wizards of Regan and Icarus.
Hehehehe time to use guillotine