68 – First Test – 6
After a minor incident, I returned to the king’s office.
Looking at the piles of paperwork piled up on the desk in the office, I let out a sigh of relief.
“Haa… It’s annoying…”
Hundreds of years have passed since I only watched boring state affairs.
To be honest, after handing over the throne, I just wanted to go somewhere quiet in the countryside and live quietly.
“This…A servant’s salary document…This is a document to subdue local monsters…”
After how long I’ve been working on paperwork, I’ve reached a point where I can roughly infer what it’s about just by looking at the front.
Of course, it was possible because most of the tasks had the same pattern every time, but it was a fact that no one could deny that he had become a paper processing master.
“…This is…”
In the meantime, I found a document on the baron’s daughter’s abortion case.
“The reason why she poisoned her mother …. Haa … Is it because she fears that she will not be able to become the head of the family …”
Gender was irrelevant to the condition of becoming a head of household, but it was common for a male to become a head of household.
Perhaps the party to this case, Baron Young lady, did this because she thought that once her son was born, he would not be able to become the head of the household.
“Currently imprisoned in the palace prison, but will be released in two days…”
Under the kingdom’s laws, the baron’s daughter was innocent.
For this reason, the baron’s daughter will be released from prison two days later and will return to her own mansion.
Of course, it was obvious how they would be treated in that mansion.
Smart…
“Your Majesty, may I come in?”
“It’s Isaac. Come in.”
Isaac returned just in time after finishing his work with the chancellor.
“You were at work.”
“Yeah…I just happened to be checking these documents.”
“The baron case.”
“Yes, at a time like this, I regret that I weakened the kingship for nothing.”
Originally, when the kingdom was first established, my power as a king was literally God itself.
The power was so strong that if I died, I would die, if I lived, I would live, and if I were to lie down, I had to fall down.
So, in the end, I thought that if one person had too much power, I could create great anxiety in the people’s mind, so I divided the power into pieces.
As a result, positions such as advisor, chief justice, and chancellor were created.
“In the old days, the law would have been changed in one second…”
“You just looked like a very old man.”
“Uh huh. There’s nothing worse than seeing an old person and saying they’re old.”
“Sorry. Stop thinking…”
“……”
For reference, Isaac, the chief chamberlain, was a servant with a strong sense of being compatible with Solomon.
What are you talking about? It is said that the degree of making people angry is wide open.
“First of all, isn’t the important thing right now to deal with the baron case?”
“Are you trying to change things?”
“It can’t be.”
“Haa…I’ll take a look at this one time.”
“Thank you for your grace.”
Should I hit this one?
No, let’s put up with it. I swore to kill my temper a few hundred years ago, and I can’t break that oath because of one Isaac.
And if I do use violence, it will definitely be Solomon, not Isaac.
Because the baby will catch me and throw it away someday.
“I’ll take a look, so give me a good opinion. If you don’t like it, I’ll cut your salary.”
“Ah, I just thought of something about that.”
“What is it?”
“For now, why don’t you meet the baron’s daughter, who is imprisoned? After talking with her, you might come up with a good idea.”
“See you in person… Sounds like a good idea.”
The documents clearly stated that the baron’s daughter was imprisoned in the palace prison.
In other words, the baron’s daughter will be in this palace dungeon.
“It’s about…8 O’clock.”
“Okay. Then, have dinner…”
“Okay. Meals are just a formality to savor the taste anyway. Tell the chefs to rest in peace today.”
“I understand.”
“And I’m going to the dungeon alone, so I don’t need an escort.”
After I finished talking to Isaac, I slowly stood up and gathered the mana around me.
Then, a great turbulence of mana occurred and the surrounding air began to vibrate.
“[Spatial movement].”
The moment I chanted the magic, my eyes, which had captured the splendid scenery of the office, reflected the gloomy and stuffy dungeon.
Using [Space Movement], He moved to the dungeon in an instant.
“Your Majesty…Loyalty…Loyalty!”
“Are you the dungeon warden?”
“That…That’s right!”
“I heard that there is a newly captured baron’s daughter… Can you guide me?”
“Okay! We’ll guide you to the fastest and most complete route!”
When I approached the guard, who looked moderately built, he was startled by my sudden appearance and raised his discipline.
It’s okay if you don’t have to be so rigid.
“This way!”
“Yes yes.”
As I followed the guard’s guidance and entered the depths of the prison, several prisoners were staring at me intently while tied to magic seals.
“These…These! Don’t look away right now! Where are the lowly ones…”
“It’s okay. They’ll have a lot of grudge against me too, so let’s just leave it alone. Shouldn’t you stare at them to relieve their anger?”
“That…That’s right! Aren’t they traitors who dare to break the laws of the land made by Your Majesty! hahahaha!”
By the way, more than half of the prisoners in this prison are the ones who got caught by me.
So you should have had a good life.
“Hey…Here it is!”
“Thank you. Go back now.”
“Are you going back?”
“Then do you want to stay here?”
“Oh no! I’m going back!”
The guard went back the way he came from, pale as a result of my question, which was as cold as ice.
“This is it.”
After confirming that the guard’s presence had disappeared, I looked inside the prison he guided me to.
In the prison, there was a single-size bed and a pot for excretion, and a woman with blue hair was lying still on the bed.
“Wake up. You already know that I’m not sleeping.”
“…Who…?”
As I spoke, the blue-haired woman turned her head slightly on the bed and looked at me.
After a while, realizing that I was the king of this country, he stood up from the bed with a puzzled expression on his face and bowed to me.
“Your Majesty… How did Your Majesty treat the lowly me…”
“I came here personally because I have something to ask about this case.”
“Interrogation…?”
“Yes.”
At the word interrogation, the young lady of the baron bowed her head with a dark expression on her face.
“…No interrogation…It’s all my fault…Because I’m blinded by greed…”
“Ohhh…You seem to be repenting for your mistakes unexpectedly.”
It is common for criminals who commit heinous crimes to not repent of their crimes, but the baron lady in front of me now looked a little different.
“I have committed an unforgivable sin…Please punish me, Your Majesty.”
“I would love to, but there is no way the kingdom law can punish you.”
“..That…That can’t be…”
The baron’s daughter sat down on the floor with an expression as if she had lost her country at my answer.
“Actually…I…I didn’t want to…I was confident that I would love my younger brother…But…But why…I don’t know at all…”
“You seem to be repenting of your sins, but is that an excuse after all?”
“It’s not an excuse..! I… Never had the slightest thought of poisoning my mother…!”
The baron’s daughter shed tears and bit her lip hard.
The bite was so strong that blood leaked from his lips.
“I…It’s so hard…Why did I do it…Why did I commit such a great sin…I don’t know…Just punish me…I’ll take any punishment I’ll take.” …”
“I told you. There is no way to punish you under the laws of the kingdom.”
“Whether you hit me…Whether you crush me with a knife…Or burn me with flames…Please…Please punish me, Your Majesty…It’s so hard I can’t stand it…”
“Huh…I’ve been living for a long time, but it’s been a long time since I’ve had a case like this…I want you to punish yourself even though there’s no problem under the law…”
Commonly, it is expressed as a sense of guilt when people perceive their actions as sinful.
Ordinary people usually do not feel this sense of guilt, but very occasionally there were people who felt a strong sense of guilt.
Anyway, this baroness seemed to be such a case.
“Please…Please forgive me, Your Majesty…”
“..No, not being punished will be the punishment for you. Live in sorrow for eternity. That will be the way for your younger brother who passed away.”
“Ah…Ahhh…”
The young lady of the baron shook her eyes at my chillingly cold answer and tightly clenched her fists.
“You’re too… You’re too… Aren’t you giving me a way out…?”
“Didn’t I tell you. If you really want to wash away your sins, live with a sense of guilt for the rest of your life. That will be your punishment and your sin.”
“…….”
At that moment, the baron’s daughter looked up at me with a bright smile, as if she had lost her mind. Judging by the violent shaking of her eyes, it seemed that her mind was in a fairly unstable state.
“Your Majesty…You are truly a cold person…”
“It’s a virtue you should have as a ruler of a country.”
“…I see…”
Click-!
“..Wait, what are you doing…”
“…This is really irresponsible…But can I ask you one favor…?”
The baron’s daughter took out a small object painted black from under her clothes.
“How can that…!”
The identity of the object painted black was a magical engineering gun, one of the newest weapons recently created by the Mage Tower.
Surely, all the belongings of the prisoners should be confiscated, but how could that gun be in the hands of the baron’s daughter?
“Tell my mother that I am…Really…Really sorry.”
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“Stop it! What are you trying to do…”
The baron’s daughter put the hextech gun to her head, silently closing her eyes with tears in her eyes.
Then, without hesitation, he pulled the trigger on his gun.
Taang-!
[You have passed the judgment test.]
[The Void King (1/12) has evolved into the Void King (2/12).]
[The Void King (2/12)]
– Significantly increases the stats of all void beings.
-The powers of the 11th seat are partially opened.
-(Supreme Justice, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??) Can be appointed.
-Seal (10/12)
[The cool mind has evolved into a rod (1/12).]
[Rod (1/12): Always maintain a normal mental state in any situation, ??]